18930531. CELL OFF INDICATION VIA DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY)

CELL OFF INDICATION VIA DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION

Organization Name

NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

Inventor(s)

Ahlem Khlass of Massy FR

Naizheng Zheng of Beijing CN

Matha Deghel of Massy FR

Chunli Wu of Beijing CN

CELL OFF INDICATION VIA DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18930531 titled 'CELL OFF INDICATION VIA DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION

Original Abstract Submitted

The present disclosure relates to a solution on cell off indication via DCI. In particular, a group common DCI format is used to indicate an activation/deactivation of the cell off for entering network energy saving mode. DCI in the group common DCI format may include separate bits for a first indication regarding the activation/deactivation of the cell off for entering network energy saving mode and a second indication regarding the activation/deactivation of cell DTX/DRX. Alternatively, the DCI may include common bits for the first and second indications with a flag to indicate which indication. In this way, the cell off for entering network energy saving mode can be indicated more efficiently.