Mask-based configuration for discontinuous reception

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured grant (CG), wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations of the inactive duration set; receive information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively perform or skip transmissions based on the CG and the mask. A number of other aspects are provided.

Description

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 992,652, filed on March 20, 2020, entitled “MASK-BASED CONFIGURATION FORDISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION,” and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 17 / 202,758, filed on March 16, 2021, entitled “MASK-BASED CONFIGURATION FORDISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION,” which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatuses for mask-based configuration for discontinuous reception. Background Art

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide a variety of telecommunication services, such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and long term evolution (LTE). LTE / LTE-Advanced is a collection of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0005] A wireless network may include multiple base stations (BSs) that support communication for multiple user equipment (UEs). UEs may communicate with a BS via downlinks and uplinks. A downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE, while an uplink (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS. As will be described in more detail herein, a BS may be referred to as a Node B, gNB, access point (AP), radio head, transmit receive point (TRP), new radio (NR) BS, 5G Node B, etc.

[0006] The above-mentioned multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different user devices to communicate at the city, country, regional, and even global levels. NR, also known as 5G, is a collection of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband internet access by improving spectrum efficiency, reducing costs, improving services, utilizing new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards. These open standards use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink (DL) and CP-OFDM and / or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink (UL), and support beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements to LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain valuable. Summary of the Invention

[0007] In some aspects, a wireless communication method performed by a user equipment (UE) may include receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured grant (CG), wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations of the inactive duration set; receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively performing or skipping transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0008] In some aspects, a wireless communication method performed by a base station may include sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations of the inactive duration set; sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0009] In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication may include a memory and one or more processors operably coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors may be configured to receive a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations of the inactive duration set; receive information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively perform or skip transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0010] In some aspects, a base station for wireless communication may include a memory and one or more processors operably coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors may be configured to send a first configuration and a second configuration to a UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; send information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively receive or skip reception of the transmission based on the CG and the mask.

[0011] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication. When executed by one or more processors of a UE, the one or more instructions may cause the one or more processors to receive a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations of the inactive duration set; receive information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively perform or skip transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0012] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication. When executed by one or more processors of a base station, the one or more instructions may cause the one or more processors to send a first configuration and a second configuration to a UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; send information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively receive or skip reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0013] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication may include components for receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; components for receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and components for selectively performing or skipping transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0014] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication may include components for sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; components for sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and components for selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0015] Aspects generally include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, user equipment, base stations, wireless communication devices, and / or processing systems as described herein with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying figures.

[0016] The features and technical advantages of the examples according to the present disclosure have been outlined quite broadly above in order to better understand the detailed description below. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The concepts and specific examples disclosed can be easily used as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for achieving the same purposes as the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The features of the concepts disclosed herein, their organization and method of operation, and associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description and is not provided as a definition of limitations to the claims.

[0017] Although the present disclosure describes various aspects by illustrating some examples, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that these aspects can be implemented in a variety of different arrangements and scenarios. The technology described herein can be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes and / or packaging arrangements. For example, some aspects can be implemented via integrated chip embodiments or other devices based on non-module components (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial instruments, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, or devices supporting artificial intelligence). Various aspects can be implemented in chip-level components, modular components, non-modular components, non-chip-level components, device-level components, or system-level components. The device incorporating the various aspects and features described may include additional components and features for implementing and practicing the claimed and described aspects. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may include multiple components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, or summers). The various aspects described herein are intended to be practiced in devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, or end-user devices of various sizes, shapes, and configurations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to enable a detailed understanding of the above-described features of the present disclosure, reference may be made to a more detailed description of various aspects (which have been briefly summarized above), some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. However, it should be noted that the drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of the present disclosure and, therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present disclosure, as the description may admit of other equally effective aspects. The same reference numerals in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

[0019] Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication between a base station and a UE in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration according to the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of configuration and utilization of a mask for a DRX cycle according to the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of configuration and utilization of a mask for a DRX cycle according to the present disclosure.

[0024] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a user device according to the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a base station according to the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] Various aspects of the present disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure can be implemented in many different forms and should not be interpreted as being limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout the present disclosure. On the contrary, these aspects are provided to make the present disclosure thorough and complete, and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein, those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of any other aspect of the present disclosure or implemented in combination with any other aspect of the present disclosure. For example, any number of aspects set forth herein can be used to implement an apparatus or practice method. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover apparatus or methods practiced using other structures, functions, or structures and functions in addition to or different from the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the content disclosed herein can be embodied by one or more elements of the claims.

[0027] Several aspects of telecommunications systems will now be described with reference to various devices and techniques. These devices and techniques will be described in the following detailed description by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively, "elements") and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether these elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0028] It should be noted that although various aspects may be described herein using terminology generally associated with 5G or NR radio access technologies (RATs), various aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to other RATs, such as 3G RATs, 4G RATs, and / or post-5G (e.g., 6G) RATs.

[0029] Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 may be or may include elements of a 5G (NR) network and / or an LTE network, etc. The wireless network 100 may include multiple base stations 110 (shown as BS110a, BS110b, BS110c, and BS110d) and other network entities. A base station (BS) is an entity that communicates with a user equipment (UE) and may also be referred to as an NRBS, Node B, gNB, 5G Node B (NB), access point, transmit receive point (TRP), etc. Each BS can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" can refer to the coverage area of a BS and / or a BS subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0030] A BS may provide communication coverage for macro cells, pico cells, femto cells, and / or other types of cells. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and may allow unrestricted access to UEs with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access to UEs with service subscriptions. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access to UEs associated with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). The BS of a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. The BS of a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. The BS of a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In Figure 1 In the example shown, BS 110a may be a macro BS for macro cell 102a, BS 110b may be a pico BS for pico cell 102b, and BS 110c may be a femto BS for femto cell 102c. A BS may support one or more (e.g., three) cells. The terms "eNB," "base station," "NR BS," "gNB," "TRP," "AP," "Node B," "5G NB," and "cell" may be used interchangeably herein.

[0031] In some aspects, cells are not necessarily stationary, and the geographic area of a cell can move depending on the location of a mobile BS. In some aspects, BSs can be interconnected with each other and / or with one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces (such as direct physical connections or virtual networks) using any suitable transport network.

[0032] The wireless network 100 may also include a relay station. A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS). A relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. Figure 1 In the example shown, relay BS 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and UE 120d to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. A relay BS may also be referred to as a relay station, relay base station, relay, or the like.

[0033] The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of BSs, such as macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, etc. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, a macro BS may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts), while a pico BS, a femto BS, and a relay BS may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

[0034] The network controller 130 may be coupled to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for these BSs. The network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicate with each other directly or indirectly via a wireless or wired backhaul.

[0035] UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE may be fixed or mobile. A UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, terminal, mobile station, subscriber unit, station, etc. A UE may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smartphone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or instrument, a biometric sensor / device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring, a smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device or a satellite radio), a vehicle component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, an industrial manufacturing instrument, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

[0036] Some UEs may be considered machine type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, and / or location tags that can communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. For example, a wireless node may provide connectivity to or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as the Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may be considered Internet of Things (IoT) devices and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) devices. Some UEs may be considered customer premises equipment (CPE). UE 120 may be included in a housing that houses components of UE 120 (such as a processor component and / or a memory component). In some aspects, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled together. For example, the processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and the memory component (e.g., a memory) may be operably coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0037] In general, any number of wireless networks can be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network can support a specific RAT and can operate on one or more frequencies. RATs can also be referred to as radio technologies, air interfaces, etc. Frequencies can also be referred to as carriers, frequency channels, etc. Each frequency can support a single RAT in a given geographic area to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks can be deployed.

[0038] In some aspects, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) can communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary for communicating with each other). For example, UE 120 can communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (e.g., which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In this case, UE 120 can perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations performed by base station 110 as described elsewhere herein.

[0039] Devices of wireless network 100 can communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc. based on frequency or wavelength. For example, devices of wireless network 100 can communicate using an operating band having a first frequency range (FR1) from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz and / or can communicate using an operating band having a second frequency range (FR2) from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are sometimes referred to as mid-band frequencies. Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to as the "sub-6 GHz" band. Similarly, FR2 is often referred to as the "millimeter wave" band, although it is different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz-300 GHz) designated as the "millimeter wave" band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Therefore, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that, when used herein, the term "sub-6 GHz" or the like can broadly refer to frequencies less than 6 GHz, frequencies within FR1, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., greater than 7.125 GHz). Similarly, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that, if used herein, the term "millimeter wave," etc., can broadly refer to frequencies within the EHF band, frequencies within FR2, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., less than 24.25 GHz). It is contemplated that the frequencies included in FR1 and FR2 can be modified, and the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0040] As mentioned above, Figure 1 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from the reference Figure 1 The content described.

[0041] Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of base station 110 communicating with UE 120 in wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general, T≥1 and R≥1.

[0042] At the base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data for one or more UEs from a data source 212, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on a channel quality indicator (CQI) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS selected for each UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. The transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and / or upper layer signaling) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or demodulation reference signals (DMRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., primary synchronization signals (PSS) or secondary synchronization signals (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on data symbols, control symbols, overhead symbols, and / or reference symbols (if applicable), and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. The T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.

[0043] At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive downlink signals from base station 110 and / or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) the received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator 254 may also process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller / processor 280. The term "controller / processor" may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and / or a channel quality indicator (CQI) parameter, etc. In some aspects, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included in a housing.

[0044] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base station 110 via the communication unit 294.

[0045] The antennas (e.g., antennas 234a to 234t and / or antennas 252a to 252r) may include or may be included in one or more antenna panels, antenna groups, collections of antenna elements, and / or antenna arrays, etc. The antenna panel, antenna group, collection of antenna elements, and / or antenna array may include one or more antenna elements. The antenna panel, antenna group, collection of antenna elements, and / or antenna array may include a collection of coplanar antenna elements and / or a collection of non-coplanar antenna elements. The antenna panel, antenna group, collection of antenna elements, and / or antenna array may include antenna elements within a single housing and / or antenna elements within multiple housings. The antenna panel, antenna group, collection of antenna elements, and / or antenna array may include antenna elements coupled to one or more transmitting components and / or receiving components (such as Figure 2 One or more antenna elements of one or more components).

[0046] On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and / or CQI) from the controller / processor 280. The transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by the TX MIMO processor 266 (if applicable), further processed by the modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM), and transmitted to the base station 110. In some aspects, the modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD / DEMOD 254) of the UE 120 may be included in a modem of the UE 120. In some aspects, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antennas 252, modulators and / or demodulators 254, MIMO detectors 256, receive processors 258, transmit processors 264, and / or TX MIMO processors 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 280) and memory 282 to perform operations described herein (e.g., with reference to FIG. 1 ). Figure 3-Figure 7 Description).

[0047] At base station 110, uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antenna 234, processed by demodulator 232, detected by MIMO detector 236 (if applicable), and further processed by receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. Receive processor 238 may provide decoded data to a data sink 239 and decoded control information to controller / processor 240. Base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and communicate with network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 for scheduling UE 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some aspects, the modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD / DEMOD 232) of base station 110 may be included in a modem of base station 110. In some aspects, base station 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antennas 234, modulators and / or demodulators 232, MIMO detectors 236, receive processors 238, transmit processors 220, and / or TX MIMO processors 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 to perform operations described herein (e.g., with reference to FIG. 2 ). Figure 3-Figure 7 Description).

[0048] The controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other components of the controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or the like may perform one or more techniques associated with mask-based configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX), as described in more detail elsewhere herein. Figure 2 Any other component of the may perform or direct e.g. Figure 6 The process of 600 Figure 7 700 and / or other processes described herein. Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some aspects, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communications. For example, when executed (e.g., directly or after compilation, conversion, and / or interpretation) by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120, the one or more instructions may cause the one or more processors, UE 120, and / or base station 110 to perform or direct, for example, Figure 6 The process of 600 Figure 7 In some aspects, executing instructions may include running instructions, converting instructions, compiling instructions, and / or interpreting instructions, etc.

[0049] In some aspects, the UE 120 may include components for receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a configured grant (CG); components for receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; components for selectively performing or skipping transmissions based on the CG and the mask; components for receiving information activating or deactivating the mask, wherein the selectively performing or skipping transmissions based on the CG and the mask is based at least in part on the information activating or deactivating the mask; components for sending a request for information identifying the mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is received based at least in part on the request; and the like. In some aspects, these components may include a combination of Figure 2 One or more components of UE 120 are depicted, such as controller / processor 280, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, MOD 254, antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, and the like.

[0050] In some aspects, the base station 110 may include components for sending a first configuration and a second configuration to the UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG; components for sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; components for selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask; components for sending information activating or deactivating a mask, wherein the selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask is based at least in part on the information activating or deactivating the mask; components for receiving a request for information identifying the mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent based at least in part on the request; and the like. In some aspects, these components may include a combination of Figure 2 One or more components of base station 110 are depicted, such as antenna 234, DEMOD 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, and the like.

[0051] although Figure 2 The blocks in FIG. 2 are shown as distinct components, but the functionality described with reference to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component or in a combination of various components. For example, the functionality described with reference to the transmit processor 264, the receive processor 258, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of the controller / processor 280.

[0052] As mentioned above, Figure 2 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from the reference Figure 2 The content described.

[0053] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example 300 of a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration according to the present disclosure.

[0054] like Figure 3As shown, the base station 110 may send a DRX configuration to the UE 120 to configure a DRX cycle 305 for the UE 120. The DRX cycle 305 may include a DRX on-duration 310 (e.g., during which the UE 120 is awake or active) and an opportunity to enter a DRX sleep state 315. As used herein, the time during which the UE 120 is configured to be active during the DRX on-duration 310 may be referred to as active time or active duration, and the time during which the UE 120 is configured to be in the DRX sleep state 315 may be referred to as inactive time or non-active time duration. As described below, the UE 120 may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the active time and may refrain from monitoring the PDCCH during the inactive time.

[0055] During the DRX on duration 310 (e.g., active time), the UE 120 may monitor a downlink control channel (e.g., PDCCH), as indicated by reference numeral 320. For example, the UE 120 may monitor the PDCCH for downlink control information (DCI) related to the UE 120. If the UE 120 does not detect and / or successfully decode any PDCCH communication intended for the UE 120 during the DRX on duration 310, the UE 120 may enter a sleep state 315 (e.g., for inactive time) at the end of the DRX on duration 310 (as indicated by reference numeral 325). In this manner, the UE 120 may conserve battery power and reduce power consumption. As shown, the DRX cycle 305 may repeat at a configured period according to the DRX configuration.

[0056] If the UE 120 detects and / or successfully decodes a PDCCH communication intended for the UE 120, the UE 120 may remain in an active state (e.g., awake) for the duration of a DRX inactivity timer 330 (e.g., which may extend the active time). The UE 120 may start the DRX inactivity timer 330 at the time the PDCCH communication is received (e.g., in a transmission time interval (TTI) (such as a timeslot, subframe, etc.) in which the PDCCH communication is received). The UE 120 may remain in the active state until the DRX inactivity timer 330 expires (as shown by reference numeral 335), at which point the UE 120 may enter the sleep state 315 (e.g., for the inactivity time). During the duration of the DRX inactivity timer 330, the UE 120 may continue to monitor the PDCCH communication, may obtain downlink data communications scheduled by the PDCCH communication (e.g., on a downlink data channel such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)), may prepare for and / or send uplink communications scheduled by the PDCCH communication (e.g., on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)), may send uplink communications according to a CG identified by the PDCCH, etc. The UE 120 may restart the DRX inactivity timer 330 after each detection of a PDCCH communication for an initial transmission (e.g., but not a retransmission) intended for the UE 120. By operating in this manner, the UE 120 may conserve battery power and reduce power consumption by entering the sleep state 315.

[0057] In some aspects, PDCCH communications may schedule uplink transmissions based at least in part on the CG. For example, the CG may indicate resources for periodic transmissions by the UE 120. In some cases, these resources may occur during the sleep state 315 of the UE 120. In addition, for CG transmissions, the inactivity timer may not be restarted, and the retransmission timer and / or HARQ timer for uplink allocations for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmissions may be triggered regardless of whether the CG transmission is in the on duration or the off duration of the DRX cycle. This may mean that the UE 120 cannot maximize sleep opportunities or cannot enter a deep sleep state due to the shortened inactivity time, which may consume power of the UE 120. As described below, the techniques and apparatus described herein provide a mask-based approach for disabling transmissions during the inactivity time of the UE 120.

[0058] As mentioned above, Figure 3 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from the reference Figure 3 The content described.

[0059] The UE can use the DRX cycle to save power. In some cases, the network can configure a grant (referred to herein as a configured grant (CG)) for periodic data to be sent by the UE on the uplink. The configured grant identifies the cyclic resources used for the periodic transmission of data by the UE. Relative to performing one-off scheduling for each transmission of periodic data, the CG can reduce control overhead and improve the predictability of the traffic pattern. In a first type of CG (CG type 1), the parameters of the CG can be configured using radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and the CG can be activated via RRC signaling. In a second type of CG (CG type 2), the period of the CG can be configured via RRC signaling, the CG can be activated using PDCCH, and confirmation of parameter configuration and activation signals can be performed using media access control (MAC) signaling. If the UE is configured with a CG and the UE has no data to send, the UE may not send data on the CG.

[0060] Due to the UE's CG and DRX cycle configuration, the UE may be configured with CG resources that overlap with the UE's inactivity time. This may mean that the UE is not able to maximize sleep opportunities because the UE remains awake to send data on the CG resources that overlap with the inactivity time. If the UE does sleep, the UE may not be able to enter deep sleep mode due to the short inactivity time, thereby using the UE's battery power. In addition, although the UE may choose not to use the CG resources if it has no data to send on the CG resources, if the base station is not aware that the CG resources will not be used, the unused CG resources may be associated with some resource overhead because the base station may reserve the CG resources for use by the UE.

[0061] Some techniques and apparatus described herein provide a network-configured mask for a DRX cycle of a UE configured with a CG. In some aspects, the mask indicates a time period corresponding to the inactive duration of the DRX cycle, wherein the UE is not allowed to perform CG transmissions. Thus, the base station may configure the UE to not transmit during the inactive duration of the DRX cycle, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE and reducing the resource overhead associated with unused CG resources. In some aspects, the mask indicates a time period during which transmissions such as uplink control information (UCI), measurement information (e.g., aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reports or periodic CSI reports), signals (e.g., aperiodic sounding reference signals (SRS)), etc. may be multiplexed on the unused CG. Multiplexing such transmissions on the unused CG can save uplink resources that would otherwise be used to transmit on dedicated resources when the unused CG is not utilized.

[0062] Figure 4is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of configuration and utilization of a mask for a DRX cycle according to the present disclosure. As shown, example 400 includes a UE 120 and a BS 110.

[0063] As shown in the figure 410, BS110 can provide configuration information to UE 120. As shown, in example 400, the configuration information indicates information of DRX configuration, CG configuration and identification mask. In some aspects, each of the information of DRX configuration, CG configuration and identification mask can be provided separately from each other (for example, in separate messages, in separate parts of messages, or in separate stages of connection establishment and maintenance). In some aspects, two or more of the information of DRX configuration, CG configuration and identification mask can be provided together (such as, in the same message, in the same part of a message, or in the same stage of connection establishment and maintenance). In some aspects, one or more of the DRX configuration and CG configuration can be provided via RRC signaling. In some aspects, at least a portion of the CG configuration, such as activation of the CG configuration, can be provided via MAC signaling or DCI.

[0064] In some aspects, the configuration information may indicate a DRX configuration. The DRX configuration is sometimes referred to herein as a first configuration. In some aspects, the DRX configuration may be provided in conjunction with, for example, an RRC reconfiguration. The DRX configuration may indicate, for example, an on-duration timer, an inactivity timer, a retransmission timer, a cycle start offset, a cycle length, and the like.

[0065] In some aspects, the configuration information may indicate a CG configuration. The CG configuration is sometimes referred to herein as a second configuration. For example, the configuration information may include information configuring resources for the CG (sometimes referred to as a configured uplink grant), information activating the CG, and the like. Reference numeral 420 shows CG resources associated with the CG configuration. CG resources may be resources configured for the UE 120 that may be used by the UE 120 for uplink transmission. CG resources may be time and / or frequency resources. As further shown, if the CG configuration is applied without a mask, some CG resources appear in the inactive duration of the DRX cycle.

[0066] As further shown, the configuration information includes information identifying a mask. For example, the information identifying the mask may identify a set of time windows 430 (e.g., in example 400, the mask may identify or be a set of the time windows 430). The set of time windows 430 may correspond to (e.g., occur in) one or more inactive durations of a DRX cycle. In the time windows 430, the UE 120 may be prohibited from utilizing the CG resources 420 for uplink transmissions, as indicated by the "X" shown by the reference mark 440 on the corresponding CG resources 420. For example, the UE 120 may be prohibited from performing uplink transmissions on the CG resources 420. Thus, the BS 110 may configure the UE 120 to skip CG transmissions during the inactive duration, thereby allowing the UE 120 to enter a sleep mode (e.g., a deep sleep mode) during the inactive duration. In addition, BS110 can use the CG resources in the inactive time duration of UE 120 for communication with other UEs (for example, BS110 can schedule resources in the inactive time for another UE), thereby improving resource utilization relative to UE 120 determining that UE 120 does not use CG resources without BS110 knowing.

[0067] The information identifying the mask may be provided using physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI), MAC signaling (e.g., MAC control element (MAC-CE)), RRC signaling, a combination thereof, or the like. In some aspects, the time window 430 may be defined relative to the inactivity duration of the UE 120. For example, the information identifying the mask may indicate a set of inactivity durations in which the mask is applied (e.g., for the next M DRX cycles, the mask may be applied to the inactivity duration in every Nth DRX cycle). In some aspects, the mask may be activated or deactivated. For example, the mask may be configured via higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling), and the UE 120 may receive signaling (e.g., DCI, MAC-CE, RRC signaling) from the BS 110 indicating that the mask is activated. The UE 120 may apply the mask in every Nth DRX cycle until the UE 120 receives signaling indicating that the mask is deactivated. In some aspects, the mask may be defined at least in part based on a reference time frame. For example, the mask may be applied within a time window defined relative to the frame timing of the UE 120 or the like.

[0068] In some aspects, UE 120 may receive information identifying the mask based at least in part on a request. For example, UE 120 may send a request for information identifying the mask (not in Figure 4 ). BS 110 may receive the request and may provide information identifying the mask according to the request. For example, BS 110 may accept the request and / or provide an acknowledgment for the request.

[0069] As mentioned above, Figure 4 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from the reference Figure 4 The content described.

[0070] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of configuration and utilization of a mask for a DRX cycle according to the present disclosure. As shown, the example 500 includes a UE 120 and a BS 110.

[0071] As indicated by reference numeral 510, BS 110 may provide configuration information to UE 120. In some aspects, the configuration information may indicate a DRX configuration and a CG configuration, such as in conjunction with Figure 4 The CG configuration may identify CG resources 520. In some aspects, the CG resources may be unused (eg, for transmissions by UE 120 associated with the CG), as shown by reference numeral 530.

[0072] As further shown, the configuration information includes information identifying a mask. The mask may identify or be a set of time windows 540 in which UCI, measurement information, or signaling may be multiplexed or sent on unused CG resources. Thus, the mask may identify a set of time windows 540 in which a modified multiplexing scheme may be used. For example, in some deployments, sending UCI, measurement information, or signaling on unused CG resources may be prohibited, which involves utilizing uplink resources other than the unused CG resources, thereby reducing resource utilization efficiency in such deployments. By allowing the modified multiplexing scheme to be used for unused CG resources, resource utilization of the UE 120 is improved.

[0073] As shown by reference numeral 550, UE 120 may transmit UCI, measurement information, and / or measurement signaling on unused CG resources. For example, UCI, measurement information, and / or measurement signaling may be transmitted using CG resources and / or may be multiplexed on CG resources (e.g., with other information transmitted using CG resources). In this way, UE 120 may improve the utilization of uplink resources used for transmission of UCI, measurement information, and / or measurement signals.

[0074] The information identifying the mask may be provided using physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI), MAC signaling (e.g., MAC CE), RRC signaling, etc. In some aspects, the time window 540 may be defined relative to the active duration and / or inactive duration of the UE 120. For example, the information identifying the mask may indicate a set of active durations and / or inactive durations to which the mask is applied (e.g., for the next M DRX cycles, the mask may be applied to the active duration and / or inactive duration in every Nth DRX cycle, where M and N are integers). In some aspects, the mask may be activated or deactivated. For example, the UE 120 may receive information configuring the mask (e.g., RRC signaling, etc.) and may receive signaling from the BS 110 indicating that the mask is activated (e.g., DCI, MAC-CE, RRC signaling, etc.). The UE 120 may apply the mask in every Nth DRX cycle until the UE 120 receives signaling indicating that the mask is deactivated. In some aspects, the mask may be defined at least in part based on a reference time frame. For example, the mask may be applied within a time window defined relative to the frame timing of the UE 120 or the like.

[0075] In some aspects, UE 120 may receive information identifying the mask based at least in part on a request. For example, UE 120 may send a request for information identifying the mask (not in Figure 5 ). BS 110 may receive the request and may provide information identifying the mask according to the request. For example, BS 110 may accept the request and / or provide an acknowledgment for the request.

[0076] As mentioned above, Figure 5 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from the reference Figure 5 The content described.

[0077] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process 600, performed, for example, by a UE, according to the present disclosure. Example process 600 is an example of a UE (eg, UE 120, etc.) performing operations associated with mask-based configuration for discontinuous reception.

[0078] like Figure 6As shown, in some aspects, process 600 may include receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set (block 610). For example, as described above, a UE (e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, etc.) may receive the first configuration and the second configuration. In some aspects, the first configuration is for the DRX cycle and the second configuration is for the CG. In some aspects, the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set. In some aspects, the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set.

[0079] like Figure 6 As further shown in FIG6 , in some aspects, process 600 may include receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for CGs (block 620). For example, as described above, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, etc.) may receive information identifying a mask. In some aspects, the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for CGs.

[0080] like Figure 6 As further shown in FIG6 , in some aspects, process 600 may include selectively performing or skipping transmission based on the CG and the mask (block 630). For example, as described above, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, etc.) may selectively perform or skip transmission based on the CG and the mask.

[0081] Process 600 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0082] In a first aspect, a mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited during a set of inactivity durations, and the skipping of transmissions is based at least in part on the mask.

[0083] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on empty transmissions associated with the CG, and selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission includes receiving measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

[0084] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, process 600 includes receiving information of an activation or deactivation mask, wherein selectively performing or skipping transmission according to the CG and the mask is based at least in part on the information of the activation or deactivation mask.

[0085] In a fourth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, at least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is received via at least one of downlink control information, radio resource control signaling, or media access control signaling.

[0086] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, process 600 includes sending a request for information identifying the mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is received based at least in part on the request.

[0087] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to a DRX cycle.

[0088] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of aspects 1 to 6, the pattern indicates that a modified configuration or a modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles (for example, a modified configuration or a modified multiplexing scheme may be applied to every Nth DRX cycle).

[0089] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the mask is configured to apply to a quantity of DRX cycles (eg, M DRX cycles).

[0090] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, information identifying the mask is received with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

[0091] although Figure 6 Example blocks of process 600 are shown, but in some aspects, process 600 may include more Figure 6 More blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than shown. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 600 can be executed in parallel.

[0092] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700, performed, for example, by a base station, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 700 is an example of a base station (eg, base station 110, etc.) performing operations associated with mask-based configuration for discontinuous reception.

[0093] like Figure 7 As shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a UE, wherein the first configuration is for a DRX cycle and the second configuration is for a CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set (block 710). For example, as described above, a base station (e.g., using controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, etc.) may send the first configuration and the second configuration to the UE. In some aspects, the first configuration is for the DRX cycle and the second configuration is for the CG. In some aspects, the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set. In some aspects, the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set.

[0094] like Figure 7 As further shown in FIG, in some aspects, process 700 may include sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for CG (block 720). For example, as described above, the base station (e.g., using controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, etc.) may send information identifying the mask. In some aspects, the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for CG.

[0095] like Figure 7 As further shown in FIG. 7 , in some aspects, process 700 may include selectively receiving or skipping reception of a transmission based on the CG and the mask (block 730). For example, as described above, the base station (e.g., using antenna 234, DEMOD 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, etc.) may selectively receive or skip reception of a transmission based on the CG and the mask.

[0096] Process 700 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in combination with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0097] In a first aspect, a mask indicates that transmissions associated with a CG are prohibited during a set of inactivity durations, wherein skipping of transmissions is based at least in part on the mask.

[0098] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on empty transmissions associated with the CG, and selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission includes receiving measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

[0099] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, process 700 includes sending information to activate or deactivate a mask, wherein reception of transmissions selectively received or skipped according to the CG and the mask is based at least in part on the information to activate or deactivate the mask.

[0100] In a fourth aspect, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, at least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is sent via at least one of downlink control information, radio resource control signaling or media access control signaling.

[0101] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, process 700 includes receiving a request for information identifying a mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent based at least in part on the request.

[0102] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to a DRX cycle.

[0103] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the pattern indicates that the modified configuration or the modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles.

[0104] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the mask is configured to apply to several DRX cycles.

[0105] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, information identifying the mask is transmitted with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

[0106] although Figure 7 Example blocks of process 700 are shown, but in some aspects, process 700 may include more Figure 7 More blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than shown. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 700 can be executed in parallel.

[0107] Some aspects of the disclosure are summarized below:

[0108] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured grant (CG), wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively performing or skipping transmission based on the CG and the mask.

[0109] Aspect 2: A method according to aspect 1, wherein the mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited within the inactivity duration set, and wherein skipping transmissions is based at least in part on the mask, and wherein skipping transmissions is based at least in part on the mask.

[0110] Aspect 3: A method according to Aspect 1, wherein the mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on an empty transmission associated with the CG, and wherein selectively sending the transmission includes sending the measurement information multiplexed on the CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

[0111] Aspect 4: The method according to any one of Aspects 1-3 further includes: receiving information of an activation or deactivation mask, wherein selectively performing or skipping transmission according to the CG and the mask is at least partially based on the information of the activation or deactivation mask.

[0112] Aspect 5: The method according to aspect 4, wherein at least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is received via at least one of downlink control information, radio resource control signaling, or medium access control signaling.

[0113] Aspect 6: The method according to any one of aspects 1-5, further comprising: sending a request for information identifying the mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is received based at least in part on the request.

[0114] Aspect 7: The method according to any one of aspects 1-6, wherein the mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to a DRX cycle.

[0115] Aspect 8: The method according to aspect 7, wherein the pattern indicates that the modified configuration or the modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles.

[0116] Aspect 9: The method according to any one of aspects 1-8, wherein the mask is configured to be applied to several DRX cycles.

[0117] Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 1-9, wherein the information identifying the mask is received together with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

[0118] Aspect 11: A wireless communication method performed by a base station, comprising: sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a user equipment (UE), wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured grant (CG), wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactive durations in the inactive duration set; sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmissions in the one or more inactive durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions based on the CG and the mask.

[0119] Aspect 12: A method according to Aspect 11, wherein the mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited within the inactivity duration set, and wherein skipping the transmission is based at least in part on the mask, and wherein reception of the skipped transmission is based at least in part on the mask.

[0120] Aspect 13: A method according to Aspect 11, wherein the mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on an empty transmission associated with the CG, and wherein selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission includes receiving measurement information multiplexed on the CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

[0121] Aspect 14: The method according to any of aspects 11-13 further includes: sending information to activate or deactivate a mask, wherein selectively receiving or skipping reception of transmissions according to the CG and the mask is at least partially based on activating or deactivating the mask.

[0122] Aspect 15: The method according to aspect 14, wherein at least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is sent via at least one of downlink control information, radio resource control signaling, or medium access control signaling.

[0123] Aspect 16: The method according to any of aspects 11-15, further comprising: receiving a request for information identifying the mask, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent based at least in part on the request.

[0124] Aspect 17: The method according to any one of aspects 11-16, wherein the mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to a DRX cycle.

[0125] Aspect 18: The method according to aspect 17, wherein the pattern indicates that the modified configuration or the modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles.

[0126] Aspect 19: The method according to any one of aspects 11-18, wherein the mask is configured to apply to several DRX cycles.

[0127] Aspect 20: The method according to any one of aspects 11-19, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent together with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

[0128] Aspect 21: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more aspects 1-20.

[0129] Aspect 22: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 1-20.

[0130] Aspect 23: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one component for performing the method of one or more aspects of aspects 1-20.

[0131] Aspect 24: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 1-20.

[0132] Aspect 25: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-20.

[0133] The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of these aspects.

[0134] As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be broadly interpreted as a combination of hardware and / or hardware and software. "Software" should be broadly interpreted as representing instructions, instruction sets, codes, code segments, program codes, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable programs, execution threads, processes and / or functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or other. As used herein, the processor is implemented with hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. It is clear that the systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented with different forms of hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. The actual dedicated control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and / or methods does not limit these aspects. Therefore, the operation and behavior of the systems and / or methods are described herein without reference to specific software code, and it should be understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and / or methods at least in part based on the description herein.

[0135] As used herein, satisfying a threshold may refer to a value being greater than a threshold, greater than or equal to a threshold, less than a threshold, less than or equal to a threshold, equal to a threshold, not equal to a threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0136] Although the specific combination of feature is described in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects.In fact, a plurality of these features can be combined in a mode not specifically described in the claims and / or not specifically disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed may only directly quote a claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes the combination of each dependent claim and each other claim in the claims. As used herein, the phrase pointing to "at least one" in a series of projects refers to any combination (including single members) of those projects. As an example, "at least one of a, b or c" is intended to contain a, b, c, ab, ac, bc and abc, and with any combination of the multiple of identical elements (for example, aa, aaa, aab, aac, abb, acc, bb, bbb, bbc, cc and ccc, or any other arrangement of a, b and c).

[0137] Unless explicitly stated, any element, behavior or instruction used herein should not be interpreted as critical or necessary. In addition, as used herein, the articles "a" and "an" are intended to include one or more projects and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In addition, as used herein, the definite article "the" is intended to include one or more projects related to the definite article "the" and can be used interchangeably with "the one or more". In addition, as used herein, the terms "set" and "group" are intended to include one or more projects (for example, related projects, unrelated projects or a combination of related and unrelated projects) and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". If only one project is intended to be used, the phrase "only one" or similar language is used. In addition, as used herein, the terms "have" and "have" are intended to be open terms. In addition, unless explicitly stated otherwise, the phrase "based on" is intended to represent "at least partially based on". In addition, as used herein, the term "or" is inclusive when used continuously and can be used interchangeably with "and / or", unless explicitly stated otherwise (for example, if used in combination with "either" or "only one").

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured granted CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactivity durations in the inactivity duration set; receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in the one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and The transmission is selectively performed or skipped according to the CG and the mask.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited during the inactivity duration set, and wherein skipping the transmission is based at least in part on the mask, and wherein skipping the transmission is based at least in part on the mask.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein The mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on empty transmissions associated with the CG, and wherein selectively sending transmissions includes sending measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Receiving information to activate or deactivate the mask, wherein selectively performing or skipping the transmission according to the CG and the mask is at least partially based on the information to activate or deactivate the mask.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein At least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is received via at least one of: Downlink control information, Radio Resource Control Signaling, or Media Access Control signaling.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: A request for the information identifying the mask is sent, wherein the information identifying the mask is received based at least in part on the request.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein The mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to the DRX cycle.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The pattern indicates that the modified configuration or the modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein The mask is configured to apply to several DRX cycles.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein The information identifying the mask is received together with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

11. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising: Sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a user equipment UE, wherein the first configuration is used for a discontinuous reception DRX cycle, and the second configuration is used for a configured permitted CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactivity durations in the inactivity duration set; sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in the one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and Reception of the transmission is selectively received or skipped based on the CG and the mask.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein The mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited during the set of inactivity durations, and wherein skipping reception of the transmission is based at least in part on the mask.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein The mask indicates that measurement information can be multiplexed on an empty transmission associated with the CG, and wherein selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission includes receiving measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: Sending information to activate or deactivate a mask, wherein selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission according to the CG and the mask is based at least in part on activating or deactivating the mask.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein At least one of the information identifying the mask or the information activating or deactivating the mask is sent via at least one of: Downlink control information, Radio Resource Control Signaling, or Media Access Control signaling.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: A request for the information identifying the mask is received, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent based at least in part on the request.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein The mask is associated with a pattern defined with respect to the DRX cycle.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The pattern indicates that the modified configuration or the modified multiplexing scheme is not applied in one or more DRX cycles.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein The mask is configured to apply to several DRX cycles.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein The information identifying the mask is sent together with at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration.

21. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to: receiving a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first configuration is for a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and the second configuration is for a configured granted CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactivity durations in the inactivity duration set; receiving information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in the one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and The transmission is selectively performed or skipped according to the CG and the mask.

22. The UE according to claim 21, wherein: The mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited during the inactivity duration set, and wherein skipping the transmission is based at least in part on the mask, and wherein skipping the transmission is based at least in part on the mask.

23. The UE according to claim 21, wherein The mask indicates the ability to multiplex measurement information on empty transmissions associated with the CG, and wherein the one or more processors, when selectively sending transmissions, are configured to send measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask.

24. The UE according to claim 21, wherein The one or more processors are configured to: Receiving information of an activation or deactivation mask, wherein selectively performing or skipping the transmission according to the CG and the mask is at least partially based on the information of the activation or deactivation mask.

25. The UE according to claim 21, wherein The one or more processors are configured to: A request for the information identifying the mask is sent, wherein the information identifying the mask is received based at least in part on the request.

26. A base station BS for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to: Sending a first configuration and a second configuration to a user equipment UE, wherein the first configuration is used for a discontinuous reception DRX cycle, and the second configuration is used for a configured permitted CG, wherein the DRX cycle is associated with an active duration set and an inactive duration set, and wherein the CG is associated with transmissions in one or more inactivity durations in the inactivity duration set; sending information identifying a mask, wherein the mask indicates a modified configuration for transmission in the one or more inactivity durations or a modified multiplexing scheme for the CG; and Reception of the transmission is selectively received or skipped based on the CG and the mask.

27. The base station according to claim 26, wherein: The mask indicates that transmissions associated with the CG are prohibited during the set of inactivity durations, and wherein skipping reception of the transmission is based at least in part on the mask.

28. The base station according to claim 26, wherein: The mask indicates the ability to multiplex measurement information on an empty transmission associated with the CG, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive measurement information multiplexed on CG resources of the CG according to the mask when selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission.

29. The base station according to claim 26, wherein The one or more processors are configured to: Sending information to activate or deactivate a mask, wherein selectively receiving or skipping reception of the transmission according to the CG and the mask is based at least in part on activating or deactivating the mask.

30. The base station according to claim 26, wherein The one or more processors are configured to: A request for the information identifying the mask is received, wherein the information identifying the mask is sent based at least in part on the request.

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