Interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex user equipment with larger timing advance

Abstract

In summary, various aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify time domain resources for uplink transmissions. The UE may determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for uplink transmissions and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame at the UE and a corresponding downlink radio frame, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Description

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 706,345, filed on August 11, 2020, entitled “INTERRUPTED TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES FOR A HALF-DUPLEX USER EQUIPMENT WITH ALARGE TIMING ADVANCE,” and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 17 / 380,650, filed on July 20, 2021, entitled “INTERRUPTED TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES FOR A HALF-DUPLEX USER EQUIPMENTWITH A LARGE TIMING ADVANCE,” which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatus for determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex user equipment with a larger timing advance. Background Art

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasting. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple access technologies that can support 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 set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard released by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0005] A wireless network may include multiple base stations (BSs) that can support communications for multiple user equipments (UEs). A UE may communicate with a BS via a downlink and an uplink. A "downlink" (or "forward link") refers to a communication link from a BS to a UE, and an "uplink" (or "reverse link") refers to a communication link from a UE to a 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 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, region, and even global level. NR (which may also be referred to as 5G) is an enhancement set to the LTE mobile standard released by 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP-OFDM) with cyclic prefix (CP) on the downlink (DL), using CP-OFDM and / or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink (UL), and supporting beamforming, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna technology and carrier aggregation to improve spectrum efficiency, reduce costs, improve services, utilize new spectrum, and better integrate with other open standards. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements in LTE, NR technology, and other radio access technologies remain useful. Summary of the invention

[0007] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; and determining a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0008] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a base station includes: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a UE; and determining a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0009] In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to: identify time domain resources for uplink transmission; and determine a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or an offset indicated by a network.

[0010] In some aspects, a base station for wireless communication includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to: identify time domain resources for uplink transmission from a UE; and determine a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0011] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, cause the UE to: identify time domain resources for uplink transmission; and determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0012] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the base station to: identify time domain resources for uplink transmissions from a UE; and determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmissions and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0013] In some aspects, a device for wireless communication includes: a unit for identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; and a unit for determining a time period during which the device will refrain from monitoring downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the device, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the device, or a network-indicated offset.

[0014] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes: a unit for identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a UE; and a unit for determining a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0015] In summary, aspects include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, user equipment, base stations, wireless communication devices, and / or processing systems as fully described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings and description.

[0016] The foregoing has been fairly broadly summarized according to the features and technical advantages of the examples of the present disclosure, so that the following detailed description can be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The disclosed concepts and specific examples can be easily used as the basis for modifying or designing other structures for the same purpose of achieving the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. When considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein (both their organization and method of operation) and the associated advantages will be better understood according to the description below. Each of the figures in the accompanying drawings is provided for the purpose of illustration and description, and is not intended to be a definition of the limitations of the claims.

[0017] Although various aspects are described by illustrating some examples in the present disclosure, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that these aspects can be implemented in many different arrangements and scenarios. The technology described in this article 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 equipment, retail / purchase equipment, 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 in combination with the described aspects and features 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 chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, or summers). It is expected that the aspects described herein can be practiced in various devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, or end-user devices with different sizes, shapes, and configurations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to be able to fully understand the above-mentioned features of the present disclosure, a more specific description of the invention briefly summarized above can be obtained by referring to various aspects (some of which are shown in the accompanying drawings). However, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings only illustrate certain typical aspects of the present disclosure and are therefore not considered to limit the scope of the present disclosure, as the description may be suitable for 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 2is a diagram showing an example of a base station communicating with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of a frame structure in a wireless communication network according to the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transparent satellite deployment and an example of a regenerative satellite deployment in a non-terrestrial network according to the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of timing alignment in a non-terrestrial network according to the present disclosure.

[0024] Figures 6A-6C is a diagram illustrating an example associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for a half-duplex UE with a larger timing advance according to the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 7 and 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for a half-duplex UE with a larger timing advance in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0026] Fig. 9 is a block diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communications according to the present disclosure.

[0027] Fig.10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to the present disclosure.

[0028] Fig.11 is a block diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communications according to the present disclosure.

[0029] Fig.12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The following is a more complete description of various aspects of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure can be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout the present disclosure. More specifically, these aspects are provided so that the present disclosure will be thorough and complete, and the scope of the present disclosure will be fully conveyed to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings of this article, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether the aspect is implemented independently of any other aspect of the present disclosure or implemented in combination with any other aspect. For example, using any number of aspects set forth herein, a device can be implemented or a method can be implemented. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover such a device or method implemented using other structures, functions, or structures and functions other than the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein or different from the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein can be embodied by one or more elements of the claims.

[0031] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various devices and techniques. These devices and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as "elements"). These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0032] 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 RATs after 5G (e.g., 6G).

[0033] Figure 1is 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 a plurality of base stations 110 (shown as BS110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) 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 NR BS, Node B, gNB, 5G Node B (NB), access point, transmit receive point (TRP), etc. Each BS may provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" may refer to a coverage area of ​​a BS and / or a BS subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0034] A BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs associated with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A BS for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A BS for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. A BS for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In Figure 1 In the example shown in , BS 110a can be a macro BS for macrocell 102a, BS 110b can be a pico BS for picocell 102b, and BS 110c can be a femto BS for femtocell 102c. A base station can support one or more (e.g., three) cells. The terms "eNB", "base station", "NR BS", "gNB", "TRP", "AP", "Node B", "5G NB" and "cell" can be used interchangeably herein.

[0035] In some aspects, the cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of ​​the cell may move according to the location of the mobile BS. In some aspects, the BSs may be interconnected with each other and / or with one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces (such as direct physical connections or virtual networks) using any suitable transport network.

[0036] 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 is capable of relaying transmissions for other UEs. Figure 1 In the example shown in FIG. 1 , a relay BS 110 d may communicate with a macro BS 110 a and a UE 120 d to facilitate communication between the BS 110 a and the UE 120 d. A relay BS may also be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a relay, or the like.

[0037] 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 base stations BS may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different effects 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).

[0038] A 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.

[0039] UE 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) can be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE can be stationary or mobile. UE can also be referred to as, for example, an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc. UE can be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone), 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 device, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or apparatus, 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, etc.)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music device or a video device, or a satellite radio unit), a vehicle component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, an industrial manufacturing device, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

[0040] Some UEs may be considered as machine type communication (MTC) UEs or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC UEs and / or eMTC UEs may include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors and / or location tags, which may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. Some UEs may be considered as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband Internet of Things) devices. For example, a wireless node may provide a connection 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 as customer premises equipment (CPE). Some UEs may be half-duplex UEs that are not capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving. Examples of half-duplex UEs include MTC UEs, eMTC UEs, and IoT devices. UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of UE 120 (e.g., processor components and / or memory components). In some aspects, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled together. For example, a processor component (eg, one or more processors) and a memory component (eg, memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electrically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0041] Generally, 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. RAT can also be referred to as radio technology, air interface, etc. Frequency can also be referred to as carrier, frequency channel, 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.

[0042] In some aspects, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate with each other). For example, UE 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (e.g., which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol), and / or mesh network, etc. In this case, UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by base station 110.

[0043] The devices of the wireless network 100 can communicate using an electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided into various categories, frequency bands, channels, etc. based on frequency or wavelength. For example, the devices of the wireless network 100 can communicate using an operating frequency band having a first frequency range (FR1) that can span from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz, and using an operating frequency band having a second frequency range (FR2) that can span from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. The 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 a "sub-6 GHz" band. Similarly, FR2 is often referred to as a "millimeter wave" band, but it is different from the ultra-high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz–300 GHz) identified as a "millimeter wave" band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Thus, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that the term "sub-6 GHz" or the like (if used herein) can broadly represent frequencies less than 6 GHz, frequencies within FR1, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., greater than 7.125 GHz). Similarly, unless otherwise specifically noted, it should be understood that the term "millimeter wave" or the like (if used herein) may 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 may be modified, and the techniques described herein are applicable to these modified frequency ranges.

[0044] In some aspects, the wireless network 100 may include one or more non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployments, wherein the non-terrestrial wireless communication devices may include satellites 110f (interchangeably referred to herein as "non-terrestrial BSs," "non-terrestrial base stations," "satellite base stations," or "satellites"), relay stations (interchangeably referred to herein as "non-terrestrial relay stations" or "satellite relay stations"), and the like. As used herein, "NTN" may refer to a network to which access is facilitated by non-terrestrial satellites, non-terrestrial relay stations, non-terrestrial base stations, and the like. A satellite (e.g., satellite 110f) may provide a non-terrestrial cell that may at least partially overlap with one or more cells provided by a ground-based BS, may include one or more cells provided by a ground-based base station, and the like. In some aspects, the satellite 110f may be associated with a ground-based BS. In some aspects, the BS may be installed on the satellite 110f.

[0045] The wireless network 100 may include any number of non-terrestrial wireless communication devices. The non-terrestrial wireless communication devices may include satellites, high altitude platforms (HAPs), etc. The HAPs may include balloons, airships, airplanes, drones, etc. The non-terrestrial wireless communication devices may be part of an NTN that is separate from the wireless network 100. Alternatively, the NTN may be part of the wireless network 100. The satellite may communicate directly and / or indirectly with other entities in the wireless network 100 using satellite communications. The other entities may include UEs, other satellites in one or more NTN deployments, other types of BSs (e.g., fixed BSs or ground-based BSs), relay stations, one or more components and / or devices included in the core network of the wireless network 100, etc.

[0046] As noted above, Figure 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described above. Figure 1 Examples described.

[0047] 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 T≥1 and R≥1.

[0048] At the base station 110, the transmit processor 220 may receive data for one or more UEs from the data source 212, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for the UE based at least in part on a channel quality indicator (CQI) received from each UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for the UE 120 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 (MOD) 232a to 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a corresponding output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may also process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and up-convert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. The T downlink signals from modulators 232a to 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a to 234t, respectively.

[0049] At UE 120, antennas 252a to 252r may receive downlink signals from base station 110 and / or other base stations, and may provide a set of received signals to demodulators (DEMOD) 254a to 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or 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. MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a to 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and provide detected symbols. Receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to 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 UE 120 may be included in a housing.

[0050] 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.

[0051] Antennas (e.g., antennas 234a to 234t and / or antennas 252a to 252r) may include, or may be included within, antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays, etc. Antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include one or more antenna elements. Antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include coplanar antenna element sets and / or non-coplanar antenna element sets. Antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include antenna elements within a single housing and / or antenna elements within multiple housings. Antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include antenna elements coupled to one or more transmitting and / or receiving components (such as Figure 2 One or more antenna elements of one or more components).

[0052] 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 a 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 a TX MIMO processor 266 (if applicable), further processed by a modulator 254a-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 aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to Figures 6A-6C , 7 and / or 8 described herein).

[0053] At the base station 110, uplink signals from the UE 120 and other UEs may be received by the antenna 234, processed by the demodulator 232, detected by the MIMO detector 236 (if applicable), and further processed by the receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by the UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to the data sink 239 and may provide the decoded control information to the controller / processor 240. The base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. The base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 to schedule the UE 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some aspects, the modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD / DEMOD 232) of the base station 110 may be included in a modem of the base station 110. In some aspects, the 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 configured by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 to perform aspects of any method described herein (e.g., with reference to Figures 6A-6C , 7 and / or 8 described herein).

[0054] The controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component of may perform one or more techniques associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex user equipment with a larger timing advance, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component may perform or direct e.g. Figure 7 The process of 700 Figure 8 800 and / or operations of other processes described herein. Memory 242 and memory 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 communication. For example, when executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly executed, or executed after compilation, conversion, and / or interpretation), 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 7 The process of 700 Figure 8 The process 800 and / or operations of other processes described herein. In some aspects, executing instructions may include running instructions, converting instructions, compiling instructions, and / or interpreting instructions, etc.

[0055] In some aspects, the UE 120 may include: a unit for identifying a time domain resource for uplink transmission; a unit for determining a time period during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resource for the uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE 120, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE 120, or a network-indicated offset; and the like. In some aspects, such a unit may include a unit for determining a time period during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications in conjunction with the time domain resource for the uplink transmission. 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, etc.

[0056] In some aspects, the base station 110 (e.g., satellite 110f) may include: a unit for identifying time domain resources for uplink transmissions from the UE 120; a unit for determining a time period during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmissions and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE 120, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE 120, or a network-indicated offset; and the like. In some aspects, such a unit may include a unit for determining a time period during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications in conjunction with the time domain resources for the uplink transmissions. Figure 2 One or more components of the 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.

[0057] although Figure 2 The blocks in the 200 and 210 are illustrated as distinct components, but the functionality described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component, or in various combinations of components. For example, the functionality described with respect 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.

[0058] As noted above, Figure 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described above. Figure 2 Examples described.

[0059] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example 300 of a frame structure in a wireless communication network according to the present disclosure. Figure 3 The frame structure shown in is used for frequency division duplex (FDD) in telecommunication systems such as LTE, NR, etc. The transmission timeline for each of the downlink and uplink may be divided into units of radio frames (sometimes referred to as frames). Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)) and may be divided into a set of Z (Z ≥ 1) subframes (e.g., with indices from 0 to Z-1). Each subframe may have a predetermined duration (e.g., 1 ms) and may include a set of time slots (e.g., in Figure 3 It is shown that each subframe has 2 mtime slots, where m is an index of the numerology used for transmission, such as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.). Each time slot may include a set of L symbol periods. For example, each time slot may include fourteen symbol periods (e.g., Figure 3 ), seven symbol periods, or another number of symbol periods. In the case where a subframe includes two slots (e.g., when m=1), the subframe may include 2L symbol periods, where the 2L symbol periods in each subframe may be assigned indices from 0 to 2L-1. In some aspects, the scheduling unit for FDD may be frame-based, subframe-based, slot-based, mini-slot-based, symbol-based, etc.

[0060] As noted above, Figure 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described above. Figure 3 Examples described.

[0061] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of a regenerative satellite deployment and an example 410 of a transparent satellite deployment in a non-terrestrial network according to the present disclosure.

[0062] Example 400 shows a regenerative satellite deployment. In example 400, satellite 420 serves UE 120 via service link 430. For example, satellite 420 may include satellite 110f. In some aspects, satellite 420 may be referred to as a non-terrestrial base station, a regenerative repeater, an onboard processing repeater, etc. In some aspects, satellite 420 may demodulate uplink radio frequency signals and may modulate baseband signals derived from uplink radio frequency signals to produce downlink radio frequency transmissions. Satellite 420 may send downlink radio frequency signals on service link 430. Satellite 420 may provide a cell covering UE 120.

[0063] Example 410 shows a transparent satellite deployment, which may also be referred to as a bent-pipe satellite deployment. In example 410, satellite 440 serves UE 120 via service link 430. Satellite 440 may be a transparent satellite. Satellite 440 may relay signals received from gateway 450 (e.g., ground-based BS 110) via feeder link 460. For example, a satellite may receive uplink radio frequency transmissions and may send downlink radio frequency transmissions without demodulating the uplink radio frequency transmissions. In some aspects, the satellite may convert the uplink radio frequency transmission frequency received on service link 430 to the frequency of the uplink radio frequency transmission on feeder link 460, and may amplify and / or filter the uplink radio frequency transmissions. In some aspects, the UE 120 shown in examples 400 and 410 may be associated with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) capability, a global positioning system (GPS) capability, etc., although not all UEs may have such capabilities. Satellite 440 may provide a cell covering UE 120.

[0064] Serving link 430 may include a link between satellite 440 and UE 120, and may include one or more of an uplink or a downlink. Feeder link 460 may include a link between satellite 440 and gateway 450, and may include one or more of an uplink (e.g., from UE 120 to gateway 450) or a downlink (e.g., from gateway 450 to UE 120). The uplink of serving link 430 may be indicated by figure letter 430-U, and the downlink of serving link 430 may be indicated by figure letter 430-D. Similarly, the uplink of feeder link 460 may be indicated by figure letter 460-U ( Figure 4 ), and the downlink of the feeder link 460 may be indicated by the figure text 460-D ( Figure 4 ) indication.

[0065] Due to the movement of satellites 420 and 440 and the potential movement of UE 120, feeder link 460 and service link 430 may each experience Doppler effects. These Doppler effects may be significantly greater than the Doppler effects in terrestrial networks. The Doppler effect on feeder link 460 can be compensated to some extent, but may still be associated with a certain amount of uncompensated frequency error. In addition, gateway 450 may be associated with residual frequency error, and / or satellite 420 / 440 may be associated with airborne frequency error. These frequency error sources may cause the received downlink frequency at UE 120 to deviate from the target downlink frequency.

[0066] As mentioned above, Figure 4 are provided as examples. Other examples can be found in Figure 4 The examples described are different.

[0067] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of timing alignment in a non-terrestrial network according to the present disclosure. Figure 5 As shown, satellite 110f, satellite 420, or satellite 440 may be timing aligned in terms of its uplink frames and corresponding downlink frames, while UE 120 served in a non-terrestrial cell of satellite 110f is timing misaligned.

[0068] like Figure 5 As shown in , the satellite 110f may be associated with an uplink radio frame timing 512 that includes a plurality of uplink time domain resources (e.g., time slots or subframes 0-16) for uplink communications in a non-terrestrial cell, and may be associated with a downlink radio frame timing 514 that includes a plurality of downlink time domain resources (e.g., time slots or subframes 0-16) for downlink communications in a non-terrestrial cell. From the perspective of the satellite 110f, the uplink radio frame timing 512 and the downlink radio frame timing 514 are time-aligned, i.e., the time slot or subframe 0 of the uplink radio frame timing 512 is aligned in the time domain with the time slot or subframe 0 of the downlink radio frame timing 314. In other words, the time slot or subframe 0 of the uplink radio frame timing 512 and the time slot or subframe 0 of the downlink radio frame timing 514 have the same start time.

[0069] Due to the distance between UE 120 and satellite 110f, propagation delay occurs for communications between UE 120 and satellite 110f. As a result, from the perspective of UE 120, uplink radio frame timing 522 and downlink radio frame timing 524 for UE 120 are timing misaligned (e.g., misaligned in the time domain). In other words, Figure 5 As shown in , the time slot or subframe 0 of the uplink radio frame timing 522 and the time slot or subframe 0 of the downlink radio frame timing 524 have different start times in the time domain.

[0070] In some aspects, the UE 120 determines a timing misalignment 526 between the uplink radio frame timing 522 and the downlink radio frame timing 524. The timing misalignment 526 may include an offset of N time slots or subframes (or another number of time domain resources, or another time duration, etc.) associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE (e.g., between time slot or subframe 0 of the uplink radio frame timing 522 and time slot or subframe 0 of the downlink radio frame timing 524). In these examples, the UE 120 may start an uplink transmission 528 early (e.g., based at least in part on the timing misalignment 526) to compensate for a propagation delay between the UE 120 and the satellite 110f.

[0071] If UE 120 is a half-duplex UE (or another type of UE that is not capable of performing simultaneous transmission and reception, such as an MTC UE, an IoT device, etc.), the time slot or subframe used for uplink transmission 528 may not be available for downlink reception by UE 120. In addition, the time slots, subframes, or other time domain resources on both sides of the time slot or subframe used for uplink transmission 528 may not be available to provide a guard period or guard interval for UE 120 to switch between transmission and reception.

[0072] For non-terrestrial communications, the propagation distance between UE 120 and satellite 110f may be relatively large. As a result, timing misalignment 526 may be a relatively large value on the order of several subframes or radio frames. In these examples, satellite 110f may signal a relatively large offset (e.g., K offset ) for communications including uplink-downlink timing interactions associated with UE 120. offset 526 and to ensure efficient scheduling for UE 120. “Uplink-downlink interaction” may refer to the association between the reception of downlink communications at UE 120 and the transmission of subsequent and corresponding uplink communications by UE 120. For example, satellite 110f may be configured with K for UE 120. offset , to provide hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or narrowband PDSCH (NPDSCH) communication received from satellite 110f. In these examples, UE 120 may use K offset For determining the uplink timing for HARQ feedback (e.g., the transmission of HARQ feedback may be started from the uplink time slot or subframe index n+k+K offsetStarting from, where n is the last downlink subframe in which a PDSCH communication was sent, k is the slot offset, and K offset is an offset used to ensure efficient uplink scheduling as a function of the round trip time (RTT) associated with UE 120 (or with a group of UEs). Figure 5 For any downlink transmission that ends in subframe or time slot 0, UE 120 cannot send the corresponding uplink transmission before its uplink time slot N+1. For NTN, the value of timing misalignment N in this example may be very large. offset (e.g., in the HARQ ACK timeline example above) to ensure efficient scheduling even for larger timing misalignment values. In some aspects, the satellite 110f may determine K based at least in part on the timing misalignment 526 determined by the UE 120. offset (e.g., if signaled to satellite 110f), or K may be determined independently of timing misalignment 526. offset .

[0073] As mentioned above, Figure 5 is provided as an example. Other examples may be related to Figure 5 The example described in is different.

[0074] For half-duplex UEs in a wireless network, the uplink timing interaction can be configured to allow the interrupted downlink subframes to be used for efficient half-duplex operation. For example, the UE can be scheduled or configured to start from uplink time slot / subframe n to uplink time slot / subframe n+N. UL Send uplink signal, where N UL The time slot / subframe corresponding to the transmission of the uplink signal. The UE may be required to have an interruption in downlink reception in one or more downlink time slots / subframes before and / or after the time slot / subframe corresponding to the transmission of the uplink signal. "Interruption of one or more downlink time slots / subframes" may refer to a half-duplex behavior of the UE, wherein the UE refrains from monitoring one or more downlink time slots or subframes for downlink communications. In addition, the serving base station or satellite may refrain from scheduling or configuring downlink communication reception for the UE during one or more downlink time slots / subframes.

[0075] As described above, some half-duplex UEs may be operated in non-terrestrial networks, where the half-duplex UEs may have a large timing misalignment between uplink radio frame timing and downlink radio frame timing associated with the UE. Such large timing misalignment may cause problems with determining which downlink time slots / subframes are interrupted for the UE, which may degrade the half-duplex operation performance of the UE.

[0076] In some aspects described herein, techniques and apparatus are provided for determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex user equipment with a larger timing advance. In some aspects, a UE (and an associated base station) may determine a time period during which downlink time domain resources (e.g., time slots, subframes, etc.) are interrupted for the UE based at least in part on one or more offsets associated with the UE. The one or more offsets may include a timing advance parameter (e.g., ), the timing advance parameter may be determined at least in part based at least in part on the timing misalignment for the UE, and may include K for the UE offset , which may include an offset indicated by the network, etc. In this way, the UE can accurately determine which downlink time domain resources to prohibit monitoring (for example, in terms of downlink time slot / subframe index), and the base station can accurately determine which downlink time domain resources the base station should not schedule for the UE, which improves the half-duplex operation performance for the UE.

[0077] Figures 6A-6C 6 is a diagram illustrating one or more examples 600 associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex user equipment with a larger timing advance according to the present disclosure. Figures 6A-6C As shown in , example 600 includes communications between a satellite 110f (or satellite 420 or satellite 440) and a UE 120. In some aspects, the satellite 110f and the UE 120 may be included in a non-terrestrial network, such as a non-terrestrial network included in the wireless network 100. The satellite 110f and the UE 120 may communicate over a wireless non-terrestrial access link (e.g., a service link 430), which may include an uplink (e.g., an uplink 430-U) and a downlink (e.g., a downlink 430-D). Scheduling of communications on the uplink and downlink may be based at least in part on uplink radio frame timing (e.g., uplink radio frame timing 512, uplink radio frame timing 522, etc.) and / or downlink radio frame timing (e.g., downlink radio frame timing 514, downlink radio frame timing 524, etc.).

[0078] like Fig. 6A In and as indicated by reference numeral 602, the UE 120 may determine (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, Fig. 9 The first time offset may be an offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE. For example, the first time offset may be a timing advance parameter (e.g., timing misalignment 526) corresponding at least in part to a timing misalignment for UE 120. ).

[0079] In some aspects, the UE 120 determines (e.g., using the receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determining component 910, etc.) a timing advance parameter based solely on a timing misalignment of the UE 120 (e.g., independently of a timing advance command received from the satellite 110f). In these cases, the value of the timing advance parameter includes a UE-estimated pre-compensated delay corresponding to the UE 120, where the UE 120 determines (e.g., using the receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determining component 910, etc.) the UE-estimated pre-compensated delay based, at least in part, on a geographic location of the UE 120, a geographic location of the satellite 110f, a round trip time between the UE 120 (or a group of UEs including the UE 120) and the satellite 110f, etc.

[0080] In some aspects, the UE 120 determines (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the determination component 910, etc.) a timing advance parameter based on a combination of the timing misalignment of the UE 120 and a small or residual timing advance received from the satellite 110f (e.g., in a random access response (RAR)).

[0081] In some aspects, the UE 120 determines (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the determining component 910, etc.) to include the timing advance parameter in the first time offset based at least in part on determining (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the determining component 910, etc.) that a value or duration of the timing advance parameter satisfies a threshold duration (e.g., two time slots, five time slots, etc.).

[0082] In some aspects, the UE 120 determines the value of the first time offset by performing a rounding or quantization operation on the timing advance parameter (or timing misalignment). In these cases, the UE 120 rounds or quantizes the timing advance parameter to the nearest time domain resource amount (e.g., to the nearest symbol amount, time slot amount, subframe amount, a combination thereof, etc.).

[0083] like Fig. 6A, and as further shown by reference numeral 604, the UE 120 may send (e.g., using the controller / processor 280, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the MOD 254, the antenna 252, the memory 282, the transmit component 904, etc.) an indication of the first time offset and / or an indication of the timing misalignment to the satellite 110f. The satellite 110f may receive (e.g., using the antenna 234, the DEMOD 232, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the transmit component 904, etc.) the indication of the first time offset and / or the indication of the timing misalignment. Fig.11 receiving component 1102, etc.) for an indication of a first time offset and / or an indication of a timing misalignment.

[0084] In some aspects, the first time offset may be indicated as an absolute value or an explicit value. In some aspects, the first time offset may be indicated as a relative value. In these cases, UE 120 may indicate the value of the first time offset relative to a threshold value. For example, the value indicated for the first time offset may be based on the difference between a timing advance parameter (e.g., a start time difference between an uplink radio frame timing of UE 120 and a corresponding downlink radio frame timing of UE 120) and a threshold value (e.g., a specific amount of time slots, a specific amount of subframes, etc.).

[0085] like Fig. 6A 6, the satellite 110f may determine (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, Fig.11 The second time offset may include, for example, K offset The second offset may be a time domain offset for uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE 120. For example, the offset may be a specific duration (e.g., milliseconds, seconds, etc.) or a specific time domain resource duration (e.g., a time slot amount, a subframe amount, a radio frame amount, etc.) used for uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE 120 so that the uplink communication sent by the UE 120 corresponds to a valid schedule (e.g., if the uplink transmission is offset by at least a number of time slots equal to the number of time slots corresponding to the timing misalignment of the UE 120). In some aspects, the satellite 110f (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the determination component 1110, etc.) determines the second offset based at least in part on the RTT between the UE 120 and the satellite 110f, based at least in part on the timing misalignment received from the UE 120, etc.

[0086] like Fig. 6A10f may transmit (eg, using controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, memory 242, Fig.11 1104, etc.) for an indication of the second time offset. UE 120 may receive (e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receiving processor 258, controller / processor 280, memory 282, Fig. 9 receiving component 902, etc.) from satellite 110f for an indication of a second time offset.

[0087] As further shown by reference numeral 608, the satellite 110f may transmit (e.g., using the controller / processor 240, the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the MOD 232, the antenna 234, the memory 242, the transmit component 1104, etc.) an indication of a network-indicated offset to the UE 120. The UE 120 may determine the time period based on the network-indicated offset alone or in combination with one or more of the first time offset and / or the second time offset. The network-indicated offset may include a timing advance value signaled by the network for a group of UEs. The timing advance value signaled by the network may include a maximum timing advance value across the group of UEs, a minimum timing advance value across the group of UEs, a common timing advance value across the group of UEs, etc.

[0088] like Figure 6B 10a and 610b, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may identify time domain resources for uplink transmission. For example, the UE 120 may identify (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, Fig. 9 8, or the like) for transmitting uplink time domain resources (e.g., time slots, subframes, symbols, or another type of time domain resources) to the satellite 110f for uplink communications, as shown by reference numeral 610a. As another example, the satellite 110f may identify (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, Fig.11108, etc.) UE 120 identifies uplink time domain resources in which the uplink transmission will be sent to satellite 110f, as shown by reference numeral 610b. The uplink transmission can be a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) communication, a narrowband PUSCH (NPUSCH) format 1 communication, a NPUSCH format 2 transmission, a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, a narrowband PRACH (NPRACH) transmission, or another type of uplink communication.

[0089] In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may identify the time domain resource based at least in part on the uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may identify the starting time domain resource for the uplink transmission for the uplink-downlink timing interaction based at least in part on the ending time domain resource of the corresponding downlink transmission for the uplink-downlink timing interaction. As an example, if the downlink transmission ends in downlink subframe / time slot n, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may identify the time domain resource for the uplink transmission as uplink subframe / time slot n+k+k. offset .

[0090] Examples of uplink-downlink timing interactions include transmission timing for PUSCH scheduled by downlink control information (DCI) communication, transmission timing for PUSCH scheduled by RAR during a random access channel (RACH) process, medium access control element (MAC-CE) action timing, transmission timing for channel state information (CSI) on PUSCH, CSI reference resource timing, non-periodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission timing, etc.

[0091] like Figure 6B1 and further illustrated by reference numerals 612a and 612b, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine a time period during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications from the satellite 110f. For example, the UE 120 may determine (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the determining component 910, etc.) the time period based at least in part on uplink resources, the first time offset, the second time offset, a network-indicated offset (e.g., a timing advance value signaled by the network for the group of UEs), etc., as illustrated by reference numeral 612a. As another example, the satellite 110f may determine (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the determining component 1110, etc.) the time period based at least in part on the uplink resources, the first time offset, the second time offset, the network-indicated offset (e.g., a timing advance value signaled by the network for the group of UEs), etc., as indicated by reference numeral 612b. In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine the time period by determining a downlink time domain resource index corresponding to the time period based at least in part on subtracting at least one of the first time offset, the second time offset, or the network-indicated offset from an uplink time domain resource index corresponding to the beginning or end of the uplink transmission.

[0092] The time period may include a duration (e.g., in milliseconds, seconds, etc.) and / or a time domain resource duration (e.g., a symbol amount, a time slot amount, a subframe amount, etc.). In some aspects, the time period may occur before the time domain resource used for the uplink transmission. For example, if the uplink transmission will be on uplink time domain resource n+k+K offset If the downlink time domain resource starts in the time period immediately preceding the uplink transmission, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine the starting downlink time domain resource of the time period immediately preceding the uplink transmission as:

[0093]

[0094] Where n is the ending downlink time domain resource of the corresponding downlink communication before the time domain resource used for uplink transmission, k is the time slot offset, K offset is the second time offset, is the first time offset. UE 120 and / or satellite 110f may determine the ending downlink time domain resource for the time period as:

[0095]

[0096] In some aspects, UE 120 and / or satellite 110f may calculate the time offset without taking into account the second time offset (eg, without K in the above equation). offset In the case of (determine the start time domain resources and end time domain resources for the time period).

[0097] In some aspects, the time period may occur within one or more guard intervals or guard periods (also referred to as half-duplex guard periods) associated with an uplink transmission. These guard intervals or guard periods may be time domain resources provided for the UE 120 to switch between a transmit mode and a receive mode when the UE 120 is a half-duplex UE. Thus, the time period may be based at least in part on the UE 120 operating in half-duplex mode. In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine that the time period includes one or more downlink time domain resources preceding the uplink transmission (e.g., may be based on reducing the start index of the uplink transmission by 1 / 2). In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine that the time period includes one or more downlink time domain resources after the end time domain resource of the uplink transmission (e.g., the end index of the uplink transmission may be incremented by 1. to determine the index of the downlink time domain resource).

[0098] In some aspects, the time period may occur after an uplink transmission (e.g., in one or more time domain resources after the end time domain resource of the uplink transmission and in a guard interval or guard interval after the uplink transmission). For example, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110f may determine the starting downlink time domain resource of the time period after the end of the uplink transmission in the uplink time domain resource n as:

[0099]

[0100] And the end domain resource of the time period after the uplink transmission can be determined as:

[0101]

[0102] In some aspects, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110 f may determine a plurality of durations during which the UE 120 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications from the satellite 110 f. For example, the UE 120 and / or the satellite 110 f may determine a first duration that includes one or more time domain resources prior to an uplink transmission, may determine a second duration that includes one or more time domain resources in a guard period or guard interval prior to the uplink transmission, may determine a third duration that includes one or more time domain resources in a guard period or guard interval after the uplink transmission, may determine a third duration that includes one or more time domain resources after the uplink transmission, and so on.

[0103] like Figure 6B 614, UE 120 may refrain from monitoring for downlink communications during the time period (e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, memory 282, receive component 902, etc.). Figure 6B 10 and further illustrated by reference numeral 616, the satellite 110f may refrain from scheduling (e.g., using the controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, memory 242, scheduler 246, transmit component 1104, etc.) downlink communications for reception by the UE 120 during the time period.

[0104] Figure 6C An example of a time period during which downlink time domain resources are interrupted for UE 120 is shown. Figure 6C As shown in FIG. 1 , the uplink radio frame timing and the downlink radio frame timing of UE 120 are timing misaligned due to the timing misalignment based on the first time offset, the second time offset and / or the network-indicated offset. As a result, UE 120 may start sending the uplink transmission in advance so that the uplink transmission is not aligned at n+k+K on the uplink timeline of the satellite. offsetThe uplink transmission is received at the satellite 110f. In addition, based at least in part on the first time offset, the second time offset and / or the offset indicated by the network, the time period of the interrupted downlink time domain resource can be determined to occur before the starting time domain resource of the uplink transmission, so that the UE 120 can be prepared to send the uplink transmission at the starting time domain resource of the uplink transmission. For terrestrial networks, the timing misalignment between the uplink radio frame timing and the downlink radio frame timing of the UE 120 can be relatively small, and the first time offset can be omitted. However, without considering at least one of the first time offset, the second time offset and / or the offset indicated by the network (for example, particularly in non-terrestrial networks), the interrupted time domain resource may appear long after the uplink transmission, in which case it may be desirable for the UE 120 to monitor the time domain resource before the starting time domain resource of the uplink transmission.

[0105] supply Figure 6C This is to illustrate an example, and other time durations for the interrupted time domain resources may be determined before and / or after the time domain resources of the uplink transmission using the techniques described herein.

[0106] In this manner, UE 120 and satellite 110f may determine a time period during which downlink time domain resources (e.g., time slots, subframes, etc.) are interrupted for UE 120 based at least in part on one or more offsets associated with UE 120. The one or more offsets may include a timing advance parameter (e.g., The timing advance parameter may be determined at least in part based at least in part on the timing misalignment for UE 120 and may include a K for UE 120. offset , and / or network indicated offset. In this way, UE 120 can accurately determine which downlink time domain resources to prohibit monitoring, and satellite 110f can accurately determine those downlink time domain resources that satellite 110f should not schedule for UE 120, which improves half-duplex operation performance for UE 120.

[0107] As mentioned above, Figures 6A-6C is provided as one or more examples. Other examples may be related to Figures 6A-6C The example described in is different.

[0108] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700 performed, for example, by a UE in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 700 is an example in which a UE (eg, UE 120) performs operations associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex UEs with a larger timing advance.

[0109] like Figure 7 As shown in , in some aspects, process 700 may include identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission (block 710). For example, the UE (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, identification component 908, etc.) may identify time domain resources for uplink transmission, as described above in conjunction with Figures 6A-6C described.

[0110] like Figure 7 As further shown in, in some aspects, process 700 may include: determining a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on time domain resources used for uplink transmissions, and a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or at least one of an offset indicated by the network (block 720). For example, the UE (e.g., using the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the determination component 910, etc.) may determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on time domain resources used for uplink transmissions, and a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or at least one of an offset indicated by the network, as described above in conjunction with Figures 6A-6C described.

[0111] Process 700 may include other aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0112] In a first aspect, the first time offset comprises or is based at least in part on a timing advance parameter associated with the UE.In a second aspect, the first time offset, the second time offset, or both are indicated as an amount of time domain resources comprising one or more of a radio frame, a subframe, a time slot, and / or a symbol.

[0113] In a third aspect, process 700 includes determining (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determination component 910, etc.) an amount of time domain resources for a first time offset based at least in part on a rounding operation applied to a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame.

[0114] In a fourth aspect, process 700 includes determining (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determining component 910, etc.) at least a portion of a first time offset independently of a timing advance command received from a satellite or base station. In a fifth aspect, process 700 includes determining (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determining component 910, etc.) at least a portion of a first time offset based at least in part on geographic location information associated with a UE.

[0115] In a sixth aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the first time offset only if the first time offset exceeds a threshold. In a seventh aspect, the first time offset is indicated as a difference between the threshold and a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame. In an eighth aspect, the second time offset is explicitly signaled to the UE by a satellite or a base station.

[0116] In a ninth aspect, the network-indicated offset is based at least in part on at least one of a maximum timing advance value across a UE group, a minimum timing advance value across a UE group, or a common timing advance value across a UE group. In a tenth aspect, the process 700 includes sending (e.g., using the controller / processor 280, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the MOD 254, the antenna 252, the memory 282, the transmit component 904, etc.) an indication of a first time offset to a satellite or a base station.

[0117] In the eleventh aspect, the second time offset depends on a round trip time associated with the UE or a group of UEs including the UE and a satellite or base station serving the UE or the group of UEs. In the twelfth aspect, the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for uplink transmission. In the thirteenth aspect, the time period corresponds to a protection period including at least one of one or more time domain resources before a start time domain resource for uplink transmission or one or more time domain resources after an end time domain resource for uplink transmission. In the fourteenth aspect, the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources following an end time domain resource for uplink transmission.

[0118] In a fifteenth aspect, the process 700 includes prohibiting monitoring for downlink communications during the determined time period (e.g., using the antenna 252, the DEMOD 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the controller / processor 280, the memory 282, the receiving component 902, etc.). In a sixteenth aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the UE operating in half-duplex mode. In a seventeenth aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the UE communicating with a non-terrestrial network satellite or base station. In an eighteenth aspect, the uplink transmission includes at least one of a PUSCH transmission, a NPUSCH format 1 transmission, a NPUSCH format 2 transmission, or a PUCCH transmission.

[0119] In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighteenth aspects, determining the time period comprises: determining the time period is based at least in part on receiving a downlink indication from a satellite or a base station that the satellite or the base station has received an indication of a first time offset. In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to nineteenth aspects, determining the time period comprises: determining a downlink time domain resource index corresponding to the time period based at least in part on subtracting at least one of the first time offset, the second time offset, or the network indicated offset from an uplink time domain resource index corresponding to the beginning or the end of the uplink transmission.

[0120] although Figure 7 Example blocks of process 700 are shown, but in some aspects process 700 may include Figure 7 Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks may be included compared to those blocks shown in . Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 700 may be performed in parallel.

[0121] Figure 8 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process 800 performed, for example, by a base station according to the present disclosure. Example process 800 is an example in which a base station (e.g., base station 110, satellite 110f, satellite 420, satellite 440, etc.) performs operations associated with determining interrupted time domain resources for half-duplex UEs with a larger timing advance.

[0122] like Figure 8 As shown, in some aspects, process 800 may include identifying time domain resources for uplink transmissions from the UE (block 810). For example, a base station (e.g., using transmit processor 220, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, identification component 1108, etc.) may identify time domain resources for uplink transmissions from the UE, as described above in conjunction with Figures 6A-6C described.

[0123] like Figure 8 As shown, in some aspects, process 800 may include: determining a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on time domain resources used for uplink transmissions, and a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or at least one of an offset indicated by the network (block 820). For example, a base station (e.g., using a transmit processor 220, a receive processor 238, a controller / processor 240, a memory 242, a determination component 1110, etc.) may determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on time domain resources used for uplink transmissions, and a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or at least one of an offset indicated by the network, as described above in conjunction with Figures 6A-6C described.

[0124] Process 800 may include other aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0125] In a first aspect, process 800 includes receiving (e.g., using antenna 234, DEMOD 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, receive component 1102, etc.) an indication of a first time offset from a UE. In a second aspect, process 800 includes refraining from scheduling (e.g., using controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, memory 242, scheduler 246, transmit component 1104, etc.) downlink communications for the UE to occur during a time period.

[0126] In a third aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the first time offset only when the first time offset exceeds a threshold. In a fourth aspect, the first time offset is indicated as a difference between the threshold and a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame. In a fifth aspect, process 800 includes sending (e.g., using controller / processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, memory 242, transmit component 1104, etc.) an explicit indication of a second time offset to the UE.

[0127] In a sixth aspect, process 800 includes determining (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller / processor 280, memory 282, determining component 1110, etc.) a network-indicated offset based on at least one of a maximum timing advance value across a group of UEs, a minimum timing advance value across a group of UEs, and / or a common timing advance value across a group of UEs. In a seventh aspect, the second time offset is dependent on a round trip time associated with a UE or a group of UEs including the UE and a base station.

[0128] In an eighth aspect, the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for uplink transmission. In a ninth aspect, the time period corresponds to a guard period including at least one of one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for uplink transmission or one or more time domain resources following an end time domain resource for uplink transmission. In a tenth aspect, the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources following an end time domain resource for uplink transmission.

[0129] In the eleventh aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the UE operating in half-duplex mode. In the twelfth aspect, the time period is determined based at least in part on the base station being a non-terrestrial network satellite. In the thirteenth aspect, the uplink transmission includes at least one of a PUSCH transmission, a NPUSCH format 1 transmission, a NPUSCH format 2 transmission, or a PUCCH transmission. In the fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, determining the time period includes determining a downlink time domain resource index corresponding to the time period based at least in part on subtracting at least one of a first time offset, a second time offset, or a network-indicated offset from an uplink time domain resource index corresponding to the beginning or end of the uplink transmission.

[0130] Although Figure 8 Example blocks of process 800 are shown, but in some aspects process 800 may include Figure 8 Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks may be included compared to those blocks shown in FIG. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 800 may be performed in parallel.

[0131] Fig. 9is a block diagram of an example apparatus 900 for wireless communication according to the present disclosure. Apparatus 900 may be UE 120, or UE 120 may include apparatus 900. In some aspects, apparatus 900 includes a receiving component 902 and a sending component 904, which may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, apparatus 900 may communicate with another apparatus 906 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using receiving component 902 and sending component 904. As further shown, apparatus 900 may include one or more of identifying component 908 or determining component 910, in addition to other examples.

[0132] In some aspects, the apparatus 900 may be configured to perform the Figures 6A-6C Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 900 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as Figure 7 Process 700. In some aspects, Fig. 9 The device 900 and / or one or more components shown in the figure may include the above-mentioned Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, Fig. 9 One or more of the components shown in the above may be combined Figure 2 In one or more components described herein, the components may be implemented in a computer program product. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components in the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or codes stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0133] The receiving component 902 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, from the apparatus 906. The receiving component 902 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the receiving component 902 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding) on ​​the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the apparatus 906. In some aspects, the receiving component 902 may include the above in combination with Figure 2 One or more antennas, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receive processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of a UE are described.

[0134] Transmit component 904 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to device 906. In some aspects, one or more other components of device 906 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to transmit component 904 for transmission to device 906. In some aspects, transmit component 904 may perform signal processing (e.g., filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, etc.) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to device 906. In some aspects, transmit component 904 may include the above in combination with Figure 2 One or more antennas, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described UE. In some aspects, the transmit component 904 can be collocated with the receive component 902 in a transceiver.

[0135] Identification component 908 can identify time domain resources for uplink transmission. Determination component 910 can determine a time period during which device 900 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at device 900, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for device 900, or a network-indicated offset. In some aspects, determination component 910 can include the above in combination with Figure 2 A receiving processor, a transmitting processor, a controller / processor, a memory or a combination thereof of a UE is described.

[0136] In some aspects, the identification component 908 may include the above combined Figure 2 One or more receiving processors, modulators, transmitting MIMO processors, transmitting processors, controllers / processors, memories or combinations thereof of the described UE. In some aspects, the identification component 908 may be a memory. In some aspects, the identification component 908 may be one or more processors coupled to the memory, and the memory and the one or more processors are configured to identify time domain resources for uplink transmission. In some aspects, the identification component 908 may be one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, cause the UE to identify time domain resources for uplink transmission.

[0137] In some aspects, the determining component 910 may include the above combined Figure 2One or more receive processors, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described UE. In some aspects, the determining component 910 may be a memory. In some aspects, the determining component 910 may be one or more processors coupled to the memory, and the memory and the one or more processors are configured to determine a time period during which the device 900 will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications. In some aspects, the determining component 910 may include one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, cause the UE to determine a time period during which the device 900 will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications.

[0138] Fig. 9 The number and arrangement of components shown in are provided as examples. Fig. 9 There may be additional components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged differently than those shown in FIG. Fig. 9 Two or more components shown in may be implemented in a single component, or Fig. 9 The single component shown in can be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Fig. 9 A component set (one or more components) shown in FIG. 1 can perform one or more functions, and the one or more functions are described as being Fig. 9 Another component set shown in is executed.

[0139] Fig.10 1000 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation of an apparatus 1005 employing a processing system 1010 according to the present disclosure. The apparatus 1005 may be a UE 120 or an apparatus 900.

[0140] The processing system 1010 may be implemented with a bus architecture, generally represented by bus 1015. Bus 1015 may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges, depending on the specific application and overall design constraints of the processing system 1010. Bus 1015 links together various circuits including one or more processors and / or hardware components represented by processor 1020, the illustrated components, and computer-readable media / memory 1025. Bus 1015 may also link various other circuits, such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like.

[0141] The processing system 1010 can be coupled to a transceiver 1030. The transceiver 1030 is coupled to one or more antennas 1035. The transceiver 1030 provides a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1030 receives signals from the one or more antennas 1035, extracts information from the received signals, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1010, specifically the receiving component 902. In addition, the transceiver 1030 receives information from the processing system 1010 (specifically the transmitting component 904) and generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas 1035 based at least in part on the received information.

[0142] The processing system 1010 includes a processor 1020 coupled to a computer-readable medium / memory 1025. The processor 1020 is responsible for general processing, including executing software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1025. When executed by the processor 1020, the software causes the processing system 1010 to perform various functions described herein for any particular device. The computer-readable medium / memory 1025 can also be used to store data manipulated by the processor 1020 when executing the software. The processing system also includes at least one of the components shown. These components can be software modules running in the processor 1020, resident / stored in the computer-readable medium / memory 1025, one or more hardware modules coupled to the processor 1020, or some combination thereof.

[0143] In some aspects, the processing system 1010 may be a component of the UE 120 and may include at least one of the memory 282 and / or the TX MIMO processor 266, the RX processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280. In some aspects, the apparatus 1005 for wireless communication includes: means for identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; means for determining a time period during which the apparatus 1005 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the apparatus 1005, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the apparatus 1006, or an offset indicated by the network. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the processing system 1010 of the apparatus 900 and / or the apparatus 1005 configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described elsewhere herein, the processing system 1010 may include the TX MIMO processor 266, the RX processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280. In one configuration, the aforementioned means may be the TX MIMO processor 266, the RX processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280, which are configured to perform the functions and / or operations recited herein.

[0144] Fig.10 is provided as an example. Other examples may be related to Fig.10 The examples described are different.

[0145] Fig.11 1 is a block diagram of an example apparatus 1100 for wireless communication according to the present disclosure. The apparatus 1100 may be a base station 110 (or a satellite 110f), or the base station 110 (or the satellite 110f) may include the apparatus 1100. In some aspects, the apparatus 1100 includes a receiving component 1102 and a transmitting component 1104, which may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 1100 may communicate with another apparatus 1106 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using the receiving component 1102 and the transmitting component 1104. As further shown, in addition to other examples, the apparatus 1100 may include one or more of the identifying component 1108 or the determining component 1110.

[0146] In some aspects, the apparatus 1100 may be configured to perform the Figures 6A-6C Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 1100 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as Figure 8 In some aspects, Fig.11 The apparatus 1100 and / or one or more components shown in the figure may include the above combined Figure 2 Additionally or alternatively, Fig.11 One or more of the components shown in the above may be combined Figure 2 In one or more components described herein, the components may be implemented in one or more components described herein. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components in the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or codes stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0147] The receiving component 1102 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, from the apparatus 1106. The receiving component 1102 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 1100. In some aspects, the receiving component 1102 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding) on ​​the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the apparatus 1106. In some aspects, the receiving component 1102 may include the above in combination with Figure 2 One or more antennas, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receive processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of a base station or satellite described.

[0148] The transmitting component 1104 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to the device 1106. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1106 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to the transmitting component 1104 for transmission to the device 1106. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1104 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, etc.) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to the device 1106. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1104 may include the above in combination with Figure 2 One or more antennas, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memories, or combinations thereof of the described base stations or satellites. In some aspects, the transmit component 1104 can be collocated with the receive component 1102 in a transceiver.

[0149] The identifying component 1108 may identify the time domain resources for uplink transmission. The determining component 1110 may determine a time period during which the device 1106 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the device 1106, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the device 1106, or a network-indicated offset. In some aspects, the identifying component 1108 may be one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station or a satellite, cause the base station or satellite to identify the time domain resources for uplink transmission.

[0150] Identification component 1108 may include the above combination Figure 2 A receiving processor, a modulator, a transmitting processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a base station or satellite described herein. In some aspects, the identifying component 1108 may be a memory. In some aspects, the identifying component 1108 may be one or more processors coupled to the memory, and the memory and the one or more processors are configured to identify time domain resources for uplink transmission. In some aspects, the determining component 1110 may be one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the base station or satellite, cause the base station or satellite to determine a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications.

[0151] The determining component 1110 may include the above combination Figure 2 The receiving processor, modulator, transmitting processor, controller / processor, memory or combination thereof of the base station or satellite described herein. In some aspects, the determining component 1110 can be a memory. In some aspects, the determining component 1110 can be one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to determine a time period during which the device 1106 will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications.

[0152] Fig.11 The number and arrangement of components shown are provided as examples. Fig.11 There may be additional components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged differently than those shown in FIG. Fig.11 Two or more components shown in may be implemented in a single component, or Fig.11 The single component shown in can be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Fig.11 A component set (one or more components) shown in FIG. 1 can perform one or more functions, and the one or more functions are described as being Fig.11 Another component set shown in is executed.

[0153] Fig.12 12 is a diagram illustrating an example 1200 of a hardware implementation of an apparatus 1205 employing a processing system 1210 according to the present disclosure. The apparatus 1205 may be a base station, a satellite, or the apparatus 1100.

[0154] The processing system 1210 may be implemented with a bus architecture, generally represented by bus 1215. Bus 1215 may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges, depending on the specific application and overall design constraints of the processing system 1210. Bus 1215 links together various circuits including one or more processors and / or hardware components represented by processor 1220, the illustrated components, and computer readable media / memory 1225. Bus 1215 may also link various other circuits, such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like.

[0155] The processing system 1210 can be coupled to a transceiver 1230. The transceiver 1230 is coupled to one or more antennas 1235. The transceiver 1230 provides a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1230 receives signals from the one or more antennas 1235, extracts information from the received signals, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1210, specifically the receiving component 1202. In addition, the transceiver 1230 receives information from the processing system 1210 (specifically the transmitting component 1104) and generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas 1235 based at least in part on the received information.

[0156] The processing system 1210 includes a processor 1220 coupled to a computer-readable medium / memory 1225. The processor 1220 is responsible for general processing, including executing software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1225. When executed by the processor 1220, the software causes the processing system 1210 to perform various functions described herein for any particular device. The computer-readable medium / memory 1225 can also be used to store data manipulated by the processor 1220 when executing the software. The processing system also includes at least one of the components shown. These components can be software modules running in the processor 1220, resident / stored in the computer-readable medium / memory 1225, one or more hardware modules coupled to the processor 1220, or some combination thereof.

[0157] In some aspects, the processing system 1210 may be a component of the base station 110 and may include the memory 242 and / or at least one of the TX MIMO processor 230, the RX processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240. In some aspects, the apparatus 1205 for wireless communication includes: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmissions from a UE; and means for determining a time period during which the UE will refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources for the uplink transmissions and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or a network-indicated offset.

[0158] The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the processing system 1210 of the device 1100 and / or the device 1205 configured to perform the functions described by the aforementioned means. As described elsewhere herein, the processing system 1210 may include the TX MIMO processor 230, the receive processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240. In one configuration, the aforementioned means may be the TX MIMO processor 230, the receive processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240, which are configured to perform the functions and / or operations described herein.

[0159] Fig.12 is provided as an example. Other examples may be related to Fig.12 The examples described are different.

[0160] The following provides an overview of some aspects of the disclosure:

[0161] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; and determining a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources used for uplink transmission and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or an offset indicated by a network.

[0162] Aspect 2: The method according to aspect 1, wherein the first time offset includes or is based at least in part on a timing advance parameter associated with the UE. Aspect 3: The method according to aspect 1 or 2, wherein the first time offset, the second time offset, or both are indicated as an amount of time domain resources including one or more of a radio frame, a subframe, a time slot, and / or a symbol. Aspect 4: The method according to aspect 3, further comprising: determining the amount of time domain resources for the first time offset based at least in part on a rounding operation applied to the start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame. Aspect 5: The method according to any one of aspects 1-4, further comprising: determining at least a portion of the first time offset independently of a timing advance command received from a satellite or a base station. Aspect 6: The method according to aspect 5, further comprising: determining at least a portion of the first time offset based at least in part on geographic location information associated with the UE.

[0163] Aspect 7: A method according to any one of aspects 1-6, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the first time offset only when the first time offset exceeds a threshold. Aspect 8: A method according to any one of aspects 1-7, wherein the first time offset is indicated as a difference between a threshold and a start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame. Aspect 9: A method according to any one of aspects 1-8, wherein the second time offset is explicitly signaled to the UE by a satellite or a base station. Aspect 10: A method according to any one of aspects 1-9, wherein the network-indicated offset is based at least in part on at least one of the following: a maximum timing advance value across a group of UEs, a minimum timing advance value across a group of UEs, or a common timing advance value across a group of UEs. Aspect 11: A method according to any one of aspects 1-10, further comprising sending an indication of the first time offset to a satellite or a base station. Aspect 12: A method according to Aspect 11, wherein determining the time period includes: determining the time period is at least partially based on receiving a downlink indication from the satellite or base station that the satellite or base station has received an indication of the first time offset.

[0164] Aspect 13: A method according to any one of aspects 1-12, wherein the second time offset depends on a round trip time associated with the UE or a group of UEs including the UE and a satellite or base station serving the UE or the group of UEs including the UE. Aspect 14: A method according to any one of aspects 1-13, wherein the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for uplink transmission. Aspect 15: A method according to any one of aspects 1-14, wherein the time period corresponds to a guard period, the guard period including at least one of one or more time domain resources before a start time domain resource for the uplink transmission or one or more time domain resources after an end time domain resource for the uplink transmission. Aspect 16: A method according to any one of aspects 1-15, wherein the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources following an end time domain resource for uplink transmission.

[0165] Aspect 17: The method according to any one of aspects 1-16, further comprising prohibiting monitoring for downlink communications during the determined time period. Aspect 18: The method according to any one of aspects 1-17, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the UE operating in half-duplex mode. Aspect 19: The method according to any one of aspects 1-18, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the UE communicating with a non-terrestrial network satellite or base station. Aspect 20: The method according to any one of aspects 1-19, wherein the uplink transmission includes at least one of the following: a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a narrowband PUSCH (NPUSCH) format 1 transmission, a NPUSCH format 2 transmission, a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, a narrowband PRACH (NPRACH) transmission, or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission. Aspect 21: A method according to any one of Aspects 1-20, wherein determining the time period includes: determining a downlink time domain resource index corresponding to the time period based at least in part on subtracting at least one of the first time offset, the second time offset, or the network-indicated offset from an uplink time domain resource index corresponding to the beginning or end of the uplink transmission.

[0166] Aspect 22: A wireless communication method performed by a base station, comprising: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE); and determining a time period during which the UE will prohibit monitoring of downlink communications based at least in part on the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, and at least one of a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing interaction for the UE, or an offset indicated by a network.

[0167] Aspect 23: The method according to aspect 22, further comprising receiving an indication of the first time offset from the UE. Aspect 24: The method according to aspect 22 or 23, further comprising prohibiting scheduling of downlink communications for the UE occurring in the time period. Aspect 25: The method according to any one of aspects 22-24, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the first time offset only when the first time offset exceeds a threshold. Aspect 26: The method according to any one of aspects 22-25, wherein the first time offset is indicated as a difference between a threshold and a start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame. Aspect 27: The method according to any one of aspects 22-26, further comprising sending an explicit indication of the second time offset to the UE. Aspect 28: The method according to any one of aspects 22-27, further comprising determining the network-indicated offset based on at least one of the following: a maximum timing advance value across a group of UEs, a minimum timing advance value across a group of UEs, or a common timing advance value across a group of UEs.

[0168] Aspect 29: A method according to any one of aspects 22-28, wherein the second time offset depends on a round trip time associated with the UE or a group of UEs including the UE and the base station. Aspect 30: A method according to any one of aspects 22-29, wherein the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for the uplink transmission. Aspect 31: A method according to any one of aspects 22-30, wherein the time period corresponds to a guard period, the guard period including at least one of one or more time domain resources before a start time domain resource for the uplink transmission or one or more time domains after an end time domain resource for the uplink transmission. Aspect 32: A method according to any one of aspects 22-31, wherein the time period corresponds to one or more time domain resources after an end time domain resource for the uplink transmission. Aspect 33: A method according to any one of aspects 22-32, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the UE operating in half-duplex mode. Aspect 34: The method according to any one of aspects 22-33, wherein the time period is determined at least in part based on the base station being a non-terrestrial network satellite.

[0169] Aspect 35: A method according to any one of aspects 22-34, wherein the uplink transmission includes at least one of the following: a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a narrowband PUSCH (NPUSCH) format 1 transmission, a NPUSCH format 2 transmission, a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, a narrowband PRACH (NPRACH) transmission, or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission. Aspect 36: A method according to any one of aspects 22-35, wherein determining the time period includes: determining a downlink time domain resource index corresponding to the time period based at least in part on subtracting at least one of the first time offset, the second time offset, or the network-indicated offset from an uplink time domain resource index corresponding to the beginning or end of the uplink transmission.

[0170] Aspect 37: 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 according to one or more of aspects 1-21. Aspect 38: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 1-21. Aspect 39: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one unit for performing the method according to one or more of aspects 1-21. Aspect 40: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 1-21. Aspect 41: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 1-21.

[0171] Aspect 42: 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 according to one or more of aspects 22-36. Aspect 43: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 22-36. Aspect 44: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one unit for performing the method according to one or more of aspects 22-36. Aspect 45: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 22-36. Aspect 46: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 22-36.

[0172] 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.

[0173] As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be broadly interpreted as hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. "Software" should be broadly interpreted to mean instructions, instruction sets, codes, code segments, program codes, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads in execution, processes and / or functions, etc., regardless of whether it refers to software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, etc. As used herein, a "processor" is implemented in hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented in 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 citing specific software codes-it should be understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and / or methods based at least in part on the description herein.

[0174] 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.

[0175] Although the specific combination of features is stated in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. In fact, many of these features can be combined in a manner not specifically stated in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below can directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim and each other claim combination in the claim set. As used herein, the phrase "at least one" in the reference project list refers to any combination of those projects, including a single member. As an example, "at least one of a, b or c" is intended to cover a, b, c, ab, ac, bc and abc and any combination with multiple identical elements (for example, aa, aaa, aab, aac, abb, acc, bb, bbb, bbc, cc and ccc or any other sorting of a, b and c).

[0176] Unless explicitly stated, any element, action or instruction used in this article should not be interpreted as critical or necessary. In addition, as used herein, the articles "one" 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 article "said" is intended to include one or more projects related to the article "said", and can be used interchangeably with "said one or more". In addition, as used herein, the terms "set" and "grouping" are intended to include one or more projects (for example, related projects, unrelated projects, or a combination of related projects and unrelated projects), and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In the case of only wanting a project, the term "only one" or similar language is used. In addition, as used herein, the terms "have", "have", "contain" etc. are intended to be open terms. In addition, unless otherwise explicitly stated, the phrase "based on" is intended to mean "based at least in part". Furthermore, as used herein, the term "or" when used in series is intended to be inclusive and used interchangeably with "and / or" unless expressly stated otherwise (eg, if used in combination with "or" or "only one of").

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; as well as Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first time offset includes or is based at least in part on a timing advance parameter associated with the UE.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first time offset is indicated as an amount of time domain resources comprising one or more of a radio frame, a subframe, a time slot or a symbol.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising: An amount of time domain resources for the first time offset is determined based at least in part on a rounding operation applied to the start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: At least a portion of the first time offset is determined independently of a timing advance command received from a satellite or a base station.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The at least a portion of the first time offset is determined based at least in part on geographic location information associated with the UE.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first time offset exceeds a threshold.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The first time offset is indicated as a difference between a threshold and the start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The time period is further determined based at least in part on a network-indicated offset.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: An indication of the first time offset is sent to the non-terrestrial network satellite.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: Determining the time period includes: Determining the time period is based at least in part on receiving a downlink indication from the non-terrestrial network satellite or non-terrestrial network node that the non-terrestrial network satellite or non-terrestrial network node has received the indication of the first time offset.

12. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE); as well as Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: An indication of the first time offset is received from the UE.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: Downlink communications for the UE that occur during the time period are prohibited from being scheduled.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The first time offset exceeds a threshold.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The first time offset is indicated as a difference between a threshold and the start time difference between the uplink radio frame and the corresponding downlink radio frame.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The time period is further determined based at least in part on a network-indicated offset.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The time period is further determined based at least in part on a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing exchange for the UE.

19. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; as well as Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

20. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: The time period is determined based at least in part on a second time offset associated with an uplink-downlink timing exchange for the UE.

21. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: The time periods correspond to: one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for the uplink transmission, One or more time domain resources following the end time domain resource for the uplink transmission, or A protection period, which includes at least one of the following: one or more time domain resources before the starting time domain resource for the uplink transmission, or One or more time domain resources following an ending time domain resource for the uplink transmission.

22. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: The one or more processors are further configured to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications during the time period.

23. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: The time period is determined based at least in part on: The UE operates in the half-duplex mode, and The UE communicates with the non-terrestrial network satellite.

24. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: The uplink transmission includes at least one of the following: Physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, Narrowband PUSCH (NPUSCH) format 1 transmission, NPUSCH format 2 transmission, Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission, Narrowband PRACH (NPRACH) transmission, or Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission.

25. The UE according to claim 19, wherein: To determine the time period, the one or more processors are configured to: A downlink time-domain resource index corresponding to the time period is determined based at least in part on subtracting the first time offset from an uplink time-domain resource index corresponding to a beginning or an end of the uplink transmission.

26. A network node for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE); and Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

27. The network node according to claim 26, wherein, The time periods correspond to: one or more time domain resources preceding a start time domain resource for the uplink transmission, One or more time domain resources following the end time domain resource for the uplink transmission, or A protection period, which includes at least one of the following: one or more time domain resources before the starting time domain resource for the uplink transmission, or One or more time domain resources following an ending time domain resource for the uplink transmission.

28. The network node according to claim 26, wherein: The time period is determined based at least in part on: The UE operates in the half-duplex mode, and The network node is the non-terrestrial network satellite.

29. The network node according to claim 26, wherein: The uplink transmission includes at least one of the following: Physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, Narrowband PUSCH (NPUSCH) format 1 transmission, NPUSCH format 2 transmission, Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission, Narrowband PRACH (NPRACH) transmission, or Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission.

30. The network node according to claim 26, wherein: To determine the time period, the one or more processors are configured to: A downlink time-domain resource index corresponding to the time period is determined based at least in part on subtracting the first time offset from an uplink time-domain resource index corresponding to a beginning or an end of the uplink transmission.

31. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication comprises one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, cause the UE to: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission; and Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

32. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network node, cause the network node to: identifying time domain resources for uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE); and Determining a starting downlink time domain resource and an ending downlink time domain resource for a time period during which the UE is to refrain from monitoring for downlink communications based at least in part on: the time domain resources used for the uplink transmission, a first time offset associated with a start time difference between an uplink radio frame and a corresponding downlink radio frame at the UE, and At least one of the following: The UE operates in half-duplex mode, or The UE communicates with a non-terrestrial network satellite.

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