Wireless communication method and device therefor

Abstract

A method of wireless communication is disclosed for use in a wireless terminal. The method includes performing discontinuous reception (DRX) to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), determining a starting position of an on-duration timer for a next DRX cycle in accordance with at least one of first signaling or a predefined condition, and activating the on-duration timer at the determined starting position, wherein the first signaling is monitored over a time period.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This document generally deals with wireless communication, especially 5G communication. Background Technology

[0002] Discontinuous reception (DRX) is an energy-saving technology. The basic mechanism of DRX is to configure a DRX cycle for the UE (user equipment), where a DRX cycle begins with a `drx-onDurationTimer` (DRX active duration timer). During the `drx-onDurationTimer`, the UE is in a DRX active (On) state and continuously monitors the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). If the UE successfully decodes the PDCCH, it remains awake (i.e., in a DRX active state) and starts an inactivity timer. After either the `drx-onDurationTimer` or the `drx-inactivityTimer` (DRX inactivity timer) expires, the UE can enter sleep mode (i.e., in a DRX off state). Figure 1 (The opportunity for DRX is shown in the diagram). When DRX is off, the UE does not monitor the PDCCH.

[0003] DRX activation or UE keep-awake means that the UE is in an active state. When DRX is configured, the active state for the serving cell in the DRX group includes the following conditions:

[0004] - The drx-onDurationTimer or drx-InactivityTimer configured for the DRX group is running, or

[0005] -drx-RetransmissionTimerDL (DRX downlink retransmission timer) or drx-RetransmissionTimerUL (DRX uplink retransmission timer) is running on any serving cell in the DRX group, or

[0006] The `-ra-ContentionResolutionTimer` (contention resolution timer) or `msgB-ResponseWindow` (msgB response window) is running, or

[0007] - The scheduling request is sent and pending on the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or

[0008] - a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) indicating a new transmission addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the MAC entity has not been received after successfully receiving a random access response for a random access preamble that is not selected by the media access control (MAC) entity among contention-based random access preambles.

[0009] DRX off state or sleep state or DRX off period means that the UE is not in active time or outside of active time.

[0010] With the development of wireless communication technology, through the use of high frequency bands, large bandwidths, multiple antennas and other technologies, the performance indicators of wireless communication systems such as transmission rate, delay, throughput and reliability have been greatly improved. eXtended Reality (XR) and cloud gaming are some of the most important 5G media applications being considered in the industry. XR includes performance forms such as Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR), as well as fields interspersed between them. The services of XR include video, audio, posture / control, etc. 5G services (e.g., XR and cloud gaming services) require high reliability, high throughput and low latency. Since the devices used for XR include head-mounted displays or glasses with independent capabilities, the battery usage time of the XR device has a great influence on the user equipment (UE) experience. Therefore, how to reduce the power consumption of the UE is an important topic to be discussed. SUMMARY

[0011] The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal. The method comprises:

[0012] performing discontinuous reception, DRX, to monitor a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH; determining a starting position of an on-duration timer for a next DRX cycle according to at least one of a first signaling or a predefined condition; and activating the on-duration timer at the determined starting position, wherein the first signaling is monitored within a time period.

[0013] The various embodiments can preferably implement the following features:

[0014] Preferably, the time period is determined by a monitoring period indicating a period of the first signaling.

[0015] Preferably, the time period is determined by at least one of: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a packet delay budget PDB, traffic information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

[0016] Preferably, the start of the time period is determined based on the first reference point and the first offset, and the first offset indicates a duration between the start point of the time period and the first reference point.

[0017] Preferably, the first reference point comprises at least one of: a start of a slot or a subframe or a millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or the inactivity timer or the retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame in which the last slot of the on-duration timer or the inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, wherein X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or a subframe of a start of a jitter window; a slot or a subframe of an end of a jitter window; or a slot or a subframe in the middle of a jitter window.

[0018] Preferably, the first offset is one of: a value less than or equal to half of the PDB, a value associated with the PDB value, a value associated with a traffic parameter in the traffic information, a value associated with a frames per second value, a value associated with a length of a jitter window, a value associated with a protocol data unit PDU set, a value associated with a quality indicator of the PDU set, a value associated with a quality of service parameter, a value associated with a traffic periodicity in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to half of a traffic periodicity included in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to 1000 divided by a frames per second parameter included in the traffic information.

[0019] Preferably, the first offset has different values for different values of a priority parameter or a quality of service parameter included in the traffic information.

[0020] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined based on at least one of: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or a number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0021] Preferably, the second reference point comprises at least one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at a start of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame after a last slot before the on-duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, wherein X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or subframe at a start of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at a middle of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at an end of the jitter window.

[0022] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and a second offset, and the second offset indicates a duration between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

[0023] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined by the window length, and the window length indicates a duration from a start of the time period to the end of the time period.

[0024] Preferably, the window length is associated with at least one of: a packet delay budget PDB, a jitter range, a quality indicator of a protocol data unit set, or traffic information.

[0025] Preferably, the wireless communication method further comprises: stopping monitoring the first signaling after monitoring a fixed number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0026] Preferably, a unit of the time period is a slot or a millisecond.

[0027] Preferably, the wireless communication method further comprises: monitoring the first signaling in the time period according to a monitoring pattern.

[0028] Preferably, the monitoring pattern indicates a monitoring period, and monitoring the first signaling in the time period according to the monitoring pattern comprises: monitoring the first signaling in a time domain location if (SFN*10+subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = I, wherein SFN is a system frame number corresponding to the time domain location, subframe number is a subframe index corresponding to the time domain location, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

[0029] Preferably, the monitoring pattern comprises a bitmap, wherein each bit in the bitmap indicates whether at least one time interval in the time period is valid for monitoring the first signaling, and wherein monitoring the first signaling in the time period according to the monitoring pattern comprises monitoring the first signaling in the valid time interval.

[0030] Preferably, the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI), sequence-based signaling, or a reference signal.

[0031] Preferably, the first signaling comprises indication information for at least one of whether to start the activation duration timer, whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration, a duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling or in response to the predefined condition, a temporary offset for determining when to start the activation duration timer, a varying offset for determining a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer, when to start the activation duration timer, or a search space set group index.

[0032] Preferably, the duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher layer signaling.

[0033] Preferably, the duration is associated with a subcarrier spacing, is a minimum time interval, is a second offset for determining the time period, or is 0.

[0034] Preferably, higher layer signaling configures a list of candidate values for the duration.

[0035] Preferably, the first signaling is DCI and is associated with at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of a search space set, a radio network temporary identity (RNTI), a starting position of indication information of the first signaling, a DCI size of the first signaling, enabling signaling, quasi co-location (QCL), or a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state.

[0036] Preferably, the at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher layer signaling.

[0037] Preferably, at least one configuration parameter of the search space set is defined by at least one of: a number of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3, a duration of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 30, a periodicity of the search space set for the first signaling is not less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is an integer greater than 1, a number of aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a fourth threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3, a maximum value of aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a fifth threshold, wherein the fifth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 8, a number of PDCCH candidates per aggregation level of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a sixth threshold, wherein the sixth threshold has a same value or different values for different aggregation levels, a total number of PDCCH candidates of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a seventh threshold, wherein the seventh threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 20; or a number of monitoring occasions in a single slot of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than an eighth threshold, wherein the eighth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3.

[0038] Preferably, the RNTI is used for at least one of: DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service, DCI associated with an extended reality service, DCI indicating whether there is traffic of an extended reality service for a next DRX long cycle, DCI indicating whether to start the active duration timer, DCI indicating whether to start the active duration timer after a duration, DCI indicating a duration, a temporary offset, or a change offset, DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the active duration timer, or DCI indicating whether to monitor DCI within a subsequent monitoring occasion.

[0039] Preferably, if the first signaling is configured: a number of sizes of DCI formats for PDCCH candidates in a serving cell is at most 5, and a number of sizes of DCI formats with cyclic redundancy check scrambled by a cell radio network temporary identifier in the serving cell is at most 3.

[0040] Preferably, at least one of a starting position of indication information in the first signaling or a DCI size of the first signaling is indicated by higher layer signaling, and one or more bits in a block in the first signaling indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in a group.

[0041] Preferably, the first signaling is a DCI format 2_6 scrambled with the RNTI.

[0042] Preferably, different monitoring occasions for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with a plurality of transmission relations.

[0043] Preferably, the time interval comprises at least one search space set period, at least one slot, or the time period.

[0044] Preferably, each monitoring occasion comprises one or more consecutive slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

[0045] Preferably, one or more consecutive monitoring occasions are grouped into monitoring occasion groups associated with the same transmission relation.

[0046] Preferably, each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is configured by higher layer signaling to be associated with a transmission relation.

[0047] Preferably, the transmission relation associated with each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is determined based on a list of transmission relations configured in a search space set of the first signaling.

[0048] Preferably, monitoring occasions within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is the number of transmission relations in the list of transmission relations.

[0049] Preferably, a first monitoring occasion in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relation of a search space set of the first signaling, and remaining monitoring occasions in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relation different from the first transmission relation.

[0050] Preferably, the transmission relation is associated with at least one of: quasi co-location, control resource set CORESET, transmission configuration indication TCI state, or synchronization signal block.

[0051] Preferably, the wireless communication method further comprises: if at least one of the following exists, monitoring the first signaling: at least a portion of the time period is outside the active time of the DRX, a search space is configured for the first signaling, receiving enabling signaling or activating signaling from a wireless network for monitoring the first signaling, outside the active time of the DRX, within the time period, receiving another first signaling indicating continuously monitoring the first signaling, or not receiving the first signaling indicating starting the active time duration timer after a duration.

[0052] Preferably, for a case that there is no available monitoring occasion of the first signaling for the next DRX cycle, and the wireless communication method further comprises: starting the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle after the time duration.

[0053] Preferably, the predefined condition comprises at least one of: no detection of the first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after the time duration during the time period; reception of enabling signaling to enable changing a starting offset of the on-duration timer; reception of enabling signaling to enable monitoring the first signaling; reporting capability signaling indicating support of monitoring the first signaling; timer expiry, wherein the timer is triggered in at least one of: if reception of scheduling DCI, if reception of scheduling DCI for XR service traffic, if reception of the first signaling, if reception of a first type of DCI format, a first slot outside of an active time of the DRX, or a first slot after expiry of the on-duration timer or an inactivity timer; the timer expiry and no reception of traffic during the timer running; reception of a first type of DCI format, wherein the first type of DCI format comprises at least one of: DCI for XR service traffic, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_2, or DCI format 2_6; reception of DCI scrambled with a first type of RNTI, wherein the first type of RNTI comprises at least one of: RNTI of DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service, RNTI of DCI indicating whether to start the on-duration timer, RNTI of DCI indicating whether to start the on-duration timer after the time duration, RNTI of DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the on-duration timer, RNTI of DCI indicating whether to monitor DCI in a subsequent monitoring occasion, power saving RNTI, cell RNTI, configured scheduling RNTI, or modulation and coding scheme cell RNTI.

[0054] Preferably, determining the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle according to the first signaling comprises: determining the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on indication information in the first signaling, or determining the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle as after a time duration after a slot or subframe in which the first signaling is received.

[0055] Preferably, determining the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle in accordance with the predefined condition comprises determining the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle as a time duration after the time slot or subframe in which the predefined condition is fulfilled.

[0056] Preferably, the predefined condition comprises that no first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after a time duration is detected during the time period, wherein, if the first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after a time duration is detected in the time period, the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling or is determined as the time duration after receiving the first signaling, and wherein, if the predefined condition is fulfilled, the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on a DRX configuration of the DRX.

[0057] Preferably, the predefined condition comprises that no first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after a time duration is detected during the time period, wherein, if the first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after a time duration is detected in the time period, the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling or is determined as the time duration after receiving the first signaling, and wherein, if the predefined condition is fulfilled, the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on a DRX configuration of the DRX.

[0058] Preferably, the predefined condition comprises receiving an enabling signaling for enabling to change a start offset of the on-duration timer or for enabling to monitor the first signaling, wherein the start position is determined by determining the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on the first signaling or as a time duration after receiving the first signaling, if the first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer after a time duration is detected within the time period and the predefined condition is fulfilled, and otherwise by determining the start position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on a DRX configuration of the DRX.

[0059] The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method for use in a wireless network node. The method comprises:

[0060] transmitting first signaling to the wireless terminal for a time period, wherein the first signaling is associated with determining a starting position of an active duration timer of a discontinuous reception, DRX.

[0061] Various embodiments can preferably implement the following features.

[0062] Preferably, the time period is determined by a monitoring period indicating a periodicity of the first signaling.

[0063] Preferably, the time period is determined by at least one of: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a packet delay budget, PDB, traffic information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

[0064] Preferably, the start of the time period is determined based on the first reference point and the first offset, and the first offset indicates a duration between the start of the time period and the first reference point.

[0065] Preferably, the first reference point comprises at least one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond at which the active duration timer for the next DRX cycle is started; a last slot at which the active duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at a start of a slot at which the active duration timer for the next DRX cycle is started; a system frame at which the last slot of the active duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot at which the active duration timer for the next DRX cycle is started; a slot or subframe of a start of a jitter window; a slot or subframe of an end of a jitter window; or a slot or subframe in the middle of a jitter window.

[0066] Preferably, the first offset is one of: a value less than or equal to half of a PDB, a value associated with a PDB value, a value associated with a traffic parameter in the traffic information, a value associated with a frames per second value, a value associated with a length of a jitter window, a value associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) set, a value associated with a quality indicator of a PDU set, a value associated with a quality of service parameter, a value associated with a traffic periodicity in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to half of a traffic periodicity included in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to 1000 divided by a frames per second parameter included in the traffic information.

[0067] Preferably, the first offset has different values for different values of a priority parameter or a quality of service parameter comprised in the traffic information.

[0068] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined based on at least one of: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or a number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0069] Preferably, the second reference point comprises at least one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame after the last slot before the on-duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or subframe at the start of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the middle of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window.

[0070] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and the second offset, and the second offset indicates a time duration between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

[0071] Preferably, the end of the time period is determined by the window length, and the window length indicates a time duration from the start of the time period to the end of the time period.

[0072] Preferably, the window length is associated with at least one of: a packet delay budget PDB, a jitter range, a quality indicator of a protocol data unit set, or traffic information.

[0073] Preferably, the time period is in units of slots or milliseconds.

[0074] Preferably, the transmission of the first signaling to the wireless terminal within the time period comprises transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal within the time period according to a monitoring pattern.

[0075] Preferably, the monitoring pattern indicates a monitoring period, wherein the transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal according to the monitoring pattern within the time period comprises: transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal within a time domain location if (SFN*10 + subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = I, where SFN is a system frame number corresponding to the time domain location, subframe number is a subframe index corresponding to the time domain location, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

[0076] Preferably, the monitoring pattern comprises a bitmap, wherein each bit in the bitmap indicates whether at least one time interval in the time period is valid for monitoring the first signaling, wherein the transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal according to the monitoring pattern within the time period comprises: transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal within a valid time interval.

[0077] Preferably, the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI), sequence-based signaling, or a reference signal.

[0078] Preferably, the first signaling comprises indication information for at least one of: whether to start the activation duration timer; whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration; a duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling or in response to the predefined condition; a temporary offset for determining when to start the activation duration timer; a change offset for determining a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer; when to start the activation duration timer; or a search space set group index.

[0079] Preferably, the duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher layer signaling.

[0080] Preferably, the duration is associated with a subcarrier spacing, is a minimum time interval, is a second offset for determining the time period, or is 0.

[0081] Preferably, higher layer signaling configures a list of candidate values for the duration.

[0082] Preferably, the first signaling is DCI and is associated with at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of: a search space set, a radio network temporary identity (RNTI), a starting position of indication information of the first signaling, a DCI size of the first signaling, an enabling signaling, a quasi co-location (QCL), or a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state.

[0083] Preferably, the at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher layer signaling.

[0084] Preferably, at least one configuration parameter of the search space set is defined by at least one of: a number of the search space sets for the first signaling is not greater than a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3; a duration of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 30; a periodicity of the search space set for the first signaling is not less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is an integer greater than 1; a number of aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a fourth threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3; a maximum value of aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a fifth threshold, wherein the fifth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 8; a number of PDCCH candidates per aggregation level of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a sixth threshold, wherein the sixth threshold has a same value or different values for different aggregation levels; a total number of PDCCH candidates of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a seventh threshold, wherein the seventh threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 20; or a number of monitoring occasions in a single slot of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than an eighth threshold, wherein the eighth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3.

[0085] Preferably, the RNTI is used for at least one of: a DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service; a DCI associated with an extended reality service; a DCI indicating whether there is traffic of an extended reality service for a next DRX long cycle; a DCI indicating whether to start the active duration timer; a DCI indicating whether to start the active duration timer after a duration; a DCI indicating a duration, a temporary offset, or a change offset; a DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the active duration timer; or a DCI indicating whether to monitor a DCI within a subsequent monitoring occasion.

[0086] Preferably, if the first signaling is configured: a number of sizes of DCI formats for PDCCH candidates in a serving cell is at most 5, and a number of sizes of DCI formats with cyclic redundancy check scrambled by a cell radio network temporary identity in the serving cell is at most 3.

[0087] Preferably, at least one of a starting position of indication information in the first signaling or a DCI size of the first signaling is indicated by higher layer signaling, and one or more bits in a block in the first signaling indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in a group.

[0088] Preferably, the first signaling is a DCI format 2_6 scrambled with the RNTI.

[0089] Preferably, different monitoring occasions for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with a plurality of transmission relations.

[0090] Preferably, the time interval comprises at least one search space set period, at least one slot, or the time period.

[0091] Preferably, each monitoring occasion comprises one or more consecutive slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

[0092] Preferably, one or more consecutive monitoring occasions are grouped into a monitoring occasion group associated with a same transmission relation.

[0093] Preferably, each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is configured by higher layer signaling to be associated with a transmission relation.

[0094] Preferably, the transmission relation associated with each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is determined based on a list of transmission relations configured in a search space set of the first signaling.

[0095] Preferably, monitoring occasions within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is a number of transmission relations in the list of transmission relations.

[0096] Preferably, a first monitoring occasion in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relation of a search space set of the first signaling, and remaining monitoring occasions in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relation different from the first transmission relation.

[0097] Preferably, the transmission relation is associated with at least one of: quasi co-location, control resource set CORESET, transmission configuration indication TCI state, or synchronization signal block.

[0098] The present disclosure relates to a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal comprises a communication unit and a processor configured to perform discontinuous reception DRX using the communication unit to monitor a physical downlink control channel PDCCH, determine a starting position of an on-duration timer for a next DRX cycle according to at least one of a first signaling or a predefined condition, and activate the on-duration timer at the determined starting position, wherein the first signaling is monitored within a time period.

[0099] Various embodiments can preferably implement the following features:

[0100] Preferably, the processor is further configured to perform any of the above wireless communication methods.

[0101] The present disclosure relates to a wireless network node. The wireless network node comprises a communication unit configured to transmit first signaling to a wireless terminal within a time period, wherein the first signaling is associated with determining a starting position of an active time timer of a discontinuous reception, DRX.

[0102] The various embodiments can preferably implement the following features:

[0103] Preferably, the wireless network node further comprises a processor configured to perform any of the above wireless communication methods.

[0104] The present disclosure relates to a computer program product comprising a computer readable program medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a wireless communication method according to any of the above methods.

[0105] The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to features that will become apparent from the following description when taken with reference to the drawings. In accordance with various embodiments, exemplary systems, methods, devices and computer program products are disclosed herein. It should be understood, however, that these embodiments are presented by way of example and not limitation, and that the disclosure will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following description with reference to the drawings.

[0106] Accordingly, the present disclosure is not limited to the exemplary embodiments and applications described and illustrated herein. Additionally, the particular order and / or hierarchy of steps in methods disclosed herein are merely examples. Based upon design preferences, the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the methods disclosed and claimed herein can be re-arranged, combined or otherwise changed without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the steps of the methods and techniques disclosed herein are presented by way of example and that the present disclosure contemplates various modifications without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0107] The above and other aspects and implementations are described in greater detail in the drawings, the descriptions and the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0108] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of DRX is shown.

[0109] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a wake-up signal according to embodiments of the present disclosure is shown.

[0110] Figure 3 A schematic illustration of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0111] Figure 4 A schematic illustration of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0112] Figure 5 A schematic illustration of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0113] Figure 6 A schematic illustration of a monitoring pattern is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0114] Figure 7 A schematic illustration of a monitoring occasion of first signaling is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0115] Figure 8 A schematic illustration of a monitoring occasion of first signaling is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0116] Figure 9 A schematic illustration of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0117] Figure 10 A schematic illustration of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0118] Figure 11 An example of a schematic illustration of a wireless terminal is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0119] Figure 12 An example of a schematic illustration of a wireless network node is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0120] Figure 13 And Figure 14 is a flowchart of a method in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0121] In the present disclosure, the drx-onDurationTimer can be referred to as an on-duration timer or onDurationTimer.

[0122] In the present disclosure, the DRX On state can be equivalent to a DRX on period or a DRX on duration.

[0123] In the present disclosure, the long DRX cycle can be equivalent to a DRX long cycle.

[0124] In the present disclosure, a monitor occasion can be equivalent to a monitoring occasion.

[0125] In the present disclosure, a DRX off state or a sleep state or a DRX off period means that the UE is not in an active time or outside of an active time.

[0126] In the present disclosure, a drx-startoffset can be equivalent to a start offset or startoffset.

[0127] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a wake-up signal (WUS) is shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0128] In Figure 2 In the present disclosure, a DRX off state or a sleep state or a DRX off period means that the UE is not in an active time or outside of an active time.

[0129] In addition, a PS-offset (power saving offset) indicates a time at which the UE starts monitoring PDCCH for detecting DCI format 2_6 according to the number of search space sets before the time slot in which the drx-onDurationTimer is started on a primary cell (PCell) or a secondary primary cell (SpCell) in accordance with the following equation.

[0130] If the UE reports a MinTimeGap value for an activated DL BWP, the MinTimeGap value is X time slots before the start of the time slot in which the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer, the UE does not need to monitor PDCCH for detecting DCI format 2_6 during the X time slots, where X corresponds to the MinTimeGap value for the sub-carrier spacing (SCS) of the activated DL BWP (Downlink bandwidth part) in Table 1 below.

[0131] Table 1 Minimum time gap value X

[0132]

[0133] In some embodiments, the UE monitors the PDCCH for detecting the DCI format 2_6 during the active time (e.g., DRX active duration / state / period). Figure 2 In some embodiments, the occasion for the UE to monitor the DCI format 2_6 is determined by the PS-offset and a minimum time interval value X.

[0134] In an embodiment of the WUS, the UE does not monitor the PDCCH for detecting the DCI format 2_6 during the active time (e.g., DRX active duration / state / period).

[0135] The present disclosure provides methods for reducing the power consumption of the UE. In addition, the signaling overhead of the signal is reduced. Further, the power for monitoring the signal is also reduced. The methods provided in the present disclosure also have good backward compatibility.

[0136] The operation at the UE side is described in the following.

[0137] In an example, the UE performs DRX to monitor the PDCCH. In this example, the UE determines the location of the start of the drx-onDurationTimer according to at least one of the first signaling or a pre-defined condition, and starts the drx-onDurationTimer at the determined location. The first signaling can be monitored during a certain time period / time window. Note that the term “time period” is used in some embodiments, and the term “time window” is used in other embodiments. In the present disclosure, the time period can be equivalent to the time window.

[0138] In an example, the UE can need to determine when to monitor the first signaling. For example, the time period / time window is the duration for the UE to monitor the first signaling. The time window is determined according to at least one of the following: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter range / window, a jitter value, a PDB (packet delay budget), traffic information, a minimum time interval, a monitoring pattern. In some embodiments, these parameters are referred to as time window parameters or first signaling parameters.

[0139] In an example, the time window parameters include a monitoring period. The monitoring period indicates the periodicity / period of the first signaling.

[0140] In some embodiments, at least one of the following is pre-defined: the first reference point, the second reference point, the second offset, and the minimum time interval.

[0141] In some embodiments, at least one of the following is configured by higher layer signaling: the first offset, the second offset, the window length, the timer, the jitter range / window, the jitter value, the PDB, the traffic information, the minimum time interval, and the monitoring period. In some embodiments, the higher layer signaling is at least media access control control element (MAC CE) signaling or RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling.

[0142] In an example, the start of the time window is associated with the first reference point. For example, the time window starts at a time instance that is a slot, a subframe, a millisecond, a system frame after (e.g., immediately after) the first reference point.

[0143] In an example, the start of the time window is associated with the first reference point and a first offset. The first offset is a time duration between a slot of the start of the time window and a slot of the first reference point.

[0144] Figure 3 A diagram of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. In Figure 3 In an example, the first reference point is a time instance (e.g., the first time instance) at which the UE is to start the drx-onDurationTimer (e.g., the start of the DRX active duration period). In this embodiment, the start of the time window is a (first) offset before the first reference point.

[0145] Figure 4 A diagram of a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. In Figure 4 In an example, the first reference point is a time instance (e.g., the first time instance) at which the UE is to start the drx-onDurationTimer (e.g., the start of the DRX active duration period). In this embodiment, the start of the time window is a (first) offset before the first reference point.

[0146] In some embodiments, the first reference point is associated with a system frame number (SFN) or a system frame.

[0147] In some embodiments, the first reference point can be one of the following:

[0148] - a system frame or a slot or a subframe before the start of a slot at which the UE is to start the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0149] - the system frame or slot or subframe after the last slot before the expiry of the drx-onDurationTimer or drx-inactivityTimer;

[0150] - the end position of the expiry of the drx-onDurationTimer or drx-inactivityTimer;

[0151] - the first subframe of each system frame;

[0152] - the SFN;

[0153] - the system frame;

[0154] - the Xth subframe of every Yth SFN, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513;

[0155] - the start of the system frame;

[0156] - the end of the system frame;

[0157] - the end of the slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is started;

[0158] - the slot or subframe of the start of the jitter window;

[0159] - the slot or subframe of the end of the jitter window;

[0160] - the acknowledgement (ACK);

[0161] - the PDSCH (Physical downlink shared channel);

[0162] - the slot or subframe in the middle of the jitter window.

[0163] In an embodiment, the system frame is indicated / represented by the SFN.

[0164] In some embodiments, the first reference point is associated with the slot of the start of the jitter window. Figure 5 A diagram illustrating a time window is shown in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. As Figure 5 shown, the first reference point is the slot of the start of the jitter window, and the start of the time window is the (first / second) offset before the first reference point.

[0165] In some embodiments, the first reference point is the end position of the slot in which the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer.

[0166] In some embodiments, the first reference point is a slot of an end of the jitter window.

[0167] Note that the jitter is the offset between the data packet generation time and the time when the data packet arrives at the base station (e.g., gNB). The length of the jitter window represents the range of the jitter. For example, the jitter can be within [-4ms, 4ms] and the length of the jitter window is 8ms. In other words, the jitter window can be regarded as the range in which the data packet can arrive at the gNB.

[0168] In some embodiments, the jitter window is a location where the UE monitors the PDCCH.

[0169] In some embodiments, the jitter window is a location where the UE monitors the PDCCH for XR traffic.

[0170] In some embodiments, the jitter window is associated with a SPS (Semi-persistent scheduling) / CG (configured grant) configuration or a SPS / CG group.

[0171] In some embodiments, the first offset is associated with at least one of the following: PDB, jitter range, protocol data unit (PDU) set, quality indicator of the PDU set, traffic parameter(s).

[0172] In an embodiment, the traffic parameter(s) associated with the first offset comprises at least one of the following: QoS (quality of service), traffic periodicity, FPS (frame per second), priority information.

[0173] In an embodiment, the first offset is equal to or less than half of the PDB.

[0174] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with the PDB value.

[0175] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with the traffic parameter.

[0176] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with the FPS (value).

[0177] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with the PDU set.

[0178] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with a quality indicator of the PDU set. For example, the first offset is configured according to the quality indicator of each PDU set. Alternatively or additionally, one first offset is configured to be associated with one quality indicator of the PDU set.

[0179] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with a length of the jitter window.

[0180] In an embodiment, the first offset is a value associated with the traffic period.

[0181] In an embodiment, the first offset is equal to or less than half of the traffic period.

[0182] In an embodiment, the first offset is equal to or less than 1000 / FPS.

[0183] In an embodiment, the first offset can have different candidate values corresponding to different QoS values. For example, the candidate values and / or the mapping between the candidate values and the QoS values can be predefined. In another embodiment, each QoS value is associated with a first offset.

[0184] In an embodiment, the first offset can have different candidate values for different priority information values. For example, the candidate value corresponding to a low priority priority information value is less than or equal to the candidate value corresponding to a high priority priority information. In another embodiment, each priority is associated with a first offset.

[0185] In an example, the end of the time window is determined by at least one of the following: the second reference point, the (second) offset, the minimum time interval, the window length, the jitter range, the jitter window, the number of monitoring occasions.

[0186] In some embodiments, the second reference point can be / include at least one of the following:

[0187] - the start of the slot in which the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0188] - the last slot before the expiry of the drx-onDurationTimer or drx-inactivityTimer;

[0189] - the end position of the expiry of the drx-onDurationTimer or drx-inactivityTimer;

[0190] - the SFN;

[0191] - the system frame;

[0192] - the start of the slot of the jitter window;

[0193] - the end of the slot where the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0194] - the slot of the end of the jitter window.

[0195] In some embodiments, the end of the time window is determined by at least a second reference point and a second offset, wherein the second offset is a duration between the second reference point and the end of the time window.

[0196] In some embodiments, the UE continuously monitors the first signaling until the UE detects the first signaling indicating to start the on-duration timer.

[0197] In some embodiments, the second offset is a minimum time interval, and the second reference point is a start of a slot where the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer.

[0198] In some embodiments, the end of the time window is determined by at least a first reference point, a first offset, and a window length. For example, the first reference point and / or the first offset are used to determine a start of the time window, and the time window ends at the window length after the determined start.

[0199] In some embodiments, the end of the time window and / or the window length is associated with a jitter range. For example, the window length is determined according to the jitter range. In an embodiment, the window length is equal to the jitter range. In another embodiment, the window length is smaller than the jitter range.

[0200] In some embodiments, the second offset is associated with at least one of: a UE capability, a predefined value, an SCS (subcarrier spacing), a higher layer signaling. For example, the predefined value is predefined to be associated with different SCSs and different UE capabilities. The second offset is configured by the higher layer signaling, and the value of the configured second offset should not be smaller than the predefined value.

[0201] In some embodiments, the window length is associated with at least one of: a PDB, a jitter range, a traffic parameter, a PDU set, or a quality indicator of a PDU set.

[0202] In an embodiment, the traffic parameter(s) associated with the window length include at least one of: a QoS (quality of service), a traffic periodicity, an FPS (frames per second), or a priority information.

[0203] In an embodiment, the window length is equal to or larger than half of the PDB.

[0204] In an embodiment, the window length is equal to or larger than half of the traffic periodicity.

[0205] In an embodiment, the window length is equal to or greater than 1000 / FPS.

[0206] In an embodiment, the window length can have same or different candidate values corresponding to different QoS values. For example, the candidate values and / or the mapping between the candidate values and the QoS values can be predefined.

[0207] In an embodiment, the window length can have same or different candidate values for different priority information values. For example, the candidate value corresponding to a low priority priority information value is less than or equal to the candidate value corresponding to a high priority priority information.

[0208] In some embodiments, the UE stops monitoring the first signaling if the UE has monitored a certain number of monitoring occasions for the first signaling.

[0209] In some embodiments, the UE stops monitoring the first signaling if a timer expires. In these embodiments, the timer can be triggered at the start of the time window.

[0210] In some embodiments, the UE monitors a certain number of (partial) slots from the start of the time window in each monitoring occasion, a certain number of monitoring occasions, or a certain number of periods of the first signaling.

[0211] In some embodiments, the UE monitors a certain number of (partial) slots from the start of the time window in the slots of each monitoring occasion, a certain number of monitoring occasions, or a certain number of periods of the search space set of the first signaling.

[0212] In an example, the monitoring pattern of the first signaling can be configured or indicated by the signaling. The monitoring pattern can comprise at least one of the following: a monitoring period, a pattern, or a bitmap. For example, the signaling configuring / indicating the monitoring pattern can be DCI or MAC CE signaling.

[0213] In some embodiments, the monitoring pattern indicates that the UE monitors the first signaling only in odd slots (i.e., slots with odd indices).

[0214] In some embodiments, the monitoring pattern comprises a monitoring period. The unit of the monitoring period is subframe or millisecond. The UE monitors the first signaling if (SFN*10 + subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = I, where I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

[0215] In some embodiments, the monitoring pattern comprises a monitoring periodicity. In these embodiments, the unit of the monitoring periodicity is a slot. The UE monitors the first signaling if (numberOfSlotsPerFrame x SFN + slot number / index in the frame) mod (monitoring periodicity) = I, where I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring periodicity.

[0216] In the present disclosure, the term "mod" denotes the modulo function. For example, the result of one number NUM_1 mod another number NUM_2 is the remainder of NUM_1 divided by NUM_2.

[0217] Figure 6 A schematic diagram illustrating a monitoring pattern according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. In the present embodiment, the monitoring pattern comprises a monitoring periodicity. As shown, the monitoring periodicity indicates certain valid slots, and the UE only monitors the first signaling in these indicated valid slots if a search space set for the first signaling is configured in these indicated valid slots during the time window. Figure 6

[0218] In some embodiments, the monitoring pattern comprises a bitmap. The bitmap length can be equal to or less than the time window. In the bitmap, one bit corresponds to one or more slots or milliseconds. For example, bit '1' indicates valid, while bit '0' indicates invalid. Based on the bitmap, the UE only monitors the first signaling in the valid slots during the time window if a search space set for the first signaling is configured in these valid slots.

[0219] In an embodiment, the length / duration of the time window is 10 slots, and the bitmap comprises 5 bits '00111'. In this embodiment, the bitmap can be repeated during the time window. That is, the UE monitors the first signaling in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 10th slots in the time window. Alternatively, one bit in the bitmap represents 2 slots. In other words, the UE monitors the first signaling in the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th slots in the time window.

[0220] In an example, the first signaling indicates at least one of:

[0221] - whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer,

[0222] - when to start the drx-onDurationTimer,

[0223] - a duration,

[0224] - a temporary offset,

[0225] - a change offset,​

[0226] - search space set group index.

[0227] The information / parameter(s) indicated by the first signaling is discussed below.

[0228] In some embodiments, 1 bit in the first signaling is used to indicate whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the duration. For example, bit ‘1’ indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the duration. In addition, bit ‘0’ indicates to reserve or continuously monitor the first signaling or not to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the duration.

[0229] In some embodiments, the first signaling indicates a temporary offset. The temporary offset is used to determine when to start the drx-onDurationTimer. For example, temporary offset = 0 indicates to continuously monitor the first signaling or not to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the duration. In an embodiment, temporary offset = A, where A is a positive integer, indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer after A slots / milliseconds.

[0230] In some embodiments, the first signaling indicates a duration. The duration is used to determine / indicate when to start the drx-onDurationTimer. For example, duration = 0 indicates to continuously monitor the first signaling or not to start the drx-onDurationTimer. In an embodiment, duration = A, where A is a positive integer, indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer after A slots / milliseconds. In an embodiment, RRC signaling configures one or more candidate values of the duration. The first signaling indicates one of the candidate values. For example, RRC signaling configures a list of durations or a list of candidate values of durations. In addition, bit X indicated by the first signaling (e.g., included in the first signaling) indicates the (X+1)th duration or candidate value in the list. In some embodiments, the duration can also be used to determine the starting position of the on duration timer when a pre-defined condition is met.

[0231] In some embodiments, the first signaling indicates a change offset for drx-startoffset. The change offset for drx-startoffset is used to change the drx-startoffset. For example, change offset = A1 (where A1 is an integer greater than or equal to 0) indicates that the drx-startoffset is adjusted / changed by the change offset (e.g., drx-startoffset = drx-startoffset + change offset).

[0232] Note that the temporary offset or duration can be configured to determine the time (after receiving the first signaling) to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle. The varying offset can be configured to vary the drx-startoffset (after receiving the first signaling) for all subsequent long DRX cycles. That is, the varying offset can affect the time to start the drx-onDurationTimer in all subsequent long DRX cycles.

[0233] In some embodiments, the first signaling indicates a search space set group index. When the drx-onDurationTimer is started / running, the UE monitors PDCCH according to the indicated search space set group index.

[0234] In an example, the first signaling can be DCI or sequence-based signaling.

[0235] In some embodiments where the first signaling is DCI, the first signaling can be associated with at least one of the following configuration parameters: search space set, new RNTI, starting position of the indication information of the first signaling, DCI size of the first signaling, enabling signaling, QCL (Quasi Co Location) state, or TCI (Transmission Configuration Indication) state. These configuration parameters can be named as first signaling parameters.

[0236] In some embodiments, the first signaling parameters or configuration parameters are indicated by higher layer signaling.

[0237] In some embodiments, the first signaling parameters can include search space set and / or CORESET (Control resource set). The search space set and / or CORESET are used to determine the monitoring occasion of the DCI. In the following content, the search space set configuration method for the first signaling is described.

[0238] In some embodiments, the configuration of a search space includes at least one of the following:

[0239] -searchSpaceId (search space ID): the identity (ID) of the search space.

[0240] -controlResourceSetId (control resource set ID): the CORESET applicable to this search space.

[0241] - duration: the number of consecutive slots in which the search space lasts in each occasion.

[0242] - monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset: the slot for PDCCH monitoring configured by a periodicity and an offset.

[0243] - monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot: the first symbol(s) for PDCCH monitoring in a slot configured for PDCCH monitoring.

[0244] - nrofCandidates: the number of PDCCH candidates per aggregation level.

[0245] In some embodiments, the configuration of the search space set for the first signaling has certain restrictions in order to reduce the possibility of blind decoding and save power.

[0246] In an embodiment, the number of search space sets for the first signaling is not greater than a first threshold A, where the first threshold A is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. In another embodiment, the first threshold A is an integer greater than 0 and less than 4.

[0247] In an embodiment, the duration of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a second threshold B, where the second threshold B is an integer greater than 0 and less than 30. Note that the second threshold B can be associated with the SCS. For example, the second threshold B associated with a large SCS is greater than or equal to the second threshold B associated with a small SCS. In another embodiment, the second threshold B is an integer greater than 0 and less than 120.

[0248] In an embodiment, the periodicity of the search space set for the first signaling is not less than a third threshold C, where the third threshold C is an integer greater than 1. The third threshold C can be associated with the SCS. For example, the third threshold C associated with a large SCS is greater than or equal to the third threshold C associated with a small SCS.

[0249] In an embodiment, the number of aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a fourth threshold D, where the fourth threshold D is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. Alternatively, the fourth threshold D is an integer greater than 0 and less than 5.

[0250] In an embodiment, the maximum value of the aggregation levels of the search space set for the first signaling is a fifth threshold E. For example, the fifth threshold E is an integer not greater than 8. In another example, the fifth threshold E is 4. In another example, the fifth threshold E is 2.

[0251] In an embodiment, the number of PDCCH candidates per aggregation level of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a sixth threshold F. The sixth threshold F can remain the same or change for different aggregation levels. For example, the sixth threshold F associated with a lower aggregation level can be greater than or equal to the sixth threshold F associated with a higher aggregation level. As an alternative, the sixth threshold F is an integer not greater than 2. In another example, the sixth threshold F is an integer not greater than 4.

[0252] In an embodiment, the total number of PDCCH candidates of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than a seventh threshold G. For example, the seventh threshold G is an integer greater than 0 and less than 20. In another example, the seventh threshold G is an integer not greater than 24.

[0253] In an embodiment, the number of monitoring occasions in one slot of the search space set for the first signaling is not greater than an eighth threshold H. The eighth threshold H can be an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. In another embodiment, the eighth threshold H is an integer not greater than 3.

[0254] In some embodiments, the DCI format can be scrambled by a new RNTI.

[0255] In an embodiment, the new RNTI is used for (scrambling) a DCI indicating whether XR traffic will be transmitted.

[0256] In an embodiment, the new RNTI is used for (scrambling) a DCI indicating whether to start drx-onDurationTimer after a duration. In this embodiment, the duration can be a predefined value, or indicated by the first signaling or by another higher layer signaling.

[0257] In an embodiment, the new RNTI is used for a DCI indicating a duration or a temporary offset or a varying offset.

[0258] In an embodiment where the duration is a predefined value, the predefined value is associated with a SCS. For example, the predefined value associated with a large SCS is greater than or equal to the predefined value associated with a small SCS.

[0259] In an embodiment where the duration is a predefined value, the predefined value is a minimum time interval or a second offset.

[0260] In an embodiment where the duration is a predefined value, the predefined value is 0.

[0261] In an embodiment where the duration is indicated by the first signaling or configured by another higher layer signaling, one SCS can be associated / configured according to one duration. For example, the duration associated with a large SCS can be configured to be greater than or equal to the duration associated with a small SCS.

[0262] In an embodiment where the duration is configured by the first signaling or another higher layer signaling, the first signaling or the higher layer signaling can configure a list of candidate values for the duration. In this embodiment, the corresponding DCI indicates one of the candidate values as the duration.

[0263] In an embodiment, the duration is associated with a predefined gap. In this embodiment, the UE does not expect to be indicated or configured with a duration value that is smaller than the predefined gap. The predefined gap can be the same or different for different SCS. For example, the predefined gap corresponding to a smaller SCS is not larger than the predefined gap corresponding to a larger SCS. In an embodiment, the predefined gap has different values for different UE capabilities. In an embodiment, the predefined gap is the minimum time gap.

[0264] In an embodiment, a new RNTI is used for (scrambling) the DCI indicating whether to change drx-startoffset.

[0265] In an embodiment, a new RNTI is used for (scrambling) the DCI indicating whether to monitor the DCI in the next / next monitoring occasion.

[0266] In some embodiments, the size (e.g., DCI size) of the first signaling is not larger than a ninth threshold J. The ninth threshold J can be an integer larger than 0 and smaller than 30. For example, the ninth threshold J is 24. As an alternative, the ninth threshold J is 18. As another alternative, the ninth threshold J is 12.

[0267] In an embodiment, the size of the first signaling can be different from a DCI scrambled with a RNTI other than C-RNTI.

[0268] In an embodiment, if a search space set for the first signaling is configured in a serving cell, the UE is expected to monitor up to 5 PDCCH candidates of DCI formats of sizes including up to 3 DCI formats of sizes with CRC scrambled by C-RNTI in the serving cell.

[0269] In an embodiment, when the UE is monitoring (in a time window) the first signaling, the UE is expected to monitor up to 5 PDCCH candidates of DCI formats of sizes including up to 3 DCI formats of sizes with CRC scrambled by C-RNTI in the serving cell.

[0270] In an embodiment, if one of the 5 sizes of DCI formats is the size of the first signaling when monitoring the first signaling (in the time window), the UE is expected to monitor PDCCH candidates of up to 5 sizes of DCI formats.

[0271] In some embodiments, the higher layer signaling indicates the starting position of the indication information in the first signaling (e.g., DCI).

[0272] In some embodiments, the first signaling comprises one or more blocks. Each block comprises one or more bits. Each block is associated with one UE or UE group. The one or more bits in one block comprise the indication information for the associated UE or the associated UE group. In an embodiment, the UE group is configured by the higher layer signaling.

[0273] In an embodiment, the first signaling is DCI format 2_6 with a new RNTI. The field(s) in the DCI format 2_6 are repurposed to indicate the indication information.

[0274] In some embodiments, if the number of monitoring occasions associated with the search space set configuration is greater than 1, different monitoring occasions or slots in one duration can be associated with different or the same CORESET index.

[0275] In an embodiment, the number of monitoring occasions can be one of:

[0276] - the number of monitoring symbol groups of the first signaling in one slot associated with the search space set configuration;

[0277] - the number of monitoring symbol groups of the first signaling in one duration associated with the search space set configuration;

[0278] - the number of monitoring symbol groups or monitoring slots in a time window associated with the search space set configuration;

[0279] - the number of slots in one duration associated with the search space set configuration,

[0280] - the number of monitoring symbol groups of the first signaling in one slot;

[0281] - the number of monitoring symbol groups of the first signaling in one duration;

[0282] - the number of monitoring symbol groups or monitoring slots in a time window;

[0283] - the number of slots in one duration.

[0284] In an embodiment, one monitoring occasion represents the monitoring occasion of the first signaling in one slot or in one slot in one duration.

[0285] In an embodiment, one monitoring occasion represents a monitoring occasion of the first signaling associated with the search space set in the time window.

[0286] In an embodiment, the number of monitoring symbol groups in a slot of the first signaling is the number of values ‘1’ configured in monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot.

[0287] In an embodiment, a “monitoring symbol group” is equivalent to a “monitoring occasion”.

[0288] In an embodiment, one monitoring occasion is associated with one CORESET. The relationship between a monitoring occasion and a CORESET can be indicated by RRC signaling.

[0289] In an embodiment, one monitoring occasion is associated with one CORESET. In this embodiment, the relationship between a monitoring occasion and a CORESET can be derived.

[0290] In some embodiments, the RRC signaling configures a list of CORESETs. The number of CORESETs in the list of CORESETs is A, and the number of monitoring occasions in a time interval is B.

[0291] In an embodiment where A = B, the first monitoring occasion is associated with the first CORESET in the list of CORESETs, the second monitoring occasion is associated with the second CORESET in the list of CORESETs, and so on.

[0292] In an embodiment where A < B, the i-th monitoring occasion is associated with the mod(i, A)-th CORESET in the list of CORESETs. That is, the first monitoring occasion is associated with the first CORESET, …, the A-th monitoring occasion is associated with the A-th CORESET in the list of CORESETs, the (A+1)-th monitoring occasion is associated with the first CORESET in the list of CORESETs, the (A+2)-th monitoring occasion is associated with the second CORESET in the list of CORESETs, and so on.

[0293] In an embodiment where A < B, the monitoring occasions are divided into A groups. Each group is associated with one CORESET in the list of CORESETs. For example, the number of monitoring occasions in some groups can be equal to [round down(B / A)]. The number of monitoring occasions in the last group is determined by the following formula:

[0294] B - (A - 1) * [round down(B / A)].

[0295] Note that [round down(B / A)] means the quotient of B divided by A is rounded down to an integer, which is the largest integer less than the quotient.

[0296] The monitoring occasions are divided into groups in order. That is, the first round down(B / A) monitoring occasions are in the first group and are associated with the first CORESET in the CORESET list, and so on.

[0297] Note that the above mapping method is for a time interval being one search space set period (i.e., the duration of a search space set) or one slot or time window. For another time interval, the mapping function is the same.

[0298] The time interval can also be one or more consecutive search space set periods (i.e., multiple durations of a search space set) or one or more consecutive slots. The monitoring occasions can also be changed to one or more consecutive monitoring occasions or one or more consecutive slots.

[0299] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of monitoring occasions of the first signaling according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. In this embodiment, the first signaling parameters are configured as:

[0300] - monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset: periodicity = 4 slots, offset = 1 slot;

[0301] - duration: 2 slots

[0302] - monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot: 14 bits Figure 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

[0303] - controlResourceSetld: 2, 0

[0304] As shown in Figure 7 , the number of monitoring occasions in one slot of the first signaling is 3 (located at symbols 0, 4, 9). The first monitoring occasion in the slot is associated with the CORESET which is the first CORESET configured in the search space set. The second monitoring occasion in the same slot is associated with the second CORESET configured in the search space set, and the third monitoring occasion in the same slot is associated with the first CORESET. The order is arranged from low index to high index.

[0305] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of monitoring occasions of the first signaling according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. In this embodiment, the first signaling parameters are configured as:

[0306] - monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset: period = 4 slots, offset = 1 slot;

[0307] - duration: 3 slots;

[0308] - controlResourceSetld: 2.

[0309] In Figure 8 , the number of slots in one duration is three, and the first monitoring occasion is associated with CORESET 2 configured in the search space set. The next monitoring occasion is associated with CORESET 0. For other monitoring occasions in one duration, the relationship between monitoring occasion and CORESET is repeated in order. In other words, if mod(i / 2) = 1, the ith monitoring occasion in one duration is associated with a CORESET configured in the search space set; otherwise, the ith monitoring occasion in one duration is associated with CORESET 0. That is, monitoring occasions with odd indices and monitoring occasions with even indices are associated with different CORESETs (in this embodiment, one is CORESET 0 and the other is a CORESET configured in the search space set). In some embodiments, only one CORESET can be associated with the search space set. A default CORESET can be used for different monitoring occasions. In this example, the default CORESET is CORESET 0.

[0310] Note that although only two CORESETs 0 and 2 are used in the embodiments shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8 , in other embodiments, the number of CORESETs for the monitoring occasions of the first signaling can be greater than 2. In some embodiments, the CORESETs for the monitoring occasions of the first signaling are configured by RRC signaling.

[0311] In an embodiment, a monitoring occasion is associated with a CORESET, meaning that the CORESET is applicable to the monitoring occasion in the search space.

[0312] In an embodiment, a monitoring occasion is associated with a CORESET, meaning that the TCI state or QCL of the monitoring occasion uses the TCI state or QCL of the CORESET.

[0313] In some embodiments, if the number of monitoring occasions is more than one, a list of CORESETs is configured in the search space set. In this embodiment, each monitoring occasion can be associated with one CORESET in the list of CORESETs.

[0314] In an embodiment, the number of CORESETs in the CORESET list is the same as the number of monitoring occasions. The mapping between CORESETs and monitoring occasions can be one-to-one mapping.

[0315] In an embodiment, the number of CORESETs in the CORESET list is less than the number of monitoring occasions. In this embodiment, multiple monitoring occasions can be mapped to one CORESET. For example, the number of CORESETs in the CORESET list is Num_A, the number of monitoring occasions is Num_B, and the ith monitoring occasion is mapped to (or associated with) the jth CORESET, where j = mod(i / num_A). As an alternative, the monitoring occasions can be divided into Num_A groups. Except for the last group, the group(s) include function(Num_B / Num_A) monitoring occasions, and the last group includes Num_B-(Num_A-1)*function(Num_B / Num_A) monitoring occasions. The monitoring occasions in the ith group are associated with the ith CORESET in the list. The function can be a floor function or a ceiling function.

[0316] In some embodiments, if the number of monitoring occasions is more than one, different monitoring occasions or slots in one duration can be associated with different or the same TCI state.

[0317] In an embodiment, one search space can be associated with a list of TCI states. In this embodiment, one monitoring occasion is associated with one TCI state in the list of TCI states. In this embodiment, the mapping between monitoring occasions and TCI states can be the same as the mapping between monitoring occasions and CORESETs.

[0318] In some embodiments, if the first signaling is more than one in the monitoring occasion(s) in one slot, different monitoring occasions can be associated with different or the same SSB (Synchronization Signal block).

[0319] In an embodiment, the mapping between monitoring occasions and SSBs can be the same as the mapping between monitoring occasions and CORESETs.

[0320] In an embodiment, the association of a monitoring occasion with an SSB means that the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port of the monitoring occasion is quasi co-located with the SSB.

[0321] In some embodiments, the first signaling is sequence based signaling or a reference signal.

[0322] In an example, the UE monitors the first signaling during a time period / time window. Note that during the active time of DRX, the UE can not monitor the first signaling. That is, if the time window is within the active time, the UE does not monitor the first signaling within the time window.

[0323] In embodiments where a portion of the time window is within the active time, the UE monitors the first signaling in the portion of the time window that is outside the active time. As an alternative, if the time window at least partially overlaps with the active time, the UE does not monitor the first signaling in the time window. As another alternative, the UE monitors the first signaling in the time window even if a portion of the time window overlaps with the active time.

[0324] In some embodiments, the UE monitors the first signaling if at least one of the following occurs:

[0325] - the UE is outside the active time;

[0326] - the UE is configured with a search space for the first signaling;

[0327] - the UE receives an enabling / activating signaling;

[0328] - the UE is within a time period / time window;

[0329] - the UE receives a first signaling indicating to monitor the first signaling continuously;

[0330] - the UE does not receive a first signaling indicating to start drx-onDurationTimer after a duration.

[0331] In an embodiment, the enabling / activating signaling can be a MAC CE or a DCI or a RRC signaling.

[0332] In an embodiment, the enabling / activating signaling indicates to enable or start monitoring the first signaling.

[0333] In some embodiments, the UE stops monitoring the first signaling if at least one of the following occurs:

[0334] - the UE is within the active time;

[0335] - the UE is outside a time period (a time window);

[0336] - the UE receives a first signaling indicating to start drx-onDurationTimer after a duration.

[0337] In an example, the predefined condition is associated with at least one of the following: a timer, a time window, a DCI format, an RNTI, an enabling signaling, a UE capability signaling.

[0338] In some embodiments, the predefined condition is satisfied if at least one of the following occurs:

[0339] a) the UE does not detect, during a time window, a first signaling indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after a time duration;

[0340] b) the UE receives an enabling signaling:

[0341] In an embodiment, the enabling signaling indicates to enable changing the drx-startoffset.

[0342] In an embodiment, the enabling signaling indicates to enable monitoring the first signaling.

[0343] c) the UE reports a UE capability signaling:

[0344] In an embodiment, the capability signaling indicates that the UE supports monitoring the first signaling;

[0345] d) a timer expires:

[0346] In an embodiment, the timer is triggered / re-triggered if a scheduling DCI is received.

[0347] In an embodiment, the timer is triggered / re-triggered if a scheduling DCI for an XR service / traffic is received.

[0348] In an embodiment, the timer is triggered / re-triggered if the first signaling is received.

[0349] In an embodiment, the timer is triggered / re-triggered if a first type of DCI format is received. For example, the first type of DCI format can comprise at least one of the following: a DCI for an XR service / traffic, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_2, DCI format 2_6.

[0350] In an embodiment, the UE activates the timer in a first slot outside of an activation time.

[0351] In an embodiment, the timer is activated in a first slot after the expiration of the drx-onDurationTimer or the drx-inactivityTimer or the drx-retransmissionTimer (DRX retransmission timer).

[0352] e) receiving the first type of DCI format:

[0353] For example, the first type of DCI format can comprise at least one of the following: DCI for XR service / traffic, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_2, DCI format 2_6.

[0354] f) receiving the DCI scrambled with the first type of RNTI:

[0355] For example, the first type of RNTI can comprise at least one of the following: new RNTI (e.g., for XR service / traffic), PS-RNTI (Power Saving-RNTI), C-RNTI, CS-RNTI (Configured Scheduling RNTI), MCS-C-RNTI (Modulation and Coding Scheme cell RNTI).

[0356] In an example, the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is determined based on the first signaling and / or the predefined condition. For example, if the predefined condition is met, the UE determines the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer and receives the first signaling.

[0357] In some embodiments, the predefined condition is that the UE does not detect the first signaling indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the time duration during a time window. If the UE detects the first signaling indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the time duration during the time window, the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is indicated by the first signaling or the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is after the time duration after the first signaling (the time of receiving the first signaling). Otherwise, if the predefined condition is met, the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is still at the original position.

[0358] In some embodiments, the predefined condition is that the UE receives the enabling signaling. If the UE detects the first signaling indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the time duration during a time window and the predefined condition is met, the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is after the time duration after the first signaling (the time of receiving the first signaling). Otherwise, the position of the start of the DRX on duration timer is at the original position.

[0359] In an example, the location of the start of the DRX on duration timer is determined by a predefined condition. For example, if the predefined condition is met, the location of the start of the DRX on duration timer is the duration after the predefined condition is met.

[0360] In an example, the location of the start of the DRX on duration timer is determined by the first signaling. For example, if the UE detects the first signaling indicating to start drx-onDurationTimer after a duration during the time window, the location of the start of the DRX on duration timer is indicated by the first signaling. That is, the location of the start of the DRX on duration timer is the duration after the first signaling (the time of receiving the first signaling).

[0361] In an example, if the UE does not detect the first signaling indicating to start drx-onDurationTimer after a duration during the time window, one of the following will happen:

[0362] A) The UE starts drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle:

[0363] In some embodiments, if an SSSG (search space set group) is configured before receiving the DCI during the activation time, the UE monitors PDCCH according to a default SSSG. For example, the default SSSG can be predefined or configured by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the default SSSG can be the SSSG with the highest index or the SSSG with the lowest index.

[0364] In some embodiments, during the activation time, the UE only monitors DL DCI before receiving the DCI.

[0365] B) The UE starts drx-onDurationTimer after a duration for the next long DRX cycle:

[0366] In some embodiments, if an SSSG is configured before receiving the DCI during the activation time, the UE monitors PDCCH according to a default SSSG. For example, the default SSSG can be predefined or configured by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the default SSSG can be the SSSG with the highest index or the SSSG with the lowest index.

[0367] In some embodiments, during the activation time, the UE only monitors DL DCI before receiving the DCI.

[0368] C) the UE does not start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle;

[0369] D) the UE determines whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle according to a higher layer signaling:

[0370] In some embodiments, the higher layer signaling indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle.

[0371] In some embodiments, if the higher layer signaling is not configured, the UE performs a default behavior. The default behavior can be predefined.

[0372] In an example, if the UE is unable to monitor the first signaling during the time window (e.g., because the time window is within the active time, there is no available monitoring occasion for the first signaling), one of the following will happen:

[0373] A) the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle at the original location.

[0374] B) the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle after the duration.

[0375] C) the UE determines whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle according to a higher layer signaling:

[0376] In some embodiments, the higher layer signaling indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next long DRX cycle.

[0377] In some embodiments, if the higher layer signaling is not configured, the UE performs a default behavior. The default behavior can be predefined.

[0378] In an example, the UE does not expect to be configured with DCP (DCI with CRC scrambled by PS-RNTI) and the first signaling parameter at the same time.

[0379] In an example, the UE is configured with DCP and the first signaling parameter at the same time. In this example, the first signaling parameter includes an enabling signaling. The enabling signaling indicates whether the UE monitors the first signaling or whether the first signaling is enabled. If the enabling signaling indicates that the UE monitors the first signaling, or the enabling signaling indicates that the first signaling is enabled, the UE monitors the first signaling and does not monitor the DCP; otherwise, the UE monitors the DCP and does not monitor the first signaling.

[0380] In an example, the DCP and the first signaling are associated with different CORESETs.

[0381] In an example, the UE monitors the first signaling in a PCell (primary cell), a PSCell (primary secondary cell), or a ssCell (SCell used for scheduling PCell / PSCell (secondary cell)).

[0382] In an example, the UE can monitor the first signaling in each activated serving cell.

[0383] In some embodiments, the UE does not expect to receive inconsistent indication information at the same time. For example, the UE does not expect to receive inconsistent indication information in one slot, one monitoring occasion, or one millisecond.

[0384] In an example, the indication information indicated in the first signaling is used for a UE group. The group to which the UE belongs is configured by higher layer signaling.

[0385] Figure 9 A schematic diagram of a time window is shown according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In Figure 9 In the embodiment, the first signaling is DCI. In addition, the time window is determined according to a first reference point, a first offset, and a minimum time interval. In this embodiment, the first reference point is predefined as the start of the slot in which the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer. The first offset is configured by RRC signaling. The first offset indicates the duration between the starting position of the time window and the first reference point. The end of the duration is the slot or millisecond of the minimum time interval before the first reference point. The DCI indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the duration for the next long DRX cycle. The duration is equal to the minimum time interval. After the UE receives the DCI indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval, the UE stops monitoring the first signaling (i.e., DCI) and starts the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval. If the UE does not detect the DCI indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval during the time window, the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer at the original position of the DRX active duration for the next long DRX cycle.

[0386] Figure 10 A schematic diagram of a time window is shown according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In Figure 10In some embodiments, the first signaling is DCI, and the time window is determined according to a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, and a minimum time interval. In this embodiment, the first reference point is predefined as the start of the slot in which the UE starts the drx-onDurationTimer. The first offset is configured by RRC signaling and is configured to indicate a time duration between the start position of the time window and the first reference point. The second reference point is (predefined as) the end of the drx-onDurationTimer of the next long DRX cycle. Note that the end of the time window is the slot, millisecond of the minimum time interval before the second reference point. The DCI indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the time duration for the next long DRX cycle. The time duration is equal to the minimum time interval. After the UE receives the DCI indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval, the UE stops monitoring the first signaling (i.e., DCI) and starts the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval. If the UE does not detect the DCI indicating to start the drx-onDurationTimer after the minimum time interval during the time window, the UE does not start the drx-onDurationTimer at the original position of the DRX active duration for the next long DRX cycle.

[0387] Figure 11 A schematic diagram related to a wireless terminal 110 according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The wireless terminal 110 can be a user equipment (UE), a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, an e-book, a head-mounted display, glasses with independent capabilities, or a portable computer system, and is not limited thereto. The wireless terminal 110 can include a processor 1100 such as a microprocessor or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a storage unit 1110, and a communication unit 1120. The storage unit 1110 can be any data storage device that stores program codes 1112 accessed and executed by the processor 1100. Embodiments of the storage unit 1110 include, but are not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM), a read-only memory (ROM), a flash memory, a random-access memory (RAM), a hard disk, and an optical data storage device. The communication unit 1120 can be a transceiver and is used to transmit and receive signals (e.g., messages or data packets) according to the processing result of the processor 1100. In an embodiment, the communication unit 1120 transmits and receives signals via at least one antenna 1122 as shown. Figure 11 ​

[0388] In an embodiment, the storage unit 1110 and the program codes 1112 can be omitted, and the processor 1100 can include a storage unit having stored program codes.

[0389] The processor 1100 can implement any of the steps in the exemplary embodiments on the wireless terminal 110 (e.g., by executing the program codes 1112).

[0390] The communication unit 1120 can be a transceiver. Alternatively or additionally, the communication unit 1120 can combine a transmission unit and a reception unit configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a wireless network node (e.g., a base station), respectively.

[0391] Figure 12The diagram relates to a wireless network node 120 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless network node 120 may be a satellite, base station (BS), network entity, Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (S-GW), Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), radio access network (RAN) node, next-generation RAN (NG-RAN) node, gNB, eNB, gNB central unit (gNB-CU), gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU), data network, core network, or Radio Network Controller (RNC), and is not limited thereto. In addition, the wireless network node 120 may include (execute) at least one network function, such as access and mobility management function (AMF), session management function (SMF), user place function (UPF), policy control function (PCF), application function (AF), etc. The wireless network node 120 may include a processor 1200 (such as a microprocessor or ASIC), a storage unit 1210, and a communication unit 1220. The storage unit 1210 may be any data storage device storing program code 1212 accessed and executed by the processor 1200. Examples of storage units 1210 include, but are not limited to, SIM, ROM, flash memory, RAM, hard disk, and optical data storage devices. The communication unit 1220 may be a transceiver and is used to transmit and receive signals (e.g., messages or data packets) according to the processing results of the processor 1200. In one example, the communication unit 1220 communicates via, for example, Figure 12 At least one antenna 1222 shown transmits and receives signals.

[0392] In one embodiment, the storage unit 1210 and the program code 1212 may be omitted. The processor 1200 may include a storage unit containing stored program code.

[0393] The processor 1200 can implement any of the steps described in the exemplary embodiments on the wireless network node 120 (e.g., by executing program code 1212).

[0394] The communication unit 1220 may be a transceiver. Alternatively or additionally, the communication unit 1220 may combine a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, which are respectively configured to transmit signals to a wireless terminal (e.g., a user equipment or another wireless network node) and receive signals from the wireless terminal (e.g., a user equipment or another wireless network node).

[0395] Figure 13 A schematic diagram of a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 13 The method shown can be used in a wireless terminal (e.g., a UE) and includes the following steps:

[0396] Step 1301: Execute DRX to monitor PDCCH.

[0397] Step 1302: Determine the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on at least one of the first signaling or a predefined condition.

[0398] Step 1303: Activate the activation duration timer at the determined starting position.

[0399] exist Figure 13 In the illustrated embodiment, the wireless terminal performs DRX to monitor the PDCCH. When performing DRX, the UE determines the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on at least one of a first signaling or one or more predefined conditions. In this embodiment, the first signaling is monitored over a time period. That is, the UE can monitor the first signaling and / or determine whether one or more predefined conditions are met within this time period to determine the start position of the activation duration timer. The UE activates the activation duration timer at the determined start position. In other words, the UE enters a DRX active state at the determined start position, for example, to monitor the PDCCH.

[0400] In one embodiment, the time period is determined by a monitoring period that indicates the cycle of the first signaling.

[0401] In one embodiment, the time period is determined by at least one of the following: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a PDB, service information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

[0402] In an embodiment, the start of the time period is determined based on the first reference point and the first offset. In this embodiment, the first offset indicates a duration between the start point of the time period and the first reference point.

[0403] In an embodiment, the first reference point can be one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which an on duration timer for a next DRX cycle is started; a last slot in which an on duration timer or an inactivity timer or a retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of a slot in which an on duration timer for a next DRX cycle is started; a system frame in which a last slot of an on duration timer or an inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot in which an on duration timer for a next DRX cycle is started; a slot or subframe of a start of a jitter window; a slot or subframe of an end of a jitter window; a slot or subframe of a middle of a jitter window.

[0404] In an embodiment, the first offset is one of: a value less than or equal to half of the PDB, a value associated with the PDB value, a value associated with a traffic parameter in the traffic information, a value associated with a frames per second value, a value associated with a length of a jitter window, a value associated with the PDU set, a value associated with a quality indicator of the PDU set, a value associated with a quality of service parameter, a value associated with a traffic periodicity in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to half of a traffic periodicity included in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to 1000 divided by a FPS parameter included in the traffic information.

[0405] In an embodiment, the first offset has different values for different values of a priority parameter or a quality of service parameter included in the traffic information.

[0406] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined based on at least one of: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or a number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0407] In an embodiment, the second reference point comprises / is at least one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of the slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame after the last slot before the on-duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of the slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or subframe at the start of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the middle of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window.

[0408] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and the second offset. In this embodiment, the second offset indicates a duration of time between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

[0409] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined by the window length, which indicates a duration of time from the start of the time period to the end of the time period.

[0410] In an embodiment, the window length is associated with at least one of: a PDB, a jitter range, a quality indicator of a PDU set, or traffic information.

[0411] In an embodiment, the wireless terminal stops monitoring the first signaling after monitoring a fixed number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0412] In an embodiment, the unit of the time period is a slot or a millisecond.

[0413] In an embodiment, the wireless terminal monitors the first signaling in the time period according to a monitoring pattern.

[0414] In an embodiment, the monitoring pattern indicates a monitoring period, wherein monitoring the first signaling in the time period according to the monitoring pattern comprises: monitoring the first signaling in a time domain location if (SFN*10 + subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = I, where SFN is a system frame number corresponding to the time domain location, subframe number is a subframe index corresponding to the time domain location, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

[0415] In an embodiment, the monitoring pattern comprises a bitmap. Each bit in the bitmap indicates whether at least one time interval in the time period is valid for monitoring the first signaling. For example, the time interval in the time period can be a time slot or a millisecond. Based on the monitoring pattern of the present embodiment, the wireless terminal monitors the first signaling in the valid time interval(s).

[0416] In an embodiment, the first signaling is DCI, sequence-based signaling, or a reference signal.

[0417] In an embodiment, the first signaling comprises indication information for at least one of: whether to start the activation duration timer, whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration, a duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling or in response to the predefined condition, a temporary offset for determining when to start the activation duration timer, a change offset for determining a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer, when to start the activation duration timer, or a search space set group index.

[0418] In an embodiment, the duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher layer signaling.

[0419] In an embodiment, the duration is associated with a subcarrier spacing, is a minimum time interval, is a second offset for determining the end of the time period, or is 0.

[0420] In an embodiment, higher layer signaling configures a list of candidate values for the duration.

[0421] In an embodiment, the first signaling is DCI, and is associated with at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of: a search space set, an RNTI, a starting position of indication information of the first signaling, a DCI size of the first signaling, an enabling signaling, a QCL, or a TCI state.

[0422] In an embodiment, the at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher layer signaling.

[0423] In an embodiment, there is at least one limit on the configuration parameter(s) of the search space set. The at least one limit can refer to the above-mentioned embodiments related to the first threshold A, the second threshold B, the third threshold C, the fourth threshold D, the fifth threshold E, the sixth threshold F, the seventh threshold G, and the eighth threshold H.

[0424] In an embodiment, the RNTI associated with the first signaling (i.e., DCI) is used for at least one of: a DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service, a DCI associated with an extended reality service, a DCI indicating whether there is traffic of an extended reality service for a next DRX long cycle, a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer, a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration, a DCI indicating a duration, a temporary offset, or a change offset, a DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer, a DCI indicating whether to monitor a DCI within a subsequent monitoring occasion.

[0425] In an embodiment where the first signaling is configured, the number of sizes of DCI formats for PDCCH candidates in a serving cell is at most 5, and the number of sizes of DCI formats with cyclic redundancy check scrambled by a cell radio network temporary identity in the serving cell is at most 3.

[0426] In an embodiment, at least one of a starting position of the indication information in the first signaling or a DCI size of the first signaling is indicated by higher layer signaling. In this embodiment, one or more bits in a block in the first signaling indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in a group.

[0427] In an embodiment, the first signaling is a DCI format 2_6 scrambled with the RNTI.

[0428] In an embodiment, different monitoring occasions for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with a plurality of transmission relationships (e.g., QCL, TCI state, CORESET, and / or SSB).

[0429] In an embodiment, the time interval is / includes at least one search space set period, at least one slot, or the time period.

[0430] In an embodiment, each monitoring occasion includes one or more consecutive slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

[0431] In an embodiment, one or more consecutive monitoring occasions are grouped as a monitoring occasion group associated with a same transmission relationship.

[0432] In an embodiment, each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is configured by higher layer signaling to be associated with one transmission relationship.

[0433] In an embodiment, the transmission relationship associated with each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is determined based on a list of transmission relationships configured in a search space set of the first signaling.

[0434] In an embodiment, the monitoring occasions within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is the number of transmission relationships in the transmission relationship list.

[0435] In an embodiment, a first monitoring occasion in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relationship of a search space set of the first signaling, and the remaining monitoring occasions in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relationship different from the first transmission relationship.

[0436] In an embodiment, the wireless terminal monitors the first signaling if at least one of the following is true: at least a portion of the time period is outside of an active time (i.e., DRX active duration / period) of the DRX, a search space is configured for the first signaling, an enabling signaling or an activation signaling to monitor the first signaling from a wireless network is received, outside of the active time of the DRX (i.e., DRX off period), within the time period, another first signaling indicating to monitor the first signaling continuously is received, or the first signaling indicating to start the active duration timer after a duration is not received.

[0437] In an embodiment, the wireless terminal starts the active duration timer for the next DRX cycle after a duration if there is no available monitoring occasion of the first signaling for the next DRX cycle.

[0438] In an embodiment, the pre-defined condition comprises at least one of the following: no detection of the first signaling indicating to start the activation duration timer after a time duration during the time period; reception of enabling signaling to enable changing a starting offset of the activation duration timer; reception of enabling signaling to enable monitoring the first signaling; reporting capability signaling indicating support of monitoring the first signaling; timer expiry; the timer expiry and no reception of traffic during the timer running; reception of a first type of DCI format, wherein the first type of DCI format comprises at least one of the following: a DCI for XR service traffic, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_2, or DCI format 2_6; reception of a DCI scrambled with a first type of RNTI. In this embodiment, the first type of RNTI comprises at least one of the following: a RNTI of a DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service, a RNTI of a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer, a RNTI of a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer after a time duration, a RNTI of a DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer, a RNTI of a DCI indicating whether to monitor a DCI in a subsequent monitoring occasion, PS-RNTI, C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, or MCS-C-RNTI. In this embodiment, the timer is triggered in at least one of the following cases: if a scheduling DCI is received, if a scheduling DCI for XR service traffic is received, if the first signaling is received, if the first type of DCI format is received, a first slot outside of an active time of the DRX, or a first slot after the activation duration timer or inactivity timer expires.

[0439] In an embodiment, the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on indication information in the first signaling.

[0440] In an embodiment, the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined as a time duration after (time instance) a slot or subframe in which the first signaling is received.

[0441] In an embodiment, the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined as a time duration after (time instance) a slot or subframe in which the pre-defined condition is met.

[0442] In an embodiment, the predefined condition comprises receiving an enabling signaling for enabling changing the starting offset of the on-duration timer or for enabling monitoring the first signaling. In this embodiment, the starting position is determined by: if the first signaling indicating starting the on-duration timer after a duration is detected within the time period and the predefined condition is fulfilled, the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling or is determined as the duration after receiving the first signaling; otherwise, the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the DRX configuration of the DRX.

[0443] In an embodiment, the predefined condition comprises receiving an enabling signaling for enabling changing the starting offset of the on-duration timer or for enabling monitoring the first signaling. In this embodiment, the starting position is determined by: if the first signaling indicating starting the on-duration timer after a duration is detected within the time period and the predefined condition is fulfilled, the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling or is determined as the duration after receiving the first signaling; otherwise, the starting position of the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the DRX configuration of the DRX.

[0444] Figure 14 A schematic diagram illustrating a method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. Figure 14 The method shown in FIG. 14 can be used in a wireless network node (e.g., a BS) and includes the following steps:

[0445] Step 1401 : transmitting a first signaling to a wireless terminal within a time period.

[0446] In this embodiment, the wireless network node transmits a first signaling to a wireless terminal (e.g., a UE) within a time period. Note that the first signaling is associated with determining a starting position of an on-duration timer of a DRX. That is, the wireless network node can transmit the first signaling within the time period to indicate whether the wireless terminal starts the on-duration timer (i.e., enters a DRX active state / period).

[0447] In an embodiment, the time period is determined by a monitoring period indicating a periodicity of the first signaling.

[0448] In an embodiment, the time period is determined by at least one of: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a PDB, traffic information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

[0449] In an embodiment, the start of the time period is determined based on a first reference point and a first offset. In this embodiment, the first offset indicates a duration between the start point of the time period and the first reference point.

[0450] In an embodiment, the first reference point can be one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame in which the last slot of the on-duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of a slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or subframe at the start of a jitter window; a slot or subframe at the end of a jitter window; or a slot or subframe in the middle of a jitter window.

[0451] In an embodiment, the first offset is one of: a value less than or equal to half of the PDB, a value associated with the PDB value, a value associated with a traffic parameter in the traffic information, a value associated with a frames per second value, a value associated with a length of a jitter window, a value associated with a PDU set, a value associated with a quality indicator of a PDU set, a value associated with a quality of service parameter, a value associated with a traffic periodicity in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to half of a traffic periodicity included in the traffic information, a value less than or equal to 1000 divided by a FPS parameter included in the traffic information.

[0452] In an embodiment, the first offset has different values for different values of a priority parameter or a quality of service parameter included in the traffic information.

[0453] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined based on at least one of: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or a number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling.

[0454] In an embodiment, the second reference point comprises / is at least one of: a start of a slot or subframe or millisecond in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a last slot in which the on-duration timer or inactivity timer or retransmission timer of the DRX expires; a system frame at the start of the slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a system frame after the last slot before the on-duration timer or inactivity timer of the DRX expires; an Xth subframe of every Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513; a system frame; a start of a system frame; an end of a system frame; an end of the slot in which the on-duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts; a slot or subframe at the start of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the middle of the jitter window; a slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window.

[0455] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and the second offset. In this embodiment, the second offset indicates a duration between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

[0456] In an embodiment, the end of the time period is determined by the window length, which indicates a duration from the start of the time period to the end of the time period.

[0457] In an embodiment, the window length is associated with at least one of: a PDB, a jitter range, a quality indicator of a PDU set, or traffic information.

[0458] In an embodiment, the wireless network node can not transmit the first signaling after a fixed number of monitoring occasions of the first signaling in the time period has elapsed.

[0459] In an embodiment, a unit of the time period is a slot or a millisecond.

[0460] In an embodiment, the wireless network node transmits the first signaling in the time period according to a monitoring pattern.

[0461] In an embodiment, the monitoring pattern indicates a monitoring period. In this embodiment, the wireless network node transmits the first signaling in a time domain location if (SFN*10 + subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = I, where SFN is a system frame number corresponding to the time domain location, subframe number is a subframe index corresponding to the time domain location, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

[0462] In an embodiment, the monitoring pattern comprises a bitmap. Each bit in the bitmap indicates whether at least one time interval in the time period is valid for monitoring the first signaling. For example, the time interval in the time period can be a time slot or a millisecond. Based on the monitoring pattern of the present embodiment, the wireless network node transmits the first signaling in the valid time interval(s).

[0463] In an embodiment, the first signaling is DCI, sequence-based signaling, or a reference signal.

[0464] In an embodiment, the first signaling comprises indication information for at least one of: whether to start the activation duration timer; whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration; a duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling or in response to the predefined condition; a temporary offset for determining when to start the activation duration timer; a change offset for determining a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer; when to start the activation duration timer; or a search space set group index.

[0465] In an embodiment, the duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher layer signaling.

[0466] In an embodiment, the duration is associated with a subcarrier spacing, is a minimum time interval, is a second offset for determining the end of the time period, or is 0.

[0467] In an embodiment, higher layer signaling configures a list of candidate values for the duration.

[0468] In an embodiment, the first signaling is DCI and is associated with at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of: a search space set, an RNTI, a starting position of indication information of the first signaling, a DCI size of the first signaling, enabling signaling, a QCL, or a TCI state.

[0469] In an embodiment, the at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher layer signaling.

[0470] In an embodiment, there is at least one limit on the configuration parameter(s) of the search space set. The at least one limit can refer to the above-mentioned embodiments related to the first threshold A, the second threshold B, the third threshold C, the fourth threshold D, the fifth threshold E, the sixth threshold F, the seventh threshold G, and the eighth threshold H.

[0471] In an embodiment, the RNTI associated with the first signaling (i.e., DCI) is used for at least one of: a DCI associated with traffic of an extended reality service, a DCI associated with an extended reality service, a DCI indicating whether there is traffic of an extended reality service for a next DRX long cycle, a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer, a DCI indicating whether to start the activation duration timer after a duration, a DCI indicating a duration, a temporary offset, or a change offset, a DCI indicating whether to change a starting offset associated with the activation duration timer, a DCI indicating whether to monitor a DCI within a subsequent monitoring occasion.

[0472] In an embodiment where the first signaling is configured, the number of sizes of DCI formats for PDCCH candidates in a serving cell is at most 5, and the number of sizes of DCI formats with cyclic redundancy check scrambled by a cell radio network temporary identity in the serving cell is at most 3.

[0473] In an embodiment, at least one of a starting position of the indication information in the first signaling or a DCI size of the first signaling is indicated by higher layer signaling. In this embodiment, one or more bits in a block in the first signaling indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in a group.

[0474] In an embodiment, the first signaling is a DCI format 2_6 scrambled with the RNTI.

[0475] In an embodiment, different monitoring occasions for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with a plurality of transmission relationships (e.g., QCL, TCI state, CORESET, and / or SSB).

[0476] In an embodiment, the time interval is / includes at least one search space set period, at least one slot, or the time period.

[0477] In an embodiment, each monitoring occasion includes one or more consecutive slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

[0478] In an embodiment, one or more consecutive monitoring occasions are grouped as a monitoring occasion group associated with a same transmission relationship.

[0479] In an embodiment, each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is configured by higher layer signaling to be associated with one transmission relationship.

[0480] In an embodiment, the transmission relationship associated with each monitoring occasion or each monitoring occasion group is determined based on a list of transmission relationships configured in a search space set of the first signaling.

[0481] In one embodiment, the monitoring opportunities within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is the number of transmission relationships in the transmission relationship list.

[0482] In one embodiment, a first monitoring opportunity in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relationship of the search space set of the first signaling, and the remaining monitoring opportunities in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relationship different from the first transmission relationship.

[0483] While various embodiments of this disclosure have been described above, it should be understood that these embodiments are presented by way of example only and not by way of limitation. Similarly, the various figures may depict exemplary architectures or configurations, provided to enable those skilled in the art to understand the exemplary features and functionality of this disclosure. However, those skilled in the art will understand that this disclosure is not limited to the exemplary architectures or configurations shown, but can be implemented using various alternative architectures and configurations. Furthermore, as those skilled in the art will understand, one or more features of one embodiment may be combined with one or more features of another embodiment described herein. Therefore, the breadth and scope of this disclosure should not be limited to any of the exemplary embodiments described above.

[0484] It should also be understood that any references to elements in this document using names such as "first," "second," etc., generally do not restrict the number or order of these elements. Rather, these names may be used in this document as a convenient means of distinguishing two or more elements or two or more instances of an element. Therefore, a reference to the first element and the second element does not imply the use of only two elements, or that the first element must somehow precede the second element.

[0485] Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that various technologies and techniques can be used to represent information and signals. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, and symbols, as may be referenced above, can be represented by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or light particles, or any combination thereof.

[0486] Those skilled in the art will also understand that any of the various illustrative logic blocks, units, processors, means, circuits, methods, and functions described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware (e.g., digital implementation, analog implementation, or a combination thereof), firmware, various forms of program or design code containing instructions (which may be referred to herein as "software" or "software unit"), or any combination of these technologies.

[0487] To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware, firmware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, units, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware or software depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans can implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure. In accordance with various embodiments, a processor, device, component, circuit, structure, machine, unit, etc. can be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. As used herein, the terminology “configured to”, “arranged to”, “employed to”, or “employed for” encompasses a processor, device, component, circuit, structure, machine, unit, etc. that is physically constructed, programmed and / or arranged such that it operates in a particular manner to perform the designated operation or function.

[0488] Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, units, devices, components, and circuits described herein can be implemented within or performed by an Integrated Circuit (IC), which can include a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. The logical blocks, units, and circuits can also include antennas and / or transceivers to communicate with various components within a network or within a device. The general purpose processor can be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor can be any conventional processor, controller, or state machine. The processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suitable configuration. If implemented in software, the functions can be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Therefore, the steps of a method or algorithm disclosed herein can be implemented as software stored on a computer-readable medium. A computer-readable medium includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired computer program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, or twisted pair, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, or twisted pair are included in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), and Blu-Ray® disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0489] Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program or code from one place to another. Storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Computer-readable media typically can include a computer program, routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, program modules, and the like, which when executed by a computer, implement the functionality described herein.

[0490] In this document, the term "unit" as used herein refers to a software, firmware, hardware, and any combination of these elements for performing the associated functions described herein. Additionally, for purpose of discussion, the various units are described as discrete units; however, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that two or more units can be combined to form a single unit that performs the associated functions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0491] Additionally, memory or other storage devices and communication components can be employed in embodiments of the disclosure. It will be appreciated that, for clarity, the above description has described embodiments of the disclosure with reference to different functional units and processors. However, it will be apparent that any suitable distribution of functionality between different functional units, processing logic elements or domains can be used without detracting from the disclosure. For example, functionality illustrated to be performed by separate processing logic elements or controllers can be performed by the same processing logic element or controller. Hence, references to specific functional units are only to be seen as references to suitable means for providing the described functionality, rather than indicative of a strict logical or physical structure or organization.

[0492] Various modifications to the implementations described in this disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein can be applied to other implementations without departing from the scope of the claims. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the implementations shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the claims, the principles and the practical application of the disclosure disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method used in a wireless terminal, the method comprising: Perform discontinuous reception DRX to monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling, and The activation duration timer is activated at the determined starting position. The first signaling is monitored within a time period. The first signaling is Downlink Control Information (DCI) and is associated with at least one configuration parameter. The at least one configuration parameter includes at least one of the following: a search space set, a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), the starting position of the indication information of the first signaling, the DCI size of the first signaling, an enabling signaling, a Quasi-co-addressable Channel Clutch (QCL), or a Transport Configuration Indicator (TCI) status. Different monitoring opportunities for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with multiple transmission relationships, and one or more consecutive monitoring opportunities are grouped into monitoring opportunity groups associated with the same transmission relationship.

2. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The time period is determined by the monitoring period that indicates the cycle of the first signaling.

3. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The time period is determined by at least one of the following: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a packet delay budget (PDB), service information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

4. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The start of the time period is determined based on a first reference point and a first offset, and Wherein, the first offset indicates the duration between the start point of the time period and the first reference point.

5. The wireless communication method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein, The first reference point includes at least one of the following: The activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts at the beginning of the time slot, subframe, or millisecond. The last time slot in which the active duration timer, inactive timer, or retransmission timer of the DRX expires The system frame at the beginning of the time slot where the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts. The system frame in which the last time slot of the active duration timer or inactive timer of the DRX expires. The Xth subframe of each Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513. System frame, The start of the system frame, End of system frame, The end of the time slot in which the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle begins. The starting time slot or subframe of the jitter window. The end of the jitter window, or the time slot or subframe, or The middle slot or subframe of the jittering window.

6. The wireless communication method according to claim 3, wherein, The first offset is one of the following: A value less than or equal to half of the PDB value. Values ​​associated with PDB values, The values ​​associated with the business parameters in the aforementioned business information. The value associated with the frames per second. The value associated with the length of the jitter window, The value associated with the Protocol Data Unit (PDU) set, The value associated with the quality indicator of the PDU set, Values ​​associated with service quality parameters, The value associated with the business cycle in the aforementioned business information. A value less than or equal to half of the business cycle included in the business information. The value of the quotient obtained by dividing 1000 by the frames per second parameter included in the service information.

7. The wireless communication method according to claim 3, wherein, The first offset has different values ​​for different priority parameters or quality of service parameters included in the business information.

8. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The end of the time period is determined based on at least one of the following: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or the number of monitoring opportunities for the first signaling.

9. The wireless communication method according to claim 8, wherein, The second reference point includes at least one of the following: The activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts at the beginning of the time slot, subframe, or millisecond. The last time slot in which the active duration timer, inactive timer, or retransmission timer of the DRX expires The system frame at the beginning of the time slot where the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts. The system frame following the last time slot before the expiration of the active duration timer or inactive timer of the DRX. The Xth subframe of each Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513. System frame, The start of the system frame, End of system frame, The end of the time slot in which the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle begins. The starting time slot or subframe of the jitter window, The time slot or subframe in the middle of the jitter window, The time slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window.

10. The wireless communication method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein, The end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and the second offset, and The second offset indicates the duration between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

11. The wireless communication method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein, The end of the time period is determined by the window length, which indicates the duration from the start to the end of the time period.

12. The wireless communication method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein, The window length is associated with at least one of the following: packet delay budget (PDB), jitter range, quality indicator of protocol data unit set, or service information.

13. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, further comprising: After monitoring the first signaling for a fixed number of monitoring periods, monitoring of the first signaling is stopped.

14. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The unit of the time period is a time slot or millisecond.

15. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, further comprising: The first signaling is monitored within the time period according to the monitoring pattern.

16. The wireless communication method according to claim 15, wherein, The monitoring pattern indicates the monitoring cycle. Monitoring the first signaling within the time period according to the monitoring pattern includes: If (SFN) If 10 + subframe number mod (monitoring period) = I, then monitor the first signaling within the time domain location. Wherein, SFN is the system frame number corresponding to the time domain position, the subframe number is the subframe index corresponding to the time domain position, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

17. The wireless communication method according to claim 15, wherein, The monitoring pattern includes a bitmap. Each bit in the bitmap indicates at least one time interval within the time period for monitoring whether the first signaling is valid. Monitoring the first signaling within the time period according to the monitoring pattern includes: Monitor the first signaling within the valid time interval.

18. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The first signaling includes indication information for at least one of the following: Should the activation duration timer be started? Should the activation duration timer be started after the specified duration? The duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling, A temporary offset used to determine when to start the activation duration timer. Used to determine the change offset of the starting offset associated with the activation duration timer. When to start the activation duration timer, or Search space set group index.

19. The wireless communication method according to claim 18, wherein, The duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher-level signaling.

20. The wireless communication method according to claim 19, wherein, The duration is associated with the subcarrier spacing, is the minimum time interval, is a second offset used to determine the time period, or is 0.

21. The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein, Higher-level signaling configures a list of candidate values ​​for the duration.

22. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher-layer signaling.

23. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 22, wherein, At least one configuration parameter of the search space set is defined by at least one of the following: The number of search space sets used for the first signaling is no greater than a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. The duration of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 30. The period of the search space set used for the first signaling is not less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is an integer greater than 1. The number of aggregation levels of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a fourth threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. The maximum value of the aggregation level of the search space set used for the first signaling is not greater than a fifth threshold, wherein the fifth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 8. The number of PDCCH candidates for each aggregation level of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a sixth threshold, wherein the sixth threshold has the same value or different values ​​for different aggregation levels. The total number of PDCCH candidates in the search space set used for the first signaling is not greater than a seventh threshold, wherein the seventh threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 20, or The number of monitoring opportunities in a single time slot of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than an eighth threshold, wherein the eighth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3.

24. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 22, wherein, The RNTI is used for at least one of the following: DCI associated with extended reality services DCI associated with extended reality services The DCI indicates whether there is a business extending reality services for the next DRX long cycle. The DCI indicates whether to start the activation duration timer. The DCI indicates whether to start the activation duration timer after the duration. DCI indicating duration, temporary offset, or variable offset, Indicates whether to change the DCI of the start offset associated with the activation duration timer, or Indicates whether to monitor DCI at subsequent monitoring times.

25. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 22, wherein, If the first signaling is configured: the maximum number of DCI format sizes used for PDCCH candidates in the serving cell is 5, and The maximum number of DCI formats with a size of cyclic redundancy check scrambled by the temporary identifier of the cell radio network in the serving cell is 3.

26. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 22, wherein, At least one of the following, the start position of the indication information in the first signaling or the DCI size of the first signaling, is indicated by higher-layer signaling: In this first signaling block, one or more bits indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in the group.

27. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 22, wherein, The first signaling is DCI format 2_6 scrambled using the RNTI.

28. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The time interval includes at least one search space set period, at least one time slot, or the time period.

29. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, Each monitoring opportunity includes one or more consecutive time slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

30. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, Each monitoring event or each monitoring event group is configured by higher-level signaling to be associated with a transport relationship.

31. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, The transmission relationship associated with each monitoring time or each monitoring time group is determined based on a list of transmission relationships configured in the search space set of the first signaling.

32. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, The monitoring opportunities within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is the number of transmission relationships in the transmission relationship list.

33. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, The first monitoring opportunity in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relationship of the search space set of the first signaling, and the remaining monitoring opportunities in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relationship different from the first transmission relationship.

34. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 28, wherein, The transmission relationship is associated with at least one of the following: quasi-co-address, control resource set CORESET, transmission configuration indicator TCI status, or synchronization signal block.

35. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The first signaling is monitored if at least one of the following conditions exists: At least a portion of the time period is outside the activation time of the DRX. The search space is configured for the first signaling. Upon receiving an enable or activation signaling message from the wireless network for monitoring the first signaling, Outside of the DRX activation time, During the time period, Upon receiving another first signaling instruction to continuously monitor the first signaling, or The first signaling indicating to start the activation duration timer after the duration was not received.

36. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, In the next DRX cycle, if there is no available monitoring opportunity for the first signaling, The method further includes: After the duration, the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is started.

37. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, Determining the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on the first signaling further includes: The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling and predefined conditions, wherein the predefined conditions include at least one of the following: No first signaling indicating the activation duration timer to be started after the duration was detected during the said time period. Upon receiving an enable signaling message for enabling the change of the start offset of the activation duration timer, Upon receiving an enable signaling message to enable monitoring of the first signaling message, The report indicates the capability of signaling to monitor the first signaling. The timer expires, wherein the timer is triggered under at least one of the following conditions: If a scheduling DCI is received If a DCI (Dispatch Instruction) for XR service business is received, If the first signaling is received If the first type of DCI format is received In the first time slot outside the activation time of the DRX, or In the first time slot after the expiration of the active duration timer or the inactive timer, The timer expired and no service was received during the timer's operation. A first type of DCI format is received, wherein the first type of DCI format includes at least one of the following: DCI for XR service business, DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1, DCI format 0_2, DCI format 1_2, or DCI format 2_6. Receive DCI scrambled using a first type of RNTI, wherein the first type of RNTI includes at least one of the following: RNTI for DCI used in conjunction with extended reality services RNTI, used to indicate whether the DCI for the activation duration timer is started. RNTI, used to indicate whether the DCI for the activation duration timer should be started after the stated duration. The RNTI used to indicate whether the start offset of the DCI associated with the activation duration timer has been changed. The RNTI used to indicate whether DCI should be monitored at subsequent monitoring times. Energy-saving RNTI, RNTI Community Configure RNTI scheduling, or Modulation and coding scheme for cell RNTI.

38. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, Determining the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on the first signaling includes: The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the indication information in the first signaling, or The starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined to be the duration after the time slot or subframe in which the first signaling is received.

39. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, Determining the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on the first signaling further includes: The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling and predefined conditions, wherein the predefined conditions include the absence of the first signaling indicating the start of the activation duration timer after the duration during the time period. Wherein, if the first signaling indicating the activation duration timer to be started after a certain duration is detected during the time period, the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling, or is determined to be the duration after the first signaling is received, and If the predefined conditions are met, the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the DRX configuration.

40. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein, Determining the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle based on the first signaling further includes: The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling and predefined conditions, wherein the predefined conditions include receiving an enable signaling, which enables a change in the start offset of the activation duration timer or enables monitoring of the first signaling. The starting position is determined in the following way: If the first signaling indicating the activation duration timer to start after a certain duration is detected within the time period and the predefined condition is met, then the start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling or determined to be after the duration following the receipt of the first signaling. Otherwise, the starting position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the DRX configuration.

41. A wireless communication method used in a wireless network node, the method comprising: The first signaling is transmitted to the wireless terminal within the specified time period. The first signaling is associated with the start position of a timer for determining the activation duration for the next discontinuous reception DRX cycle. The first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) and is associated with at least one configuration parameter, which includes at least one of the following: a search space set, a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the start position of the indication information for the first signaling, the DCI size of the first signaling, an enable signaling, a quasi-co-addressable (QCL), or a transport configuration indication (TCI) state. Different monitoring opportunities for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with multiple transmission relationships, and one or more consecutive monitoring opportunities are grouped into monitoring opportunity groups associated with the same transmission relationship.

42. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The time period is determined by the monitoring period that indicates the cycle of the first signaling.

43. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The time period is determined by at least one of the following: a first reference point, a first offset, a second reference point, a second offset, a window length, a timer, a jitter window, a jitter value, a packet delay budget (PDB), service information, a minimum time interval, or a monitoring pattern.

44. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The start of the time period is determined based on a first reference point and a first offset, and Wherein, the first offset indicates the duration between the start point of the time period and the first reference point.

45. The wireless communication method according to claim 43 or 44, wherein, The first reference point includes at least one of the following: The activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts at the beginning of the time slot, subframe, or millisecond. The last time slot in which the active duration timer, inactive timer, or retransmission timer of the DRX expires The system frame at the beginning of the time slot where the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts. The system frame in which the last time slot of the active duration timer or inactive timer of the DRX expires. The Xth subframe of each Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513. System frame, The start of the system frame, End of system frame, The end of the time slot in which the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle begins. The starting time slot or subframe of the jitter window. The time slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window. The middle slot or subframe of the jittering window.

46. ​​The wireless communication method according to claim 43, wherein, The first offset is one of the following: A value less than or equal to half of the PDB value. Values ​​associated with PDB values, The values ​​associated with the business parameters in the aforementioned business information. The value associated with the frames per second. The value associated with the length of the jitter window, The value associated with the Protocol Data Unit (PDU) set, The value associated with the quality indicator of the PDU set, Values ​​associated with service quality parameters, The value associated with the business cycle in the aforementioned business information. A value less than or equal to half of the business cycle included in the business information. The value of the quotient obtained by dividing 1000 by the frames per second parameter included in the service information.

47. The wireless communication method according to claim 43, wherein, The first offset has different values ​​for different priority parameters or quality of service parameters included in the business information.

48. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The end of the time period is determined based on at least one of the following: a second reference point, a second offset, a minimum time interval, a window length, a jitter range, a jitter window, or the number of monitoring opportunities for the first signaling.

49. The wireless communication method according to claim 48, wherein, The second reference point includes at least one of the following: The activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts at the beginning of the time slot, subframe, or millisecond. The last time slot in which the active duration timer, inactive timer, or retransmission timer of the DRX expires The system frame at the beginning of the time slot where the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle starts. The system frame following the last time slot before the expiration of the active duration timer or inactive timer of the DRX. The Xth subframe of each Yth system frame, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 10, and Y is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than 513. System frame, The start of the system frame, End of system frame, The end of the time slot in which the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle begins. The starting time slot or subframe of the jitter window, The time slot or subframe in the middle of the jitter window, The time slot or subframe at the end of the jitter window.

50. The wireless communication method according to claim 48 or 49, wherein, The end of the time period is determined by the second reference point and the second offset, and The second offset indicates the duration between the second reference point and the end of the time period.

51. The wireless communication method according to claim 48 or 49, wherein, The end of the time period is determined by the window length, which indicates the duration from the start to the end of the time period.

52. The wireless communication method according to claim 48 or 49, wherein, The window length is associated with at least one of the following: packet delay budget (PDB), jitter range, quality indicator of protocol data unit set, or service information.

53. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The unit of the time period is a time slot or millisecond.

54. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, Transmitting the first signaling to the wireless terminal during the said time period includes: The first signaling is transmitted to the wireless terminal within the time period according to the monitoring pattern.

55. The wireless communication method according to claim 54, wherein, The monitoring pattern indicates the monitoring cycle. The transmission of the first signaling to the wireless terminal according to the monitoring pattern within the time period includes: If (SFN) If (10 + subframe number) mod (monitoring period) = 1, then the first signaling is transmitted to the wireless terminal within the time domain location. Wherein, SFN is the system frame number corresponding to the time domain position, the subframe number is the subframe index corresponding to the time domain position, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the monitoring period.

56. The wireless communication method according to claim 54, wherein, The monitoring pattern includes a bitmap. Each bit in the bitmap indicates at least one time interval within the time period for monitoring whether the first signaling is valid. The transmission of the first signaling to the wireless terminal according to the monitoring pattern within the time period includes: The first signaling is transmitted to the wireless terminal within a valid time interval.

57. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The first signaling includes indication information for at least one of the following: Should the activation duration timer be started? Should the activation duration timer be started after the specified duration? The duration associated with starting the activation duration timer based on the first signaling, A temporary offset used to determine when to start the activation duration timer. Used to determine the change offset of the starting offset associated with the activation duration timer. When to start the activation duration timer, or Search space set group index.

58. The wireless communication method according to claim 57, wherein, The duration is a predefined value, indicated by the first signaling, or configured by higher-level signaling.

59. The wireless communication method according to claim 58, wherein, The duration is associated with the subcarrier spacing, is the minimum time interval, is a second offset used to determine the time period, or is 0.

60. The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 57 to 59, wherein, Higher-level signaling configures a list of candidate values ​​for the duration.

61. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The at least one configuration parameter is configured by higher-layer signaling.

62. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 61, wherein, At least one configuration parameter of the search space set is defined by at least one of the following: The number of search space sets used for the first signaling is no greater than a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. The duration of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 30. The period of the search space set used for the first signaling is not less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is an integer greater than 1. The number of aggregation levels of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a fourth threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3. The maximum value of the aggregation level of the search space set used for the first signaling is not greater than a fifth threshold, wherein the fifth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 8. The number of PDCCH candidates for each aggregation level of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than a sixth threshold, wherein the sixth threshold has the same value or different values ​​for different aggregation levels. The total number of PDCCH candidates in the search space set used for the first signaling is not greater than a seventh threshold, wherein the seventh threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 20, or The number of monitoring opportunities in a single time slot of the search space set used for the first signaling is no greater than an eighth threshold, wherein the eighth threshold is an integer greater than 0 and less than 3.

63. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 61, wherein, The RNTI is used for at least one of the following: DCI associated with extended reality services DCI associated with extended reality services The DCI indicates whether there is a business extending reality services for the next DRX long cycle. The DCI indicates whether to start the activation duration timer. The DCI indicates whether to start the activation duration timer after the duration. DCI indicating duration, temporary offset, or variable offset, Indicates whether to change the DCI of the start offset associated with the activation duration timer, or Indicates whether to monitor DCI at subsequent monitoring times.

64. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 61, wherein, If the first signaling is configured: the maximum number of DCI format sizes used for PDCCH candidates in the serving cell is 5, and The maximum number of DCI formats with a size of cyclic redundancy check scrambled by the temporary identifier of the cell radio network in the serving cell is 3.

65. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 61, wherein, At least one of the following, the start position of the indication information in the first signaling or the DCI size of the first signaling, is indicated by higher-layer signaling: In this first signaling block, one or more bits indicate the indication information for one or more wireless terminals in the group.

66. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 61, wherein, The first signaling is DCI format 2_6 scrambled using the RNTI.

67. The wireless communication method according to claim 41, wherein, The time interval includes at least one search space set period, at least one time slot, or the time period.

68. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, Each monitoring opportunity includes one or more consecutive time slots, one or more consecutive symbols, or one or more consecutive search space set periods.

69. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, Each monitoring event or each monitoring event group is configured by higher-level signaling to be associated with a transport relationship.

70. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, The transmission relationship associated with each monitoring time or each monitoring time group is determined based on a list of transmission relationships configured in the search space set of the first signaling.

71. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, The monitoring opportunities within a time interval are divided into X groups, where X is the number of transmission relationships in the transmission relationship list.

72. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, The first monitoring opportunity in the time interval is associated with a first transmission relationship of the search space set of the first signaling, and the remaining monitoring opportunities in the time interval are associated with at least one second transmission relationship different from the first transmission relationship.

73. The wireless communication method according to claim 41 or 67, wherein, The transmission relationship is associated with at least one of the following: quasi-co-address, control resource set CORESET, transmission configuration indicator TCI status, or synchronization signal block.

74. A wireless terminal, comprising: Communication unit, and The processor is configured as follows: The communication unit is used to perform discontinuous reception DRX to monitor the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The start position of the activation duration timer for the next DRX cycle is determined based on the first signaling, and The activation duration timer is activated at the determined starting position. The first signaling is monitored within a time period. The first signaling is Downlink Control Information (DCI) and is associated with at least one configuration parameter. The at least one configuration parameter includes at least one of the following: a search space set, a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), the starting position of the indication information of the first signaling, the DCI size of the first signaling, an enabling signaling, a Quasi-co-addressable Channel Clutch (QCL), or a Transport Configuration Indicator (TCI) status. Different monitoring opportunities for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with multiple transmission relationships, and one or more consecutive monitoring opportunities are grouped into monitoring opportunity groups associated with the same transmission relationship.

75. The wireless terminal according to claim 74, wherein, The processor is also configured to perform the wireless communication method according to any one of claims 2 to 40.

76. A wireless network node, comprising: The communication unit is configured to transmit the first signaling to the wireless terminal within a time period. The first signaling is associated with the start position of a timer for determining the activation duration of discontinuous reception DRX. The first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) and is associated with at least one configuration parameter, which includes at least one of the following: a search space set, a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the start position of the indication information of the first signaling, the DCI size of the first signaling, an enable signaling, a quasi-co-addressable (QCL), or a transport configuration indication (TCI) state. Different monitoring opportunities for the first signaling within a time interval are associated with multiple transmission relationships, and one or more consecutive monitoring opportunities are grouped into monitoring opportunity groups associated with the same transmission relationship.

77. The wireless network node according to claim 76, wherein, It also includes a processor configured to perform the wireless communication method of any one of claims 42 to 73.

78. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable program medium storing code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 73.

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