Cell discontinuous signaling configuration

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cell discontinuous signaling configuration. A device, such as a user equipment (UE), receives a cell discontinuous signaling configuration from a network entity, such as a base station. The cell discontinuous signaling configuration includes one or more of a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) behavior or a cell discontinuous reception (DRX) behavior. The UE may apply the cell discontinuous signaling configuration to determine when to perform signal monitoring and / or signal transmission.

Description

[0001] Related Applications

[0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 63 / 540,574, titled “CELL DISCONTINUOUS SIGNALING CONFIGURATION,” filed September 26, 2023, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. This application also claims priority to U.S. Non-Provisional Application Serial No. 18 / 896,076, titled “CELL DISCONTINUOUS SIGNALING CONFIGURATION,” filed September 25, 2024, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present disclosure relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to discontinuous signaling in wireless communications. BACKGROUND

[0004] A wireless communication system can include one or more network communication devices, such as a base station, which can support wireless communication for one or more user communication devices, which can otherwise be referred to as user equipment (UE), or other suitable term. A wireless communication system can support wireless communication with one or more user communication devices by utilizing resources of the wireless communication system, such as time resources (e.g., symbols, time slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers, or the like). Additionally, a wireless communication system can support wireless communication across various radio access technologies, including third generation (3G) radio access technologies, fourth generation (4G) radio access technologies, fifth generation (5G) radio access technologies, and other suitable radio access technologies beyond 5G (e.g., sixth generation (6G)).

[0005] Some wireless communication systems take measures in an attempt to control energy consumption. However, some current techniques can adversely affect network performance. SUMMARY

[0006] The articles "a" and "an" preceding an element are intended to be disjunctive and connote "at least one" or "one or more." The terms "a," "at least one," "one or more," and "at least one of" are used interchangeably. As used herein, including in the claims, "or" as used in a list of items prefaced by "at least one of" indicates a disjunctive list such that, for example, a list of "at least one of A, B, or C" means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, as used herein, the phrase "based on" is not to be construed as a form of the phrase "at least based on." For example, an example step described as being "based on condition A" can be based on both condition A and condition B, without departing from the scope of the disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" is to be construed in the same manner as the phrase "at least based on." Further, as used herein, including in the claims, "set" can include one or more elements.

[0007] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include functionality to receive a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) behavior including: a cell DTX cycle where a UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to cell DTX inactive periods; and at least two monitoring intervals where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell discontinuous reception (DRX) behavior including: a cell DRX cycle where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to cell DRX inactive periods; and at least two transmission intervals where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitoring a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmitting a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0008] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) occasion including a SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), one or more of a periodicity or a CSI reference signal (RS) for semi-persistent channel state information (CSI) measurements associated with a rank indicator (RI) report, or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) corresponding to a downlink control information (DCI) format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: a synchronization signal block (SSB), a system information block (SIB), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for beam management (BM), a positioning reference signal (PRS), a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in Type 3 common search space (CSS), a PDCCH for a random access response (RAR), a PDCCH for a msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission.

[0009] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes a first subset of a first set of signals and the second signal monitoring group includes a second subset of the first set of signals; the first signal monitoring group includes a first subset of the first set of signals and a second subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; or the first signal monitoring group and the second signal monitoring group each include a first subset of the first set of signals and a second subset of the first set of signals; a first subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of a configured grant (CG) occasion including a CG PUSCH, a periodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signal (SRS) not associated with positioning, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report on one or more of a PUSCH or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a scheduling request (SR) occasion; and a second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of a SRS for positioning or hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for a SPS PDSCH.

[0010] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first group of signal transmissions includes a first subset of the second set of signals and the second group of signal transmissions includes a second subset of the second set of signals; the first group of signal transmissions includes a first subset of the second set of signals and a second subset of the second set of signals and the second group of signal transmissions includes a second subset of the second set of signals; or the first and second groups of signal transmissions each include a first subset of the second set of signals and a second subset of the second set of signals; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0011] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0012] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, with a first monitoring interval being associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval being associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, with a first transmission interval being associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval being associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0013] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle; at least one of: the long cell DTX cycle and the short cell DTX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion; or the long cell DRX cycle and the short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion.

[0014] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where a first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0015] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, including any or a combination of: an inference of a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DTX activation or cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or an inference of a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DRX activation or cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DTX based command medium access control (MAC) control element (CE); or the trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; an identification (ID) value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0016] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include receiving a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including: a cell DTX cycle where the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including: a cell DRX cycle where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receiving a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and performing at least one of: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitoring a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmitting a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0017] In some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SPS occasion including an SPS PDSCH, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS for CSI measurement associated with a RI report, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SSB, a SIB, a PTRS, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, a PRS, a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in a Type 3 CSS, a PDCCH for RAR, a PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission; at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; or the first signal monitoring group and the second signal monitoring group each include the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals.

[0018] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the second set of signals includes one or more of: a CG occasion including a CG PUSCH, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSI reporting on one or more of a PUSCH or a PUCCH, an SR occasion; and a second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of an SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for an SPS PDSCH; at least one of: the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; or the first signal transmission group and the second signal transmission group each include the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals.

[0019] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals is based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein an aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and an aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals is based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger.

[0020] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the aperiodic triggering of one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic triggering of one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, where a first transmission interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0021] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0022] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the long cell DTX cycle and the short cell DTX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion; or the long cell DRX cycle and the short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where the first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where the first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0023] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a trigger of one or more of cell DTX activation or cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a trigger of one or more of cell DRX activation or cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DTX based command MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; at least one of: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0024] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include receiving a first signaling occasion, the first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including: a cell DTX cycle, where a UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including: a cell DRX cycle, where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals, where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receiving a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and performing at least one of: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitoring a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmitting a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0025] In some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SPS occasion (the SPS occasion including an SPS PDSCH), one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS for CSI measurement associated with a RI report, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SSB, a SIB, a PTRS, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, a PRS, a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, a PDCCH for RAR, a PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission; at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals.

[0026] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first signal monitoring group includes a first subset of the first set of signal sets and a second subset of the first set of signal sets, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signal sets; or the first and second signal monitoring groups each include a first subset of the first set of signal sets and a second subset of the first set of signal sets; the first subset of the second set of signal sets includes at least one of: one or more of a CG occasion including a CG PUSCH, a periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report on one or more of a PUSCH or a PUCCH, an SR occasion; and the second subset of the second set of signal sets includes at least one of an SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for an SPS PDSCH.

[0027] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first signal transmission group includes a first subset of the second set of signal sets and the second signal transmission group includes a second subset of the second set of signal sets; the first signal transmission group includes a first subset of the second set of signal sets and a second subset of the second set of signal sets, and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signal sets; or the first and second signal transmission groups each include a first subset of the second set of signal sets and a second subset of the second set of signal sets; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of: a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of: a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0028] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals is based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals is based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0029] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, wherein a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, wherein a first transmission interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0030] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle; at least one of: the long cell DTX cycle and the short cell DTX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion; or the long cell DRX cycle and the short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via the second signaling occasion.

[0031] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where the first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where the first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0032] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: infer, via the second signaling occasion, a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DTX activation or cell DTX deactivation; or infer, via the second signaling occasion, a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DRX activation or cell DRX deactivation; at least one of: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DTX based command MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; at least one of: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0033] Some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein can further include functionality to transmit, to a UE, a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including: a cell DTX cycle where the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including a cell DRX cycle where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; and transmit, to the UE, a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0034] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SPS occasion including an SPS PDSCH, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS for CSI measurement associated with a RI report, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SSB, a SIB, a PTRS, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, a PRS, a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, a PDCCH for RAR, a PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission.

[0035] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of a CG occasion including a CG PUSCH, a periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report on one or more of a PUSCH or a PUCCH, an SR occasion; and a second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: an SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for an SPS PDSCH; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of: a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of: a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0036] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, where a first transmission interval is associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0037] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0038] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where the first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where the first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0039] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially according to a cell DTX based order MAC CE; or the trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially according to a cell DRX based order MAC-CE; at least one of: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0040] Some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein can further include transmitting, to a UE, a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a cell DTX cycle, wherein the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including a cell DRX cycle, wherein the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; and transmitting, to the UE, a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0041] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SPS occasion including an SPS PDSCH, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS for CSI measurement associated with a RI report, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SSB, a SIB, a PTRS, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, a PRS, a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, a PDCCH for RAR, a PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission; a first subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: a CG occasion including a CG PUSCH, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report on one or more of a PUSCH or PUCCH, a SR occasion; and a second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of a SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for an SPS PDSCH.

[0042] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle activated based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle deactivated based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle activated based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle deactivated based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, with a first monitoring interval associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, with a first transmission interval associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value.

[0043] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle; at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0044] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where the first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where the first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to the at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0045] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially according to a cell DTX based order MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially according to a cell DRX based order MAC-CE; at least one of: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0046] Some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein can further include functionality to receive a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not monitor a first set of downlink (DL) signals except for a first on-duration time period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of uplink (UL) signals except for a second on-duration time period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: monitoring the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period.

[0047] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal overlaps the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a second time slot on which a second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal overlaps the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period; the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to at least one of: not monitor for the first DL signal; or not transmit the second UL signal; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period.

[0048] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to at least one of: monitor for the first DL signal; or transmit the second UL signal; the first DL signal includes at least one of: one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission precoder matrix indicator (PMI) codebook type; or a SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to time division multiplexing (TDM) over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition pattern; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition pattern over multiple slots.

[0049] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple transmissions of a same DL signal content from the network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple scheduled transmissions of a same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to be TDMed over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition; or a PUSCH configured with repetition Type B over multiple slots; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that do not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlap with the DRX cycle other than a second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions that do not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period.

[0050] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to perform at least one of: not monitoring a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network, and monitoring a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network; or not transmitting a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions, and transmitting a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions; at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from the network over the first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE over the second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured pair of NZP CSI-RS resources and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type.

[0051] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a use value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions and overlaps the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions do not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple transmissions do not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to at least one of: not monitor for the first DL signal; or not transmit the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP CSI RS associated with a CSI report setting configured with one or more of: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled; the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to ignore channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI report setting, and assume channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration; the first DL signal occupies a single slot for each transmission occasion.

[0052] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include receiving a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not monitor for a first set of DL signals other than a first on-duration time period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals other than a second on-duration time period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period; receiving a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and performing at least one of: monitoring for the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period.

[0053] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal overlaps the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a second time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal overlaps the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period; further includes at least one of: not monitoring the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period.

[0054] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: monitoring the first DL signal; or transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal includes at least one of: one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a pair of jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resources and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type; or a SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition pattern; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition pattern over multiple slots.

[0055] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple transmissions of a same DL signal content from a network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple scheduled transmissions of a same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to be TDMed over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition; or a PUSCH configured with repetition Type B over multiple slots; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network do not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions, and overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions do not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period.

[0056] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network is not monitored, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network is monitored; or a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions is not transmitted, and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions is transmitted; at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from a network over the first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE over the second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type.

[0057] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a use value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions and overlaps the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; further including at least one of: not monitoring for the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP CSI RS associated with a CSI report setting configured with one or more of: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to inactive, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to inactive; further including ignoring channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI report setting, and assuming channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration; the first DL signal occupies a single slot for each transmission occasion.

[0058] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include functionality to receive a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which a UE does not monitor a first set of DL signals except for a first on-duration time period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on-duration time period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: monitoring the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period.

[0059] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal overlaps the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period, and a subsequent time slot on which the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a second time slot on which a second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal overlaps the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period, and a subsequent time slot on which the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period; the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: not monitor for the first DL signal; or not transmit the second UL signal; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period; the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: monitor for the first DL signal; or transmit the second UL signal.

[0060] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, the first DL signal includes at least one of: one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a pair of jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resources and two resource groups occupying two consecutive time slots; a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type; or a SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM over multiple time slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one time slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition pattern; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition pattern over multiple time slots.

[0061] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple transmissions of a same DL signal content from a network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple scheduled transmissions of a same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to be TDMed over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of: a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition; or a PUSCH configured with repetition Type B over multiple slots; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network do not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or a second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions, and overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions do not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period.

[0062] In some embodiments of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: not monitoring a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network, and monitoring a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network; or not transmitting the third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions, and transmitting a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions; at least one of: the first DL signal is associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from a network over the first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE over the second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured pair of NZP CSI-RS resources and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type.

[0063] In some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein, the second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a use value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions and overlaps the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: not monitoring the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP CSI RS associated with a CSI report setting configured with one or more of: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled; the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: ignore channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI report setting, and assume channel measurement time limit configuration and interference measurement time limit configuration; the first DL signal occupies a single slot for each transmission occasion.

[0064] Some implementations of the method and apparatus described herein can further include functionality to transmit a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which a UE does not monitor a first set of DL signals other than a first on-duration period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupies a first set of a plurality of slots that at least partially overlap with slots of the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which a UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals other than a second on-duration period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of a plurality of slots that at least partially overlap with slots of the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; and transmit a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0065] Some embodiments of the method and apparatus described herein can further include transmitting a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not monitor for a first set of DL signals except for a first on-duration period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on-duration period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period; and transmitting a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0066] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communication system in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0067] Figure 2 , 3 An example of a DRX configuration information element (IE) in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0068] Figure 5 An example cell DTX cycle with a single on-duration is illustrated.

[0069] Figure 6 An example of an aperiodic trigger state defining a CSI reporting setting list is illustrated.

[0070] Figure 7 An example of an aperiodic trigger state indicating a resource set and quasi co- location (QCL) information is illustrated.

[0071] Figure 8 An example of an aperiodic trigger state indicating a resource set and QCL information is illustrated.

[0072] Figure 9 An example of RRC configuration of (a) NZP-CSI-RS resources (b) CSI-IM- resources is illustrated.

[0073] Figure 10 An example of partial CSI omission for PUSCH-based CSI is illustrated.

[0074] Figure 11An example of ASN-1 code for configuring NZP-CSI-RS resource sets is illustrated.

[0075] Figure 12 An example in which four resources are single-port with density 3 is illustrated.

[0076] Figure 13 An example of ASN-1 code for QCL information is illustrated.

[0077] Figure 14 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0078] Figure 15 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0079] Figure 16 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0080] Figure 17 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0081] Figure 18 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0082] Figure 19 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0083] Figure 20 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0084] Figure 21 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0085] Figure 22 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0086] Figure 23 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0087] Figure 24 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0088] Figure 25 An example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0089] Figure 26 An example of a UE 2600 according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0090] Figure 27 An example of a processor 2700 according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0091] Figure 28An example of a network equipment (NE) 2800 according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0092] Figure 29 A flowchart of a method performed by a UE according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0093] Figure 30 A flowchart of a method performed by a UE according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0094] Figure 31 A flowchart of a method performed by a NE according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated.

[0095] Figure 32 A flowchart of a method performed by a NE according to aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0096] In wireless communication systems, one of the fundamental challenges towards more efficient network implementations is energy consumption. While user-end devices are often considered the primary target for further energy savings, the need for further reduction of network-end energy consumption is receiving increasing attention due to higher operational costs and lack of ubiquitous energy supply from renewable energy sources. For example, renewable energy is being implemented more widely due to environmental regulations and corporate initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. One way to achieve such network energy savings is via cell DTX and / or cell DRX, where, for energy savings, a cell suspends transmission and / or reception of selected groups of signals and / or channels (referred to herein as “signals”) for configured periods of time. One disadvantage of cell DTX and / or DRX can be reduced network performance due to inactivity of the cell during cell DTX and / or cell DRX inactive periods.

[0097] In some conventional cell DTX / DRX frameworks, direct application of cell DTX / DRX is based on configuring cell DTX / DRX via cycle and on-duration timer values with the same value range as C-DRX. One disadvantage of this approach is that periodicity of different signals can not align with on-duration intervals of different cycles, resulting in a given signal being un-signaled for much longer than the cell DTX / DRX cycle time. Another approach uses aperiodic signal configuration at the start and / or end of a cell DTX / DRX active period. For example, just before and / or just after a cell DTX / DRX inactive period, a UE is configured with aperiodic signals. One disadvantage of this approach is high overhead, as aperiodic signals are configured via DCI. Furthermore, some aperiodic signals are associated with high computational complexity, e.g., aperiodic CSI reporting can occupy the maximum CPU allocation of a UE.

[0098] As yet another approach, shorter cell DTX / DRX inactivity periods can be implemented. For example, CSI reporting is triggered based on network monitored events (e.g., based on HARQ / ACK feedback), where the UE triggers a new CSI feedback report when a NACK is received. One drawback of this approach is the large latency incurred to report updated CSI feedback, leading to possible PDSCH decoding errors (e.g., reduced reliability) and additional PDSCH transmissions, e.g., power efficiency reduction per transport block (TB) due to HARQ-ACK based retransmissions.

[0099] Another example approach uses single-slot signal monitoring for cell DTX / DRX. For example, discussions in Rel-18 for cell DTX / DRX focus on single-slot signals, where a signal is monitored based on whether the single slot corresponding to the signal falls within the cell DTX / DRX in an active period. One drawback of this approach arises in scenarios where a signal occupies multiple slots (e.g., CSI-RS for multi-TRP, PUSCH with repetition Type B) and can occupy slots partially overlapping with the cell DTX / DRX inactivity period. No clear UE behavior is defined for these scenarios.

[0100] Accordingly, the present disclosure discusses approaches for reducing the impact of cell DTX and / or cell DRX configuration on wireless performance. For example, the described techniques reconfigure signals affected during inactivity time via expedited and faster signaling in active periods after and / or before cell DTX / DRX inactivity periods to mitigate system performance degradation. More specifically, the present disclosure proposes an enhanced cell DTX / DRX configuration that includes the following:

[0101] 1. autonomously reconfigure periodic and / or semi-persistent signal transmission and / or reception in a cell DTX / DRX active period immediately preceding or following a cell DTX / DRX inactivity period.

[0102] 2. depend on non-periodic signal transmission and / or reception configured for cell DTX / DRX, where the non-periodic signal transmission is configured to occupy a cell DTX / DRX active period immediately preceding or following a cell DTX / DRX inactivity period.

[0103] 3. alternate cell DTX / DRX patterns via configuring a UE with two different on-duration timer values that employ an alternating cell DTX / DRX cycle. For example, a first of the two on-duration periods can be used for signals affected by DTX / DRX, and a second of the two on-duration periods can be used for a subset of affected signals that can benefit from more frequent transmission and / or reception for more robust network performance.

[0104] 4. Defining UE behavior corresponding to cell DTX / DRX that is affected by signals occupying multiple slots, where signals whose transmission and / or reception starts before the cell DTX / DRX inactive time are monitored even if the subsequent transmission and / or reception is in the inactive period.

[0105] 5. Defining UE behavior corresponding to cell DTX / DRX that is affected by signals occupying multiple slots, where signals whose transmission and / or reception starts during the cell DTX / DRX inactive time are not monitored even if the subsequent transmission and / or reception is in the active period.

[0106] 6. Defining UE behavior corresponding to cell DTX / DRX that is affected by signals occupying multiple slots, where signals are monitored based on whether the signals occupying multiple slots are repetitive signals.

[0107] Accordingly, the implementations discussed in this disclosure enable power saving in wireless networks while reducing the negative impact of power saving techniques, and thus the described implementations can improve performance across wireless networks.

[0108] Aspects of the disclosure are described in the context of a wireless communications system.

[0109] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communications system 100 in accordance with aspects of the disclosure is illustrated. The wireless communications system 100 can include one or more NEs 102, one or more UEs 104, and a core network (CN) 106. The wireless communications system 100 can support various radio access technologies. In some implementations, the wireless communications system 100 can be a 4G network, such as an LTE network or an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network. In some other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 can be an NR network, such as a 5G network, a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network, or a 5G-Ultra Wideband (5G-UWB) network. In other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 can be a combination of 4G networks and 5G networks, or other suitable radio access technologies, including Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20. The wireless communications system 100 can support radio access technologies other than 5G, such as, for example, 6G. Further, the wireless communications system 100 can support technologies such as time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), or code division multiple access (CDMA).

[0110] One or more NEs 102 can be dispersed throughout an area to form wireless communication system 100. One or more of the NEs 102 described herein can be or include or can be referred to as a network node, base station, network element, network function, network entity, radio access network (RAN), NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), next generation NodeB (gNB), or other suitable terminology. The NEs 102 and UEs 104 can communicate via communication links, which can be wired or wireless connections. For example, the NEs 102 and UEs 104 can perform wireless communication (e.g., receive signaling, transmit signaling) over a Uu interface.

[0111] The NEs 102 can provide service over a geographic coverage area, which the NEs 102 can support for one or more UEs 104. For example, the NEs 102 and UEs 104 can support wireless communication of signals related to service (e.g., voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc.) in accordance with one or more radio access technologies. In some embodiments, the NEs 102 can be mobile, such as satellites associated with non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). In some embodiments, different geographic coverage areas associated with the same or different radio access technologies can overlap, although different geographic coverage areas can be associated with different NEs 102.

[0112] One or more UEs 104 can be dispersed throughout an area of wireless communication system 100. A UE 104 can include or can be referred to as a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a subscriber device, a transmitter device, a receiver device, or some other suitable terminology. In some embodiments, a UE 104 can be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. Also or alternatively, a UE 104 can be referred to as an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples.

[0113] A UE 104 can be capable of supporting wireless communication directly with other UEs 104 over communication links. For example, a UE 104 can support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a device-to-device (D2D) communication link. In some embodiments, the communication link can be referred to as a sidelink, such as in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) deployments, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) deployments, or cellular-V2X deployments. For example, a UE 104 can support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a PC5 interface.

[0114] The NEs 102 can support communication with the CN 106 or with another NE 102, or both. For example, an NE 102 can interface with other NEs 102 or the CN 106 through one or more backhaul links (e.g., SI, N2, N6, or other network interfaces). In some embodiments, the NEs 102 can communicate directly with each other. In some other embodiments, the NEs 102 can communicate indirectly with each other (e.g., via the CN 106). In some embodiments, one or more of the NEs 102 can include subcomponents, such as an access network entity, which can be an example of an access node controller (ANC). The ANC can communicate with one or more UEs 104 through one or more other access network transmission entities, which can be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, or a transmission-reception point (TRP).

[0115] The CN 106 can support user authentication, access authorization, tracking, connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The CN 106 can be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC), which can include control plane entities (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF)) that manage access and mobility, and user plane entities (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or a user plane function (UPF)) that route packets or interconnect to external networks. In some embodiments, the control plane entities can manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management (e.g., for signaling bearers, data bearers, etc.) for one or more UEs 104 served by one or more NEs 102 associated with the CN 106.

[0116] The CN 106 can communicate with a packet data network using one or more backhaul links (e.g., via SI, N2, N6, or other network interfaces). The packet data network can include application servers. In some embodiments, one or more UEs 104 can communicate with an application server. A UE 104 can establish a session (e.g., a protocol data unit (PDU) session, etc.) with the CN 106 via an NE 102. The CN 106 can route traffic (e.g., control information, data, etc.) between the UE 104 and the application server using the established session (e.g., an established PDU session). A PDU session can be an instance of a logical connection between a UE 104 and the CN 106 (e.g., one or more network functions of the CN 106).

[0117] In the wireless communication system 100, the NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can use resources (e.g., time resources or frequency resources) of the wireless communication system 100 to perform various operations (e.g., wireless communications). In some implementations, the NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can support different resource structures. For example, the NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can support different frame structures. In some implementations, such as in 4G, the NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can support a single frame structure. In some other implementations, such as in 5G and among other suitable radio access technologies, the NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can support various frame structures (e.g., multiple frame structures). The NEs 102 and the UEs 104 can support the various frame structures based on one or more numerologies.

[0118] One or more numerologies can be supported in the wireless communication system 100, and a numerology can include a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix. A first numerology (e.g., m = 0) can be associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. In some implementations, the first numerology (e.g., m = 0) associated with the first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) can utilize one slot per subframe. A second numerology (e.g., m = 1) can be associated with a second subcarrier spacing (e.g., 30 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A third numerology (e.g., m = 2) can be associated with a third subcarrier spacing (e.g., 60 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix or an extended cyclic prefix. A fourth numerology (e.g., m = 3) can be associated with a fourth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 120 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A fifth numerology (e.g., m = 4) can be associated with a fifth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 240 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix.

[0119] Time intervals of resources (e.g., communication resources) can be organized as frames, which can also be referred to as radio frames. Each frame can have a duration of, for example, 10 milliseconds (ms). In some implementations, each frame can include multiple subframes. For example, each frame can include 10 subframes, and each subframe can have a duration of, for example, 1 ms. In some implementations, each frame can have the same duration. In some implementations, each subframe of a frame can have the same duration.

[0120] Additionally, or alternatively, time intervals of resources (e.g., communication resources) can be organized as slots, for example. For example, a subframe can contain a certain number (e.g., quantity) of slots. The number of slots in each subframe can also depend on the parameter set(s) supported in the wireless communications system 100. For example, a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth parameter set (e.g., m = 0, m = 1, m = 2, m = 3, m = 4) associated with respective subcarrier spacings of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and 240 kHz can utilize a single slot per subframe, two slots per subframe, four slots per subframe, eight slots per subframe, and 16 slots per subframe, respectively. Each slot can contain a certain number (e.g., quantity) of symbols (e.g., orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols). In some implementations, the number (e.g., quantity) of slots of a subframe can depend on the parameter set. For a normal cyclic prefix, a slot can contain 14 symbols. For an extended cyclic prefix (e.g., applicable for a 60 kHz subcarrier spacing), a slot can contain 12 symbols. The relationship between the number of symbols per slot, the number of slots per subframe, and the number of slots per frame for normal and extended cyclic prefixes can depend on the parameter set. It will be understood that reference to a first parameter set (e.g., m = 0) associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) can be used interchangeably between subframes and slots.

[0121] In the wireless communications system 100, the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum can be partitioned into various classes, bands, channels, and / or the like. By way of example, the wireless communications system 100 can support one or more operating bands, such as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz to 7.125 GHz), FR2 (24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz), FR3 (7.125 GHz to 24.25 GHz), FR4 (52.6 GHz to 114.25 GHz), FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz to 71 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz to 300 GHz). In some implementations, the NEs 102 and UEs 104 can perform wireless communications on one or more of the operating bands. In some implementations, FR1 can be used by the NEs 102 and UEs 104, and other equipment or apparatus, for cellular communications traffic (e.g., control information, data). In some implementations, FR2 can be used by the NEs 102 and UEs 104, and other equipment or apparatus, for short range, high data rate capabilities.

[0122] FR1 can be associated with one or more numerologies (e.g., at least three numerologies). For example, FR1 can be associated with a first numerology including 15 kHz subcarrier spacing (e.g., m = 0); a second numerology including 30 kHz subcarrier spacing (e.g., m = 1); and a third numerology including 60 kHz subcarrier spacing (e.g., m = 2). FR2 can be associated with one or more numerologies (e.g., at least 2 numerologies). For example, FR2 can be associated with the third numerology including 60 kHz subcarrier spacing (e.g., m = 2); and a fourth numerology including 120 kHz subcarrier spacing (e.g., m = 3).

[0123] According to embodiments, one or more of the NE 102 and the UE 104 can operate to implement various aspects of the techniques described with reference to the present disclosure. For example, the NE 102 (e.g., a base station) communicates a cell discontinuous signaling configuration to the UE 104, including a cell DTX behavior and / or a cell DRX behavior. The UE 104 can utilize the cell discontinuous signaling configuration to adapt signal monitoring and / or signal transmission at the UE, e.g., as described herein.

[0124] With reference to a DRX of a UE, a MAC entity can be configured by a radio resource control (RRC) to have a DRX function that controls PDCCH monitoring activity of the MAC entity for a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a CI-RNTI, a CS-RNTI, an INT-RNTI, an SFI-RNTI, an SP-CSI-RNTI, a TPC-PUCCH-RNTI, a TPC-PUSCH-RNTI, a TPC-SRS-RNTI, an AI-RNTI, an SL-RNTI, an SLCS-RNTI, and a sidelink (SL) semi-persistent scheduling V-RNTI. When in RRC_CONNECTED, and if DRX is configured, the MAC entity can monitor PDCCH discontinuously using the specified DRX operation for all activated serving cells; otherwise, the MAC entity can monitor PDCCH as specified in 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 38.213.

[0125] The RRC controls the DRX operation by configuring the following parameters:

[0126] - drx-onDurationTimer: duration at the start of a DRX cycle;

[0127] - drx-SlotOffset: delay before starting the drx-onDurationTimer;

[0128] - drx-InactivityTimer: duration after a PDCCH occasion where the PDCCH indicates a new UL, DL or SL transmission for the MAC entity;

[0129] - drx-RetransmissionTimerDL (for DL HARQ processes other than broadcast): maximum duration until a DL retransmission is received;

[0130] - drx-RetransmissionTimerUL (for UL HARQ processes): maximum duration until a grant for a UL retransmission is received;

[0131] - drx-LongCycleStartOffset: long DRX cycle and drx-StartOffset, which define the subframe in which the long and short DRX cycle starts;

[0132] - drx-ShortCycle (optional): short DRX cycle;

[0133] - drx-ShortCycleTimer (optional): duration for which the UE shall follow the short DRX cycle;

[0134] - drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL (for DL HARQ processes other than broadcast): minimum duration before a DL assignment is required by the MAC entity for a HARQ retransmission;

[0135] - drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL (for UL HARQ processes): minimum duration before a UL HARQ retransmission grant is required by the MAC entity;

[0136] - drx-RetransmissionTimerSL (for SL HARQ processes): maximum duration until a grant for a SL retransmission is received;

[0137] - drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL (for SL HARQ processes): minimum duration before a SL retransmission grant is required by the MAC entity;

[0138] - ps-Wakeup (optional): configuration to start an associated drx-onDurationTimer in case a Data Collection Protocol (DCP) is monitored but not detected;

[0139] - ps-TransmitOtherPeriodicCSI (optional): Configuration to report periodic CSI other than L1 reference signal receive power (RSRP) on PUCCH during the duration indicated by drx-onDurationTimer in case the associated drx-onDurationTimer is not started;

[0140] - ps-TransmitPeriodicL1-RSRP (optional): Configuration to transmit periodic CSI as L1-RSRP on PUCCH during the duration indicated by drx-onDurationTimer in case the associated drx-onDurationTimer is not started;

[0141] - downlinkHARQ-FeedbackDisabled (optional): Configuration to disable HARQ feedback per DL HARQ process;

[0142] - uplinkHARQ-Mode (optional): Configuration to set HARQ mode A or HARQ mode B per UL HARQ process.

[0143] A serving cell of a MAC entity can be configured by RRC in two DRX groups with separate DRX parameters. When RRC does not configure a secondary DRX group, there is only one DRX group and all serving cells belong to that one DRX group. When two DRX groups are configured, each serving cell is uniquely assigned to either of the two groups. DRX parameters configured separately for each DRX group are: drx-onDurationTimer, drx-InactivityTimer. DRX parameters common for the DRX groups are: drx-SlotOffset, drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL, drx-LongCycleStartOffset, drx-ShortCycle (optional), drx-ShortCycleTimer (optional), drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL.

[0144] When DRX is configured, the active time of a serving cell in a DRX group includes the following times:

[0145] - the drx-onDurationTimer or the drx-InactivityTimer configured for the DRX group is running; or

[0146] - drx-RetransmissionTimerDL, drx-RetransmissionTimerUL or drx- RetransmissionTimerSL is running on any serving cell in the DRX group; or

[0147] - ra-ContentionResolutionTimer or msgB-ResponseWindow is running; or

[0148] - a scheduling request is sent on PUCCH and the scheduling request is pending. If this serving cell is part of a non-terrestrial network, the active time starts after the scheduling request transmission performed when the SR_COUNTER is 0 for all SR configurations with pending SR, plus the UE-gNB round trip time (RTT); or

[0149] - after successfully receiving a random access response for a random access preamble not selected by the MAC entity, no PDCCH indicating a new transmission addressed to C-RNTI of the MAC entity is received.

[0150] The following MAC timers are used for DRX operation in non-terrestrial networks:

[0151] - HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN (according to DL HARQ processes configured with HARQ feedback enabled): minimum duration before a DL assignment by the MAC entity requiring HARQ retransmission;

[0152] - HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN (according to UL HARQ processes configured with HARQModeA): minimum duration before a UL HARQ retransmission grant by the MAC entity.

[0153] When DRX is not configured and multicast DRX is configured for G-RNTI or G-CS-RNTI, the MAC entity can:

[0154] 1> monitor the PDCCH as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213;

[0155] 1> if a MAC PDU is received in a downlink assignment configured for unicast; or

[0156] 1> if the PDCCH indicates a DL unicast transmission:

[0157] 2> stop drx-RetransmissionTimerDL-PTM for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0158] When DRX is configured, the MAC entity can:

[0159] 1> if a MAC PDU is received in a downlink assignment configured for unicast:

[0160] 2> if this serving cell is configured with downlinkHARQ-FeedbackDisabled:

[0161] 3> if the corresponding HARQ process is configured to enable HARQ feedback:

[0162] 4> set the HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process to equal drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL plus the latest available UE-gNB RTT value;

[0163] 4> start the HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding transmission carrying the DL HARQ feedback.

[0164] 2> else:

[0165] 3> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding transmission carrying the DL HARQ feedback.

[0166] 2> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process;

[0167] 2> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL-PTM for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0168] 1> if a MAC PDU is transmitted in a configured uplink grant and no Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) failure indication is received from lower layers:

[0169] 2> if this serving cell is configured with uplinkHARQ-Mode:

[0170] 3> if the corresponding HARQ process is configured to HARQModeA:

[0171] 4> set the HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process to equal drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL plus the latest available UE-gNB RTT value;

[0172] 4> if drx-LastTransmissionUL is configured:

[0173] 5> start the HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the last transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0174] 4> else:

[0175] 5> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the first transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0176] 2> else:

[0177] 3> if drx-LastTransmissionUL is configured:

[0178] 4> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the last transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0179] 3> else:

[0180] 4> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the first transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0181] 2> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process at the first transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0182] 1> if the MAC PDU is transmitted in a configured Sidelink grant:

[0183] 2> if a PUCCH resource is configured:

[0184] 3> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding PUCCH transmission carrying SL HARQ feedback; or

[0185] 3> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding PUCCH resource for SL HARQ feedback when no PUCCH is transmitted;

[0186] 3> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0187] 2> else:

[0188] 3> start drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process at the first symbol after the end of the corresponding physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission;

[0189] 3> stop drx-RetransmissionTimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0190] 1> if drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL expires:

[0191] 2> if the data for the corresponding HARQ process is not successfully decoded:

[0192] 3> start drx-RetransmissionTimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the expiry of drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL.

[0193] 1> if HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN expires:

[0194] 2> if the data for the corresponding HARQ process is not successfully decoded:

[0195] 3> start drx-RetransmissionTimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the expiry of HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN.

[0196] 1> if drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL expires:

[0197] 2> start drx-RetransmissionTimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the expiry of drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL.

[0198] 1> if HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN expires:

[0199] 2> start drx-RetransmissionTimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the expiry of HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN.

[0200] 1> if drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL expires:

[0201] 2> if transmitting HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedback for the corresponding HARQ process on PUCCH; or

[0202] 2> if a HARQ NACK feedback for the corresponding HARQ process is generated but not transmitted on PUCCH; or

[0203] 2> if no PUCCH resource is configured for the SL grant:

[0204] 3> start drx-RetransmissionTimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the expiry of drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL.

[0205] In an embodiment, when sl-PUCCH-Config is configured by RRC but no PUCCH resource is scheduled as same as when no sl-PUCCH-Config is configured, the UE can handle the drx-RetransmissionTimerSL operation.

[0206] 1> if a DRX Command MAC CE indicated by PDCCH addressed to C-RNTI or Configured Scheduling (CS)-RNTI or by Downlink assignment configured for unicast transmission is received:

[0207] 2> stop drx-onDurationTimer for each DRX group;

[0208] 2> stop drx-InactivityTimer for each DRX group.

[0209] 1> if drx-InactivityTimer for a DRX group expires:

[0210] 2> if short DRX cycle is configured:

[0211] 3> start or restart drx-ShortCycleTimer for this DRX group in the first symbol after the expiry of drx-InactivityTimer;

[0212] 3> use short DRX cycle for this DRX group.

[0213] 2> else:

[0214] 3> use long DRX cycle for this DRX group.

[0215] 1> if a DRX Command MAC CE indicated by PDCCH addressed to C-RNTI or CS-RNTI or by Downlink assignment configured for unicast transmission is received:

[0216] 2> if short DRX cycle is configured:

[0217] 3> start or restart drx-ShortCycleTimer for each DRX group in the first symbol after the end of the DRX command MAC CE reception;

[0218] 3> use short DRX cycle for each DRX group.

[0219] 2> else:

[0220] 3> use long DRX cycle for each DRX group.

[0221] 1> if the drx-ShortCycleTimer for a DRX group expires:

[0222] 2> use long DRX cycle for this DRX group.

[0223] 1> if a long DRX command MAC CE is received:

[0224] 2> stop drx-ShortCycleTimer for each DRX group;

[0225] 2> use long DRX cycle for each DRX group.

[0226] 1> if short DRX cycle is used for a DRX group and [system frame number (SFN x 10) + subframe number] modulo (drx-ShortCycle) = (drx-StartOffset) modulo (drx-ShortCycle):

[0227] 2> start drx-onDurationTimer for this DRX group after drx-SlotOffset of the subframe.

[0228] 1> if long DRX cycle is used for a DRX group and [(SFN x 10) + subframe number] modulo (drx-LongCycle) = drx-StartOffset:

[0229] 2> if DCP monitoring is configured for the active DL bandwidth part (BWP) as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213:

[0230] 3> if DCP indication associated with the current DRX cycle received from lower layers indicates to start drx-onDurationTimer as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213; or

[0231] 3> if, as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213, taking into account the time until the start of the last DCP occasion

[0232] 4 ms or during a measurement gap, or while the MAC entity is running the ra-ResponseWindow, monitors the PDCCH on the search space indicated by recoverySearchSpaceId of the SpCell identified by C-RNTI

[0233] The transmission of the received grant / assignment / DRX command MAC CE / long DRX command MAC CE and the transmitted scheduling request are associated with all DCP occasions in the time domain associated with the current DRX cycle that occur within the active time; or

[0234] 3> if ps-Wakeup is configured with the value true and no DCP indication associated with the current DRX cycle is received from lower layers:

[0235] 4> start the drx-onDurationTimer after drx-SlotOffset from the subframe.

[0236] 2> else:

[0237] 3> start the drx-onDurationTimer for this DRX group after drx-SlotOffset from the subframe. If the SFNs across the carriers in the cell group are not aligned, the SFN of the SpCell can be used for the calculation of the DRX duration.

[0238] 1> if the DRX group is in the active time:

[0239] 2> monitor the PDCCH on the serving cells in this DRX group as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213;

[0240] 2> if the PDCCH indicates a DL transmission; or

[0241] 2> if the PDCCH indicates one-shot HARQ feedback as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213; or

[0242] 2> if the PDCCH indicates retransmission of HARQ feedback as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213:

[0243] 3> if this serving cell is configured with downlinkHARQ-FeedbackDisabled:

[0244] 4> if the corresponding HARQ process is configured with HARQ feedback enabled:

[0245] 5> set the HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process to equal drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL plus the latest available UE-gNB RTT value;

[0246] 5> start the HARQ-RTT-TimerDL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding transmission carrying DL HARQ feedback.

[0247] 3> else:

[0248] 4> start or restart the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process whose HARQ feedback is reported in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding transmission carrying DL HARQ feedback. As specified in 3GPP TS 38.213, when the HARQ feedback is deferred by PDSCH-to-HARQ-Feedback timing indicating an inapplicable k1 value, the corresponding transmission opportunity to send the DL HARQ feedback can be indicated in a later PDCCH requesting HARQ-ACK feedback.

[0249] 3> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL for the corresponding HARQ process whose HARQ feedback is being reported;

[0250] 3> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL-PTM for the corresponding HARQ process;

[0251] 3> if PDSCH-to-HARQ-Feedback timing indicates an inapplicable k1 value, as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213:

[0252] 4> start the drx-RetransmissionTimerDL in the first symbol after the (last) PDSCH transmission (within a bundle) (ends).

[0253] 2> if the PDCCH indicates an UL transmission:

[0254] 3> if this serving cell is configured with uplinkHARQ-Mode:

[0255] 4> if the corresponding HARQ process is configured as HARQModeA:

[0256] 5> set the HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process to equal drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL plus the latest available UE-gNB RTT value;

[0257] 5> if drx-LastTransmissionUL is configured:

[0258] 6> start the HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the last transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0259] 5> else:

[0260] 6> start the HARQ-RTT-TimerUL-NTN for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the first transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0261] 3> else:

[0262] 4> if drx-LastTransmissionUL is configured:

[0263] 5> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the last transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0264] 4> else:

[0265] 5> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the first transmission (within the bundle) of the corresponding PUSCH transmission.

[0266] 3> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0267] 2> if the PDCCH indicates a SL transmission:

[0268] 3> if a PUCCH resource is configured:

[0269] 4> start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding PUCCH transmission carrying the SL HARQ feedback; or

[0270] 4) start the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process in the first symbol after the end of the corresponding PUCCH resource used for SL HARQ feedback when no PUCCH is transmitted;

[0271] 4> stop the drx-RetransmissionTimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0272] 3> else:

[0273] 4> start drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process at the first symbol after the end of the PDCCH occasion;

[0274] 4> stop drx-RetransmissionTimerSL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0275] 2> if a PDCCH indicates a new transmission (DL, UL or SL) on a serving cell in this DRX group:

[0276] 3> start or restart drx-InactivityTimer for this DRX group in the first symbol after the end of the PDCCH reception. A PDCCH indicating activation of SPS, configured grant Type 2 or configured sidelink grant of Type 2 configured grant is considered to indicate a new transmission. If the PDCCH reception contains two PDCCH candidates from a corresponding search space, as described in clause 10.1 in 38.213, start or restart drx-InactivityTimer for this DRX group in the first symbol after the end of the PDCCH candidate that ends later in time.

[0277] 2> if a HARQ process receives downlink feedback information and acknowledges being indicated:

[0278] 3> stop drx-RetransmissionTimerUL for the corresponding HARQ process.

[0279] 1> if DCP monitoring is configured for the active DL BWP, as specified in 3GPP TS 38.213; and

[0280] 1> if the current symbol n occurs within the drx-onDurationTimer duration; and

[0281] 1> if the drx-onDurationTimer associated with the current DRX cycle is not started as specified in this clause:

[0282] 2> if the MAC entity is not in active time taking into account the grants / assignments / DRX command MAC CE / long DRX command MAC CE received until 4ms before symbol n and the scheduling requests sent when evaluating all DRX activity time conditions as specified in this clause; and

[0283] 2> if considering the multicast assignment / DRX command MAC CE for multicast broadcast service (MBS) multicast received up to 4 ms before symbol n when evaluating all DRX active time conditions, allowCSI-SRS-Tx-MulticastDRX-Active is not configured, or if all multicast DRXs are not in active time and all multicast sessions are configured with multicast DRX:

[0284] 3> do not transmit periodic SRS and semi-persistent SRS defined in 3GPP TS 38.214;

[0285] 3> do not report semi-persistent CSI configured on PUSCH;

[0286] 3> if ps-TransmitPeriodicL1-RSRP is not configured with value true:

[0287] 4> do not report periodic CSI on PUCCH that is L1-RSRP.

[0288] 3> if ps-TransmitOtherPeriodicCSI is not configured with value true:

[0289] 4> do not report periodic CSI on PUCCH that is not L1-RSRP.

[0290] 1> else:

[0291] 2> in current symbol n, the DRX group will not be in active time if considering the grants / assignments scheduled and the DRX command MAC CE / long DRX command MAC CE received and the scheduling request sent on the serving cells in this DRX group up to 4 ms before symbol n as specified in this clause when evaluating all DRX active time conditions; and

[0292] 2> if considering the multicast assignment / DRX command MAC CE for MBS multicast received up to 4 ms before symbol n when evaluating all DRX active time conditions as specified in clause 5.7b, allowCSI-SRS-Tx-MulticastDRX-Active is not configured, or in current symbol n, if all multicast DRXs corresponding to the DRX group are not in active time and all multicast sessions corresponding to the DRX group are configured with multicast DRX:

[0293] 3> do not transmit periodic SRS and semi-persistent SRS defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 in this DRX group;

[0294] 3> do not report CSI on PUCCH and configured semi-persistent CSI on PUSCH in this DRX group.

[0295] 2> if csi-Mask is set by upper layers:

[0296] 3> in current symbol n, if a grant scheduled on a serving cell in this DRX group up to 4 ms before symbol n is considered as specified in this clause when evaluating all DRX active time conditions

[0297] assigned and received DRX Command MAC CE / Long DRX Command MAC CE, the drx-onDurationTimer of the DRX group is not running; and

[0298] 3> if a DRX Command MAC CE for MBS multicast received up to 4 ms before symbol n is considered as specified in clause 5.7b when evaluating all DRX active time conditions, allowCSI-SRS-Tx-MulticastDRX-Active is not configured, or in current symbol n, if none of the drx-onDurationTimerPTM(s) corresponding to all multicast DRX of the DRX group is running, and all multicast sessions corresponding to the DRX group are configured with multicast DRX:

[0299] 4> do not report CSI on PUCCH in this DRX group.

[0300] If the UE multiplexes CSI configured on PUCCH with other overlapping uplink control information (UCI) according to the procedures specified in 3GPP TS 38.213, and reports this CSI multiplexed with other UCI on PUCCH resource outside of DRX active time of the DRX group in which this PUCCH is configured, or outside of on duration period of the DRX group in which this PUCCH is configured if csi-Mask is set by upper layers, whether to report this CSI multiplexed with other UCI is up to UE implementation.

[0301] Regardless of whether the MAC entity monitors PDCCH on a serving cell of a DRX group, the MAC entity can transmit HARQ feedback, aperiodic CSI on PUSCH, and aperiodic SRS defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 on a serving cell of the DRX group when desired. In addition, the MAC entity does not need to monitor PDCCH if it is not a full PDCCH occasion (e.g., active time starts or ends in the middle of a PDCCH occasion).

[0302] Figure 2 , 3FIG. 4 illustrates an example DRX configuration information element (IE) 200. For example, the IE 200 illustrates Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN-1) code for a DRX-Config IE. Field descriptions for the DRX configuration IE 200 can be found in Table 1 below.

[0303] Table 1: DRX-Config IE field descriptions

[0304]

[0305]

[0306] For cell DTX and / or DRX, the following provides an overview of cell DTX / DRX based on Rel-18. The following signals / channels can be impacted by cell DTX / DRX, respectively, e.g., by the UE not monitoring reception of and / or not transmitting UL signals / channels, as follows:

[0307] 1. The UE can not monitor SPS occasions during a cell DTX inactive period, e.g., assuming the gNB does not transmit PDSCH to the UE on such SPS occasions during the cell DTX inactive period.

[0308] 2. The UE can not transmit on CG occasions during a cell DRX inactive period.

[0309] 3. The UE can not transmit SR occasions that overlap with a cell DRX inactive period, e.g., the SR transmission is dropped during the cell DRX inactive period.

[0310] 4. During an inactive period of cell DTX, the UE can not expect to receive and / or process periodic / semi-persistent CSI-RS configured in a CSI reporting configuration in CSI-ReportConfig with reportQuantity containing RI (for CSI reporting).

[0311] 5. During an inactive period of cell DRX, the UE can not expect to transmit periodic / semi-persistent CSI reporting.

[0312] 6. Except when SRS is for positioning, during an inactive period of cell DRX, the UE can not expect to transmit periodic / semi-persistent SRS.

[0313] 7. During an inactive period of cell DTX, the UE can not expect to monitor PDCCH associated with DCI format 2_0-DCI format 2_5.

[0314] The following signals / channels can be expected to not be impacted by cell DTX / DRX, as follows:

[0315] 1. No impact on Random Access Channel (RACH), paging and SIB for idle / inactive for both gNB and Rel-18 and legacy UEs.

[0316] 2. UE monitors PDCCH for RAR during cell DTX inactive time. ra-ResponseWindow can start in legacy way.

[0317] 3. UE monitors PDCCH for msg4 during cell DTX inactive time. ra-ContentionResolutionTimer can start in legacy way.

[0318] 4. Once gNB identifies there is an emergency call or public safety related service (e.g. MPS / MCS), the network ensures no impact on emergency call (e.g. cell DTX / DRX can be deactivated).

[0319] 5. When receiving a DG grant by gNB during cell DRX / DTX, UE follows the grant assignment (e.g. like in legacy). This includes DL HARQ feedback.

[0320] 6. HARQ-ACK for transmitted SPS PDSCH is not impacted by the inactive period of cell DRX.

[0321] 7. SRS for positioning is not impacted by cell DRX operation.

[0322] 8. HARQ-ACK for DCI format without scheduled PDSCH is not impacted by the inactive period of cell DRX.

[0323] For supported cell DTX / DRX mode, the following consensus has been reached:

[0324] 1. The mode configuration of cell DRX / DTX is common for Rel-18 UEs in the cell.

[0325] 2. Separate DTX and DRX configuration is supported, e.g. cell DTX can be configured without cell DRX.

[0326] 3. Periodic cell DTX / DRX configuration is explicitly signaled to UE.

[0327] 4. Periodic cell DTX / DRX mode is configured by UE specific RRC signaling.

[0328] 5. Cell DTX / DRX configuration contains at least: periodicity, start slot / offset, on duration.

[0329] 6. Cell DTX / DRX is implicitly activated / deactivated by RRC signaling, e.g., activated immediately upon being configured by RRC, and deactivated upon the RRC configuration being released.

[0330] 7. The start timer formula (including SlotOffset) from UE C-DRX onDurationTimer will be reused to specify the start of cellDTX-onDurationTimer (and cellDRX-onDurationTimer) in 3GPP TS 38.321, which is expected to have the same value range as the UE C-DRX long cycle.

[0331] 8. When both cell DTX and DRX are configured, the on-duration and cycle parameters are common between the two.

[0332] 9. If C-DRX is configured and the retransmission timer is running, the UE is expected to monitor PDCCH as in legacy. Whether to schedule retransmission outside of cell DTX active period depends on the network, e.g., the UE shall monitor PDCCH when the DRX retransmission timer is running regardless of cell DTX.

[0333] 10. The network ensures there is at least partial overlap between UE C-DRX on-duration and cell DTX / DRX on-duration, e.g., by configuring the cell DTX / DRX and C-DRX periodicities to be multiples of each other.

[0334] There is also consensus to support Layer 1 (L1) signaling for activating and deactivating cell DTX / DRX. More specifically, the following consensus has been reached:

[0335] 1. The mode configuration of cell DRX / DTX is common to Rel-18 UEs in the cell.

[0336] 2. The group common L1 signaling for cell DTX / DRX activation and deactivation using PDCCH is based on a new DCI format 2_X, which is monitored in the common search space.

[0337] 3. The DCI format 2_X contains at least N information block fields, each containing the signaling of activating or deactivating the “configuration of cell DTX and / or DRX” of the “serving cell”. If needed, the DCI can also contain spare / reserved padding bits to match the size configured for DCI 2_X. For a serving cell configured with SUL, the same bits apply to both NUL and SUL.

[0338] 4. For each serving cell configured with L1 signaling based activation / deactivation of cell DTX and / or cell DRX configuration, the starting bit position of the information block of DCI format 2_X is provided by UE specific higher layer signaling.

[0339] 5. The information block field of DCI format 2_X for activation and deactivation of cell DTX and DRX configuration supports separate (activation / deactivation) signaling of cell DTX and cell DRX, e.g., one activation / deactivation signaling subfield for cell DTX configuration and one activation / deactivation signaling subfield for cell DRX configuration, e.g., one single bit indication for each of the activation / deactivation of one cell DTX and one cell DRX.

[0340] 6. Based on whether one or both of cell DTX and cell DRX is configured for a given serving cell by higher layer signaling, the information block field of DCI format 2_X is of variable size of 1 or 2 bits. If both are configured, the first bit corresponds to the activation / deactivation of cell DTX configuration and the second bit corresponds to the activation / deactivation of cell DRX configuration. Otherwise, 1 bit corresponds to the configured cell DTX or cell DRX configuration.

[0341] 7. DCI format 2_X supports activation / deactivation of cell DTX / DRX configuration of multiple serving cells and supports per cell activation / deactivation, where the UE monitors DCI format 2_X in one serving cell.

[0342] 8. A new RNTI, e.g., nes-RNTI, is configured by higher layer for scrambling of DCI format 2_X.

[0343] 9. Both search space set configuration with new DCI format 2_X and DCI size of DCI format 2_X will be included to the list of RRC parameters for new DCI format 2_X for activation and deactivation of cell DTX / DRX.

[0344] 10. A delay value (D) is defined, which is applied after receiving the DCI format 2_X activating / deactivating cell DTX / DRX configuration, where the UE is expected to apply the cell DTX or DRX activation / deactivation change at the beginning of slot k, where the SCS of slot X is relative to the active DL or UL BWP of the serving cell, respectively. Slot k is the first slot whose beginning is not earlier than the beginning of slot n+D, where n is the slot containing the PDCCH of DCI format 2_X based on the SCS of the PDCCH, where the possible values of D relative to the SCS are provided in Table 2 below.

[0345] Table 2: Values of D relative to the SCS

[0346]

[0347] Figure 5 An example cell DTX cycle with a single on-duration period is illustrated at 500.

[0348] For CSI reporting triggering, a UE can report CSI information for the network using the CSI framework in NR Rel-15. The triggering mechanism between reporting setting and resource setting can be summarized in Table 3 below.

[0349] Table 3: Triggering mechanism between reporting setting and resource setting

[0350]

[0351] In the scenario,

[0352] • The associated resource setting for a CSI reporting setting can have the same time domain behavior.

[0353] • Once configured by RRC, periodic CSI-RS / Interference Management (IM) resources and CSI reporting can be considered as present and active.

[0354] • Aperiodic and semi-persistent CSI-RS / IM resources and CSI reporting can be explicitly triggered or activated.

[0355] • Aperiodic CSI-RS / IM resources and aperiodic CSI reporting can be jointly triggered by transmitting DCI format 0-1.

[0356] • Semi-persistent CSI-RS / IM resources and semi-persistent CSI reporting can be independently activated.

[0357] Figure 6 Aperiodic triggering state defining a list of CSI reporting settings is illustrated at 600. For aperiodic CSI-RS / IM resources and aperiodic CSI reporting, they can be jointly triggered by transmitting DCI format 0_1. DCI format 0_1 contains a CSI request field (0 to 6 bits). A non-zero request field points to a so-called aperiodic triggering state (see, e.g., Figure 5 ) configured by RRC. The aperiodic triggering state is in turn defined as a list of up to 16 aperiodic CSI reporting settings, identified by a CSI reporting setting ID, for which the UE simultaneously computes the CSI and transmits it on the scheduled PUSCH transmission.

[0358] Figure 7An example of an aperiodic trigger state indicating resource sets and quasi co- location (QCL) information is illustrated at 700. For example, when a CSI report setting is associated with an aperiodic resource setting (which can include multiple resource sets), the aperiodic NZP CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, the aperiodic CSI-IM resource set (if used), and the aperiodic NZP CSI-RS resource set for IM (if used) for a given CSI report setting are also included in the aperiodic trigger state definition, for example, as illustrated in Figure 6

[0359] Figure 8 An example 800 of an aperiodic trigger state indicating resource sets and QCL information is illustrated, and Figure 9 An example 900 of RRC configuration for (a) NZP-CSI-RS resources (b) CSI-IM- resources is illustrated. Table 4 summarizes the uplink channel type for CSI reporting varies with CSI codebook type.

[0360] Table 4: Uplink channel for CSI reporting varies with CSI codebook type

[0361]

[0362] Figure 10 Partial CSI omission for PUSCH-based CSI is illustrated at 1000. For aperiodic CSI reporting, PUSCH-based reporting can be split into two CSI parts: CSI part 1 and CSI part 2. For example, the size of the CSI payload can vary significantly, and thus a worst-case UCI payload size design can result in a large overhead.

[0363] CSI part 1 has a fixed payload size (and can be decoded by the gNB without a priori information) and contains the following: RI (if reported) for the first codeword, CSI-RS resource index (CRI) (if reported), and channel quality indicator (CQI); and the number of non-zero wideband amplitude coefficients per layer of Type II CSI feedback on PUSCH. CSI part 2 can have a variable payload size, which can be derived from the CSI parameters in CSI part 1 and contains PMI and CQI for the second codeword when RI > 4. For example, if the aperiodic trigger state definition indicated by DCI format 0_1 defines 3 report settings x, y, and z, the aperiodic CSI reporting of CSI part 2 would be ordered, for example, as illustrated at 900. ​

[0364] As mentioned above, CSI reporting can be prioritized according to the following: time domain behavior and physical channel, where higher dynamic reporting is prioritized over lower dynamic reporting, and PUSCH is prioritized over PUCCH; CSI content, where beam reporting (e.g., L1-RSRP reporting) is prioritized over regular CSI reporting; CSI corresponding serving cell (in case of carrier aggregation (CA) operation). CSI corresponding to PCell is prioritized over CSI corresponding to Scell; and / or reportConfigID.

[0365] Figure 11 The ASN-1 code for configuring a NZP-CSI-RS resource set is illustrated at 1100. For example, in NR Rel. 15, a tracking reference signal (TRS) is transmitted for establishing fine time and frequency synchronization at the UE to help demodulation of PDSCH, especially for high order modulation. As illustrated at 1000, the TRS is a NZP-CSI-RS resource set with trs-info set to true.

[0366] Here, trs-Info indicates that the antenna ports of all NZP-CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set are the same. The TRS contains 2 or 4 periodic CSI-RS resources with periodicity 2 -μ *Xp slots, where Xp = 10, 20, 40, or 80, and where μ is related to the SCS, e.g., μ = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 for 15, 30, 60, 120, 240 kHz, respectively. The slot offsets of the 2 or 4 CSI-RS resources are configured such that the first pair of resources are transmitted in one slot, and the second pair of resources (if configured) are transmitted in the next (adjacent) slot.

[0367] Figure 12 An example where the four resources are single-port with density 3 is illustrated at 1200. The two CSI-RSs within a slot can be separated in time domain by four symbols. This time domain separation sets a limit on the maximum frequency error that can be compensated. Likewise, the frequency domain separation of four subcarriers sets a limit on the maximum timing error that can be compensated. The maximum number of TRSs that a UE can be configured is a UE capability:

[0368] • Maximum number of TRS resource sets (per component carrier (CC)) that a UE can track simultaneously: candidate values {1 to 8}

[0369] • Maximum number of TRS resource sets configured to a UE per CC: candidate value set: {1 to 64}. A UE is required to report at least 8 for FR1 and at least 16 for FR2.

[0370] • Maximum number of TRS resource sets configured to a UE across CCs: Candidate value set: {1 to 256}. UE is required to report at least 16 for FR1 and at least 32 for FR2

[0371] Figure 13 ASN-1 code for QCL information is illustrated at 1300. In the scenario, aperiodic TRS is an optional set of aperiodic CSI-RS for tracking configured, but periodic TRS can always be configured, and time and frequency domain configurations (except for periodicity) can match the configuration of periodic TRS. The UE can assume that aperiodic TRS resources are quasi co-located with periodic TRS resources. A transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state configured, e.g., by RRC, can have two QCL types (e.g., two reference signals), where the second QCL type is used for operating in FR2, e.g., illustrated at 1200.

[0372] In aspects of the disclosure, various terms and features can be discussed as follows: The following concepts can be interchangeable: network node, transmit-receive point (TRP), panel, antenna set, antenna port set, uniform linear array, cell, node, radio head, communication (e.g., signal / channel) associated with a CORESET (control resource set) pool, communication associated with a TCI state from a transmission configuration including at least two TCI states. TRS can correspond to a NZP CSI-RS resource set of configuration parameter ‘trs-info’. CSI-RS for beam management can correspond to a NZP CSI-RS resource set of configuration parameter ‘repetition’. CSI-RS for CSI can correspond to a NZP CSI-RS resource set that neither has configuration parameter ‘trs-info’ nor has ‘repetition’ configured. A matrix can represent a domain sequence of arbitrary dimension, including an array of values (a vector), a standard 2D matrix, and more generally a Q-dimensional matrix (a tensor), where Q > 2 is an integer value. Unless otherwise specified, transmission and reception can be considered based on a network perspective, e.g., transmission can refer to network transmission and reception can refer to network reception. While implementations are discussed with reference to a signal for cell discontinuous signaling, implementations can be equally applicable to a channel for cell discontinuous signaling. Multiple implementations are described below, and according to implementations, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described implementations can be combined.

[0373] According to aspects of the present disclosure, signals are associated with cell discontinuous signaling, e.g., cell DTX and / or cell DRX. In such implementations, signals associated with cell DTX and / or cell DRX operation can be grouped into at least two groups based on their urgency, priority, and / or required transmission periodicity. Different implementations are described below. According to implementations, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described implementations can be combined in various ways.

[0374] In implementations, at least two groups of signals can be configured for cell DTX. For example, in a first instance, a first group of the at least two groups includes at least one of SPS occasions including SPS-PDSCH, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for CSI measurement, or one or more of PDCCH associated with DCI format 2 0, 2 1, 2 2, 2 3, 2 4, and 2 5. In another instance, a second group of the at least two groups includes at least one of SSB, SIB, P-TRS, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, PRS, PDCCH scrambled with UE-specific RNTI, PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, PDCCH for RAR, or PDCCH for msg4 HARQ transmission. In another instance, a first group of the at least two groups configured for cell DTX is optionally configured, e.g., the first group is an empty set. In another instance, a second group of the at least two groups configured for cell DTX is optionally configured, e.g., the second group is an empty set.

[0375] In implementations, signals of a first group of the at least two groups are monitored by the UE in a first transmission occasion of two transmission occasions associated with cell DTX, and signals of a second group of the at least two groups are monitored by the UE in a second transmission occasion of the two transmission occasions associated with cell DTX.

[0376] In implementations, signals of a first group of the at least two groups are monitored by the UE in a first transmission occasion of two transmission occasions associated with cell DTX, and signals of a second group of the at least two groups are monitored by the UE in a second transmission occasion of the two transmission occasions associated with cell DTX.

[0377] In an embodiment, at least two groups of signals are configured for cell DRX. For example, in an instance, a first group of the at least two groups includes at least one of: a CG occasion including CG-PUSCH, an SR occasion, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report, and / or a periodic or semi-persistent SRS, excluding SRS for positioning. In another instance, a second group of the two groups includes at least one of: SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for SPS PDSCH. In another instance, the first group of signals configured for cell DRX is optionally configured, e.g., the first group is an empty set. In another instance, the second group of signals configured for cell DRX is optionally configured, e.g., the second group is an empty set.

[0378] In an embodiment, a signal of a first group of the at least two groups is transmitted by the UE at a first of the two reception occasions associated with cell DRX, and a signal of a second group of the at least two groups is transmitted by the UE at a second of the two reception occasions associated with cell DRX.

[0379] In an embodiment, a signal of a first group of the at least two groups is transmitted by the UE at a first of the two reception occasions associated with cell DRX, and a signal of a second group of the at least two groups is transmitted by the UE at a second of the two reception occasions associated with cell DRX.

[0380] Embodiments described herein provide additional transmission occasions for cell DTX behavior. For example, special occasions of cell transmissions are configured for transmission of different signals before cell DTX activation and / or after cell DTX deactivation. Several embodiments are described below. According to embodiments, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described embodiments can be combined.

[0381] Figure 14 Embodiment 1400 illustrates two special occasions of cell transmissions, e.g., a first special transmission occasion “Special Tx Occasion 1” and a second special transmission occasion “Special Tx Occasion 2”, according to aspects of the present disclosure. For example, the first special transmission occasion occurs before a first cell DTX cycle “Cell DTX Cycle 1” (e.g., before cell DTX activation) and the second special transmission occasion occurs after a last cell DTX cycle Cell DTX Cycle 3, e.g., after cell DTX deactivation.

[0382] In an example, the first special occasion occupies a set of time slots preceding a first time slot of the active cell DTX cycle, e.g., the first time slot of the first cell DTX cycle. In an example, the second special occasion occupies a set of time slots following a last time slot of the active cell DTX, e.g., the last time slot of the last cell DTX cycle preceding the deactivation of the cell DTX. In an example, the second special occasion is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of the second special occasion depends on an optional network configuration. In an example, the two special occasions are associated with an aperiodic signal transmission, e.g., the aperiodic signal transmission is triggered within the cell DTX configuration signaling.

[0383] In an embodiment, a first time slot offset associated with a first cycle of the cell DTX takes a different value compared to a second time slot offset associated with a subsequent cycle of the cell DTX. For example, in an example, a first time slot offset of a first cycle of the cell DTX takes a fixed value in terms of time slot number and / or millisecond order, e.g., {0, 1, 2, 3} or a single digit value. In an example, the first time slot offset of the first cycle of the cell DTX takes a first configured value, where the first configured value is not greater than a second configured value of the second time slot offset associated with the subsequent cycle of the cell DTX. In an example, a signal transmission associated with the first cycle of the cell DTX is an aperiodic signal transmission triggered within the cell DTX configuration signaling.

[0384] According to an embodiment, a first time slot offset associated with a last cycle of the cell DTX, e.g., a DTX cycle following a cell DTX deactivation command, takes a different value compared to a second time slot offset associated with a previous cycle of the cell DTX. For example, in an example, a first time slot offset of the last cycle of the cell DTX takes a fixed value in terms of time slot number and / or millisecond order, e.g., a DRX cycle length minus a single digit. In an example, the first time slot offset of the last cycle of the cell DTX takes a first configured value, where the first configured value is not less than a second configured value of the second time slot offset associated with the subsequent cycle of the cell DTX. In an example, a signal transmission associated with the last cycle of the cell DTX is an aperiodic signal transmission triggered within the cell DTX configuration signaling.

[0385] Figure 15Embodiment 1500 illustrates a first on-duration timer "on-duration timer 1" and a second on-duration timer "on-duration timer 2" within a cell DTX cycle 1. In embodiments, two cell transmission occasions corresponding to two on-duration timers for cell transmissions are configured, where a first on-duration period associated with the first on-duration timer occupies a first set of slots in a first half of the cell DTX cycle, and a second on-duration period associated with the second on-duration timer occupies a second set of slots in a second half of the cell DTX cycle. A first set of signals is associated with the first on-duration timer and a second set of signals is associated with the second on-duration timer.

[0386] In examples, a first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer is indicated relative to a first slot of the cell DTX cycle, and a second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer is indicated relative to a last slot of the cell DTX cycle. In examples, the second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer is indicated relative to the first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer. In examples, the second set of signals is a subset of the first set of signals. In examples, the first set of signals and the second set of signals are disjoint. In examples, the second set of signals includes at least one of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS, SSB, SIB, TRS, and / or PRS associated with a BM. In examples, the second on-duration timer is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of a second special occasion depends on an optional network configuration.

[0387] In embodiments, two cell DTX cycle patterns are jointly configured, where a first length of a cell DTX cycle associated with a first of the two DTX cycle patterns is an integer multiple of a second length of a cell DTX cycle associated with a second of the two DTX cycle patterns. Further, a first on-duration period associated with a first on-duration timer of the first cell DTX cycle pattern corresponds to a first transmission occasion, and a second on-duration period associated with a second on-duration timer of the second cell DTX cycle pattern corresponds to a second transmission occasion

[0388] Figure 16 Embodiment 1600 illustrates short DTX cycles 1-4 and long DTX cycles 1, 2. Further, the DTX cycles include "on-duration of short cycle 1 and long cycle 1", "on-duration of short cycle 2", "on-duration of short cycle 3 and long cycle 2", and "on-duration of short cycle 4".

[0389] In an example, the first cell DTX cycle pattern is a long cell DTX cycle pattern and the second cell DTX cycle pattern is a short cell DTX cycle pattern. In an example, the two cell DTX cycle patterns are configured with a same slot offset value corresponding to a start time of an on-duration timer of each of the two cell DTX cycle patterns, e.g., the on-duration periods of the two cell DTX cycles associated with the two cell DTX cycle patterns at least partially overlap. In an example, the two cell DTX cycle patterns are configured with a same on-duration timer value. In the previous two examples, the on-duration periods of the two cell DTX cycles associated with the two cell DTX cycle patterns can completely overlap.

[0390] In an example, a first set of signals is monitored by the UE during an on-duration period of the first cell DTX cycle pattern and a second set of signals is monitored by the UE during an on-duration period of the second cell DTX cycle pattern, where the second set is disjoint from the first set, a subset of the first set, or partially overlaps with the first set. In an example, the second cell DTX cycle pattern is optionally configured, e.g., there is no second cell DTX cycle pattern.

[0391] Figure 17 Embodiment 1700 illustrates DTX cycles 1-4 with a short on-duration timer in DTX cycles 1, 3, and a long on-duration timer in DTX cycles 2, 4. In an example, two cell transmission occasions corresponding to two on-duration timers for cell transmissions are configured, where a first on-duration period associated with a first on-duration timer corresponds to a first subset of cell DTX cycles and a second on-duration period associated with a second on-duration timer corresponds to a second subset of cell DTX cycles.

[0392] In an example, a first set of signals is associated with the first on-duration timer and a second set of signals is associated with the second on-duration timer. In an example, a first value of the first on-duration timer and a second value of the second on-duration timer are not the same. In an example, a first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer is equal to a second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer.

[0393] In an example, the second set of signals is a subset of the first set of signals. In an example, the first set of signals and the second set of signals are disjoint. In an example, the second on-duration timer is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of the second special occasion depends on optional network configuration. In an example, the first subset of cell DTX cycles and the second subset of cell DTX cycles are disjoint. In an example, the first subset of cell DTX cycles corresponds to even DTX cycles and the second subset of cell DTX cycles corresponds to odd DTX cycles.

[0394] Embodiments further provide additional cell reception occasions for cell DRX operation. For example, special occasions for cell reception are configured for transmission of different signals prior to cell DRX activation and / or after cell DRX deactivation. Several embodiments are described below. According to embodiments, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described embodiments can be combined.

[0395] Figure 18 Embodiment 1800 illustrates two special occasions for cell reception, e.g., a first special reception occasion "Special Rx Occasion 1" and a second special reception occasion "Special Rx Occasion 2". For example, the first special reception occasion occurs prior to the first cell DRX cycle "Cell DRX Cycle 1" (e.g., prior to cell DRX activation) and the second special reception occasion occurs after the last cell DRX cycle Cell DRX Cycle 3, e.g., after cell DRX deactivation.

[0396] In an example, the first special occasion occupies a set of time slots prior to the first time slot of a cell DRX cycle in which cell DRX is activated, e.g., the first time slot of the first cell DRX cycle. In an example, the second special occasion occupies a set of time slots after the last time slot of a cell DRX cycle in which cell DRX is activated, i.e., the last time slot of the last cell DRX cycle prior to deactivation of cell DRX. In an example, the second special occasion is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of the second special occasion depends on optional network configuration. In an example, both special occasions are associated with aperiodic signal reception, where aperiodic signal reception is triggered within cell DRX configuration signaling.

[0397] In embodiments, a first slot offset associated with a first cycle of cell DRX takes a different value compared to a second slot offset associated with a subsequent cycle of cell DRX. For example, in an instance, assume that a first slot offset of a first cycle of cell DRX takes a fixed value in terms of slot number and / or millisecond order, e.g., {0, 1, 2, 3} or a single digit. In an instance, the first slot offset of the first cycle of cell DRX takes a first configured value, where the first configured value is not greater than a second configured value of the second slot offset associated with a subsequent cycle of cell DRX. In an instance, signal reception associated with the first cycle of cell DRX is aperiodic signal reception triggered within cell DRX configuration signaling.

[0398] According to embodiments, a first slot offset associated with a last cycle of cell DRX (e.g., a DRX cycle after a cell DRX deactivation command) takes a different value compared to a second slot offset associated with a previous cycle of cell DRX. For example, in an instance, assume that a first slot offset of a last cycle of cell DRX takes a fixed value in terms of slot number and / or millisecond order (e.g., a DRX cycle length minus a single digit). In an instance, the first slot offset of the last cycle of cell DRX takes a first configured value, where the first configured value is not less than a second configured value of the second slot offset associated with a subsequent cycle of cell DRX. In an instance, signal reception associated with the last cycle of cell DRX is aperiodic signal reception triggered within cell DRX configuration signaling.

[0399] Figure 19 Embodiment 1900 illustrates a first on-duration timer "on-duration timer 1" and a second on-duration timer "on-duration timer 2" within a cell DRX cycle 1. In embodiments, two cell reception occasions corresponding to two on-duration timers for cell reception are configured, where a first on-duration period associated with the first on-duration timer occupies a first set of slots in a first half of the cell DRX cycle, and a second on-duration period associated with the second on-duration timer occupies a second set of slots in a second half of the cell DRX cycle. A first set of signals is associated with the first on-duration timer, and a second set of signals is associated with the second on-duration timer.

[0400] In an example, a first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer is indicated relative to a first time slot of the cell DRX cycle, and a second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer is indicated relative to a last time slot of the cell DRX cycle. In an example, the second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer is indicated relative to the first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer. In an example, the second set of signals is a subset of the first set of signals. In an example, the first set of signals and the second set of signals are disjoint. In an example, the second set of signals includes at least one of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS, SSB, SIB, TRS, and / or PRS associated with the BM. In an example, the second on-duration timer is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of the second special occasion depends on an optional network configuration.

[0401] In an embodiment, the two cell DRX cycle patterns are jointly configured, where a first length of a cell DRX cycle associated with a first one of the two DRX cycle patterns is an integer multiple of a second length of a cell DRX cycle associated with a second one of the two DRX cycle patterns. Further, a first on-duration period associated with a first on-duration timer of the first cell DRX cycle pattern corresponds to a first reception occasion, and a second on-duration period associated with a second on-duration timer of the second cell DRX cycle pattern corresponds to a second reception occasion.

[0402] Figure 20 An embodiment 2000 is illustrated according to aspects of the present disclosure. The embodiment 2000 illustrates short DRX cycles 1-4 and long DRX cycles 1, 2. Further, the DRX cycles include “on-duration of short cycle 1 and long cycle 1,” “on-duration of short cycle 2,” “on-duration of short cycle 3 and long cycle 2,” and “on-duration of short cycle 4.”

[0403] In an example, the first cell DRX cycle pattern is a long cell DRX cycle pattern, and the second cell DRX cycle pattern is a short cell DRX cycle pattern. In an example, the two cell DRX cycle patterns are configured with a same time slot offset value corresponding to a start time of an on-duration timer of each of the two cell DRX cycle patterns, e.g., the on-duration periods of the two cell DRX cycles associated with the two cell DRX cycle patterns at least partially overlap. In an example, the two cell DRX cycle patterns are configured with a same on-duration timer value. In the previous two examples, the on-duration periods of the two cell DRX cycles associated with the two cell DRX cycle patterns can fully overlap.

[0404] In an example, a first set of signals is transmitted by the UE during an on-duration period of a first cell DRX cycle pattern, and a second set of signals is transmitted by the UE during an on-duration period of a second cell DRX cycle pattern, where the second set is disjoint from the first set, is a subset of the first set, or partially overlaps with the first set. In an example, the second cell DRX cycle pattern is optionally configured, e.g., there is no second cell DRX cycle pattern.

[0405] Figure 21 Embodiment 2100 illustrates DRX cycles 1-4 with a short on-duration timer in DRX cycles 1, 3 and a long on-duration timer in DRX cycles 2, 4. In an example, two cell reception occasions corresponding to two on-duration timers for cell reception are configured, where a first on-duration period associated with a first on-duration timer corresponds to a first subset of cell DRX cycles, and a second on-duration period associated with a second on-duration timer corresponds to a second subset of cell DRX cycles.

[0406] In an example, a first set of signals is associated with the first on-duration timer, and a second set of signals is associated with the second on-duration timer. In an example, a first value of the first on-duration timer and a second value of the second on-duration timer are not the same. In an example, a first offset value associated with the first on-duration timer is equal to a second offset value associated with the second on-duration timer.

[0407] In an example, the second set of signals is a subset of the first set of signals. In an example, the first set of signals and the second set of signals are disjoint. In an example, the second on-duration timer is optionally configured, e.g., the presence of the second special occasion depends on an optional network configuration. In an example, the first subset of cell DRX cycles and the second subset of cell DRX cycles are disjoint. In an example, the first subset of cell DRX cycles corresponds to even DRX cycles, and the second subset of cell DRX cycles corresponds to odd DRX cycles.

[0408] Embodiments described herein also implement cell DTX dependent signal configuration. Under this approach, a signal configuration whose transmission is affected by a cell DTX operation is configured with two higher layer configurations, where a first of the two higher layer configurations is associated with transmission when the cell DTX operation is deactivated, and a second of the two higher layer configurations is associated with transmission when the cell DTX operation is activated. Several embodiments are described below. According to embodiments, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described embodiments can be combined.

[0409] In an embodiment, the triggering of one of the two higher layer configurations is based on receiving a PDCCH signal associated with a DCI format associated with a cell DTX operation. In an example, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a cell DTX activation / deactivation command. In an example, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is explicitly indicated via a dedicated DCI field of the PDCCH.

[0410] In an embodiment, the triggering of one of the two higher layer configurations is based on the reception of a cell DTX command MAC CE at the UE, where a cell DTX deactivation command activates a first one of the two higher layer configurations, and a cell DTX activation command activates a second one of the two higher layer configurations. In an example, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a cell DTX activation / deactivation command MAC CE. In an example, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is explicitly indicated via a dedicated field in the cell DTX activation / deactivation command MAC CE.

[0411] In an embodiment, the first higher layer configuration is based on one of: a periodicity or a semi-persistent transmission with a higher periodicity value compared to the second higher layer configuration, a higher density signaling compared to the second higher layer configuration, or a combination thereof. In an example, a periodicity value of a first NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a first one of the two higher layer configurations is less than a periodicity value of a second NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a second one of the two higher layer configurations. In an example, a frequency density value of a first NZP CSI-RS resource indicated in a CSI-RS resource mapping associated with the first one of the two higher layer configurations is greater than a frequency density value of a second NZP CSI-RS resource indicated in a CSI-RS resource mapping associated with the second one of the two higher layer configurations.

[0412] In an embodiment, an identity value (ID) of the second one of the two higher layer configurations is indicated within the cell DTX configuration. In an example, an ID (e.g., CSI-ReportConfigId) corresponding to a CSI report setting of the second one of the two higher layer configurations associated with the CSI report setting of the cell DTX operation is included within a cell DTX configuration IE. In an example, the ID of the second one of the two higher layer configurations is indicated within a cell DTX higher layer configuration (e.g., cell DTX config IE). In an example, the ID of the second one of the two higher layer configurations is indicated in a DCI field of the cell DTX PDCCH signal. In an example, the ID of the second one of the two higher layer configurations is indicated in a field of the cell DTX command MAC CE.

[0413] The implementations described herein also implement cell DRX dependent signal configuration. Under this approach, receiving a signal configuration that is affected by cell DRX operation has two higher layer configurations, where a first of the two higher layer configurations is associated with reception when the cell DRX operation is deactivated, and a second of the two higher layer configurations is associated with reception when the cell DRX operation is activated. Several implementations are described below. According to implementations, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described implementations can be combined.

[0414] In implementations, the triggering of one of the two higher layer configurations is based on receiving a PDCCH signal associated with a DCI format associated with the cell DRX operation. In examples, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a cell DRX activation / deactivation command. In examples, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is explicitly indicated via a dedicated DCI field of the PDCCH.

[0415] In implementations, the triggering of one of the two higher layer configurations is based on reception of a cell DRX command MAC CE at the UE, where a cell DRX deactivation command activates a first of the two higher layer configurations, and a cell DRX activation command activates a second of the two higher layer configurations. In examples, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from a cell DRX activation / deactivation command MAC CE. In examples, the activation of one of the two higher layer configurations is explicitly indicated via a dedicated field in the cell DRX activation / deactivation command MAC CE.

[0416] In implementations, the first higher layer configuration is based on one of: periodicity or semi-persistent transmission with a higher periodicity value compared to the second higher layer configuration, higher density signaling compared to the second higher layer configuration, or a combination thereof. In examples, a periodicity value of a first NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a first of the two higher layer configurations is less than a periodicity value of a second NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a second of the two higher layer configurations. In examples, a frequency density value of a first NZP CSI-RS resource indicated in a CSI-RS resource mapping associated with the first of the two higher layer configurations is greater than a frequency density value of a second NZP CSI-RS resource indicated in a CSI-RS resource mapping associated with the second of the two higher layer configurations.

[0417] In embodiments, an identification value (ID) of the second of the two higher layer configurations is indicated within the cell DRX configuration. In examples, an ID corresponding to the CSI reporting settings of the second of the two higher layer configurations associated with the CSI reporting settings of the cell DRX operation is included within the cell DRX configuration IE (e.g., CSI-ReportConfigId). In examples, the ID of the second of the two higher layer configurations is indicated within the cell DRX higher layer configuration (e.g., cell DRX config IE). In examples, the ID of the second of the two higher layer configurations is indicated in the DCI field of the cell DRX PDCCH signal. In examples, the ID of the second of the two higher layer configurations is indicated in the field of the cell DRX command MAC CE.

[0418] Embodiments described herein also provide for cell DTX behavior of signals occupying multiple slots. Under such methods, signal transmission is discussed that occupies multiple slots, where a subset of the multiple slots are within a cell DTX period and outside of an on duration (e.g., within an inactive time of the cell DTX). Different behaviors of the signal transmission depending on the subset of the multiple slots are discussed. Several embodiments are described below, and according to embodiments, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described embodiments can be combined.

[0419] Figure 22 Embodiments 2200 are illustrated in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. Embodiments 2200 include a cell DTX cycle with DL signals and on duration timer. In embodiments, if cell DTX is configured and if a first slot of a signal transmitted within the cell DTX cycle is outside of an on duration period associated with the on duration timer of the cell DTX cycle, the UE does not monitor the DL signal occupying multiple slots. In examples, if slot n is within the cell DTX cycle and not within the on duration period, the UE does not monitor a CSI-RS transmission corresponding to a DL multi-TRP transmission (e.g., a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement configured with two resource groups and N resource pairs) occupying two consecutive slots (e.g., n, n+1). This behavior applies even if slot n+1 is within the on duration period of the cell DTX cycle. In examples, the on duration period corresponds to a period before the on duration timer of the cell DTX starts or after the on duration timer of the cell DTX ends.

[0420] In an embodiment, if a cell DTX is configured and if a first slot of a transmission signal is before a first slot in which a cell DTX cycle is activated, the UE monitors a DL signal occupying multiple slots. In an example, if slot n is before the start of a first cell DTX cycle activated by the network, the UE monitors a CSI-RS transmission corresponding to a DL multi-TRP transmission (e.g., a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement configured with two resource groups and N resource pairs) occupying two consecutive slots (e.g., n, n+1). This behavior applies even if slot n+1 is within the cell DTX cycle but not within the on-duration period of the cell DTX.

[0421] Figure 23 Embodiment 2300 is illustrated in accordance with an embodiment of aspects of the disclosure. Embodiment 2300 includes a cell DTX cycle with a DL signal and an on-duration timer. In such an embodiment, if a cell DTX is configured and if a first slot of a transmission signal is within the cell DTX cycle and within an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of the cell DTX cycle, the UE monitors a DL signal occupying multiple slots. In an example, if slot n is within the cell DTX cycle and within the on-duration period, the UE monitors a CSI-RS transmission corresponding to a DL multi-TRP transmission (e.g., a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement configured with two resource groups and N resource pairs) occupying two consecutive slots (e.g., n, n+1). This behavior applies even if slot n+1 is not within the on-duration period of the cell DTX cycle.

[0422] In an embodiment, if a DL signal occupies multiple slots and is associated with repetition, where a first subset of transmission occasions in a set of transmission occasions corresponding to the DL signal is transmitted within a cell DTX cycle and outside an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of the cell DTX cycle, the UE is not expected to monitor the first subset of transmission occasions. The UE can still monitor a second subset of transmission occasions in the set of transmission occasions corresponding to the DL signal that is transmitted within the cell DTX cycle and within the on-duration period associated with the on-duration timer of the cell DTX cycle.

[0423] In an example, the DL channel is a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM scheme A, where repetitions of the PDSCH occur over multiple slots, e.g., an SPS PDSCH. In an example, the UE only monitors transmission occasions and / or retransmissions that occur within the on-duration period of the cell DTX.

[0424] In an embodiment, if a DL signal occupies multiple slots and is not associated with repetition, where a subset of the multiple slots in which the DL signal is located corresponds to a set of transmission occasions of the DL signal, the set of transmission occasions is transmitted within a cell DTX cycle and outside an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of the cell DTX cycle, then the UE is not expected to monitor the DL signal. In an example, the DL signal is a CSI-RS transmission occupying two consecutive slots corresponding to a DL multi-TRP transmission (e.g., configured with two resource groups and N resources of a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement). In an example, the DL signal is a CSI-RS transmission corresponding to a CSI reporting setting configured with a coherent joint transmission (CJT) Type II codebook type.

[0425] In an embodiment, if a UE is configured with a periodic or semi-persistent CSI reporting setting, the setting is configured with a channel measurement time limit off, and the UE is configured with a cell DTX where at least one DTX cycle overlaps with at least one periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS transmission occasion of channel measurement, then the UE ignores the channel measurement time limit configuration. For example, the UE assumes the channel measurement time limit is on.

[0426] In an embodiment, if a UE is configured with a periodic or semi-persistent CSI reporting setting, the setting is configured with an interference measurement time limit off, and the UE is configured with a cell DTX where at least one DTX cycle overlaps with at least one periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS transmission occasion of interference measurement, then the UE ignores the interference measurement time limit configuration. For example, the UE assumes the interference measurement time limit is on.

[0427] Embodiments described herein also provide for cell DRX behavior for signals occupying multiple slots. Under such methods, receiving a signal occupying multiple slots is discussed, where a subset of the multiple slots is within a cell DRX period and outside an on-duration (e.g., within an inactive time of the cell DRX). Different behaviors for reception of the signal depending on the subset of the multiple slots are stated. Several embodiments are described below, and according to embodiments, one or more elements or features from one or more of the described embodiments can be combined.

[0428] Figure 24Embodiment 2400 is illustrated according to aspects of the present disclosure. Embodiment 2400 includes a cell DRX cycle with UL signals and an on-duration timer. In an embodiment, if cell DRX is configured and if a first time slot of receiving a signal is outside of an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of a cell DRX cycle, a UE is not expected to transmit UL signals occupying multiple time slots. In an example, if a first PUCCH reception is within a cell DRX cycle but not within an on-duration period, a UE does not monitor a PUCCH resource configured with inter-slot repetition even if a subsequent PUCCH reception occasion is within an on-duration period of a cell DRX cycle. In an example, the on-duration period corresponds to a period before the start of an on-duration timer of a cell DRX or after the end of an on-duration timer of a cell DRX.

[0429] In an embodiment, if cell DRX is configured and if a first time slot of receiving a signal is before a first time slot of activating a cell DRX cycle, a UE is expected to transmit UL signals occupying multiple time slots. In an example, if a first PUCCH reception is before a start of a first cell DRX cycle activated by a network, a UE monitors a PUCCH resource configured with inter-slot repetition even if a subsequent PUCCH reception occasion is within a cell DRX cycle but not within an on-duration period of a cell DRX.

[0430] Figure 25 Embodiment 2500 is illustrated according to aspects of the present disclosure. Embodiment 2500 includes a cell DRX cycle with UL signals and an on-duration timer. In an embodiment, if cell DRX is configured and if a first time slot of receiving a signal is within a cell DRX cycle and within an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of a cell DRX cycle, a UE is expected to transmit UL signals occupying multiple time slots. In an example, if a first PUCCH reception is within a cell DRX cycle and within a duration period, a UE monitors a PUCCH resource configured with inter-slot repetition even if a subsequent PUCCH reception occasion is not within a duration period of a cell DRX cycle.

[0431] In an embodiment, if a UL signal occupies multiple time slots and is associated with repetition, where a first subset of reception occasions of a set of reception occasions corresponding to the UL signal is received within a cell DRX cycle and outside of an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of a cell DRX cycle, a UE is not expected to transmit the first subset of transmission occasions. However, the UE can still transmit a second subset of reception occasions of the set of reception occasions corresponding to the UL signal that is received within a cell DRX cycle and within an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of a cell DRX cycle.

[0432] In an example, the UL channel is a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition. In an example, the UL channel is a PUSCH configured with repetition Type B over multiple slots, e.g., a CG PUSCH. In an example, the UE is expected to only retransmit UE retransmissions that occur within an on-duration period of a cell DRX.

[0433] In an embodiment, if a UL signal occupies multiple slots and is not associated with repetition, where a subset of the multiple slots in which the UL signal occurs is a set of reception occasions corresponding to the UL signal, the set of reception occasions is received within a cell DRX cycle and outside of an on-duration period associated with an on-duration timer of the cell DRX cycle, then the UE is not expected to monitor the UL signal. In an example, the UL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent SRS transmission corresponding to a usage value set to antenna switching, where the SRS symbol is transmitted on more than one slot.

[0434] Figure 26 An example of a UE 2600 in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure is illustrated. The UE 2600 can include a processor 2602, a memory 2604, a controller 2606, and a transceiver 2608. The processor 2602, the memory 2604, the controller 2606, or the transceiver 2608, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof, can be examples of means for performing various aspects of the present disclosure as described herein. These components can be coupled via one or more interfaces (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically).

[0435] The processor 2602, the memory 2604, the controller 2606, or the transceiver 2608, or various combinations thereof or components thereof, can be implemented in hardware (e.g., circuitry). The hardware can include a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other programmable logic device, or any combination thereof, configured as or otherwise supporting means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure.

[0436] The processor 2602 can include an intelligent hardware device, e.g., a general- purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the processor 2602 can be configured to operate the memory 2604. In some other embodiments, the memory 2604 can be integrated into the processor 2602. The processor 2602 can be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 2604 to cause the UE 2600 to perform various functions of the present disclosure.

[0437] Memory 2604 can include volatile or nonvolatile memory. Memory 2604 can store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by processor 2602, cause UE 2600 to perform various functions described herein. The code can be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as memory 2604 or another type of memory. Computer-readable media include both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and nonremovable media, and communication media. Computer-readable media

[0438] In some implementations, processor 2602, in conjunction with memory 2604 coupled with processor 2602, can be configured to cause UE 2600 to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by processor 2602 executing instructions stored in memory 2604). For example, processor 2602 can support wireless communication at UE 2600 in accordance with examples as disclosed herein.

[0439] UE 2600 can be configured to or operable to support means for receiving a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including: a cell DTX cycle in which the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to cell DTX inactive periods; and at least two monitoring intervals in which the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including: a cell DRX cycle in which the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to cell DRX inactive periods; and at least two transmission intervals in which the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receiving a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and performing at least one of: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitoring a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals, and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmitting a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals, and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0440] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any or combination of a first subset of the first set of signals including at least one of: one or more of SPS occasions including SPS PDSCH, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for CSI measurement associated with RI reporting, or PDCCH corresponding to DCI format not associated with scheduling PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals including at least one of: SSB, SIB, PTRS, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, PRS, PDCCH scrambled with UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, PDCCH for RAR, PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission; at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; or the first signal monitoring group and the second signal monitoring group each include the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals.

[0441] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any or combination of a first subset of the second set of signals including one or more of: one or more of CG occasions including CG PUSCH, periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSI reporting on one or more of PUSCH or PUCCH, SR occasions; and a second subset of the second set of signals including at least one of: SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for SPS PDSCH; at least one of: the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals, and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals, and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; or the first signal transmission group and the second signal transmission group each include the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals.

[0442] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of: a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle activated based on the second signaling occasion, and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle deactivated based on the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of: a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle activated based on the second signaling occasion, and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle deactivated based on the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger.

[0443] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a first time slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a second time slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0444] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of the following: a length of a long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of a short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle; or at least one of the following: a length of a long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of a short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0445] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of the following: a long cell DRX cycle and a short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion; or a long cell DRX cycle and a short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion; at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where a first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: a signal associated with a cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which the cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with the cell DRX being activated; or a signal associated with a cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which the cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with the cell DRX being activated.

[0446] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the following at least one: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from the trigger of one or more of the cell DTX activation or the cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is inferred from the trigger of one or more of the cell DRX activation or the cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; the following at least one: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least in part according to a cell DTX based command MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least in part according to a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; the following at least one: an ID value of the second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of the second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0447] Additionally or alternatively, the UE 2600 can support functionality to receive a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of the following: a cell DTX behavior including: a cell DTX cycle where the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including: a cell DRX cycle where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of the following: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitor a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals and monitor a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmit a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals and transmit a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0448] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of SPS occasions including SPS PDSCH, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for CSI measurement associated with RI reporting, or PDCCH corresponding to DCI format not associated with scheduling PDSCH or PUSCH; and the second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: SSB, SIB, PTRS, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, PRS, PDCCH scrambled with UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, PDCCH for RAR, PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission.

[0449] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; or the first signal monitoring group and the second signal monitoring group each include the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals; the first subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of CG occasions including CG PUSCH, periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSI reporting on one or more of PUSCH or PUCCH, SR occasions; and the second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for SPS PDSCH.

[0450] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of: the first signal transmission group includes a first subset of the second set of signals and the second signal transmission group includes a second subset of the second set of signals; the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; or the first signal transmission group and the second signal transmission group each include the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of: a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include at least one of: a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0451] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of: the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0452] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of: where at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, where a first transmission interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0453] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of: where at least one of: a length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or a length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle; at least one of: the long cell DTX cycle and the short cell DTX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion; or the long cell DRX cycle and the short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion.

[0454] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: where at least one of the following: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where a first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to a period where cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponding to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to a period where cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponding to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0455] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: an inference of a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DTX activation or cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or an inference of a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of cell DRX activation or cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of the following: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DTX based command MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; at least one of the following: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0456] The UE 2600 can be configured to or operable to support means for receiving a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not monitor for a first set of DL signals except for a first on-duration time period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on-duration time period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period; receiving a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and performing at least one of: monitoring for the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period.

[0457] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of: where at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal overlaps with the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the first DL signal does not overlap with the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a second time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal overlaps with the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the second UL signal does not overlap with the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period; further including at least one of: not monitoring for the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap with the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to at least a first time slot on which the second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal does not overlap with the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period.

[0458] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of the following: monitoring the first DL signal; or transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal includes at least one of the following: one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type; or a SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of the following: a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition pattern; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition pattern over multiple slots.

[0459] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of the following: the first DL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple transmissions of a same DL signal content from the network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple scheduled transmissions of a same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM over multiple slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of the following: a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition or a PUSCH configured with repetition type B over multiple slots; at least one of the following: a first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that overlap with a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that do not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or a second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlap with a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions that do not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period.

[0460] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: not monitoring a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network and monitoring a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network; or not transmitting a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and transmitting a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions; at least one of the following: the first DL signal is associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from the network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signal includes at least one of the following: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type.

[0461] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: the second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a use value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; at least one of the following: the first overlap pattern corresponds to the first subset of the multiple transmissions and overlaps with a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and the second subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to the third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps with a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and the fourth subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; further including at least one of the following: not monitoring the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP CSI RS associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with one or more of the following: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled; further including ignoring the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI reporting setting, and assuming the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration; the first DL signal occupies a single slot for each transmission occasion.

[0462] Additionally or alternatively, the UE 2600 can support functionality to receive a first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not monitor for a first set of DL signals other than a first ON duration period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle other than the first ON duration period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals other than a second ON duration period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle other than the second ON duration period; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: monitoring for the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DTX cycle other than the first ON duration period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DRX cycle other than the second ON duration period.

[0463] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of: a first overlap pattern corresponding to at least a first time slot on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal overlaps a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the first DL signal does not overlap the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or a second overlap pattern corresponding to at least a second time slot on which a second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal overlaps a DRX cycle other than a second on-duration time period, and a subsequent time slot on which the second UL signal does not overlap the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period; the at least one processor configured to cause the UE to perform at least one of: not monitor for the first DL signal; or not transmit the second UL signal; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponding to at least a first time slot on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration time period; or the second overlap pattern corresponding to at least a first time slot on which a second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal does not overlap a DRX cycle other than a second on-duration time period.

[0464] Further, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the at least one processor configured to cause the UE to perform at least one of: monitor for the first DL signal; or transmit the second UL signal; the first DL signal including at least one of: one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a pair of jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resources and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type; or a SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to TDM over multiple slots; the second UL signal including at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition pattern; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition pattern over multiple slots.

[0465] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: at least one of the first DL signals is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple transmissions of a same DL signal content from the network over a first set of multiple slots, or the second UL signals is associated with a repetition pattern including multiple scheduled transmissions of a same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signals includes at least a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme set to be TDM over multiple slots; the second UL signals includes at least one of: a PUCCH configured with inter-slot repetition; or a PUSCH configured with repetition Type B over multiple slots; at least one of: a first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network that overlap with a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network do not overlap with the DTX cycle other than the first on-duration time period; or a second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlap with a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period, and a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions do not overlap with the DRX cycle other than the second on-duration time period.

[0466] Additionally, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or combination of the following: the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to perform at least one of: not monitoring a first subset of the multiple transmissions from the network, and monitoring a second subset of the multiple transmissions from the network; or not transmitting a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and transmitting a fourth subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions; at least one of: the first DL signals is associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from the network over a first set of multiple slots; or the second UL signals is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple slots; the first DL signals includes at least one of: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources associated with a CSI reporting setting configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type.

[0467] Further, the UE 2600 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: the second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to antenna switching over more than one slot; at least one of: the first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of the multiple transmissions and overlaps with the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period, and a second subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap with the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration period; or the second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of the multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps with the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of the multiple transmissions does not overlap with the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration period; the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to perform at least one of: not monitor for the first DL signal; or not transmit the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP CSI RS associated with a CSI report setting configured with one or more of: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled; the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to ignore the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI report setting, and assume the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration; the first DL signal occupies a single slot for each transmission occasion.

[0468] The controller 2606 can manage inputs and outputs for the UE 2600. The controller 2606 also can direct the operation of the UE 2600 by sending and receiving electrical, magnetic, optical, and / or electromagnetic signals to and from other components. In some embodiments, the controller 2606 can utilize an operating system, such as In some embodiments, the controller 2606 can be implemented as part of the processor 2602.

[0469] In some embodiments, the UE 2600 can include at least one transceiver 2608. In some other embodiments, the UE 2600 can have more than one transceiver 2608. The transceiver 2608 can represent a wireless transceiver. The transceiver 2608 can include one or more receiver chains 2610, one or more transmitter chains 2612, or a combination thereof.

[0470] The receiver chain 2610 can be configured to receive signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) over a wireless medium. For example, the receiver chain 2610 can include one or more antennas to receive signals over the air or wireless medium. The receiver chain 2610 can include at least one amplifier (e.g., a low noise amplifier (LNA)) configured to amplify received signals. The receiver chain 2610 can include at least one demodulator configured to demodulate received signals and obtain transmitted data by reversing the modulation techniques applied during transmission of the signals. The receiver chain 2610 can include at least one decoder to decode demodulated signals to receive transmitted data.

[0471] The transmitter chain 2612 can be configured to generate and transmit signals (e.g., control information, data, packets). The transmitter chain 2612 can include at least one modulator to modulate data onto a carrier signal, preparing the signal for transmission over a wireless medium. The at least one modulator can be configured to support one or more technologies, such as amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), or digital modulation schemes, like phase-shift keying (PSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). The transmitter chain 2612 can also include at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the modulated signal to an appropriate power level for transmission over a wireless medium. The transmitter chain 2612 can also include one or more antennas to transmit amplified signals into the air or wireless medium.

[0472] Figure 27 An example of a processor 2700 according to aspects of the disclosure is described. The processor 2700 can be an example of a processor configured to perform various operations according to examples as described herein. The processor 2700 can include a controller 2702 configured to perform various operations according to examples as described herein. The processor 2700 can optionally include at least one memory 2704, which can be, for example, an LI / L2 / L3 cache. Additionally or alternatively, the processor 2700 can optionally include one or more arithmetic logic units (ALUs) 2706. One or more of these components can be in electronic communication or otherwise (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) coupled via one or more interfaces (e.g., buses).

[0473] The processor 2700 can be a processor chipset and include a protocol stack (e.g., software stack) executed by the processor chipset to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor chipset can include one or more cores, one or more caches (e.g., memory or other storage local to or included in the processor chipset (e.g., processor 2700), such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM), static RAM (SRAM), ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM), magnetic RAM (MRAM), resistive RAM (RRAM), flash memory, phase change memory (PCM), etc.).

[0474] The controller 2702 can be configured to manage and coordinate the various operations (e.g., signaling, receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) of the processor 2700 to enable the processor 2700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. For example, the controller 2702 can operate as a control unit of the processor 2700, generating control signals that govern the operation of the individual components of the processor 2700. These control signals include enabling or disabling functional units, selecting data paths, initiating memory accesses, and coordinating the timing of operations.

[0475] The controller 2702 can be configured to fetch (e.g., obtain, retrieve, receive) instructions from the memory 2704 and determine subsequent instructions to be executed to enable the processor 2700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The controller 2702 can be configured to track memory addresses of instructions associated with the memory 2704. The controller 2702 can be configured to decode instructions to determine operations to be performed and operands involved. For example, the controller 2702 can be configured to interpret instructions and determine control signals to be output to other components of the processor 2700 to enable the processor 2700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the controller 2702 can be configured to manage data flow within the processor 2700. The controller 2702 can be configured to control data transfers between registers, the ALU 2706, and other functional units of the processor 2700.

[0476] Memory 2704 can include one or more caches (e.g., memory or other storage local to or included with processor 2700, such as RAM, ROM, DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM, MRAM, flash memory, etc.). In some embodiments, memory 2704 can reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., local to processor 2700). In some other embodiments, memory 2704 can reside outside of a processor chipset (e.g., remote from processor 2700).

[0477] Memory 2704 can store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by processor 2700, cause processor 2700 to perform various functions described herein. The code can be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. Controller 2702 and / or processor 2700 can be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory 2704 to cause processor 2700 to perform various functions. For example, processor 2700 and / or controller 2702 can be coupled with or to memory 2704, and processor 2700 and controller 2702 can be configured to perform the various functions described herein. In some examples, processor 2700 can include multiple processors, and memory 2704 can include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors can be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which can individually or collectively be configured to perform the various functions herein.

[0478] One or more ALUs 2706 can be configured to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. In some embodiments, one or more ALUs 2706 can reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., processor 2700). In some other embodiments, one or more ALUs 2706 can reside outside of a processor chipset (e.g., processor 2700). One or more ALUs 2706 can perform one or more computations on data, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For example, one or more ALUs 2706 can receive input operands and an operation code that determine the operation to be performed. One or more ALUs 2706 can be configured with various logic and arithmetic circuits, including adders, subtractors, shifters, and logic gates, to process and manipulate data according to the operation. Additionally or alternatively, one or more ALUs 2706 can support logical operations, such as AND, OR, XOR, NOR, and NAND, enabling one or more ALUs 2706 to handle conditional operations, comparisons, and bitwise operations.

[0479] The processor 2700 can support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 2700 can be configured to or operable to receive a first signaling occasion, the first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a cell DTX cycle, where a UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to cell DTX inactive periods, and at least two monitoring intervals, where the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or a cell DRX behavior including a cell DRX cycle, where the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to cell DRX inactive periods, and at least two transmission intervals, where the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: based on the cell DTX behavior, monitoring a first signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals, and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first set of signals in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals; or based on the cell DRX behavior, transmitting a first signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals, and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second set of signals in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals.

[0480] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or combination of: where a first subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of an SPS occasion including an SPS PDSCH, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS for CSI measurement associated with an RI report, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduled PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first set of signals includes at least one of: an SSB, a SIB, a PTRS, a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, a PRS, a PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), a PDCCH in Type 3 CSS, a PDCCH for RAR, a PDCCH for msg4 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission; at least one of: the first signal monitoring group includes the first subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals.

[0481] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of: the first signal monitoring group includes a first subset of the first set of signals and a second subset of the first set of signals, and the second signal monitoring group includes the second subset of the first set of signals; or the first signal monitoring group and the second signal monitoring group each include the first subset of the first set of signals and the second subset of the first set of signals; the first subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of: one or more of a CG occasion including a CG PUSCH, a periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of a periodic or semi-persistent CSI report on one or more of a PUSCH or a PUCCH, an SR occasion; and the second subset of the second set of signals includes at least one of an SRS for positioning or HARQ-ACK feedback for an SPS PDSCH.

[0482] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of: at least one of: the first signal transmission group includes a first subset of the second set of signals, and the second signal transmission group includes a second subset of the second set of signals; the first signal transmission group includes the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals, and the second signal transmission group includes the second subset of the second set of signals; or the first signal transmission group and the second signal transmission group each include the first subset of the second set of signals and the second subset of the second set of signals; at least one of: the at least two monitoring intervals include at least one of: a first monitoring interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second monitoring interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle based on cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or the at least two transmission intervals include one or more of: a first transmission interval before a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle based on cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and a second transmission interval after a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle based on cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0483] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: the one or more signals received in the at least two monitoring intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a first monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals received in a second monitoring interval of the at least two monitoring intervals is inferred from a cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or at least one of the following: the one or more signals transmitted in the at least two transmission intervals are based at least in part on an aperiodic trigger, wherein the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a first transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX activation via the second signaling occasion, and the aperiodic trigger for the one or more signals transmitted in a second transmission interval of the at least two transmission intervals is inferred from a cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion.

[0484] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: the at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DTX cycle, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or the at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within a same cell DRX cycle, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DTX cycles, a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or the cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates two types of cell DRX cycles, a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0485] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: a length of a long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of a short cell DTX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or at least one of the following: a length of a long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of a length of a short cell DRX cycle, and a first slot offset value associated with a first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second slot offset value associated with a second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and a first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to a second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle; at least one of the following: the long cell DTX cycle and the short cell DTX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion; or the long cell DRX cycle and the short cell DRX cycle are jointly triggered via a second signaling occasion.

[0486] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, where a first monitoring interval is associated with a first slot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and a second monitoring interval is associated with a second slot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, where a first transmission interval is associated with a third slot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and a second transmission interval is associated with a fourth slot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: a signal associated with cell DTX is configured with two higher layer DTX configurations, a first higher layer DTX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DTX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX being activated; or a signal associated with cell DRX is configured with two higher layer DRX configurations, a first higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and a second higher layer DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX being activated.

[0487] Additionally, the processor 2700 can be configured to support any one or a combination of the following: wherein the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of: infer a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of a cell DTX activation or a cell DTX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; or infer a trigger of a higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations from a trigger of one or more of a cell DRX activation or a cell DRX deactivation via the second signaling occasion; at least one of: the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DTX based command MAC CE; or the trigger of the higher layer configuration of the two higher layer configurations is at least partially in accordance with a cell DRX based command MAC-CE; at least one of: an ID value of a second higher layer DTX configuration of the two higher layer DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion; or an ID value of a second higher layer DRX configuration of the two higher layer DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of the first signaling occasion or the second signaling occasion.

[0488] The processor 2700 can support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 2700 can be configured to or operable to receive a first signaling occasion, the first signaling occasion including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration including at least one of: a cell DTX behavior including a plurality of DTX cycles, a DTX cycle including a period of time in which a UE does not monitor a first set of DL signals except for a first on-duration time period configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal of the first set of DL signals occupying a first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or a cell DRX behavior including a plurality of DRX cycles, a DRX cycle including a period of time in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on-duration time period configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal of the second set of UL signals occupying a second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period; receive a second signaling occasion activating the cell discontinuous signaling configuration; and perform at least one of: monitoring the first DL signal based at least in part on the cell DTX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the first DL signal and a first overlap pattern between the first set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on-duration time period; or transmitting the second UL signal based at least in part on the cell DRX behavior, based at least in part on a type of the second UL signal and a second overlap pattern between the second set of multiple time slots and the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on-duration time period.

[0489] Additionally, the processor 2700 may be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: a first overlap mode corresponds to at least a first time slot, on which a first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal cyclically overlaps with a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration period, and a subsequent time slot in which the first DL signal does not cyclically overlap with a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration period; or a second overlap mode corresponds to at least a second time slot, on which a second UL signal is configured and the second UL signal cyclically overlaps with a DTX cycle other than a second on-duration period, and a subsequent time slot in which the second UL signal does not cyclically overlap with a DTX cycle other than a second on-duration period. The processor performs at least one of the following: not monitoring the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; at least one of the following: a first overlap mode corresponds to at least a first time slot, on which the first DL signal is configured and the first DL signal does not overlap with a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration period; or a second overlap mode corresponds to at least a first time slot, on which the second UL signal is configured and the second DL signal does not overlap with a DTX cycle other than a second on-duration period; at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of the following: monitoring the first DL signal; or transmitting the second UL signal.

[0490] Additionally, the processor 2700 may be configured to support any or a combination of the following: wherein the first DL signal includes at least one of the following: one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSIRS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive time slots; periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources, said multiple NZP CSI-RS resources being associated with CSI report settings configured with a joint transmission PMI codebook type; or an SPS PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme, said repetition scheme being configured to perform TDM on multiple time slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of the following: periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value configured to perform antenna switching on more than one time slot; a PUCCH configured with an inter-slot repetition mode; or a PUSCH configured with a repetition mode on multiple time slots.

[0491] Additionally, the processor 2700 may be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: a first DL signal is associated with a repetition mode, the repetition mode comprising multiple transmissions of the same DL signal content from the network on a first set of multiple time slots; or a second UL signal is associated with a repetition mode, the repetition mode comprising multiple scheduled transmissions of the same UL signal content from the UE on a second set of multiple time slots; the first DL signal at least includes a PDSCH configured with a repetition scheme, the repetition scheme being configured to perform TDM on multiple time slots; the second UL signal includes at least one of the following: a PDSCH configured with inter-slot repetition. UCCH or PUSCH configured with repetition type B over multiple time slots; at least one of the following: a first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of multiple transmissions from the network that overlaps with a DTX cycle other than a first on duration period, and a second subset of multiple transmissions from the network that does not overlap with a DTX cycle other than a first on duration period; or a second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of multiple scheduled transmissions that overlaps with a DRX cycle other than a second on duration period, and a fourth subset of multiple scheduled transmissions that does not overlap with a DRX cycle other than a second on duration period.

[0492] Additionally, the processor 2700 may be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one controller is configured such that the processor performs at least one of the following: not monitoring a first subset of multiple transmissions from the network, and monitoring a second subset of multiple transmissions from the network; or not transmitting a third subset of multiple scheduled transmissions, and transmitting a fourth subset of multiple scheduled transmissions; at least one of the following: a first DL signal associated with multiple transmissions of different DL signal content from the network on a first set of multiple time slots; or a second UL signal associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal content from the UE on a second set of multiple time slots; the first DL signal includes at least one of the following: a periodic or semi-persistent CSI RS associated with a jointly configured NZP CSI-RS resource pair and two resource groups occupying two consecutive time slots; or a periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS associated with multiple NZP CSI-RS resources, the multiple NZP CSI-RS resources being associated with CSI report settings configured with a jointly transmitted PMI codebook type.

[0493] Additionally, the processor 2700 may be configured to support any or a combination of the following: wherein the second UL signal contains at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value set to perform antenna switching over more than one time slot; at least one of the following: a first overlap pattern corresponds to a first subset of multiple transmissions and overlaps with a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period, and a second subset of multiple transmissions does not overlap with a DTX cycle other than the first on-duration period; or a second overlap pattern corresponds to a third subset of multiple scheduled transmissions and overlaps with a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period, and a fourth subset of multiple transmissions does not overlap with a DRX cycle other than the second on-duration period; at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to perform at least one of the following: not monitoring the first DL signal; or not transmitting the second UL signal; the first DL signal is a periodic or semi-persistent NZP associated with a CSI report setting. CSIRS, wherein the CSI report settings are configured with one or more of the following: a channel measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled, or an interference measurement time limit configuration set to be disabled; at least one controller is configured such that the processor performs at least one of the following: ignoring the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration from the CSI report settings, and assuming the channel measurement time limit configuration and the interference measurement time limit configuration; for each transmission timing, the first DL signal occupies a single time slot.

[0494] Figure 28 An example of NE 2800 according to aspects of this disclosure is described. NE 2800 may include a processor 2802, a memory 2804, a controller 2806, and a transceiver 2808. The processor 2802, memory 2804, controller 2806, or transceiver 2808, or various combinations thereof, or various components thereof, may be examples of components for performing the aspects of this disclosure as described herein. These components may be coupled via one or more interfaces (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically).

[0495] Processor 2802, memory 2804, controller 2806, or transceiver 2808, or various combinations or components thereof, may be implemented in hardware (e.g., a circuit system). The hardware may include a processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other programmable logic device, or any combination thereof configured to or otherwise support components for performing the functions described in this disclosure.

[0496] Processor 2802 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., a general-purpose processor, DSP, CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or any combination thereof). In some embodiments, processor 2802 may be configured to operate memory 2804. In some other embodiments, memory 2804 may be integrated into processor 2802. Processor 2802 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory 2804 to cause NE 2800 to perform various functions of this disclosure.

[0497] Memory 2804 may comprise volatile or non-volatile memory. Memory 2804 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code containing instructions that, when executed by processor 2802, cause NE 2800 to perform the various functions described herein. The code may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as memory 2804 or another type of memory. Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media, including any medium that facilitates the transfer of computer programs from one place to another. Non-transitory storage media may be any available medium accessible by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer.

[0498] In some implementations, processor 2802 and memory 2804 coupled to processor 2802 may be configured to cause NE 2800 to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., processor 2802 executing instructions stored in memory 2804). For example, processor 2802 may support wireless communication at NE 2800 according to examples disclosed herein.

[0499] The NE 2800 may be configured or operable to support components for transmitting a first signaling timing to the UE, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, including: cell DTX looping, wherein the UE does not monitor a first set of signals corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to monitor the first set of signals; or cell DRX behavior, including: cell DRX looping, wherein the UE does not transmit a second set of signals corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; at least two transmission intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit the second set of signals; and transmitting a second signaling timing to the UE that activates the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0500] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: a first subset of the first signal set includes at least one of the following: an SPS timing containing an SPS PDSCH, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSIRS for CSI measurements associated with RI reports, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduling PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first signal set includes at least one of the following: SSB, SIB, PTRS, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, PRS, PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), PDCCH in type 3CSS, PDCCH for RAR, and PDCCH for msg4 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission; the first subset of the second signal set includes at least one of the following: containing CG The PUSCH CG timing, one or more of the periodic or semi-persistent SRS not associated with positioning, one or more of the periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports on one or more of the PUSCH or PUCCH, and the SR timing; the second subset of the second signal set includes at least one of the SRS for positioning or the HARQ-ACK feedback for the SPS PDSCH.

[0501] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals comprising at least one of the following: a first monitoring interval preceding a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle activated based on a second signaling timing, and a second monitoring interval following a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle deactivated based on a second signaling timing; or at least two transmission intervals comprising at least one of the following: a first transmission interval preceding a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle activated based on a second signaling timing, and a second transmission interval following a first time slot corresponding to a cell DRX cycle deactivated based on a second signaling timing. The second transmission interval following the last timeslot of the last DRX cycle of deactivation; at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within the same cell DTX cycle, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within the same cell DRX cycle, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value.

[0502] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DTX cycles, the first type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a long cell DTX cycle and the second type of cell DTX cycle corresponding to a short cell DTX cycle; or cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DRX cycles, the first type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a long cell DRX cycle and the second type of cell DRX cycle corresponding to a short cell DRX cycle; at least one of the following: the length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of the length of the short cell DTX cycle, and is related to the first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle. The associated first timeslot offset value is equal to the second timeslot offset value associated with the second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and the first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to the second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or the length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of the length of the short cell DRX cycle, and the first timeslot offset value associated with the first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to the second timeslot offset value associated with the second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and the first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to the second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0503] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a third timeslot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth timeslot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: the signal configuration associated with cell DTX has two higher-level DTX configurations, the first higher-level DTX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and the second higher-level DTX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX activation; or the signal configuration associated with cell DRX has two higher-level DRX configurations, the first higher-level DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and the second higher-level DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX activation.

[0504] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: the triggering of the higher-level configuration of the two higher-level configurations is at least partially based on a command MAC CE based on cell DTX; or the triggering of the higher-level configuration of the two higher-level configurations is at least partially based on a command MAC-CE based on cell DRX; at least one of the following: the ID value of the second higher-level DTX configuration of the two higher-level DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of a first signaling timing or a second signaling timing; or the ID value of the second higher-level DRX configuration of the two higher-level DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of a first signaling timing or a second signaling timing.

[0505] Alternatively, the NE 2800 may support the function of transmitting a first signaling timing to the UE, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, which includes: cell DTX looping, wherein the UE does not monitor a first signal set corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to monitor the first signal set; or cell DRX behavior, which includes: cell DRX looping, wherein the UE does not transmit a second signal set corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit the second signal set; and transmitting a second signaling timing to the UE to activate the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0506] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: wherein a first subset of the first signal set includes at least one of the following: an SPS timing that includes an SPS PDSCH, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSIRS for CSI measurements associated with RI reports, or a PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format not associated with a scheduling PDSCH or PUSCH; and a second subset of the first signal set includes at least one of the following: SSB, SIB, PTRS, periodic or semi-persistent CSI-RS for BM, PRS, PDCCH scrambled with a UE-specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), PDCCH in type 3CSS, PDCCH for RAR, and PDCCH for msg4 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission.

[0507] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: wherein a first subset of the second signal set includes at least one of the following: a CG timing including a CG PUSCH, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent SRS not related to positioning, one or more of periodic or semi-persistent CSI reports on one or more of a PUSCH or PUCCH, and an SR timing; and a second subset of the second signal set includes an SRS for positioning or an SPS for positioning. At least one of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks of PDSCH; at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals comprising at least one of the following: a first monitoring interval preceding a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DTX cycle activated based on a second signaling timing, and a second monitoring interval following a last time slot corresponding to a last cell DTX cycle deactivated based on a second signaling timing; or at least two transmission intervals comprising at least one of the following: a first transmission interval preceding a first time slot corresponding to a first cell DRX cycle activated based on a second signaling timing, and a second transmission interval following a last time slot corresponding to a last DRX cycle deactivated based on a second signaling timing.

[0508] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within the same cell DTX cycle, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods within the same cell DRX cycle, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DTX cycles, wherein a first type of cell DTX cycle corresponds to a long cell DTX cycle and a second type of cell DTX cycle corresponds to a short cell DTX cycle; or cell discontinuous signaling configuration indicates at least two types of cell DRX cycles, wherein a first type of cell DRX cycle corresponds to a long cell DRX cycle and a second type of cell DRX cycle corresponds to a short cell DRX cycle.

[0509] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: the length of the long cell DTX cycle is an integer multiple of the length of the short cell DTX cycle, and the first timeslot offset associated with the first on-duration timer of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to the second timeslot offset associated with the second on-duration timer of the short cell DTX cycle, and the first on-duration timer value of the long cell DTX cycle is equal to the second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DTX cycle; or the length of the long cell DRX cycle is an integer multiple of the length of the short cell DRX cycle, and the first timeslot offset associated with the first on-duration timer of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to the second timeslot offset associated with the second on-duration timer of the short cell DRX cycle, and the first on-duration timer value of the long cell DRX cycle is equal to the second first on-duration timer value of the short cell DRX cycle.

[0510] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: at least two monitoring intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DTX cycles, wherein the first monitoring interval is associated with a first timeslot offset value and a first on-duration timer value, and the second monitoring interval is associated with a second timeslot offset value and a second on-duration timer value; or at least two transmission intervals correspond to two on-duration periods associated with two alternating cell DRX cycles, wherein the first transmission interval is associated with a third timeslot offset value and a third on-duration timer value, and the second transmission interval is associated with a fourth timeslot offset value and a fourth on-duration timer value; at least one of the following: the signal configuration associated with cell DTX has two higher-level DTX configurations, the first higher-level DTX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DTX is deactivated, and the second higher-level DTX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DTX activation; or the signal configuration associated with cell DRX has two higher-level DRX configurations, the first higher-level DRX configuration corresponds to a period in which cell DRX is deactivated, and the second higher-level DRX configuration corresponds to at least two monitoring intervals associated with cell DRX activation.

[0511] Additionally, the NE 2800 can be configured to support any or a combination of the following: at least one of the following: the triggering of a higher-level configuration of two higher-level configurations is at least partially based on a cell-based DTX command MAC-CE; or the triggering of a higher-level configuration of two higher-level configurations is at least partially based on a cell-based DRX command MAC-CE; at least one of the following: the ID value of the second higher-level DTX configuration of two higher-level DTX configurations is indicated within at least one of a first signaling timing or a second signaling timing; or the ID value of the second higher-level DRX configuration of two higher-level DRX configurations is indicated within at least one of a first signaling timing or a second signaling timing.

[0512] The NE 2800 may be configured or operable to support components for transmitting a first signaling timing that includes a cell discontinuous signaling configuration comprising at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior comprising a plurality of DTX cycles, each DTX cycle including a period in which the UE does not monitor a first set of DL signals except for a first on duration configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal in the first set of DL signals occupies a first set of multiple time slots, the first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on duration; or cell DRX behavior comprising a plurality of DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration; and transmitting a second signaling timing that activates the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0513] Alternatively, the NE 2800 may support the function of transmitting a first signaling timing, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration, including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, which includes multiple DTX cycles, each DTX cycle including a period in which the UE does not monitor a first group of DL signals except for a first on duration configured in each DTX cycle, and the first DL signal in the first group of DL signals occupies a first group of multiple time slots, the first group of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on duration; or cell DRX behavior, which includes multiple DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second group of UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and the second UL signal in the second group of UL signals occupies a second group of multiple time slots, the second group of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration; and transmitting a second signaling timing that activates the cell discontinuous signaling configuration.

[0514] Controller 2806 manages the input and output signals of NE 2800. Controller 2806 can also manage peripheral devices not integrated into NE2800. In some implementations, controller 2806 may utilize an operating system, such as... Or other operating systems. In some implementations, controller 2806 may be implemented as part of processor 2802.

[0515] In some embodiments, NE 2800 may include at least one transceiver 2808. In other embodiments, NE 800 may have more than one transceiver 2808. Transceiver 2808 may represent a wireless transceiver. Transceiver 2808 may include one or more receiver chains 2810, one or more transmitter chains 2812, or a combination thereof.

[0516] Receiver chain 2810 may be configured to receive signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) via a wireless medium. For example, receiver chain 2810 may include one or more antennas for receiving signals over the air or via a wireless medium. Receiver chain 2810 may include at least one amplifier (e.g., a low-noise amplifier (LNA)) configured to amplify the received signal. Receiver chain 2810 may include at least one demodulator configured to demodulate the received signal and obtain transmitted data by reversing the modulation technique applied during signal transmission. Receiver chain 2810 may include at least one decoder for decoding the demodulated signal to receive transmitted data.

[0517] Transmitter chain 2812 can be configured to generate and transmit signals (e.g., control information, data, packets). Transmitter chain 2812 may include at least one modulator for modulating data onto a carrier signal, preparing the signal for transmission over a wireless medium. The at least one modulator may be configured to support one or more techniques, such as amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), or digital modulation schemes like phase shift keying (PSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). Transmitter chain 2812 may also include at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the modulated signal to an appropriate power level suitable for transmission over a wireless medium. Transmitter chain 2812 may also include one or more antennas for transmitting the amplified signal into the air or a wireless medium.

[0518] Figure 29A flowchart illustrating method 2900 according to an aspect of this disclosure is provided. The operation of the method can be implemented by a UE as described herein. In some embodiments, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. It should be noted that the method described herein describes one feasible implementation, and the operation and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are also feasible.

[0519] In 2902, the method may include receiving a first signaling timing, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, including: cell DTX looping, wherein the UE does not monitor a first signal set corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to monitor the first signal set; or cell DRX behavior, including: cell DRX looping, wherein the UE does not transmit a second signal set corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit the second signal set. Operation of 2902 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 2902 may be as described in references... Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0520] In 2904, the method may include a second signaling timing for receiving an active cell discontinuous signaling configuration. The operation of 2904 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operation of 2904 may be as described in references... Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0521] In 2906, the method may include performing at least one of the following: monitoring a first signal monitoring group of a first signal set in a first monitoring interval of at least two monitoring intervals, and monitoring a second signal monitoring group of the first signal set in a second monitoring interval of at least two monitoring intervals, based on cell DTX behavior; or transmitting a first signal transmission group of a second signal set in a first transmission interval of at least two transmission intervals, and transmitting a second signal transmission group of the second signal set in a second transmission interval of at least two transmission intervals, based on cell DRX behavior. Operation of 2906 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 2906 may be as described in references... Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0522] Figure 30A flowchart illustrating method 3000 according to an aspect of this disclosure is provided. The operation of the method can be implemented by a UE as described herein. In some embodiments, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. It should be noted that the method described herein describes one feasible implementation, and the operation and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are also feasible.

[0523] In 3002, the method may include receiving a first signaling timing, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration, including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, which includes a plurality of DTX cycles, each DTX cycle including a period in which the UE does not monitor a first group of DL signals except for a first on duration configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal in the first group of DL signals occupies a first group of multiple time slots, the first group of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on duration; or cell DRX behavior, which includes a plurality of DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second group of UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal in the second group of UL signals occupies a second group of multiple time slots, the second group of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration. Operation of 3002 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 3002 may be as described in references Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0524] In 3004, the method may include a second signaling timing for receiving an active cell discontinuous signaling configuration. The operation of 3004 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operation of 3004 may be as described in references... Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0525] In 3006, the method may include performing at least one of the following: monitoring a first DL signal based at least in part on cell DTX behavior, at least in part on the type of a first DL signal, and a first overlap pattern between a first set of multiple time slots and time slots of a DTX cycle other than a first on-duration period; or transmitting a second UL signal based at least in part on cell DRX behavior, at least in part on the type of a second UL signal, and a second overlap pattern between a second set of multiple time slots and time slots of a DRX cycle other than a second on-duration period. Operation of 3006 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 3006 may be as described in references... Figure 26 The UE execution described.

[0526] Figure 31A flowchart illustrating method 3100 according to an aspect of this disclosure is provided. The operation of the method can be implemented by a UE as described herein. In some embodiments, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. It should be noted that the method described herein describes one feasible implementation, and the operation and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are also feasible.

[0527] In 3102, the method may include transmitting a first signaling timing to the UE, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration and including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, including: cell DTX looping, wherein the UE does not monitor a first signal set corresponding to a cell DTX inactive period; and at least two monitoring intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to monitor the first signal set; or cell DRX behavior, including: cell DRX looping, wherein the UE does not transmit a second signal set corresponding to a cell DRX inactive period; and at least two transmission intervals, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit the second signal set. Operation of 3102 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 3102 may be as described in references... Figure 28 The described NE execution.

[0528] In 3104, the method may include a second signaling timing for transmitting an active cell discontinuous signaling configuration to the UE. Operation of 3104 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some implementations, aspects of operation of 3104 may be as described in references... Figure 28 The described NE execution.

[0529] Figure 32 A flowchart illustrating method 3200 according to an aspect of this disclosure is provided. The operation of the method can be implemented by an NE as described herein. In some embodiments, the NE can execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the NE to perform the described functions. It should be noted that the method described herein describes one feasible implementation, and the operation and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are also feasible.

[0530] In 3202, the method may include transmitting a first signaling timing, the first signaling timing including a cell discontinuous signaling configuration, including at least one of the following: cell DTX behavior, which includes a plurality of DTX cycles, each DTX cycle including a period in which the UE does not monitor a first set of DL signals except for a first on duration configured in each DTX cycle, and a first DL signal in the first set of DL signals occupies a first set of multiple time slots, the first set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DTX cycle except for the first on duration; or cell DRX behavior, which includes a plurality of DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second set of UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration. Operation of 3202 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some embodiments, aspects of operation of 3202 may be as described in references Figure 28 The described NE execution.

[0531] In 3204, the method may include a second signaling timing for transmitting an active cell discontinuous signaling configuration. The operation of 3204 may be performed according to the examples described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operation of 3204 may be as described in references... Figure 28 The described NE execution.

[0532] The description herein is provided to enable those skilled in the art to make or use this disclosure. Various modifications to this disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Therefore, this disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein, but should be given the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: At least one memory; and At least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured such that the UE: The first signaling received includes cell discontinuous reception DRX behavior, the DRX behavior including multiple DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second set of uplink UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and the second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration; The timing for receiving the second signaling to activate the DRX behavior of the cell; and The second UL signal is transmitted at least in part based on the cell's DRX behavior.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: A periodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signal (SRS) associated with a usage value set to switch antennas over more than one time slot; Configure the physical uplink control channel PUCCH with inter-slot repetition mode; or The Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is configured with a repeating pattern on multiple time slots.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern comprising multiple scheduled transmissions of the same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple time slots.

4. The UE of claim 3, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: Configure PUCCH to repeat between time slots; or A PUSCH configured with repetition type B across multiple time slots.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal contents from the UE on the second set of multiple time slots.

6. The UE of claim 5, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value configured to perform antenna switching over more than one time slot.

7. A processor for wireless communication, comprising: At least one controller, coupled to at least one memory and configured such that the processor: The system receives first signaling including cell discontinuous reception DRX behavior, the DRX behavior including multiple DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the user equipment UE does not transmit a second set of uplink UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and the second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration. The timing for receiving the second signaling to activate the DRX behavior of the cell; and The second UL signal is transmitted at least in part based on the cell's DRX behavior.

8. The processor of claim 7, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: A periodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signal (SRS) associated with a usage value set to switch antennas over more than one time slot; Configure the physical uplink control channel PUCCH with inter-slot repetition mode; or The Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is configured with a repeating pattern on multiple time slots.

9. The processor of claim 7, wherein the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern comprising multiple scheduled transmissions of the same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple time slots.

10. The processor of claim 9, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: Configure PUCCH to repeat between time slots; or A PUSCH configured with repetition type B across multiple time slots.

11. The processor of claim 7, wherein the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal contents from the UE on the second set of multiple time slots.

12. The processor of claim 11, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value configured to perform antenna switching over more than one time slot.

13. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: The first signaling received includes cell discontinuous reception DRX behavior, the DRX behavior including multiple DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the UE does not transmit a second set of uplink UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and the second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration; The timing for receiving the second signaling to activate the DRX behavior of the cell; and The second UL signal is transmitted at least in part based on the cell's DRX behavior.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: A periodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signal (SRS) associated with a usage value set to switch antennas over more than one time slot; Configure the physical uplink control channel PUCCH with inter-slot repetition mode; or The Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is configured with a repeating pattern on multiple time slots.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the second UL signal is associated with a repetition pattern comprising multiple scheduled transmissions of the same UL signal content from the UE over a second set of multiple time slots.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least one of the following: Configure PUCCH to repeat between time slots; or A PUSCH configured with repetition type B across multiple time slots.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the second UL signal is associated with multiple scheduled transmissions of different UL signal contents from the UE on the second set of multiple time slots.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second UL signal comprises at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value configured to perform antenna switching over more than one time slot.

19. A network device for wireless communication, comprising: At least one memory; and At least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured such that the network apparatus: The transmission includes a first signaling of cell discontinuous reception of DRX behavior, the DRX behavior including multiple DRX cycles, each DRX cycle including a period in which the user equipment UE does not transmit a second set of uplink UL signals except for a second on duration configured in each DRX cycle, and a second UL signal in the second set of UL signals occupies a second set of multiple time slots, the second set of multiple time slots at least partially overlapping with the time slots of the DRX cycle except for the second on duration. and Transmit the second signaling timing to activate the cell's DRX behavior.

20. The network equipment according to claim 19, wherein one or more of the following: The second UL signal is associated with different UL signal contents being scheduled and transmitted from the UE multiple times in the second set of multiple time slots; or The second UL signal includes at least a periodic or semi-persistent SRS associated with a usage value configured to switch antennas over more than one time slot.

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