Low power-wake up signals supporting carrier aggregation
The implementation of LP-WUS configuration for PDCCH monitoring in multiple cells with defined time periods addresses power and latency issues in carrier aggregation, enhancing power efficiency and reducing latency in communication networks.
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- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
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- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2024-10-04
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-09
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies face challenges in efficiently managing power consumption and latency in carrier aggregation scenarios using low power-wake up signals (LP-WUS) for terminal devices in communication networks.
Implementing configuration information for LP-WUS that indicates PDCCH monitoring in multiple cells, including specific time periods for starting monitoring on each cell, to optimize power consumption and latency in carrier aggregation scenarios.
The solution provides low power consumption and reduced latency by aligning active times across cells in carrier aggregation, ensuring efficient power management and quick response in high traffic scenarios.
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Abstract
Description
LOW POWER-WAKE UP SIGNALS SUPPORTING CARRIER AGGREGATIONFIELD
[0001] Various example embodiments relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to devices, methods, apparatuses and a computer readable storage medium associated with low power-wake up signals (LP-WUS) supporting carrier aggregation (CA) .BACKGROUND
[0002] A communication network can be seen as a facility that enables communications between two or more communication devices, or provides communication devices access to a data network. A mobile or wireless communication network is one example of a communication network.
[0003] Such communication networks operate in accordance with standards, such as those promulgated by 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) or ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) . Examples of such standards include the so-called 5G (5th Generation) standard or other standards promulgated by 3GPP.SUMMARY
[0004] In general, example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for enhancing low power-wake up signals supporting carrier aggregation.
[0005] In a first aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to obtain configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0006] In a second aspect, there is provided a network device. The network device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device to transmit, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0007] In a third aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to receive, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; and determine, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0008] In a fourth aspect, there is provided a network device. The network device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program codes; the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device to transmit, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0009] In a fifth aspect, there is provided a method implemented at a terminal device. The method comprises obtaining configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0010] In a sixth aspect, there is provided a method implemented at a network device. The method comprises transmitting, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0011] In a seventh aspect, there is provided a method implemented at a terminal device. The method comprises receiving, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; and determining, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0012] In an eighth aspect, there is provided a method implemented at a network device. The method comprises transmitting, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0013] In a ninth aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for obtaining configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0014] In a tenth aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for transmitting, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0015] In an eleventh aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; and means for determining, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0016] In a twelfth aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising means for transmitting, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0017] In a thirteenth aspect, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the method according to any one of the above fifth to eighth aspect.
[0018] In a fourteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the method according to any one of the above fifth to eighth aspect.
[0019] In a fifteenth aspect, there is provided a terminal device comprising obtaining circuitry configured to obtain configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0020] In a sixteenth aspect, there is provided a network device comprising transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0021] In a seventeenth aspect, there is provided a terminal device comprising receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; and determining circuitry configured to determine, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0022] In an eighteenth aspect, there is provided a network device comprising transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0023] It is to be understood that the summary section is not intended to identify key or essential features of embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become easily comprehensible through the following description.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] Some example embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0025] Fig. 1 illustrates an example communication network in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented;
[0026] Fig. 2 illustrates a flowchart illustrating a process for low power-wake up signal supporting carrier aggregation according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0027] Fig. 3 illustrates a flowchart illustrating a process for low power-wake up signal supporting carrier aggregation according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0028] Fig. 4 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0029] Fig. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0030] Fig. 6 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0031] Fig. 7 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0032] Fig. 8 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus that is suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure; and
[0033] Fig. 9 illustrates a block diagram of an example computer readable medium in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0034] Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar element.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0035] Principles of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some example embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described only for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein can be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
[0036] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
[0037] References in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
[0038] It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
[0039] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” , “comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and / or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and / or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and / or combinations thereof. As used herein, “at least one of the following: <a list of two or more elements>” and “at least one of <a list of two or more elements>” and similar wording, where the list of two or more elements are joined by “and” or “or” , mean at least any one of the elements, or at least any two or more of the elements, or at least all the elements.
[0040] As used in this application, the term “circuitry” may refer to one or more or all of the following:
[0041] (a) hardware-only circuit implementations (such as implementations in only analog and / or digital circuitry) and
[0042] (b) combinations of hardware circuits and software, such as (as applicable) :
[0043] (i) a combination of analog and / or digital hardware circuit (s) with software / firmware and
[0044] (ii) any portions of hardware processor (s) with software (including digital signal processor (s) ) , software, and memory (ies) that work together to cause an apparatus, such as a mobile phone or server, to perform various functions) and
[0045] (c) hardware circuit (s) and or processor (s) , such as a microprocessor (s) or a portion of a microprocessor (s) , that requires software (e.g., firmware) for operation, but the software may not be present when it is not needed for operation.
[0046] This definition of circuitry applies to all uses of this term in this application, including in any claims. As a further example, as used in this application, the term circuitry also covers an implementation of merely a hardware circuit or processor (or multiple processors) or portion of a hardware circuit or processor and its (or their) accompanying software and / or firmware. The term circuitry also covers, for example and if applicable to the particular claim element, a baseband integrated circuit or processor integrated circuit for a mobile device or a similar integrated circuit in server, a cellular network device, or other computing or network device.
[0047] As used herein, the term “communication network” refers to a network following any suitable communication standards, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) , LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) , Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) , High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) , Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and so on. Furthermore, the communications between a terminal device and a network device in the communication network may be performed according to any suitable generation communication protocols, including, but not limited to, the first generation (1G) , the second generation (2G) , 2.5G, 2.75G, the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) , 4.5G, the future fifth generation (5G) communication protocols, and / or any other protocols either currently known or to be developed in the future. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied in various communication systems. Given the rapid development in communications, there will of course also be future type communication technologies and systems with which the present disclosure may be embodied. It should not be seen as limiting the scope of the present disclosure to only the aforementioned system.
[0048] As used herein, the term “network device” refers to a node in a communication network via which a terminal device accesses the network and receives services therefrom. The network device may refer to a base station (BS) or an access point (AP) , for example, a node B (NodeB or NB) , an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , a NR NB (also referred to as a gNB) , a Remote Radio Unit (RRU) , a radio header (RH) , a remote radio head (RRH) , a relay, a low power node such as a femto, a pico, and so forth, depending on the applied terminology and technology.
[0049] As used herein, the term “terminal device” refers to any end device that may be capable of wireless communication. By way of example rather than limitation, a terminal device may also be referred to as a communication device, user equipment (UE) , a Subscriber Station (SS) , a Portable Subscriber Station, a Mobile Station (MS) , or an Access Terminal (AT) . The terminal device may include, but not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, voice over IP (VoIP) phones, wireless local loop phones, a tablet, a wearable terminal device, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , portable computers, desktop computer, image capture terminal devices such as digital cameras, gaming terminal devices, music storage and playback appliances, vehicle-mounted wireless terminal devices, wireless endpoints, mobile stations, laptop-embedded equipment (LEE) , laptop-mounted equipment (LME) , USB dongles, smart devices, wireless customer-premises equipment (CPE) , an Internet of Things (loT) device, a watch or other wearable, a head-mounted display (HMD) , a vehicle, a drone, a medical device and applications (e.g., remote surgery) , an industrial device and applications (e.g., a robot and / or other wireless devices operating in an industrial and / or an automated processing chain contexts) , a consumer electronics device, a device operating on commercial and / or industrial wireless networks, and the like. In the following description, the terms “terminal device” , “communication device” , “terminal” , “user equipment” and “UE” may be used interchangeably.
[0050] Principles and embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Reference is first made to Fig. 1, which illustrates an example communication system 100 in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. The system 100 may include network device 110. The network device 110 serves area 130 (also called as cell 130) . The system 100 may also include one or more terminal devices, such as terminal devices 120 and 121. The terminal devices 120, 121 are capable of connecting and communicating in an UL and DL with the network device 110. In communication systems, an UL refers to a link in a direction from a terminal device to a network device, and a DL refers to a link in a direction from the network device to the terminal device.
[0051] It is to be understood that the number of network device and terminal devices is only for the purpose of illustration without suggesting any limitations. The system 100 may include any suitable number of network device and terminal devices adapted for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0052] Communications in the communication system 100 may be implemented according to any proper communication protocol (s) , comprising, but not limited to, cellular communication protocols of the first generation (1G) , the second generation (2G) , the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) and the fifth generation (5G) and on the like, wireless local network communication protocols such as Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 and the like, and / or any other protocols currently known or to be developed in the future. Moreover, the communication may utilize any proper wireless communication technology, comprising but not limited to: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) , Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) , Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) , Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) , Time Division Duplex (TDD) , Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) , Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple (OFDM) , Discrete Fourier Transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) and / or any other technologies currently known or to be developed in the future.
[0053] The system 100 and any of terminal devices 120 or 121 and network devices 110 therein may be configured for carrier aggregation (CA) . This allows concurrently using radio resources across two or more carriers. An aggregated carrier may be referred as a component carrier. The (component) carriers may correspond to cells, such as a primary cell 130 (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell) . In some examples, the primary cell, may refer to the cell with which the terminal device would typically perform the random access (RA) procedure, radio link monitoring (RLM) , handover procedures and physical UL control channel transmission. Serving cells for communication between the terminal device and the network device may include a primary cell and at least one secondary cell but there may also be a plurality of serving secondary cells. In this way, improved throughput for uplink and / or downlink communications may be achieved. Put another way, in the carrier aggregation framework, carriers associated with multiple cells, which are typically (though not always) co-located, with at least partially overlapping coverage, are used to increase the bandwidth available to the terminal device for communicating with the network. As will be appreciated, carrier aggregation can be used with cells employing frequency-division duplexing (FDD) and / or time-division duplexing (TDD) .
[0054] In accordance with the present disclosure, a wake-up signal (WUS) , such as a Low-power Wake-Up Signal (LP-WUS) , may be utilized for terminal device power saving. This may be utilized for any of the above-mentioned device types. The apparatus / device, in particular the terminal device, as described herein, may have separate means for bidirectional communication between the apparatus / device and a network device and for receiving the WUS. The means for receiving the WUS, e.g. a wake-up receiver (WUR) , may thus be configured for waking up the means for bidirectional communication for the bidirectional communication between the apparatus / device and a network device.
[0055] The terminal device 120 may comprise means for bidirectional communication between a network device and the terminal device. The means for bidirectional communication may be a transceiver or any system comprising a transmitter and a receiver, separately or integrated together. The means for bidirectional communication may comprise or consist of at least one radio-frequency transmitter-receiver. The means for bidirectional communication may be the main radio of the terminal device. In addition, the terminal device may comprise a wake-up receiver, which may be a low-power wake-up receiver. The wake-up receiver may be separate from the main radio of the terminal device or the wake-up receiver may be fully integrated into the main radio or the wake-up receiver might be partly integrated into the main radio (e.g. there may be some shared elements between the wake-up receiver and the main radio such as RF elements) .
[0056] In the inactive state, the terminal device 120 may stay registered to the network, but the connection to the network, such as the radio access network, e.g. to the network device 110, may be suspended. However, the radio access network may store context of the terminal device, which enables the connection to be quickly resumed. The connection to the core network may be maintained. Even though some example embodiments have been described using the RRC_IDLE, RRC_INACTIVE, or RRC_CONNECTED states of the 5G system as examples, it is appreciated the example embodiments may be applied to other type of idle, inactive, or connected states, for example having similar characteristics as the RRC_IDLE, RRC_INACTIVE, or the RRC_CONNECTED states. A state, such as an RRC state, may be also referred to as a mode, such as an RRC mode.
[0057] The activation may thus be performed by transmitting a WUS to the terminal device 120, for example from a network device 110. The receipt of the WUS may be monitored by a dedicated WUS receiver at the terminal device. When the terminal device receives the WUS, the WUS receiver can trigger the wake-up of the means for bidirectional communication, thus activating the means for bidirectional communication, and communication can start. Thus, the WUS receiver wakes up the means for bidirectional communication and otherwise, the means for bidirectional communication can remain inactive. The WUS receiver may be operated in an always ‘on’ manner with low power consumption or the WUS receiver may be operated in a discontinuous reception (DRX) manner and deactivated during DRX sleep periods. It may consume significantly less power compared to the means for bidirectional communication. This may be facilitated by designing a simple (WUS) signal and by the use of dedicated hardware for its monitoring. The sole purpose of the WUS receiver may thus be to receive the WUS and, based on the WUS, activate the means for bidirectional communication. The WUS receiver may also be referred to as a wake-up receiver (WUR) .
[0058] To preserve terminal device power consumption, SCell dormancy (dormant bandwidth part (BWP) ) was introduced to complement the SCell activation / de-activation. In SCell dormancy terminal device may be indicated which SCells (group) are to be in ‘active’ (non-dormant) BWP and which cells in ‘dormant’ BWP. In dormant BWP the terminal device activity is expected to be reduced but with minimal ongoing measurements to enable quick transition back to non-dormant BWP and beam failure detection, e.g. no physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring is assumed.
[0059] However, how LP-WUS is used in carrier aggregation (CA) at a high level is a problem to be solved.
[0060] One possible solution is triggering PDCCH monitoring by the LP-WUS signal on the SCells that are linked to the type of scheduling that is configured across the PCell and SCells. In another example, LP-WUS triggers PDCCH monitoring for all the configured scheduling cells. As a further example, one possible solution is triggering PDCCH monitoring by the LP-WUS on the SCells that support same-carrier scheduling across all the SCells or in case a PCell supports cross-carrier scheduling across all the SCells, LP-WUS is used to trigger PDCCH monitoring on the PCell. In some examples, LP-WUS only triggers PDCCH monitoring on PCell and PDCCH on SCell is triggered by the network using Medium Access Control (MAC) signalling or with a Downlink Control Information (DCI) message.
[0061] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a solution for LP-WUSs supporting CA. In an aspect of the solution, a terminal device obtains configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells. Furthermore, this solution may provide low latency for exploiting LP-WUS in a CA scenario in high traffic scenarios.
[0062] Reference is now made to Fig. 2, which shows a process 200 for LP-WUSs supporting CA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the process 200 will be described with reference to Fig. 1. The process 200 may involve the terminal device 120 and the network device 110 as illustrated in Fig. 1.
[0063] At 220, the terminal device 120 obtains configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells. In some embodiments, the process 200 may be applied in high traffic scenarios, as it has low latency.
[0064] It is to be understood that the time at which PDCCH monitoring begins in the SCells, can be configured with independent coresets for PDCCH monitoring and CSI measurements resulting in different Active Time. If Active time is triggered by LP-WUS, the Active time across the CA Cells may be aligned.
[0065] In some embodiments, at 210, the network device 110 transmits the configuration information to the terminal device 120. In some embodiments, the configuration information is predefined (e.g. in 3GPP specification) .
[0066] In some embodiments, the time period may also be referred to as offset or gap. It may define a time between receiving the LP-WUS and starting monitoring the PDCCH.
[0067] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a PCell. In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell. In some embodiments, the first time period is shorter than the second time period. In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises a triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0068] In some embodiments, the time period may be denoted as LP-WUS CA offset ( ‘lp-wus-ca-offset’ ) . In some examples, it may define the earliest the time when any the device can start monitoring the PDCCH on any on the cells. In some embodiments, the time period is configured where CA is configured with one LP-WUS setup to trigger PDCCH monitoring across multiple active SCells with non-dormant active BWP and the PCell. In this way, it may ensure sufficient time is given to the terminal device to wake up multiple radios for different carriers.
[0069] In some embodiments, the triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell comprises at least determining that the PDCCH monitoring on the PCell has started. In this way, it may ensure that PCell PDCCH is prioritized. It is to be understood that different cells will have their own Coreset configurations, meaning that without any timing limitations (i.e. the terminal device monitors the first PDCCH across all of its CA cells) , PDCCH monitoring could start in a SCell before the PCell, which may be unwanted / unnecessary if the network device wants to prioritize updating the CA configuration first.
[0070] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 starts the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell after the first time period. In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 starts the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell after the second time period.
[0071] In some embodiments, the terminal device starts the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell. In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 starts the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell based on the triggering condition being met.
[0072] In some embodiments, the terminal device obtains the configuration by receiving the configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises at least a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0073] In some embodiments, the configuration information is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for the LP-WUS.
[0074] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 receives, from the network device, the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 switches an active bandwidth part (BWP) of an activated SCell, which is a dormant BWP, to a non-dormant BWP to start PDCCH monitoring.
[0075] In some embodiments, the switching is triggered based on the second timer. In some embodiments, which non-dormant BWP (s) to switch to is configured or predefined. The switching from a dormant BWP to a configured or pre-defined non-dormant BWP may comprise the initial BWP or a default BWP or the first active BWP. In some embodiments, a configuration for the switching may be via an RRC, a LP-WUS payload / sequence / circular shift or a DCI.
[0076] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 switches the non-dormant BWP back to the dormant BWP based on switching back to LP-WUS monitoring.
[0077] Reference is now made to Fig. 3, which shows a process 300 for LP-WUSs supporting CA according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the process 300 will be described with reference to Fig. 1. The process 300 may involve the terminal device 120 and the network device 110 as illustrated in Fig. 1.
[0078] At 310, the network device 110 transmits, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation to the terminal device 120. Accordingly, the terminal device 120 receives the LP-WUS from the network device 110.
[0079] At 320, the terminal device 120 determines, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0080] The process 300 enables LP-WUS to trigger PDCCH in a subset of cells. It may provide a better trade-off between power consumption and latency.
[0081] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 deactivates at least one cell by: stopping one or more ongoing measurements for the at least one cell. In some embodiments, the information indicates the at least one cell to activate or deactivate by a payload of the LP-WUS, a sequence of the LP-WUS, a codepoint of the LP-WUS, or a circular shifted sequence, or any combination thereof. In other words, the payload / sequence / codepoint / circular shifted sequence may be used to indicate which subset of cells to activate / deactivate.
[0082] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 remains monitoring a LP-WUS after receiving the LP-WUS. It is to be understood that the normal LP-WUS is used for triggering PDCCH monitoring. However, in this embodiment, it may or may not trigger PDCCH monitoring, but provide information of activation or deactivation.
[0083] In some embodiments, based on switching to LP-WUS monitoring, the terminal device 120 deactivates at least one SCell. In some embodiments, based on being woken up by a LP-WUS, the terminal device 120 activates at least one SCell.
[0084] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 is woken up by the LP-WUS upon receiving the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 is woken up by the LP-WUS upon receiving a PDCCH after the LP-WUS.
[0085] In some embodiments, the network device 110 transmits to the terminal device 120 configuration information comprising an inactivity timer to indicate a first time period. Accordingly, the terminal device 120 receives the configuration information.
[0086] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 deactivates at least one SCell after the first time period.
[0087] In some embodiments, the network device 110 transmits to the terminal device 120 configuration information comprising a second timer to indicate a second time period. Accordingly, the terminal device 120 receives the configuration information.
[0088] In some embodiments, the terminal device 120 activates at least one SCell after the second time period.
[0089] Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of an example method 400 implemented at a terminal device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 400 will be described from the perspective of the terminal device 120 with reference to Fig. 1.
[0090] At block 410, the terminal device 120 obtains configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0091] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a PCell, a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell. The first time period is shorter than the second time period, or a triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0092] In some embodiments, the triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell comprises at least determining that the PDCCH monitoring on the PCell has started.
[0093] In some embodiments, the terminal device starts the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell after the first time period; and starts the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell after the second time period.
[0094] In some embodiments, the terminal device starts the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell; and starts the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell based on the triggering condition being met. In some embodiments, the terminal device obtains the configuration by receiving the configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises at least a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0095] In some embodiments, the configuration information is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for the LP-WUS.
[0096] In some embodiments, the terminal device receives, from the network device, the LP-WUS; and switches an active bandwidth part (BWP) of an activated SCell, which is a dormant BWP, to a non-dormant BWP to start PDCCH monitoring.
[0097] In some embodiments, the switching is triggered based on the second timer. In some embodiments, which non-dormant BWP to switch to is configured or predefined. In some embodiments, the terminal device switches the non-dormant BWP back to the dormant BWP based on switching back to LP-WUS monitoring.
[0098] Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of an example method 500 implemented at a network device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 500 will be described from the perspective of the network device 110 with reference to Fig. 1.
[0099] At block 510, the network device 110 transmits, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0100] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a PCell, a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell. The first time period is shorter than the second time period, or a triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0101] Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of an example method 600 implemented at a terminal device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 600 will be described from the perspective of the terminal device 120 with reference to Fig. 1.
[0102] At block 610, the terminal device 120 receives, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. At block 610, the terminal device 120 determines, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0103] In some embodiments, the terminal device deactivates at least one cell by: stopping one or more ongoing measurements for the at least one cell. In some embodiments, the information indicates the at least one cell to activate or deactivate by at least one of the following: a payload of the LP-WUS, a sequence of the LP-WUS, a codepoint of the LP-WUS, or a circular shifted sequence.
[0104] In some embodiments, the terminal device remains monitoring a LP-WUS after receiving the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the terminal device performs at least one of the following: based on switching to LP-WUS monitoring, deactivate at least one SCell; or based on being woken up by a LP-WUS, activate at least one SCell.
[0105] In some embodiments, the terminal device is woken up by the LP-WUS upon at least one of the following: receiving the LP-WUS, or receiving a PDCCH after the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the terminal device receives, from a network device, configuration information comprising an inactivity timer to indicate a first time period.
[0106] In some embodiments, the terminal device deactivates at least one SCell after the first time period. In some embodiments, the terminal device receives, from a network device, configuration information comprising a second timer to indicate a second time period. In some embodiments, the terminal device activates at least one SCell by: activating at least one SCell after the second time period.
[0107] Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of an example method 700 implemented at a network device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 700 will be described from the perspective of the network device 110 with reference to Fig. 1.
[0108] At block 710, the network device 110 transmits, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0109] In some embodiments, the information is indicated by at least one of the following: a payload of the LP-WUS, a sequence of the LP-WUS, a codepoint of the LP-WUS, or a circular shifted sequence.
[0110] In some embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing any of the method 400 (for example, the terminal device 120) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 400. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0111] In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for obtaining configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0112] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a PCell, a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell. The first time period is shorter than the second time period, or a triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0113] In some embodiments, the triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell comprises at least determining that the PDCCH monitoring on the PCell has started.
[0114] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for starting the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell after the first time period; and means for starting the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell after the second time period.
[0115] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for starting the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell; and means for starting the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell based on the triggering condition being met. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for receiving the configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises at least a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0116] In some embodiments, the configuration information is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for the LP-WUS.
[0117] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for receiving, from the network device, the LP-WUS; and means for switching an active bandwidth part (BWP) of an activated SCell, which is a dormant BWP, to a non-dormant BWP to start PDCCH monitoring.
[0118] In some embodiments, the switching is triggered based on the second timer. In some embodiments, which non-dormant BWP to switch to is configured or predefined. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for switching the non-dormant BWP back to the dormant BWP based on switching back to LP-WUS monitoring.
[0119] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for performing other steps in some embodiments of the method 400. In some embodiments, the means comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the performance of the apparatus.
[0120] In some embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing any of the method 500 (for example, the network device 110) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 500. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0121] In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for transmitting, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a LP-WUS indication associated with PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation. The configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.
[0122] In some embodiments, the configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a PCell, a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell. The first time period is shorter than the second time period, or a triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.
[0123] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for performing other steps in some embodiments of the method 500. In some embodiments, the means comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the performance of the apparatus.
[0124] In some embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing any of the method 600 (for example, the terminal device 120) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 600. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0125] In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for receiving, from a network device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; and means for determining, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.
[0126] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for deactivating at least one cell by: stopping one or more ongoing measurements for the at least one cell. In some embodiments, the information indicates the at least one cell to activate or deactivate by at least one of the following: a payload of the LP-WUS, a sequence of the LP-WUS, a codepoint of the LP-WUS, or a circular shifted sequence.
[0127] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for remaining monitoring a LP-WUS after receiving the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for performing at least one of the following: based on switching to LP-WUS monitoring, deactivate at least one SCell; or based on being woken up by a LP-WUS, activate at least one SCell.
[0128] In some embodiments, the terminal device is woken up by the LP-WUS upon at least one of the following: receiving the LP-WUS, or receiving a PDCCH after the LP-WUS. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for receiving, from a network device, configuration information comprising an inactivity timer to indicate a first time period.
[0129] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for deactivating at least one SCell by: deactivating at least one SCell after the first time period. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for receiving, from a network device, configuration information comprising a second timer to indicate a second time period.
[0130] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for activating at least one SCell by: activating at least one SCell after the second time period. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for performing other steps in some embodiments of the method 600. In some embodiments, the means comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the performance of the apparatus.
[0131] In some embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing any of the method 700 (for example, the network device 110) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 700. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0132] In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for transmitting, to a terminal device, a LP-WUS comprising information indicative of an activation of PDCCH monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.
[0133] In some embodiments, the information is indicated by at least one of the following: a payload of the LP-WUS, a sequence of the LP-WUS, a codepoint of the LP-WUS, or a circular shifted sequence.
[0134] In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for performing other steps in some embodiments of the method 700. In some embodiments, the means comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the performance of the apparatus.
[0135] Fig. 8 is a simplified block diagram of a device 800 that is suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The device 800 may be provided to implement the communication device, for example the terminal device 120 or the network device 110 as shown in Fig. 1. As shown, the device 800 includes one or more processors 810, one or more memories 840 coupled to the processor 810, and one or more communication modules 840 coupled to the processor 810.
[0136] The communication module 840 is for bidirectional communications. The communication module 840 has at least one antenna to facilitate communication. The communication interface may represent any interface that is necessary for communication with other network elements.
[0137] The processor 810 may be of any type suitable to the local technical network and may include one or more of the following: general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs) and processors based on multicore processor architecture, as non-limiting examples. The device 800 may have multiple processors, such as an application specific integrated circuit chip that is slaved in time to a clock which synchronizes the main processor.
[0138] The memory 820 may include one or more non-volatile memories and one or more volatile memories. Examples of the non-volatile memories include, but are not limited to, a Read Only Memory (ROM) 824, an electrically programmable read only memory (EPROM) , a flash memory, a hard disk, a compact disc (CD) , a digital video disk (DVD) , and other magnetic storage and / or optical storage. Examples of the volatile memories include, but are not limited to, a random access memory (RAM) 822 and other volatile memories that will not last in the power-down duration.
[0139] A computer program 830 includes computer executable instructions that are executed by the associated processor 810. The program 830 may be stored in the ROM 824. The processor 810 may perform any suitable actions and processing by loading the program 830 into the RAM 822.
[0140] The embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by means of the program 830 so that the device 800 may perform any process of the disclosure as discussed with reference to Figs. 2 to 7. The embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented by hardware or by a combination of software and hardware.
[0141] In some embodiments, the program 830 may be tangibly contained in a computer readable medium which may be included in the device 800 (such as in the memory 820) or other storage devices that are accessible by the device 800. The device 800 may load the program 830 from the computer readable medium to the RAM 822 for execution. The computer readable medium may include any types of tangible non-volatile storage, such as ROM, EPROM, a flash memory, a hard disk, CD, DVD, and the like.
[0142] Fig. 9 shows an example of the computer readable medium 900 in form of CD or DVD. The computer readable medium has the program 830 stored thereon.
[0143] Generally, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic or any combination thereof. Some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device. While various aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated and described as block diagrams, flowcharts, or using some other pictorial representations, it is to be understood that the block, apparatus, system, technique or method described herein may be implemented in, as non-limiting examples, hardware, software, firmware, special purpose circuits or logic, general purpose hardware or controller or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.
[0144] The present disclosure also provides at least one computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer program product includes computer-executable instructions, such as those included in program modules, being executed in a device on a target real or virtual processor, to carry out the method 800 as described above with reference to Figs. 2-5. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, libraries, objects, classes, components, data structures, or the like that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The functionality of the program modules may be combined or split between program modules as desired in various embodiments. Machine-executable instructions for program modules may be executed within a local or distributed device. In a distributed device, program modules may be located in both local and remote storage media.
[0145] Program code for carrying out methods of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program codes may be provided to a processor or controller of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the program codes, when executed by the processor or controller, cause the functions / operations specified in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams to be implemented. The program code may execute entirely on a machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.
[0146] In the context of the present disclosure, the computer program codes or related data may be carried by any suitable carrier to enable the device, apparatus or processor to perform various processes and operations as described above. Examples of the carrier include a signal, computer readable medium, and the like.
[0147] The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable medium may include but not limited to an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium would include an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory) , an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) , an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. The term “non-transitory, ” as used herein, is a limitation of the medium itself (i.e., tangible, not a signal) as opposed to a limitation on data storage persistency (e.g., RAM vs. ROM) .
[0148] Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are contained in the above discussions, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the present disclosure, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable sub-combination.
[0149] Although the present disclosure has been described in languages specific to structural features and / or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the present disclosure defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
Claims
1.A terminal device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to:obtain configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation, wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.2.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a primary cell (PCell) ,a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one secondary cell (SCell) , wherein the first time period is shorter than the second time period, ora triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one secondary cell (SCell) .3.The terminal device of claim 1-2, wherein the triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one secondary cell (SCell) comprises at least determining that the PDCCH monitoring on the PCell has started.4.The terminal device of any of claims 1-3, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:start the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell after the first time period; andstart the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell after the second time period.5.The terminal device of any of claims 1-4, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:start the PDCCH monitoring on a PCell; andstart the PDCCH monitoring on at least one SCell based on the triggering condition being met.6.The terminal device of claims 1-5, wherein the terminal device is caused to obtain the configuration information by:receiving, from a network device, the configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises at least a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one SCell.7.The terminal device of any of claims 1-6, wherein the configuration information is included in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for the LP-WUS.8.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:receive, from the network device, the LP-WUS; andswitch an active bandwidth part (BWP) of an activated secondary Cell (SCell) , which is a dormant BWP, to a non-dormant BWP to start PDCCH monitoring.9.The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the switching is triggered based on the second timer.10.The terminal device of claims 8 or 9, wherein which non-dormant BWP to switch to is configured or predefined.11.The terminal device of any of claims 8 -10, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:switch the non-dormant BWP back to the dormant BWP based on switching back to LP-WUS monitoring.12.A network device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to:transmit, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation,wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.13.The network device of claim 12, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:a first timer associated with a first time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on a primary cell (PCell) ,a second timer associated with a second time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one secondary Cell (SCell) , wherein the first time period is shorter than the second time period, ora triggering condition associated with a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one secondary cell (SCell) .14.A terminal device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to:receive, from a network device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; anddetermine, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.15.The terminal device of claim 14, wherein the terminal device is caused to deactivate at least one cell by:stopping one or more ongoing measurements for the at least one cell.16.The terminal device of claims 14 or 15, wherein the information indicates the at least one cell to activate or deactivate by at least one of the following:a payload of the LP-WUS,a sequence of the LP-WUS,a codepoint of the LP-WUS, ora circular shifted sequence.17.The terminal device of any of claims 14-16, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:remain monitoring a LP-WUS after receiving the LP-WUS.18.The terminal device of any of claims 14-17, wherein the terminal device is further caused to perform at least one of the following:based on switching to LP-WUS monitoring, deactivate at least one SCell; orbased on being woken up by a LP-WUS, activate at least one SCell.19.The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the terminal device is woken up by the LP-WUS upon at least one of the following:receiving the LP-WUS, orreceiving a PDCCH after the LP-WUS.20.The terminal device of claims 18 or 19, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:receive, from a network device, configuration information comprising an inactivity timer to indicate a first time period.21.The terminal device of claim 20, wherein the terminal device is caused to deactivate at least one SCell by:deactivating at least one SCell after the first time period.22.The terminal device of any of claims 18-20, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:receive, from a network device, configuration information comprising a second timer to indicate a second time period.23.The terminal device of claim 22, wherein the terminal device is caused to activate at least one SCell by:activating at least one SCell after the second time period.24.A network device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to:transmit, to a terminal device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.25.The network device of claim 24, wherein the information is indicated by at least one of the following:a payload of the LP-WUS,a sequence of the LP-WUS,a codepoint of the LP-WUS, ora circular shifted sequence.26.A method comprising:obtaining configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation, wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.27.A method comprising:transmitting, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation, wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.28.A method comprising:receiving, from a network device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; anddetermining, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.29.A method comprising:transmitting, to a terminal device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.30.An apparatus comprising:means for obtaining configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation, wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.31.An apparatus comprising:means for transmitting, to a terminal device, configuration information indicative of a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) indication associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation, wherein the configuration information is further indicative of a time period to start monitoring the PDCCH on at least one cell of the plurality of cells.32.An apparatus comprising:means for receiving, from a network device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation; andmeans for determining, based on the information, whether to activate or deactivate at least one cell from the plurality of cells.33.An apparatus comprising:means for transmitting, to a terminal device, a low power-wake up signal (LP-WUS) comprising information indicative of an activation of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a plurality of cells supporting carrier aggregation.34.A computer readable medium comprising program instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform at least the method of any of claims 26-29.