Wireless UE Power Saving Through Dynamic Traffic Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems fail to adapt quickly to traffic changes, leading to unnecessary power consumption in user equipment (UE) due to static configuration parameters, which is particularly pronounced in advanced communication scenarios like URLLC and eMBB.

Innovation Solution

Implementing power saving schemes at the network-side device, such as a base station, by configuring user equipment (UE) in a power saving mode based on various parameters, including enhanced time domain processing, DRX, BWP, CA, MIMO, and PDCCH monitoring, to reduce unnecessary power consumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If static configuration parameters are used in user equipment, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but power consumption increases due to inability to adapt to traffic changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidadaptability to traffic changes
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic configuration parameters that can be adjusted in real-time based on traffic conditions. The network device monitors traffic patterns and dynamically configures parameters such as subcarrier spacing, cyclic prefix length, and resource allocation to match current traffic demands, allowing the UE to adapt without increasing fundamental device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes physical and operational parameters of the UE based on traffic conditions. By modifying parameters like bandwidth allocation, modulation schemes, and transmission power dynamically, the system achieves adaptability to varying traffic loads while managing power consumption effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If configuration parameters are updated frequently to adapt to traffic changes, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and processing overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to traffic changesVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs pre-configured parameter sets and templates that are prepared in advance for different traffic scenarios. When traffic conditions change, the UE switches between pre-defined configurations rather than calculating new parameters in real-time, reducing processing complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The UE is equipped with autonomous capabilities to monitor traffic conditions and select appropriate pre-configured parameter sets without requiring complex real-time calculations or frequent network interventions, thereby reducing processing overhead while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250254618A1Power saving schemes in wireless communication
Publication Date: 2025.08.07 ZTE CORP
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and devices for power saving schemes in a wireless communication are described. A wireless communication method is provided to include obtaining, by a network device, one or more parameters of a user device, determining, by the network device, whether the one or more parameters satisfy a predetermined condition, and configuring the user device in a power saving mode based on the one or more parameters.