A method of wireless communication is performed by a first device. The method includes suspending wake up signal (WUS) monitoring for a specified period of time, for a number of cycles, or until a message is received instructing resumption of monitoring. The method also includes resuming wake up signal monitoring after the specified period of time, the number of cycles, or after the message is received instructing resumption of monitoring.

Systems and methods for maintaining knowledge of a network address (e.g., a MAC address) for a playback device while changing power states are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for maintaining knowledge of the network identity of a playback device while changing power states includes determining that a playback device is entering a sleep state, sending state information from the playback device to a central data repository over a network responsive to the determination that the playback device is entering sleep state, where state information includes a MAC address, receiving the state information about the playback device at a waking device from the central data repository, waking the playback device periodically at predetermined time intervals while in sleep state to listen for messages addressed to the MAC address, and receiving a wake-up message at the playback device from the waking device and responding by changing from sleep to active state.

A method for processing a wake up signal (WUS) is performed by a UE, which determines a monitoring result of the WUS according to a monitoring strategy, in response to a monitoring time of the WUS at least partially overlapping a receiving time of a paging message, or the monitoring time at least partially overlapping a switching period of uplink and downlink switching. A UE and a base station that implement the method are also disclosed.

A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, one or more messages indicating one or more location areas where the first wireless device continuously monitors for one or more sidelink signals. The first wireless device determines that the first wireless device is located in the one or more location areas. Based on the determining, the first wireless device starts continuous monitoring of a control channel for the one or more sidelink signals from a third wireless device. The first wireless device receives, from the third wireless device and based on the starting continuous monitor, the one or more sidelink signals.

A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives an indication from a base station, wherein the indication is indicative of monitoring a power saving signal in one or more monitoring occasions and at least one monitoring occasion of the one or more monitoring occasions is associated with a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) ON duration and is within Active Time associated with the UE. The UE does not monitor and/or skips monitoring the power saving signal in the at least one monitoring occasion. The UE monitors Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) during the DRX ON duration.

Techniques for power savings by a wireless device. The technique including receiving, by a first wireless device, a set of sidelink resources for communicating directly with a second wireless device from a wireless node, determining, by the first wireless device, to transmit sidelink data to the second wireless device, receiving sidelink coordination information, the sidelink coordination information including discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information of the second wireless device, transmitting a sidelink resources request to the wireless node, the sidelink resources request including assistance information based on the received sidelink coordination information, receiving a sidelink resources grant from the wireless node, and transmitting the sidelink data based on the sidelink resources grant.

A technique for power saving, comprising establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a wireless system, entering an RRC connected mode based on the established RRC connection, receiving, from the wireless system, configuration information indicating a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle time, a DRX on time period, and an offset time, determining an enhanced wake-up signal (EWUS) monitoring occasion for a DRX cycle based on the offset time and the DRX on time period, monitoring, during a first DRX cycle, for an EWUS during the EWUS monitoring occasion associated with the first DRX cycle, receiving, from the wireless system, the EWUS during the EWUS monitoring occasion, determining that the EWUS indicates that the wireless device skip one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions, and skipping monitoring for the EWUS based on the indicated skipped one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions.

Provided are a method and device for providing power preference information in a wireless communication system. A terminal according to an embodiment of the disclosure may identify the necessity for transition from a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and transmit, to a base station, a connection release request message including state information preferred by the terminal. In this case, the state information preferred by the terminal may include information indicating whether a state preferred by the terminal is an idle mode, an inactive mode, a connected mode, or a random mode, and the random mode may indicate that the terminal prefers to be released from the connection mode but there is no preferred mode among the idle mode and the inactive mode.

The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device monitoring a wake-up signal from a network device, where the wake-up signal is used to wake up the terminal device that monitors, on a next paging occasion PO, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier P-RNTI; the terminal device determining, according to the wake-up signal, a monitoring situation of monitoring on the next PO the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI. Compared with the prior art, since a wake-up mechanism is introduced, the terminal device monitors the wake-up signal and determines, according to the wake-up signal, the monitoring situation of monitoring on the next PO the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI, preventing a terminal device that has no need for monitoring from monitoring on the next PO, thereby avoiding a paging false alarm of the terminal device.

A method and apparatus are provided for controlling an active state in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information related to a starting position of an active state and information related to a length of a first timer; deriving the starting position of the active state based on the information related to the starting position; starting the first timer set to the length of the first timer and entering the active state at the derived starting position; terminating the active state if control data indicating a transmission of user data is not received until the first timer expires; extending a period of the active state if the control data is received before the first timer expires; and terminating the active state based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state.