H04W52/0241

HANDLING OF HARQ AND RETRANSMISSION TIMERS FOR SIDELINK DRX OPERATIONS
20230032717 · 2023-02-02 ·

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for handling acknowledgement and retransmission timers during sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) communication. An example method by a transmitter user equipment (UE) generally includes transmitting a first repetition of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) to a receiver UE prior to entering an inactive state, while the transmitter UE is operating in a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) mode; returning to an active state to monitor for acknowledgment feedback from the receiver UE, wherein the return is based on a first timer relative to an end of the first repetition of the PSSCH; remaining in the active state for a duration defined by a second timer; and taking one or more actions depending on whether the transmitter UE receives acknowledgment feedback during the duration indicating failed reception of the first repetition of the PSSCH by the receiver UE.

Wireless communication system for use by teams
11489951 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A wireless communication system comprises a first wireless communication device for a first team member, and a second wireless communication device for a second team member. The first wireless communication device comprises a microphone and a transmitter for transmitting an oral message via a first wireless communication protocol. The second wireless communication device comprises a main transceiver, a wearable audio device, and a support configured for mounting the main transceiver onto hockey shoulder pads of the second team member in a location physically remote from the wearable audio device.

Bluetooth connection method and device

A method and an apparatus for Bluetooth connection are disclosed. A first Bluetooth connection can be established between a first node of multiple data receiving nodes and a data source, the multiple data receiving nodes can share a data packet transmitted by the data source via the first Bluetooth connection, and a second node can be selected according to a preset rule from among the multiple data receiving nodes to feed back a response signal to the data source. In a method and an apparatus, the multiple data receiving nodes can be regarded as a whole, which share a data packet transmitted from the data source and jointly maintain the first Bluetooth connection, and only one of the multiple data receiving nodes is selected to feed back a response signal. Conforming to Bluetooth communication protocols, a method and an apparatus can meet the demanding requirements on hardware resources of a Bluetooth connection among a data source and multiple data receiving nodes. A one-to-many Bluetooth connection can be realized which saves power consumption without additionally upgrading the data source.

USING A DORMANCY TIMER FOR SWITCHING TO A DORMANT BANDWIDTH PART
20220353817 · 2022-11-03 ·

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates a duration of a dormancy timer for switching from an active bandwidth part to a dormant bandwidth part configured for the UE; start or restart the dormancy timer based at least in part on a determination that a condition is satisfied; and switch to the dormant bandwidth part based at least in part on a determination that the dormancy timer has expired. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Method for Reducing Power Consumption of Mobile Terminal and Mobile Terminal
20220353819 · 2022-11-03 ·

A method for reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: A mobile terminal establishes a Wi-Fi connection to an electronic device by using a Wi-Fi module; the mobile terminal interacts with a server by using the Wi-Fi connection; if the mobile terminal doesn't send or receive a packet within a first time period, the mobile terminal controls the Wi-Fi module to enter a sleep state; and after the Wi-Fi module enters the sleep state, if the mobile terminal needs to send a heartbeat packet, the mobile terminal may establish a Bluetooth connection to the electronic device by using a Bluetooth module, and send the heartbeat packet by using the Bluetooth connection.

SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, PROCESSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20220353895 · 2022-11-03 ·

Disclosed are a signal processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, a processor, and an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving dynamic control signaling from a network-side device in a preset period with a first duration unit, wherein the dynamic control signaling is configured to instruct a user equipment (UE) to determine an application delay, and the application delay is a delay for switching signal-receiving modes by the UE; determining the application delay on the basis of the dynamic control signaling; and executing a signal receiving operation by using a signal-receiving mode after switching in a second duration unit, wherein the second duration unit is determined according to the first duration unit and the application delay. The present invention solves the technical problem in related art of a network-side device and a UE lacking consistency in control channel monitoring and transmission.

INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL WIRELESS PAIRING BY DEVICE POSITIONING AND ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL

An information handling system manages automated wireless pairing with phase-based ranging to automatically initiate pairing when the peripheral powers up in an advertising mode within a predetermined range of the information handling system. In one embodiment, a display user interface presents instructions to the end user to move the peripheral to a different distance relative to the information handling system to confirm the pairing. In another embodiment, radio power for the pairing is adjusted based upon the distance to provide communication at substantially the pairing range as further confirmation of pairing to the correct peripheral and additional security for the pairing key exchange.

SIGNAL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE
20230083399 · 2023-03-16 ·

Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device, for use in achieving RS signal transmission of UE in an RRC_IDLE or RRC_Inactive mode of an NR system, to improve the receiving performance and the power saving performance of the UE. At a network side, a signal transmission method provided by embodiments of the present application includes determining a reference signal transmission resource configured for a terminal; and sending a reference signal to an inactive terminal in an idle state or an inactive state or a connected state by means of the transmission resource.

Multi-interface transponder device—altering power modes

Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.

Physical downlink control channel monitoring in wireless communication system
11638214 · 2023-04-25 · ·

Provided are a method by which a terminal monitors a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system and a corresponding device. An offset-based time window is set before a conventional DRX-on period for monitoring PDCCH, and PSPDCCH for notifying of power saving information in the time window is monitored. Whether to actually monitor the PDCCH in the DRX-on period can be determined on the basis of the PS-PDCCH.