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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hong He, San Jose, CA (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Sigen Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods provide for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring adaptation. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a default search space set group (SSSG) for downlink control information (DCI) from a base station in the PDCCH. In response to a first DCI trigger, the UE switches from monitoring the default SSSG to monitoring a first non-default SSSG associated with a first timer. In response to a second DCI trigger, the UE switches from monitoring the first non-default SSSG to monitoring a second non-default SSSG associated with a second timer. The first non-default SSSG may be a non-empty SSSG including a search space set with at least one associated search space. The second non-default SSSG may be an empty SSSG with no associated search space to emulate PDCCH skipping.