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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Zhi Yan, Xicheng District, CN;
Hongmei Liu, Changping District, CN;
Yuantao Zhang, Dongcheng District, CN;
Yingying Li, Haidian District, CN;
Haiming Wang, Xicheng District, CN;
Assignee:
Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for monitoring NPDCCH in NBIoT are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a first control signal scheduling a data transmission; and monitoring a second control signal from a start time slot to an end time slot, wherein the start time slot is a gap period behind the last time slot for receiving the first control signal, and the end time slot is a time period ahead of the first time slot for the data transmission.