Patent ID: 11871217
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a receiver configured to:
receive a configuration for a time domain offset;
receive configuration for a search space set; and
receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), according to the search space set in a common search space (CSS), in a slot that is before a slot corresponding to a start of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle;

a decoder configured to decode a downlink control information (DCI) format in the PDCCH, wherein the DCI format includes a field indicating either reception or no reception of PDCCHs in a number of next DRX cycles; and
a processor operably coupled to the decoder and the receiver, the processor configured to instruct the receiver, when the decoder correctly decodes the DCI format, to either receive or skip reception of the PDCCHs in the number of next DRX cycles based on the indication by the field in the DCI format.