Patent ID: 11924661
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
sending, by a user equipment (UE), to a network, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring capability information, the PDCCH monitoring capability information including:
a span pattern requirement specifying one or more restrictions on lengths and separations, and
a minimum time separation requirement, the minimum time separation requirement specifying a minimum time separation between downlink control informations (DCIs);

receiving, by the UE, from the network, a first monitoring occasion (MO) pattern;
determining, by the UE, that the first MO pattern does not comply with the span pattern requirement; and
inferring, by the UE, in response to determining that the first MO pattern does not comply with the span pattern requirement, that the network has elected to comply with the minimum time separation requirement.