Patent Publication Number: US-11647464-B2

Title: Wake-up dci for wireless devices in connected mode

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a Submission Under 35 U.S.C. § 371 for U.S. National Stage Patent Application of International Application No.: PCT/EP2019/076036, filed Sep. 26, 2019 entitled “WAKE-UP DCI FOR WIRELESS DEVICES IN CONNECTED MODE,” which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/738,345, filed Sep. 28, 2018, entitled “WAKE-UP DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) FOR WIRELESS DEVICES IN CONNECTED MODE,” the entireties of both of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Wireless communication and in particular, to a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     BACKGROUND 
     One activity in Radio Resource Control (RRC)_CONNECTED mode for wireless network communication is monitoring Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) where all PDCCH occasions/Time/Frequency (TF) locations/configurations may need to be decoded according to search space. After decoding according to each blind decoding (BD) option, the wireless device can check whether the PDCCH was meant for the wireless device, based on checking the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) using the wireless device&#39;s c-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). 
     Wake-up Signal/Wake-up Signaling (WUS) are employed in Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Machine Type Communication (MTC) (LTE-M), e.g., to wake up the wireless device ahead of paging occasions in idle. In NB-IoT and LTE-M, a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) based sequence is used as the WUS. When the WUS is configured in a cell, and the wireless device supports the operation of WUS, the wireless device first detected the WUS prior its paging occasion (PO). If WUS is detected, the wireless device proceeds to decoding the paging Downlink Control Information (DCI). If the WUS is not detected, the wireless device goes back to sleep. As WUS is significantly shorter than the paging DCI, WUS saves wireless device power, as the expected paging load in NB-IoT and LTE-M is low. 
     During the 3 rd  Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) study of WUS in NB-IoT and LTE-M, the concept of using a compact DCI was discussed. That is to use a DCI smaller than the regular paging DCI with the expectation that the compact DCI can be decoded within a shorter time, and therefore saves the wireless device energy. But as the energy saving performance of compact DCI was not desirable, the idea of using the compact DCI was not pursued in the study with respect to NB-IoT and LTE-M. 
     Wireless Device Power Consumption 
     Wireless device power consumption is a metric for consideration. In general, significant power can be spent on monitoring the PDCCH in LTE based on one DRX setting from LTE field logs. The situation can be similar in New Radio (NR)(also referred to as 5G) if similar DRX setting with traffic modeling is utilized, as the wireless device needs to perform blind detection in its configured control resource sets (CORESETs) to identify whether there is a PDCCH sent to it, and act accordingly. Techniques that can reduce unnecessary PDCCH monitoring or allowing the wireless device to go to sleep or wake-up only when required can be beneficial. 
     New Radio (NR) 
     The New Radio (NR) (also known as “5G”) standard in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is being designed to provide service for multiple use cases such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC), and machine type communication (MTC). Each of these services has different technical requirements. For example, the general requirement for eMBB is high data rate with moderate latency and moderate coverage, while URLLC service requires a low latency and high reliability transmission but perhaps for moderate data rates. 
     One of the solutions for low latency data transmission is shorter transmission time intervals.  FIG.  1    illustrates a radio resource example in NR. In NR, in addition, to transmission in a slot, a mini-slot transmission is also allowed to reduce latency. A mini-slot may consist of any number of 1 to 14 Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. It should be noted that the concepts of slot and mini-slot are not specific to a specific service, meaning that a mini-slot may be used for either eMBB, URLLC, or other services. 
     In 3GPP Release 15 (Rel-15) NR, a wireless device can be configured with up to four carrier bandwidth parts (BWPs) in the downlink with a single downlink carrier bandwidth part being active at a given time. A wireless device can be configured with up to four carrier bandwidth parts in the uplink with a single uplink carrier bandwidth part being active at a given time. If a wireless device is configured with a supplementary uplink, the wireless device can additionally be configured with up to four carrier bandwidth parts in the supplementary uplink with a single supplementary uplink carrier bandwidth part being active at a given time. 
     For a carrier bandwidth part with a given numerology μ i , a contiguous set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) are defined and numbered from 0 to N BWPj   size −1, where is the index of the carrier bandwidth part. A resource block (RB) is defined as 12 consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. 
     Numerologies: Multiple orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerologies, μ, are supported in NR as shown in Table 1, where the subcarrier spacing, Δf, and the cyclic prefix for a carrier bandwidth part are configured by different higher layer parameters for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL), respectively. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Supported transmission numerologies 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 μ 
                 Δf = 2 μ  · 15 [kHz] 
                 Cyclic prefix 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 0 
                 15 
                 Normal 
               
               
                 1 
                 30 
                 Normal 
               
               
                 2 
                 60 
                 Normal, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Extended 
               
               
                 3 
                 120 
                 Normal 
               
               
                 4 
                 240 
                 Normal 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Physical Channels 
     A downlink physical channel corresponds to a set of resource elements carrying information originating from higher layers. The following downlink physical channels are defined:
         Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH   Physical Broadcast Channel, PBCH   Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH:       

     PDSCH is the main physical channel used for unicast downlink data transmission, but also for transmission of RAR (random access response), certain system information blocks, and paging information. PBCH carries the basic system information, required by the wireless device to access the network. PDCCH is used for transmitting downlink control information (DCI), mainly scheduling decisions, required for reception of PDSCH, and for uplink scheduling grants enabling transmission on PUSCH. 
     An uplink physical channel corresponds to a set of resource elements carrying information originating from higher layers. The following uplink physical channels are defined:
         Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH;   Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH; and   Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH.       

     PUSCH is the uplink counterpart to the PDSCH. PUCCH is used by wireless devices to transmit uplink control information, including HARQ acknowledgments, channel state information reports, etc. PRACH is used for random access preamble transmission. 
     An example contents of a DL DCI 1-0 is shown below. 
     Example contents of a DCI format 1_0 with CRC scrambled by C-RNTI/CS_RNTI
         Identifier for DCI formats−1 bit;
           The value of this bit field is always set to 1, indicating a DL DCI format;   
           Frequency domain resource assignment—┌log 2 (N RB   DL,BWP (N RB   DL,BWP +1)/2)┐ bits;
           N RB   DL,BWP  is the size of the active DL bandwidth part in case DCI format 1_0 is monitored in the wireless device specific search space and satisfying;
               the total number of different DCI sizes configured to monitor is no more than 4 for the cell;   the total number of different DCI sizes with C-RNTI configured to monitor is no more than 3 for the cell;   otherwise, N RB   DL,BWP  is the size of CORESET 0;   
               
           Time domain resource assignment—4 bits as defined for example in Subclause 5.1.2.1 of 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 38.214;   VRB-to-PRB mapping—1 bit for example according to Table 7.3.1.1.2-33 of for example 3GPP TS 38.214;   Modulation and coding scheme—5 bits as defined for example in Subclause 5.1.3 of 3GPP TS 38.214;   New data indicator—1 bit;   Redundancy version—2 bits as defined for example in Table 7.3.1.1.1-2;   HARQ process number—4 bits;   Downlink assignment index—2 bits as defined for example in Subclause 9.1.3 of 3GPP TS 38.213, as counter DAI;   TPC command for scheduled PUCCH—2 bits as defined for example in Subclause 7.2.1 of 3GPP TS 38.213;   PUCCH resource indicator—3 bits as defined for example in Subclause 9.2.3 of 3GPP TS 38.213;   PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator—3 bits as defined for example in Subclause 9.2.3 of 3GPP TS 38.213].       

     DRX 
     DRX (Discontinuous reception): Simplified DRX operation is shown in  FIG.  2   , where DRX allows the wireless device to transition to a lower power state where the wireless device is not required to receive any transmission from the network node. There is an onDuration where the wireless device is awake and monitors for control channels, and if there is no control message detected by the wireless device, an Inactivity timer begins, and the wireless device continues to monitor for control channel until a valid control message addressed to the wireless device is received or the inactivity timer expires. If the wireless device receives a valid control message, it extends the Inactivity timer and continues to monitor the PDCCH. If the inactivity timer expires then wireless device can stop receiving transmissions from the network node (e.g., no control monitoring) until end of the DRX cycle. Typically, the DRX parameters are configured by RRC and there are some other DRX parameters including RTT related, HARQ related, etc. On duration and the time duration when inactivity timer is running is also generally referred to as active time. 
     The following terms are typically associated with DRX operation:
         Active Time: Time related to DRX operation, during which the MAC entity monitors the PDCCH.   DRX Cycle: Specifies the periodic repetition of the On Duration followed by a possible period of inactivity (see  FIG.  1    below).   Inactivity Timer: Generally, refers to the number of consecutive PDCCH-subframe(s)/slots after the subframe/slot in which a PDCCH indicates an initial UL, DL or SL user data transmission for a MAC entity.   MAC entity is the medium access control entity, and there is one MAC entity per configured cell group, for example the master cell group and secondary cell group.       

     SUMMARY 
     Some embodiments advantageously provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     A wake-up (WU)-downlink control information (DCI), i.e., wake-up indication, is used to wake up a wireless device (or a group of wireless devices) in connected mode ahead of a PDCCH transmission that schedules data to the relevant wireless devices (or to one or more wireless devices in the group). 
     In one or more embodiments, the WU-DCI is configured as a separate PDCCH transmission with a narrow BW and small search space. In one or more embodiments, the WUS-PDCCH precedes the scheduling PDCCH transmission by a sufficient number of symbols/slots to allow the full-power receiver to be activated and stabilized in time for receiving the scheduling PDCCH. 
     In one or more embodiments, the WUS may be transmitted selectively by the NW only when faster-than-CDRX response is required. 
     In one or more embodiments, the WUS is configured together with, or optionally replacing, the configuration. The wireless device may thus be in RRC_CONNECTED state, possibly a new variant of the state, e.g. a sub-state, but the WUS may also be configured for a wireless device in a low-power/energy-saving state, such as RRC_IDLE state or another, possibly new low-power/energy-saving state. 
     One aspect is that DRX functionality is configured by RRC, which is typically operating on a slower scale than MAC or Physical layer. Thus, the DRX parameter settings, etc. cannot be changed quite adaptively through RRC configuration, especially if the wireless device has a mix of traffic types. 
     Wireless device energy consumption in connected mode, related to DL operation, depends predominantly on the RX ON time. Mechanisms may be employed to allow the wireless device to transition to a low-power mode during periods of inactivity. However, the mechanisms have various constraints that limit their effectiveness. The criterion for turning OFF the RX is inactivity, so the wireless device may waste a part of its inactivity interval in full-power mode. Furthermore, the cycle period imposes an inherent delay constraint, as DL packets may be sent only after the off-interval ends. 
     The signal monitoring bandwidth (BW) in the wireless device receiver may strongly affect the power consumption. Therefore, the WUS approach based on monitoring a scheduling PDCCH may be inefficient, as the scheduling PDCCH search space must be kept relatively broad in frequency to ensure sufficient scheduling capacity and allow the scheduler the necessary degrees of freedom. 
     According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method implemented in a wireless device, WD, is provided. The method includes receiving a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. The method includes transitioning out of at least one of a low power mode and a connected Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode based on the wake-up indication. 
     In some embodiments of this aspect, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments of this aspect, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments of this aspect, receiving the wake-up indication further includes performing a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, receiving the wake-up indication further includes performing a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments of this aspect, the received wake-up indication includes dummy data. In some embodiments of this aspect, the received wake-up indication includes information about downlink data that the wireless device can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments of this aspect, the method further includes receiving, from a network node, a configuration of the wake-up indication, the configuration indicating a timing offset between the received wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method implemented by a network node is provided. The method includes configuring a wireless device with a wake-up indication, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of at least one of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. The method includes signaling the wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. 
     In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication as having dummy data. In some embodiments of this aspect, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication as having information about downlink data that the wireless device can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments of this aspect, the configuration of the wake-up indication indicates a timing offset between the signaled wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a wireless device, WD, configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the wireless device to receive a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of at least one of a low power mode and a connected Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode based on the wake-up indication. 
     In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication by being configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication by being configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication by being configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication by being configured to cause the wireless device to perform a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive the wake-up indication by being configured to cause the wireless device to perform a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments of this aspect, the received wake-up indication includes dummy data. In some embodiments of this aspect, the received wake-up indication includes information about downlink data that the wireless device can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the wireless device to receive, from the network node, a configuration of the wake-up indication, the configuration indicating a timing offset between the received wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device, WD, is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the network node to configure the wireless device with a wake-up indication, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of at least one of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. 
     In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication as having dummy data. In some embodiments of this aspect, the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication by being further configured to cause the network node to signal the wake-up indication as having information about downlink data that the wireless device can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments of this aspect, the configuration of the wake-up indication indicates a timing offset between the signaled wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       A more complete understanding of the present embodiments, and the attendant advantages and features thereof, will be more readily understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein: 
         FIG.  1    is a radio resource in NR; 
         FIG.  2    is an example of DXR; 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram of an exemplary network architecture illustrating a communication system connected via an intermediate network to a host computer according to the principles in the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  4    is a block diagram of a host computer communicating via a network node with a wireless device over an at least partially wireless connection according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  5    is a flow chart illustrating exemplary methods implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a network node and a wireless device for executing a client application at a wireless device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  6    is a flow chart illustrating exemplary methods implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a network node and a wireless device for receiving user data at a wireless device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  7    is a flow chart illustrating exemplary methods implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a network node and a wireless device for receiving user data from the wireless device at a host computer according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  8    is a flow chart illustrating exemplary methods implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a network node and a wireless device for receiving user data at a host computer according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  9    is a flowchart of an exemplary process of in a network node for signaling a wake-up indication according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  10    is a flowchart of an exemplary process in a wireless device for transitioning out of a mode or state based on a wake-up indication according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  11    is a flowchart of another exemplary process of in a network node for signaling a wake-up indication according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  12    is a flowchart of another exemplary process in a wireless device for transitioning out of a mode or state based on a wake-up indication according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG.  13    is a timing diagram illustrating WU-DCI in accordance with the principles of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The instant disclosure provides a mechanism for PDCCH monitoring effectivization that can reduce the receiver on-time and allow narrow-BW operation during at least some of the time. 
     The instant disclosure solves at least a portion of the problems with at least one existing system at least in part by providing a mechanism for initiating a DL packet transmission to a wireless device in CDRX that overrides the usual CDRX latency impact. The WUS, described herein in accordance with the teachings of the disclosure, allows fast wireless device activation with the low network (NW) overhead and low wireless device monitoring complexity. 
     Another advantage provided by the teachings of the disclosure is to reduce the number of dummy PDCCH monitoring instances with no grants, thereby saving wireless device power consumption. In other words, the wireless device may be configured with longer CDRX OFF states, reducing PDCCH monitoring but not compromising latency. 
     Before describing in detail exemplary embodiments, it is noted that the embodiments reside primarily in combinations of apparatus components and processing steps related to a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. Accordingly, components have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout the description. 
     As used herein, relational terms, such as “first” and “second,” “top” and “bottom,” and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or element from another entity or element without necessarily requiring or implying any physical or logical relationship or order between such entities or elements. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the concepts described herein. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. 
     In embodiments described herein, the joining term, “in communication with” and the like, may be used to indicate electrical or data communication, which may be accomplished by physical contact, induction, electromagnetic radiation, radio signaling, infrared signaling or optical signaling, for example. One having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that multiple components may interoperate and modifications and variations are possible of achieving the electrical and data communication. 
     In some embodiments described herein, the term “coupled,” “connected,” and the like, may be used herein to indicate a connection, although not necessarily directly, and may include wired and/or wireless connections. 
     The term “network node” used herein can be any kind of network node comprised in a radio network which may further comprise any of base station (BS), radio base station, base transceiver station (BTS), base station controller (BSC), radio network controller (RNC), g Node B (gNB), evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB), Node B, multi-standard radio (MSR) radio node such as MSR BS, multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE), relay node, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, donor node controlling relay, radio access point (AP), transmission points, transmission nodes, Remote Radio Unit (RRU) Remote Radio Head (RRH), a core network node (e.g., mobile management entity (MME), self-organizing network (SON) node, a coordinating node, positioning node, MDT node, etc.), an external node (e.g., 3rd party node, a node external to the current network), nodes in distributed antenna system (DAS), a spectrum access system (SAS) node, an element management system (EMS), etc. The network node may also comprise test equipment. The term “radio node” used herein may be used to also denote a wireless device (WD) such as a wireless device (WD) or a radio network node. 
     In some embodiments, the non-limiting terms wireless device (WD) or a user equipment (UE) are used interchangeably. The WD herein can be any type of wireless device capable of communicating with a network node or another WD over radio signals, such as wireless device (WD). The WD may also be a radio communication device, target device, device to device (D2D) WD, machine type WD or WD capable of machine to machine communication (M2M), low-cost and/or low-complexity WD, a sensor equipped with WD, Tablet, mobile terminals, smart phone, laptop embedded equipped (LEE), laptop mounted equipment (LME), USB dongles, Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), an Internet of Things (IoT) device, or a Narrowband IoT (NB-IOT) device etc. 
     Also, in some embodiments, the generic term “radio network node” is used. It can be any kind of a radio network node which may comprise any of base station, radio base station, base transceiver station, base station controller, network controller, RNC, evolved Node B (eNB), Node B, gNB, Multi-cell/multicast Coordination Entity (MCE), relay node, IAB node, access point, radio access point, Remote Radio Unit (RRU) Remote Radio Head (RRH). 
     In some embodiments, the term “narrow” is used (e.g., narrow bandwidth, narrow search space) and may be used to refer to wake-up indication resources (e.g., bandwidth, search space, etc. for a wake-up DCI) that are narrower as compared to another physical downlink control channel transmission (e.g., scheduling DCI) that schedules data for the WD. 
     An indication generally may explicitly and/or implicitly indicate the information it represents and/or indicates. Implicit indication may for example be based on position and/or resource used for transmission. Explicit indication may for example be based on a parametrization with one or more parameters, and/or one or more index or indices, and/or one or more bit patterns representing the information. It may in particular be considered that control signaling as described herein, based on the utilized resource sequence, implicitly indicates the control signaling type. 
     It may be considered for cellular communication there is provided at least one uplink (UL) connection and/or channel and/or carrier and at least one downlink (DL) connection and/or channel and/or carrier, e.g., via and/or defining a cell, which may be provided by a network node, in particular a base station, gNB or eNodeB. An uplink direction may refer to a data transfer direction from a terminal to a network node, e.g., base station and/or relay station. A downlink direction may refer to a data transfer direction from a network node, e.g., base station and/or relay node, to a terminal. UL and DL may be associated to different frequency resources, e.g., carriers and/or spectral bands. A cell may comprise at least one uplink carrier and at least one downlink carrier, which may have different frequency bands. A network node, e.g., a base station, gNB or eNodeB, may be adapted to provide and/or define and/or control one or more cells. 
     Configuring a terminal or wireless device or node may involve instructing and/or causing the wireless device or node to change its configuration, e.g., at least one setting and/or register entry and/or operational mode. A terminal or wireless device or node may be adapted to configure itself, e.g., according to information or data in a memory of the terminal or wireless device. Configuring a node or terminal or wireless device by another device or node or a network may refer to and/or comprise transmitting information and/or data and/or instructions to the wireless device or node by the other device or node or the network, e.g., allocation data (which may also be and/or comprise configuration data) and/or scheduling data and/or scheduling grants. Configuring a terminal may include sending allocation/configuration data to the terminal indicating which modulation and/or encoding to use. A terminal may be configured with and/or for scheduling data and/or to use, e.g., for transmission, scheduled and/or allocated uplink resources, and/or, e.g., for reception, scheduled and/or allocated downlink resources. Uplink resources and/or downlink resources may be scheduled and/or provided with allocation or configuration data. 
     Generally, configuring may include determining configuration data representing the configuration and providing, e.g. transmitting, it to one or more other nodes (parallel and/or sequentially), which may transmit it further to the radio node (or another node, which may be repeated until it reaches the wireless device). Alternatively, or additionally, configuring a radio node, e.g., by a network node or other device, may include receiving configuration data and/or data pertaining to configuration data, e.g., from another node like a network node, which may be a higher-level node of the network, and/or transmitting received configuration data to the radio node. Accordingly, determining a configuration and transmitting the configuration data to the radio node may be performed by different network nodes or entities, which may be able to communicate via a suitable interface, e.g., an X2 interface in the case of LTE or a corresponding interface for NR. Configuring a terminal (e.g. WD  22 ) may comprise scheduling downlink and/or uplink transmissions for the terminal, e.g. downlink data and/or downlink control signaling and/or DCI and/or uplink control or data or communication signaling, in particular acknowledgement signaling, and/or configuring resources and/or a resource pool therefor. In particular, configuring a terminal (e.g. WD) may comprise configuring the WD to perform certain measurements on certain subframes or radio resources and reporting such measurements according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     Signaling may comprise one or more signals and/or symbols. Reference signaling may comprise one or more reference signals and/or symbols. Data signaling may pertain to signals and/or symbols containing data, in particular user data and/or payload data and/or data from a communication layer above the radio and/or physical layer/s. It may be considered that demodulation reference signaling comprises one or more demodulation signals and/or symbols. Demodulation reference signaling may in particular comprise DMRS according to 3GPP and/or LTE technologies. Demodulation reference signaling may generally be considered to represent signaling providing reference for a receiving device like a terminal to decode and/or demodulate associated data signaling or data. Demodulation reference signaling may be associated to data or data signaling, in particular to specific data or data signaling. It may be considered that data signaling and demodulation reference signaling are interlaced and/or multiplexed, e.g. arranged in the same time interval covering e.g. a subframe or slot or symbol, and/or in the same time-frequency resource structure like a resource block. A resource element may represent a smallest time-frequency resource, e.g. representing the time and frequency range covered by one symbol or a number of bits represented in a common modulation. A resource element may e.g. cover a symbol time length and a subcarrier, in particular in 3GPP and/or LTE standards. A data transmission may represent and/or pertain to transmission of specific data, e.g. a specific block of data and/or transport block. Generally, demodulation reference signaling may comprise and/or represent a sequence of signals and/or symbols, which may identify and/or define the demodulation reference signaling. 
     Data may refer to any kind of data, in particular any one of and/or any combination of control data or user data or payload data. Control information (which may also be referred to as control data) may refer to data controlling and/or scheduling and/or pertaining to the process of data transmission and/or the network or terminal operation. 
     Note that although terminology from one particular wireless system, such as, for example, 3GPP LTE and/or New Radio (NR), may be used in this disclosure, this should not be seen as limiting the scope of the disclosure to only the aforementioned system. Other wireless systems, including without limitation Wide Band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), may also benefit from exploiting the ideas covered within this disclosure. 
     Note further, that functions described herein as being performed by a wireless device or a network node may be distributed over a plurality of wireless devices and/or network nodes. In other words, it is contemplated that the functions of the network node and wireless device described herein are not limited to performance by a single physical device and, in fact, can be distributed among several physical devices. 
     Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It will be further understood that terms used herein should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of this specification and the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein. 
     Embodiments provide a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     Referring again to the drawing figures, in which like elements are referred to by like reference numerals, there is shown in  FIG.  3    a schematic diagram of a communication system  10 , according to an embodiment, such as a 3GPP-type cellular network that may support standards such as LTE and/or NR (5G), which comprises an access network  12 , such as a radio access network, and a core network  14 . The access network  12  comprises a plurality of network nodes  16   a ,  16   b ,  16   c  (referred to collectively as network nodes  16 ), such as NBs, eNBs, gNBs or other types of wireless access points, each defining a corresponding coverage area  18   a ,  18   b ,  18   c  (referred to collectively as coverage areas  18 ). Each network node  16   a ,  16   b ,  16   c  is connectable to the core network  14  over a wired or wireless connection  20 . A first wireless device (WD)  22   a  located in coverage area  18   a  is configured to wirelessly connect to, or be paged by, the corresponding network node  16   c . A second WD  22   b  in coverage area  18   b  is wirelessly connectable to the corresponding network node  16   a . While a plurality of WDs  22   a ,  22   b  (collectively referred to as wireless devices  22 ) are illustrated in this example, the disclosed embodiments are equally applicable to a situation where a sole WD is in the coverage area or where a sole WD is connecting to the corresponding network node  16 . Note that although only two WDs  22  and three network nodes  16  are shown for convenience, the communication system may include many more WDs  22  and network nodes  16 . 
     Also, it is contemplated that a WD  22  can be in simultaneous communication and/or configured to separately communicate with more than one network node  16  and more than one type of network node  16 . For example, a WD  22  can have dual connectivity with a network node  16  that supports LTE and the same or a different network node  16  that supports NR. As an example, WD  22  can be in communication with an eNB for LTE/E-UTRAN and a gNB for NR/NG-RAN. 
     The communication system  10  may itself be connected to a host computer  24 , which may be embodied in the hardware and/or software of a standalone server, a cloud-implemented server, a distributed server or as processing resources in a server farm. The host computer  24  may be under the ownership or control of a service provider, or may be operated by the service provider or on behalf of the service provider. The connections  26 ,  28  between the communication system  10  and the host computer  24  may extend directly from the core network  14  to the host computer  24  or may extend via an optional intermediate network  30 . The intermediate network  30  may be one of, or a combination of more than one of, a public, private or hosted network. The intermediate network  30 , if any, may be a backbone network or the Internet. In some embodiments, the intermediate network  30  may comprise two or more sub-networks (not shown). 
     The communication system of  FIG.  3    as a whole enables connectivity between one of the connected WDs  22   a ,  22   b  and the host computer  24 . The connectivity may be described as an over-the-top (OTT) connection. The host computer  24  and the connected WDs  22   a ,  22   b  are configured to communicate data and/or signaling via the OTT connection, using the access network  12 , the core network  14 , any intermediate network  30  and possible further infrastructure (not shown) as intermediaries. The OTT connection may be transparent in the sense that at least some of the participating communication devices through which the OTT connection passes are unaware of routing of uplink and downlink communications. For example, a network node  16  may not or need not be informed about the past routing of an incoming downlink communication with data originating from a host computer  24  to be forwarded (e.g., handed over) to a connected WD  22   a . Similarly, the network node  16  need not be aware of the future routing of an outgoing uplink communication originating from the WD  22   a  towards the host computer  24 . 
     A network node  16  is configured to include an indication unit  32  which is configured to signal a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. A wireless device  22  is configured to include a WU unit  34  which is configured to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. 
     Example implementations, in accordance with an embodiment, of the WD  22 , network node  16  and host computer  24  discussed in the preceding paragraphs will now be described with reference to  FIG.  4   . In a communication system  10 , a host computer  24  comprises hardware (HW)  38  including a communication interface  40  configured to set up and maintain a wired or wireless connection with an interface of a different communication device of the communication system  10 . The host computer  24  further comprises processing circuitry  42 , which may have storage and/or processing capabilities. The processing circuitry  42  may include a processor  44  and memory  46 . In particular, in addition to or instead of a processor, such as a central processing unit, and memory, the processing circuitry  42  may comprise integrated circuitry for processing and/or control, e.g., one or more processors and/or processor cores and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) and/or ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuitry) adapted to execute instructions. The processor  44  may be configured to access (e.g., write to and/or read from) memory  46 , which may comprise any kind of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory, e.g., cache and/or buffer memory and/or RAM (Random Access Memory) and/or ROM (Read-Only Memory) and/or optical memory and/or EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). 
     Processing circuitry  42  may be configured to control any of the methods and/or processes described herein and/or to cause such methods, and/or processes to be performed, e.g., by host computer  24 . Processor  44  corresponds to one or more processors  44  for performing host computer  24  functions described herein. The host computer  24  includes memory  46  that is configured to store data, programmatic software code and/or other information described herein. In some embodiments, the software  48  and/or the host application  50  may include instructions that, when executed by the processor  44  and/or processing circuitry  42 , causes the processor  44  and/or processing circuitry  42  to perform the processes described herein with respect to host computer  24 . The instructions may be software associated with the host computer  24 . 
     The software  48  may be executable by the processing circuitry  42 . The software  48  includes a host application  50 . The host application  50  may be operable to provide a service to a remote user, such as a WD  22  connecting via an OTT connection  52  terminating at the WD  22  and the host computer  24 . In providing the service to the remote user, the host application  50  may provide user data which is transmitted using the OTT connection  52 . The “user data” may be data and information described herein as implementing the described functionality. In one embodiment, the host computer  24  may be configured for providing control and functionality to a service provider and may be operated by the service provider or on behalf of the service provider. The processing circuitry  42  of the host computer  24  may enable the host computer  24  to observe, monitor, control, transmit to and/or receive from the network node  16  and or the wireless device  22 . The processing circuitry  42  of the host computer  24  may include an information unit  54  configured to enable the service provider to transmit, receive and/or communication information associated with the wake-up indication to one or more of WD  22 , network node  16  and another entity in the communication system. 
     The communication system  10  further includes a network node  16  provided in a communication system  10  and including hardware  58  enabling it to communicate with the host computer  24  and with the WD  22 . The hardware  58  may include a communication interface  60  for setting up and maintaining a wired or wireless connection with an interface of a different communication device of the communication system  10 , as well as a radio interface  62  for setting up and maintaining at least a wireless connection  64  with a WD  22  located in a coverage area  18  served by the network node  16 . The radio interface  62  may be formed as or may include, for example, one or more RF transmitters, one or more RF receivers, and/or one or more RF transceivers. The communication interface  60  may be configured to facilitate a connection  66  to the host computer  24 . The connection  66  may be direct or it may pass through a core network  14  of the communication system  10  and/or through one or more intermediate networks  30  outside the communication system  10 . 
     In the embodiment shown, the hardware  58  of the network node  16  further includes processing circuitry  68 . The processing circuitry  68  may include a processor  70  and a memory  72 . In particular, in addition to or instead of a processor, such as a central processing unit, and memory, the processing circuitry  68  may comprise integrated circuitry for processing and/or control, e.g., one or more processors and/or processor cores and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) and/or ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuitry) adapted to execute instructions. The processor  70  may be configured to access (e.g., write to and/or read from) the memory  72 , which may comprise any kind of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory, e.g., cache and/or buffer memory and/or RAM (Random Access Memory) and/or ROM (Read-Only Memory) and/or optical memory and/or EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). 
     Thus, the network node  16  further has software  74  stored internally in, for example, memory  72 , or stored in external memory (e.g., database, storage array, network storage device, etc.) accessible by the network node  16  via an external connection. The software  74  may be executable by the processing circuitry  68 . The processing circuitry  68  may be configured to control any of the methods and/or processes described herein and/or to cause such methods, and/or processes to be performed, e.g., by the network node  16 . Processor  70  corresponds to one or more processors  70  for performing network node  16  functions described herein. The memory  72  is configured to store data, programmatic software code and/or other information described herein. In some embodiments, the software  74  may include instructions that, when executed by the processor  70  and/or processing circuitry  68 , causes the processor  70  and/or processing circuitry  68  to perform the processes described herein with respect to network node  16 . For example, processing circuitry  68  of the network node  16  may include indication unit  32  configured to signal a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     The communication system  10  further includes the WD  22  already referred to. The WD  22  may have hardware  80  that may include a radio interface  82  configured to set up and maintain a wireless connection  64  with a network node  16  serving a coverage area  18  in which the WD  22  is currently located. The radio interface  82  may be formed as or may include, for example, one or more RF transmitters, one or more RF receivers, and/or one or more RF transceivers. 
     The hardware  80  of the WD  22  further includes processing circuitry  84 . The processing circuitry  84  may include a processor  86  and memory  88 . In particular, in addition to or instead of a processor, such as a central processing unit, and memory, the processing circuitry  84  may comprise integrated circuitry for processing and/or control, e.g., one or more processors and/or processor cores and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) and/or ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuitry) adapted to execute instructions. The processor  86  may be configured to access (e.g., write to and/or read from) memory  88 , which may comprise any kind of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory, e.g., cache and/or buffer memory and/or RAM (Random Access Memory) and/or ROM (Read-Only Memory) and/or optical memory and/or EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). 
     Thus, the WD  22  may further comprise software  90 , which is stored in, for example, memory  88  at the WD  22 , or stored in external memory (e.g., database, storage array, network storage device, etc.) accessible by the WD  22 . The software  90  may be executable by the processing circuitry  84 . The software  90  may include a client application  92 . The client application  92  may be operable to provide a service to a human or non-human user via the WD  22 , with the support of the host computer  24 . In the host computer  24 , an executing host application  50  may communicate with the executing client application  92  via the OTT connection  52  terminating at the WD  22  and the host computer  24 . In providing the service to the user, the client application  92  may receive request data from the host application  50  and provide user data in response to the request data. The OTT connection  52  may transfer both the request data and the user data. The client application  92  may interact with the user to generate the user data that it provides. 
     The processing circuitry  84  may be configured to control any of the methods and/or processes described herein and/or to cause such methods, and/or processes to be performed, e.g., by WD  22 . The processor  86  corresponds to one or more processors  86  for performing WD  22  functions described herein. The WD  22  includes memory  88  that is configured to store data, programmatic software code and/or other information described herein. In some embodiments, the software  90  and/or the client application  92  may include instructions that, when executed by the processor  86  and/or processing circuitry  84 , causes the processor  86  and/or processing circuitry  84  to perform the processes described herein with respect to WD  22 . For example, the processing circuitry  84  of the wireless device  22  may include a WU unit  34  configured transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. 
     In some embodiments, the inner workings of the network node  16 , WD  22 , and host computer  24  may be as shown in  FIG.  4    and independently, the surrounding network topology may be that of  FIG.  3   . 
     In  FIG.  4   , the OTT connection  52  has been drawn abstractly to illustrate the communication between the host computer  24  and the wireless device  22  via the network node  16 , without explicit reference to any intermediary devices and the precise routing of messages via these devices. Network infrastructure may determine the routing, which it may be configured to hide from the WD  22  or from the service provider operating the host computer  24 , or both. While the OTT connection  52  is active, the network infrastructure may further take decisions by which it dynamically changes the routing (e.g., on the basis of load balancing consideration or reconfiguration of the network). 
     The wireless connection  64  between the WD  22  and the network node  16  is in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure. One or more of the various embodiments improve the performance of OTT services provided to the WD  22  using the OTT connection  52 , in which the wireless connection  64  may form the last segment. More precisely, the teachings of some of these embodiments may improve the data rate, latency, and/or power consumption and thereby provide benefits such as reduced user waiting time, relaxed restriction on file size, better responsiveness, extended battery lifetime, etc. 
     In some embodiments, a measurement procedure may be provided for the purpose of monitoring data rate, latency and other factors on which the one or more embodiments improve. There may further be an optional network functionality for reconfiguring the OTT connection  52  between the host computer  24  and WD  22 , in response to variations in the measurement results. The measurement procedure and/or the network functionality for reconfiguring the OTT connection  52  may be implemented in the software  48  of the host computer  24  or in the software  90  of the WD  22 , or both. In embodiments, sensors (not shown) may be deployed in or in association with communication devices through which the OTT connection  52  passes; the sensors may participate in the measurement procedure by supplying values of the monitored quantities exemplified above, or supplying values of other physical quantities from which software  48 ,  90  may compute or estimate the monitored quantities. The reconfiguring of the OTT connection  52  may include message format, retransmission settings, preferred routing etc.; the reconfiguring need not affect the network node  16 , and it may be unknown or imperceptible to the network node  16 . Some such procedures and functionalities may be known and practiced in the art. In certain embodiments, measurements may involve proprietary WD signaling facilitating the host computer&#39;s  24  measurements of throughput, propagation times, latency and the like. In some embodiments, the measurements may be implemented in that the software  48 ,  90  causes messages to be transmitted, in particular, empty or ‘dummy’ messages, using the OTT connection  52  while it monitors propagation times, errors etc. 
     Thus, in some embodiments, the host computer  24  includes processing circuitry  42  configured to provide user data and a communication interface  40  that is configured to forward the user data to a cellular network for transmission to the WD  22 . In some embodiments, the cellular network also includes the network node  16  with a radio interface  62 . In some embodiments, the network node  16  is configured to, and/or the network node&#39;s  16  processing circuitry  68  is configured to perform the functions and/or methods described herein for preparing/initiating/maintaining/supporting/ending a transmission to the WD  22 , and/or preparing/terminating/maintaining/supporting/ending in receipt of a transmission from the WD  22 . 
     In some embodiments, the host computer  24  includes processing circuitry  42  and a communication interface  40  that is configured to a communication interface  40  configured to receive user data originating from a transmission from a WD  22  to a network node  16 . In some embodiments, the WD  22  is configured to, and/or comprises a radio interface  82  and/or processing circuitry  84  configured to perform the functions and/or methods described herein for preparing/initiating/maintaining/supporting/ending a transmission to the network node  16 , and/or preparing/terminating/maintaining/supporting/ending in receipt of a transmission from the network node  16 . 
     Although  FIGS.  3  and  4    show various “units” such as indication unit  32 , and WU unit  34  as being within a respective processor, it is contemplated that these units may be implemented such that a portion of the unit is stored in a corresponding memory within the processing circuitry. In other words, the units may be implemented in hardware or in a combination of hardware and software within the processing circuitry. 
       FIG.  5    is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method implemented in a communication system, such as, for example, the communication system of  FIGS.  3  and  4   , in accordance with one embodiment. The communication system may include a host computer  24 , a network node  16  and a WD  22 , which may be those described with reference to  FIG.  4   . In a first step of the method, the host computer  24  provides user data (Block S 100 ). In an optional substep of the first step, the host computer  24  provides the user data by executing a host application, such as, for example, the host application  50  (Block S 102 ). In a second step, the host computer  24  initiates a transmission carrying the user data to the WD  22  (Block S 104 ). In an optional third step, the network node  16  transmits to the WD  22  the user data which was carried in the transmission that the host computer  24  initiated, in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure (Block S 106 ). In an optional fourth step, the WD  22  executes a client application, such as, for example, the client application  114 , associated with the host application  50  executed by the host computer  24  (Block S 108 ). 
       FIG.  6    is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method implemented in a communication system, such as, for example, the communication system of  FIG.  3   , in accordance with one embodiment. The communication system may include a host computer  24 , a network node  16  and a WD  22 , which may be those described with reference to  FIGS.  3  and  4   . In a first step of the method, the host computer  24  provides user data (Block S 110 ). In an optional substep (not shown) the host computer  24  provides the user data by executing a host application, such as, for example, the host application  50 . In a second step, the host computer  24  initiates a transmission carrying the user data to the WD  22  (Block S 112 ). The transmission may pass via the network node  16 , in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure. In an optional third step, the WD  22  receives the user data carried in the transmission (Block S 114 ). 
       FIG.  7    is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method implemented in a communication system, such as, for example, the communication system of  FIG.  3   , in accordance with one embodiment. The communication system may include a host computer  24 , a network node  16  and a WD  22 , which may be those described with reference to  FIGS.  3  and  4   . In an optional first step of the method, the WD  22  receives input data provided by the host computer  24  (Block S 116 ). In an optional substep of the first step, the WD  22  executes the client application  114 , which provides the user data in reaction to the received input data provided by the host computer  24  (Block S 118 ). Additionally or alternatively, in an optional second step, the WD  22  provides user data (Block S 120 ). In an optional substep of the second step, the WD provides the user data by executing a client application, such as, for example, client application  114  (Block S 122 ). In providing the user data, the executed client application  114  may further consider user input received from the user. Regardless of the specific manner in which the user data was provided, the WD  22  may initiate, in an optional third substep, transmission of the user data to the host computer  24  (Block S 124 ). In a fourth step of the method, the host computer  24  receives the user data transmitted from the WD  22 , in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure (Block S 126 ). 
       FIG.  8    is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method implemented in a communication system, such as, for example, the communication system of  FIG.  3   , in accordance with one embodiment. The communication system may include a host computer  24 , a network node  16  and a WD  22 , which may be those described with reference to  FIGS.  3  and  4   . In an optional first step of the method, in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, the network node  16  receives user data from the WD  22  (Block S 128 ). In an optional second step, the network node  16  initiates transmission of the received user data to the host computer  24  (Block S 130 ). In a third step, the host computer  24  receives the user data carried in the transmission initiated by the network node  16  (Block S 132 ). 
       FIG.  9    is a flowchart of an exemplary process that may be performed at least in part by indication unit  32  in a network node  16  for signaling a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. One or more Blocks described herein may be performed by one or more elements of network node  16  such as processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , radio interface  62 , communication interface  60 , etc. Network node  16  is configured to configure (Block S 134 ), such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wireless device  22  with a wake-up indication, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device  22  to transition out of at least one of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. The network node  16  is configured to signal (Block S 136 ), such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. 
     In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication having a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, scrambled using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling the wake-up indication as having dummy data. In some embodiments, signaling the wake-up indication further includes signaling, such as via processing circuitry  68 , indication unit  32 , processor  70 , radio interface  62  and/or communication interface  60 , the wake-up indication as having information about downlink data that the wireless device  22  can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments, the configuration of the wake-up indication indicates a timing offset between the signaled wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device  22 . 
     In one or more embodiments, the wake-up indication is transmitted before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. In one or more embodiments, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information (WU-DCI). In one or more embodiments, the signaling of the wake-up indication is part of physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. In one or more embodiments, the wake-up indication is provided in a narrow bandwidth or narrow search space. 
       FIG.  10    is a flowchart of an exemplary process in a wireless device  22  according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. It is noted that one or more Blocks described herein may be performed by one or more elements of WD  22  such as that may be performed by WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86 , radio interface  82 , etc. WD  22  is configured to receive (Block S 136 ), such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel. WD  22  is configured to transition (Block S 138 ), such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. 
     In some embodiments, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , the wake-up indication before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information, WU-DCI. In some embodiments, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , the wake-up indication as part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, receiving the wake-up indication further includes receiving, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , the wake-up indication in at least one of a narrow bandwidth and a narrow search space. In some embodiments, receiving the wake-up indication further includes performing, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with the wireless device  22 . In some embodiments, receiving the wake-up indication further includes performing, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, using a radio network temporary identifier associated with a wake-up group, the wireless device being a part of the wake-up group. In some embodiments, the received wake-up indication includes dummy data. In some embodiments, the received wake-up indication includes information about downlink data that the wireless device  22  can expect to receive before transitioning back to the at least one of the low power mode and the connected DRX mode. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving, such as via WU unit  34 , processing circuitry  84 , processor  86  and/or radio interface  82 , from a network node  16 , a configuration of the wake-up indication, the configuration indicating a timing offset between the received wake-up indication and a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device  22 . 
     Having generally described arrangements for a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode, details for these arrangements, functions and processes are provided as follows, and which may be implemented by the network node  16 , wireless device  22  and/or host computer  24 . 
     Embodiments provide a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel where the wake-up indication is configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode 
     WU-DCI (i.e., wake up indication) design 
     The WU-DCI is a DCI transmission that may not schedule PDSCH data or carry conventional DL signaling (e.g., DL HARQ or UL grant). The CRC may be scrambled with the C-RNTI of the targeted WD  22  or a WUG-RNTI (wake-up group) where the WD  22  has been configured. The WUG-RNTI may be called any name, such as, for example, a power-saving RNTI (PS-RNTI). 
     In some embodiments, the DCI may carry dummy data and the WD  22  receives the WU message by virtue of a successful CRC check using its C-RNTI or a WU-group-RNTI. In other embodiments, when group-WU is employed, the DCI may additionally contain C-RNTI(s) of the targeted WDs  22  in the group. 
     In some embodiments, the WU-DCI may, however also carry additional information to the targeted WD  22  or WD group. The DCI may use, e.g., the DCI format 1-0, with some fields optionally redefined or reallocated to WU-specific information. 
       FIG.  11    is a flow diagram of another example process of indication unit  32  of network node  16  (e.g., gNB) in conjunction with other elements of network node  16  such as processing circuitry  68 , radio interface  62 , communication interface  60 , etc. Network node  16  is configured to configure (Block S 140 ) a WD  22  with WU-DCI. Network node  16  is configured to configure (Block S 142 ) the WD  22  with DRX or low power state. Network node  16  is configured to receive (Block S 144 ) from higher layers a downlink (DL) packet indication for the WD  22 . Network node  16  is configured to, optionally, determine (Block S 146 ) whether to transmit WU-DCI. Network node  16  is configured to transmit (Block S 148 ) WU-DCI. Network node  16  is configured to transmit (Block S 150 ) scheduling DCI and PDSCH 
     As reflected in the flow, the WU-DCI may be utilized while the WD  22  is configured in CDRX or in a permanent low-power/energy-saving state (distinct from RRC_INACTIVE). The WD  22  may thus be in RRC_CONNECTED state, possibly a new variant of the state, e.g. a sub-state, but the WUS may also be configured for a WD  22  in a low-power/energy-saving state, such as RRC_IDLE state or another, possibly new low-power/energy-saving state. In some embodiments, configuring for a WD  22  in RRC_CONNECTED state is favorable since a WU-DCI transmission is not required for every scheduling DCI. In Block S 140 , a WD  22  may configured for according to existing procedures. This includes, e.g., configuring timer settings to enter, period, on-time (duty cycle), etc. Alternatively, it may be configured to a low-power state without predetermined occasions for PDCCH reception. 
     In Block S 142 , the WD  22  is configured to use the WU-DCI. Configuration parameters may include a search space for the PDCCH (which in turn includes one or more of CORESET, slot/symbol timing, Aggregation Level values, DCI format, etc.), as well as timing offset info between a received WU-DCI and the PDCCH transmission the WD  22  is associated with. The search space may be common or WD-specific. In WD  22  capability or other signaling, the WD  22  may indicate its preferred WU-DCI BW (e.g., the number of PRBs), which the network node  16  or NW may consider when configuring the WU-DCI. Optionally, the WD  22  may indicate the expected energy savings associated with its of its preferred WU-DCI BWs (e.g., for X number of PRBs, Y amount of energy savings can be expected). The NW or network node  16  can then consider which WUS-DCI BW setting is the optimal for the WD  22 , based on the current load in the cell and the WD traffic profiles. 
     Additionally, the WD  22  may be configured with a WU-group membership and provided a WUG-RNTI. The latter approach allows a single WU-DCI transmission to activate multiple WD  22  for impending PDCCH/PDSCH reception. The WD  22  may also be configured to either wake up when its WUG-RNTI is detected or if the DCI scrambled with its WUG-RNTI is replaced by the WD&#39;s C-RNTI. 
     In one embodiment, the WDs  22  may be grouped according to their WU-DCI BW preferences. The WD  22  may provide its WU-DCI BW preferences to the network through capability signaling, e.g., when the WD  22  registers with the network, or the using other RRC signaling while in RRC_CONNECTED state or the WU-DCI BW preferences may be provided through subscription information. 
     As the number of RNTIs is limited in a cell, in one embodiment, the network configures the WD  22  with an explicit RNTI, which the WU-DCI is scrambled. This RNTI from WD  22  perspective is unique, but the network can configure other WDs  22  with the same RNTI to group the WDs  22  together. Also, the same RNTI can be assigned to several WDs  22  monitoring different CORESETs for the WU-DCI. 
     In another embodiment, the WDs  22  may be grouped into WUG-RNTIs based on the most significant bits of the WDs&#39; C-RNTIs, such that WDs  22  sharing the same significant bits of the C-RNTI are assigned the same WUG-RNTI. With this embodiment, when the C-RNTI of a specific one of the WDs  22  in the group is to be indicated in the WU-DCI, then only the remaining least significant bits of the WD&#39;s C-RNTI need to be explicitly indicated in the WU-DCI, which reduces the required number of bits, which facilitates reduction of the bandwidth and usage of robust MSC. 
     In Block S 144 , the network node  16  such as gNB (lower-layer operation) receives from higher layers (e.g. MAC/scheduler) information that a DL data packet is to be transmitted, implying imminent PDCCH/PDSCH transmission. 
     In Block S 146 , if the WD  22  is in the CDRX state, the network node  16  such as gNB may determine whether the WU-DCI should be transmitted. (If the WD  22  is not in CDRX but in a low-power/energy-saving state where it monitors the PDCCH for paging in certain paging occasions, the network node  16  may determine whether the WU-DCI should be transmitted or the DL data can wait until the next regular paging occasion. If the WD  22  is configured in a permanent low-power/low-energy state, the WU-DCI will always be transmitted when data transmission is indicated form higher layers (Block S 144 ). The network node  16  may select to transmit the WU-DCI if one or several of the predefined conditions are met. Some non-exclusive examples of the predefined conditions are:
         if the network node  16  has resources to send PDCCH/PDSCH.   if the data indicated in Block S 144  is latency-intolerant and the time remaining to the next CDRX on-time interval exceeds the allowed latency.   If the anticipated network node  16  traffic load at the WD&#39;s next CDRX on-time interval exceeds a threshold and the current traffic load is lower.   If the WU-DCI is scrambled with the WD&#39;s C-RNTI.   If the WU-DCI is scrambled with the WUG-RNTI and the embodiment where the targeted WD&#39;s C-RNTI is included in the WU-DCI is used.   If the DL data can be transmitted in a single transport block (while if the DL data requires more than one transport block, the network node  16  waits until the next on-time interval).   Based on WD capability signaling or battery-status signaling, e.g., for the most energy-deprived WDs  22  the network node  16  may choose to wait until the next on-time interval, but for less energy-deprived WDs  22 , the network node  16  may choose to transmit the WU-DCI to be able to forward the DL data earlier.   If the WU-DCI is scrambled with the WUG-RNTI and DL data is pending for more than one WD  22  (or more than X WDs  22 ) in the group of WDs  22  sharing the same WUG-RNTI.   Based on any combination of the above.       

     Generally, the WU-DCI may be most beneficial for low-load WDs operating with long CDRX cycles. For high-load WDs  22  with frequent transmissions, the network node  16  may choose not to transmit the WU-DCI since it would result in two PDCCH transmissions per PDSCH. Note that if the WU-DCI is not transmitted, the data indicated in Block  110  can be transmitted at the next CDRX on-time interval. 
     In one embodiment, the network node  16  or other network element can turn off the use of WU-DCI (either permanently or temporarily), by using one or more bits or one or more fields in the WU-DCI. That is, based on the traffic or other factors, the network node  16  or the network can indicate that during a given time the WU-DCI is not used, or the WU-DCI is turned off permanently until the network node  16  or the network turns WU-DCI on again. Later, if the network node  16  or the network element determines to turn the WU-DCI ON again, then the network node  16  or network element can indicate this either via RRC signaling and/or introduce (or redefine) a field in the regular DCI that the WD  22  monitors. 
     If group-WU-DCI is used, the decision to transmit the WU-DCI may be made if any of the WDs  22  in the group require an indication. 
     If it is determined in Block S 146  to transmit the WU-DCI, the WU-DCI is transmitted in Block S 148 . The transmission constitutes a PDCCH transmission according to the previously configured search space, RNTI, and other parameters. In one embodiment, the WU-DCI may also contain an indication of the number of transport blocks that may be used for the pending DL data, i.e., how many independent (i.e., excluding HARQ retransmissions) DL transmissions that may be used for the DL data, so that the WD  22  knows how many (independent) transmissions/transport blocks it is expected to receive before it can go back to sleep again. 
     In Block S 150 , the scheduling PDCCH transmission is performed, temporally or temporarily offset from the WU-DCI according to the previous configuration. The time offset is chosen to be sufficient for the WD  22  to transition from the low-power mode to fully operational mode, and may range from multiple symbols to multiple slots, typically in the range of hundreds of us to various ms. The offset may be indicated as an exact time or as a window, i.e., as a range of time within which the scheduling PDCCH transmission is to occur. In one embodiment, the network node  16  indicates in the DCI scheduling the last part of the DL data that the WD  22  can go back to off-mode or other low-power/energy-saving state after receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI (including possible HARQ retransmissions). 
       FIG.  12    is a flow diagram of another embodiment of the process of WU unit  34  and other elements of WD  22  such as processing circuitry  84 , radio interface  82 , etc., in accordance with the principles of the disclosure. Matching steps with the network node  16  flow are indicated in bold (offset Block S 152 ), details in those Blocks provided in the network node  16  descriptions also apply to the WD  22  description. One or more Blocks may be performed by one or more elements of WD  22  such as by processing circuitry  84 , radio interface  82 , etc. WD  22  is configured to receive (Block S 152 ) a configuration for DRX or low-power state. WD  22  is configured to receive (Block S 154 ) WU-DCI configuration. WD  22  is configured to monitor (Block S 156 ) WU-DCI. WD  22  is configured to activate (Block S 158 ) full radio upon detecting WU-DCI. WD  22  is configured to receive (Block S 160 ) scheduling DCI and PDCCH. 
     In Block S 152 , the WD  22  is configured to operate in CDRX a permanent low-power state, and in Block S 154 , WD  22  is configured with WU-DCI, in single-WD-WU or group-WU mode. 
     In Block S 156 , the WD is operating in a low-power state, either in a permanent low-power state or in the low-power phase in its CDRX cycle. WD  22  may have its main receiver deactivated, and operating a separate low-power receiver (e.g., a WUR), or WD  22  may operate its main receiver in a low-power mode. The WD  22  may activate its low-power receiver according to the WU-DCI search space configuration and perform WU-DCI detection attempts according to it C-RNTI or the WUG-RNTI. In some embodiments, if an ultra-low-power WUR is used or if the WU-DCI search space implies frequent detection attempts, the low-power receiver may be continuously activated. 
     In Block S 158 , if the WU-DCI is detected, the WD  22  powers up the full receiver used to receive the scheduling PDCCH and/or the PDSCH. In Block S 160 , WD  22  then searches for the scheduling PDCCH, given the configured WU-DCI-to-scheduling-DCI time offset and the search space for the scheduling PDCCH. Upon detecting the PDCCH, WD  22  receives the PDSCH accordingly. If the WU-DCI contained an indication of the number of transport blocks that will be used for the pending DL data, i.e., how many independent (i.e. excluding HARQ retransmissions) DL transmissions would be used for the DL data, the WD  22  keeps the full receiver active until all the indicated (independent) PDSCH transmissions/transport blocks (including HARQ retransmissions) have been received. If the WD  22  finds an indication in a scheduling DCI that the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the DCI is the last one for the DL data triggered the network node  16  to transmit the WU-DCI, then the WD  22  goes back to off-mode or other low-power/energy-saving state after receiving the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI (including possible HARQ retransmissions). 
       FIG.  13    is a timing diagram illustrating an example of how WU-DCI may be employed outside the ON-time. The WD power profile is also illustrated. The WU-DCI monitoring power consumption in an off-state may be significantly lower than for regular DCI monitoring in the on-state since a different, low-power radio architecture may be used for narrow-BW signal reception and other RX/TX functions in RF and BB are turned off. The low-power RX may maintain T/F synchronization for detecting the PDCCH carrying the WU-DCI using internal clock/LO reference if the cycle and/or actual WU-DCI occurrence intervals are not too long. Otherwise, the low-power receiver may regularly wake up to re-synchronize using SSB or other signals transmitted by the network node  16 . 
     Embodiment: WU-DCI with different format than scheduling DCI 
     As previously described, the WD  22  may be configured to use the WU-DCI with parameters such as CORESET, slot/symbol timing, aggregation level values, or DCI format. These parameters can be configured to make the WUS easily decodable. This can be further extended: Since the payload of the WUS is typically small (even non-existent, since the reception of the WUS itself instructs the WD  22  to wake up, and no additional information is needed in the minimal case), the WUS can be constructed in a different way compared to using polar codes as done with PDCCH. In one embodiment, the WUS is placed on time-frequency resources in the same way as PDCCH (e.g., occupying certain CCE or REG), but uses a different coding than the corresponding scheduling DCI. Then, decoding can be done simpler than if running a polar decoder. One example is a matched filter on a WD-specific sequence, placed on a certain set of CCEs or REGs. By using resources configured in the same way as for PDCCH, the WUS is transparent to the rest of the system, while still being easily decodable. 
     In addition, some embodiments may include one or more of the following: 
     Embodiment A1. A network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD), the network node configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to: 
     signal a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     Embodiment A2. The network node of Embodiment A1, wherein the wake-up indication is transmitted before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     Embodiment A3. The network node of Embodiment A1, wherein the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information (WU-DCI). 
     Embodiment A4. The network node of Embodiment A1, wherein the signaling of the wake-up indication is part of physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. 
     Embodiment A5. The network node of Embodiment A1, wherein the wake-up indication is provided in a narrow bandwidth or narrow search space. 
     Embodiment B1. A method implemented in a network node, the method comprising signaling a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode. 
     Embodiment B2. The method of Embodiment B1, wherein the wake-up indication is transmitted before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     Embodiment B3. The method of Embodiment B1, wherein the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information (WU-DCI). 
     Embodiment B4. The method of Embodiment B1, wherein the signaling of the wake-up indication is part of physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. 
     Embodiment B5. The method of Embodiment B1, wherein the wake-up indication is provided in a narrow bandwidth or narrow search space. 
     Embodiment C1. A wireless device (WD) configured to communicate with a network node, the WD configured to, and/or comprising a radio interface and/or processing circuitry configured to: 
     receive a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel; and 
     transition out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. 
     Embodiment C2. The WD of Embodiment C1, wherein the wake-up indication is received before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     Embodiment C3. The WD of Embodiment C1, wherein the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information (WU-DCI). 
     Embodiment C4. The WD of Embodiment C1, wherein the wake-up indication is part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. 
     Embodiment C5. The WD of Embodiment C1, wherein the wake-up indication is provided in a narrow bandwidth or narrow search space. 
     Embodiment D1. A method implemented in a wireless device (WD), the method comprising: 
     receiving a wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel; and 
     transitioning out of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. 
     Embodiment D2. The method of Embodiment D1, wherein the wake-up indication is received before a physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data for the wireless device. 
     Embodiment D3. The method of Embodiment D1, wherein the wake-up indication is wake-up downlink control information (WU-DCI). 
     Embodiment D4. The method of Embodiment D1, wherein the wake-up indication is part of a physical downlink control channel transmission that is separate from another physical downlink control channel transmission that schedules data to the wireless device. 
     Embodiment D5. The method of Embodiment D1, wherein the wake-up indication is provided in a narrow bandwidth or narrow search space. 
     As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art, the concepts described herein may be embodied as a method, data processing system, computer program product and/or computer storage media storing an executable computer program. Accordingly, the concepts described herein may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects all generally referred to herein as a “circuit” or “module.” Any process, step, action and/or functionality described herein may be performed by, and/or associated to, a corresponding module, which may be implemented in software and/or firmware and/or hardware. Furthermore, the disclosure may take the form of a computer program product on a tangible computer usable storage medium having computer program code embodied in the medium that can be executed by a computer. Any suitable tangible computer readable medium may be utilized including hard disks, CD-ROMs, electronic storage devices, optical storage devices, or magnetic storage devices. 
     Some embodiments are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, systems and computer program products. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer (to thereby create a special purpose computer), special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. 
     These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable memory or storage medium that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. 
     The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. 
     It is to be understood that the functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order noted in the operational illustrations. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved. Although some of the diagrams include arrows on communication paths to show a primary direction of communication, it is to be understood that communication may occur in the opposite direction to the depicted arrows. 
     Computer program code for carrying out operations of the concepts described herein may be written in an object oriented programming language such as Java® or C++. However, the computer program code for carrying out operations of the disclosure may also be written in conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language. The program code may execute entirely on the user&#39;s computer, partly on the user&#39;s computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user&#39;s computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user&#39;s computer through a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider). 
     Many different embodiments have been disclosed herein, in connection with the above description and the drawings. It will be understood that it would be unduly repetitious and obfuscating to literally describe and illustrate every combination and subcombination of these embodiments. Accordingly, all embodiments can be combined in any way and/or combination, and the present specification, including the drawings, shall be construed to constitute a complete written description of all combinations and subcombinations of the embodiments described herein, and of the manner and process of making and using them, and shall support claims to any such combination or subcombination. 
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                 3GPP 
                 3rd Generation Partnership Project 
               
               
                 5G 
                 5th Generation 
               
               
                 BB 
                 Baseband 
               
               
                 BW 
                 Bandwidth 
               
               
                 CDRX 
                 Connected mode DRX (i.e. DRX in 
               
               
                   
                 RRC_CONNECTED state) 
               
               
                 CRC 
                 Cyclic Redundancy Check 
               
               
                 DCI 
                 Downlink Control Information 
               
               
                 DL 
                 Downlink 
               
               
                 DRX 
                 Discontinuous Reception 
               
               
                 gNB 
                 A radio base station in 5G/NR. 
               
               
                 HARQ 
                 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request 
               
               
                 IoT 
                 Internet of Things 
               
               
                 LO 
                 Local Oscillator 
               
               
                 LTE 
                 Long Term Evolution 
               
               
                 MAC 
                 Medium Access Control 
               
               
                 MCS 
                 Modulation and Coding Scheme 
               
               
                 mMTC 
                 massive MTC (referring to scenarios with ubiquitously 
               
               
                   
                 deployed MTC devices) 
               
               
                 ms 
                 millisecond 
               
               
                 MTC 
                 Machine Type Communication 
               
               
                 NB 
                 Narrowband 
               
               
                 NB-IoT 
                 Narrowband Internet of Things 
               
               
                 NR 
                 New Radio 
               
               
                 NW 
                 Network 
               
               
                 PDCCH 
                 Physical Downlink Control Channel 
               
               
                 PDSCH 
                 Physical Downlink Shared Channel 
               
               
                 RF 
                 Radio Frequency 
               
               
                 RNTI 
                 Radio Network Temporary Identifier 
               
               
                 RRC 
                 Radio Resource Control 
               
               
                 RX 
                 Receiver/Reception 
               
               
                 SSB 
                 Synchronization Signal Block 
               
               
                 T/F 
                 Time/Frequency 
               
               
                 TX 
                 Transmitter/Transmission 
               
               
                 UE 
                 User Equipment 
               
               
                 UL 
                 Uplink 
               
               
                 WU 
                 Wake-up 
               
               
                 WUG 
                 Wake-up Group 
               
               
                 WUR 
                 Wake-up Radio/Wake-up Receiver 
               
               
                 WUS 
                 Wake-up Signal/Wake-up Signaling 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein are not limited to what has been particularly shown and described herein above. In addition, unless mention was made above to the contrary, it should be noted that all of the accompanying drawings are not to scale. A variety of modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings without departing from the scope of the following claims.