Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving paging channel signal in wireless communication network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsAnil Agiwal, Anshuman Nigam
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Abstract
A method of transmitting paging in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of paging channels using a plurality of distinct transmitting (TX) beams in a paging available interval by a paging transmitter (PT), each of the plurality of paging channels comprising same paging information; and transmitting a plurality of synchronization channels (SCHs) and/or broadcast channels (BCHs) using a plurality of distinct TX beams, each of the plurality of SCHs comprising a synchronization sequence, and each of the plurality of BCHs comprising system parameters, wherein the TX beams are transmitted in one or more time durations through one or more antenna arrays.
Claims17
A method for communicating at a receiving apparatus based on a plurality of reception (RX) beams in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving a broadcast channel (BCH) signal based on the RX beams in a first interval before a paging available interval (PAI);
- obtaining information indicating that a paging channel (PCH) signal is transmitted within the PAI from the BCH signal;
- determining a wake up time within a second interval before the PAI from an end point of the first interval based on the information;
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- after waking up at the determined wake up time, receiving the PCH signal based on one of the RX beams in a third interval included in the PAI.
A receiving apparatus for communicating based on a plurality of reception (RX) beams in a wireless communication network, the receiving apparatus comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive a broadcast channel (BCH) signal based on the RX beams in a first interval before a paging available interval (PAI), and to receive a paging channel (PCH) signal based on one of the RX beams in a third interval included in the PAI after waking up at a wake up time;
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- a processor configured to obtain information indicating that the PCH signal is transmitted within the PAI from the BCH signal, and determine the wake up time within a second interval before the PAI from an end point of the first interval based on the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.