Provision of a paging response between transmissions of a paging indication and paging information

A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

• allocating a number of opportunities for paging responses within a time interval and frequency range of uplink transmission resources allocated for paging responses, wherein the number of opportunities is allocated based at least in part on a presence or absence of time synchronization of user equipment (UEs) within a coverage area of the base station;
• transmitting a paging indication to at least one UE during a paging procedure, wherein the paging indication indicates at least one uplink transmission resource allocated for a paging response of the paging procedure and a search space to be monitored for paging information;
• receiving the paging response from one or more UEs of the at least one UE, the paging response received based at least in part on the transmitted paging indication and the allocated number of opportunities;
• identifying a base station beam for the one or more UEs based at least in part on the received paging response;
• and
• transmitting, responsive to receiving the paging response from the one or more UEs, the paging information of the paging procedure to the one or more UEs on the identified base station beam using resources in the search space.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a paging indication from a base station during a paging procedure, wherein the paging indication indicates at least one uplink transmission resource allocated for a paging response of the paging procedure;
• select the at least one uplink transmission resource by selecting from a number of opportunities for paging responses within a time interval and frequency range of uplink transmission resources allocated for paging responses, wherein the number of opportunities is allocated based at least in part on a presence or absence of time synchronization of UEs within a coverage area of the base station;
• and
• transmit, in response to the received paging indication, the paging response to the base station on the selected at least one uplink transmission resource allocated for the paging response, the paging response indicating a base station beam to be used by the base station to transmit paging information of the paging procedure.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• allocate a number of opportunities for paging responses within a time interval and frequency range of uplink transmission resources allocated for paging responses, wherein the number of opportunities is allocated based at least in part on a presence or absence of time synchronization of user equipment (UEs) within a coverage area of the base station;
• transmit a paging indication to at least one UE during a paging procedure, wherein the paging indication indicates at least one uplink transmission resource allocated for a paging response of the paging procedure and a search space to be monitored for paging information;
• receive the paging response from one or more UEs of the at least one UE using a receive beam sweep, the paging response received based at least in part on the transmitted paging indication and the allocated number of opportunities;
• identify a transmission beam for the one or more UEs based at least in part on the received paging response;
• and
• transmit, responsive to receiving the paging response from the one or more UEs, the paging information of the paging procedure to the one or more UEs on the identified base station beam using resources in the search space.