Reference signal design for idle and inactive mode user equipments

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the UE to:
• determine reference signal (RS) monitoring occasions,
• monitor, while the UE is in an idle or inactive mode, the RS monitoring occasions for RS for tracking purposes and RS for an indication the UE is to wake up to process additional signaling, and
• demodulate, via the transceiver, the RS for tracking purposes and the RS for an indication the UE is to wake up, wherein the demodulation comprises using a same sequence.

A network entity, comprising:

• a transmitter;
• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the network entity to:
• identify reference signal (RS) monitoring occasions for a user equipment (UE) in an idle or inactive mode, and
• transmit, via the transmitter to the UE while the UE is in an idle or inactive mode, RSs in the identified RS monitoring occasions, wherein the RS monitoring occasions are associated with RS for tracking purposes and RS for an indication the UE is to wake up to process additional signaling, wherein the RS for tracking purposes and the RS for an indication the UE is to wake up are modulated using a same sequence.