Page indication for idle or inactive state user equipment (UE)

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• means for receiving, from a base station, before a next paging occasion (PO) of a paging cycle, a page indication (PI) in at least a first PI location associated with the next PO, wherein the PI comprises at least one repetition of a plurality of repetitions of the PI transmitted in the first PI location on each of a plurality of beams, wherein the PI is transmitted at multiple PI locations, including the first PI location, before the next PO on each of the plurality of beams, and wherein the UE receives the PI in at least the first PI location based on channel conditions of a channel between the UE and the base station;
• and
• means for decoding the PI to determine whether or not the UE is paged in the next PO.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

• receive, from a base station, before a next paging occasion (PO) of a paging cycle, a page indication (PI) in at least a first PI location associated with the next PO, wherein the PI comprises at least one repetition of a plurality of repetitions of the PI transmitted in the first PI location on each of a plurality of beams, wherein the PI is transmitted at multiple PI locations, including the first PI location, before the next PO on each of the plurality of beams, and wherein the UE receives the PI in at least the first PI location based on channel conditions of a channel between the UE and the base station;
• and
• decode the PI to determine whether or not the UE is paged in the next PO.

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), before a next paging occasion (PO) of a paging cycle, a page indication (PI) in at least a first PI location associated with the next PO, wherein the PI comprises at least one repetition of a plurality of repetitions of the PI transmitted in the first PI location on each of a plurality of beams, wherein the PI is transmitted at multiple PI locations, including the first PI location, before the next PO on each of the plurality of beams, and wherein the UE receives the PI in at least the first PI location based on channel conditions of a channel between the UE and the base station.