Power saving enhancements for paging reception

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• transmitting, to a network entity, capability information that indicates whether the UE supports or does not support a paging early indication (PEI) before a paging occasion (PO) associated with the UE,
• wherein, in a first case where the capability information indicates that the UE supports the PEI, a first message scheduling a page includes a PEI message indicating that the page is for one or more UEs in a UE group, the UE group comprising the UE, or
• wherein, in a second case where the capability information indicates that the UE does not support the PEI, the first message includes a paging downlink control information (DCI) message and the capability information further indicates a minimum gap between the paging DCI message and a second message carrying the page;
• and
• monitoring, while in an inactive or idle state, a control channel for the first message based at least in part on the capability information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
• transmit, to a network entity, capability information that indicates whether the UE supports or does not support a paging early indication (PEI) before a paging occasion (PO) associated with the UE,
• wherein, in a first case where the capability information indicates that the UE supports the PEI, a first message scheduling a page includes a PEI message indicating that the page is for one or more UEs in a UE group, the UE group comprising the UE, and
• wherein, in a second case where the capability information indicates that the UE does not support the PEI, the first message includes a paging downlink control information (DCI) message and the capability information further indicates a minimum gap between the paging DCI message and a second message carrying the page;
• and
• monitor, while in an inactive or idle state, a control channel for the first message based at least in part on the capability information.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for transmitting, to a network entity, capability information that indicates whether the apparatus supports or does not support a paging early indication (PEI) before a paging occasion (PO) associated with the apparatus,
• wherein, in a first case where the capability information indicates that the apparatus supports the PEI, a first message scheduling a page includes a PEI message indicating that the page is for one or more apparatuses in an apparatus group, the apparatus group comprising the apparatus, or
• wherein, in a second case where the capability information indicates that the apparatus does not support the PEI, the first message includes a paging downlink control information (DCI) message and the capability information further indicates a minimum gap between the paging DCI message and a second message carrying the page;
• and
• means for monitoring, while in an inactive or idle state, a control channel for the first message based at least in part on the capability information.