Reduced beam for paging

An apparatus for wireless communication at network entity, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors;
• and
• instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel;
• determine a position of a user equipment (UE) relative to the network entity based at least in part on a position history of the UE;
• determine a plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message;
• transmit one or more first synchronization signal blocks in a subset of the plurality of beams;
• transmit, after transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks, one or more second synchronization signal blocks in one or more beams of the plurality of beams other than the subset of the plurality of beams;
• determine, based at least in part on the position of the UE and transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks in the subset of the plurality of beams, the subset of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message, wherein a quantity of the subset of the plurality of beams is less than a quantity of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of the plurality of beams includes the position of the UE;
• and
• transmit, over the subset of the plurality of beams and based at least in part on transmitting the paging indication, the paging message over a physical downlink shared channel.

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel;
• determining a position of the UE relative to a network entity based at least in part on a position history of the UE;
• determine a plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message;
• receiving one or more first synchronization signal blocks in a subset of the plurality of beams;
• receiving, after reception of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks, one or more second synchronization signal blocks in one or more beams of the plurality of beams other than the subset of the plurality of beams;
• determining, based at least in part on the position of the UE and reception of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks in the subset of the plurality of beams, the subset of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message, wherein a quantity of the subset of the plurality of beams is less than a quantity of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of the plurality of beams includes the position of the UE;
• and
• monitoring, based at least in part on receiving the paging indication, the subset of the plurality of beams over a physical downlink shared channel for the paging message.

A method for wireless communication at network entity, comprising:

• transmitting a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel;
• determining a position of a user equipment (UE) relative to the network entity based at least in part on a position history of the UE;
• determining a plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message;
• transmitting one or more first synchronization signal blocks in a subset of the plurality of beams;
• transmitting, after transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks, one or more second synchronization signal blocks in one or more beams of the plurality of beams other than the subset of the plurality of beams;
• determining, based at least in part on the position of the UE and transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks in the subset of the plurality of beams, the subset of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message, wherein a quantity of the subset of the plurality of beams is less than a quantity of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of the plurality of beams includes the position of the UE;
• and
• transmitting, over the subset of the plurality of beams and based at least in part on transmitting the paging indication, the paging message over a physical downlink shared channel.