Access offset determination in conjunction with paging in non-terrestrial networks
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsOlof Liberg, Stefan Eriksson Löwenmark, Sebastian Euler, Emre Yavuz, Johan Rune, Talha Khan, Helka-Liina Määttänen, Zhipeng Lin, Xingqin Lin
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Abstract
A communication device can be configured to operate in a non-terrestrial network that includes a network node communicatively coupled to the communication device via a satellite. The communication device can determine when to perform an access offset determination (“AOD”) relative to a paging occasion (“PO”).
Claims19
A method of operating a communication device configured to operate in a non-terrestrial network that includes a network node communicatively coupled to the communication device via a satellite, the method comprising:
- determining when to perform an access offset determination, AOD, relative to a paging occasion, PO, based on information associated with the AOD, the information comprising at least one of:
- an indication of a first amount of time, TAOD, that the communication device currently requires to complete the AOD;
- an indication of an amount of time, TAOD, VALID, that the communication device expects TAOD to be valid;
- an indication of a second amount of time, TAOD,DEFAULT, that the communication device requires to complete the AOD as a default value;
- an indication of an amount of time, TAOD,MAX, that the communication device is allowed to use for completing the AOD;
- an indication of an amount of time, TFULL AOD,MAX, that the communication device is allowed to perform full access offset determination;
- or
- an indication of an amount of time, TPARTIAL AOD,MAX, that the communication device is allowed to perform partial access offset determination.
A method of operating a network node configured to operate in a non-terrestrial network that includes a communication device communicatively coupled to the network node via a satellite, the method comprising:
- transmitting a page to the communication device;
- responsive to transmitting the page, determining that a period of time has elapsed since transmitting the page, the period of time being associated with information associated with an access offset determination, AOD, to be performed by the communication device;
- and
- responsive to determining that the period of time has elapsed, retransmitting the page to the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.