US 12,726,943 B2 · User equipment paging monitoring

Abstract

An apparatus and system of paging using paging early indication (PEI) and subgrouping are described. A fifth generation nodeB (gNB) checks paging information of a UE from a limited paging container of the UE provided from the core network to determine whether PEI/subgrouping information is present. The limited paging container contains paging information of the UE that is provided in the UE capability and is used by a previous gNB. If the paging information of the UE does not indicate the ability of the UE to use PEI and/or subgrouping, the gNB checks the information in the UE capability; if the paging information and the UE capability conflict, the gNB signals the UE to monitor for PEI/Subgrouping. The gNB updates the paging capability with PEI and/or subgrouping support before the UE enters idle mode or inactive state and sends the update to the core network.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for a next generation NodeB (NGNB), the apparatus comprising:

memory;
and processing circuitry, wherein, for a user equipment (UE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connected state, the processing circuitry to configure the NGNB to:
determine whether UERadioPagingInformation for the UE is populated with at least one of paging early indication (PEI) or subgrouping information;
in response to a determination that the UERadioPagingInformation does not indicate support of at least one of PEI or subgrouping, determine based on UE capability of the UE whether the UE supports the at least one of PEI or subgrouping;
and
in response to a determination, based on the UE capability, that the UE supports the at least one of PEI or subgrouping, signal to the UE to monitor for the at least one of PEI or subgrouping,
wherein the memory is configured to store the UERadioPagingInformation.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a fifth generation (5G) nodeB (gNB), the one or more processors to configure the gNB to, for a user equipment (UE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connected state, when the instructions are executed:

determine whether UERadioPagingInformation for the UE is populated with at least one of paging early indication (PEI) or subgrouping information;
in response to a determination that the UERadioPagingInformation does not indicate support of at least one of PEI or subgrouping, determine based on UE capability of the UE whether the UE supports the at least one of PEI or subgrouping;
and
in response to a determination, based on the UE capability, that the UE supports the at least one of PEI or subgrouping, signal to the UE to monitor for the at least one of PEI or subgrouping.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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