Enhanced discontinuous reception design for a shared frequency band

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• configuring, by a base station serving one or more user equipments (UEs) on a cell via a channel of a shared frequency band, a first UE for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation according to a DRX configuration including at least a first paging interval and a second paging interval for a set of paging opportunities;
• determining whether paging information for the first UE is pending;
• determining an ability to transmit a page to the first UE during the first paging interval based at least in part on a channel access procedure for the channel;
• and
• transmitting the page on the cell based on the determining the ability to transmit the page to the first UE.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, at a user equipment (UE) served via a cell of a shared frequency band, a configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation on the cell, the configuration including a set of paging opportunities comprising at least a first paging interval;
• enable reception for the first paging interval of the set of paging opportunities;
• detect whether a downlink transmission on the cell is present during the first paging interval;
• and
• determine whether to enable reception for a second paging interval of the set of paging opportunities based at least in part on a result of the detecting.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• configure, by a base station serving one or more user equipments (UEs) on a cell via a channel of a shared frequency band, a first UE for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation according to a DRX configuration including at least a first paging interval and a second paging interval for a set of paging opportunities;
• determine whether paging information for the first UE is pending;
• determine an ability to transmit a page to the first UE during the first paging interval based at least in part on a channel access procedure for the channel;
• and
• transmit the page on the cell based on the determining the ability to transmit the page to the first UE.