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US 2019/0159169 A1Published application
Flexible configuration of paging signals
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsAndres Reial, Jose Luis Pradas, Johan Rune
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and computer programs in mobile communications. More specifically the disclosure relates to a method, performed in a network node, for paging a wireless device. The method comprises determining parameters for a paging transmission, obtaining two or more possible paging transmission formats, selecting one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats, based on the determined parameters and transmitting the paging transmission using the selected paging transmission format. The disclosure also relates to methods is a wireless for receiving a paging and to corresponding devices and to a computer program for executing the proposed methods.
Claims42
1:
- A method, performed in a network node, for paging a wireless device, the method comprising:
- determining parameters for a paging transmission;
- obtaining two or more possible paging transmission formats;
- selecting one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats, based on the determined parameters;
- and
- transmitting the paging transmission using the selected paging transmission format.
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2:
- The method of claim 1, wherein the determined parameters are at least one of:
- a number of targeted wireless devices or groups of wireless devices,
- size of list of targeted wireless devices, or a list of wireless device groups,
- paging data or payload size,
- network load,
- latency constraints for the paging transmission,
- paging channel link quality,
- wireless device receiver constraints,
- radio resource limitations and/or
- a purpose of the paging transmission.
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3:
- The method of claim 1, wherein in one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats the paging transmission comprises only a paging indicator.
(canceled)
5:
- The method of claim 1, wherein in one of the two or more possible paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises a paging indicator comprising a pointer to one or more paging messages.
6:
- The method of claim 5, wherein one or more of the paging messages comprises a pointer to one or more further paging messages.
(canceled)
8:
- The method of claim 1, wherein the paging transmission comprises a full or a partial list of targeted wireless devices.
9:
- The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining comprises receiving information defining the two or more possible paging transmission formats from another network node or determining the two or more possible paging transmission formats autonomously in the network node.
10:
- The method of claim 1, wherein the two or more possible paging transmission formats are pre-configured in the network node.
11:
- A method, performed in a wireless device for receiving a paging transmission from a network node, the method comprising:
- obtaining information defining two or more possible paging transmission formats, and
- receiving a paging transmission in accordance with the two or more possible paging transmission formats.
12:
- The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving comprises reading information comprised in the received paging transmission in accordance with one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats.
13:
- The method of claim 11, comprising:
- performing actions indicated by the received paging transmission.
14:
- The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving comprises:
- attempting to read information in the paging transmission assuming one of the possible paging transmission formats at a time, until the paging transmission is successfully read.
15:
- The method of claim 11, wherein
- the receiving comprises:
- inspecting the paging transmission,
- detecting one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats and
- reading information in the paging transmission in accordance with the detected paging transmission format.
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16:
- The method of claim 11, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises only a paging indicator.
17:
- The method of claim 11, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises a paging indicator comprising a pointer to one or more paging messages.
18:
- The method of claim 17, wherein one or more of the paging messages comprises a pointer to one or more further paging messages.
19:
- The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining comprises receiving information defining the two or more possible paging transmission formats from the network node or determining the two or more possible paging transmission formats autonomously in the wireless device.
20:
- The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining comprises retrieving possible paging transmission formats that are being pre-configured in the wireless device.
21:
- A network node, in a communication system, the network node being configured for paging a wireless device, the network node comprising:
- a radio communication interface radio circuitry configured for communication with wireless devices;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to cause the network node:
- to determine parameters for a paging transmission;
- to obtain two or more possible paging transmission formats;
- to select one of the possible paging transmission formats, based on the determined parameters;
- and
- transmit the paging transmission using the selected paging transmission format.
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22:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein the determined parameters are at least one of:
- a number of targeted wireless devices or groups of wireless devices,
- size of list of targeted wireless devices, or a list of wireless device groups,
- paging data or payload size,
- network load,
- latency constraints for the paging transmission,
- paging channel link quality,
- wireless device receiver constraints,
- radio resource limitations and/or
- a purpose of the paging transmission.
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23:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises only a paging indicator.
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25:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises a paging indicator comprising a pointer to one or more paging messages.
26:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein one or more of the paging messages comprises a pointer to one or more further paging messages.
(canceled)
28:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein the paging transmission comprises a full or a partial list of targeted wireless devices.
29:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to obtain information defining the two or more possible paging transmission formats by receiving information defining the two or more possible paging transmission formats from another network node or by determining the two or more possible paging transmission formats autonomously in the network node.
30:
- The network node of claim 21, wherein the two or more possible paging transmission formats are pre-configured in the network node.
31:
- A wireless device configured for receiving a paging transmission from a network node, the wireless device comprising:
- a radio communication interface configured to communicate with the network node;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless device:
- to obtain information defining two or more possible paging transmission formats, and
- to receive a paging transmission in accordance with the two or more possible paging transmission formats.
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32:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the paging transmission by reading information comprised in the received paging transmission in accordance with one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats.
33:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
- perform actions indicated by the received paging transmission.
34:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
- attempt to read information in the paging transmission assuming one of the possible paging transmission formats at a time, until the paging transmission is successfully read.
35:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receiving the paging transmission by:
- inspecting the paging transmission,
- detecting one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats and
- reading information in the paging transmission in accordance with the detected paging transmission format.
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36:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises only a paging indicator.
37:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein in one paging transmission format the paging transmission comprises a paging indicator comprising a pointer to one or more paging messages.
38:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein one or more of the paging messages comprises a pointer to one or more further paging messages.
39:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to obtain the information defining two or more possible paging transmission formats by receiving information defining the two or more possible paging transmission formats from the network node or determining the two or more possible paging transmission formats autonomously in the wireless device.
40:
- The wireless device of claim 31, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to obtain possible paging transmission formats being pre-configured in the wireless device.
41:
- A nontransitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code which, when executed by a network node, causes the network node to execute a method for paging a wireless device, the method comprising:
- determining parameters for a paging transmission;
- obtaining two or more possible paging transmission formats;
- selecting one of the two or more possible paging transmission formats, based on the determined parameters;
- and
- transmitting the paging transmission using the selected paging transmission format.
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42:
- A nontransitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code which, when executed by a wireless device, causes the wireless device to execute a method for receiving a paging transmission from a network node, the method comprising:
- obtaining information defining two or more possible paging transmission formats, and
- receiving a paging transmission in accordance with the two or more possible paging transmission formats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.