Enhanced Paging Schemes and Connected-State DRX

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising:

• determining that the UE device is a link budget limited UE device based on a measurement of received signal strength from a cell of a network;
• informing a network that the UE device is link budget limited,
• determining the cell supports an enhanced paging scheme for link budget limited UE devices from information received in a system information broadcast message;
• determining a UE identifier from a subscriber identity of the UE device,
• determining a range identifier, of a plurality of range identifiers, associated with a range of UE identifier values corresponding to the determined UE identifier, wherein the range of UE identifier values associated with the determined range identifier comprise a plurality of consecutive UE identifier values in accordance with the enhanced paging scheme;
• determining one or more radio frames to monitor for paging control messages based on a modulo operation on the determined range identifier;
• and
• monitoring said one or more or radio frames for paging control messages.

A non-transitory computer accessible memory medium, comprising program instructions for a wireless user equipment (UE) device that, when executed by the UE device, cause the UE to:

• determine that the UE device is a link budget limited UE device based on a measurement of received signal strength from a cell of a network;
• inform a network that the UE device is link budget limited,
• determine the cell supports an enhanced paging scheme for link budget limited UE devices from information received in a system information broadcast message;
• determine a UE identifier from a subscriber identity of the UE device,
• determine a range identifier, of a plurality of range identifiers, associated with a range of UE identifier values corresponding to the determined UE identifier, wherein the range of UE identifier values associated with the determined range identifier comprise a plurality of consecutive UE identifier values in accordance with the enhanced paging scheme;
• determine one or more radio frames to monitor for paging control messages based on a modulo operation on the determined range identifier;
• and
• monitor said one or more or radio frames for paging control messages.