Extended discontinuous reception differentiation for new radio (nr)

A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• determining whether to transmit toward a network function first power saving information associated with new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs) and/or NR reduced capabilities (RedCap) UEs;
• based on the determination, including the first power saving information in a first message;
• and
• transmitting the first message toward the network function.

A method performed by a network function, the method comprising:

• receiving a first message including first power saving information associated with new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs) and/or NR reduced capabilities (RedCap) UEs, wherein the first message was transmitted by a user equipment (UE);
• determining whether the UE can use the first power saving information for power saving;
• and
• based on the determination, transmitting toward the UE a second message comprising second power saving information associated with NR UEs and/or NR (RedCap) UEs.

A UE comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry, whereby the UE is configured to:
• determine whether to transmit toward a network function first power saving information associated with new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs) and/or NR reduced capabilities (RedCap) UEs;
• based on the determination, include the first power saving information in a first message;
• and
• transmit the first message toward the network function.

A network function comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry, whereby the network function is configured to perform:
• (1) receiving a first message including first power saving information associated with new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs) and/or NR reduced capabilities (RedCap) UEs, wherein the first message was transmitted by a user equipment (UE), determining whether the UE can use the first power saving information for power saving, and based on the determination, transmitting toward the UE a second message comprising second power saving information associated with NR UEs and/or NR (RedCap) UEs;
• (2) transmitting toward another network function a message including power saving information associated with new radio (NR) UEs and/or RedCap UEs, wherein the power saving information is used for transmitting a paging message towards a UE from said another network function;
• or
• (3) receiving from another function a message including power saving information associated with new radio (NR) UEs and/or RedCap UEs, and based on the power saving information, transmitting a UE paging message towards a UE.