Scheduling a Group of User Equipment by a Network Cell

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• process, based on signaling received from a network, a group radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with a group of user equipments (UEs);
• process, based on signaling from one of a currently camped cell or a currently connected cell, a message comprising the group RNTI and including control information, wherein the control information comprises scheduling information for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH);
• and
• process, based on signaling from the one of the currently camped cell or the currently connected cell, a broadcast communication on the scheduled PDSCH.

A user equipment (UE), comprising

• a transceiver configured to communicated with a network;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• process, based on signaling received from the network, a group radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with a group of UEs;
• process, based on signaling from one of a currently camped cell or a currently connected cell, a message comprising the group RNTI and including control information, wherein the control information comprises scheduling information for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH);
• and
• process, based on signaling from the one of the currently camped cell or the currently connected cell, a broadcast communication on the scheduled PDSCH.

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• generate, for transmission to a group of user equipments (UEs), a group radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with the group of user UEs;
• generate, for transmission to one or more of the group of UEs, a message comprising the group RNTI and including control information, wherein the control information comprises scheduling information for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH);
• and
• generate, for transmission to the one or more of the group of UEs, a broadcast communication on the scheduled PDSCH.