Configuring user equipment with robust paging

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions for configuring the UE to support paging functions of first and second types;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:
• receive, from a network, an indication that the UE is allowed to start the paging function of the second type;
• monitor, during the paging function of the first type, a paging occasion of the first type to receive a paging message of the first type;
• start the paging function of the second type after a number of consecutive paging occasions of the first type the UE fails to receive reaches a threshold value;
• monitor, during the paging function of the second type, a paging occasion of the second type to receive a paging message of the second type, wherein a same paging message of the second type with a same content is retransmitted a plurality of times during each paging occasion of the second type;
• and
• decode a complete paging message of the second type from the plurality of retransmitted paging messages of the second type.