Low layer paging indicator processing system and method for multi-layer communication equipment used in a wireless communication system

A wireless communication system comprising:

• a base station configured to implement wireless communications with a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) including paging of UEs;
• and
• at least one UEs configured with a multi-layer processing system having:
• a configurable lowest physical layer L1 which receives wireless communication signals and selectively processes the received signals according to its then present configuration,
• a first higher level L2 that includes a physical layer processing control for reconfiguring the physical layer L1, and
• a second higher layer L3 that includes a radio resource control (RRC) for providing the L2 physical layer processing control with paging channel parameters configured such that when a paging indicator (PI) is received by the UE in advance of corresponding paging data, the UE is configured to process the paging data after receiving the PI;
• said UE including a buffer for storing predetermined paging data processing configuration data wherein the UE's first higher level L2 is associated with the UE's RRC such that, when a specific PI that is determined by the UE's RRC is identified to the UE's first higher level L2 and the UE's physical layer L1 is configured to monitor for the specific PI, corresponding paging data processing configuration data is stored in said buffer and wherein the UE's physical layer L1 is associated with the UE's L2 physical layer processing control such that, when the UE's physical layer L1 identifies that the specific PI has been received and processed, the UE's physical layer L1 is configured to process paging data based on the paging data processing configuration data stored in said buffer without communication with the RRC.

A paging processing method for a User Equipment (UE) comprising:

• providing the UE with a multi-layer processing system having
• a configurable lowest physical layer L1 which receives wireless communication signals and selectively processes the received signals according to its then present configuration,
• a first higher level L2 that includes a physical layer processing control for reconfiguring the physical layer L1, and
• a second higher layer L3 that includes a radio resource control (RRC) for providing the L2 physical layer processing control with paging channel parameters configured such that, when a paging indicator (PI) is received by the UE in advance of corresponding paging data, the UE is configured to process the paging data after receiving the PI;
• providing a UE buffer for storing predetermined paging data processing configuration data;
• using the UE's RRC to determine a specific PI for the UE to monitor;
• identifying the specific PI to the UE's first higher level L2 and using the L2 physical layer processing control to configure the UE's physical layer L1 to monitor for the specific PI in conjunction with storing corresponding paging data processing configuration data in said buffer;
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• when the UE's physical layer L1 identifies that the specific PI has been received by the UE, configuring the UE's physical layer L1 to process paging data based on the paging data processing configuration data stored in said buffer without communication with the RRC.