IP Library Granted Patent US 12677251
Granted Patent B2
US 12677251 · App. 18/280,890 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Delivery of paging for remote UE via RRC signaling

Inventors: Peng Cheng (Beijing, CN); Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Qing Li (Princeton Junction, NJ); Ozcan Ozturk (San Diego, CA); Karthika Paladugu (Hyderabad, IN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W68/005H04W8/26H04W68/02H04W92/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12677251
App. No.
18/280,890
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To facilitate delivery of paging for remote UE, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided. An example method of UE includes receiving, via a sidelink interface from a second UE, paging information. The example method further includes transmitting, to a base station, the paging information. The example method further includes receiving, from the base station, a RRC message comprising a paging record of at least one UE including the second UE. The example method further includes transmitting the paging record to the at least one UE including the second UE via the sidelink interface.

Claims (58)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, via a sidelink interface from a second UE, paging information;

transmit, to a base station, the paging information;

receive, from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a paging record of at least one UE including the second UE; and

transmit the paging record to the at least one UE including the second UE via the sidelink interface without decoding a paging message.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the paging information comprises one or more UE identifiers (IDs) associated with the second UE or one or more paging occasions.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more UE IDs comprises: a serving temporary mobile subscriber (S-TMSI) ID, an inactive radio network temporary identifier (I-RNTI), or a pseudo UE ID.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein to transmit the paging information to the base station, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

transmit, in sidelink UE information (SUI), the S-TMSI ID or the I-RNTI, and a UE local ID associated with the UE.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the paging record comprises a paging record of the second UE without a paging record of other UEs.

6 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein to transmit the paging record to the at least one UE including the second UE via the sidelink interface, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

unicast the paging record to the second UE via the sidelink interface.

7 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein to transmit the paging information to the base station, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

transmit, in sidelink UE information (SUI), the pseudo UE ID or the one or more paging occasions for the second UE and a local UE ID associated with the UE.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one UE comprises at least a third UE.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein to transmit the paging record to the at least one UE including the second UE via the sidelink interface, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

unicast, groupcast or broadcast the paging record to the at least one UE via the sidelink interface.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message includes the paging record in mobile terminating (MT) data or one or more paging occasions.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

monitor one or more downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in a RRC connected state.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to transmit the paging record to the at least one UE including the second UE via the sidelink interface, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

add an indication representing paging for the second UE in a medium access control (MAC) header.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the paging message corresponds to a first paging message for the second UE, and wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to decode a second paging message for the UE.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

15 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

establish a UE RRC connection with the base station prior to transmitting the paging information.

16 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

monitor for a paging occasion in an active bandwidth part (BWP);

receive, from the base station, a paging for a public warning system (PWS) or a system information block (SIB) update prior to receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising the paging record; and

transmit, to the second UE, the paging for the PWS or SIB update via unicasting, broadcasting, or groupcasting over the sidelink interface.

17 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message comprises an RRC reconfiguration message or a sidelink UE information (SUI) message.

18 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a first UE or a second UE, paging information for the second UE; and

transmit, to the first UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a paging record of at least one UE including the second UE, wherein the paging record is configured to be not decoded by the first UE.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

establish an RRC connection with the second UE prior to receiving the paging information.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

transmit, to the first UE, a paging for a public warning system (PWS) or a system information block (SIB) update for the second UE.

21 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the paging information comprises one or more UE identifiers (IDs) associated with the second UE or one or more paging occasions.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more UE IDs comprises: a serving temporary mobile subscriber (S-TMSI) ID, an inactive radio network temporary identifier (I-RNTI), or a pseudo UE ID.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein to receive the paging information from the first UE, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

receive, in sidelink UE information (SUI), the S-TMSI ID or the I-RNTI, and a UE ID associated with the UE.

24 . The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the paging record comprises a paging record of the second UE without a paging record of other UEs.

25 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein to receive the paging information from the first UE, the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further configured to:

receive, in sidelink UE information (SUI), the pseudo UE ID or the one or more paging occasions for the second UE and a UE ID associated with the UE.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the at least one UE comprises at least a third UE.

27 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the RRC message includes the paging record in mobile terminating (MT) data or one or more paging occasions.

28 . The apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

29 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

transmit, to a second UE or a base station, paging information for relaying the paging information to the base station, wherein the paging information comprises one or more UE identifiers (IDs) associated with the UE or one or more paging occasions; and

receive a paging record via a sidelink interface with the second UE, wherein the paging record is configured to be not decoded by the second UE.

30 . The apparatus of claim 29 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.