UE grouping scheme for enhanced paging reception

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

select one or more paging attributes for paging reception;

transmit, to a network, an indication of the one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

receive, from the network, a response message, the response message including a first UE group number, wherein the first UE group number is based on the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include at least one of: a paging probability of the UE, a power profile of the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, or a mobility status of the UE.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the paging probability of the UE.

4. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the current mobility status of the UE.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

monitor, based on the UE group number, for at least one paging indication.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from the network based on the UE group number, at least one paging indication.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify, based on the at least one paging indication, whether a base station of the network configured to serve the UE supports UE grouping.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

decode, based on the UE group number and the at least one paging indication, a paging message associated with the at least one paging indication.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, to transmit the indication of the one or more paging attributes to the network, the at least one processor is configured to transmit non-access stratum (NAS) signaling including the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein, to transmit the NAS signaling to the network, the at least one processor is configured to transmit the NAS signaling to an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity of the network.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, to transmit the indication of the one or more paging attributes to the network, the at least one processor is configured to transmit the indication of the one or more paging attributes to the network when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein at least one processor is configured to:

initiate a radio resource control (RRC) connection to transmit the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

13. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to select the one or more paging attributes for paging reception.

14. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include a current mobility status of the UE.

15. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include a power profile of the UE.

16. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE.

17. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a network, an indication of one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

receiving, from the network, a response message, wherein the response message includes a UE group number, and wherein the UE group number is based on an expected mobility status of the UE and the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include a paging probability of the UE.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising selecting the one or more paging attributes for paging reception.

20. A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

transmit, to the UE, a response message including a UE group number, wherein the UE group number is based on an expected mobility status of the UE and the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

21. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include at least one of: a paging probability of the UE, a power profile of the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, or a current mobility status of the UE.

22. The first network entity of claim 21 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the paging probability of the UE.

23. The first network entity of claim 21 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the current mobility status of the UE.

24. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein to identify the UE group number, the at least one processor is configured to receive information from a second network entity.

25. The first network entity of claim 24 , wherein the information includes at least one of: an expected UE behavior or the expected mobility status of the UE.

26. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein, to receive the indication of the one or more paging attributes, the at least one processor is configured to receive non-access stratum (NAS) signaling including the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

27. The first network entity of claim 26 , wherein the first network entity includes an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity.

28. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, based on the UE group number, at least one paging indication and a paging message associated with the at least one paging indication.

29. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, to the UE, a set of network supported paging attributes for paging reception prior to receipt of the indication of the one or more paging attributes for paging reception, wherein the one or more paging attributes for paging reception are based on the set of network supported paging attributes for paging reception.

30. The first network entity of claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify, based on the indication of the one or more paging attributes, the UE group number for paging reception.

31. A method of wireless communication performed by a first network entity, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

transmitting, to the UE, a response message including a UE group number, wherein the UE group number is based on an expected mobility status of the UE and the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

32. The method of claim 31 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include a paging probability of the UE.

33. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, to a network, an indication of one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

receive, from the network, a response message including a UE group number, wherein the response message is based on an expected mobility status of the UE and the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

34. The UE of claim 33 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include at least one of: a paging probability of the UE, a power profile of the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, or a current mobility status of the UE.

35. The UE of claim 34 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the paging probability of the UE.

36. The UE of claim 34 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the current mobility status of the UE.

37. The UE of claim 34 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to select the one or more paging attributes for paging reception.

38. A first network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of one or more paging attributes for paging reception; and

transmit, to the UE, a response message including a UE group number, wherein the response message is based on an expected mobility status of the UE and the indication of the one or more paging attributes.

39. The first network entity of claim 38 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include at least one of: a paging probability of the UE, a power profile of the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, or a current mobility status of the UE.

40. The first network entity of claim 39 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the paging probability of the UE.

41. The first network entity of claim 39 , wherein the one or more paging attributes include the current mobility status of the UE.

42. The first network entity of claim 39 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify, based on the indication of the one or more paging attributes, the UE group number for paging reception.