System and method of determining paging occasions for transmitting and receiving paging
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The t disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining paging occasions (PO).
1. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, first information on a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per paging frame, and fourth information associated with actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); and
transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) for paging in a PO of a paging frame,
wherein the first information and the second information are used for indicating the paging frame,
wherein the first information and the third information are used for indicating an index for the PO, the PO including one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging, and
wherein a number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging corresponds to a number of the SSBs.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth information is used for indicating from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts.
3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein fifth information on a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO is further transmitted to the terminal, and
wherein the fifth information is used for indicating from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts.
4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are sequentially numbered from zero starting from a first PDCCH monitoring occasion in the paging frame, and
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are based on a paging search space configuration transmitted to the terminal.
5. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein a system frame number, SFN, of the paging frame is related to the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, N, and the Offset according to Equation 1:
(SFN+Offset)mod T =( T div N )*(UE_ID mod N ) Equation 1,
wherein an index of the PO, i_s, is related to the N and the number of POs per paging frame, Ns, according to Equation 2:
i _ s =floor(UE_ID/ N )mod Ns Equation 2, and
wherein the T is the DRX cycle, and the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal.
6. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, first information on a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per paging frame, and fourth information associated with actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs);
identifying a paging frame based on the first information and the second information;
identifying an index for a PO based on the first information and the third information, the PO including one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging; and
monitoring downlink control information (DCI) in the PO based on the one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging,
wherein a number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging corresponds to a number of the SSBs.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
identifying from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts based on the fourth information.
8. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein fifth information on a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO is further received from the base station, and
wherein the method further comprises identifying from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts based on the fifth information.
9. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are sequentially numbered from zero starting from a first PDCCH monitoring occasion in the paging frame, and
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are based on a paging search space configuration received from the base station.
10. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein a system frame number, SFN, of the paging frame is related to the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, N, and the Offset according to Equation 1:
(SFN+Offset)mod T =( T div N )*(UE_ID mod N ) Equation 1,
wherein an index of the PO, i_s, is related to the N and the number of POs per paging frame, Ns, according to Equation 2:
i _ s =floor(UE_ID/ N )mod Ns Equation 2, and
wherein the T is the DRX cycle, and the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal.
11. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
control the transceiver to transmit, to a terminal, first information on a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per paging frame, and fourth information associated with actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), and
control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) for paging in a PO of a paging frame,
wherein the first information and the second information are used for indicating the paging frame,
wherein the first information and the third information are used for indicating an index for the PO, the PO including one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging, and
wherein a number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging corresponds a the number of the SSBs.
12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the fourth information is used for indicating from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts.
13. The base station of claim 11 ,
wherein fifth information on a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO is further transmitted to the terminal, and
wherein the fifth information is used for indicating from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts.
14. The base station of claim 11 ,
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are sequentially numbered from zero starting from a first PDCCH monitoring occasion in the paging frame, and
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are based on a paging search space configuration transmitted to the terminal.
15. The base station of claim 11 ,
wherein a system frame number, SFN, of the paging frame is related to the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, N, and the Offset according to Equation 1:
(SFN+Offset)mod T =( T div N )*(UE_ID mod N ) Equation 1,
wherein an index of the PO, i_s, is related to the N and the number of POs per paging frame, Ns, according to Equation 2:
i _ s =floor(UE_ID/ N )mod Ns Equation 2, and
wherein the T is the DRX cycle, and the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal.
16. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller configured to:
control the transceiver to receive, from a base station, first information on a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per paging frame, and fourth information associated with actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs),
identify a paging frame based on the first information and the second information,
identify an index for a PO based on the first information and the third information, the PO including one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging, and
monitor downlink control information (DCI) in the PO based on the one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging,
wherein a number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging corresponds to a number of the SSBs.
17. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts based on the fourth information.
18. The terminal of claim 16 ,
wherein fifth information on a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO is further received from the base station, and
wherein the controller is further configured to identify from where a first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO starts based on the fifth information.
19. The terminal of claim 16 ,
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are sequentially numbered from zero starting from a first PDCCH monitoring occasion in the paging frame, and
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are based on a paging search space configuration received from the base station.
20. The terminal of claim 16 ,
wherein a system frame number, SFN, of the paging frame is related to the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, N, and the Offset according to Equation 1:
(SFN+Offset)mod T =( T div N )*(UE_ID mod N ) Equation 1,
wherein an index of the PO, i_s, is related to the N and the number of POs per paging frame, Ns, according to Equation 2:
i _ s =floor(UE_ID/ N )mod Ns Equation 2, and
wherein the T is the DRX cycle, and the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal.