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 terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, first information associated with a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per PF and fourth information on a default DRX cycle;
identifying a PF based on the first information, the second information and the DRX cycle, wherein the DRX cycle is determined based on the default DRX cycle;
identifying an index for a PO based on the first information and the third information; and
monitoring the PO of the identified index, wherein the PO includes one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging.
2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first information includes the number of PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for a PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(
SFN
+
Offset
)
mod
T
=
(
T
div
N
)
*
(
UE_ID
mod
N
)
,
Equation
1
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal,
and the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first information includes a PF interval between PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for a PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(SFN+Offset)mod T =(PF interval)*(UE_ID mod N ) Equation 1,
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal, the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and the PF interval is the T divided by the N, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, fifth information on an offset between starting PDCCH monitoring occasions for each PO, and sixth information on a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of a first PO,
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are determined based on the fifth information and the sixth information.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, seventh information on a number of sub POs; and
determining sub POs in the PO based on the seventh information,
wherein the monitoring of the PO of the identified index comprises monitoring the determined sub POs in the PO of the identified index.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the base station, information associated with a number of actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) and information associated with a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO,
wherein a number of the one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging corresponds to the number of the actual transmitted SSBs, and
wherein a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO is identified based on the information associated with the first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO.
7. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, first information associated with a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per PF and fourth information on a default DRX cycle, wherein the DRX cycle is determined based on the default DRX cycle; and
transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) in a PO of a PF,
wherein the first information, the second information, and the DRX cycle are used for identifying the PF,
wherein the first information and the third information are used for indicating an index for the PO, and
wherein the PO of the index is monitored, the PO includes one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging.
8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the first information includes a PF interval between PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for the PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(
SFN
+
Offset
)
mod
T
=
(
PF
interval
)
*
(
UE_ID
mod
N
)
,
Equation
1
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal, and the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and the PF interval is the T divided by the N, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the terminal, fifth information on an offset between starting PDCCH monitoring occasions for each PO, and sixth information on a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of a first PO,
wherein the fifth information and the sixth information are used for determining the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the terminal, seventh information on a number of sub POs,
wherein the seventh information is used for identifying sub POs in the PO, and
wherein the DCI for paging is transmitted based on the sub POs.
11. 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 associated with a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per PF and fourth information on a default DRX cycle,
identify a PF based on the first information, the second information and the DRX cycle, wherein the DRX cycle is determined based on the default DRX cycle,
identify an index for a PO based on the first information and the third information, and
monitor the PO of the identified index, wherein the PO includes one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging.
12. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the first information includes the number of PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for a PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(
SFN
+
Offset
)
mod
T
=
(
T
div
N
)
*
(
UE_ID
mod
N
)
,
Equation
1
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal, and the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
13. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the first information includes a PF interval between PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for a PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(
SFN
+
Offset
)
mod
T
=
(
PF
interval
)
*
(
UE_ID
mod
N
)
,
Equation
1
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal, the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and the PF interval is the T divided by the N, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
14. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, fifth information on an offset between starting PDCCH monitoring occasions for each PO, and sixth information on a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of a first PO, and
wherein the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are determined based on the fifth information and the sixth information.
15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, seventh information on a number of sub PO, and determine sub POs in the PO based on the seventh information, and
monitor the determined sub POs in the PO of the identified index.
16. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, information associated with a number of actual transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) and information associated with a first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO,
wherein a number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging in each PO corresponds to the number of the actual transmitted SSBs, and
wherein a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO is identified based on the information associated with the first PDCCH monitoring occasion number of each PO.
17. 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 associated with a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, second information on an offset (Offset), third information on a number of paging occasions (POs) per PF and fourth information on a default DRX cycle, wherein the DRX cycle is determined based on the default DRX cycle, and
transmit, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) in a PO of a PF,
wherein the first information, the second information, and the DRX cycle are used for identifying the PF,
wherein the first information and the third information are used for indicating an index for the PO, and
wherein the PO of the index is monitored, the PO includes one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions for paging.
18. The base station of claim 17 ,
wherein the first information includes a PF interval between PFs in the DRX cycle,
wherein a system frame number (SFN) for the PF is identified based on an Equation 1:
(
SFN
+
Offset
)
mod
T
=
(
PF
interval
)
*
(
UE_ID
mod
N
)
,
Equation
1
where the T is the DRX cycle, the UE_ID is an identity of the terminal, and the N is the number of PFs in the DRX cycle, and the PF interval is the T divided by the N, and
wherein the index for the PO, i_s, is identified based on an Equation 2:
i_s
=
floor
(
UE_ID
/
N
)
mod
Ns
,
Equation
2
where the Ns is the number of POs per PF.
19. The base station of claim 17 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, fifth information on an offset between starting PDCCH monitoring occasions for each PO, and sixth information on a starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of a first PO, and
wherein the fifth information and the sixth information are used for determining the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging.
20. The base station of claim 17 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, seventh information on a number of sub POs,
wherein the seventh information is used for identifying sub POs in the PO, and
wherein the DCI for paging is transmitted based on the sub POs.