IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,915
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,915 · App. 17/937,154 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Paging early indication for a user equipment

Inventors: Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA); Jing Lei (San Diego, CA); Peter Pui Lok Ang (San Diego, CA); Carsten Aagaard Pedersen (Bolton, MA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W68/02H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,335,915
App. No.
17/937,154
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) included in a first category of UEs may receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a first initial downlink bandwidth part associated with the first category of UEs, and may monitor for a PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration. In some aspects, the UE may receive a configuration that configures a PEI in a second initial downlink bandwidth part associated with a second category of UEs, and may monitor for a PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (54)

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

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a first initial downlink bandwidth part, the UE being included in a first category of UEs and the first initial downlink bandwidth part being an initial downlink bandwidth part associated with the first category of UEs;

monitor for a PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration; and

wherein a search space set based at least in part on which the UE monitors for the PEI is configured separately from a search space set based at least in part on which UEs included in a second category of UEs monitor for PEIs.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a paging occasion for the UE is not configured in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on monitoring for the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part; and

switch from the first initial downlink bandwidth part to a second initial downlink bandwidth part after receiving the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

process a paging occasion for the UE in the second initial downlink bandwidth part after switching from the first initial downlink bandwidth part to the second initial downlink bandwidth part.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a minimum amount of time between the PEI and a paging occasion for the UE corresponds to a bandwidth part switching delay supported by the UE.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) in a second initial downlink bandwidth part, wherein the SSB or the TRS is not received in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a configuration that configures a paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the UE is to monitor for the PEI based at least in part on at least one of a control resource set (CORESET) or a search space set indicated in the configuration that configures the paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the UE is to monitor for the PEI based at least in part on at least one of a control resource set (CORESET) or a search space set indicated in a configuration separate from the configuration that configures the paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on monitoring for the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part; and

process a paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part after receiving the PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to refrain from decoding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, associated with the PEI or a paging PDCCH, that overlaps at least one of a non-cell-defining synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

13. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, associated with the PEI or a paging PDCCH, that overlaps at least one of a non-cell-defining synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

14. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to refrain from decoding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, associated with the PEI or a paging PDCCH, that overlaps a cell-defining synchronization signal block (CD-SSB) in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

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

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a first initial downlink bandwidth part, the UE being included in a first category of UEs and the first initial downlink bandwidth part being an initial downlink bandwidth part associated with the first category of UEs;

monitor for a PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration; and

wherein a search space set based at least in part on which the UE monitors for the PEI is a search space set based at least in part on which UEs included in a second category of UEs monitor for PEIs.

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

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a second initial downlink bandwidth part, the UE being included in a first category of UEs,

wherein a first initial downlink bandwidth part is associated with the first category of UEs and the second initial downlink bandwidth part is associated with a second category of UEs;

monitor for a PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration; and

wherein a search space set based at least in part on which the UE monitors for the PEI is configured separately from a search space set based at least in part on which UEs included in the second category of UEs monitor for PEIs.

17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a configuration that configures a paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

18. The UE of claim 16 , wherein at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) is not configured in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

19. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive the PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on monitoring for the PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part; and

switch from the second initial downlink bandwidth part to the first initial downlink bandwidth part after receiving the PEI in the second initial downlink bandwidth part.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

process a paging occasion for the UE in the first initial downlink bandwidth part after switching from the second initial downlink bandwidth part to the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

21. The UE of claim 16 , wherein a minimum amount of time between the PEI and a paging occasion for the UE corresponds to a bandwidth part switching delay supported by the UE.

22. The UE of claim 16 , wherein a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based at least in part on which the UE monitors for the PEI is different from a PDCCH based at least in part on which UEs included in the second category of UEs monitor for PEIs.

23. The UE of claim 16 , wherein at least one of a control resource set (CORESET) or a search space set based at least in part on which the UE monitors for the PEI is separately configured for monitoring for PEIs by UEs included in the first category of UEs.

24. The UE of claim 16 , wherein a location at which the UE monitors for the PEI is different from a location at which UEs included in the second category of UEs monitor for PEIs.

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

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a configuration that configures a paging early indication (PEI) in a first initial downlink bandwidth part, the UE being included in a first category of UEs and the first initial downlink bandwidth part being an initial downlink bandwidth part associated with the first category of UEs;

monitor for a PEI in the first initial downlink bandwidth part based at least in part on the configuration; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, associated with the PEI or a paging PDCCH, that overlaps at least one of a non-cell-defining synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB) or a tracking reference signal (TRS) in the first initial downlink bandwidth part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: XU, HUILIN; LEI, JING; ANG, PETER PUI LOK; PEDERSEN, CARSTEN AAGAARD
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061470/0340 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63263558 · Nov 4, 2021
Related Publication 20230133097A1 · May 4, 2023
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