Patent ID: 11963018
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method of operating a node of a communications network, comprising:
receiving, from a wireless communication device, an indicator indicative of the wireless communication device using a receive beam configuration during a connected mode and a disconnected mode of the communication device,
setting a paging configuration for transmitting paging signals to the wireless communication device depending on the indicator, and
triggering transmission of the paging signals to the wireless communication device in accordance with the paging configuration,
wherein the paging signals are monitored in the disconnected mode with the receive beam configuration until occurrence of at least one predefined event, and
wherein the at least one predefined event comprises a receive strength or a receive quality of the paging signals falling below a predefined threshold when monitoring for the paging signals with the receive beam configuration.