Patent ID: 11871424
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to:
detect a paging downlink control channel comprising downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a first indicator bit and a second indicator bit that are configured to signal presence of a short message and/or scheduling information in the downlink control information;
process, if at least one of the first indicator bit and the second indicator bit signal the presence of a short message, the short message in the downlink control information;
process, if at least one of the first indicator bit and the second indicator bit signal the presence of scheduling information and if the UE is not in a connected state, the scheduling information in the downlink control information; and
not process, if at least one of the first indicator bit and the second indicator bit signal the presence of scheduling information and if the UE is in a connected state, the scheduling information in the downlink control information.