Patent ID: 11902935
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive configuration information associated with a paging early indication (PEI);
receive, based on the configuration information, downlink control information (DCI) including an indication field for the PEI, wherein each bit included in the indication field indicates one UE subgroup among N UE subgroups and wherein a plurality of UEs monitoring a same paging occasion (PO) is divided into the N UE subgroups; and
identify, based on the indication field, whether to monitor a PO among M POs, wherein the PO corresponds to a bit for a UE subgroup to which the UE belongs, wherein the indication field includes the bit, and wherein M is identified based on the configuration information.