Patent ID: 9326207
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by an enhanced Node B (eNB) to provide system information (SI) updates to user equipment (UE) in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle, the method comprising: determining whether an upcoming paging occasion includes a UE in sleep or idle with an extending paging cycle; determining whether there has been a SI update since a last paging occasion for the UE; in response to determining that there has been a SI update since the last paging occasion for the UE, transmitting a paging message, including an optional field to indicate that there has been a SI update since the last paging occasion for the UE, independent of whether there is downlink data available for the UE, wherein system information updates are transmitted by the eNB during a system information modification period that is shorter than a period of the extending paging cycle.