Patent ID: 11395247

Abstract:
A method of monitoring paging occasions for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes determining whether a paging configuration indicating at least two physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) in a paging occasion (PO) is received from a base station (BS), determining whether the UE is operated in an unlicensed spectrum, receiving an indication in a short message in a first PDCCH monitoring occasion of the at least two PDCCH monitoring occasions when it is determined that the UE is operated in the unlicensed spectrum and the paging configuration indicating the at least two PDCCH monitoring occasions is transmitted, the short message included in downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), and stopping monitoring a second PDCCH monitoring occasion in the PO in response to the indication.