Patent Description:
Such networks may be multiple access networks that support communications for multiple users by sharing the available network resources.

A wireless communication network may include several components. These components may include wireless communication devices, such as base stations (or node Bs) that may support communication for a number of user equipments (UEs).

A base station may transmit data and control information on a downlink to a UE or may receive data and control information on an uplink from the UE.

<NPL> relates to a discussion of issues relating to New Radio paging operation.

<CIT> relates to a first apparatus detecting, from a second apparatus, one or more swept downlink beams, wherein each swept downlink beam comprises a synchronization signal block; making a measurement of a signal contained within the synchronization signal block of each detected swept downlink beam; decoding a message contained within the synchronization signal block of each detected swept downlink beam; selecting, based on the measurements and decoded message, a synchronization signal block; determine, based on the selected synchronization signal block, a paging block; detecting, within the paging block, a paging indication; and receiving, based on the paging indication, a paging message.

<CIT> discloses that a data bit in the paging indication message sent by the network, may carry information about all or some of paged UE groups. After receiving the paging indication message, the terminal device detects whether a paging group in which the terminal device is located is paged. When the paging indication message carries the ID of the paging group, the terminal device determines, based on information about the ID of the paging group, whether the terminal device is in the group.

In some wireless communication systems, devices such as UEs may enter a radio resource control (RRC) idle/inactive mode (e.g., a low power operating mode) in order to reduce power consumption while data is not being communicated by the UEs. Each UE may "wake up" (e.g., power on one or more components) during a corresponding paging opportunity (PO) during a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle and, if no indication of a paging message is received during the PO, the UE returns to the low power operating mode for the remainder of the DRX cycle to reduce power consumption. One technique for reducing paging load is to assign UEs to different groups, each group having its own paging opportunity. Assignment to a group is based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network and a paging frame offset.

A page typically includes two messages, a paging downlink control information (DCI) message and a paging message. The paging DCI message is transmitted over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and is addressed to a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), which is shared by all UEs in the wireless network. The paging DCI message includes the resource location of the paging message. There is no indication in the paging DCI message of which UE the paging message is addressed to, so all UEs that receive the paging DCI message power on one or more additional components (e.g., portions of modems, receivers, etc.) to receive the paging message. The paging message is transmitted via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and contains information such as identifiers of which UEs the paging message is addressed to. Thus, each UE in a PO group powers on one or more components (or portions thereof) to receive the paging message, even if some of the UEs are not recipients of the paging message. Decoding a paging message that a UE is not a recipient of (e.g., that the paging message is not addressed to) may be called a false paging reception.

Although power consumption due to false paging reception may be small in some UEs, such as typical mobile phones, in reduced-capability UEs, such as wireless sensors, power consumption due to false paging reception is more significant. Additionally, it is expected that in some 5th generation (<NUM>) standards, including those related to reduced capability UEs, that paging repetition will increase significantly. Thus, power consumption due to false paging reception may become a significant problem in at least some situations.

The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media to reduce false paging reception at user equipments (UEs). One technique for reducing false paging reception is to increase the number of paging radio network temporary identifiers (P-RNTIs) that are available for decoding paging downlink control information (DCI) messages. For example, a wireless communication standard (e.g., a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard, as a non-limiting example) may define multiple P-RNTIs, or a network may use signaling to define multiple P-RNTIs, and different UEs may select different P-RNTIs (based on identifiers corresponding to the UEs). If a paging DCI message cannot be decoded using the selected P-RNTI, the UE may determine that the paging message is not addressed to the UE. As another example, a base station may include an indicator, such as a bitmap, in the paging DCI message, and the UEs may determine from the indicator whether or not the paging message is addressed to the UEs. As yet another example, the paging DCI message may include a resource location field that corresponds to the paging message, and the UE may determine whether or not the paging message is addressed to the UE by determining if the resource indicated in the resource location field is within the block of resources corresponding to the UE. If the paging message is not addressed to the UE, the UE does not have to receive the paging message, and false paging reception is reduced. Reducing false paging reception reduces power consumption at the UEs, because the UEs do not have to power on the one or more components (or portions thereof) to receive a paging message that is not addressed to them.

This disclosure relates generally to providing or participating in authorized shared access between two or more wireless devices in one or more wireless communications systems, also referred to as wireless communications networks. In various implementations, the techniques and apparatus may be used for wireless communication networks such as code division multiple access (CDMA) networks, time division multiple access (TDMA) networks, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) networks, orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) networks, single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) networks, LTE networks, GSM networks, 5th Generation (<NUM>) or new radio (NR) networks (sometimes referred to as "<NUM> NR" networks, systems, or devices), as well as other communications networks. As described herein, the terms "networks" and "systems" may be used interchangeably.

A TDMA network may, for example implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) defines standards for the GSM EDGE (enhanced data rates for GSM evolution) radio access network (RAN), also denoted as GERAN. GERAN is the radio component of GSM/EDGE, together with the network that joins the base stations (for example, the Ater and Abis interfaces) and the base station controllers (A interfaces, etc.). The radio access network represents a component of a GSM network, through which phone calls and packet data are routed from and to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Internet to and from subscriber handsets, also known as user terminals or user equipments (UEs). A mobile phone operator's network may comprise one or more GERANs, which may be coupled with Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Networks (UTRANs) in the case of a UMTS/GSM network. Additionally, an operator network may also include one or more LTE networks, or one or more other networks. The various different network types may use different radio access technologies (RATs) and radio access networks (RANs).

An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) <NUM>, IEEE <NUM>, IEEE <NUM>, flash-OFDM and the like. UTRA, E-UTRA, and GSM are part of universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). For example, the 3GPP is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations that aims to define a globally applicable third generation (<NUM>) mobile phone specification. 3GPP LTE is a 3GPP project which was aimed at improving the UMTS mobile phone standard. The present disclosure may describe certain aspects with reference to LTE, <NUM>, or <NUM> NR technologies; however, the description is not intended to be limited to a specific technology or application, and one or more aspects described with reference to one technology may be understood to be applicable to another technology. Additionally, one or more aspects of the present disclosure may be related to shared access to wireless spectrum between networks using different radio access technologies or radio air interfaces.

<NUM> networks contemplate diverse deployments, diverse spectrum, and diverse services and devices that may be implemented using an OFDM-based unified, air interface. To achieve these goals, further enhancements to LTE and LTE-A are considered in addition to development of the new radio technology for <NUM> NR networks. The <NUM> NR will be capable of scaling to provide coverage (<NUM>) to a massive Internet of things (IoTs) with an ultra-high density (e.g., ~<NUM> nodes/km2), ultra-low complexity (e.g., ~<NUM> of bits/sec), ultra-low energy (e.g., ~<NUM>+ years of battery life), and deep coverage with the capability to reach challenging locations; (<NUM>) including mission-critical control with strong security to safeguard sensitive personal, financial, or classified information, ultra-high reliability (e.g., ~<NUM>% reliability), ultra-low latency (e.g., ~ <NUM> millisecond (ms)), and users with wide ranges of mobility or lack thereof; and (<NUM>) with enhanced mobile broadband including extreme high capacity (e.g., ~ <NUM> Tbps/km2), extreme data rates (e.g., multi-Gbps rate, <NUM>+ Mbps user experienced rates), and deep awareness with advanced discovery and optimizations.

Devices, networks, and systems may be configured to communicate via one or more portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, based on frequency or wavelength, into various classes, bands, channels, etc. In <NUM> NR two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (<NUM> - <NUM>) and FR2 (<NUM> - <NUM>). A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a "millimeter wave" (mmWave) band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (<NUM> - <NUM>) which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a "mmWave" band.

Further, unless specifically stated otherwise, it should be understood that the term "mmWave" or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, or may be within the EHF band.

<NUM> NR devices, networks, and systems may be implemented to use optimized OFDM-based waveform features. These features may include scalable numerology and transmission time intervals (TTIs); a common, flexible framework to efficiently multiplex services and features with a dynamic, low-latency time division duplex (TDD) design or frequency division duplex (FDD) design; and advanced wireless technologies, such as massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO), robust mmWave transmissions, advanced channel coding, and device-centric mobility. Scalability of the numerology in <NUM> NR, with scaling of subcarrier spacing, may efficiently address operating diverse services across diverse spectrum and diverse deployments. For example, in various outdoor and macro coverage deployments of less than <NUM> FDD or TDD implementations, subcarrier spacing may occur with <NUM>, for example over <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, and the like bandwidth. For other various outdoor and small cell coverage deployments of TDD greater than <NUM>, subcarrier spacing may occur with <NUM> over <NUM>/<NUM> bandwidth. For other various indoor wideband implementations, using a TDD over the unlicensed portion of the <NUM> band, the subcarrier spacing may occur with <NUM> over a <NUM> bandwidth. Finally, for various deployments transmitting with mmWave components at a TDD of <NUM>, subcarrier spacing may occur with <NUM> over a <NUM> bandwidth.

The scalable numerology of <NUM> NR facilitates scalable TTI for diverse latency and quality of service (QoS) requirements. <NUM> NR also contemplates a self-contained integrated subframe design with uplink or downlink scheduling information, data, and acknowledgement in the same subframe. The self-contained integrated subframe supports communications in unlicensed or contention-based shared spectrum, adaptive uplink or downlink that may be flexibly configured on a per-cell basis to dynamically switch between uplink and downlink to meet the current traffic needs.

For clarity, certain aspects of the apparatus and techniques may be described below with reference to example <NUM> NR implementations or in a <NUM>-centric way, and <NUM> terminology may be used as illustrative examples in portions of the description below; however, the description is not intended to be limited to <NUM> applications.

Moreover, it should be understood that, in operation, wireless communication networks adapted according to the concepts herein may operate with any combination of licensed or unlicensed spectrum depending on loading and availability. Accordingly, it will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art that the systems, apparatus and methods described herein may be applied to other communications systems and applications than the particular examples provided.

While aspects and implementations are described in this application by illustration to some examples, those skilled in the art will understand that additional implementations and use cases may come about in many different arrangements and scenarios. Innovations described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, packaging arrangements. For example, implementations or uses may come about via integrated chip implementations or other non-module-component based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail devices, purchasing devices, medical devices, AI-enabled devices, etc.). While some examples may or may not be specifically directed to use cases or applications, a wide assortment of applicability of described innovations may occur. Implementations may range from chip-level or modular components to non-modular, non-chip-level implementations and further to aggregated, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more described aspects. In some practical settings, devices incorporating described aspects and features may also necessarily include additional components and features for implementation and practice of claimed and described aspects. It is intended that innovations described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of implementations, including both large devices or small devices, chip-level components, multi-component systems (e.g., radio frequency (RF)-chain, communication interface, processor), distributed arrangements, end-user devices, etc. of varying sizes, shapes, and constitution.

<FIG> is a block diagram illustrating details of an example wireless communication system according to one or more aspects. The wireless communication system may include wireless network <NUM> may, for example, include a <NUM> wireless network. As appreciated by those skilled in the art, components appearing in <FIG> are likely to have related counterparts in other network arrangements including, for example, cellular-style network arrangements and non-cellular-style-network arrangements (e.g., device to device or peer to peer or ad hoc network arrangements, etc.).

Wireless network <NUM> illustrated in <FIG> includes a number of base stations <NUM> and other network entities. A base station may be a station that communicates with the UEs and may also be referred to as an evolved node B (eNB), a next generation eNB (gNB), an access point, and the like. Each base station <NUM> may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" may refer to this particular geographic coverage area of a base station or a base station subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. In implementations of wireless network <NUM> herein, base stations <NUM> may be associated with a same operator or different operators (e.g., wireless network <NUM> may include a plurality of operator wireless networks). Additionally, in implementations of wireless network <NUM> herein, base station <NUM> may provide wireless communications using one or more of the same frequencies (e.g., one or more frequency bands in licensed spectrum, unlicensed spectrum, or a combination thereof) as a neighboring cell. In some examples, an individual base station <NUM> or UE <NUM> may be operated by more than one network operating entity. In some other examples, each base station <NUM> and UE <NUM> may be operated by a single network operating entity.

A base station may provide communication coverage for a macro cell or a small cell, such as a pico cell or a femto cell, or other types of cell. A base station for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro base station. A base station for a small cell may be referred to as a small cell base station, a pico base station, a femto base station or a home base station. In the example shown in <FIG>, base stations 105d and 105e are regular macro base stations, while base stations 105a-105c are macro base stations enabled with one of <NUM> dimension (3D), full dimension (FD), or massive MIMO. Base stations 105a-105c take advantage of their higher dimension MIMO capabilities to exploit 3D beamforming in both elevation and azimuth beamforming to increase coverage and capacity. Base station 105f is a small cell base station which may be a home node or portable access point. A base station may support one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells.

Wireless network <NUM> may support synchronous or asynchronous operation. In some scenarios, networks may be enabled or configured to handle dynamic switching between synchronous or asynchronous operations.

UEs <NUM> are dispersed throughout the wireless network <NUM>, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. It should be appreciated that, although a mobile apparatus is commonly referred to as a UE in standards and specifications promulgated by the 3GPP, such apparatus may additionally or otherwise be referred to by those skilled in the art as a mobile station (MS), a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal (AT), a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a terminal, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, a gaming device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a vehicular component, a vehicular device, or a vehicular module, or some other suitable terminology. Within the present document, a "mobile" apparatus or UE need not necessarily have a capability to move, and may be stationary. Some non-limiting examples of a mobile apparatus, such as may include implementations of one or more of UEs <NUM>, include a mobile phone, a cellular (cell) phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a laptop, a personal computer (PC), a notebook, a netbook, a smart book, a tablet, gaming devices, reality modification devices (e.g., extended reality (XR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR)), entertainment devices, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). A mobile apparatus may additionally be an IoT or "Internet of everything" (IoE) device such as an automotive or other transportation vehicle, a satellite radio, a global positioning system (GPS) device, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) device, a logistics controller, a drone, a multi-copter, a quad-copter, a smart energy or security device, a solar panel or solar array, municipal lighting, water, or other infrastructure; industrial automation and enterprise devices; consumer and wearable devices, such as eyewear, a wearable camera, a smart watch, a health or fitness tracker, a mammal implantable device, gesture tracking device, medical device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, a game console, etc.; and digital home or smart home devices such as a home audio, video, and multimedia device, an appliance, a sensor, a vending machine, intelligent lighting, a home security system, a smart meter, etc. In one aspect, a UE may be a device that includes a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC). In another aspect, a UE may be a device that does not include a UICC. In some aspects, UEs that do not include UICCs may also be referred to as IoE devices. UEs 115a-115d of the implementation illustrated in <FIG> are examples of mobile smart phone-type devices accessing wireless network <NUM> A UE may also be a machine specifically configured for connected communication, including machine type communication (MTC), enhanced MTC (eMTC), narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and the like. UEs 115e-<NUM> illustrated in <FIG> are examples of various machines configured for communication that access wireless network <NUM>.

A mobile apparatus, such as UEs <NUM>, may be able to communicate with any type of the base stations, whether macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relays, and the like. In <FIG>, a communication link (represented by a lightning bolt) indicates wireless transmissions between a UE and a serving base station, which is a base station designated to serve the UE on the downlink or uplink, or desired transmission between base stations, and backhaul transmissions between base stations. UEs may operate as base stations or other network nodes in some scenarios. Backhaul communication between base stations of wireless network <NUM> may occur using wired or wireless communication links.

In operation at wireless network <NUM>, base stations 105a-105c serve UEs 115a and 115b using 3D beamforming and coordinated spatial techniques, such as coordinated multipoint (CoMP) or multi-connectivity. Macro base station 105d performs backhaul communications with base stations 105a-105c, as well as small cell, base station 105f. Macro base station 105d also transmits multicast services which are subscribed to and received by UEs 115c and 115d.

Wireless network <NUM> of implementations supports mission critical communications with ultra-reliable and redundant links for mission critical devices, such UE 115e, which is a drone. Redundant communication links with UE 115e include from macro base stations 105d and 105e, as well as small cell base station 105f. Other machine type devices, such as UE 115f (thermometer), UE <NUM> (smart meter), and UE <NUM> (wearable device) may communicate through wireless network <NUM> either directly with base stations, such as small cell base station 105f, and macro base station 105e, or in multi-hop configurations by communicating with another user device which relays its information to the network, such as UE 115f communicating temperature measurement information to the smart meter, UE <NUM>, which is then reported to the network through small cell base station 105f. Wireless network <NUM> may also provide additional network efficiency through dynamic, low-latency TDD communications or FDD communications, such as in a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) mesh network between UEs 115i-<NUM> communicating with macro base station 105e.

<FIG> is a block diagram illustrating examples of base station <NUM> and UE <NUM> according to one or more aspects. Base station <NUM> and UE <NUM> may be any of the base stations and one of the UEs in <FIG>. For a restricted association scenario (as mentioned above), base station <NUM> may be small cell base station 105f in <FIG>, and UE <NUM> may be UE 115c or 115d operating in a service area of base station 105f, which in order to access small cell base station 105f, would be included in a list of accessible UEs for small cell base station 105f. Base station <NUM> may also be a base station of some other type. As shown in <FIG>, base station <NUM> may be equipped with antennas 234a through 234t, and UE <NUM> may be equipped with antennas 252a through 252r for facilitating wireless communications.

At base station <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM> may receive data from data source <NUM> and control information from controller <NUM>, such as a processor. The control information may be for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request (ARQ) indicator channel (PHICH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), an MTC physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH), etc. The data may be for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), etc. Additionally, transmit processor <NUM> may process (e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively. Transmit processor <NUM> may also generate reference symbols, e.g., for the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and cell-specific reference signal. Transmit (TX) MIMO processor <NUM> may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streams to modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. For example, spatial processing performed on the data symbols, the control symbols, or the reference symbols may include precoding. Each modulator <NUM> may additionally or alternatively process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. Downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.

At UE <NUM>, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station <NUM> and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. MIMO detector <NUM> may obtain received symbols from demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. Receive processor <NUM> may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE <NUM> to data sink <NUM>, and provide decoded control information to a controller <NUM>, such as a processor.

On the uplink, at UE <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM> may receive and process data (e.g., for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)) from data source <NUM> and control information (e.g., for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)) from controller <NUM>. Additionally, transmit processor <NUM> may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal. The symbols from transmit processor <NUM> may be precoded by TX MIMO processor <NUM> if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for SC-FDM, etc.), and transmitted to base station <NUM>. At base station <NUM>, the uplink signals from UE <NUM> may be received by antennas <NUM>, processed by demodulators <NUM>, detected by MIMO detector <NUM> if applicable, and further processed by receive processor <NUM> to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE <NUM>. Receive processor <NUM> may provide the decoded data to data sink <NUM> and the decoded control information to controller <NUM>.

Controllers <NUM> and <NUM> may direct the operation at base station <NUM> and UE <NUM>, respectively. Controller <NUM> or other processors and modules at base station <NUM> or controller <NUM> or other processors and modules at UE <NUM> may perform or direct the execution of various processes for the techniques described herein, such as to perform or direct the execution illustrated in <FIG>, or other processes for the techniques described herein. Memories <NUM> and <NUM> may store data and program codes for base station <NUM> and UE <NUM>, respectively. Scheduler <NUM> may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink or the uplink.

In some cases, UE <NUM> and base station <NUM> may operate in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, which may include licensed or unlicensed (e.g., contention-based) frequency spectrum. In an unlicensed frequency portion of the shared radio frequency spectrum band, UEs <NUM> or base stations <NUM> may traditionally perform a medium-sensing procedure to contend for access to the frequency spectrum. For example, UE <NUM> or base station <NUM> may perform a listen-before-talk or listen-before-transmitting (LBT) procedure such as a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the shared channel is available. In some implementations, a CCA may include an energy detection procedure to determine whether there are any other active transmissions. For example, a device may infer that a change in a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a power meter indicates that a channel is occupied. Specifically, signal power that is concentrated in a certain bandwidth and exceeds a predetermined noise floor may indicate another wireless transmitter. A CCA also may include detection of specific sequences that indicate use of the channel. For example, another device may transmit a specific preamble prior to transmitting a data sequence. In some cases, an LBT procedure may include a wireless node adjusting its own backoff window based on the amount of energy detected on a channel or the acknowledge/negative-acknowledge (ACK/NACK) feedback for its own transmitted packets as a proxy for collisions.

Although power consumption due to false paging reception may be small in some UEs, such as typical mobile phones, in reduced-capability UEs, such as wireless sensors, power consumption due to false paging reception is more significant. Additionally, it is expected that in some <NUM> standards, including those related to reduced capability UEs, that paging repetition will increase significantly. Thus, power consumption due to false paging reception may become a significant problem in at least some situations.

The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media to reduce false paging reception at UEs. One technique for reducing false paging reception is to increase the number of P-RNTIs that are available for decoding paging DCI messages. For example, a wireless communication standard (e.g., a 3GPP standard, as a non-limiting example) may define multiple P-RNTIs, or a network may use signaling to define multiple P-RNTIs, and different UEs may select different P-RNTIs (based on identifiers corresponding to the UEs). If a paging DCI message cannot be decoded using the selected P-RNTI, the UE may determine that the paging message is not addressed to the UE. As another example, a base station may include an indicator, such as a bitmap, in the paging DCI message, and the UEs may determine from the indicator whether or not the paging message is addressed to the UEs. As yet another example, the paging DCI message may include a resource location field that corresponds to the paging message, and the UE may determine whether or not the paging message is addressed to the UE by determining if the resource indicated in the resource location field is within the block of resources corresponding to the UE. If the paging message is not addressed to the UE, the UE does not have to receive the paging message, and false paging reception is reduced. Reducing false paging reception reduces power consumption at the UEs, because the UEs do not have to power on the one or more components (or portions thereof) to receive a paging message that is not addressed to them.

<FIG> is a block diagram of an example wireless communications system <NUM> configured to enable use of multiple P-RNTIs at UE(s) according to one or more aspects. In some examples, wireless communications system <NUM> may implement aspects of wireless network <NUM>. Wireless communications system <NUM> includes UE <NUM> and base station <NUM>. Although one UE <NUM> and one base station <NUM> are illustrated, in some other implementations, wireless communications system <NUM> may generally include multiple UEs <NUM>, and may include more than one base station <NUM>.

UE <NUM> may include a variety of components (e.g., structural, hardware components) used for carrying out one or more functions described herein. For example, these components may include a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, a transmitter <NUM>, and a receiver <NUM>. Processor <NUM> may be configured to execute instructions stored at memory <NUM> to perform the operations described herein. In some implementations, processor <NUM> includes or corresponds to one or more of receive processor <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM>, and controller <NUM>, and memory <NUM> includes or corresponds to memory <NUM>.

Transmitter <NUM> is configured to transmit data to one or more other devices, and receiver <NUM> is configured to receive data from one or more other devices. For example, transmitter <NUM> may transmit data, and receiver <NUM> may receive data, via a network, such as a wired network, a wireless network, or a combination thereof. For example, UE <NUM> may be configured to transmit or receive data via a direct device-to-device connection, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a modem-to-modem connection, the Internet, intranet, extranet, cable transmission system, cellular communication network, any combination of the above, or any other communications network now known or later developed within which permits two or more electronic devices to communicate. In some implementations, transmitter <NUM> and receiver <NUM> may be replaced with a transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, transmitter <NUM>, receiver <NUM>, or both may include or correspond to one or more components of UE <NUM> described with reference to <FIG>.

Base station <NUM> may include a variety of components (e.g., structural, hardware components) used for carrying out one or more functions described herein. For example, these components may include processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM>. Processor <NUM> may be configured to execute instructions stored at memory <NUM> to perform the operations described herein. In some implementations, processor <NUM> includes or corresponds to one or more of receive processor <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM>, and controller <NUM>, and memory <NUM> includes or corresponds to memory <NUM>.

Transmitter <NUM> is configured to transmit data to one or more other devices, and receiver <NUM> is configured to receive data from one or more other devices. For example, transmitter <NUM> may transmit data, and receiver <NUM> may receive data, via a network, such as a wired network, a wireless network, or a combination thereof. For example, base station <NUM> may be configured to transmit or receive data via a direct device-to-device connection, a LAN, a WAN, a modem-to-modem connection, the Internet, intranet, extranet, cable transmission system, cellular communication network, any combination of the above, or any other communications network now known or later developed within which permits two or more electronic devices to communicate. In some implementations, transmitter <NUM> and receiver <NUM> may be replaced with a transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, transmitter <NUM>, receiver, <NUM>, or both may include or correspond to one or more components of base station <NUM> described with reference to <FIG>.

In some implementations, wireless communications system <NUM> implements a <NUM> NR network. For example, wireless communication system <NUM> may include multiple <NUM>-capable UEs <NUM> and multiple <NUM>-capable base stations <NUM> (e.g., UEs and base stations configured to operate in accordance with a <NUM> NR network protocol such as that defined by the 3GPP.

During operation of wireless communications system <NUM>, a plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may be assigned to wireless communications system <NUM>, and UE <NUM> may select a first P-RNTI <NUM> from plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM>. Plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may be specified in a variety of ways.

In some implementations, plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> are specified by a wireless communication standard, such as a 3GPP standard, as a non-limiting example. Additionally, or alternatively, plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may be preconfigured (e.g., preprogrammed) at UEs, such as UE <NUM>, prior to release and/or deployment. Each UE in the wireless network may select its own corresponding P-RNTI from plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> based on a unique identifier of the UE. For example, UE <NUM> may select first P-RNTI <NUM> based on an identifier that uniquely identifies UE <NUM> in the wireless network, a system frame number (SFN) or any index that identifies the radio frame associated with a paging occasion, a number of paging frames in a DRX cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs specified in the wireless communication standard and/or preconfigured at UE <NUM> prior to release and/or deployment. In some implementations, UE <NUM> selects first P-RNTI <NUM> according to the following equation: <MAT> where P-RNTI is first P-RNTI <NUM>, UEID is the identifier of UE <NUM>, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and M is the number of P-RNTIs included in plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM>. Using the SFN (or any index that identifies the radio frame associated with a paging occasion) may randomize the UE's P-RNTI in each paging frame, which may further reduce false paging reception. In this manner, multiple UEs assigned to the same PO may have different P-RNTIs, which enable decoding of paging DCI messages (as further described herein).

In some other implementations, at least some of plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may be defined by the wireless network. For example, base station <NUM> may generate system information block (SIB) <NUM>. SIB <NUM> may include a first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> included in plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM>. In some implementations, first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> are cell-specific. For example, different cells may have different P-RNTIs, based on capacity, paging load, etc. In some other implementations, first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> are tracking area-specific. For example, different tracking areas may have different P-RNTIs, based on capacity, paging load, etc. Base station <NUM> may transmit SIB <NUM> (including first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM>) to UEs, such as UE <NUM>, to inform the UEs of the available P-RNTIs, and the UEs may select a corresponding P-RNTI from first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> as described above. Alternatively, plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may include both first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> and a second subset of P-RNTIs. The second subset of P-RNTIs may be specified by a wireless communication standard or preconfigured (e.g., preprogrammed) at UEs, such as UE <NUM>, before release and/or deployment. Thus, in some implementations, plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> may include P-RNTIs that are specified by a wireless communication standard or preconfigured at UEs and P-RNTIs that are specified by a network. Similar to the techniques described above, UE <NUM> may select first P-RNTI <NUM> from among plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> based on an identifier that uniquely identifies UE <NUM> in the wireless network, a SFN or any index that identifies the radio frame associated with a paging occasion, a number of paging frames in a DRX cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs in plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM>. For example, first P-RNTI may be selected according to the following equation: <MAT> where P-RNTI is first P-RNTI <NUM>, UEID is the identifier of UE <NUM>, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and K is the number of P-RNTIs included in plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> (e.g., including first subset of P-RNTIs <NUM> and the second subset of P-RNTIs defined by the wireless communication standard or preconfigured at UE <NUM>). Thus, different UEs may have different P-RNTIs, some of which are assigned by the wireless network.

In some other implementations, the network may assign a P-RNTI from plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> to the UEs. For example, base station <NUM> may assign first P-RNTI <NUM> to UE <NUM> through dedicated signaling. To illustrate, base station <NUM> may generate message <NUM> that indicates first P-RNTI <NUM>. Base station <NUM> may transmit message <NUM> to UE <NUM> to inform UE <NUM> of its assigned P-RNTI (e.g., first P-RNTI <NUM>). Base station <NUM> may assign first P-RNTI <NUM> based on the equations described above or based on other factors. In some implementations, message <NUM> includes or corresponds to a radio resource control (RRC) release message. For example, base station <NUM> may transmit message <NUM> (e.g., the RRC release message) when UE <NUM> is released from an RRC connected state, and the RRC control message may identify first P-RNTI <NUM>. In other implementations, message <NUM> may be other types of messages. Although each of the above-described implementations (e.g., wireless communication standard specified P-RNTIs, network specified P-RNTIs, and network assigned P-RNTIs) have been described as separate implementations, in other implementations, any combination of the above-described techniques may be used.

In addition to UE <NUM> selecting first P-RNTI <NUM>, base station <NUM> determines whether there are any pages for any serving UEs of base station <NUM>. For example, base station <NUM> may receive a message from a component of a core network to which base station <NUM> is connected. Based on determining that one or more UEs have a page, base station <NUM> generates paging DCI message <NUM>. Paging DCI message <NUM> indicates resources corresponding to a paging message <NUM>, such as a time slot, a frequency range, or both. Base station <NUM> encodes paging DCI message <NUM> based on a P-RNTI corresponding to the addressed UE of the paging message <NUM>, and transmits the encoded paging DCI message <NUM> to serving UEs, including UE <NUM>, via a PDCCH. Base station <NUM> also transmits paging message <NUM> to serving UEs via a PDSCH.

UE <NUM> may receive paging DCI message <NUM> from base station <NUM> during a designated PO and perform a decoding operation on paging DCI message <NUM> using first P-RNTI <NUM>. If UE <NUM> successfully decodes paging DCI message <NUM>, UE <NUM> determines that it is an intended recipient of paging message <NUM> and powers on one or more additional components, such a portions of processor <NUM>, a modem, receiver <NUM>, or other components to prepare to receive paging message <NUM>. UE <NUM> then receives paging message <NUM> from base station <NUM> and processes paging message <NUM>. If UE <NUM> unsuccessfully decodes paging DCI message <NUM>, UE <NUM> determines that paging message <NUM> is not addressed to it, and UE <NUM> transitions to a low power operating mode (e.g., an RRC idle/inactive mode) for a remainder of a current DRX cycle.

Thus, <FIG> describes wireless communications system <NUM> that supports plurality of P-RNTIs <NUM> such that different UEs may use different P-RNTIs. Enabling different UEs to use different P-RNTIs enables the UEs to determine whether a paging message is addressed to them based on whether they may decode a paging DCI message. UEs that cannot decode the paging DCI message may transition into a low power state instead of receiving a paging message, which reduces power consumption at the UEs. Increasing the number of P-RNTIs used by wireless communications system <NUM> may decrease the likelihood of false paging reception, thereby reducing power consumption at the UEs.

<FIG> is a block diagram of an example wireless communications system <NUM> configured to share an indicator corresponding to a paging message. Wireless communications system <NUM> includes UE <NUM> and base station <NUM>. UE <NUM> and base station <NUM> may include components similar to described in <FIG>. For example, processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of UE <NUM> may include or correspond to processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of <FIG>, and processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of base station <NUM> may include or correspond to processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of <FIG>. Although one UE and one base station are illustrated, in other implementations, wireless communications system <NUM> may include more than one UE, more than one base station, or both.

During operation of wireless communications system <NUM>, base station <NUM> generates a paging DCI message <NUM>. Paging DCI message <NUM> includes an indicator <NUM> corresponding to one or more UEs and paging message <NUM>. For example, paging DCI message <NUM> (e.g., indicator <NUM>) may indicate which UEs paging message <NUM> is addressed to. In some implementations, indicator <NUM> includes or corresponds to a bitmap. In other implementations, indicator <NUM> includes or corresponds to another type of indicator, such as a list or a hash, a non-limiting examples. Base station <NUM> may set a value of each bit of the bitmap (or other indicator) to indicate whether a corresponding UE is an addressee of paging message <NUM>. For example, if a bit corresponding to UE <NUM> is set to a logical '<NUM>' value, paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM>. Alternatively, if the bit corresponding to UE <NUM> is set to a logical '<NUM>' value, paging message <NUM> is not addressed to UE <NUM>. After setting the value of one or more bits, base station <NUM> transmits paging DCI message <NUM> to serving UEs, including UE <NUM>, via a PDCCH. Base station <NUM> also transmits paging message <NUM> to serving UEs, via a PDSCH.

UE <NUM> receives paging DCI message <NUM> from base station <NUM> and determines whether indicator <NUM> corresponds to UE <NUM>. For example, if indicator <NUM> is a bitmap, and a particular bit corresponding to UE <NUM> has a particular value (e.g., a logical '<NUM>' value), then UE <NUM> determines that paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM>. If the particular bit corresponding to UE <NUM> has a different value (e.g., a logical '<NUM>' value), then UE <NUM> determines that paging message <NUM> is not addressed to UE <NUM>.

In implementations in which indicator <NUM> is a bitmap, UE <NUM> (and base station <NUM>) determine whether indicator <NUM> corresponds to UE <NUM> (e.g., determine which particular bit corresponds to UE <NUM>) based on a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in the wireless network, a SFN or any index that identifies the radio frame associated with a paging occasion, a length <NUM> of the bitmap, and a number of paging frames in a DRX cycle. For example, UE <NUM> may determine the particular bit (e.g., the bit that corresponds to UE <NUM>) according to the following formula: <MAT> where index is an index of the particular bit of the bitmap, UEID is the unique identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and L is length <NUM> of the bitmap. Thus, by checking the value of the particular bit in the bitmap given by the above equation, UE <NUM> may determine if paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM>. Although the particular bit is described as corresponding to a single UE, in other implementations, each bit of the bitmap may correspond to more than one UE (using the above equation).

In some implementations, length <NUM> is defined in a wireless communication standard (e.g., a 3GPP standard, as a non-limiting example). Additionally, or alternatively, length <NUM> may be preconfigured (e.g., preprogrammed) at UE <NUM> before release and/or deployment. In some other implementations, length <NUM> is indicated by base station <NUM>. For example, base station <NUM> may generate and transmit second DCI message <NUM>. Second DCI message <NUM> may include or indicate length <NUM>. As another example, base station <NUM> may generate and transmit SIB <NUM>. SIB <NUM> may include or indicate length <NUM>.

If UE <NUM> determines that it is an intended recipient (e.g., addressee) of paging message <NUM>, UE <NUM> may power on one or more components (or portions thereof) to receive paging message <NUM> from base station <NUM>. Alternatively, if UE <NUM> determines that it is not an intended recipient (e.g., addressee) of paging message <NUM>, UE <NUM> may transition into a low power operating mode for a remainder of a DRX cycle.

Thus, <FIG> describes wireless communications system <NUM> that enables sharing paging DCI message <NUM> that includes indicator <NUM> that indicates which UEs paging message <NUM> is addressed to. UEs that are indicated by indicator <NUM> (e.g., a bitmap) may power on one or more components (or portions thereof) to receive paging message <NUM>. UEs that are not indicated by indicator <NUM> may transition into a low power operating mode instead of receiving paging message <NUM>, which reduces power consumption at the UEs. In this manner, the likelihood of false paging reception is reduced.

<FIG> is a block diagram of an example wireless communications system <NUM> configured to share radio resource information corresponding to a paging message. Wireless communications system <NUM> includes UE <NUM> and base station <NUM>. UE <NUM> and base station <NUM> may include components similar to described in <FIG>. For example, processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of UE <NUM> may include or correspond to processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of <FIG>, and processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of base station <NUM> may include or correspond to processor <NUM>, memory <NUM>, transmitter <NUM>, and receiver <NUM> of <FIG>. Although one UE and one base station are illustrated, in other implementations, wireless communications system <NUM> may include more than one UE, more than one base station, or both.

During operation of wireless communications system <NUM>, base station <NUM> generates a paging DCI message <NUM>. Paging DCI message <NUM> includes radio resource information <NUM> that indicates a location of radio resources of paging message <NUM> in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. For example, radio resource information <NUM> may indicate a time slot corresponding to paging message <NUM>, a frequency range corresponding to paging message <NUM>, or both. In some implementations, radio resource information <NUM> is indicated by a resource allocation field of paging DCI message <NUM>. In other implementations, radio resource information <NUM> may be included in other fields of paging DCI message <NUM>.

In some implementations, the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both, are organized into a plurality of blocks. Each block of the plurality of blocks indicates one or more UEs to which paging message <NUM> is addressed. The plurality of blocks represent a division of resources of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). An example of dividing time and frequency domains into resource blocks is shown in <FIG>. As shown in <FIG>, paging opportunity <NUM> ("PO") occurs during a first time slot. During paging opportunity <NUM>, all UEs assigned to paging opportunity <NUM> power on sufficient components to receive paging DCI message <NUM>. Radio resource information <NUM> included in paging DCI message <NUM> indicates which resource block of plurality of resource blocks <NUM> corresponds to paging message <NUM>. For example, plurality of resource blocks <NUM> may include six resource blocks: resource blocks <NUM>-<NUM> occurring during a second time slot at different frequency ranges, and resource blocks <NUM>-<NUM> occurring during a third time slot at different frequency ranges. Thus, a time slot corresponding to paging DCI message <NUM> (e.g., a time slot corresponding to paging opportunity <NUM>) may be different than a time slot corresponding to paging message <NUM>. The plurality of resource blocks may be defined, as further described herein, such that the plurality of resource blocks (and their corresponding time and frequency dimensions) are known to the UEs. Radio resource information <NUM> indicates which resource block of plurality of resource blocks <NUM> that paging message <NUM> corresponds to (e.g., will be located in). In the example of <FIG>, radio resource information <NUM> (received during paging opportunity <NUM>) indicates that paging message <NUM> corresponds to (e.g., will be located within) resource block <NUM>.

One or more UEs may correspond to each of the resource blocks of plurality of resource blocks <NUM>, such that the UEs may determine if paging message <NUM> is addressed to them based on whether paging message <NUM> corresponds to their resource block (e.g., if the resource indicated in the resource location field of paging DCI message <NUM> is within the block of resources corresponding to the UE). For example, if UE <NUM> corresponds to resource block <NUM>, UE <NUM> determines that paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM> based on paging message <NUM> being located in resource block <NUM> (e.g., in a block of resources corresponding to UE <NUM>). If UE <NUM> corresponds to one of resource block <NUM>-<NUM>, UE <NUM> determines that paging message <NUM> is not addressed to UE <NUM> based on paging message <NUM> being located in a different resource block. In this manner, UEs may determine whether or not paging message <NUM> is addressed to them based on whether or not paging message <NUM> is located in a resource block that corresponds to the UE. Although six resource blocks are illustrated in <FIG>, in other implementations, plurality of resource blocks <NUM> may include fewer than six or more than six resource blocks. Additionally, or alternatively, although plurality of resource blocks <NUM> are shown as being defined in both the time and frequency domains, in other implementations, plurality of resource blocks <NUM> may be defined in only the time domain or only the frequency domain.

Returning to <FIG>, block information <NUM> indicates the size and location of plurality of resource blocks <NUM> in the time domain, the frequency domain, or both. In some implementations, block information <NUM> is specified by a wireless communication standard (e.g., a 3GPP standard, as a non-limiting example) or preconfigured (e.g., preprogrammed) at UEs, such as UE <NUM>, prior to release and/or deployment. For example, block information <NUM> may be stored in memory <NUM> prior to deployment of UE <NUM>. In some other implementations, block information <NUM> is included in SIB <NUM> that is transmitted from base station <NUM> to UE <NUM>. For example, base station <NUM> may determine the size and location of the resource blocks, and base station <NUM> may generate SIB <NUM> including block information <NUM> indicating the determined size and location of the resource blocks. Base station <NUM> may transmit SIB <NUM> to serving UEs, such as UE <NUM>.

After receiving paging DCI message <NUM>, UE <NUM> may determine whether paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM> based on radio resource information <NUM> and block information <NUM>. Determining whether paging message <NUM> is addressed to UE <NUM> may be further based on an identifier that uniquely identifies UE <NUM> in the wireless network, a SFN or any index that identifies the radio frame associated with a paging occasion, a number of blocks in the plurality of radio resources, and a number of paging fames in a DRX cycle. For example, an index of the resource block corresponding to UE <NUM> may be determined according to the following equation: <MAT> where index is an index of a resource block corresponding to the UE, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and R is the number of resource blocks in the plurality of resource blocks of radio resources. In this manner, UE <NUM> may determine the index of the resource block that corresponds to UE <NUM>, and UE <NUM> may determine if radio resource information <NUM> indicates that the resource block is the location of paging message <NUM>.

Thus, <FIG> describes wireless communications system <NUM> that enables sharing paging DCI message <NUM> that includes radio resource information <NUM> that indicates which resource block paging message <NUM> will be located in. UEs that correspond to that resource block may determine that they are addressees (e.g., intended recipients) of paging message <NUM> and may power on one or more components to receive paging message <NUM>. UEs that do not correspond to that resource block may transition into a low power state instead of receiving paging message <NUM>, which reduces power consumption at the UEs. In this manner, the likelihood of false paging reception is reduced.

Although the implementations described with reference to <FIG> are described separately, one or more operations or configurations described with reference to one of <FIG> may be combined with operations or configurations described with reference to the other(s) of <FIG> to reduce false paging, and therefore power consumption, at a UE. To illustrate, a UE (e.g., UE <NUM>) may be configured to receive, from a base station, a paging DCI that is encoded to indicate an addressee of a paging message (as described above with reference to <FIG>) or that indicates one or more UEs (as described above with reference to <FIG>) or a location of radio resources of the paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both (as described above with reference to <FIG>). The UE may be further configured to determine whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on an encoding of the paging DCI message (e.g., whether the UE is able to decode the paging DCI message using a P-RNTI, as described above with reference to <FIG>), whether the one or more UEs include the UE (e.g., whether a bitmap included in the paging DCI indicates the UE is an addressee of the paging message, as described above with reference to <FIG>), or the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both (e.g., whether the location of the radio resources matches a resource block that corresponds to the UE, as described above with reference to <FIG>). Additionally or alternatively, a base station (e.g., base station <NUM>) may be configured to generate a paging DCI message that is encoded to indicate an addressee of a paging message (as described above with reference to <FIG>) or that indicates one or more UEs (as described above with reference to <FIG>) or a location of radio resources of the paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both (as described above with reference to <FIG>). The base station may be further configured to transmit the paging DCI message to the UE.

<FIG> is a flow diagram illustrating example blocks executed to implement one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The example blocks will also be described with respect to UE <NUM> as illustrated in <FIG> is a block diagram illustrating UE <NUM> configured according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure. UE <NUM> includes the structure, hardware, and components as illustrated for UE <NUM> of <FIG>. For example, UE <NUM> includes controller <NUM>, which operates to execute logic or computer instructions stored in memory <NUM>, as well as controlling the components of UE <NUM> that provide the features and functionality of UE <NUM>. UE <NUM>, under control of controller <NUM>, transmits and receives signals via wireless radios 1301a-r and antennas 252a-r. Wireless radios 1301a-r include various components and hardware, as illustrated in <FIG> for UE <NUM>, including modulator and demodulators 254a-r, MIMO detector <NUM>, receive processor <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM>, and TX MIMO processor <NUM>.

At block <NUM>, a UE selects a first P-RNTI from a plurality of available P-RNTIs. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, P-RNTI selection logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of P-RNTI selection logic <NUM> provides the functionality to select a first P-RNTI from a plurality of P-RNTIs.

At block <NUM>, the UE performs a decoding operation on a paging DCI message using the first P-RNTI. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI decoder <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI decoder <NUM> provides the functionality to perform a decoding operation on a paging DCI message using the first P-RNTI. If the decoding operation is successful, UE <NUM> receives a paging message indicated by the paging DCI message. If the decoding is unsuccessful, UE <NUM> enters a low-power operating mode for a remainder of a DRX cycle.

<FIG> is a flow diagram illustrating example blocks executed to implement one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The example blocks will also be described with respect to base station <NUM> as illustrated in <FIG> is a block diagram illustrating base station <NUM> configured according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Base station <NUM> includes the structure, hardware, and components as illustrated for base station <NUM> of <FIG>. For example, base station <NUM> includes controller <NUM>, which operates to execute logic or computer instructions stored in memory <NUM>, as well as controlling the components of base station <NUM> that provide the features and functionality of base station <NUM>. Base station <NUM>, under control of controller <NUM>, transmits and receives signals via wireless radios 1401a-t and antennas 234a-t. Wireless radios 1401a-t include various components and hardware, as illustrated in <FIG> for base station <NUM>, including modulator and demodulators 232a-t, MIMO detector <NUM>, receive processor <NUM>, transmit processor <NUM>, and TX MIMO processor <NUM>.

At block <NUM>, a base station generates a SIB that includes a plurality of P-RNTIs supported by a wireless network. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, SIB generator <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of SIB generator <NUM> provides the functionality to generate a SIB that includes a plurality of P-RNTIs supported by a wireless network.

At block <NUM>, the base station transmits, to a UE, the SIB. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, SIB transmission logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of SIB transmission logic <NUM> provides the functionality to transmit the SIB to a UE.

<FIG> is a flow diagram illustrating example blocks executed to implement one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The example blocks will also be described with respect to UE <NUM> as illustrated in <FIG>.

At block <NUM>, a UE receives, from a base station, a paging DCI message that includes an indicator corresponding to one or more UEs and a paging message. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI reception logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI reception logic <NUM> provides the functionality to receive, from a base station, a paging DCI message. The paging DCI message may include an indicator corresponding to one or more UEs and a paging message. In some implementations, the indicator includes a bitmap.

At block <NUM>, the UE determines whether the indicator corresponds to the UE. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, indicator analyzer <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of indicator analyzer <NUM> provides the functionality to determine whether the indicator corresponds to UE <NUM> (e.g., whether a corresponding paging message is addressed to UE <NUM>).

<FIG> is a flow diagram illustrating example blocks executed to implement one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The example blocks will also be described with respect to base station <NUM> as illustrated in <FIG>.

At block <NUM>, a base station generates a paging DCI message that includes an indicator corresponding to one or more UEs and a paging message. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI indicator generator <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI indicator generator <NUM> provides the functionality generate a paging DCI message that includes an indicator corresponding to one or more UEs and a paging message. In some implementations, the indicator includes a bitmap.

At block <NUM>, the base station transmits the paging DCI message to a UE. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI transmission logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI transmission logic <NUM> provides the functionality to transmit the paging DCI to a UE.

At block <NUM>, a UE receives, from a base station, a paging DCI message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI reception logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI reception logic <NUM> provides the functionality to receive, from a base station, a paging DCI message. The paging DCI message may indicate a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both.

At block <NUM>, the UE determines whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both. The UE <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, radio resource analyzer <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of radio resource analyzer <NUM> provides the functionality to determine whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both.

At block <NUM>, a base station generates a paging DCI message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI radio resource generator <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI radio resource generator <NUM> provides the functionality to generate a paging DCI message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both.

At block <NUM>, the base station transmits, to a UE, the paging DCI message. The base station <NUM> may execute, under control of controller <NUM>, DCI transmission logic <NUM> stored in memory <NUM>. The execution environment of DCI transmission logic <NUM> provides the functionality to transmit the paging DCI message to a UE.

Enabling techniques for reducing false paging reception may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein. In such aspects, a UE may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to select a first paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI) from a plurality of available P-RNTIs. The at least one processor may further be configured to perform a decoding operation on a paging downlink control information (DCI) message using the first P-RNTI. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a UE) cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a first aspect, selecting the first P-RNTI includes receiving, from a base station, a message indicating the first P-RNTI.

In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the message includes a radio resource control (RRC) release message.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the plurality of P-RNTIs are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the UE prior to deployment.

In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with the third aspect, the first P-RNTI is selected based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs specified in the wireless communication standard or preconfigured at the UE.

In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with the fourth aspect, the first P-RNTI is selected according to P-RNTI = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod M, where P-RNTI is the first P-RNTI, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and M is the number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs specified in the wireless communication standard or preconfigured at the UE.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the UE receives a system information block (SIB) at the UE. The SIB includes a first subset of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In an seventh aspect, alone or in combination with the sixth aspect, the first subset of P-RNTIs are cell-specific.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with the sixth aspect, the first subset of P-RNTIs are tracking area-specific.

In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the sixth through eighth aspects, a second subset of P-RNTIs of the plurality of P-RNTIs are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the UE prior to deployment.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with the ninth aspect, the first P-RNTI is selected based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with the tenth aspect, the first P-RNTI is selected according to P-RNTI = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod K, where P-RNTI is the first P-RNTI, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and K is the number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the UE, in response to successfully decoding the paging DCI message using the first P-RNTI, receives a paging message from a base station. The paging message is indicated by the paging DCI message.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twelfth aspects, the UE, in response to unsuccessfully decoding the paging DCI message using the first P-RNTI, transitions to a low power operating mode for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In some aspects, a base station may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to generate a system information block (SIB) that includes a plurality of paging radio network temporary identifiers (P-RNTIs) supported by a wireless network. The at least one processor may further be configured to initiate transmission, to a UE, of the SIB. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a base station), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a fourteenth aspect, the plurality of P-RNTIs are cell-specific.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with the fourteenth aspect, the plurality of P-RNTIs are tracking area-specific.

In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the fourteenth through fifteenth aspects, the base station, in response to a paging message being addressed to the UE, determines a P-RNTI of the plurality of P-RNTIs that corresponds to the UE, encodes a paging downlink control information (DCI) message using the P-RNTI, and transmits the encoded paging DCI to the UE.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with the sixteenth aspect, the P-RNTI that corresponds to the UE is determined based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in the wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In some aspects, a UE may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from a base station, a paging downlink control information (DCI) message that includes an indicator corresponding to one or more UEs and a paging message. The at least one processor may further be configured to determine whether the indicator corresponds to the UE. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a UE), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In an eighteenth aspect, the indicator includes a bitmap.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with the eighteenth aspect, a length of the bitmap is defined in a wireless communication standard.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the eighteenth through nineteenth aspects, a length of the bitmap is indicated by a second DCI message received from the base station.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the eighteenth through twentieth aspects, a length of the bitmap is indicated by a system information block (SIB) received from the base station.

In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the eighteenth through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the indicator corresponds to the UE includes determining whether a particular bit of the bitmap has a particular value.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with the twenty-second aspect, the UE determines the particular bit based on a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a length of the bitmap, and a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with the twenty-third aspect, the particular bit is determined according to index = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod L, where index is the particular bit of the bitmap, UEID is the unique identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and L is the length of the bitmap.

In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the eighteenth through twenty-fourth aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the indicator corresponds to the UE, receives the paging message from the base station.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the eighteenth through twenty-fifth aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the indicator does not corresponding to the UE, transitions the UE into a low power operating mode for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In some aspects, a base station may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to generate a paging downlink control information (DCI) message that includes an indicator corresponding to one or more user equipments (UEs) and a paging message. The at least one processor may further be configured to initiate transmission of the paging DCI message to a UE. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a base station), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a twenty-seventh aspect, the indicator includes a bitmap.

In a twenty-eighth aspect, alone or in combination with the twenty-seventh aspect, a length of the bitmap is defined in a wireless communication standard.

In a twenty-ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the twenty-seventh through twenty-eighth aspects, the base station transmits, to the UE, a second DCI message that indicates a length of the bitmap.

In a thirtieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the twenty-seventh through twenty-ninth aspects, the base station transmits, to the UE, a system information block (SIB) that indicates a length of the bitmap.

In a thirty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the twenty-seventh through thirtieth aspects, the base station sets a particular bit of the bitmap that corresponds to the UE to a particular value based on whether the paging message is addressed to the UE.

In some aspects, a UE may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from a base station, a paging downlink control information (DCI) message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The at least one processor may further be configured to determine whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a UE), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a thirty-second aspect, the location of the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both is indicated by a resource allocation field of the paging DCI message.

In a thirty-third aspect, alone or in combination with the thirty-second aspect, a time slot corresponding to the paging DCI message is different than a time slot corresponding to the paging message.

In a thirty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the thirty-second through thirty-third aspects, the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are organized by a plurality of blocks.

In a thirty-fifth aspect, alone or in combination with the thirty-fourth aspect, a size and location of each block of the plurality of blocks in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the UE prior to deployment.

In a thirty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the thirty-fourth through thirty-fifth aspects, a size and location of each block of the plurality of blocks in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are included in a system information block (SIB) received from the base station.

In a thirty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the thirty-fourth through thirty-sixth aspects, determining whether the paging message is addressed to the UE is further based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of blocks in the plurality of blocks of the radio resources, and a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In a thirty-eighth aspect, alone or in combination with the thirty-seventh aspect, whether the paging message is addressed to the UE is determined according to index = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod R, where index is an index corresponding to the UE, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and R is the number of blocks in the plurality of blocks of radio resources.

In a thirty-ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the thirty-second through thirty-eighth aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the paging message is addressed to the UE, receives the paging message from the base station.

In a fortieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the thirty-second through thirty-ninth aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the paging message is not addressed to the UE, transitions the UE into a low power operating mode for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In some aspects, a base station may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to generate a paging downlink control information (DCI) message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The at least one processor may further be configured to initiate transmission, to a user equipment (UE), of the paging DCI message. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a base station), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a forty-first aspect, the location of the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both is indicated by a resource allocation field of the paging DCI message.

In a forty-second aspect, alone or in combination with the forty-first aspect, a time slot corresponding to the paging DCI message is different than a time slot corresponding to the paging message.

In a forty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the forty-first through forty-second aspects, the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are organized by a plurality of blocks.

In a forty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with the forty-third aspect, each block of the plurality of blocks indicates one or more UEs to which the paging message is addressed.

In a forty-fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the forty-third through forty-fourth aspects, the plurality of blocks represent a division of resources of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

In some aspects, a UE may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from a base station, a paging downlink control information (DCI) message. The paging DCI message is encoded to indicate an addressee of a paging message or indicates one or more UEs or a location of radio resources of the paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The at least one processor may further be configured to determine whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on: an encoding of the paging DCI message, whether the one or more UEs include the UE, or the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both. In some other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a UE), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a forty-sixth aspect, the paging DCI message includes a bitmap that indicates the one or more UEs. A determination whether the paging message is addressed to the UE is based on whether the one or more UEs include the UE.

In a forty-seventh aspect, in combination with the forty-sixth aspect, a length of the bitmap is defined in a wireless communication standard.

In a forty-eighth aspect, in combination with the forty-sixth aspect, the UE receives a second DCI message from the base station. The second DCI message indicates a length of the bitmap.

In a forty-ninth aspect, in combination with the forty-sixth aspect, the UE receives a system information block (SIB) from the base station, the SIB indicating a length of the bitmap.

In a fiftieth aspect, in combination with one or more of the forty-sixth through forty-ninth aspects, determining whether the one or more UEs include the UE includes determining whether a particular bit of the bitmap has a particular value.

In a fifty-first aspect, in combination with the fiftieth aspect, the UE determines a value of the particular bit based on a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a length of the bitmap, and a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In a fifty-second aspect, in combination with the fifty-first aspect, the value of the particular bit is determined according to index = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod L. index is the particular bit of the bitmap, UEID is the unique identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and L is the length of the bitmap.

In a fifty-third aspect, the UE selects a first paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI) from a plurality of available P-RNTIs and performs a decoding operation on the paging DCI message using the first P-RNTI. The encoding of the paging DCI message indicates whether the paging message is addressed to the UE.

In a fifty fourth aspect, in combination with the fifty-third aspect, the UE receives, from the base station, a message indicating the first P-RNTI.

In a fifty-fifth aspect, in combination with the fifty-fourth aspect, the message includes a radio resource control (RRC) release message.

In a fifty-sixth aspect, in combination with one or more of the fifty-third through fifty-fifth aspects, the plurality of P-RNTIs are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the UE prior to deployment.

In a fifty-seventh aspect, in combination with the fifty-sixth aspect, the UE selects the first P-RNTI based on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and a number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs specified in the wireless communication standard or preconfigured at the UE.

In a fifty-eighth aspect, in combination with the fifty-seventh aspect, the UE selects the first P-RNTI according to P-RNTI = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod M. P-RNTI is the first P-RNTI, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and M is the number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs specified in the wireless communication standard or preconfigured at the UE.

In a fifty-ninth aspect, in combination with one or more of the fifty-third through fifty-eighth aspects, the UE receives a system information block (SIB) from the base station. The SIB includes a first subset of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In a sixtieth aspect, in combination with the fifty-ninth aspect, a second subset of P-RNTIs of the plurality of P-RNTIs are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the UE prior to deployment.

In a sixty-first aspect, in combination with the sixtieth aspect, the UE selects the first P-RNTI according to P-RNTI = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod K. P-RNTI is the first P-RNTI, UEID is an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, SFN is a system frame number (SFN), # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and K is a number of P-RNTIs included in the plurality of P-RNTIs.

In a sixty-second aspect, in combination with one or more of the forty-sixth through sixty-first aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the paging message is addressed to the UE, receives the paging message from the base station.

In a sixty-third aspect, in combination with one or more of the forty-sixth through sixty-first aspects, the UE, in response to determining that the paging message is not addressed to the UE, transitions into a low power operating mode for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In some aspects, a base station may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to generate a paging downlink control information (DCI) message that is encoded to indicate an addressee of a paging message or that indicates one or more user equipments (UEs) or a location of radio resources of the paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both. The at least one processor may further be configured to initiate transmission, to a UE, of the paging DCI message. In other implementations, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor (of a base station), cause the processor to perform the operations described herein.

In a sixty-fourth aspect, the location of the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both is indicated by a resource allocation field of the paging DCI message. The paging message is addressed to the UE based on the location of the radio resources of the paging message.

In a sixty-fifth aspect, in combination with the sixty-fourth aspect, a time slot corresponding to the paging DCI message is different than a time slot corresponding to the paging message.

In a sixty-sixth aspect, in combination with one or more of the sixty-fourth through sixty-fifth aspects, the radio resources in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are organized by a plurality of blocks.

In a sixty-seventh aspect, in combination with the sixty-sixth aspect, a size and location of each block of the plurality of blocks in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both are specified by a wireless communication standard or are preconfigured at the base station prior to deployment.

In a sixty-eighth aspect, in combination with the sixty-sixth aspect, the base station transmits a system information block (SIB) to the UE. The SIB includes a size and location of each block of the plurality of blocks in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both.

In a sixty-ninth aspect, in combination with one or more of the sixty-sixth through sixty-eighth aspects, the paging message is addressed to the UE based further on an identifier that uniquely identifies the UE in a wireless network, a system frame number (SFN), a number of blocks in the plurality of blocks of the radio resources, and a number of paging frames in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

In a seventieth aspect, in combination with the sixty-ninth aspect, the base station addresses the paging message to the UE according to index = ((UEID # SFN) div N) mod R. index is an index corresponding to the UE, UEID is the identifier, SFN is the SFN, # is addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, N is the number of paging frames in the DRX cycle, and R is the number of blocks in the plurality of blocks of radio resources.

In a seventy-first aspect, the paging DCI message includes a bitmap that indicates the one or more UEs. The base station sets a particular bit of the bitmap that corresponds to the UE to a particular value to address the paging message to the UE.

Components, the functional blocks, and the modules described herein with respect to <FIG> may include processors, electronics devices, hardware devices, electronics components, logical circuits, memories, software codes, firmware codes, among other examples, or any combination thereof. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, application, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, and/or functions, among other examples, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or otherwise. In addition, features discussed herein may be implemented via specialized processor circuitry, via executable instructions, and/or combinations thereof.

The various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm processes described in connection with the implementations disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both.

The hardware and data processing apparatus used to implement the various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose single- or multi-chip processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. In some implementations, a processor may be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. In some implementations, particular processes and methods may be performed by circuitry that is specific to a given function.

Implementations of the subject matter described in this specification also may be implemented as one or more computer programs, that is one or more modules of computer program instructions, encoded on a computer storage media for execution by, or to control the operation of, data processing apparatus.

Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that may be enabled to transfer a computer program from one place to another. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media may include random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that may be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection may be properly termed a computer-readable medium.

Various modifications to the implementations described in this disclosure may be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to some other implementations.

Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the implementations shown herein, but are to be accorded the widest scope consistent with this disclosure, the principles and the novel features disclosed herein.

Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate implementations also may be implemented in combination in a single implementation. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single implementation also may be implemented in multiple implementations separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.

Further, the drawings may schematically depict one more example processes in the form of a flow diagram. However, other operations that are not depicted may be incorporated in the example processes that are schematically illustrated. For example, one or more additional operations may be performed before, after, simultaneously, or between any of the illustrated operations. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the implementations described above should not be understood as requiring such separation in all implementations, and it should be understood that the described program components and systems may generally be integrated together in a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. Additionally, some other implementations are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions recited in the claims may be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results.

As used herein, including in the claims, the term "or," when used in a list of two or more items, means that any one of the listed items may be employed by itself, or any combination of two or more of the listed items may be employed. For example, if a composition is described as containing components A, B, or C, the composition may contain A alone; B alone; C alone; A and B in combination; A and C in combination; B and C in combination; or A, B, and C in combination. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, "or" as used in a list of items prefaced by "at least one of" indicates a disjunctive list such that, for example, a list of "at least one of A, B, or C" means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (that is A and B and C) or any of these in any combination thereof. The term "substantially" is defined as largely but not necessarily wholly what is specified (and includes what is specified; for example, substantially <NUM> degrees includes <NUM> degrees and substantially parallel includes parallel), as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art. In any disclosed implementations, the term "substantially" may be substituted with "within [a percentage] of" what is specified, where the percentage includes. <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM> percent.

Claim 1:
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment, UE, the method comprising:
receiving (<NUM>), from a base station, a paging downlink control information, DCI, message that indicates a location of radio resources of a paging message in a time dimension, a frequency dimension, or both; and
determining (<NUM>) whether the paging message is addressed to the UE based on the location of the radio resources of the paging message in the time dimension, the frequency dimension, or both, wherein the location of the radio resources corresponds to a location of one or more resource blocks within a plurality of resource blocks, each resource block of the plurality of resource blocks assigned to one or more UEs based on predefined block assignments.