Patent Description:
<CIT> relates to a discontinuous reception scheme for a user equipment operating in a <NUM> network.

<CIT> relates to methods and devices for performing paging in an unlicensed band in a next-generation wireless access network.

<NUM> NR is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security, scalability (such as with Internet of Things (IoT)), and other requirements.

In the following, each of the described methods, apparatuses, examples, and aspects which do not fully correspond to the invention as defined in the claims is thus not according to the invention and is, as well as the whole following description, present for illustration purposes only or to highlight specific aspects or features of the claims.

However, it will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

These apparatus and methods will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, algorithms, among other examples (collectively referred to as "elements").

Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, among other examples, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

Accordingly, in one or more examples, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination thereof. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can include a random-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the aforementioned types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer. The claimed invention corresponds to <FIG> and to the related text in the description. The remaining figures and the text of the description are intended to better explain the invention.

Various implementations relate generally to a procedure for PDCCH monitoring for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition. In some aspects, a base station transmits a paging occasion configuration to a UE, and repetitions of a short message or paging PDCCH in multiple paging PDCCH monitoring occasions in accordance with the paging occasion configuration. Further, the UE may process the data received during the paging PDCCH monitoring occasions based on the paging occasion configuration received from the base station.

The wireless communications system (also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) includes base stations <NUM>, UEs <NUM>, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) <NUM>, and another core network <NUM> (for example, a <NUM> Core (5GC)). The base stations <NUM> may include macrocells (high power cellular base station) or small cells (low power cellular base station).

In an aspect, one or more UEs <NUM> may include a paging occasion component <NUM> configured to enable the UE <NUM> to initiate a short message or paging PDCCH repetition procedure, and properly process repetitions of the PDCCH corresponding to a plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. In some aspects, the paging PDCCH monitoring occasions may include PDCCH candidates configured for a UE by means of a Type <NUM> common search space (CSS) and pagingSearchSpace signaling parameters.

For example, the paging occasion component <NUM> may be configured to receive paging occasion configuration from the base station <NUM>/<NUM>. In some aspects, the paging occasion configuration may indicate a type or pattern of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging repetition. Further, the paging occasion component <NUM> may be configured to receive a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate the paging PDCCH repetition procedure, and decode signals received on resources during the individual PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging PDCCH repetition.

In some aspects, a base station <NUM>/<NUM> may include a paging occasion management ("Mgmt. ") component <NUM> configured to generate a paging occasion configuration and transmit the paging occasion configuration to one or more UEs <NUM>. Further, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may be configured to transmit a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to one or more UEs <NUM>, and transmit short message or paging PDCCHs in accordance with a short message or paging PDCCH repetition procedure, respectively.

The base stations <NUM> configured for <NUM> LTE (collectively referred to as Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC <NUM> through first backhaul links <NUM> (for example, an S1 interface). In addition to other functions, the base stations <NUM> may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (for example, handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations <NUM> may communicate directly or indirectly (for example, through the EPC <NUM> or core network <NUM>) with each other over third backhaul links <NUM> (for example, X2 interface). The third backhaul links <NUM> may be wired or wireless.

For example, the small cell 102a may have a coverage area 110a that overlaps the coverage area <NUM> of one or more macro base stations <NUM>. The communication links <NUM> between the base stations <NUM> and the UEs <NUM> may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a UE <NUM> to a base station <NUM> or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station <NUM> to a UE <NUM>. The communication links <NUM> may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, or transmit diversity. The base stations <NUM> / UEs <NUM> may use spectrum up to Y MHz (for example, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, among other examples) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (for example, more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL).

Some UEs <NUM> may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link <NUM>.

The small cell 102a may operate in a licensed or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell 102a may employ NR and use the same <NUM> unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP <NUM>. The small cell 102a, employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to or increase capacity of the access network.

A base station <NUM>, whether a small cell 102a or a large cell (for example, macro base station), may include or be referred to as an eNB, gNodeB (gNB), or another type of base station. Some base stations, such as gNB <NUM> may operate in one or more frequency bands within the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, based on frequency/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>). Although a portion of FR1 is greater than <NUM>, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a "Sub-<NUM>" band in various documents and articles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a "millimeter wave" (mmW) 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 "millimeter wave" band.

Communications using the mmW radio frequency band have extremely high path loss and a short range. The mmW base station <NUM> may utilize beamforming <NUM> with the UE <NUM> to compensate for the path loss and short range. The base station <NUM> and the UE <NUM> may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antenna elements, antenna panels, or antenna arrays to facilitate the beamforming.

The base station <NUM> may transmit a beamformed signal to the UE <NUM> in one or more transmit directions 182a. The UE <NUM> may receive the beamformed signal from the base station <NUM> in one or more receive directions 182b.

The IP Services <NUM> may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, or other IP services.

The IP Services <NUM> may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, or other IP services.

The base station may include or be referred to as a gNB, Node B, eNB, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a transmit reception point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology. Examples of UEs <NUM> include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (for example, MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or any other similar functioning device. Some of the UEs <NUM> may be referred to as IoT devices (for example, parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, among other examples).

<FIG> include example diagrams <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM> illustrating examples structures that may be used for wireless communication by the base station <NUM> and the UE <NUM>, e.g., for <NUM> NR communication. Note that the description presented herein applies also to a <NUM>/NR frame structure that is TDD.

Other wireless communication technologies may have a different frame structure or different channels. For slot configuration <NUM> and numerology µ, there are <NUM> symbols/slot and 2µ slots/subframe.

The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more CCE, each CCE including nine RE groups (REGs), each REG including four consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol. The physical broadcast channel (PBCH), which carries a master information block (MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH block (SSB).

The PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a power headroom report (PHR), or UCI.

<FIG> is a block diagram of a base station <NUM>/<NUM> in communication with a UE <NUM> in an access network. The controller/processor <NUM> provides RRC layer functionality associated with broadcasting of system information (such as MIB, SIBs), RRC connection control (such as RRC connection paging, RRC connection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRC connection release), inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, and measurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification), and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs), error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs), re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto transport blocks (TBs), demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

The TX processor <NUM> handles mapping to signal constellations based on various modulation schemes (such as binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM)). Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier, multiplexed with a reference signal (such as a pilot) in the time or frequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a time domain OFDM symbol stream. The channel estimate may be derived from a reference signal or channel condition feedback transmitted by the UE <NUM>.

The frequency domain signal includes a separate OFDM symbol stream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on each subcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated by determining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted by the base station <NUM> /<NUM>. The soft decisions are then decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signals that were originally transmitted by the base station <NUM>/<NUM> on the physical channel.

The controller/processor <NUM> is also responsible for error detection using an ACK or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DL transmission by the base station <NUM>/<NUM>, the controller/processor <NUM> provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information (for example, MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurement reporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with header compression / decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification); RLC layer functionality associated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs, error correction through ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs, re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs, demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator <NUM> from a reference signal or feedback transmitted by the base station <NUM>/<NUM> may be used by the TX processor <NUM> to select the appropriate coding and modulation schemes, and to facilitate spatial processing.

The UL transmission is processed at the base station <NUM>/<NUM> in a manner similar to that described in connection with the receiver function at the UE <NUM>.

The controller/processor <NUM> is also responsible for error detection using an ACK or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

In the UE <NUM>, at least one of the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and the controller/processor <NUM> may be configured to perform aspects in connection with the paging occasion component <NUM> of <FIG>.

In the base station <NUM>/<NUM>, at least one of the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and the controller/processor <NUM> may be configured to perform aspects in connection with paging occasion management component <NUM> of <FIG>.

As described herein, a UE <NUM> may be connected to a base station <NUM> in a <NUM> NR network. Further, the UE <NUM> may operate in an inactive mode in which the UE <NUM> monitors a paging channel for short messages or paging messages from the base station <NUM>. For example, the UE <NUM> may monitor a paging channel for a short message PDCCH or a paging PDCCH. The base station <NUM> may transmit the PDCCH on a PDCCH candidate in a control resource set (CORESET). The CORESET may be the set of physical resources within a downlink resource grid that transmit the PDCCH. The information carried by the PDCCH may be referred to as downlink control information (DCI), and the information may be mapped to physical resources in units referred to as control channel elements (CCEs).

Typically, short messages have been used to indicate system information update or implement public warning system features, while paging messages have been used to schedule paging messages (i.e., PDSCH). But recent advances in NR have relied on short messages and paging messages to implement various enhancements and advanced features, e.g., short messages have been used to indicate enhanced power consumption modes. As such, the reliability and robustness of NR may suffer when a UE <NUM> encounters issues capturing and decoding short messages or paging messages.

For instance, wireless communication between a UE <NUM> and a base station <NUM> may involve beamforming. Beam reliability may suffer for a variety of reasons such as a narrow beam becoming weak or suffering from partial shadowing. Accordingly, a base station <NUM> may transmit repetitions of a short message or paging PDCCH per SSB to alleviate coverage issues and aid the UE <NUM> in successfully receiving a short message PDCCH or paging PDCCH. The transmission of repetitions of a short message PDCCH or paging PDCCH over a plurality of paging monitoring occasions may be referred to as a "paging PDCCH repetition" or "short message and paging PDCCH repetition" procedure, and may improve PDCCH reception for a single UE <NUM>, or for a group of UEs <NUM>, that may be suffering from a weak or worsening beam by providing additional opportunities for the UE <NUM> or UEs <NUM> to decode a PDCCH via the plurality of monitoring occasions, and/or enabling the UE <NUM> or UEs <NUM> to decode and combine the PDCCH information from more than one monitoring occasion.

More specifically, various implementations relate generally to a procedure for PDCCH monitoring for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition. In some aspects, a base station <NUM> transmits a paging occasion configuration to a UE <NUM>, and repetitions of a short message or paging PDCCH in multiple paging PDCCH monitoring occasions in accordance with the paging occasion configuration. Further, the UE <NUM> may monitor for each of the repetitions of the short message or paging PDCCH and process the data received during the monitoring occasions based on the paging occasion configuration received from the base station <NUM>. In some examples, the base station <NUM> transmits a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate a plurality of monitoring occasions for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition at the UE <NUM>. In some examples, the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal may be a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message including an activation indication, a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) including an activation signal, a UE specific downlink control information (DCI) including an activation signal, or a group-common DCI including an activation signal.

<FIG> shows a diagram illustrating an example of beamforming <NUM> between a base station <NUM> (e.g., the base station <NUM>/<NUM>) and a UE <NUM> (e.g., the UE <NUM>) in an access network in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. As illustrated in <FIG>, the base station <NUM> may transmit signals to the UE <NUM> in each of multiple directions using respective transmit beams <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>). Further, the UE <NUM> may receive signals from the base station <NUM> using different receive beams <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>). The UE <NUM> may also transmit a signal to the base station <NUM> in one or more of the directions using different beams. In addition, the base station <NUM> may receive the signal from the UE <NUM> in one or more of the receive directions using the one or more beams.

The base station <NUM> and the UE <NUM> may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of the base station <NUM> and the UE <NUM>. The base station <NUM> may use the same beam, or related beams, to transmit communications to multiple UEs <NUM>. The base station <NUM> may use a different beam to exchange communications with the UE <NUM>, for example. The base station <NUM> may provide reference signals to the UE <NUM> so that the UE <NUM> may perform further refined selection of the beam pairs <NUM>(<NUM>)/<NUM>(<NUM>), <NUM>(<NUM>)/<NUM>(<NUM>), <NUM>(<NUM>)/<NUM>(<NUM>) based on measurements performed on those signals.

Under some conditions, short message or paging PDCCH messages may not be received correctly, which may delay or prevent the UE <NUM> from receiving the control information in the PDCCH and exchanging other communications including data (for example, via a PDSCH) with the base station <NUM>. For example, a passing vehicle, or other mobile structure, may cause interference, attenuation or blockage for a group of UEs. In many instances, wider beams are employed to transmit short message and paging PDCCHs. However, the use of wider beams is often accompanied by sacrifices in coverage (e.g., distance or cell radius).

As described herein, the base station <NUM> may alleviate coverage issues by transmitting a short message or paging PDCCH using a paging PDCCH repetition procedure that involves transmitting repetitions of the PDCCH over a plurality of monitoring occasions. Aspects presented herein enable the base station <NUM> to improve transmission reliability by improving the robustness of the PDCCH decoding process by the UE <NUM> via the paging PDCCH repetition procedure.

The base station <NUM> may include a paging occasion management component <NUM>, such as described in connection with <FIG>. The paging occasion management component <NUM> may include a short message and paging repetition component <NUM> that may manage paging PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to the same SSB. In other words, the paging occasion management component <NUM> operating the short message and paging repetition component <NUM> may manage performance of a PDCCH repetition mode. For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may generate paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first paging physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion by identifying one or more corresponding paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. In some aspects, the paging occasion configuration may indicate a type of repetition performed during a PDCCH repetition mode, a repetition pattern implemented during the PDCCH repetition mode, and/or a periodicity of repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions during a PDCCH repetition mode. In addition, the paging occasion configuration may indicate whether a repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponds to a PDCCH associated with PDSCH occasion. Further, the indication may take the form of one or more parameters included in system information, downlink control information, paging search space information, etc. The paging occasion configuration may be provided to a UE <NUM> semi-statically or dynamically. For instance, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may semi-statically provide indication of the paging PDCCH repetition procedure by generating a system information block (SIB) (e.g., a SIB type <NUM>) identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, and transmit the SIB to the UE <NUM>. In some other instances, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may dynamically provide indication of the paging PDCCH repetition procedure by generating a short message identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, and transmit the short message to the UE <NUM>.

Further, paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit PDCCH repetition procedure activation signals indicating the initiation of a paging PDCCH repetition procedure and PDCCH repetition procedure deactivation signals indicating the termination of the paging PDCCH repetition procedure. In some aspects, the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal may be a short message including an activation indication, a SIB including an activation indication, a RRC configuration message including an activation indication, a MAC CE including an activation indication, a UE specific DCI including an activation indication, or a group-common DCI including an activation indication. The PDCCH repetition procedure deactivation signal may be a short message including a deactivation indication, a SIB including a deactivation indication, a RRC configuration message including a deactivation indication, a MAC CE including a deactivation indication, a UE specific DCI including a deactivation indication, or a group-common DCI including a deactivation indication.

The base station <NUM> may determine to transmit the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal based on one or more of: channel state information (CSI) received from at least one UE <NUM> in the group of UEs <NUM>, a quality measurement for at least one UE <NUM> in the group of UEs <NUM>, or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback from at least one UE <NUM> in the group of UEs <NUM>. For example, the base station <NUM> may have previously received channel state information, quality measurements, or HARQ feedback from another UE (e.g., a UE from the group of UEs <NUM>) and determine to transmit the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to the UE <NUM> based on this previously received information, measurements or feedback. The base station <NUM> may indicate the paging PDCCH repetition procedure for all or a subset of search spaces of the group of UEs <NUM>. Additionally, the base station <NUM> may configure whether to activate a paging PDCCH repetition procedure separately for each search space corresponding to a SSB.

The UEs <NUM> may each include a paging occasion component <NUM>, such as described in connection with <FIG>. As illustrated in <FIG>, the paging occasion component <NUM> may include a decoding component <NUM> for decoding and processing the repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions based on the paging occasion configuration. For example, the paging occasion component <NUM> operating the decoding component <NUM> may be configured to receive paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a paging PDCCH monitoring occasion via one or more other paging PDCCH monitoring occasions configured to correspond to the same SSB as the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. In addition, the paging occasion component <NUM> may be configured to receive a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal from the base station <NUM>, monitor for a same PDCCH over the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the one or more other paging PDCCH monitoring occasions, and decode signals received on resources during the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the one or more other paging PDCCH monitoring occasions.

Under the paging PDCCH repetition procedure, the base station <NUM> may transmit an initial transmission of a short message or paging PDCCH and may repeat the PDCCH transmission so that the same PDCCH is repeated over two or more paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. For example, the same PDCCH may be repeatedly transmitted over PDCCH candidates in multiple paging monitoring occasions, for example, in the same search space and with the same PDCCH candidate index.

In some aspects, e.g., as described with respect to <FIG>, the base station <NUM> may transmit, for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, the same PDCCH within a same frequency region (e.g., NR bandwidth part) of a frequency division multiplex pattern. In some other aspects, e.g., as described with respect to <FIG>, the base station <NUM> may transmit, for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, the same PDCCH within a monitoring slot of a time division multiplex pattern. In some other aspects, e.g., as described with respect to <FIG>, the base station <NUM> may transmit the same PDCCH for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in a first monitoring slot of a time division multiplex pattern, and transmit the same PDCCH for a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within a second monitoring slot of the time division multiplex pattern. In yet still some other aspects, e.g., as described with respect to <FIG>, the base station <NUM> may transmit a plurality of repetition patterns with each repetition pattern comprising a plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. Further, each repetition pattern may correspond to a different SSB.

<FIG> is a diagram <NUM> illustrating example paging PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging repetition using frequency division multiplexing in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. As illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, a base station <NUM> may transmit a PDCCH <NUM> during a legacy paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> and a PDCCH <NUM> during an auxiliary paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> in accordance with a frequency division multiplex scheme. Given that the PDCCH <NUM> is a repetition of the PDCCH <NUM>, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as paging PDCCHs for scheduling a PDSCH <NUM>. Alternatively, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as short message PDCCHs with a similar payload.

As further illustrated in <FIG>, in a standard mode, the PDCCH <NUM> may be transmitted within an initial frequency region (e.g., initial bandwidth part <NUM>). Further, in the PDCCH repetition mode, the initial frequency region may be extended to form an extended frequency region (e.g., extended bandwidth part <NUM>). In addition, as illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be transmitted within the extended frequency region (e.g., extended bandwidth part <NUM>). As such, in some examples, a UE <NUM> in the PDCCH repetition mode may extend the bandwidth the UE monitors from the initial bandwidth part <NUM> to the extended bandwidth part <NUM>.

<FIG> is a diagram <NUM> illustrating a first example of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging repetition using time division multiplexing in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. As illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, a base station <NUM> may transmit a PDCCH <NUM> during a legacy paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> and a PDCCH <NUM> during an auxiliary paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> in accordance with a time division multiplex scheme. Given that the PDCCH <NUM> is a repetition of the PDCCH <NUM>, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as paging PDCCHs for scheduling a PDSCH <NUM>. Alternatively, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as short message PDCCHs with a similar payload. In addition, as further illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, the PDCCH <NUM>, the PDCCH <NUM>, and the PDSCH <NUM> may be transmitted within the same time monitoring slot <NUM>.

<FIG> is a diagram <NUM> illustrating a second example of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging repetition using time division multiplexing in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. As illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, a base station <NUM> may transmit a PDCCH <NUM> during a legacy paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> and a PDCCH <NUM> during an auxiliary paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> in accordance with a time division multiplex scheme. Given that the PDCCH <NUM> is a repetition of the PDCCH <NUM>, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as paging PDCCHs for scheduling a PDSCH <NUM>. Alternatively, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDCCH <NUM> may both be configured as short message PDCCHs with a similar payload. In addition, as further illustrated in <FIG>, in the PDCCH repetition mode, the PDCCH <NUM> and the PDSCH <NUM> may be transmitted within a first time monitoring slot <NUM>, while the PDCCH candidate <NUM> may be transmitted in a second time monitoring slot <NUM>.

<FIG> is a diagram <NUM> illustrating example PDCCH monitoring occasions in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. As illustrated in <FIG>, a plurality of SSBs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) (e.g., a SSB burst) may be associated with plurality of paging occasion <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) each including sets of monitoring occasions, e.g., the paging occasion <NUM>(<NUM>) may include the set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). Each individual set of monitoring occasions <NUM> may include individual monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). For example, the first set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>) may include a plurality of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). In some aspects, the number of monitoring occasions of the plurality of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) may be equal to the number of SSBs in the plurality of SSBs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). Further, each monitoring occasion <NUM> may correspond to an SSB <NUM>. For example, a base station <NUM> operating in a standard mode may transmit a PDCCH corresponding to the SSB <NUM>(<NUM>) during the monitoring occasion <NUM>(<NUM>) of the first set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>), transmit a PDCCH corresponding to the SSB <NUM>(N) during the monitoring occasion <NUM>(N) of the first set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>), and so forth.

<FIG> is a diagram illustrating example of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging repetition in accordance with some aspects of the present. As illustrated in <FIG>, a plurality of SSBs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) (e.g., a SSB burst) may be associated with a first paging occasion <NUM>(<NUM>) including one or more of sets of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). Each individual set of monitoring occasions <NUM> may include individual monitoring occasions. For example, the first set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>) may include a plurality of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). In some aspects, the number of monitoring occasions of the set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) may be equal to the number of SSBs in the plurality of SSBs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) and the number of set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). Further, each set of monitoring occasions <NUM> may correspond to an SSB <NUM>. For example, a base station <NUM> operating in a PDCCH repetition mode may repeatedly transmit short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) corresponding to the first SSB <NUM>(<NUM>) during the first set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>), transmit short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) corresponding to the Nth SSB <NUM>(N) during the Nth set of monitoring occasions <NUM>(N), and so forth. Accordingly, the base station operating in a PDCCH repetition mode may transmit a short message or paging PDCCH corresponding to the SSB <NUM>(<NUM>) during the monitoring occasions <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N).

<FIG> is a communication flow <NUM> between a base station <NUM> (e.g., the base station <NUM>) and a UE <NUM> (e.g., the UE <NUM>) that monitors PDCCH monitoring occasions for short message or paging PDCCH repetition in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure. In this example, the base station <NUM> transmits a paging occasion configuration <NUM> to UE <NUM>. Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the UE <NUM> may be preconfigured with the paging occasion configuration <NUM> using a different mechanism. The paging occasion configuration <NUM> indicates repetition of a paging PDCCH monitoring occasion by identifying a plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. In some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may be a parameter indicating a type of repetition, a pattern of repetition, and/or timing information for repetition. Further, the UE <NUM> may employ the parameter to determine when to monitor for a paging PDCCH or a short message PDCCH. In addition, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may indicate whether the plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions correspond to a PDCCH associated with a PDSCH occasion. The plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions may be employed to schedule the same PDSCH or the plurality of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions may be employed to schedule different PDSCH occasions. In some examples, on the UE side <NUM>, the paging PDCCH repetition procedure may include monitoring for a same PDCCH over multiple PDCCH candidates in multiple monitoring occasions in a same search space. In some other examples, on the UE side, the paging PDCCH repetition procedure may include monitoring for a same PDCCH over multiple PDCCH candidates in multiple monitoring occasions in different search spaces.

Further, the base station <NUM> may transmit a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> including an indication regarding the PDCCH monitoring procedure. In some aspects, the indication in the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> indicates an activation, deactivation, or continuation of the paging PDCCH repetition procedure for paging PDCCH monitoring. In the invention, the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> is a short message including an activation indication, a SIB including an activation indication, a RRC configuration message including an activation indication, or, as alternatives not claimed, a MAC CE including an activation indication, a UE DCI including an activation indication, or a group-common DCI including an activation indication.

At block <NUM>, the UE <NUM> monitors for PDCCHs according to the paging PDCCH repetition procedure. In detail, if the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> activates, enables, or continues the paging PDCCH repetition procedure, the UE <NUM> monitors for a short message or paging PDCCH based on the paging PDCCH repetition procedure and the paging occasion configuration <NUM>.

The base station <NUM> may transmit a plurality of short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) to the UE <NUM> over a plurality of monitoring occasions in accordance with the paging occasion configuration <NUM>. In some aspects, the base station <NUM> may transmit the plurality of short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) within a same frequency region of a frequency division multiplex pattern for one or more monitoring occasion pairs. For example, the base station <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) within a same frequency region for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. As a result, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitor occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within a same frequency region. Additionally, in some aspects, the counting numbers for blind decoding and CCEs per slot may count the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion as one.

In some other aspects, the base station <NUM> may pair paging PDCCH monitoring occasions within a time monitoring slot of a time division multiplex pattern, and transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) during the paired monitoring occasions. For example, the base station <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) within a same monitoring slot for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. As a result, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within the same monitoring slot. Additionally, in some aspects, the counting numbers for blind decoding and CCEs per slot may count the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion as one.

In some other aspects, the base station <NUM> may pair paging PDCCH monitoring occasions in different time monitoring slots of a time division multiplex pattern, and transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) during the paired monitoring occasions. For example, the base station <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in a first monitoring slot of a time division multiplex pattern, and transmit the short message or paging PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) for a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within a second monitoring slot of the time division multiplex pattern. As a result, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in the first monitoring slot and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within the second monitoring slot. Additionally, in some aspects, the counting numbers for blind decoding and CCEs per slot may count the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion as one.

In yet still some other aspects, the base station <NUM> may group the short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) by a corresponding SSB, and send each group of short message and paging PDCCHs during a plurality of successive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. For example, the base station <NUM> may identify that short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) correspond to a first SSB and the transmit the short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) during a first plurality of paging of monitoring occasions (i.e., a first repetition pattern), and identify that short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) correspond to a second SSB and the transmit the short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) during a second plurality of paging of monitoring occasions (i.e., a second repetition pattern).

Further, at block <NUM>, the UE <NUM> decodes resources based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>. Further, in some examples, the base station <NUM> may transmit a PDCCH repetition procedure deactivation signal <NUM> including an indication of deactivation of a paging PDCCH repetition procedure for PDCCH monitoring. Responsive to receiving such a deactivation indication, the UE <NUM> may stop monitoring for the PDCCH based on the paging PDCCH repetition procedure in block <NUM>. In some aspects, the PDCCH repetition procedure deactivation signal <NUM> may be a short message including a deactivation indication, a SIB including an activation indication, a RRC configuration message including a deactivation indication, a MAC CE including a deactivation indication, a UE specific DCI including a deactivation indication, or a group-common DCI including a deactivation indication. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, the UE <NUM> may stop monitoring for the PDCCH <NUM> based on the paging PDCCH repetition procedure in block <NUM> after a timer for the paging PDCCH repetition procedure for PDCCH monitoring expires.

Further, the base station <NUM> may transmit a second PDCCH <NUM> without the paging PDCCH repetition procedure after deactivating the paging PDCCH repetition procedure for PDCCH. The PDCCH <NUM> may be transmitted without repetition and the procedure of monitoring the PDCCH <NUM> may be referred to as a "regular PDCCH monitoring" procedure.

<FIG> is a flowchart of a method <NUM> of PDCCH monitoring for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition. The method is performed by a UE (e.g., the UE <NUM> of <FIG> and <FIG>, which may include the memory <NUM> and which may be the entire UE <NUM> or a component of the UE <NUM>, such as the paging occasion component <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM>; the UE <NUM> of <FIG>; and/or the UE <NUM> of <FIG>).

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> includes receiving paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first paging physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion by identifying a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. For example, the paging occasion component <NUM> receives the paging occasion configuration <NUM>. Further, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> indicates a type of repetition performed during a PDCCH repetition mode, a repetition pattern implemented during the PDCCH repetition mode, and/or a periodicity of repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions during a PDCCH repetition mode.

In addition, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may be provided to the UE <NUM> semi-statically (e.g., via a SIB) or dynamically (e.g., via a short message). In some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a SIB identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. For example, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may identify a first repetition pattern including a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion followed by a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, and a second repetition pattern of a plurality of PDCCH monitoring occasions. Further, the first repetition pattern may be associated with a first SSB and the second repetition pattern associated with a second SSB. In the invention, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> includes a short message identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

Further, in some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a mapping type indicator identifying that the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion are associated with a PDCCH candidates mapped to a same plurality of control channel elements. Alternatively, in some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a mapping type indicator identifying that the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion are each associated with independently mapped PDCCH candidates.

Accordingly, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion component <NUM> may provide means for receiving paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion by identifying a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> may optionally include receiving a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate the plurality of monitoring occasions for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition at the UE <NUM>. For example, the paging occasion component <NUM> may receive the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> indicating the initiation of a PDCCH repetition mode by the base station <NUM>. In some aspects, the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> may be a RRC configuration message including an activation indication, a MAC CE including an activation signal, a UE specific DCI including an activation signal, or a group-common DCI including an activation signal.

Accordingly, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion component <NUM> may provide means for receiving a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate the paging PDCCH repetition procedure.

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> includes decoding, based on the paging occasion configuration, signals received on at least one of resources for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion or resources for the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

For example, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitor occasion <NUM> and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> within a same frequency region (i.e., extended bandwidth part <NUM>). In another example, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> within the same monitoring slot <NUM>. In another example, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> in the first monitoring slot <NUM> and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion <NUM> within the second monitoring slot <NUM>. In yet still another example, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, one or more repetition patterns <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N) of paging PDDCH monitoring occasions. Further, the UE <NUM> may receive one or more CORESETs during the paging PDCCH monitoring occasions (e.g., paging PDCCH monitoring occasions <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N), and <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N)). Further, the decoding component <NUM> may decode the CORESETs to obtain the PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N).

In some aspects, the initial paging PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., paging PDCCH monitoring occasions <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>) may have the same quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption as the repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions (e.g., paging PDCCH monitoring occasions <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>). For example, the UE <NUM> may monitor, based on the paging occasion configuration <NUM>, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in association with a same quasi co-location assumption with a SSB of the base station <NUM>.

In some aspects, the initial paging PDCCH monitoring occasion may be the same size as the repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions. For example, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., paging PDCCH monitoring occasions <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>) and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., paging PDCCH monitoring occasions <NUM>, <NUM>, and <NUM>) may be associated with a same number of CCEs or a same time duration of a CORESET.

In some aspects, the UE <NUM> may combine the PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) received during a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) received during a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion to form a combined PDCCH. Further, decoding the signals may include decoding the combined PDCCH.

Accordingly, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the UE <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion component <NUM> and the decoding component <NUM> may provide means for decoding, based on the paging occasion configuration, signals received on at least one of resources for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion or resources for the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

<FIG> is a flowchart of a method <NUM> of PDCCH monitoring for short message PDCCH repetition or paging PDCCH repetition. The method is performed by a base station (e.g., the base station <NUM>/<NUM> of <FIG> and <FIG>, which may include the memory <NUM> and which may be the entire base station or a component of the base station, such as paging occasion management component <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM>; the base station <NUM> of <FIG>; the base station <NUM> of <FIG>).

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> includes determining paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion by identifying a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to a same PDCCH. In detail, the paging occasion management component <NUM> generates the paging occasion configuration <NUM>. Further, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may indicate a type of repetition performed during a PDCCH repetition mode, a repetition pattern implemented during the PDCCH repetition mode, and/or a periodicity of repetitive paging PDCCH monitoring occasions during a PDCCH repetition mode. In addition, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may be provided to the UE <NUM> semi-statically or dynamically. In some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a SIB identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. For example, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may identify a first repetition pattern including a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion followed by a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, and a second repetition pattern of a plurality of PDCCH monitoring occasion. In some aspects, the first repetition pattern may be identified by a first parameter defining the number of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions within the first repetition pattern, and the second repetition pattern may be identified by a second parameter defining the number of paging PDCCH monitoring occasions within the second repetition pattern. Further, the first repetition pattern may be associated with a first SSB and the second repetition pattern associated with a second SSB. In the invention, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> includes a short message identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

Further, in some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a mapping type indicator identifying that the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion are associated with a same PDCCH mapped to a same plurality of control channel elements. Alternatively, in some aspects, the paging occasion configuration <NUM> may include a mapping type indicator identifying that the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion are each associated with independently mapped PDCCH.

Accordingly, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion management component <NUM> provides means for determining paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first PDCCH monitoring occasion by identifying a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to a same PDCCH.

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> includes transmitting the paging occasion configuration to a UE. For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the paging occasion configuration <NUM> to one or more UEs, e.g., the UE <NUM>.

Accordingly, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion management component <NUM> may provide means for transmitting the paging occasion configuration to UE.

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> may optionally include transmitting a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate the aggregated monitoring occasion of the grouping of PDCCH monitoring occasions.

For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may send the UE <NUM> the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> indicating the initiation of an enhanced-coverage PDCCH mode. In some aspects, the PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal <NUM> may be a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message including an activation indication, a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) including an activation signal, a UE specific downlink control information (DCI) including an activation signal, or a group-common downlink control information (DCI) including an activation signal.

Accordingly, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion management component <NUM> may provide means for transmitting a PDCCH repetition procedure activation signal to activate the aggregated monitoring occasion of the grouping of DCCH monitoring occasions.

At block <NUM>, the method <NUM> may include transmitting, based on the paging occasion configuration, the same PDCCH on resources for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and resources for the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the CORESET including the PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(N). In some aspects, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) within a same frequency region for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. In some aspects, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) within a same monitoring slot for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. In some other aspects, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the short message or paging PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) for a first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in a first monitoring slot of a time division multiplex pattern, and transmit the short message or paging PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) for a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion within a second monitoring slot of the time division multiplex pattern. In yet still another aspect, may the transmit the short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) during a first plurality of paging of monitoring occasions (i.e., a first repetition pattern), and transmit the short message and paging PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) during a second plurality of paging of monitoring occasions (i.e., a second repetition pattern).

Additionally, in some aspects, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may transmit the PDCCHs <NUM>(<NUM>)-(<NUM>) for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion in association using a same quasi co-location assumption with a SSB of the base station <NUM>. In addition, in some aspects, the base station <NUM> may continuously map the PDCCH over the multiple monitoring occasions. Alternatively, the base station <NUM> may repeat transmission of the PDCCH on multiple paging monitoring occasions.

Further, in some aspects, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may map the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion to the same plurality of CCEs. For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may map the PDCCH to the plurality of CCEs based on first mapping parameters to determine a first PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>), map the same PDCCH to the plurality of CCEs based on second parameters to determine a second PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>), and transmit the first PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) during a first PDDCH monitoring occasion and the second PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) during the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion. Alternatively, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may map the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion to different pluralities of CCEs. For example, the paging occasion management component <NUM> may map a PDCCH to a first plurality of CC based on first mapping parameters to determine a first PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>), map the same PDCCH to a second plurality of CCEs based on second parameters to determine a second PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>), and transmit the first PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) during a first PDDCH monitoring occasion and the second PDCCH <NUM>(<NUM>) during the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

Accordingly, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the base station <NUM>, the TX processor <NUM>, the RX processor <NUM>, and/or the controller/processor <NUM> executing the paging occasion management component <NUM> may provide means for transmitting, based on the paging occasion configuration, the same PDCCH on resources for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and resources for the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.

The specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of example approaches. Based upon design preferences, the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts may be rearranged.

Claim 1:
A user equipment, UE, (<NUM>) for wireless communication, the UE (<NUM>) comprising:
a memory (<NUM>) storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor (<NUM>) coupled with the memory (<NUM>) and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive paging occasion configuration indicating repetition of a first paging physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, monitoring occasion by identifying a second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion, wherein to receive the paging occasion configuration, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive a short message identifying the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion and the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion; and
decode, based on the paging occasion configuration, signals received on at least one of resources for the first paging PDCCH monitoring occasion or resources for the second paging PDCCH monitoring occasion.