Detecting high priority paging messages for user devices with multiple subscriptions

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription. The high priority identifier may be associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging. The UE may tune away from a network connection associated with the UE's second subscription and, based at least in part on the tuning away, monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier. Thus, the UE may determine, based at least in part on the monitoring, whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE using the high priority identifier. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Description

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This patent application claims priority to Indian Provisional Patent No. 202041021596, filed on May 22, 2020, entitled “DETECTING HIGH PRIORITY PAGING MESSAGES FOR A USER EQUIPMENT WITH MULTIPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS,” and assigned to the assignee of the present application. The disclosure of the prior application is considered a part of and is incorporated by reference in its entirety into the present patent application. Technical Field

[0003] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatus for detecting high priority paging messages for user equipment with multiple subscriptions. Background Art

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide a variety of telecommunication services, such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasting. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple access technologies that can support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and long term evolution (LTE). LTE / LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0005] A wireless network may include multiple base stations (BSs) capable of supporting communications for multiple user equipment (UEs). A UE may communicate with a BS via a downlink and an uplink. A "downlink" (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE, while an "uplink" (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS. As will be described in more detail herein, a BS may be referred to as a Node B, gNB, access point (AP), radio head, transmit receive point (TRP), new radio (NR) BS, 5G Node B, etc.

[0006] The above-mentioned multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different user devices to communicate at the city, country, region, and even global levels. NR (also known as 5G) is an enhancement set of the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (CP-OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the downlink (DL) and CP-OFDM and / or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink (UL) to improve spectrum efficiency, reduce costs, improve services, utilize new spectrum, and better integrate with other open standards, as well as support beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain useful. Summary of the Invention

[0007] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; tuning away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the UE; monitoring one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and determining, using the high priority identifier, whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions.

[0008] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a network node includes sending, in association with a first subscription of a UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; and sending, in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0009] In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors are configured to receive, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; tune away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the UE; monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and determine whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions using the high priority identifier.

[0010] In some aspects, a network node for wireless communication includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The memory and the one or more processors are configured to, in association with a first subscription of a UE, send an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging, and, in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, send an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0011] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, causes the UE to: receive, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for a paging message associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; tune away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the UE; monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and determine, using the high priority identifier, whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions.

[0012] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network node, cause the network node to: send, in association with a first subscription of a UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; and send, in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0013] In some aspects, a device for wireless communication includes components for receiving, in association with a first subscription of the device, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the device for paging; components for tuning away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the device; components for monitoring one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and components for determining whether a high priority paging message exists for the device using the high priority identifier based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions.

[0014] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes components for: sending, in association with a first subscription of a UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; and sending an indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0015] Aspects generally include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, user equipment, base stations, wireless communication devices, and / or processing systems as generally described herein with reference to and illustrated by the figures and description.

[0016] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the present disclosure so that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The concepts and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for achieving the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent structures do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with the associated advantages, will be better understood from the following description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description and not as a definition of limitations on the claims.

[0017] Although various aspects are described in this disclosure by way of illustration of some examples, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that these aspects can be implemented in many different arrangements and situations. The technology described herein can be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes and / or packaging arrangements. For example, some aspects can be implemented via integrated chip embodiments or other devices based on non-module components (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial devices, retail / purchase devices, medical devices, or artificial intelligence-enabled devices). Various aspects can be implemented in chip-level components, modular components, non-modular components, non-chip-level components, device-level components, or system-level components. The devices in combination with the various aspects and features described may include additional components and features for implementing and practicing the various aspects claimed and described. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may include multiple components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, or summers). The various aspects described herein are intended to be practiced in various devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, or end-user devices of different sizes, shapes, and configurations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order that the above features of the present disclosure may be understood in detail, the above brief summary may be described in more detail with reference to various aspects (some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings). However, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of the present disclosure and are therefore not to be considered as limiting the scope thereof, as the description may admit of other equally effective aspects. The same reference numerals in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

[0019] Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication between a base station and a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Multiple Subscriber Identity Module (Multi-SIM) UE according to the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of registration for a multi-SIM UE according to the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example associated with detecting a high priority paging message of a multi-SIM UE according to the present disclosure.

[0024] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed by a UE according to the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed by a network node according to the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The various aspects of the present disclosure will be described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure can be implemented in many different forms, and the present disclosure should not be interpreted as being limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout the present disclosure. On the contrary, these aspects are provided so that the present disclosure will become comprehensive and complete, and these aspects will fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings of this article, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein, whether it is realized independently of any other aspect of the present disclosure or realized in combination with any other aspect of the present disclosure. For example, any number of aspects set forth herein can be used to realize a device or practice method. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover such a device or method that is practiced using other structures, functions, or structures and functions other than the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein or that are different from the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein can be implemented by one or more elements of the claims.

[0027] Several aspects of telecommunications systems will now be presented with reference to various devices and techniques. These devices and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively, "elements"). These elements can be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0028] It should be noted that while various aspects may be described herein using terminology generally associated with 5G or NR radio access technologies (RATs), various aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable to other RATs, such as 3G RATs, 4G RATs, and / or post-5G RATs (e.g., 6G).

[0029] Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 may be or may include elements of a 5G (NR) network and / or an LTE network, etc. The wireless network 100 may include multiple base stations 110 (shown as BS110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) and other network entities. A base station (BS) is an entity that communicates with a user equipment (UE) and may also be referred to as an NR BS, Node B, gNB, 5G Node B (NB), access point, transmit receive point (TRP), etc. Each BS may provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" may refer to the coverage area of ​​a BS and / or a BS subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0030] A BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or other types of cells. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs associated with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)). The BS of a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. The BS of a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. The BS of a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In Figure 1 In the example shown, BS 110a may be a macro BS for macrocell 102a, BS 110b may be a pico BS for picocell 102b, and BS 110c may be a femto BS for femtocell 102c. A BS may support one or more (e.g., three) cells. The terms "eNB," "base station," "NR BS," "gNB," "TRP," "AP," "Node B," "5G NB," and "cell" may be used interchangeably herein.

[0031] In some aspects, the cells are not necessarily fixed, and the geographic area of ​​the cells may move depending on the location of the mobile BS. In some aspects, the BSs may be interconnected with each other and / or with one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces (such as direct physical connections or virtual networks) using any suitable transport network.

[0032] The wireless network 100 may also include a relay station. A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and transmit data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS). A relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions to other UEs. Figure 1 In the example shown, relay BS 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and UE 120d to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. A relay BS may also be referred to as a relay station, relay base station, relay, etc.

[0033] The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of BSs, such as macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, etc. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, a macro BS may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts), while a pico BS, a femto BS, and a relay BS may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

[0034] The network controller 130 may be coupled to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for these BSs. The network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicate with each other (eg, directly or indirectly via a wireless or wired backhaul).

[0035] UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE may be fixed or mobile. A UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, terminal, mobile station, subscriber unit, station, etc. A UE may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smartphone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet computer, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or apparatus, a biosensor / device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring, a smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satellite radio), a vehicle component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, an industrial manufacturing device, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

[0036] Some UEs may be considered machine type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) UEs. For example, MTC and eMTC UEs include robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, and / or location tags that can communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. For example, a wireless node may provide connectivity to or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as the Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may be considered Internet of Things (IoT) devices and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) devices. Some UEs may be considered customer premises equipment (CPE). UE 120 may be included within a housing that houses components of UE 120 (e.g., a processor component and / or a memory component). In some aspects, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled together. For example, the processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and the memory component (e.g., memory) may be operably coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0037] In general, any number of wireless networks can be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network can support a specific RAT and can operate on one or more frequencies. RATs can also be referred to as radio technologies, air interfaces, etc. Frequencies can also be referred to as carriers, frequency channels, etc. In a given geographic area, each frequency can support a single RAT to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks can be deployed.

[0038] In some aspects, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) can communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary for communicating with each other). For example, UE 120 can communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (e.g., which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In this case, UE 120 can perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by base station 110.

[0039] Devices of the wireless network 100 can communicate using an electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc. based on frequency or wavelength. For example, devices of the wireless network 100 can communicate using an operating band having a first frequency range (FR1), which can span from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz, and / or can communicate using an operating band having a second frequency range (FR2), which can span from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are sometimes referred to as mid-band frequencies. Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to as a "sub-6 GHz" band. Similarly, FR2 is often referred to as a "millimeter wave" band, although different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz-300 GHz) identified as a "millimeter wave" band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Thus, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that the terms "sub-6 GHz," etc., if used herein, can broadly refer to frequencies less than 6 GHz, frequencies within FR1, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., greater than 7.125 GHz). Similarly, unless otherwise specifically stated, it should be understood that the terms "millimeter wave," etc., if used herein, can broadly refer to frequencies within the EHF band, frequencies within FR2, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., less than 24.25 GHz). It is contemplated that the frequencies included in FR1 and FR2 may be modified, and the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0040] As mentioned above, Figure 1 Provided as an example. Other examples can be compared with Figure 1 What is described is different.

[0041] Figure 2is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of base station 110 communicating with UE 120 in wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T≥1 and R≥1.

[0042] At the base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data for one or more UEs from a data source 212, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on a channel quality indicator (CQI) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. The transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and / or upper layer signaling) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or demodulation reference signals (DMRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., primary synchronization signals (PSS) or secondary synchronization signals (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on ​​data symbols, control symbols, overhead symbols, and / or reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a corresponding output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.

[0043] At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive downlink signals from base station 110 and / or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) the received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator 254 may also process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller / processor 280. The term "controller / processor" may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and / or a CQI parameter, etc. In some aspects, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included within the housing 284 .

[0044] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base station 110 via the communication unit 294.

[0045] The antennas (e.g., antennas 234a through 234t and / or antennas 252a through 252r) may include, or may be included in, one or more antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays, etc. The antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include one or more antenna elements. The antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include coplanar antenna element sets and / or non-coplanar antenna element sets. The antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include antenna elements within a single housing and / or antenna elements within multiple housings. The antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets, and / or antenna arrays may include antenna elements coupled to one or more transmit and / or receive components such as Figure 2 One or more antenna elements of one or more components).

[0046] On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, and / or CQI) from a controller / processor 280. The transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 (if applicable), further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM), and transmitted to the base station 110. In some aspects, the modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD / DEMOD 254) of the UE 120 may be included in a modem of the UE 120. In some aspects, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna(s) 252, modulator and / or demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, and / or TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 280) and memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to FIG. Figure 4-7 ).

[0047] At base station 110, uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antenna 234, processed by demodulator 232, detected by MIMO detector 236 (if applicable), and further processed by receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information transmitted by UE 120. Receive processor 238 may provide decoded data to a data sink 239 and decoded control information to controller / processor 240. Base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and communicate with network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 to schedule UE 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some aspects, the modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD / DEMOD 232) of base station 110 may be included in a modem of base station 110. In some aspects, base station 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna(s) 234, modulator and / or demodulator 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to FIG. Figure 4-7 ).

[0048] As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component(s) of the base station 110 may perform one or more techniques associated with detecting a high priority paging message for a UE with multiple subscriptions. For example, the controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or Figure 2 Any other component(s) of may perform or direct e.g. Figure 6 The process of 600 Figure 7 The operations of process 700 and / or other processing described herein. Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some aspects, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly, or after compilation, conversion, and / or interpretation), may cause the one or more processors, UE 120, and / or base station 110 to perform or direct, for example, Figure 6 The process of 600 Figure 7 The operations of process 700 and / or other processes as described herein. In some aspects, executing instructions may include running instructions, converting instructions, compiling instructions, and / or interpreting instructions, etc.

[0049] In some aspects, a network node (e.g., base station 110 and / or network controller 130) may include means for transmitting, in association with a first subscription of a UE (e.g., UE 120), an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; and / or means for transmitting, in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, an indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier. In some aspects, means for the network node to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modulator 232, the antenna 234, the demodulator 232, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, or the scheduler 246. Additionally or alternatively, means for the network node to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the controller / processor 290, the communication unit 294, or the memory 292.

[0050] In some aspects, a UE (e.g., UE 120) includes means for receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for a paging message associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; means for tuning away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the UE; means for monitoring one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and / or means for determining whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions using the high priority identifier. Means for the UE to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the antenna 252, the demodulator 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the modulator 254, the controller / processor 280, or the memory 282.

[0051] Although Figure 2 The blocks in FIG. 2 are shown as distinct components, but the functionality described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component or in various combinations of components. For example, the functionality described with respect to the transmit processor 264, the receive processor 258, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of the controller / processor 280.

[0052] As mentioned above, Figure 2 Provided as an example. Other examples may differ from the Figure 2 Examples described.

[0053] Figure 3 3 is a diagram illustrating an example 300 of a multiple subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) UE according to the present disclosure. Figure 3 As shown, UE 120 may be a multi-SIM UE including multiple SIMs (two or more SIMs) (shown as a first SIM 305a and a second SIM 305b). The first SIM 305a may be associated with a first subscription (shown as SUB1), while the second SIM 305b may be associated with a second subscription (shown as SUB2). The subscription may be a subscription with a network operator (e.g., a mobile network operator (MNO)) that enables UE 120 to access a wireless network (e.g., a radio access network (RAN)) associated with the network operator.

[0054] SIM 305 may be a removable SIM (e.g., a SIM card) or an embedded SIM. SIM 305 may include an integrated circuit that securely stores an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and security keys, which are used to identify and authenticate the corresponding subscription associated with SIM 305. In some cases, SIM 305 may store a list of services that UE 120 is allowed to access using the subscription associated with SIM 305, such as data services or voice services.

[0055] like Figure 3 As further shown, the UE 120 can communicate with the first base station 310a via a first cell 315a (shown as cell 1) using the first SIM 305a (e.g., in connected mode, idle mode, or inactive mode). In this case, the first subscription (SUB 1) of the UE 120 can be used to access the first cell 315a (e.g., using the first IMSI for UE identification, using the first security key for UE authentication, using the first list of services that the UE 120 is allowed to access using the first subscription, or by counting data or voice usage of the first subscription on the first cell, etc.). Similarly, the UE 120 can communicate with the second base station 310b via a second cell 315b (shown as cell 2) using the second SIM 305b (e.g., in connected mode, idle mode, or inactive mode). In this case, the second subscription (SUB 2) of UE 120 can be used to access the second cell 315b (e.g., using the second IMSI for UE identification, using the second security key for UE authentication, using a second list of services that UE 120 is allowed to access using the second subscription, or by counting data or voice usage of the second subscription on the second cell, etc.).

[0056] The first base station 310a and / or the second base station 310b may include the above combined Figure 1 One or more of the base stations 110 described herein. Although the first cell 315a and the second cell 315b are shown as being provided by different base stations, in some aspects, the first cell 315a and the second cell 315b can be provided by the same base station. Thus, in some aspects, the first base station 310a and the second base station 310b can be integrated into a single base station.

[0057] In some cases, UE 120 may be capable of operating in a Multi-SIM Multi-Standby (MSMS) mode, such as a Dual-SIM Dual-Standby (DSDS) mode (e.g., when UE 120 is associated with two subscriptions). Additionally or alternatively, UE 120 may be capable of operating in a Multi-SIM Multi-Active (MSMA) mode, such as a Dual-SIM Dual-Active (DSDA) mode (e.g., when UE 120 is associated with two subscriptions).

[0058] In DSDA mode, the UE 120 is capable of concurrent active communications using both SIM cards of the UE 120. Thus, the UE 120 in DSDA mode is capable of communicating using the first SIM card 305a (and the first subscription) while simultaneously communicating using the second SIM card 305b (and the second subscription). For example, when the UE 120 is in an active session (e.g., a voice call or another delay-sensitive service, such as online gaming, stock trading, or an over-the-top (OTT) service) using the first SIM card 305a, the UE 120 is capable of receiving notification of the voice call using the second SIM card 305b without interrupting the communication being conducted using the first SIM card 305a and without tuning or switching away from the first cell 315a to tune to the second cell 315b.

[0059] In DSDS mode, the UE 120 cannot conduct concurrent active communications using both SIMs of the UE 120. Thus, a UE 120 in DSDS mode cannot communicate using the first SIM 305a (and the first subscription) while communicating using the second SIM 305b (and the second subscription). However, the UE 120 in DSDS mode may be able to switch between two separate mobile network services, may include hardware for maintaining multiple connections in a standby state (e.g., one connection per SIM), or may include hardware for maintaining multiple network connections simultaneously (e.g., multiple transceivers), etc. However, the UE 120 in DSDS mode may be able to receive data on only one connection at a time because radio frequency resources are shared between the multiple subscriptions. For example, a UE 120 in DSDS mode may be associated with multiple subscriptions but may include only a single transceiver shared by the multiple subscriptions, a single transmit chain shared by the multiple subscriptions, or a single receive chain shared by the multiple subscriptions, etc.

[0060] In some examples, the UE 120 may be capable of operating in DSDA mode for a first RAT combination and may not be capable of operating in DSDA mode for a second RAT combination. For example, the UE 120 may be capable of operating in DSDA mode for NR+NR, where the first cell 315a (and the first SIM 305a and the first subscription) uses the NR RAT and the second cell 315b (and the second SIM 305b and the second subscription) also uses the NR RAT. However, the UE 120 may not be capable of operating in DSDA mode for NR+LTE, where one of the first cell 315a (and the first SIM 305a and the first subscription) uses the NR RAT and the second cell 315b (and the second SIM 305b and the second subscription) also uses the LTE RAT (or vice versa). In some aspects, the UE 120 may not be capable of operating in DSDA mode for the second RAT combination (e.g., NR+LTE), but the UE 120 may be capable of operating in DSDS mode for the second RAT combination. This UE design reduces design cost compared to enabling the UE 120 to use DSDA mode operation for the second RAT combination.

[0061] As mentioned above, Figure 3 Provided as an example only. Other examples may differ from the Figure 3 The content described.

[0062] In some cases, the UE may be a single receiver (SR) (sometimes also referred to as a single radio) multi-SIM UE, such as an SR-MSMS UE or an SR-DSDS UE, and the like. A multi-SIM UE may be able to switch between two separate mobile network services, may include hardware for maintaining multiple connections (e.g., one connection per SIM) in standby mode, or may include hardware for maintaining multiple network connections simultaneously (e.g., multiple transceivers), and the like. However, an SR-DSDS UE or an SR-MSMS UE may only be able to receive data on one connection at a time because radio frequency resources are shared between multiple subscriptions. For example, an SR-DSDS UE or an SR-MSMS UE may be associated with multiple subscriptions but may only include a single transceiver shared by multiple subscriptions, a single transmit chain shared by multiple subscriptions, or a single receive chain shared by multiple subscriptions, and the like. As a result, the UE may not be able to receive concurrent messages for multiple subscriptions.

[0063] Thus, when the UE is communicating via the first cell using the first subscription associated with the first SIM, the second cell may send a paging message for the second subscription associated with the second SIM. However, the UE may not be able to determine when a paging message requires a response or other attention, and when the paging message can be ignored. Therefore, the UE faces the risk of increased latency by ignoring emergency paging messages, and faces the risk of increased signaling overhead due to duplication of emergency paging information from the second cell. The duplication wastes power and processing resources at the UE and the base station of the second cell, and increases network overhead. Alternatively, the UE wastes power and processing resources when responding to or otherwise processing non-emergency paging messages, and increases delays before the UE returns to a connected state with the first cell.

[0064] Some of the techniques and apparatus described herein enable a UE (e.g., a multi-SIM UE 120) to distinguish between high-priority paging messages and other paging messages associated with a second subscription while tuned away from the first subscription. Thus, the UE 120 saves network and processing resources by ignoring paging messages unless a base station (e.g., the second base station 310b) indicates that the paging message is high priority. By ensuring that the UE 120 responds to the high-priority paging message, the second base station 310b reduces latency and signaling overhead when sending paging messages classified as high priority, and saves power and processing resources.

[0065] Figure 4 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of registration for a UE 120 having multiple subscriptions according to the present disclosure. Figure 4 As shown, the UE 120 may include multiple SIMs (shown as a first SIM 305a and a second SIM 305b, as described above in conjunction with Figure 3 As also described above, a first SIM 305a can be associated with a first subscription (shown as SUB 1), while a second SIM 305b can be associated with a second subscription (shown as SUB 2). Although the description herein focuses on multiple SIMs, the description is similarly applicable to other technologies for associating multiple subscriptions with a UE 120, such as an embedded SIM, a virtual SIM, or additional technologies for storing different IMSIs. Furthermore, although the description herein focuses on two subscriptions, the description is similarly applicable to a UE 120 associated with additional subscriptions (e.g., three subscriptions, four subscriptions, etc.).

[0066] like Figure 4 As further shown above, Figure 3As shown, the UE 120 may communicate with the first base station 310a via the first cell 315a (shown as cell 1) using the first SIM 305a, and the UE 120 may communicate with the second base station 310b via the second cell 315b (shown as cell 2) using the second SIM 305b. Figure 4 , the first base station 310a and the second base station 310b are shown as separate base stations 110, but in some aspects may be integrated into a single base station 110. Although the description herein focuses on a UE 120 communicating with the first base station 310a and / or the second base station 310b, the description similarly applies to a UE 120 communicating with a first core network supporting the first base station 310a and / or a second core network supporting the second base station 310b. For example, the UE 120 may communicate with the first core network and / or the second core network using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling.

[0067] As indicated by reference numeral 405, the UE 120 may send a registration request for the first SIM 305a to the first base station 310a via the first cell 315a. For example, the UE 120 may submit a registration request or other message associated with registration defined in a 3GPP specification and / or another standard.

[0068] In some aspects, the UE 120 may send a request for a high-priority identifier during the registration process. In some aspects, the UE 120 may include the request in an information element of an additional information request or other data element associated with the registration request, as defined in a 3GPP specification and / or another standard. For example, the request may be included in one or more bits (e.g., bit 2, bit 3, etc.) of one or more octets (e.g., octet 3, octet 4, etc.) of the information element of the additional information request. Alternatively, the UE 120 may send the request for a high-priority identifier in a message separate from the registration request. In some aspects, the UE 120 may still send a separate message during the registration process.

[0069] In some aspects, the high priority identifier may comprise a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI).Alternatively, the high priority identifier may comprise a different high priority UE identifier (UE ID).

[0070] As shown by reference numeral 410, the first base station 310a may assign a high priority identifier to the first SIM 305a based at least in part on receiving a request from the UE 120. In some aspects, the high priority identifier may include the same set of bits as the second identifier assigned to the UE 120 for paging, wherein the same set of bits is used to calculate the UE ID of the UE 120. Thus, the paging occasion associated with the second identifier and the paging occasion associated with the high priority identifier may fall at the same point in time. In some aspects, the first base station 310a may use the high priority TMSI and the second TMSI for the UE such that an expression similar to the following is satisfied:

[0071] (5G-S-TMSI XOR 5G-HP-TMSI)mod 1024=0,

[0072] Wherein, 5G-S-TMSI may represent the second TMSI, and 5G-HP-TMSI may represent the high-priority TMSI. This example expression may ensure that the same 10 bits of the second TMSI and the high-priority TMSI are used to calculate the UE ID associated with the UE 120. In some aspects, the first base station 310a may include more than 10 identical bits or fewer than 10 identical bits in the second TMSI and the high-priority TMSI, where the identical bits are used to calculate the UE ID.

[0073] In some aspects, the high priority identifier can include the same number of bits as the second identifier. For example, the high priority identifier and the second identifier can each include 48 bits. In some aspects, the first base station 310a can include more than 48 bits or fewer than 48 bits in the second identifier and the high priority identifier. Additionally or alternatively, the high priority identifier can be unique to the UE 120 within the tracking area. For example, the tracking area can include all or a portion of the first cell 315a. In some aspects, the tracking area can additionally or alternatively include all or a portion of the second cell 315b and / or other additional cells.

[0074] As indicated by reference numeral 415, base station 310a may transmit, in association with a first subscription of UE 120, a high priority identifier to be used for a paging message associated with the first subscription, and UE 120 may receive, in association with the first subscription of UE 120, a high priority identifier to be used for a paging message associated with the first subscription. As described above, the high priority identifier may be associated with the same set of paging occasions as the second identifier assigned to the UE for paging.

[0075] In some aspects, such as Figure 4As shown, the first base station 310a can send the high priority identifier based at least in part on receiving a request for the high priority identifier from UE120 during the registration process. Therefore, UE 120 can receive the high priority identifier based at least in part on sending the request. For example, the first base station 310a can include the high priority identifier in a registration accept message or other messages associated with registration defined in the 3GPP specification and / or another standard. For example, the high priority identifier can be included in one or more octets (e.g., octets 7 to 10, octets 8 to 10, etc.) of the registration accept message. As an alternative, the first base station 310a can send the high priority identifier in a message separate from the registration accept message. In some aspects, the first base station 310a can still send a separate message during the registration process.

[0076] Although the first SIM 305a is depicted as being registered with the first base station 310a, Figure 4 The operations depicted in FIG1 may additionally or alternatively include registering the second SIM 305b with the second base station 310b. For example, the UE 120 may send a registration request for the second SIM 305b to the second base station 310b via the second cell 315b; the second base station 310b may assign a high priority identifier to the second SIM 305b based at least in part on receiving the request from the UE 120; and the UE 120 may receive, in association with the second subscription of the UE 120, the high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the second subscription.

[0077] In some aspects, the first base station 310a can use a high-priority identifier to indicate when a paging message from the first SIM 305a requires a response or other attention. This conserves network resources by reducing the need for the first base station 310a to repeat paging messages when a response or other attention is required. The UE 120 can also determine when a paging message from the first base station 310a can be ignored. This conserves power and processing resources for the UE 120 when a paging message does not require a response or other action from the UE 120.

[0078] As mentioned above, Figure 4 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from those described in Figure 4 The content described.

[0079] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of detecting a high priority paging message for a UE with multiple subscriptions according to the present disclosure. Figure 5An example call flow is shown in which UE 120 receives a paging message from a first cell 315a associated with a first subscription of UE 120 and determines whether to respond or otherwise act on the paging message. Figure 5 As shown, UE 120 may be a multi-SIM UE including multiple SIMs 305 and multiple subscriptions. Although the description herein focuses on multiple SIMs, the description is similarly applicable to other technologies for associating multiple subscriptions with UE 120, such as embedded SIMs, virtual SIMs, or additional technologies for storing different IMSIs. Furthermore, although the description herein focuses on two subscriptions, the description is similarly applicable to UE 120 associated with additional subscriptions (e.g., three subscriptions, four subscriptions, etc.).

[0080] like Figure 4 As further shown, the UE 120 may communicate with the first base station 310a via the first cell 315a (shown as cell 1) using the first SIM 305a, and the UE 120 may communicate with the second base station 310b via the second cell 315b (shown as cell 2) using the second SIM 305b, as described above in conjunction with Figure 4 As stated. Figure 5 , the first base station 310a and the second base station 310b are shown as separate base stations 110, but in some aspects may be integrated into a single base station 110. Although the description herein focuses on a UE 120 communicating with the first base station 310a and / or the second base station 310b, the description similarly applies to a UE 120 communicating with a first core network supporting the first base station 310a and / or a second core network supporting the second base station 310b. For example, the UE 120 may communicate with the first core network and / or the second core network using NAS signaling.

[0081] As indicated by reference numeral 505, the UE 120 may be active on a network connection associated with a second subscription of the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 may communicate with the second base station 310b via the second cell 315b.

[0082] As shown at reference numeral 510, UE 120 may tune away from a network connection associated with a second subscription of UE 120. For example, UE 120 may tune away from a connection with second base station 310b. In some aspects, UE 120 may coordinate with first base station 310a and / or second base station 310b to configure the tune away.

[0083] As indicated by reference numeral 515, UE 120 may monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription. For example, the high priority identifier and / or the second identifier may have been assigned to UE 120 during a registration process with first base station 310a (e.g., as described above in connection with Figure 4 Additionally or alternatively, separate from the registration process, the high priority identifier and / or the second identifier may have been assigned to the UE 120 during communication with the first base station 310a.

[0084] As further shown by reference numeral 515, the first base station 310a may transmit an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE 120 in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier. The indication may be based at least in part on the high priority identifier. For example, as described below, the indication may be included in downlink control information (DCI) including a short message and / or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI, wherein the short message includes the indication, and wherein the paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

[0085] The UE 120 may use the high priority identifier to determine whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE 120 based at least in part on monitoring one or more paging occasions. For example, the UE 120 may have received (e.g., sent from the first base station 310a) in association with a first subscription of the UE 120 a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, where the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as the second identifier assigned to the UE 120 for paging. In some aspects, the UE 120 may have sent a request for the high priority identifier during a registration process and received the high priority identifier based at least in part on sending the request (e.g., as described above in connection with Figure 4 Additionally or alternatively, as described above, separate from the registration process, the UE 120 may have sent a request for a high priority identifier during communication with the first base station 310a.

[0086] In some aspects (e.g., as described above in conjunction with Figure 4 As described above), the high priority identifier and the second identifier may include the same set of bits used to calculate the UE identifier of the UE 120 used for paging. Additionally or alternatively (e.g., as described above in conjunction with Figure 4 As described above, the high priority identifier may include the same number of bits as the second identifier and may be unique to the UE 120 within the tracking area.

[0087] In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE 120 based at least in part on receiving a DCI including a short message (e.g., scrambled using a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI)) and determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message. For example, a single bit of the short message may indicate whether the high priority paging message is present in a paging record. In some aspects, the single bit may include a third bit or other bit of a DCI format 1_0 or other DCI format as defined in a 3GPP specification and / or another standard. For example, the third bit or other bit may be set to 1 to indicate that a high priority paging message is present in a paging record. Similarly, the third bit or other bit may be set to 0 to indicate that a high priority paging message is not present in a paging record.

[0088] In some aspects, the UE 120 may also decode a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI based at least in part on determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message, and determine that a paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with a high priority identifier. For example, as described above, the base station 310a may send a DCI (e.g., a DCI scrambled using a P-RNTI) including a short message, wherein the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; and send a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI, wherein the paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with a high priority identifier. In some aspects, the condition is that the paging record includes a UE ID that matches the high priority identifier. For example, as described above with respect to Figure 4 As explained, the UE ID may be determined based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0089] In some aspects, regardless of whether the short message includes an indication of a high-priority paging message, the UE 120 may decode the PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI. For example, the UE 120 may decode the PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI and determine whether there is a high-priority paging message for the UE 120 based at least in part on whether a paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with the high-priority identifier. In some aspects, as described above, the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high-priority identifier.

[0090] Alternatively, the base station 310a may transmit a short message included in the DCI (e.g., scrambled using the P-RNTI), the short message including an indication that the high-priority paging message is not present in a paging record included in the PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI; and / or transmit the paging record, wherein the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high-priority identifier. Thus, at reference numeral 520, the UE 120 may ignore one or more paging messages based at least in part on a determination that there are no high-priority paging messages for the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 may determine that the short message included in the DCI (e.g., scrambled using the P-RNTI) includes an indication that the high-priority paging message is not present in a paging record included in the PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI; and / or determine that the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high-priority identifier. In some aspects, the UE 120 may also determine not to decode PDSCH communications scheduled by the UE 120 when the short message includes an indication that a high priority paging message is not present in the paging record.

[0091] As indicated by reference numeral 520, UE 120 may determine whether to respond to the paging message or otherwise act on the paging message. For example, UE 120 may determine whether to respond to the paging message or otherwise act on the paging message based at least in part on the short message including an indication that a high priority paging message is present in the paging record and / or the paging record in the PDSCH communication meeting a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

[0092] For example, as shown at reference numeral 525a, UE 120 may respond to the high priority paging message based at least in part on a determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE. For example, as shown at reference numeral 530, UE 120 may respond using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication corresponding to a PDSCH communication or using another uplink communication sent to the first base station 310a.

[0093] Additionally or alternatively, as indicated by reference numeral 525b, the UE 120 may suspend the network connection associated with the second subscription and establish the network connection associated with the first subscription based at least in part on the determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE 120. For example, as indicated by reference numeral 535, the UE 120 may suspend communication with the second base station 310b via the second cell 315b and establish communication with the first base station 310a via the first cell 315a as indicated by reference numeral 540.

[0094] Although the UE 120 is depicted as determining whether to respond to the paging message or otherwise process the paging message from the first base station 310a for the first SIM 305a, Figure 5 The operations depicted in the foregoing may additionally or alternatively include the UE 120 determining whether to respond to the paging message or otherwise process the paging message from the second base station 310b for the second SIM 305b. For example, the UE 120 may tune away from a network connection associated with the UE 120's first subscription and monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high-priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the first subscription; the second base station 310b may send an indication of whether a high-priority paging message for the UE 120 exists in the one or more paging occasions associated with the high-priority identifier and the second identifier; and the UE 120 may use the high-priority identifier to determine whether a high-priority paging message for the UE 120 exists based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions. In this example, the UE 120 may ignore the one or more paging messages received from the second base station 310b based at least in part on the determination that there is no high-priority paging message for the UE 120. Alternatively, the UE 120 may respond to or otherwise process the high priority paging message received from the second base station 310b based at least in part on a determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE 120 .

[0095] By using the combination Figure 5 Using the described techniques, UE 120 can determine whether a paging message associated with the second subscription and received while tuned away from the first subscription is of high priority. As a result, the UE saves power and processing resources by ignoring non-emergency paging messages. At the same time, by indicating that the paging message is of high priority, base station 310a saves network overhead as well as processing resources and power that would otherwise be used to repeatedly send paging messages to UE 120.

[0096] As mentioned above, Figure 5 Provided as an example only. Other examples may differ from the Figure 5 An example of description.

[0097] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process 600, performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 600 is an example in which a UE (eg, UE 120) performs operations associated with detecting a high priority paging message.

[0098] like Figure 6As shown, in some aspects, process 600 may include receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription (block 610). For example, as described herein, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) may receive an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription. In some aspects, the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging.

[0099] like Figure 6 As further shown, in some aspects, process 600 may include tuning away from a network connection associated with the UE's second subscription (block 620). For example, as described herein, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) may tune away from a network connection associated with the UE's second subscription.

[0100] like Figure 6 As further shown, in some aspects, process 600 may include monitoring one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription (block 630). For example, as described herein, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) may monitor one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription.

[0101] like Figure 6 As further shown, in some aspects, process 600 may include determining, based at least in part on monitoring one or more paging occasions, using the high priority identifier to determine whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE (block 640). For example, as described herein, the UE (e.g., using demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) may determine, based at least in part on monitoring one or more paging occasions, using the high priority identifier to determine whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE.

[0102] Process 600 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in combination with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0103] In a first aspect, the UE is a multi-SIM UE comprising at least a first SIM for a first subscription and a second SIM for a second subscription.

[0104] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, process 600 further includes sending (e.g., using antenna 252, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a request for the high priority identifier during the registration process, such that the high priority identifier is received based at least in part on sending the request.

[0105] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, determining whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes determining that there is a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on: receiving (e.g., using antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a DCI including a short message; determining (e.g., using demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a DCI including a short message; and determining (e.g., using demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a high priority paging message for the UE. 2) the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; decoding (e.g., using the demodulator 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the controller / processor 280, and / or the memory 282) a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI based at least in part on determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; and determining (e.g., using the demodulator 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the controller / processor 280, and / or the memory 282) that a paging record in the PDSCH communication meets a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

[0106] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0107] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, a single bit of the short message indicates whether a high priority paging message is present in the paging log.

[0108] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, process 600 further includes responding (e.g., using antenna 252, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller / processor 280, or memory 282) to a high priority paging message based at least in part on a determination that a high priority paging message exists for the UE.

[0109] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the process 600 also includes suspending (e.g., using the antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a network connection associated with the second subscription, and establishing (e.g., using the antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282) a network connection associated with the first subscription based at least in part on a determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE.

[0110] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, determining whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes determining that there is no high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on at least one of the following: a determination that a short message included in the DCI includes an indication that the high priority paging message does not exist in a paging record, the paging record being included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or a determination that the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0111] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the process 600 further comprises ignoring (e.g., using the antenna 252, the demodulator 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the controller / processor 280, and / or the memory 282) one or more paging messages based at least in part on a determination that there are no high priority paging messages for the UE.

[0112] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier of the UE for paging.

[0113] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within the tracking area.

[0114] although Figure 6 Example blocks of process 600 are shown, but in some aspects process 600 may include blocks other than Figure 6 Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or a different arrangement of blocks than those shown in . Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 600 can be executed in parallel.

[0115] Figure 7 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700, performed, for example, by a network node, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Example process 700 is an example of operations performed by a network node (e.g., base station 110 and / or a node of a core network supporting base station 110, such as network controller 130) associated with sending a high priority paging message to a UE (e.g., UE 120) having multiple subscriptions.

[0116] like Figure 7 As shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include sending, in association with a first subscription of the UE, a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription (block 710). For example, as described herein, the network node (e.g., using transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, controller / processor 240, memory 242, scheduler 246, controller / handler 290, communication unit 294, and / or memory 292) may send, in association with the first subscription of the UE, a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription. In some aspects, the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as the second identifier assigned to the UE for paging.

[0117] like Figure 7 As further shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include sending an indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier (block 720). For example, as described herein, the network node (e.g., using transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, controller / processor 240, memory 242, scheduler 246, controller / processor 290, communication unit 294, and / or memory 292) may send an indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier. In some aspects, the indication may be based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0118] Process 700 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in combination with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0119] In a first aspect, the UE is a multi-SIM UE comprising at least a first SIM for a first subscription and a second SIM for a second subscription.

[0120] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, process 700 also includes receiving (e.g., using antenna 234, demodulator 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, scheduler 246, controller / processor 290, communication unit 294, and / or memory 292) a request for a high priority identifier from the UE during the registration process, such that the high priority identifier is sent based at least in part on receiving the request.

[0121] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, sending an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE includes sending an indication of whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE based at least in part on: sending (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modulator 232, the antenna 234, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the scheduler 246, the controller / processor 290, the communication unit 294, and / or the memory 292) a DCI including a short message including an indication of the high priority paging message; and sending (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modulator 232, the antenna 234, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the scheduler 246, the controller / processor 290, the communication unit 294, and / or the memory 292) a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI, wherein the paging record in the PDSCH communication meets a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

[0122] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0123] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, a single bit of the short message indicates whether a high priority paging message is present in the paging log.

[0124] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, sending an indication of whether a high priority paging message exists for the UE includes sending an indication that no high priority paging message exists for the UE based at least in part on the following operations: sending (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modulator 232, the antenna 234, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the scheduler 246, the controller / processor 290, the communication unit 294, and / or the memory 292) a short message included in the DCI, the short message including an indication that the high priority paging message does not exist in a paging record included in a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI; or sending (e.g., using the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modulator 232, the antenna 234, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, the scheduler 246, the controller / processor 290, the communication unit 294, and / or the memory 292) a short message included in the DCI, the short message including an indication that the high priority paging message does not exist in a paging record included in a PDSCH communication scheduled by the DCI; MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, controller / processor 240, memory 242, scheduler 246, controller / processor 290, communication unit 294, and / or memory 292) a paging record, wherein the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0125] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier of the UE for paging.

[0126] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within the tracking area.

[0127] although Figure 7 Example blocks of process 700 are shown, but in some aspects, process 700 may include Figure 7 7. Additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than depicted in FIG. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks of process 700 may be executed in parallel.

[0128] The following provides an overview of some aspects of the disclosure:

[0129] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; tuning away from a network connection associated with the second subscription of the UE; monitoring one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier based at least in part on tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription; and determining, using the high priority identifier, whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions.

[0130] Aspect 2: The method according to aspect 1, wherein the UE is a multiple subscriber identity module UE, the multiple subscriber identity module UE comprising at least a first SIM for the first subscription and a second SIM for the second subscription.

[0131] Aspect 3: The method of aspects 1 to 2, further comprising: sending a request for the high priority identifier during the registration process, wherein receiving the high priority identifier is based at least in part on sending the request.

[0132] Aspect 4: A method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 3, wherein determining whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes determining the presence of a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on the following operations: receiving downlink control information (DCI) including a short message; determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; decoding a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI based at least in part on determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; and determining that a paging record in the PDSCH communication meets a condition associated with a high priority identifier.

[0133] Aspect 5: The method according to aspect 4, wherein the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0134] Aspect 6: The method according to any one of aspects 4 to 5, wherein a single bit of the short message indicates whether the high priority paging message is present in the paging record.

[0135] Aspect 7: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 6 further includes: responding to the high priority paging message based at least in part on the determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE.

[0136] Aspect 8: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 7 further includes: suspending the network connection associated with the second subscription; and establishing the network connection associated with the first subscription based at least in part on the determination that there is a high priority paging message for the UE.

[0137] Aspect 9: A method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 3, wherein determining whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes determining that there is no high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on at least one of the following: a short message included in downlink control information (DCI) includes an indication that the high priority paging message does not exist in a paging record, which is included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or a determination that the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0138] Aspect 10: The method of aspect 9, further comprising: ignoring the one or more paging messages based at least in part on a determination that no high priority paging message exists for the UE.

[0139] Aspect 11: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 10, wherein the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier of the UE for paging.

[0140] Aspect 12: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 11, wherein the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within the tracking area.

[0141] Aspect 13: A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising: sending, in association with a first subscription of a user equipment (UE), an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier is associated with the same set of paging occasions as a second identifier assigned to the UE for paging; and sending, in one or more paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, an indication of whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

[0142] Aspect 14: The method according to aspect 13, wherein the UE is a multiple subscriber identity module UE, the multiple subscriber identity module UE comprising at least a first SIM for the first subscription and a second SIM for the second subscription.

[0143] Aspect 15: The method of any one of aspects 13 to 14, wherein the high priority identifier is sent based at least in part on receiving a request for the high priority identifier from the UE during a registration procedure.

[0144] Aspect 16: A method according to any one of Aspects 13 to 15, wherein sending an indication of whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes: sending an indication of the presence of a high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on the following operations: sending downlink control information (DCI) including a short message, wherein the short message includes an indication of the high priority paging message; and sending a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI, wherein the paging record in the PDSCH communication meets the conditions associated with the high priority identifier.

[0145] Aspect 17: The method according to aspect 16, wherein the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0146] Aspect 18: The method according to any one of aspects 16 to 17, wherein a single bit of the short message indicates whether the high priority paging message is present in the paging record.

[0147] Aspect 19: A method according to any one of Aspects 13 to 15, wherein sending an indication of whether there is a high priority paging message for the UE includes sending an indication that there is no high priority paging message for the UE based at least in part on the following operations: sending a short message included in downlink control information (DCI), the short message including an indication that the high priority paging message does not exist in a paging record, the paging record being included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or sending the paging record, wherein the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

[0148] Aspect 20: The method according to any one of aspects 13 to 19, wherein the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier of the UE for paging.

[0149] Aspect 21: The method according to any one of aspects 13 to 20, wherein the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within the tracking area.

[0150] Aspect 22: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-12.

[0151] Aspect 23: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-12.

[0152] Aspect 24: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing the method of one or more of aspects 1-12.

[0153] Aspect 25: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-12.

[0154] Aspect 26: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-12.

[0155] Aspect 27: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 13-21.

[0156] Aspect 28: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 13-21.

[0157] Aspect 29: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one component for performing the method of one or more of aspects 13-21.

[0158] Aspect 30: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 13-21.

[0159] Aspect 31: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one or more aspects of aspects 13-21.

[0160] The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.

[0161] As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be broadly interpreted as a combination of hardware and / or hardware and software. "Software" should be broadly interpreted as meaning instructions, instruction sets, codes, code segments, program codes, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, processes and / or functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or other terms. As used herein, the processor is implemented with a combination of hardware and / or hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented with different forms of hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. The actual dedicated control hardware or software code for implementing these systems and / or methods is not limited to these aspects. Therefore, the operation and behavior of the systems and / or methods are described herein without reference to specific software codes--it should be understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and / or methods at least in part based on the description herein.

[0162] As used herein, satisfying a threshold may refer to a value being greater than a threshold, greater than or equal to a threshold, less than a threshold, less than or equal to a threshold, equal to a threshold, not equal to a threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0163] Although the specific combination of feature is set forth in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects.In fact, can be in the mode that is not specifically set forth in the claims and / or is not specifically disclosed in the specification, multiple features in these features are combined.Although each dependent claim listed below can directly be subordinate to only one claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes the combination of each dependent claim and each other claim in the claim set.As used herein, the phrase that relates to " at least one " in the project list refers to any combination of those projects, including single member.As an example, " at least one of a, b, or c " is intended to contain a, b, c, ab, ac, bc, and abc and any combination with multiple identical elements (for example, aa, aaa, aab, aac, abb, acc, bb, bbb, bbc, cc, and ccc or any other arrangement of a, b, and c).

[0164] Unless clearly described, any element, action or instruction used herein should not be interpreted as critical or necessary. In addition, the articles "a" and "an" used herein are intended to include one or more projects and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In addition, the article "the" used herein is intended to include one or more projects related to the article "the", and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In addition, the terms "set" and "group" used herein are intended to include one or more projects (for example, related projects, unrelated projects or a combination of related and unrelated projects), and can be used interchangeably with "one or more". In the case of only intending to include a project, phrase "only one" or similar language is used. In addition, the terms "has", "have", "having" etc. used herein are intended to be open terms. In addition, unless otherwise expressly stated, the phrase "based on" is intended to represent "at least partially based on". Furthermore, the term "or" as used herein is intended to be inclusive when used consecutively and is used interchangeably with "and / or" unless expressly stated otherwise (eg, if used in combination with "either" or "only one of").

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as One or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier and a second identifier allocated to the UE for paging are both associated with the same set of paging occasions; tuning away from a network connection associated with a second subscription of the UE; after tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription, monitoring one or more paging occasions in the set of paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier; as well as Based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions, determining whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE using the high priority identifier. 2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the UE is a multiple subscriber identity module UE comprising at least a first SIM for the first subscription and a second SIM for the second subscription.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: A request for the high priority identifier is sent during a registration process, wherein the high priority identifier is received based at least in part on sending the request.

4. The UE according to claim 1, wherein: To determine whether there is the high priority paging message for the UE, the one or more processors are configured to: receiving downlink control information DCI including a short message; determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; decoding a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI based at least in part on determining that the short message includes the indication of the high priority paging message; as well as It is determined that the paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

5. The UE of claim 4, wherein the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

6. The UE of claim 4, wherein a single bit of the short message indicates whether the high priority paging message exists in the paging record.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: The high priority paging message is responded to based at least in part on a determination that there is the high priority paging message for the UE.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: suspending the network connection associated with the second subscription; and A network connection associated with the first subscription is established based at least in part on a determination that there is the high priority paging message for the UE.

9. The UE according to claim 1, wherein: To determine whether there is the high priority paging message for the UE, the one or more processors are configured to: determining that a short message included in downlink control information (DCI) includes an indication that the high priority paging message is not present in a paging record included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or It is determined that the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: One or more paging messages are ignored based at least in part on a determination that the high priority paging message for the UE is not present.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier for paging of the UE.

12. The UE of claim 1, wherein the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within a tracking area.

13. A network node for wireless communication, comprising: Memory; as well as One or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: sending, in association with a first subscription of a user equipment (UE), an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier and a second identifier allocated to the UE for paging are both associated with the same set of paging occasions; as well as An indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists is sent in one or more paging occasions in the paging occasion set that are associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier. The network node according to claim 13 , wherein: To send an indication of whether there is the high priority paging message for the UE, the one or more processors are configured to: sending downlink control information (DCI) including a short message, wherein the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; and A physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI is transmitted, wherein a paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

15. The network node of claim 14, wherein the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

16. The network node of claim 14, wherein a single bit of the short message indicates whether the high priority paging message is present in the paging record.

17. The network node according to claim 13, wherein: To send an indication of whether there is the high priority paging message for the UE, the one or more processors are configured to: sending a short message included in downlink control information (DCI), the short message including an indication that the high priority paging message is not present in a paging record included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or The paging record is sent, wherein the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

18. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising: sending, in association with a first subscription of a user equipment (UE), an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier and a second identifier allocated to the UE for paging are both associated with the same set of paging occasions; as well as An indication of whether a high priority paging message for the UE exists is sent in one or more paging occasions in the paging occasion set that are associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the high priority identifier.

19. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, in association with a first subscription of the UE, an indication of a high priority identifier to be used for paging messages associated with the first subscription, wherein the high priority identifier and a second identifier allocated to the UE for paging are both associated with the same set of paging occasions; tuning away from a network connection associated with a second subscription of the UE; after tuning away from the network connection associated with the second subscription, monitoring one or more paging occasions in the set of paging occasions associated with the high priority identifier and the second identifier; as well as Based at least in part on monitoring the one or more paging occasions, determining whether a high priority paging message is present for the UE using the high priority identifier.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the UE is a Multiple Subscriber Identity Module (UE) comprising at least a first SIM for the first subscription and a second SIM for the second subscription.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising: A request for the high priority identifier is sent during a registration process, wherein the high priority identifier is received based at least in part on sending the request.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein determining whether the high priority paging message for the UE exists comprises: receiving downlink control information DCI including a short message; determining that the short message includes an indication of a high priority paging message; decoding a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication scheduled by the DCI based at least in part on determining that the short message includes the indication of the high priority paging message; as well as It is determined that the paging record in the PDSCH communication satisfies a condition associated with the high priority identifier.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the condition is that the paging record includes a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein a single bit of the short message indicates whether the high priority paging message is present in the paging record.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising: The high priority paging message is responded to based at least in part on a determination that there is the high priority paging message for the UE.

26. The method of claim 19, further comprising: suspending the network connection associated with the second subscription; as well as A network connection associated with the first subscription is established based at least in part on a determination that there is the high priority paging message for the UE.

27. The method of claim 19, wherein determining whether the high priority paging message for the UE exists comprises: determining that a short message included in downlink control information (DCI) includes an indication that the high priority paging message is not present in a paging record included in a physical downlink shared channel communication scheduled by the DCI; or It is determined that the paging record does not include a UE identifier that matches the high priority identifier.

28. The method of claim 19, further comprising: One or more paging messages are ignored based at least in part on a determination that the high priority paging message for the UE is not present.

29. The method of claim 19, wherein the high priority identifier and the second identifier comprise a same set of bits used to calculate a UE identifier for paging of the UE.

30. The method of claim 19, wherein the high priority identifier comprises the same number of bits as the second identifier and is unique to the UE within a tracking area.

31. A computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, wherein the program code is executable by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to cause the one or more processors to perform the method according to any one of claims 19 to 30.

32. A computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, wherein the program code is executable by one or more processors of a network node to cause the one or more processors to perform the method according to claim 18.

33. A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 19-30.

34. A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 18.

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