Method, processor, and medium for network-based paging false alarm mitigation

Abstract

The present invention provides a network that mitigates paging false alarms. The network components of the network: determine a paging area for a user equipment (UE), wherein the paging area includes multiple cells of the network; determine the coverage area of ​​a cell closest to the cells in the paging area in which the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state or a cell in which the UE is currently located; and configure a page to be transmitted to the UE from a subset of the multiple cells in the paging area, wherein the subset is based at least on the determination of the cell closest to the cells in which the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state or the cell in which the UE is currently located.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communications. Background Art

[0002] In 5G New Radio (NR) wireless communications, a user equipment (UE) can enter radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or RRC inactive mode at various times to optimize power consumption at the UE. When a UE is in RRC idle mode, the UE does not exchange any data with the 5G NR network. The UE switches to RRC connected mode to exchange data with the network by establishing a connection with the next-generation NodeB (gNB) of the 5G NR network. If there is no activity at the UE for a period of time, the UE can move to RRC inactive mode to suspend its RRC session, during which time a minimal amount of data is exchanged with the 5G NR network.

[0003] One type of information a UE can receive while in RRC idle mode or inactive mode is a paging transmission. A paging transmission can notify a UE that the network has data or messages (e.g., short messages) for the UE (e.g., voice calls, system information changes, Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS), Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) indications, etc.). Paging messages can be sent to the UE via a Paging Control Channel (PCCH), and short messages can be sent to the UE via a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). To receive paging messages, the UE can monitor one or more Paging Occasions (POs) per paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle on the PDCCH.

[0004] There are two types of paging areas: core network (CN)-initiated paging areas and radio access network (RAN)-initiated paging areas. In a CN-initiated paging area, the 5G network's access and mobility management function (AMF) can assign a registration area to each UE during the non-access stratum (NAS) registration process when the UE is initially in RRC idle state. This registration area can be defined as a set of non-overlapping tracking areas, each of which includes one or more cells (gNBs) covering a geographic area. In a RAN-initiated paging area, a UE in RRC inactive state can be configured with a RAN-based notification area (RNA) by the last serving gNB. This RNA can cover one or more cells and can be contained within the CN registration area described above.

[0005] For a UE receiving a paging message, the UE receives and demodulates the PDCCH, blindly decodes the PDCCH, receives and demodulates the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), decodes the PDSCH, and processes the paging message. The power consumption of the UE increases as the number of false alarm paging messages received increases. Such false alarms may occur due to the fact that multiple UEs share the same PO in a given area, and, in itself, a given UE may receive a paging message that is not intended for it. Since the number of UEs increases with the increase in paging areas, the larger the paging area, the greater the likelihood of false alarms. The network may attempt paging transmissions multiple times to reduce paging signaling overhead. This process may include a network starting with a small paging area, and if no paging response is received for a given attempt, the size of the paging area increases with each subsequent paging attempt. Summary of the Invention

[0006] Some example embodiments relate to a method performed by a network component of a network. The method includes determining a paging area for a user equipment (UE), wherein the paging area includes a plurality of cells of the network; determining one of: a coverage area of ​​a cell in the paging area that is closest to the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state or a cell in which the UE is currently located; and configuring a page to be transmitted to the UE from a subset of the plurality of cells in the paging area, wherein the subset is based at least on the determination of the cell in the paging area that is closest to the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state or the cell in which the UE is currently located.

[0007] Other example embodiments relate to a method performed by a network component of a network, the method comprising: determining a paging area for a user equipment (UE), wherein the paging area includes a plurality of cells of the network; receiving an indication of a mobility state from the UE; and transmitting a page for the UE from a subset of the plurality of cells in the paging area based at least on the mobility state.

[0008] A further exemplary embodiment relates to a method performed by a network element of a network, the method comprising: determining a paging area comprising a plurality of cells of the network; and configuring a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) such that all of the plurality of UEs in the paging area do not monitor the same paging occasion (PO). BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] Figure 1 Exemplary network arrangements are shown according to various exemplary embodiments.

[0010] Figure 2An exemplary UE according to various exemplary embodiments is shown.

[0011] Figure 3 A signaling diagram illustrating a first paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments is shown.

[0012] Figure 4 A signaling diagram illustrating a second paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments is shown.

[0013] Figure 5 A signaling diagram illustrating a third paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments is shown.

[0014] Figure 6 A signaling diagram illustrating a fourth paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] The exemplary embodiments may be further understood by reference to the following description and associated drawings, wherein like elements have the same reference numerals. The exemplary embodiments describe apparatus, systems, and methods for reducing or eliminating false paging alert messages received by user equipment.

[0016] The exemplary embodiments are described with reference to a UE. However, the use of a UE is for illustrative purposes only. The exemplary embodiments can be utilized with any electronic component that can establish a connection with a network and is configured with hardware, software, and / or firmware for exchanging information and data with the network. Therefore, the term UE as used herein is used to represent any electronic component.

[0017] The exemplary embodiments are also described with reference to a network including a 5G New Radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT). However, in some embodiments, the network may also include other cellular access networks (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE) RAT, legacy RAT, etc.) and / or non-cellular access networks (e.g., 802.XX networks, WiFi, etc.), even though the following description will primarily focus on 5G NRRAT.

[0018] As noted above, an increase in the number of false alarm paging messages received by the UE will increase power consumption at the UE. If no response is received, the aforementioned paging area optimization is inefficient when the paging area is increased for a variety of reasons. First, paging latency increases due to the multiple transmission attempts of the same paging message. Furthermore, smaller paging areas are not driven by any meaningful information about the UE's movement path.

[0019] According to an exemplary embodiment, the UE may provide information about the UE's mobility to the 5G NR network to improve the accuracy of the reduced paging area described above. In some exemplary embodiments, this information may include the most recent cell (gNB) that the UE camped on before switching to the RRC Inactive or Idle state. In some exemplary embodiments, the UE may provide mobility path information to the 5G NR network. Based on the information provided by the UE, the network may select which cell or cells should be used to forward paging messages to the UE.

[0020] Another problem that increases the number of false alarm paging messages received by UEs is that multiple UEs in a given area monitor the same paging occasion (PO). As noted above, the more UEs monitor PO, the greater the possibility that one or more of these UEs will process a paging message that is not intended for the UE.

[0021] According to some exemplary embodiments, the 5G NR network can configure a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle during which the UE actively monitors for paging messages. Different UEs, for their part, can be configured with different DRX cycles during which they should monitor the PDCCH for paging signals. Thus, the number of UEs monitoring the same PDCCH is reduced.

[0022] Figure 1 An exemplary network arrangement 100 according to various exemplary embodiments is shown. The exemplary network arrangement 100 includes a UE 110. It should be noted that any number of UEs may be used in the network arrangement 100. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the UE 110 may alternatively be any type of electronic component configured to communicate via a network, such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, desktop computer, smartphone, phablet, embedded device, wearable device, Internet of Things (IoT) device, etc. It should also be appreciated that a practical network arrangement may include any number of UEs used by any number of users. Therefore, for illustrative purposes, only an example with a single UE 110 is provided.

[0023] UE 110 can be configured to communicate with one or more networks. In the example of network configuration 100, the networks with which UE 110 can wirelessly communicate are 5G New Radio (NR) radio access network (5G NR-RAN) 120, LTE radio access network (LTE-RAN) 122, and wireless local area network (WLAN) 124. However, it should be understood that UE 110 can also communicate with other types of networks, and UE 110 can also communicate with networks via wired connections. Thus, UE 110 can include a 5G NR chipset for communicating with 5G NR-RAN 120, an LTE chipset for communicating with LTE-RAN 122, and an ISM chipset for communicating with WLAN 124.

[0024] 5G NR-RAN 120 and LTE-RAN 122 may be part of cellular networks that may be deployed by cellular providers such as Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc. These networks 120, 122 may include, for example, cells or base stations (NodeB, eNodeB, HeNB, eNBS, gNB, gNodeB, macrocell base stations, microcell base stations, small cell base stations, femtocell base stations, etc.) configured to send and receive traffic from UEs equipped with appropriate cellular chipsets. WLAN 124 may include any type of wireless local area network (WiFi, hotspot, IEEE 802.11x network, etc.).

[0025] UE 110 may connect to 5G NR-RAN 120 via gNB 120A and / or gNB 120B. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that any relevant procedures may be performed for UE 110 to connect to 5G NR-RAN 120. For example, as described above, 5G NR-RAN 120 may be associated with a particular cellular provider, where UE 110 and / or its user has a protocol and credential information (e.g., stored on a SIM card). Upon detecting the presence of 5G NR-RAN 120, UE 110 may transmit the corresponding credential information to associate with 5G NR-RAN 120. More specifically, UE 110 may associate with a particular base station (e.g., gNB 120A of 5G NR-RAN 120).

[0026] In addition to networks 120, 122, and 124, network arrangement 100 includes a cellular core network 130, the Internet 140, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) 150, and a network services backbone 160. Cellular core network 130 can be considered an interconnected collection of components that manage the operation and traffic of a cellular network. Cellular core network 130 also manages traffic flowing between the cellular network and the Internet 140. IMS 150 can generally be described as an architecture for delivering multimedia services to UE 110 using IP protocols. IMS 150 can communicate with cellular core network 130 and the Internet 140 to provide multimedia services to UE 110. Network services backbone 160 communicates directly or indirectly with the Internet 140 and cellular core network 130. Network services backbone 160 can generally be described as a set of components (e.g., servers, network storage arrangements, etc.) that implement a suite of services that can be used to extend the functionality of UE 110 to communicate with various networks.

[0027] Figure 2 An exemplary UE 110 is shown according to various exemplary embodiments. Figure 1100 is used to describe the UE 110. The UE 110 may represent any electronic device and may include a processor 205, a memory arrangement 210, a display device 215, an input / output (I / O) device 220, a transceiver 225, and other components 230. The other components 230 may include, for example, an audio input device, an audio output device, a battery providing a limited power source, a data acquisition device, a port for electrically connecting the UE 110 to other electronic devices, one or more antenna panels, etc. For example, the UE 110 may be coupled to industrial equipment via one or more ports.

[0028] The processor 205 may be configured to execute multiple engines of the UE 110. For example, these engines may include a paging management engine 235. The paging management engine 235 may perform various operations related to paging reception, such as processing paging messages, notifying the network 100 of the UE's mobility, and the like.

[0029] The engine described above as an application (e.g., a program) executed by the processor 205 is merely exemplary. The functionality associated with the engine may also be represented as a separate integrated component of the UE 110, or may be a modular component coupled to the UE 110, such as an integrated circuit with or without firmware. For example, an integrated circuit may include input circuitry for receiving signals and processing circuitry for processing signals and other information. The engine may also be embodied as a single application or as multiple independent applications. In addition, in some UEs, the functionality described for the processor 205 is shared between two or more processors, such as a baseband processor and an application processor. The exemplary embodiments may be implemented in any of these or other configurations of the UE.

[0030] The memory arrangement 210 may be a hardware component configured to store data related to operations performed by the UE 110. The display device 215 may be a hardware component configured to display data to a user, and the I / O device 220 may be a hardware component that enables user input. The display device 215 and the I / O device 220 may be separate components or may be integrated together (such as a touch screen). The transceiver 225 may be a hardware component configured to establish a connection with the 5G NR-RAN 120, the LTE-RAN 122, the WLAN 124, etc. Thus, the transceiver 225 may operate on multiple different frequencies or channels (e.g., a continuous set of frequencies).

[0031] Figure 3 A signaling diagram 300 illustrating a first paging procedure is shown in accordance with various exemplary embodiments. Figure 3 In an exemplary embodiment of , the network uses information about the last cell that UE 110 camped on to determine paging transmission targets and reduce paging false alarms. Figure 3The components shown in FIG3 include UE 110, network cells 301 through 303, and access and mobility management function (AMF) 304. It should be understood that UE 110 may represent any UE. Network cells 301 through 303 may be, for example, gNB 122A, gNB 122B, and another gNB associated with 5G NR RAN 120. AMF 304 may be considered a function implemented by core network 130. Generally speaking, AMF 304 is responsible for connection and mobility management tasks (e.g., UE handover between gNBs). Additionally, AMF 304 may be responsible for providing paging information to appropriate gNBs, enabling them to transmit paging over the air (OTA).

[0032] exist Figure 3 In the example shown in FIG, the paging area of ​​UE 110 can be considered to include cells 301 to 303. This means that when there is a page for UE 110, AMF 304 will forward the page to each of the multiple cells in the paging area, such as cells 301 to 303. As will be described in more detail below, when UE 110 moves from a coverage area to a coverage area of ​​cells 301 to 303 in the paging area, UE 110 can send a notification. Based on configuration information provided to the UE via RRC signaling or NAS signaling, UE 110 can know the cells in the paging area to which UE 110 will send notifications.

[0033] It should be further considered that Figure 3 In the scenario of FIG. 300 , when the paging is transmitted, UE 110 is not in a connected state with the network (e.g., UE 110 is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state). For example, when the paging is transmitted from corresponding cell 301 to cell 303 at 320, 340, or 360, UE 110 will not be in a connected state. Those skilled in the art will understand that, for example, if UE 110 receives a paging at 320 from cell 301, UE 110 will likely transition to a connected state to receive data associated with the paging. However, for the purposes of signaling diagram 300 , it should be considered that UE 110 is not in a connected state when the paging is to be transmitted by the network.

[0034] like Figure 3 To illustrate, at 305, UE 110 receives an RRC release signal from cell 301, on which UE 110 is currently camped. This causes UE 110 to switch to an RRC idle or RRC inactive state at 310. At 315, AMF 304 of core network 130 receives a page for UE 110 and sends a paging transmission to all cells 301 through 303 in the paging area of ​​UE 110. However, in this exemplary embodiment, at 320, only the last cell on which the UE was camped (e.g., cell 301) will transmit the page.

[0035] It will be appreciated that when pages are transmitted only by cell 301, UEs camped on cells 302 and 303 will not receive pages that are not intended for those other UEs (e.g., because they are intended for UE 110), thereby preventing the other UEs from receiving false paging alerts. Thus, by intelligently selecting which cell should transmit the page for UE 110, multiple false paging alerts are avoided.

[0036] At 325, UE 110 moves to the coverage area of ​​another cell (e.g., cell 302). To ensure that the network is aware of the UE's movement to a different cell, UE 110 may transmit a UE-specific scheduling request (SR) or initiate a random access channel (RACH) procedure to cell 302 at 330. As a result, the network now knows that UE 110 is in the coverage area of ​​cell 302. Therefore, when AMF 304 sends a paging transmission at 335 to cells 301 through 303 in UE 110's paging area, only cell 302 will transmit the page at 440. Similar to the scenario described above, a UE that is monitoring the POs of cells 301 and 303 will not receive a paging false alarm related to UE 110's paging because those cells 301 and 303 will not transmit the page.

[0037] Similarly, at 345, UE 110 moves to the coverage area of ​​another cell, such as cell 303. Again, to ensure that the network is aware of UE 110's movement, UE 110 transmits a UE-specific SR or initiates a RACH procedure to cell 303 at 350. As a result, the network is now aware that UE 110 has moved to cell 303. Therefore, when AMF 304 sends a paging transmission to cells 301 through 303 of all paging areas of UE 110 at 355, only cell 303 transmits the page at 360. Again, this reduces the number of times the UE erroneously receives a paging transmission intended for UE 110, because the network is aware of the cell that UE 110 is camped on and targets transmissions of paging messages to UE 110 via that cell.

[0038] Figure 4 A signaling diagram 400 is shown illustrating a second paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments. Figure 4 The process described in Figure 3 The process described is similar. However, in Figure 4In the example of FIG400 , UE 110 does not notify the network of each movement to a new cell. Instead, UE 110 reports movement every N cell changes. In the example of signaling diagram 400 , UE 110 may report movement every N=2 cell changes, rather than reporting to the network for each cell change. Given this information, the network forwards paging messages to UE 110 via the last cell UE 110 camped on, as well as neighboring cells, as described in more detail below. The network may configure the value of N for UE 110, e.g., via RRC signaling or NAS signaling.

[0039] In signaling diagram 400, the components may be considered to be similar to those described above with respect to signaling diagram 300, including UE 110, cells 401 through 403, and AMF 404. Additionally, cell 401 may be considered to have cell 402 as a neighbor, cell 402 to have cells 401 and 403 as neighbors, and cell 403 to have cell 402 as a neighbor.

[0040] like Figure 4 As shown, at 405, UE 110 receives an RRC release signal from cell 401, on which UE 110 is currently camped. This causes UE 110 to switch to an RRC idle or RRC inactive state at 410. At 415, AMF 404 of core network 130 sends a paging transmission to all cells 401 through 403 in the paging area of ​​UE 110. In this example, since UE 110 was last camped on cell 401, the page is transmitted at 420 by cell 401 and its neighbor cell 402.

[0041] At 425, UE 110 may be considered to have moved to the coverage area of ​​another cell (e.g., cell 402). Figure 3 In contrast to the signaling diagram 300 of FIGURE 3, the UE 110 does not notify the network of the movement. As described above, in this example, the UE 110 has been configured to report cell changes to the network every N=2 cell changes. Since the change at 425 is the first cell change (e.g., N=1), the UE 110 will not report the cell change. At 430, the AMF 304 sends a paging transmission to all cells 401 to cell 403 in the paging area of ​​the UE 110. Since no movement information is relayed to the network, at 435, cell 401 and cell 402 will transmit a page. Since the UE 110 has been configured to report its movement every N cell changes, the network knows that the UE 110 is within N cells of the last known cell that the UE 110 camped on. As such, forwarding paging transmissions via cell 401 (the last camped cell) and cell 402 (the neighbor cell) enables a reduction in the paging area (cell 403 does not transmit pages) while also reducing power consumption associated with reporting UE 110's movement.

[0042] At 440, the UE moves to the coverage area of ​​another cell (e.g., cell 403). As noted above, in this example, UE 110 is configured to report its movement every N=2 cell changes. Since this is the second cell change, at 445, UE 110 transmits a UE-specific SR or initiates a RACH procedure to cell 403 to indicate the cell change to the network. As a result, the network now knows that UE 110 has moved to the coverage area of ​​cell 403. Therefore, when AMF 404 sends a paging transmission at 450 to all cells 401 to cell 403 in the paging area of ​​UE 110, only cell 403 and neighbor cell 402 transmit a page at 455.

[0043] Figure 5 A signaling diagram 500 illustrating a third paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments is shown. In this example, the current paging area of ​​UE 110 may be considered to include five (5) cells, cell 501 through cell 505. In this exemplary embodiment, UE 110 will provide information to the network regarding the movement of UE 110. The network may then use this movement information to select one or more cells on which to transmit pages. This movement information may be, for example, the path that UE 110 will be traveling, such as a train path from point A to point B, a driving path from the user's home to the user's office, etc. This movement information may include any suitable information that informs the network of possible cells whose coverage areas UE 110 may enter. To provide a further example, if UE 110 is moving eastward from one cell to the next while in a connected state, this movement information may allow the network to eliminate cells further west or away from the projected path of UE 110 when determining which cells should be used to forward paging transmissions to UE 110.

[0044] It should be understood that there are many ways that UE 110 can determine mobility or potential mobility information, and the way in which UE 110 determines mobility information is outside the scope of this disclosure. For purposes of signaling diagram 500, it can be assumed that UE 110 has determined mobility information and is reporting the mobility information to the network.

[0045] In signaling diagram 500, UE 110 is initially in the RRC connected state. Before switching to the RRC idle or RRC inactive state, at 510, UE 110 transmits mobility information to the currently camped cell (e.g., cell 501) via, for example, AS or NAS signaling. At 515, cell 501 forwards the mobility information to AMF 506. At 520, UE 110 receives an RRC release signal from cell 501 and switches to the RRC idle or RRC inactive state at 525.

[0046] Later, AMF 506 receives a page for UE 110. As described above, AMF 506 has previously received mobility information for UE 110. AMF 506 (or another component of core network 130) can use this mobility information to select a set of cells that match the possible paths of UE 110. In the example of signaling diagram 500, AMF 506 can determine, based on the mobility information, that a subset of cells for the paging area for UE 110 includes cells 501 to 503. However, cells 504 and 505 of the paging area are excluded from this subset. At 530, AMF 506 of core network 130 sends a paging transmission to the cells of the subset (e.g., cells 501 to 503). At 535, cells 501 to 503, having received the paging information from AMF 506, can transmit the page.

[0047] In other exemplary embodiments, the determination of the subset of cells may be communicated to the individual cells so that each cell understands whether the cell should send a page for a particular UE. In these exemplary embodiments, at 530, AMF 506 may send a paging transmission to all cells (e.g., cells 501 through 505) in the paging area of ​​UE 110. Then, at 535, only cells 501 through 503 of the subset determined by the information received from the cells of UE 110 may transmit the page.

[0048] Figure 6 A signaling diagram 600 is shown illustrating a fourth paging procedure according to various exemplary embodiments. Again, the signaling diagram 600 includes the UE 110, network cells 601 to 603, and the AMF 604. In the example of the signaling diagram 600, the UE 110 provides the network with a mobility state, and the network can then use the mobility state to select a cell of the paging area to page the UE 110.

[0049] In signaling diagram 600, UE 110 is initially in an RRC connected state. Before switching to an RRC idle or RRC inactive state, UE 110 transmits an indication of the mobility state of UE 110 to the currently camped cell (e.g., cell 601) at 605. This indication may be transmitted via, for example, NAS or AS signaling. The mobility state may include any number of states, such as stationary, mobile, etc. At 610, cell 601 forwards the mobility information to AMF 604. At 615, UE 110 receives an RRC release signal from the currently camped cell 601, and UE 110 switches to an RRC idle or RRC inactive state at 620.

[0050] When UE 110 reports the mobility state in step 605, UE 110 may also report the mobility information described above with respect to signaling diagram 500. When the mobility state is mobile, the mobility information may be sent. When UE 110 is in the mobile mobility state, its paging procedure may be the same as any of the above-mentioned reference signaling diagrams 300 to 500.

[0051] However, signaling diagram 600 focuses on the scenario where UE 110 has reported a stationary mobility state. At 625, AMF 504 of core network 130 sends a paging transmission to all cells in the paging area of ​​UE 110. However, because UE 110 has reported a stationary mobility state, only the last cell to which UE 110 was connected will transmit the page. In the example of signaling diagram 600, the last connected cell is cell 601. Therefore, at 630, cell 601 transmits the page.

[0052] The above exemplary embodiments can reduce the number of false alarm paging transmissions received and processed by a UE by reducing the size of the paging area. In some embodiments, network 100 can alternatively reduce the number of UEs monitoring the same PO by modifying the UE's DRX cycle. As a result of the modification, the number of UEs monitoring a given PO is reduced because the UEs monitor the PDCCH at different times.

[0053] In some embodiments, the network 100 may configure the UE 110 so that different UEs use one of three different types of paging DRX cycles: 1.) a default DRX cycle configured by RRC; 2.) a UE-specific DRX cycle configured by non-access stratum (NAS) signaling; 3.) a RAN DRX cycle configured by RRC.

[0054] In some embodiments, the network 100 may alternatively configure a UE-specific offset to determine the UE-specific paging frame (PF) and PO. The PO may be based on the network configuration and the UE ID. To reduce the number of UEs monitoring the PO, the network 100 may configure an offset for each UE so that when the UE calculates its PF and PO, the UE adds the network-configured UE-specific offset. This results in a distribution of multiple UEs across the PO.

[0055] In some embodiments, the network 100 may alternatively directly configure where each UE will receive paging. That is, the network 100 may configure a completely new paging DRX configuration via NAS or access stratum (AS) signaling. In some embodiments, the new paging DRX configuration will no longer be based on the UE ID, but rather on a network configuration. For example, the network 100 may base the new paging DRX configuration on the number of registered UEs to achieve a better distribution of UEs across the POs.

[0056] Although this patent application describes various combinations of various embodiments, each having different features, those skilled in the art will understand that any feature of one embodiment may be combined with features of other embodiments in any manner not publicly denied, or with features that are not functionally or logically inconsistent with the operation or described function of the device of the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0057] It is understood that the use of personally identifiable information should be subject to privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized to meet or exceed industry or government requirements for maintaining user privacy. Specifically, personally identifiable information data should be managed and processed to minimize the risk of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly stated to users.

[0058] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the exemplary embodiments described above may be implemented with any suitable software configuration or hardware configuration or combination thereof. Exemplary hardware platforms for implementing the exemplary embodiments may include, for example, Intel x86-based platforms with compatible operating systems, Windows OS, Mac platforms and MAC OS, mobile devices with operating systems such as iOS, Android, etc. In a further example, the exemplary embodiments of the above methods may be embodied as a program comprising lines of code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which, when compiled, may be executed on a processor or microprocessor.

[0059] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made to the present disclosure without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure is intended to cover modifications and variations of the present disclosure provided that these modifications and variations are within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: At the network components of the network: determining a paging area comprising a plurality of cells of the network; Configuring a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for each of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) so that all of the plurality of UEs in the paging area do not monitor the same paging occasion (PO); receiving movement information of a specific UE among the plurality of UEs in the paging area, the movement information including a path that the specific UE expects to travel between a first location and a second location; as well as A paging message is generated for the specific UE based on the mobility information for transmission to a subset of the plurality of cells.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: It is selected for each UE whether the UE will utilize a default paging DRX cycle, a UE-specific paging DRX cycle, or a Radio Access Network RAN ​​paging DRX cycle.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the default DRX paging cycle is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) procedure, the UE-specific DRX paging cycle is configured by a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure, and the RAN paging DRX cycle is configured by the RRC procedure.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: A UE-specific offset is determined for each UE to be used by each UE when determining the PO and paging frame PF. 5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle for each UE is based on at least the number of registered UEs. 6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when a core network (CN) of the network initiates paging, the paging DRX cycle is configured by non-access stratum (NAS) or access stratum (AS) signaling. 7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the paging DRX cycle is configured by AS signaling when a radio access network RAN ​​initiates paging.

8. A processor configured to: determining a paging area comprising a plurality of cells of a network; Configuring a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for each of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) so that all of the plurality of UEs in the paging area do not monitor the same paging occasion (PO); receiving movement information of a specific UE among the plurality of UEs in the paging area, the movement information including a path that the specific UE expects to travel between a first location and a second location; and A paging message is generated for the specific UE based on the mobility information for transmission to a subset of the plurality of cells.

9. The processor of claim 8, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: It is selected for each UE whether the UE will utilize a default paging DRX cycle, a UE-specific paging DRX cycle, or a Radio Access Network RAN ​​paging DRX cycle.

10. The processor of claim 9, wherein the default DRX paging cycle is configured by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) procedure, the UE-specific DRX paging cycle is configured by a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) procedure, and the RAN paging DRX cycle is configured by the RRC procedure.

11. The processor of claim 8, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: A UE-specific offset is determined for each UE to be used by each UE when determining the PO and paging frame PF.

12. The processor of claim 8, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle for each UE is based on at least a number of registered UEs. 13 . The processor according to claim 8 , wherein when a core network (CN) of the network initiates paging, the paging DRX cycle is configured by non-access stratum (NAS) or access stratum (AS) signaling.

14. The processor of claim 8, wherein one or more of the paging DRX cycles are configured by AS signaling when a radio access network (RAN) initiates paging.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by a processor, causes a processor of a network component to perform operations comprising: determining a paging area comprising a plurality of cells of a network; Configuring a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for each of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) so that all of the plurality of UEs in the paging area do not monitor the same paging occasion (PO); receiving movement information of a specific UE among the plurality of UEs in the paging area, the movement information including a path that the specific UE expects to travel between a first location and a second location; as well as A paging message is generated for the specific UE based on the mobility information for transmission to a subset of the plurality of cells.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: It is selected for each UE whether the UE will utilize a default paging DRX cycle, a UE-specific paging DRX cycle, or a Radio Access Network RAN ​​paging DRX cycle.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the default DRX paging cycle is configured by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) procedure, the UE-specific DRX paging cycle is configured by a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) procedure, and the RAN paging DRX cycle is configured by the RRC procedure.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle comprises: A UE-specific offset is determined for each UE to be used by each UE when determining the PO and paging frame PF.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein configuring the paging DRX cycle for each UE is based at least on a number of registered UEs. 20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein when a core network (CN) of the network initiates paging, the paging DRX cycle is configured by non-access stratum (NAS) or access stratum (AS) signaling. 21 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the paging DRX cycle is configured by AS signaling when a radio access network (RAN) initiates paging.

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