Beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring occasion collision

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) can measure a plurality of beams from a base station, where the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE. The UE can determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE that correspond to the plurality of beams. The UE can transmit, to the base station, an indication of a beam selected from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining. Numerous other aspects are also provided.

Description

[0001] Cross-references to related applications

[0002] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Nonprovisional Patent Application No. 17 / 034,374, filed on September 28, 2020, entitled “BEAM SELECTION IN IDLEMODE TO AVOID MONITORING OCCASION COLLISION,” which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This disclosure generally relates to wireless communication, and specifically to techniques and apparatus for beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring timing conflicts. Background Technology

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide a variety of telecommunications services, such as telephone, video, data, messaging, and broadcasting. Typical wireless communication systems employ multiple access technologies that enable 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 issued by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0005] A wireless network may include multiple base stations (BSs) capable of supporting communication for multiple user equipments (UEs). UEs can communicate with base stations (BSs) via downlinks and uplinks. A downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE, and 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 Headend, Transmit / Receive Point (TRP), New Radio (NR) BS, 5G Node B, etc.

[0006] The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless communication devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level. New Radio (NR), which can also be referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink (DL), using CP- OFDM and / or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink (UL). As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain very useful. SUMMARY

[0007] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes measuring a plurality of beams from a base station, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; determining whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; and transmitting, to the base station, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[0008] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a base station includes transmitting using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a UE; and receiving, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam.

[0009] In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication includes a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to measure a plurality of beams from a base station, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; and transmit, to the base station, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[0010] In some aspects, a base station for wireless communication includes a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to: transmit using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a UE; and receive, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam.

[0011] 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 UE, cause the UE to: measure a plurality of beams from a base station, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a first subscription of the UE; determine whether a monitoring occasion of a second subscription of the UE conflicts with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions of the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; and transmit, to the base station, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[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 base station, cause the base station to: transmit using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a UE; and receive, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam.

[0013] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for measuring a plurality of beams from a base station, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a first subscription of the apparatus; means for determining whether a monitoring occasion of a second subscription of the apparatus conflicts with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions of the first subscription of the apparatus corresponding to the plurality of beams; and means for transmitting, to the base station, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[0014] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for transmitting using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions of a UE; and means for receiving, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam.

[0015] Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, wireless communication device, and / or processing system as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and specification.

[0016] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows can be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The disclosed concepts and specific examples can be readily utilized as bases upon which the other structures can be designed to achieve the same purposes. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The characteristics, organization, and method of operation of the concepts disclosed herein, as well as the associated advantages, will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description, and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description will be rendered by reference to various aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings represent illustrative aspects only and are not intended to be limiting, as the description can admit to other equally effective aspects.

[0018] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is an example of a wireless network illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0019] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is an example of a base station in communication with a UE in a wireless network, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 3 FIG. 3 is an example of a beamforming architecture to support beamforming for millimeter wave (mmW) communications, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is an example of a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) UE, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 5 FIG. 5 is an example of monitoring for collision of monitoring occasions, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 6 FIG. 6 is an example of beam selection in idle mode to avoid collision of monitoring occasions, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0024] Figure 7 and Figure 8 FIG. 7 is an example process associated with beam selection in idle mode to avoid collision of monitoring occasions, illustrating aspects of the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 9 and Figure 10is a block diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communication in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] Aspects of the present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided as illustrative examples so as to convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the guidance herein, a person skilled in the art should understand that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any aspects of the disclosure disclosed herein, either implemented independently of any other aspects of the disclosure or in combination with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus can be implemented or a method can be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover an apparatus or method practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein can be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

[0027] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods 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 referred to as “elements”). These elements can be implemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0028] It should be noted that while aspects can be described herein using terminology commonly associated with a 5G or NR radio access technology (RAT), aspects of the present disclosure can be applied to other RATs, such as a 3G RAT, a 4G RAT, and / or a RAT subsequent to 5G (e.g., 6G).

[0029] Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 can be or include elements of a 5G (NR) network, an LTE network, and / or the like. The wireless network 100 can include a number of base stations 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 1 lOd) and other network entities. A base station (BS) is an entity that communicates with user equipment (UEs) and can also be referred to as an NR BS, a Node B, a gNB, a 5G node B (NB), an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP), and / or the like. Each BS can provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a BS and / or a BS subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0030] A BS can provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or another type of cell. A macro cell can cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and can allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions appropriate for the Figure 1 In the example shown, BS 110a can be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a, BS 110b can be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b, and BS 110c can be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c. A BS can support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB,” “base station,” “NR BS,” “gNB,” “TRP,” “AP,” “node B,” “5G NB,” and “cell” can be used interchangeably herein.

[0031] In some aspects, a cell can not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell can move according to the location of a mobile BS. In some aspects, a BS can be interconnected to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 using any suitable transmission network, various types of backhaul interfaces, such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, and / or the like.

[0032] Wireless network 100 can also include relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS). A relay station can also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. Figure 1 In the example shown, a relay BS 1 lOd can communicate with macro BS 110a and a UE 120d in order to facilitate communications between BS 110a and UE 120d. A relay BS can also be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a relay, or the like.

[0033] Wireless network 100 can be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs of different types, e.g., macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, etc. These different types of BSs can have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in wireless network 100. For example, macro BSs can have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico BSs, femto BSs, and relay BSs can have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 Watts).

[0034] A network controller 130 can couple to a set of BSs and can provide coordination and control for these BSs. Network controller 130 can be in communication with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs can also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.

[0035] UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) can be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE can be stationary or mobile. A UE can also be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc. A UE can be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone), 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, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or equipment, biometric sensors / devices, wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart ring, smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satellite radio), a vehicular component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

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

[0037] In general, any number of wireless networks can be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network can support a particular RAT and can operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT can also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, and / or the like. A frequency can also be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, and / or the like. Each frequency can support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order 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 to communicate with one another). For example, UE 120 can perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by base station 110. In some aspects, one or more of these operations can be performed in accordance with a lattice-based communication protocol.

[0039] Devices of wireless network 100 can communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided, based on frequency or wavelength, into various classes, bands, channels, and so on. For example, devices of wireless network 100 can communicate using operating bands having a first frequency range (FR1) from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz and / or can communicate using operating bands having a second frequency range (FR2) from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. The 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” frequency band. Similarly, FR2 is often referred to as a “millimeter wave” frequency band despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) frequency band, which the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has identified as spanning from 30 GHz to 300 GHz. Thus, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “sub-6 GHz,” or like term, if used herein, can broadly represent frequencies less than 6 GHz, frequencies within FR1, and / or mid-band frequencies (e.g., greater than 7.125 GHz). Similarly, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “millimeter wave,” or like term, if used herein, can broadly represent 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 can be modified, and techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0040] As described above, Figure 1 is provided as one example. Other examples can differ Figure 1 from the one described.

[0041] Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of a base station 110 in communication with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. Base station 110 can be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 can be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T > 1 and R > 1.

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

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

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

[0045] On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 264 can receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., including reports of RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, etc.) from the controller / processor 280. Transmit processor 264 can also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 can be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a-254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, etc.), and transmitted to the base station 110. In some aspects, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver can include any combination of antennas 252, modulators and / or demodulators 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, and / or TX MIMO processor 266. The processor (e.g., controller / processor 280) and memory 282 can use the transceiver to perform any of the aspects of any of the methods described herein, for example, as described with reference to Figures 6 to 8

[0046] ​At base station 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs can be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators 232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. The receive processor 238 can provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to a controller / processor 240. Base station 110 can include communication unit 244 and communicate to network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Base station 110 can include a scheduler 246 to schedule UEs 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some aspects, the base station 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver can include any combination of antenna(s) 234, modulators and / or demodulators 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 can use the transceiver to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein, for example, as described with reference to Figures 6 to 8

[0047] The controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Fig. 2 can perform a method related to beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring occasion collisions, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Fig. 2 can perform or direct operations of, for example, process 700 of Figure 2 Figure 2 Figure 7 The controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Fig. 2 can perform a method related to beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring occasion collisions, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Fig. 2 can perform or direct operations of, for example, process 700 of Figure 8 Figure 7 Figure 8 In some aspects, executing the instructions can include running the instructions, converting the instructions, compiling the instructions, interpreting the instructions, and / or the like.

[0048] In some aspects, a UE (e.g., UE 120) can include a means for performing the receiving, a means for performing the determining, a means for performing the selecting, and / or a means for performing the monitoring.​​​​​Figure 1 a UE 120, Figure 4 and Figure 6 a multi-SIM UE 120 and / or Figure 9 an apparatus 900) can include means for measuring a plurality of beams from a base station (e.g., Figure 1 a base station 110, Figure 4 and Figure 6 a base station 410a and / or Figure 10 an apparatus 1000) where the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; means for determining whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE that correspond to the plurality of beams; and / or means for transmitting, to the base station, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining. For example, the means for the UE to perform operations described herein can include antenna 252, demodulators 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulators 254, controller / processor 280, and / or memory 282.

[0049] In some aspects, the UE can further include means for requesting a new identifier for the first subscription of the UE when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, where the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE based at least in part on the new identifier; and / or means for determining whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE, where the selected beam is based at least in part on the determining whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0050] In some aspects, the UE can further include means for identifying a network operator associated with the first subscription of the UE.

[0051] In some aspects, a base station (e.g., Figure 1 a base station 110, Figure 4 and Figure 6 a base station 410a, and / or Figure 10 an apparatus 1000) can include means for transmitting using a plurality of beams where the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a UE (e.g., Figure 1 a UE 120, Figure 4 and Figure 6 a multi-SIM UE 120, and / or Figure 9corresponding to the selected beam; and / or means for receiving, from the UE, an indication of the selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam. For example, means for the base station to perform operations described herein can include transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, demodulator 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, and / or scheduler 246.

[0052] In some aspects, the base station can also include means for receiving, from the UE, a request for a new identifier based at least in part on the plurality of monitoring occasions; and / or means for transmitting, to the UE, the new identifier, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE based at least in part on the new identifier, and wherein the selected beam is based at least in part on the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0053] Although Figure 2 The blocks in FIG. 13 are illustrated as distinct components, but the functionality described above for these blocks can be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component, or in various combinations of components. For example, the functionality described above for transmit processor 264, receive processor 258, and / or TX MIMO processor 266 can be performed by controller / processor 280 or under the control of controller / processor 280.

[0054] As described above, Figure 2 is provided as an example. Other examples can differ Figure 2 from the described examples.

[0055] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example beamforming architecture 300 that supports beamforming for mmW communications in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. In some aspects, architecture 300 can implement aspects of wireless network 100. In some aspects, architecture 300 can be implemented in a transmitting device (e.g., a first wireless communication device, a UE, or a base station) and / or a receiving device (e.g., a second wireless communication device, a UE, or a base station), as described herein.

[0056] Generally, Figure 3is a diagram illustrating example hardware components of a wireless communication device, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure. The illustrated components can include components that can be used for antenna element selection and / or for beamforming for wireless signal transmission. There are many architectures for antenna element selection and implementing phase shifts, only one example of which is shown here. The architecture 300 includes a modem (modulator / demodulator) 302, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 304, a first mixer 306, a second mixer 308, and a splitter 310. The architecture 300 also includes a plurality of first amplifiers 312, a plurality of phase shifters 314, a plurality of second amplifiers 316, and an antenna array 318 including a plurality of antenna elements (AEs) 320.

[0057] Transmission lines or other waveguides, wires, traces, etc. are shown connecting the various components to illustrate how signals to be transmitted propagate between the components. Reference numbers 322, 324, 326, and 328 indicate regions in the architecture 300 in which different types of signals propagate or are processed. Specifically, reference number 322 indicates a region in which digital baseband signals propagate or are processed, reference number 324 indicates a region in which analog baseband signals propagate or are processed, reference number 326 indicates a region in which analog intermediate frequency (IF) signals propagate or are processed, and reference number 328 indicates a region in which analog radio frequency (RF) signals propagate or are processed. The architecture also includes a local oscillator A 330, a local oscillator B 332, and a controller / processor 334. In some aspects, the controller / processor 334 corresponds to the controller / processor 240 of the base station described above in connection with FIG. 2 and / or the controller / processor 280 of the UE described above in connection with FIG. 3. Figure 2 The controller / processor 334 of the architecture 300 can be used to implement the components of the base station described above in connection with FIG. 2 and / or the components of the UE described above in connection with FIG. 3. Figure 2 The controller / processor 334 of the architecture 300 can be used to implement the components of the base station described above in connection with FIG. 2 and / or the components of the UE described above in connection with FIG. 3.

[0058] Each of the antenna elements 320 can include one or more sub-elements for radiating or receiving RF signals. For example, a single antenna element 320 can include a first sub-element that is cross-polarized with a second sub-element, which can be used to independently transmit cross-polarized signals. The antenna elements 320 can include patch antennas, dipole antennas, or other types of antennas arranged in a linear pattern, a two-dimensional pattern, or other pattern. The spacing between the antenna elements 320 can be such that signals having a desired wavelength transmitted by the antenna elements 320, respectively, can interact or interfere (e.g., to form a desired beam). For example, given an expected range of wavelengths or frequencies, the spacing can provide a quarter wavelength, a half wavelength, or other fraction of a wavelength of the spacing between adjacent antenna elements 320 to allow for interaction or interference of signals transmitted by the separate antenna elements 320 within the expected range.

[0059] The modem 302 processes and generates digital baseband signals, and can also control the operation of the DAC 304, the first and second mixers 306, 308, the splitter 310, the first amplifier 312, the phase shifter 314, and / or the second amplifier 316 to transmit signals via one or more or all of the antenna elements 320. The modem 302 can process the signals and control the operation in accordance with a communications standard, such as the wireless standards discussed herein. The DAC 304 can convert the digital baseband signals received from the modem 302 (and signals to be transmitted) into analog baseband signals. The first mixer 306 upconverts the analog baseband signals to analog IF signals within an IF using a local oscillator A 330. For example, the first mixer 306 can mix the signals with an oscillating signal generated by the local oscillator A 330 to “move” the baseband analog signals to the IF. In some cases, some processing or filtering (not shown) can occur at the IF. The second mixer 308 upconverts the analog IF signals to analog RF signals using a local oscillator B 332. Similar to the first mixer, the second mixer 308 can mix the signals with an oscillating signal generated by the local oscillator B 332 to “move” the IF analog signals to the RF or the frequency at which the signals will be transmitted or received. The modem 302 and / or the controller / processor 334 can adjust the frequency of the local oscillator A 330 and / or the local oscillator B 332, resulting in the desired IF and / or RF frequencies, and used to facilitate the processing and transmission of signals within the desired bandwidth.

[0060] In the illustrated architecture 300, the signals upconverted by the second mixer 308 are split or duplicated by the splitter 310 into multiple signals. The splitter 310 in the architecture 300 splits the RF signal into multiple identical or nearly identical RF signals. In other examples, the splitting can occur on any type of signal, including a baseband digital signal, a baseband analog signal, or an IF analog signal. Each of these signals can correspond to an antenna element 320, and the signal is propagated through and processed by the amplifiers 312 and 316, the phase shifter 314, and / or other elements corresponding to the respective antenna element 320 to be provided to and transmitted by the corresponding antenna element 320 of the antenna array 318. In one example, the splitter 310 can be an active splitter that is connected to a power source and provides some gain such that the RF signals leaving the splitter 310 are at a power level equal to or greater than the signals entering the splitter 310. In another example, the splitter 310 is a passive splitter that is not connected to a power source, and the RF signals leaving the splitter 310 can be at a lower power level than the RF signals entering the splitter 310.

[0061] After being split by the splitter 310, the resulting RF signals can enter an amplifier, such as the first amplifier 312 or the phase shifter 314 corresponding to the antenna element 320. The first amplifier 312 and the second amplifier 316 are shown with dashed lines because in some aspects one or both of them can not be necessary. In some aspects, both the first amplifier 312 and the second amplifier 316 are present. In some aspects, neither the first amplifier 312 nor the second amplifier 316 is present. In some aspects, one of the two amplifiers 312 and 316 is present while the other is not. For example, if the splitter 310 is an active splitter, then the first amplifier 312 can not be used. For another example, if the phase shifter 314 is an active phase shifter that can provide gain, then the second amplifier 316 can not be used.

[0062] The amplifiers 312 and 316 can provide a desired level of positive gain or negative gain. Positive gain (positive dB) can be used to increase the amplitude of the signal radiated by a particular antenna element 320. Negative gain (negative dB) can be used to decrease the amplitude and / or suppress the signal radiation of a particular antenna element. Each of the amplifiers 312 and 316 can be independently controlled (e.g., by the modem 302 or the controller / processor 334) to provide independent gain control for each antenna element 320. For example, the modem 302 and / or the controller / processor 334 can have at least one control line connected to each of the splitter 310, the first amplifier 312, the phase shifter 314, and / or the second amplifier 316, which can be used to configure the gain to provide a desired amount of gain for each component and thus for each antenna element 320.

[0063] The phase shifters 314 can provide a configurable phase shift or phase offset to the corresponding RF signals to be transmitted. The phase shifters 314 can be passive phase shifters that are not directly connected to a power source. Passive phase shifters can introduce some insertion loss. The second amplifiers 316 can boost the signals to compensate for the insertion loss. The phase shifters 314 can be active phase shifters that are connected to a power source, such that the active phase shifters provide an amount of gain or prevent insertion loss. The settings of each of the phase shifters 314 are independent, meaning that each can be independently set to provide a desired amount of phase shift or the same amount of phase shift or some other configuration. The modem 302 and / or the controller / processor 334 can have at least one control line connected to each of the phase shifters 314, which can be used to configure the phase shifters 314 to provide a desired amount of phase shift or phase offset between the antenna elements 320.

[0064] In the illustrated architecture 300, the RF signals received by the antenna elements 320 are provided to one or more first amplifiers 356 to enhance the signal strength. The first amplifiers 356 can be connected to the same antenna array 318 (e.g., for time division duplex (TDD) operations). The first amplifiers 356 can be connected to different antenna arrays 318. The enhanced RF signals are input into one or more phase shifters 354 to provide a configurable phase shift or phase offset for the corresponding received RF signals to enable reception via one or more Rx (receive) beams. The phase shifters 354 can be active phase shifters or passive phase shifters. The settings of the phase shifters 354 are independent, meaning each can be independently set to provide a desired amount of phase shift or the same amount of phase shift or some other configuration. The modem 302 and / or the controller / processor 334 can have at least one control line connected to each of the phase shifters 354, which can be used to configure the phase shifters 354 to provide a desired amount of phase shift or phase offset between the antenna elements 320 to enable reception via one or more Rx beams.

[0065] The outputs of the phase shifters 354 can be input to one or more second amplifiers 352 for signal amplification of the phase-shifted received RF signals. The second amplifiers 352 can be individually configured to provide a configured amount of gain. The second amplifiers 352 can be individually configured to provide an amount of gain to ensure that the signals input to the combiner 350 have the same amplitude. The amplifiers 352 and / or 356 are shown with dashed lines because in some aspects they can not be necessary. In some aspects, both the amplifiers 352 and the amplifiers 356 are present. In another aspect, neither the amplifiers 352 nor the amplifiers 356 are present. In other aspects, one of the amplifiers 352 and 356 is present and the other is not.

[0066] In the illustrated architecture 300, the signals output by the phase shifters 354 (via the amplifiers 352 when present) are combined in a combiner 350. The combiner 350 in the architecture 300 combines the RF signals into one signal. The combiner 350 can be a passive combiner (e.g., not connected to a power source), which can result in some insertion loss. The combiner 350 can be an active combiner (e.g., connected to a power source), which can result in some signal gain. When the combiner 350 is an active combiner, it can provide different (e.g., configurable) amounts of gain for each input signal so that the input signals have the same amplitude when combined. When the combiner 350 is an active combiner, the combiner 350 can not need the second amplifiers 352 because the active combiner can provide signal amplification.

[0067] The output of the combiner 350 is input to mixers 348 and 346. The mixers 348 and 346 generally down-convert the received RF signal using inputs from local oscillators 372 and 370, respectively, to create an intermediate or baseband signal that carries the encoded and modulated information. The outputs of the mixers 348 and 346 are input to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 344 for conversion to a digital signal. The digital signal output from the ADC 344 is input to the modem 302 for baseband processing, such as decoding, de-interleaving, etc.

[0068] The architecture 300 is presented by way of example only to illustrate an architecture for transmitting and / or receiving signals. In some cases, the architecture 300 and / or each portion of the architecture 300 can be repeated multiple times within the architecture to accommodate or provide any number of RF chains, antenna elements, and / or antenna panels. Moreover, many alternative architectures are possible and contemplated. For example, although only a single antenna array 318 is shown, two, three, or more antenna arrays can be included, each with their own corresponding one or more of amplifiers, phase shifters, splitters, mixers, DACs, ADCs, and / or modems. For example, a single UE can include two, four, or more antenna arrays for transmitting or receiving signals at different physical locations on the UE or in different directions.

[0069] Moreover, in differently implemented architectures, the mixers, splitters, amplifiers, phase shifters, and other components can be located in different signal type regions (e.g., represented by different reference numerals 322, 324, 326, and 328). For example, splitting the signal to be transmitted into multiple signals can occur at an analog RF, an analog IF, an analog baseband frequency, or a digital baseband frequency in different examples. Similarly, amplification and / or phase shifting can also occur at different frequencies. For example, in some aspects, one or more of the splitter 310, the amplifiers 312 and 316, or the phase shifter 314 can be located between the DAC 304 and the first mixer 306 or between the first mixer 306 and the second mixer 308. In one example, the functionality of one or more of the components can be combined into one component. For example, the phase shifter 314 can perform amplification to include or replace the first amplifier 312 and / or the second amplifier 316. As another example, the phase shift can be implemented by the second mixer 308 to avoid the need for a separate phase shifter 314. This technique is sometimes referred to as local oscillator (LO) phase shifting. In some aspects of this configuration, there can be multiple IF-to-RF mixers within the second mixer 308 (e.g., one for each antenna element chain), and the local oscillator B 332 can provide a different local oscillator signal (with a different phase offset) to each of the IF-to-RF mixers.

[0070] The modem 302 and / or the controller / processor 334 can control one or more of the other components 304 to 372 to select one or more antenna elements 320 and / or to form a beam for transmission of one or more signals. For example, the antenna elements 320 can be individually selected or deselected for transmission of a signal (or multiple signals) by controlling the amplitude of one or more corresponding amplifiers, such as the first amplifier 312 and / or the second amplifier 316. Beamforming includes using multiple signals on different antenna elements to generate a beam, where one or more or all of the multiple signals are phase shifted relative to each other. The formed beam can carry a physical or higher layer reference signal or information. As each of the multiple signals radiates from a corresponding antenna element 320, the radiated signals interact, interfere (constructive and destructive interference), and amplify each other to form a resulting beam. The shape (such as amplitude, width, and / or presence of side lobes) and direction (such as an angle of the beam relative to a surface of the antenna array 318) can be dynamically controlled by modifying the phase shift or phase offset imparted by the phase shifters 314 and the amplitudes of the multiple signals relative to each other imparted by the amplifiers 312 and 316. The controller / processor 334 can be located partially or wholly within one or more other components of the architecture 300. For example, in some aspects, the controller / processor 334 can be located within the modem 302.

[0071] As described above, Figure 3 is provided as one example. Other examples can differ with respect to Figure 3 the described aspects.

[0072] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of a multi-SIM UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. As Figure 4 shown, the UE 120 can be a multi-SIM (multi-SIM) UE that includes multiple SIMs (two or more SIMs), shown as a first SIM 405a and a second SIM 405b. The first SIM 405a can be associated with a first subscription (shown as SUB 1), and the second SIM 405b can be associated with a second subscription (shown as SUB 2). A subscription can include a subscription to a network operator (e.g., a mobile network operator (MNO)) that enables the UE 120 to access a wireless network (e.g., a radio access network (RAN)) associated with the network operator.

[0073] The SIM 405 can be a removable SIM (e.g., a SIM card) or an embedded SIM. The SIM 405 can include an integrated circuit that securely stores an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and a security key, which are used to identify and authenticate a corresponding subscription associated with the SIM 405. In some cases, the SIM 405 can store a list of services that the UE 120 has access to use with the subscription associated with the SIM 405, such as a data service or a voice service, among other examples.

[0074] As further shown in Figure 4 the UE 120 can communicate (e.g., in a connected mode, idle mode, or inactive mode) with the first base station 410a via the first cell 415a (shown as Cell 1) using the first SIM 405a. In this case, the first subscription (SUB 1) of the UE 120 can be used to access the first cell 415a (e.g., using a first IMSI for UE identification, using a first security key for UE authentication, using a first list of services that the UE 120 is allowed to access using the first subscription, or by counting data or voice usage on the first cell against the first subscription, among other examples). Similarly, the UE 120 can communicate (e.g., in a connected mode, idle mode, or inactive mode) with the second base station 410b via the second cell 415b (shown as Cell 2) using the second SIM 405b. In this case, the second subscription (SUB 2) of the UE 120 can be used to access the second cell 415b (e.g., using a second IMSI for UE identification, using a second security key for UE authentication, using a second list of services that the UE 120 is allowed to access using the second subscription, or by counting data or voice usage on the second cell against the second subscription, among other examples).

[0075] The first base station 410a and / or the second base station 410b can include one or more of the base stations 110 described above in connection with Figure 1 Although the first cell 415a and the second cell 415b are shown as being provided by different base stations, in some aspects, the first cell 415 and the second cell 415b can be provided by the same base station. Thus, in some aspects, the first base station 410a and the second base station 410b can be integrated into a single base station.

[0076] In some cases, the UE 120 can be a single receiver (SR) (sometimes also referred to as a single radio) multi-SIM UE, such as a SR multi-SIM multi-standby (SR-MSMS) UE or a single receiver dual-SIM dual-standby (SR-DSDS) UE, among other examples. A multi-SIM UE can be capable of switching between two independent mobile network services, can include hardware for maintaining multiple connections (e.g., one connection per SIM) in a standby state, or can include hardware for simultaneously maintaining multiple network connections (e.g., multiple transceivers), among other examples. However, a SR-DSDS UE or a SR-MSMS UE can only receive data on one connection at a time because the radio frequency resources are shared between multiple subscriptions. For example, a SR-DSDS UE or a SR-MSMS UE can be associated with multiple subscriptions, but can 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, among other examples.

[0077] As described above, Figure 4 is provided as one example. Other examples can differ with respect to Figure 4 the described embodiments.

[0078] Figure 5 FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of monitoring occasion conflicts, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In example 500, a first subscription of a UE can be associated with a NR wireless network, and a second subscription of the UE can be associated with a legacy wireless network (e.g., LTE). Although described below in connection with conflicts between NR monitoring occasions and legacy monitoring occasions, the description similarly applies to conflicts between monitoring occasions of a first NR wireless network and monitoring occasions of a second NR wireless network.

[0079] As Figure 5 indicated, when the second subscription enters an idle mode (or an inactive state), the second subscription can be provided with monitoring occasions (e.g., for paging occasions (POs) and / or other communications). Further, the first subscription can be provided with multiple monitoring occasions (e.g., as broadcasts of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) and / or other similar broadcast signals) of multiple beams broadcast by a base station of the NR wireless network (e.g., formed as described above in connection with FIG. 4). As shown in example 500, these monitoring occasions can each be 20 ms or another length of time. Thus, when the first subscription enters an idle mode (or an inactive state), the UE can select a beam, and thus a corresponding monitoring occasion. Figure 3

[0080] ​Generally, the UE selects one of the multiple beams to use based on signal strength of the multiple beams. However, the UE can select a beam that has a corresponding monitoring occasion that conflicts with a monitoring occasion for the second subscription. As a result, the UE can be unable to respond to the paging message on both the first subscription and the second subscription, which increases latency, network overhead, and resource consumption of the UE as well as base stations of the NR wireless network and the legacy wireless network. Moreover, as Figure 5 shown, these conflicts can persist because the idle period (e.g., idle DRx period) for most RATs is 320 ms.

[0081] Some of the techniques and apparatuses described herein enable a UE (e.g., UE 120) to respond to a paging message on a first subscription and a second subscription. As a result, the UE 120 can reduce latency and network overhead and conserve resources of the UE 120 as well as base stations of the NR wireless network and the legacy wireless network or two NR wireless networks (e.g., base station 410a and base station 410b).

[0082] As described above, Figure 5 is provided as one example. Other examples can differ with respect to Figure 5 the details described with respect to the above-described examples.

[0083] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating example 600 associated with beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring occasion conflicts, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. Figure 6 An example call flow is shown in which a multi-user UE 120 selects a beam for a first subscription of the UE 120 to avoid a monitoring occasion conflict with a monitoring occasion of a second subscription of the UE 120. As Figure 6 shown, the UE 120 can be a multi-SIM UE that includes multiple SIMs, illustrated as a first SIM 405a and a second SIM 405b (e.g., as described above in connection with Figure 4 ). Also as described above, the first SIM 405a can be associated with a first subscription (illustrated as SUB 1) and the second SIM 405b can be associated with a second subscription (illustrated as SUB 2). Although the following description will focus on multiple SIMs, the description is equally applicable to any other techniques for associating multiple subscriptions with the UE 120, such as embedded SIMs, virtual SIMs, other techniques for storing different IMSIs, etc. Moreover, although the following description will focus on two subscriptions, the description is similarly applicable to other numbers of subscriptions of the UE 120.

[0084] As Figure 6As further shown, UE 120 can communicate with first base station 410a via first cell 415a (shown as Cell 1) using first SIM 405a, and UE 120 can communicate with second base station 410b via second cell 415b (shown as Cell 2) using second SIM 405b (e.g., as described above in connection with Figure 4 FIG. 6). In example 600, first base station 410a and second base station 410b are shown as separate base stations; however, in some aspects, first base station 410a and second base station 410b can be integrated as a single base station 110 (e.g., as described above in connection with Figure 1 FIG. 6). In some aspects, first cell 415a can be included in a first wireless network, and second cell 415b can be included in a second wireless network.

[0085] In some aspects, a first subscription of UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using SIM 405a) can be associated with a 5G network, and a second subscription of UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using SIM 405b) can be associated with a legacy RAT (e.g., an LTE RAT, a 3G RAT, and / or other legacy RAT). Alternatively, a first subscription of UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using SIM 405a) can be associated with a first 5G network, and a second subscription of UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using SIM 405b) can be associated with a second 5G network. For example, UE 120 can use the first 5G network for data services (e.g., using data distribution service (DDS) techniques), and use the second 5G network for voice services (e.g., using non-DDS techniques).

[0086] As shown in connection with label 605, base station 410a can transmit and UE 120 can measure a plurality of beams. The plurality of beams can be associated with a respective plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using SIM 405a). Thus, each of the plurality of beams can be associated with a different monitoring occasion. In some aspects, the plurality of monitoring occasions can be periodic (e.g., each monitoring occasion repeats after a period of slots, frames, time (such as 320 ms), and / or another measurement).

[0087] In some aspects, base station 410a can transmit the plurality of beams by scanning a reference signal using the plurality of beams (e.g., using the hardware described above in connection with Figure 3 FIG. 6). For example, base station 410a can scan an SSB, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), and / or another reference signal using the plurality of beams.

[0088] In some aspects, the UE 120 can measure the plurality of beams by measuring an RSRP of each beam of the plurality of beams. Thus, the UE 120 can determine an RSRP and / or other measurements of signal strength (e.g., as described above) of the reference signal using the plurality of beam sweeps. When the reference signal comprises an SSB, the measurement can be denoted as SSB RSRP i where i identifies a corresponding beam of the plurality of beams of the measurement.

[0089] As shown in connection with FIG. 6, the UE 120 can determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using the SIM 405b) collides with one or more of a plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using the SIM 405a) corresponding to the plurality of beams. For example, the UE 120 can determine whether a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicators occupied by the monitoring occasion for the second subscription at least partially overlap with a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicators occupied by each of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription.

[0090] In some aspects, the second subscription can be associated with an additional plurality of monitoring occasions. For example, the base station 410b can transmit an additional plurality of beams associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a second subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using the SIM 405b). Thus, the UE 120 can determine whether one or more of an additional plurality of monitoring occasions for the second subscription of the UE 120 corresponding to the additional plurality of beams collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using the SIM 405a) corresponding to the plurality of beams. For example, the UE 120 can determine whether a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicators occupied by each of the additional plurality of monitoring occasions for the second subscription at least partially overlap with a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicators occupied by each of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription.

[0091] Alternatively, the UE 120 can prioritize one of the first subscription or the second subscription over the other of the first subscription or the second subscription. For example, the UE 120 can prioritize a subscription that provides voice services over a subscription that provides data services. In one example, the UE 120 can select one of the additional plurality of monitoring occasions for the second subscription based at least in part on the measurements of the additional plurality of beams. In some aspects, the UE 120 can select the one of the additional plurality of monitoring occasions based at least in part on a corresponding one of the additional plurality of beams having a highest RSRP and / or other indicator of signal strength. For example, the UE 120 can select the beam i based at least in part on the SSB RSRP i is the highest of the additional plurality of beams. Thus, the UE 120 can prioritize the second subscription and determine whether the selected monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE 120 conflicts with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 can determine whether a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicator occupied by the selected monitoring occasion for the second subscription at least partially overlaps with a frame, a slot, one or more symbols, and / or other time indicator occupied by each of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription.

[0092] As shown in connection with the label 615a, based at least in part on the measurements and the determination, the UE 120 can transmit and the base station 410a can receive an indication of the selected beam from the plurality of beams. For example, the UE 120 can determine that the corresponding monitoring occasion for the selected beam does not conflict with a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE 120.

[0093] In some aspects, the selected beam can also satisfy a threshold that is based at least in part on the measurements. For example, the UE 120 can calculate a measurement difference between beams according to Delta_RSRP i = SSB RSRP strongest - SSB RSRP i where SSB RSRP strongest is the highest RSRP and / or other measurement of signal strength of the plurality of beams, and i is a current beam of the plurality of beams. The selected beam can satisfy a threshold, such as Delta_RSRP i<Threshold, where i is the selected beam, and the threshold can be 3 dB and / or another value. The threshold can be predetermined (e.g., programmed into the UE 120 and / or otherwise preconfigured), for example, in accordance with a 3GPP specification and / or another standard. Alternatively, the UE 120 can determine the threshold (e.g., based at least in part on an average or median of the RSRPs and / or other measurements of the signal strengths of the plurality of beams) and / or the base station 410a can determine the threshold (e.g., based at least in part on a measurement of a sounding reference signal (SRS) and / or another indicator of channel conditions of the UE 120) and provide information identifying the threshold to the UE 120.

[0094] In some aspects, two or more of the plurality of beams can be associated with corresponding monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using the SIM 405a) that do not conflict with monitoring occasions for a second subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using the SIM 405b). Thus, the selected beam can be one of the two or more beams and can satisfy the condition. For example, the UE 120 can select the beam i based at least in part on the SSB RSRP i is the highest of the two or more of the plurality of beams.

[0095] In addition to or instead of one or more steps described in connection with reference number 615a, and as shown in connection with reference number 615b, the UE 120 can request a new identifier for a first subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using the SIM 405a) from the base station 410a. For example, the new identifier can include a global unique temporary identifier (GUTI). In some aspects, the plurality of monitoring occasions can be based at least in part on an expression of the form (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = (T div N)*(UE_ID mod N), where SFN is a system frame number, PF_offset is a paging frame offset, T is a periodicity of the monitoring occasions, N is the smaller of T and nB, where nB is a number of monitoring occasions within the periodicity T, and UE_ID is an identifier associated with the UE 120 based at least in part on the GUTI. Thus, the UE 120 can request a new identifier, such as a new GUTI, in order to obtain a new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0096] In some aspects, the UE 120 can request a new identifier when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE 120 conflict with monitoring occasions for a second subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using the SIM 405b).

[0097] In some aspects, the UE 120 can request the new identifier by transmitting at least one of a registration request or a service request. For example, the UE 120 can transmit and the base station 410a can receive a registration request and / or another message associated with an initial registration, a mobility registration, or a periodic registration update. Alternatively, the UE 120 can transmit a registration request (e.g., using non-access stratum (NAS) signaling) to a core network (e.g., an access and mobility function (AMF) and / or another portion of the core network) that supports the base station 410a. In another example, the UE 120 can transmit and the base station 410a can receive a service request and / or another message associated with responding to a paging message. Alternatively, the UE 120 can transmit a service request (e.g., using NAS signaling) to a core network (e.g., an AMF and / or another portion of the core network) that supports the base station 410a.

[0098] In some aspects, the UE 120 can identify a network operator associated with the first subscription of the UE 120 (e.g., SUB 1 accessed using the SIM 405a). For example, in response to a registration request and / or a service request, some network operators can provide a new GUTI (or at least in a portion of the GUTI, such as least significant bits (LSBs), such that the plurality of monitoring occasions will change) and / or other identifier, while other network operators can not provide (or can only update a portion of the GUTI, such as most significant bits (MSBs), such that the plurality of monitoring occasions will not change). Accordingly, the UE 120 can determine whether to request a new identifier based at least in part on the identification. Additionally, or alternatively, some network operators can provide a new identifier or a portion of the identifier in response to a registration request, while other network operators can provide a new identifier or a portion of the identifier in response to a service request. Accordingly, the UE 120 can determine whether to transmit a registration request or a service request based at least in part on the identification.

[0099] Based at least in part on the request, the base station 410a can transmit and the UE 120 can receive the new identifier. Accordingly, the UE 120 can measure (e.g., as described above in connection with FIG. 6, Block 605) a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE 120 based at least in part on the new identifier. Further, the UE 120 can determine (e.g., as described above in connection with FIG. 6, Block 610) whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE 120 conflicts with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE 120. Further, the UE 120 can select a beam (e.g., as described above in connection with FIG. 6, Block 615a) based at least in part on determining whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE 120 conflicts with the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0100] In some respects, as described above, a second subscription (e.g., SUB 2 accessed using SIM 405b) can be associated with multiple additional monitoring events. For example, multiple additional beams can be associated with multiple corresponding monitoring events for the second subscription of UE 120. Therefore, in addition to requesting a new identifier for the first subscription, or instead of requesting a new identifier for the first subscription, UE 120 can request a new identifier for the second subscription from base station 410b. In some respects, UE 120 can determine whether to request a new identifier for the first subscription and / or a new identifier for the second subscription (e.g., as described above) based at least in part on identifying the network operator associated with the first subscription and / or the network operator associated with the second subscription, respectively.

[0101] By using combination Figure 6 According to the described technology, UE 120 can avoid monitoring timing conflicts (e.g., in idle mode or inactive state) and is therefore able to respond to paging messages on both the first and second subscriptions. Thus, UE 120 can reduce latency and network overhead, and conserve resources for UE 120, as well as base stations 410a and 410b.

[0102] As mentioned above, Figure 6 This is provided as an example. Other examples may be related to... Figure 6 The descriptions are different.

[0103] Figure 7 This is a diagram illustrating an exemplary process 700 performed by a UE or similar device according to aspects of this disclosure. Example process 700 is a UE (e.g., Figure 4 and Figure 6 Multi-SIM UE 120 and / or Figure 9 An example of the device 900 performing operations associated with beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring timing conflicts.

[0104] like Figure 7 As shown, in some aspects, process 700 may include measurements from a base station (e.g., Figure 4 and Figure 6 Base station 410a and / or Figure 10 The device 1000) has multiple beams (box 710). For example, as described above, the UE (e.g., using) Figure 8 The measurement component 908 shown can measure multiple beams from the base station. In some respects, the multiple beams are associated with multiple monitoring moments corresponding to the UE's first subscription.

[0105] like Figure 7Further to the above, in some aspects, process 700 can include determining whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE conflicts with one or more of the multiple monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the multiple beams (block 720). For example, as described above, the UE (e.g., using measurement component 812, reception component 810, transmission component 814, subscription component 816, etc.) can determine whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE conflicts with one or more of the multiple monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the multiple beams. Figure 9 Determining component 910, as shown in FIG. 9, can determine whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE conflicts with one or more of the multiple monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the multiple beams.

[0106] As Figure 7 Further to the above, in some aspects, process 700 can include transmitting, to the base station, an indication of the selected beam from the multiple beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining (block 730). For example, as described above, the UE (e.g., using transmission component 814, subscription component 816, etc.) can transmit, to the base station, an indication of the selected beam from the multiple beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining. Figure 9 Transmission component 904, as shown in FIG. 9, can transmit, to the base station, an indication of the selected beam from the multiple beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[0107] Process 700 can include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described herein.

[0108] In a first aspect, measuring the multiple beams includes measuring a RSRP of each beam of the multiple beams.

[0109] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the selected beam satisfies a threshold, the threshold being based at least in part on the measuring.

[0110] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, two or more beams of the multiple beams are associated with corresponding monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE, the corresponding monitoring occasions not conflicting with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, and wherein the selected beam is one of the two or more beams of the multiple beams and satisfies the condition.

[0111] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the first subscription of the UE is associated with a 5G network, and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a legacy RAT.

[0112] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the first subscription of the UE is associated with a first 5G network, and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a second 5G network.

[0113] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the first 5G network is for data services and the second 5G network is for voice services.

[0114] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the process 700 further includes requesting (e.g., using transmission component 904) a new identifier for the first subscription of the UE when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE conflict with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE based at least in part on the new identifier, and determining (e.g., using determination component 910) whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE conflicts with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE, wherein the selected beam is based at least in part on the determination of whether the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE conflicts with the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0115] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, requesting the new identifier includes transmitting at least one of a registration request or a service request.

[0116] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighth aspects, the new identifier includes a GUTI.

[0117] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through ninth aspects, the process 700 further includes identifying (e.g., using determination component 910) a network operator associated with the first subscription of the UE, and the new identifier is requested based at least in part on the identification.

[0118] Although Figure 7 The example blocks of the process 700 are illustrated in a particular order, but in some aspects, the process 700 can include more, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks than those shown. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of the process 700 can be performed in parallel. Figure 7 The example blocks of the process 700 are illustrated in a particular order, but in some aspects, the process 700 can include more, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks than those shown. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of the process 700 can be performed in parallel.

[0119] Figure 8 FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process 800 performed by a base station, or the like, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The example process 800 is an example of a process performed by a base station (e.g., base station 410a and / or 410b of FIG. 4, apparatus 1000 of FIG. 10, etc.) in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. Figure 4 and Figure 6 of FIG. 4, apparatus 1000 of FIG. 10, etc.) in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. Figure 10 FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process 800 performed by a base station, or the like, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The example process 800 is an example of a process performed by a base station (e.g., base station 410a and / or 410b of FIG. 4, apparatus 1000 of FIG. 10, etc.) in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

[0120] As such, the example process 800 is an example of a process for performing operations associated with beam selection in idle mode to avoid monitoring occasion conflicts. Figure 8As shown, in some aspects, process 800 can include transmitting using a plurality of beams (block 810). For example, as described above, the base station (e.g., using transmission component 1004, depicted in FIG. 10) can transmit using a plurality of beams. In some aspects, the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE (e.g., multi-SIM UE 120 and / or apparatus 900 of Figure 10 As further shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5 of FIG. 10) can transmit using a plurality of beams. In some aspects, the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE (e.g., multi-SIM UE 120 and / or apparatus 900 of Figure 9 As further shown in

[0121] As further shown in Figure 8 As shown, in some aspects, process 800 can include transmitting using a plurality of beams (block 810). For example, as described above, the base station (e.g., using transmission component 1004, depicted in FIG. 10) can transmit using a plurality of beams. In some aspects, the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE (e.g., multi-SIM UE 120 and / or apparatus 900 of Figure 10 As further shown in

[0122] Process 800 can include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described herein.

[0123] In a first aspect, transmitting the plurality of beams includes scanning for reference signals using the plurality of beams.

[0124] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the selected beam satisfies a threshold based at least in part on a measurement of the selected beam.

[0125] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the base station is associated with a 5G network.

[0126] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the base station provides a data service to the UE.

[0127] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, process 800 further includes receiving (e.g., using reception component 1002) a request for a new identifier from the UE based at least in part on the plurality of monitoring occasions; and transmitting (e.g., using transmission component 1004) the new identifier to the UE, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE based at least in part on the new identifier, and the selected beam is based at least in part on the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

[0128] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the request for the new identifier includes at least one of a registration request or a service request.

[0129] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the new identifier includes a GUTI.

[0130] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the request for the new identifier is received based at least in part on a network operator associated with the base station.

[0131] Although Figure 8 Example blocks of the process 800 are shown, but in some aspects, the process 800 can include more blocks than those shown, fewer blocks than those shown, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of the process 800 can be performed in parallel. Figure 8 Example blocks of the process 800 are shown, but in some aspects, the process 800 can include more blocks than those shown, fewer blocks than those shown, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of the process 800 can be performed in parallel.

[0132] Figure 9 FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an example apparatus 900 for wireless communication. The apparatus 900 can be a UE, or a UE can include the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the apparatus 900 includes a reception component 902 and a transmission component 904, which can be in communication with one another (for example, via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 900 can communicate with another apparatus 906 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using the reception component 902 and the transmission component 904. As further shown, the apparatus 900 can include one or more of a measurement component 908, or a determination component 910, and / or the like.

[0133] In some aspects, the apparatus 900 can be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with reference to Figure 6 one or more of the processes described herein. Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus 900 can be configured to perform one or more of the processes described herein, such as process 700 of Figure 7 In some aspects, the apparatus 900 and / or one or more components shown in FIG. 9 can include one or more components of the UE described above in connection with FIG. 1. Additionally, or Figure 9 alternatively, one or more components shown in FIG. 9 can be implemented in one or more components of the UE described above in connection with FIG. 1. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components of the apparatus 900 can be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) can be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or a processor to perform the functions or operations of the component. Figure 2 Figure 9 Figure 2 ​​​

[0134] The reception component 902 can receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or any combination thereof, from the apparatus 906. The reception component 902 can provide received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the reception component 902 can perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples), and can provide the processed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus 906. In some aspects, the reception component 902 can include one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof, of the UE described above in connection with Fig. 2. Figure 2 The described UE one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof.

[0135] The transmission component 904 can transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or any combination thereof, to the apparatus 906. In some aspects, one or more other components of the apparatus 906 can generate communications and can provide the generated communications to the transmission component 904 for transmission to the apparatus 906. In some aspects, the transmission component 904 can perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples), and can transmit the processed signals to the apparatus 906. In some aspects, the transmission component 904 can include one or more antennas, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof, of the UE described above in connection with Fig. 2. In some aspects, the transmission component 904 can be co-located with the reception component 902 in a transceiver. Figure 2 The described UE one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof.

[0136] In some aspects, the measurement component 908 can measure a plurality of beams from the apparatus 906, where the plurality of beams are associated with a corresponding plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the measurement component 908 can include one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof, of the UE described above in connection with Fig. 2. Figure 2 The described UE one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof. Additionally, the determination component 910 can determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the apparatus 900 collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the apparatus 900 that correspond to the plurality of beams. In some aspects, the determination component 910 can include a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof, of the UE described above in connection with Fig. 2. Figure 2 The described UE one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or any combination thereof. Thus, the transmission component 904 can transmit, to the apparatus 906, an indication of a beam selected from the plurality of beams based at least in part on the measuring and the determining.

[0137] In some respects, when all the multiple monitoring times for a first subscription of device 900 conflict with the monitoring times for a second subscription of device 900, the transmitting component 904 can request a new identifier for the first subscription of device 900. Therefore, based at least in part on the new identifier, multiple beams can be associated with new multiple monitoring times for the first subscription of device 900.

[0138] In some respects, the determining component 910 can further determine whether the monitoring timing for the second subscription of device 900 conflicts with a new plurality of monitoring timings for the first subscription of device 900. Therefore, the selected beam can be based at least in part on determining whether the monitoring timing for the second subscription of device 900 conflicts with a new plurality of monitoring timings.

[0139] In some respects, the determining component 910 can identify the network operator associated with the first subscription used by the device 900. Therefore, the sending component 904 can request a new identifier based at least in part on this identifier.

[0140] Figure 9 The number and arrangement of components shown are provided as an example. In reality, there may be more... Figure 9 This shows more components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged differently. Furthermore, Figure 9 The two or more components shown can be implemented within a single component, or Figure 9 The single component shown can be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Figure 9 The set (one or more) components shown can perform actions described by Figure 9 The other set of components shown performs one or more functions.

[0141] Figure 10 This is a block diagram of an exemplary device 1000 for wireless communication. Device 1000 may be a base station, or a base station may include device 1000. In some aspects, device 1000 includes a receiving component 1002 and a transmitting component 1004, which can communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, device 1000 can use the receiving component 1002 and the transmitting component 1004 to communicate with another device 1006 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device). As further shown, in other examples, device 1000 may include an identification component 1008.

[0142] In some respects, device 1000 can be configured to perform the functions described herein. Figure 6 One or more operations described herein. Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 1000 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein (such as...).Figure 8 the process 800), or a combination thereof. In some aspects, Figure 10 The apparatus 1000 and / or one or more components thereof can include one or more components described above in connection with the base station. Additionally, or Figure 2 The one or more components shown can be implemented in one or more components described above in connection with the base station. Additionally, or Figure 10 The one or more components shown can be implemented in one or more components described above in connection with the base station. Additionally, or Figure 2 The one or more components shown can be implemented in one or more components described above in connection with the base station. Additionally, or

[0143] The reception component 1002 can receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, from the apparatus 1006. The reception component 1002 can provide received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 1000. In some aspects, the reception component 1002 can perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples), and can provide the processed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the reception component 1002 can include one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of the base station described above in connection with Figure 2 The reception component 1002 can receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, from the apparatus 1006. The reception component 1002 can provide received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 1000. In some aspects, the reception component 1002 can perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples), and can provide the processed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the reception component 1002 can include one or more antennas, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of the base station described above in connection with

[0144] The transmission component 1004 can transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, one or more other components of the apparatus 1006 can generate communications and can provide the generated communications to the transmission component 1004 for transmission to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the transmission component 1004 can perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples), and can transmit the processed signals to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the transmission component 1004 can include one or more antennas, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of the base station described above in connection with Figure 2 The transmission component 1004 can transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, one or more other components of the apparatus 1006 can generate communications and can provide the generated communications to the transmission component 1004 for transmission to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the transmission component 1004 can perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples), and can transmit the processed signals to the apparatus 1006. In some aspects, the transmission component 1004 can include one or more antennas, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of the base station described above in connection with

[0145] In some respects, the transmitting component 1004 may transmit using multiple beams, wherein the multiple beams are associated with corresponding multiple monitoring times for the device 1006. Therefore, the receiving component 1002 may receive, at least in part, an indication from the device 1006 of a beam selected from the multiple beams based on the monitoring time corresponding to the selected beam.

[0146] In some aspects, receiving component 1002 may receive a request for a new identifier from device 1006 based at least in part on multiple monitoring times. Therefore, transmitting component 1004 may transmit the new identifier to device 1006. Based at least in part on the new identifier, multiple beams may be associated with multiple new monitoring times for device 1006, and the selected beams may be based at least in part on the multiple new monitoring times. In some aspects, identification component 1008 may generate or receive a new identifier (e.g., from the AMF and / or other parts of the core network supporting device 1000). In some aspects, identification component 1008 may include the above-described combinations. Figure 2 The described base station includes one or more antennas, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receiver processors, controllers / processors, memory, or combinations thereof.

[0147] Figure 10 The number and arrangement of components shown are provided as an example. In reality, there may be more... Figure 10 This shows more components, fewer components, different components, or components arranged differently. Furthermore, Figure 10 The two or more components shown can be implemented within a single component, or Figure 10 The single component shown can be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, Figure 10 The set (one or more) components shown can perform actions described by Figure 10 The other set of components shown performs one or more functions.

[0148] The foregoing disclosure provides illustrations and descriptions, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit these aspects to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made based on the foregoing disclosure, or from practice in these aspects.

[0149] As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly interpreted to include hardware, firmware, and / or combinations of hardware and software. As used herein, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, and / or combinations of hardware and software. It will be apparent that systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, and / or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and / or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems and / or methods were described herein without reference to specific software code — it is understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and / or methods based, at least in part, on the description herein.

[0150] As used herein, satisfying a threshold can refer to a value that is greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and / or the like, depending on the context.

[0151] Even if a particular combination is recited in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, such a combination is not intended to limit the disclosure of aspects. Indeed, many combinations of the features can be made without relying on the specific combinations set forth in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below can directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of aspects includes combinations of each dependent claim with every other claim in the set of claims. Phrases such as “at least one of’ a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or other orders of a, b, and c).

[0152] No element, act or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items, and can be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Furthermore, as used herein, the term “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related and unrelated items, or the like), and can be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Where only one item is intended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has,” “have,” “having,” or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise. Also, as used herein, the term “or” is intended to be inclusive when used in a series of items (e.g., “a, b, or c” or “a, b, and c”) unless explicitly stated otherwise (e.g., if used in the context “either a, b, or only one of a and b”).

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: measuring a plurality of beams from a network entity, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; determining whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; requesting a new identifier for the first subscription of the UE when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE based at least in part on the new identifier; determining whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE; and transmitting, to the network entity, an indication of a beam selected from the plurality of beams, the selected beam based at least in part on determining whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, measuring the plurality of beams includes measuring a reference signal received power of each of the plurality of beams.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, the selected beam satisfies a threshold, the threshold based at least in part on measuring the plurality of beams.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, two or more of the plurality of beams are associated with corresponding monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE that do not collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, and wherein the selected beam is one of the two or more of the plurality of beams and satisfies a condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first subscription of the UE is associated with a 5G network and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a legacy radio access technology.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first subscription of the UE is associated with a first 5G network and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a second 5G network.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, the first 5G network is for data services and the second 5G network is for voice services.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, requesting the new identifier includes transmitting at least one of a registration request or a service request.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, the new identifier includes a globally unique temporary identifier.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying a network operator associated with the first subscription of the UE, wherein the new identifier is requested based at least in part on identifying the network operator.

11. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising: transmitting using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a plurality of monitoring occasions of a user equipment (UE); receiving, from the UE, a request for a new identifier based at least in part on the plurality of monitoring occasions; transmitting, to the UE, the new identifier, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE based at least in part on the new identifier, and transmitting, to the UE, the new identifier, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE based at least in part on the new identifier, and receive, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam, wherein the selected beam is based at least in part on the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, transmitting the plurality of beams includes scanning reference signals using the plurality of beams.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein, the selected beam satisfies a threshold value based at least in part on a measurement of the selected beam.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein, wherein the network entity is a base station and the base station is associated with a 5G network.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein, the network entity provides data services to the UE.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein, the request for the new identifier includes at least one of a registration request or a service request.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein, the new identifier includes a globally unique temporary identifier.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein, the request for the new identifier is received based at least in part on a network operator associated with the network entity.

19. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: a memory that includes instructions; and one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to: measure a plurality of beams from a network entity, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; request a new identifier for the first subscription of the UE when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE based at least in part on the new identifier; determine whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE; and transmit, to the network entity, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams, the selected beam based at least in part on determining whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE.

20. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, when measuring the plurality of beams, the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to measure a reference signal received power of each beam of the plurality of beams.

21. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, the selected beam satisfies a threshold value based at least in part on measuring the plurality of beams.

22. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, two or more beams of the plurality of beams are associated with corresponding monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE that do not collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, and wherein the selected beam is one of the two or more beams of the plurality of beams and satisfies a condition.

23. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, the first subscription of the UE is associated with a 5G network and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a legacy radio access technology. the network entity is a base station and the base station is associated with a 5G network. the network entity provides data services to the UE. the request for the new identifier includes at least one of a registration request or a service request. the new identifier includes a globally unique temporary identifier. the request for the new identifier is received based at least in part on a network operator associated with the network entity.

19. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: a memory that includes instructions; and one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to: measure a plurality of beams from a network entity, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a plurality of monitoring occasions for a first subscription of the UE; determine whether a monitoring occasion for a second subscription of the UE collides with one or more of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE corresponding to the plurality of beams; request a new identifier for the first subscription of the UE when all of the plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE based at least in part on the new identifier; determine whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE; and transmit, to the network entity, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams, the selected beam based at least in part on determining whether a monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE collides with the new plurality of monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE. when measuring the plurality of beams, the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to measure a reference signal received power of each beam of the plurality of beams. the selected beam satisfies a threshold value based at least in part on measuring the plurality of beams. two or more beams of the plurality of beams are associated with corresponding monitoring occasions for the first subscription of the UE that do not collide with the monitoring occasion for the second subscription of the UE, and wherein the selected beam is one of the two or more beams of the plurality of beams and satisfies a condition. the first subscription of the UE is associated with a 5G network and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a legacy radio access technology.

24. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, The first subscription of the UE is associated with a first 5G network and the second subscription of the UE is associated with a second 5G network.

25. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, The one or more processors, when requesting the new identifier, are configured to cause the UE to transmit at least one of a registration request or a service request.

26. The user equipment of claim 19, wherein, The one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: identify a network operator associated with the first subscription of the UE, wherein the new identifier is requested based at least in part on identifying the network operator.

27. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: a memory that includes instructions; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions to cause the network entity to: transmit using a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams are associated with a plurality of monitoring occasions of a user equipment (UE); receive, from the UE, a request for a new identifier based at least in part on the plurality of monitoring occasions; transmit, to the UE, the new identifier, wherein based at least in part on the new identifier, the plurality of beams are associated with a new plurality of monitoring occasions for the UE, and receive, from the UE, an indication of a selected beam from the plurality of beams based at least in part on a monitoring occasion corresponding to the selected beam, wherein the selected beam is based at least in part on the new plurality of monitoring occasions.

28. The network entity of claim 27, wherein, The one or more processors, when transmitting the plurality of beams, are configured to cause the network entity to: sweep a reference signal using the plurality of beams.

29. The network entity of claim 27, wherein the network entity is a base station, and wherein the base station is associated with a 5G network.

30. The network entity of claim 27, wherein, The request for the new identifier includes at least one of a registration request or a service request.

31. The network entity of claim 27, wherein, The new identifier includes a globally unique temporary identifier.

32. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising means for performing the steps of the method of any of claims 1-10.

33. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

34. A computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

35. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising means for performing the steps of the method of any of claims 11-18.

36. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 11-18.

37. A computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of claims 11-18.

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