Ue monitoring for low power wUS

Abstract

An apparatus configured to: receive a configuration for monitoring a behavior; determining whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; a monitoring behavior is determined based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, where the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, where the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitored behavior is at least partially different from the second monitored behavior; and performing the determined monitoring behavior.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The exemplary and non-limiting embodiments relate generally to user equipment (UE) monitoring behavior, and more particularly to control of UE monitoring. Background Art

[0002] In network communications, it is known to send a keep-alive signal to a UE. Summary of the invention

[0003] The following summary is intended to be illustrative only. It is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

[0004] According to one aspect, a device includes: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to at least: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether the device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and execute the determined monitoring behavior.

[0005] According to one aspect, a method includes: receiving, using a user device, a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining, based at least in part on the received configuration, whether the user device is in a first radio coverage area; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and performing the determined monitoring behavior using the user device.

[0006] According to one aspect, a device includes components for performing the following operations: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining whether the device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining the monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and causing the determined monitoring behavior to be executed.

[0007] According to one aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes program instructions stored thereon, which are used to perform at least the following operations: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether a user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine the monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and cause execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0008] According to one aspect, an apparatus comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: send a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0009] According to one aspect, a method includes sending a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with user equipment selection of monitoring behavior.

[0010] According to one aspect, an apparatus includes means for sending a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0011] According to one aspect, a non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions stored thereon for at least causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0012] According to some aspects, the subject matter of the independent claims is provided. Some further aspects are defined in the dependent claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The foregoing aspects and other features are explained in the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0014] Figure 1 is a block diagram of one possible and non-limiting example system in which example embodiments may be practiced;

[0015] Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating features as described herein;

[0016] Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating features as described herein;

[0017] Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating features as described herein;

[0018] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating features as described herein;

[0019] Figure 6 is a signaling diagram illustrating the steps as described herein;

[0020] Figure 7 is a flow chart showing the steps as described herein; and

[0021] Figure 8 is a flow chart showing the steps as described herein. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The following abbreviations that may be found in the specification and / or drawings are defined as follows:

[0023] 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project

[0024] 5G Fifth Generation

[0025] 5GC 5G Core Network

[0026] AMF Access and Mobility Management Function

[0027] C-DRX Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception

[0028] CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

[0029] CN Core Network

[0030] cRAN Cloud Radio Access Network

[0031] CSI Channel State Information

[0032] CU Central Unit

[0033] D2D Device to Device

[0034] DCI Downlink Control Information

[0035] DCP DCI scrambled with CRC by PS-RNTI

[0036] DRX Discontinuous Reception

[0037] DU Distributed Unit

[0038] eDRX Extended Discontinuous Reception

[0039] eMBB Enhanced Mobile Broadband

[0040] eMTC Enhanced Machine Type Communications

[0041] eNB (or eNodeB) Evolved Node B (e.g., LTE base station)

[0042] EN-DC E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity

[0043] en-gNB or En-gNB A node that provides NR user plane and control plane protocol termination to the UE and acts as a secondary node in EN-DC

[0044] E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, also known as LTE radio access technology

[0045] gNB (or gNodeB) is a base station for 5G / NR, i.e., a node that provides NR user plane and control plane protocol termination to the UE and is connected to the 5GC via the NG interface

[0046] I / F Interface

[0047] IoT

[0048] L1 Layer 1

[0049] LTE Long Term Evolution

[0050] MAC Media Access Control

[0051] MME Mobility Management Entity

[0052] NB-IoT Narrowband Internet of Things

[0053] ng or NG new generation

[0054] ng-eNB or NG-eNB Next Generation eNB

[0055] NR New Radio

[0056] N / W or NW network

[0057] OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

[0058] OOK On / Off Keying

[0059] O-RAN Open Radio Access Network

[0060] PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel

[0061] PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol

[0062] PEI Paging Early Indication

[0063] PHY Physical Layer

[0064] ProSe Proximity Services

[0065] RA Registration Area

[0066] RAN Radio Access Network

[0067] RF

[0068] RLC Radio Link Control

[0069] RNA RAN-based notification area

[0070] RRC Radio Resource Control

[0071] RRH Remote Radio Head

[0072] RS reference signal

[0073] RSRP Reference Signal Received Power

[0074] RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality

[0075] RU Radio Unit

[0076] Rx Receiver

[0077] SDAP Service Data Adaptation Protocol

[0078] SGW Service Gateway

[0079] SI System Information

[0080] SIB System Information Block

[0081] SL Side Link

[0082] SMF session management functions

[0083] SS Sync Signal

[0084] SSB Synchronous Signal Block

[0085] Tx Transmitter

[0086] UE User Equipment (e.g., wireless, usually mobile)

[0087] UPF User Plane Function

[0088] V2I Vehicle to Infrastructure

[0089] V2P Vehicle to Pedestrian

[0090] V2N Vehicle to Network

[0091] V2V Vehicle to Vehicle

[0092] V2X: Vehicle-to-Everything

[0093] VNR Virtualized Network Function

[0094] WUR Wake-up Receiver

[0095] WUS wake-up signal

[0096] ZC Zadov-Chu

[0097] Go to Figure 1 , which shows a block diagram of one possible and non-limiting example in which the example may be practiced. A user equipment (UE) 110, a radio access network (RAN) node 170 and (multiple) network elements 190 are shown. Figure 1 In the example of , a user equipment (UE) 110 wirelessly communicates with a wireless network 100. A UE is a wireless device that can access the wireless network 100. The UE 110 includes one or more processors 120, one or more memories 125, and one or more transceivers 130 interconnected by one or more buses 127. Each of the one or more transceivers 130 includes a receiver Rx 132 and a transmitter Tx 133. The one or more transceivers 130 may include at least a low power wake-up receiver and a main receiver. The one or more buses 127 may be address, data, or control buses, and may include any interconnection mechanism, such as a series of lines on a motherboard or integrated circuit, optical fiber or other optical communication devices, etc. A "circuit" may include dedicated hardware or hardware associated with software that can be executed thereon. The one or more transceivers 130 are connected to one or more antennas 128. The one or more memories 125 include computer program code 123. The UE 110 includes a module 140, which includes one or both of a portion 140-1 and / or a portion 140-2, which may be implemented in a variety of ways. Module 140 may be implemented in hardware as module 140-1, for example, as part of one or more processors 120. Module 140-1 may also be implemented as an integrated circuit or by other hardware (such as a programmable gate array). In another example, module 140 may be implemented as module 140-2, which is implemented as computer program code 123 and executed by one or more processors 120. For example, one or more memories 125 and computer program code 123 may be configured to use one or more processors 120 to cause user equipment 110 to perform one or more operations as described herein. UE 110 communicates with RAN node 170 via wireless link 111.

[0098] In addition to network communications, or if wireless communications with the network are unavailable or impossible, UE 110 can perform sidelink communications with other UEs. For example, UE 110 can perform sidelink communications with another UE, which can include some or all of the features of UE 110 and / or can include additional features. Optionally, UE 110 can also communicate with other UEs via short-range communication technologies such as ) communicate with other UEs.

[0099] The RAN node 170 in this example is a base station that provides access to the wireless network 100 for wireless devices such as the UE 110. The RAN node 170 may be, for example, a base station for 5G (also referred to as New Radio (NR)). In 5G, the RAN node 170 may be a NG-RAN node, which is defined as a gNB or ng-eNB. A gNB is a node that provides NR user plane and control plane protocol termination to the UE and is connected to the 5GC (e.g., network element(s) 190) via an NG interface. An ng-eNB is a node that provides E-UTRA user plane and control plane protocol termination to the UE and is connected to the 5GC via an NG interface. The NG-RAN node may include multiple gNBs, which may also include a central unit (CU) (gNB-CU) 196 and (multiple) distributed units (DU) (gNB-DU) (where DU 195 is shown). Note that a DU may include or be coupled to and control a radio unit (RU). The gNB-CU is a logical node that hosts the RRC, SDAP, and PDCP protocols of a gNB or the RRC and PDCP protocols of an en-gNB that controls the operation of one or more gNB-DUs. The gNB-CU terminates the F1 interface connected to the gNB-DU. The F1 interface is illustrated as reference numeral 198, but reference numeral 198 also illustrates a link between a remote element of the RAN node 170 and a centralized element of the RAN node 170, such as between a gNB-CU and a gNB-DU. The gNB-DU is a logical node that hosts the RLC, MAC, and PHY layers of a gNB or en-gNB, and its operation is partially controlled by the gNB-CU. One gNB-CU supports one or more cells. One cell is supported by only one gNB-DU. The gNB-DU terminates the F1 interface 198 connected to the gNB-CU. Note that the DU 195 is considered to include the transceiver 160, for example as part of the RU, but some examples thereof may have the transceiver 160 as part of a separate RU, for example under the control of the DU 195 and connected to the DU 195. The RAN node 170 may also be an eNB (evolved Node B) base station for LTE (Long Term Evolution), or any other suitable base station, access point, access node, or node.

[0100] The RAN node 170 includes one or more processors 152, one or more memories 155, one or more network interfaces (N / WI / F) 161, and one or more transceivers 160 interconnected by one or more buses 157. Each of the one or more transceivers 160 includes a receiver Rx 162 and a transmitter Tx 163. The one or more transceivers 160 are connected to one or more antennas 158. The one or more memories 155 include computer program code 153. The CU 196 may include (multiple) processors 152, memories 155, and network interfaces 161. Note that the DU 195 may also contain its own one or more memories and (multiple) processors and / or other hardware, but these are not shown.

[0101] The RAN node 170 includes a module 150, which includes one or both of a portion 150-1 and / or a portion 150-2, which can be implemented in a variety of ways. The module 150 can be implemented in hardware as a module 150-1, for example, as part of one or more processors 152. The module 150-1 can also be implemented as an integrated circuit or by other hardware (such as a programmable gate array). In another example, the module 150 can be implemented as a module 150-2, which is implemented as a computer program code 153 and executed by one or more processors 152. For example, one or more memories 155 and the computer program code 153 are configured to use one or more processors 152 to cause the RAN node 170 to perform one or more operations as described herein. Note that the functionality of the module 150 can be distributed, such as distributed between the DU 195 and the CU 196, or implemented only in the DU 195.

[0102] One or more network interfaces 161 communicate over a network, such as via links 176 and 131. Two or more gNBs 170 may communicate using, for example, link 176. Link 176 may be wired or wireless or both, and may implement, for example, an Xn interface for 5G, an X2 interface for LTE, or other suitable interfaces for other standards.

[0103] The one or more buses 157 may be address, data, or control buses, and may include any interconnection mechanism, such as a series of wires on a motherboard or integrated circuit, optical fiber or other optical communication device, wireless channel, etc. For example, the one or more transceivers 160 may be implemented as a remote radio head (RRH) 195 for LTE or a distributed unit (DU) 195 for a gNB implementation for 5G, where other elements of the RAN node 170 may be physically located at a different location from the RRH / DU, and the one or more buses 157 may be partially implemented as, for example, a fiber optic cable or other suitable network connection to connect other elements of the RAN node 170 (e.g., central unit (CU), gNB-CU) to the RRH / DU 195. Reference numeral 198 also indicates those suitable network link(s).

[0104] Note that the description herein indicates that a "cell" performs a function, but it should be clear that the equipment that forms the cell will perform the function. A cell constitutes part of a base station. That is, each base station may correspond to multiple cells. For example, there may be three cells for a single carrier frequency and associated bandwidth, each covering one-third of a 360-degree area, so that the coverage area of ​​a single base station covers an approximate ellipse or circle. In addition, each cell may correspond to a single carrier, and a base station may use multiple carriers. Therefore, if each carrier corresponds to three 120-degree cells and there are two carriers, the base station has a total of 6 cells.

[0105] The wireless network 100 may include one or more network elements 190, which may include core network functions and provide connections to other networks (e.g., telephone networks and / or data communication networks (e.g., the Internet)) via one or more links 181. Such core network functions for 5G may include (multiple) access and mobility management functions (AMFs) and / or (multiple) user plane functions (UPFs) and / or (multiple) session management functions (SMFs). Such core network functions for LTE may include MME (mobility management entity) / SGW (serving gateway) functions. These are merely illustrative functions that may be supported by (multiple) network elements 190, and it is noted that both 5G and LTE functions may be supported. The RAN node 170 is coupled to the network element 190 via a link 131. The link 131 may be implemented as, for example, an NG interface for 5G, or an S1 interface for LTE, or other suitable interfaces for other standards. The network element 190 includes one or more processors 175, one or more memories 171, and one or more network interfaces (N / WI / F) 180 interconnected by one or more buses 185. The one or more memories 171 include computer program code 173. The one or more memories 171 and computer program code 173 are configured to, with the one or more processors 175, cause the network element 190 to perform one or more operations.

[0106] The wireless network 100 may implement network virtualization, which is the process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functions into a single software-based management entity, a virtual network. Network virtualization involves platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization. Network virtualization is classified as: external, combining many networks or parts of networks into virtual units; or internal, providing network-like functions to software containers on a single system. For example, a network may be deployed in a remote cloud, where virtualized network functions (VNFs) run on, for example, data center servers. For example, network core functions and / or (multiple) radio access networks (e.g., CloudRAN, O-RAN, edge cloud) may be virtualized. Note that the virtualized entities resulting from network virtualization are still implemented at some level using hardware such as processors 152 or 175 and memories 155 and 171, and such virtualized entities also produce technical effects.

[0107] It may also be noted that the operations of the example embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed by multiple cooperating devices (eg, cRAN).

[0108] Computer readable memories 125, 155, and 171 may be of any type suitable for the local technical environment and may be implemented using any suitable data storage technology, such as semiconductor-based memory devices, flash memory, magnetic memory devices and systems, optical memory devices and systems, fixed memory, and removable memory. Computer readable memories 125, 155, and 171 may be components for performing storage functions. As non-limiting examples, processors 120, 152, and 175 may be of any type suitable for the local technical environment and may include one or more of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), and a processor based on a multi-core processor architecture. Processors 120, 152, and 175 may be components for performing functions such as controlling UE 110, RAN node 170, and other functions as described herein.

[0109] In general, various example embodiments of user device 110 may include, but are not limited to, a cellular phone (such as a smart phone), a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA) with wireless communication capabilities, a portable computer with wireless communication capabilities, an image capture device (such as a digital camera with wireless communication capabilities), a gaming device with wireless communication capabilities, a music storage and playback device with wireless communication capabilities, an Internet device that allows wireless Internet access and browsing, a tablet computer with wireless communication capabilities, and a portable unit or terminal that incorporates a combination of such functions. In addition, various embodiments of user device 110 may include, but are not limited to, devices integrated into vehicles, infrastructure associated with vehicle travel, wearable devices used by pedestrians or other non-vehicle users of the road, user devices unrelated to traffic users, and user devices configured to participate in sidelink scenarios, such as public safety user devices and / or other commercial user devices.

[0110] Having thus introduced a suitable but non-limiting technical context for practicing example embodiments of the present disclosure, the example embodiments will now be described in more detail.

[0111] Features as described herein generally relate to enhancements for UE energy saving in 5G NR. More specifically, the features described herein generally relate to UE / devices with battery life targets of several weeks or even years. For example, features as described herein may relate to devices without a continuous energy source, such as UEs using small rechargeable or non-rechargeable single button batteries, such as those used for vertical use cases (e.g., including sensors and actuators widely deployed for monitoring, measurement, charging, etc.). Typically, their batteries are non-rechargeable and are expected to last at least a few years, as described in TR38.875. Additionally, features as described herein may relate to wearable devices, such as smart watches, rings, eHealth-related devices, industrial IoT devices, and / or medical monitoring devices, for which it is challenging to maintain up to 1-2 weeks as needed with typical battery capacities.

[0112] Some of the UE types mentioned above (e.g., sensors, actuators, wearables, etc.) require not only long battery life but also latency critical services (e.g., sensors for fire detection and extinguishing). Therefore, solutions such as extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) (i.e., allowing the periodicity of UE wake-up to monitor paging to be extended, which in turn reduces average power consumption) may not be applicable, as eDRX would result in unacceptable communication delays.

[0113] Additionally or alternatively, example embodiments of the present disclosure may be applicable to sidelink UEs, such as in scenarios where the network or cell is turned off / on for UEs configured to perform sidelink (SL) operations. NR SL methods may be implemented to provide communication between a vehicle and a network, (multiple) infrastructures, (multiple) other vehicles, or other road users in the surrounding / immediate area. Such communications may enable proximity services (ProSe), or the transmission of information about the surrounding environment between closely adjacent devices, such as device-to-device (D2D) communication technology. Such direct communication may be available even when network coverage is not available. Additionally or alternatively, NR SL methods may involve the Internet of Things (IoT) and the automotive industry (e.g., for reducing accident risks and safer driving experiences). These use cases may include message exchanges between: vehicles (V2V), vehicles and pedestrians (V2P), vehicles and infrastructure (V2I), and / or vehicles and networks (V2N), and may be referred to as vehicle-to-everything (V2X). The allocation of V2V resources (i.e., time and frequency resources) in a cell may be controlled by the cellular network structure or performed autonomously by an individual vehicle (e.g., its UE device). The sidelink may use the same or a different carrier frequency or band as the cellular communication.

[0114] New Rel. 18. Study on low power wake-up signal (Research Project RP-213645) has recently been approved to enable further UE power saving (e.g. for the above device types) and includes the following listed goals:

[0115] “… clarify the evaluation methodology (including use cases) and KPIs [RAN1]

[0116] Mainly targeted at IoT use cases (such as industrial sensors, controllers)

[0117] Low-power WUS / WUR for power-sensitive, small form factor devices and wearables

[0118] Other use cases are not excluded.

[0119] Study and evaluate low power wake-up receiver architectures [RAN1, RAN4]

[0120] Study and evaluate wake-up signal designs to support wake-up receivers [RAN1, RAN4]

[0121] Study and evaluate the L1 procedures and higher layer protocol changes required to support wake-up signals

[0122] [RAN2, RAN1]

[0123] Study the potential UE power saving gains compared to existing Rel-15 / 16 / 17 UE power saving mechanisms and their coverage availability and latency impact. System impacts such as network power consumption, coexistence with non-low power WUR UEs, network coverage / capacity / resource overhead should be included in the study [RAN1].

[0124] NOTE: The need for RAN2 assessment will be triggered by RAN1 when necessary.

[0125] A technical effect of example embodiments of the present disclosure may be to address objectives related to L1 procedures and higher layer protocol changes to support wake-up signals, such as regarding procedure changes for supporting wake-up signals (WUS).

[0126] Study [RP-213645] will consider the use of a separate low-power wake-up receiver at the UE and evaluate how this use can reduce UE power consumption. The intention is that the UE's main radio can be in sleep mode (or even powered off) to save power, and only activated when a wake-up signal is received from the network. Basically, the network can trigger the UE to wake up exactly when needed in an event-driven manner by sending a special WUS to the UE (monitored by a dedicated low-power WUS receiver at the UE). When the UE receives the WUS, the WUS receiver can trigger the wake-up of the normal NR transceiver and communication can start. Thus, the ultra-low power receiver (i.e., the WUS receiver) can wake up the main radio; otherwise, the main radio can be turned off (OFF) or remain in (deep) sleep mode, such as Figure 2 As shown, Figure 2 An example of UE operation using a low power wake-up receiver (WUR) is shown. For example, the UE (210) may be off or in a sleep mode (e.g., RRC_IDLE, RRC_INACTIVE). A wake-up signal (240) may be received by an ultra-low power wake-up receiver (220). The ultra-low power wake-up receiver (220) may turn on a primary radio (230) in response to the received wake-up signal (240). The UE (250) may be in an ON mode (e.g., RRC_CONNECTED). A wake-up signal (280) may be received by an ultra-low power wake-up receiver (260). The ultra-low power wake-up receiver (260) may trigger the primary radio (270) to remain on.

[0127] The assumption may be that a low power wake-up receiver can be operated in an always "on" manner with very low power consumption. In fact, it is expected that by designing a simple (WUS) signal and the use of dedicated hardware for its monitoring (which may only be able to receive WUS), the WUR may consume significantly less power compared to the NR transceiver.

[0128] It can be noted that there is a tradeoff between the power consumption and RF sensitivity (coverage) of a WUS receiver, and that the WUS receiver sensitivity is typically significantly worse than that of a primary (e.g., LTE / WIFI) receiver. For example, according to RWS-210168, for a primary receiver in NR idle, an RF sensitivity of -100dBm is associated with an average power consumption of 30-50mW. Typically, an NR receiver can operate at approximately -100dBm. In contrast, for a low-power WUS receiver (i.e., an almost zero-power receiver using a passive circuit with an envelope detector), the RF sensitivity is approximately -70 / 80dBm, with an average power consumption of 7.4nW. This means a 100x power saving, and some sensitivity degradation. Figure 3 Other examples of tradeoffs for a nearly zero power receiver (using a CMOS RF front end with on-off-key, OOK, energy detection) are shown in FIG. In the power consumption row (320), a power consumption of 7.4 nw is shown at 310 for Moody's ISSCC'18. In the sensitivity row (340), sensitivities of -76 dBm and -71 dBm are shown at 330 for Moody's ISSCC'18.

[0129] For low-power WUS and traditional DCI-based paging, the cell size (coverage area) will be different. Specifically, the WUS coverage area will generally be smaller than the entire cell area supporting traditional DCI-based paging. This is due to the smaller WUS receiver sensitivity, and further due to the use of different modulation / codecs and potentially different carrier frequencies for WUS compared to traditional paging. The technical effect of the example embodiments of the present disclosure can be to address this difference in UE receiver sensitivity and / or cell coverage area.

[0130] In conventional DCI-based paging, the DCI indicates the presence of paging and scheduling information for the paging. In other words, the DCI may indicate that the paging will be sent at the radio resources indicated in the scheduling information.

[0131] Reference now Figure 4 , shows an example where the radio coverage area of ​​the WUS (420) is different from (i.e., smaller than) the radio coverage area of ​​the conventional paging (430). Figure 4 In the example of , the radio coverage area of ​​the traditional paging (430) covers at least the radio coverage area of ​​the WUS (420) and the additional area. A UE (450) near the cell edge may only be able to receive the traditional paging (430), while a UE (440) closer to the cell center (410) may be able to receive both the WUS (420) and the traditional paging (430).

[0132] In the present disclosure, the terms "coverage area" and "radio coverage area" are used interchangeably to refer to an area in which a signal can be received by a UE above a certain threshold / quality. The coverage area can have any shape and can be shorter / smaller in some directions than in other directions. This can be a function of the characteristics of the transmitter, the characteristics of the receiver, and / or the characteristics of the environment. For example, even if the UE is close to the base station, it may be blocked by an obstacle, so that the UE is outside the radio coverage area of ​​the WUS. In such a scenario, the UE may not be able to receive the WUS, but only be able to receive DCI-based paging.

[0133] It can be noted that the coverage area of ​​WUS (420) can be the coverage area of ​​WUS or WUS beacon. WUS is used to wake up a UE or a group of UEs so that they can monitor DCI-based paging. WUS can be dedicated to the UE / those UEs, for example in terms of dedicated resources in (multiple) time domains / frequency domains or by using a specific signal sequence / scrambling ID. The WUS beacon is used by any UE that is monitoring the dedicated WUS to determine whether they are still within radio coverage. Therefore, it can be a signal known to all UEs in terms of resources / sequences / scrambling, because the UE may not necessarily determine the radio coverage based on WUS (only sent if (multiple) UEs must monitor DCI-based paging). If there is a long period without paging, WUS may not be sent, and the UE may not know whether it is still in WUS coverage. However, by always sending WUS beacons, the UE can continue to monitor its WUS coverage status.

[0134] In a cell where both mechanisms (WUS and DCI-based paging) coexist, the UE may be able to determine whether it is located in an area of ​​the cell where it can receive WUS, in which case the UE may monitor WUS to save energy. Otherwise, if the UE cannot receive WUS, the UE may monitor conventional paging to be reachable, although the power consumption is higher, because if the UE monitors for WUS, but it cannot receive WUS, the paging will fail. In an example embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE may be able to determine whether to monitor WUS or conventional paging based on the network configuration.

[0135] In an example embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE may be enabled to handle this coexistence of low power WUS and non-WUS operations in a cell and appropriately determine when to monitor for WUS and when not to monitor for WUS. Note that we assume that the network will always send both WUS and traditional paging to avoid unreachability of the UE and unnecessary resource / energy costs for paging upgrades on the network side; this assumption is the same as in WUS for NB-IoT.

[0136] RWS-210168 raises the issue of ensuring UE reachability, noting that events such as keep-alive signals may be sent to the UE, which may trigger the UE's regular idle mode. Based on network / UE bidirectional confirmation, the UE may enter an almost zero power mode. In this mode, the UE may still be able to receive keep-alive signals, such as WUS.

[0137] In LTE eMTC and NB-IoT Release 15, WUS is defined for idle mode paging monitoring. LTE WUS can be a signal based on a Zadoff Chu sequence. WUS and PDCCH-based paging can be received using the same common receiver. This WUS can always be sent to avoid UE unreachability.

[0138] In 5G NR Rel.16 defines a DCI-based WUS (DCP) in an RRC connection to control whether the UE should wake up to monitor for C-DRX on-duration (see, e.g., TS 38.331 and TS 38.213).

[0139] In 5G NR Rel-17 defines DCI-based WUS (Paging Early Indication, PEI) in RRC Idle / Inactive to control whether the UE should wake up to monitor for DCI-based paging (see, e.g., TS 38.331 and TS 38.304).

[0140] In an example embodiment, a UE supporting low-power wake-up signal monitoring may determine whether to monitor for WUS or for a DCI-based paging indication based on whether the UE is in WUS coverage or not in WUS coverage (i.e., outside WUS coverage). In an example embodiment, WUS coverage (or outside WUS coverage) may be determined based on NW information (e.g., rules and / or parameters). In an example embodiment, specific monitoring behaviors for the UE may be implemented for situations where the UE is in WUS coverage and is not in WUS coverage, respectively.

[0141] In a first example embodiment, a UE supporting WUS may be configured with a WUS configuration via RRC signaling (e.g., RRC release / SIB), including NW information for the UE to determine (non) WUS coverage. In an example embodiment, the network may be configured to define these rules / thresholds based on, for example, network conditions and reception sensitivity of a given UE.

[0142] In an example embodiment, the NW information for the UE to determine WUS coverage may include (multiple) rules and / or (multiple) parameters defining WUS coverage. These parameters may be set cell by cell and may include a WUS threshold and / or a WUS beacon threshold. Additionally or alternatively, the NW information for the UE to determine WUS coverage may include (multiple) rules and / or (multiple) parameters defining non-WUS coverage. The (multiple) parameters may be set cell by cell and may include RSRP and / or RSRQ thresholds based on SSB. Additionally or alternatively, the NW information for the UE to determine WUS coverage may include some radio conditions under which the UE may or may not use WUS / may be able to monitor WUS or may not be able to monitor WUS. Such radio conditions may be related to at least one of the signal power / quality of NR (e.g., SSB) or WUS or WUS beacon; each of these signals may be monitored and / or measured by the UE. In one example, the UE may monitor WUS when the signal power / quality of NR or WUS or WUS beacon is good enough (e.g., better than a threshold). Additionally or alternatively, measurements of received power other than RSRP and corresponding thresholds may be used. In other words, determining whether the UE is in a WUS coverage area or a non-WUS coverage area, or whether to change the monitoring behavior, may be based on measurements of received power of signals other than WUS (including but not limited to reference signals).

[0143] In an example embodiment, the NW may set NW information (e.g., parameters such as thresholds) to be UE-specific based on any of: UE location (in terms of channel conditions, radio signal strength) and / or UE-specific WUS receiver performance. The UE-specific WUS receiver performance may be acquired by the network based on a minimum Rx level defined in the UE capabilities. For example, a UE-specific parameter may be an offset from the minimum Rx level (e.g., xdB better than the minimum Rx level defined in the UE capabilities). It may be noted that the test cases defined by 3GPP may ensure compliance with the minimum Rx level. Additionally or alternatively, the UE-specific WUS receiver performance may be based on UE assistance information related to its WUS RF sensitivity; the NW may use this assistance information to help define, for example, (multiple) RSRP / RSRQ thresholds for determining coverage areas, and therefore define the monitoring behavior that the UE should adopt. WUR sensitivity determination may involve a UE-based offset that is applied to the RSRP threshold based on the WUS RF sensitivity level it supports. Additionally or alternatively, the UE assistance information may include an indication of the location of the UE within one or more coverage areas.

[0144] In an example embodiment, the NW information may depend on the last serving beam of the UE when in RRC_CONNECTED mode. In an example embodiment, the NW information may be per beam; the UE may accordingly perform monitoring using the NW information related to the beam used by the UE when in RRC_CONNECTED mode.

[0145] In a second example embodiment, the UE may determine whether to monitor WUS or DCI-based paging based on a received WUS configuration, which may help the UE determine that it is (or that it remains) in (non-)WUS coverage.

[0146] Reference now Figure 5 , shows an example of UE monitoring behavior based on whether the UE is in "WUS coverage" (520) or in "non-WUS coverage" (530). The coverage of the UE may or may not be determined based on the distance between the UE and the base station or other network device (510) and / or based on network conditions and / or based on the sensitivity of the UE WUR. When the UE is in "WUS coverage" (520), it may perform monitoring behavior "A": the UE may monitor WUS and, optionally, may intermittently monitor for (multiple) DCI-based paging indications. The UE may also detect whether it moves outside of "WUS coverage" (520) based on NW information. When the UE is in "non-WUS coverage" (530), it may perform monitoring behavior "B": the UE may monitor DCI-based paging indications and may detect whether it moves outside of "non-WUS coverage" (530) based on NW information. It may be noted that Figure 5 The examples are not limiting; the size of the coverage areas and / or their relationship to each other and / or to the network nodes may be different.

[0147] In an example embodiment, if the UE is in "WUS coverage" (520) when it moves to RRC_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE mode, the UE may monitor only for WUS, or the UE may monitor for WUS and monitor for paging DCI more sparsely in time (i.e., less frequently than a conventional paging cycle). The sparse monitoring for paging DCI may be done according to a second paging cycle (e.g., defined / configured by the network), which may be greater than the conventional paging cycle (i.e., less frequent monitoring). The UE may routinely check whether it has moved outside of WUS coverage based on NW information (i.e., rules / parameters). This coverage check may be performed based on comparing a received WUS beacon to a threshold, or based solely on the presence of a WUS beacon. If the UE detects that it has moved outside of WUS coverage, it may turn on the primary receiver and apply monitoring behavior for when the UE is in "non-WUS coverage", discussed further below. During sparse monitoring for paging DCI, the coverage check may be based on (multiple) SSB-based RSRP measurements and (multiple) corresponding thresholds. The UE may take into account the offset between the WUS beacon RSRP and the SSB-based RSRP (i.e., when both signals are received by the UE). For example, the UE may compare the latest WUS beam received power / receive level with the current SSB-based RSRP (which may be received less frequently). The UE may switch back to conventional paging based on: failure to receive a WUS beacon; a WUS counter (e.g., after a certain number of (continuous) failed (multiple) WUS reception attempts); and / or satisfaction of (multiple) WUS beacon thresholds and / or (multiple) RSRP thresholds.

[0148] In an example embodiment, if the UE is in "non-WUS coverage" (530) when it moves to RRC_IDLE mode or RRC_INACTIVE mode (i.e., sleep mode), the UE may monitor only for regular paging DCI. The UE may routinely check whether it has moved outside of non-WUS coverage (moved into WUS coverage) based on rules / parameters (e.g., meeting RSRP / RSRQ thresholds may trigger monitoring for WUS beacons), and if it detects WUS beacons, it may switch to the behavior for when the UE is in "WUS coverage". The UE may monitor for WUS infrequently, and when it detects WUS, it may switch back to WUS monitoring. Optionally, more rules may be defined (e.g., the WUS receive power / receive level may need to be greater than a threshold, or greater than a certain number of consecutive successful WUS receptions). In one example, the UE may have to consider the frequency with which the UE is paged to decide whether to switch the WUS monitoring behavior. For example, if it is frequently paged, there may not be much gain in switching to the WUS, since the UE may often need to power up the primary transceiver after all.

[0149] Reference now Figure 6 , shows a signaling flow chart between a UE (610) and a gNB (620). According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE (610) may perform monitoring behavior. It may be noted that, Figure 6 Paging from the network side (eg, transmission of a WUS followed by a DCI-based paging) is not shown in FIG. 1 . In an example embodiment, if the UE receives paging, it may respond to the paging as in conventional procedures.

[0150] At 622, the UE may be in RRC_CONNECTED mode / state. At 624, the UE (610) may receive a system information block (SIB) and / or a radio resource control (RRC) release with a suspended configuration (optional) from the gNB (620). The RRC release message may be dedicated signaling for delivering network information. The SIB and / or RRC release may include a WUS configuration. For example, the WUS configuration may include network information, such as rules / parameters related to WUS coverage. Optionally, the WUS configuration may include additional paging cycle information, such as a period for monitoring WUS and a period for monitoring DCI-based paging during each of monitoring behaviors "A" and "B". At 626, the UE may enter RRC_INACTIVE mode, RRC_IDLE mode, or sleep mode.

[0151] In the first case, the UE (610) may be in WUS coverage and may perform monitoring behavior "A" (630). At 632, the UE may monitor for WUS based on additional paging cycle information (e.g., a less frequent / longer cycle than used for WUS monitoring) and may additionally monitor for DCI-based paging indications. Monitoring may be performed with a low power wake-up receiver / transceiver. The UE may monitor whether it remains in WUS coverage based on WUS coverage parameters / rules and / or WUS failures. At 634, 636, and 638, the UE (610) may detect a WUS beacon / WUS. Although Figure 6 It is shown that three WUS beacons / WUS are detected, but the UE (610) may detect a fewer or greater number of WUS beacons / WUS. At 640, the UE may detect that it has moved outside of WUS coverage based on the WUS configuration and may switch to monitoring behavior "B". For example, the WUS detected at 638 may not meet a threshold, which may trigger a switch in monitoring behavior. For example, the UE may determine that the power / level of a received WUS or WUS beacon is below a gate threshold. For example, the UE may determine that the quality of a received WUS or WUS beacon is below a threshold. For example, the UE may determine that the RSRP of an SSB is below a threshold. At 642, the UE (610) may detect an SSB after having switched to monitoring behavior "B".

[0152] At 644, if the UE (610) must be paged, regardless of the UE monitoring behavior, the NW may trigger the transmission of a WUS and a DCI-based paging indication for the UE (610). This may occur in case 1 (630) and / or case 2 (650).

[0153] In a second case, the UE (610) may not be in WUS coverage (e.g., may be outside WUS coverage) and may perform monitoring behavior "B" (650). At 652, the UE may monitor for DCI-based paging indications based on a paging cycle and may monitor for WUS infrequently (i.e., less frequently) (e.g., based on additional paging cycle information). The monitoring may be performed using a primary receiver / transceiver. The UE may monitor whether it remains outside WUS coverage based on WUS coverage parameters / rules (e.g., based on RSRP or WUS received power / level of SSB). At 654, 656, and 658, the UE may detect an SSB. Although Figure 6Three SSBs are shown detected, but the UE (610) may detect a fewer or greater number of SSBs. At 660, the UE may detect that it is moving into WUS coverage based on the WUS configuration, and may switch to monitoring behavior "A". For example, the UE may determine that the power / level of a received WUS or WUS beacon meets or exceeds a threshold. For example, the UE may determine that the quality of a received WUS or WUS beacon meets or exceeds a threshold. For example, the UE may determine that the RSRP of an SSB meets or exceeds a threshold. At 662, the UE (610) may detect a WUS beacon / WUS after having transitioned to monitoring behavior "A".

[0154] It should be noted that Figure 6 In the example, each of Case 1 (630) and Case 2 (650) is optional; the UE may experience these cases in a different order, or may experience only one of the cases. Figure 6 The order shown is not limiting.

[0155] The technical effect of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may be to allow a network control mechanism for when a UE should perform WUS monitoring in a cell. The technical effect of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may be to achieve a trade-off between UE energy saving (which increases if the UE monitors WUS instead of DCI-based paging) and UE reachability (if the UE monitors WUS when it cannot detect WUS, the UE becomes unreachable, which results in undesired paging escalation on the network side).

[0156] Figure 7 Potential steps of an example method 700 are shown. The example method 700 may include receiving a configuration for a monitoring behavior, 710; determining whether an apparatus is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration, 720; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the apparatus is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior, 730; and performing the determined monitoring behavior, 740. Optionally, the example method 700 may include determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior based at least in part on the received configuration, 750. The example method 700 may be performed, for example, by a user equipment.

[0157] Figure 8Potential steps of an example method 800 are shown. The example method 800 may include sending a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection of monitoring behavior, 810. The example method 800 may be performed, for example, by a network entity such as a base station, eNB, gNB, etc. The example method 800 may optionally include obtaining network information, 805.

[0158] According to an example embodiment, a device may include: at least one processor; and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to at least: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether the device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and execute the determined monitoring behavior.

[0159] The configuration for monitoring behavior may include an indication of at least one of the following: defining at least one rule for the first radio coverage area, defining at least one parameter for the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal beacon, defining at least one rule for a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area may be at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, defining at least one parameter for the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for downlink control information based paging monitoring, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of a wake-up signal.

[0160] The example apparatus may be further configured to determine whether to change the determined monitoring behavior based at least in part on the received configuration.

[0161] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include the example device being further configured to: determine that the device has moved outside the first radio coverage area based on at least one of the following: a determination that the number of failed attempts to receive a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds a predetermined number of times, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement value of at least one synchronization signal block is lower than at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the device has moved outside the first radio coverage area, determine to change the determined monitoring behavior to the second monitoring behavior; and perform the second monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the predetermined number, an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0162] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, and performing the determined monitoring behavior may include the example apparatus being further configured to: monitor for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon at a first period.

[0163] The example apparatus may be further configured to monitor for downlink control information based paging with a second period, where the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0164] The determined monitoring behavior may include the second monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include the example device being further configured to: determine that the device has moved into the first radio coverage area based on at least one of the following: a determination that a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon has been detected, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of the at least one received wake-up signal or the at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement of at least one synchronization signal block meets or exceeds at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the device has moved into the first radio coverage area, determine to change the determined monitoring behavior to the first monitoring behavior; and perform the first monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0165] The determined monitoring behavior may include the second monitoring behavior, wherein performing the determined monitoring behavior may include the example apparatus being further configured to: monitor for downlink control information-based paging with a first period.

[0166] The example apparatus may be further configured to monitor for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon with a second period, wherein the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0167] The example apparatus may be further configured to operate in at least one of: a radio resource control inactive mode, a radio resource control idle mode, or a sleep mode.

[0168] Determining whether the device is in the first radio coverage area may include the example device being further configured to: perform at least one measurement; compare the at least one measurement with at least one threshold, wherein the received configuration may include at least an indication of the at least one threshold; and determine whether the device is in the first radio coverage area based on a result of the comparison.

[0169] The example device may be further configured to send auxiliary information to the network, wherein the auxiliary information may include an indication of at least one of: a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power level, a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power sensitivity, the location of the device relative to the first radio coverage area, a minimum receiver performance of the device, information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the device, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the device, or a last serving beam associated with the device.

[0170] According to one aspect, an example method may be provided, comprising: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior using a user device; determining whether the user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and performing the determined monitoring behavior using the user device.

[0171] The configuration for monitoring behavior may include an indication of at least one of the following: at least one rule defining the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal beacon, at least one rule defining a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area may be at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for downlink control information based paging monitoring, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of a wake-up signal beacon.

[0172] The example method may also include determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior based at least in part on the received configuration.

[0173] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include: determining that the user equipment has moved outside the first radio coverage area based on at least one of the following: a determination that the number of failed attempts to receive a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds a predetermined number of times, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement value of at least one synchronization signal block is lower than at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the user equipment has moved outside the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the second monitoring behavior; and performing the second monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the predetermined number, an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0174] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein performing the determined monitoring behavior may include: monitoring for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon in a first period.

[0175] The example method may also include monitoring for downlink control information-based paging with a second period, where the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0176] The determined monitoring behavior may include the second monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include: determining that the user equipment has moved into the first radio coverage area based on at least one of the following: a determination that a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon has been detected, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of the at least one received wake-up signal or the at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement of at least one synchronization signal block meets or exceeds at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the user equipment has moved into the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the first monitoring behavior; and performing the first monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0177] The determined monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein performing the determined monitoring behavior may include: monitoring for paging based on downlink control information with a first period.

[0178] The example method may also include monitoring for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon with a second period, wherein the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0179] The example method may also include operating in at least one of: a radio resource control inactive mode, a radio resource control idle mode, or a sleep mode.

[0180] Determining whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area may include: performing at least one measurement; comparing the at least one measurement with at least one threshold, wherein the received configuration may include at least an indication of the at least one threshold; and determining whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area based on a result of the comparison.

[0181] The example method may also include sending auxiliary information to the network, wherein the auxiliary information may include an indication of at least one of: a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power level, a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power sensitivity, a location of the user equipment relative to the first radio coverage area, a minimum receiver performance of the device, information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the user equipment, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the user equipment, or a last serving beam associated with the user equipment.

[0182] According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include: a circuit configured to perform the following operations: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior using a user device; a circuit configured to perform the following operations: determining whether the user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; a circuit configured to perform the following operations: determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and a circuit configured to perform the following operations: utilizing the user device, the determined monitoring behavior.

[0183] According to an example embodiment, a device may include: a processing circuit; a memory circuit including a computer program code, the memory circuit and the computer program code being configured to enable the device, using the processing circuit, to: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether the device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and execute the determined monitoring behavior.

[0184] As used in this application, the term "circuitry" may refer to one or more or all of the following: (a) hardware circuit implementations only (such as implementations in analog and / or digital circuits only) and (b) combinations of hardware circuits and software, such as (as applicable): (i) a combination of analog and / or digital hardware circuits with software / firmware; and (ii) a hardware processor with software (including a digital signal processor), any portion of software and memory that work together to enable a device (such as a mobile phone or server) to perform various functions, and (iii) hardware circuits and / or processors, such as a microprocessor or a portion of a microprocessor, which requires software (e.g., firmware) for operation, but the software may not be present when it is not required for operation. This definition of circuitry applies to all uses of this item in this application, including in any claims. As another example, as used in this application, the term circuitry also covers implementations of hardware circuits or processors (or multiple processors) or portions of hardware circuits or processors and their accompanying software and / or firmware. For example, if applicable to a particular claim element, the term circuitry also covers baseband integrated circuits or processor integrated circuits used in mobile devices or servers, cellular network devices, or other computing or network devices, similar integrated circuits.

[0185] According to an example embodiment, a device may include a component for performing the following operations: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining whether the device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and causing execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0186] The configuration for monitoring behavior may include an indication of at least one of the following: defining at least one rule for the first radio coverage area, defining at least one parameter for the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal beacon, defining at least one rule for a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area may be at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, defining at least one parameter for the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for downlink control information based paging monitoring, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with the signal quality of a wake-up signal.

[0187] The component may also be configured to perform the following operations: based at least in part on the received configuration, determine whether to change the determined monitoring behavior.

[0188] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein the component configured to perform a determination as to whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include a component for performing the following operations: determining that the device has moved outside the first radio coverage area based on at least one of the following: a determination that the number of failed attempts to receive a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds a predetermined number of times, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is lower than at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement value of at least one synchronization signal block is lower than at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the device has moved outside the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the second monitoring behavior; and performing the second monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the predetermined number, an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0189] The determined monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein the component configured to perform the determined monitoring behavior may include a component configured to perform the following operations: monitor for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon in a first period.

[0190] The component may be further configured to perform the following operations: monitor for paging based on the downlink control information with a second period, wherein the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0191] The determined monitoring behavior may include the second monitoring behavior, wherein the component configured to perform a determination as to whether to change the determined monitoring behavior may include a component configured to perform the following operations: based on at least one of the following, the determination device has moved into the first radio coverage area: a determination that a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon has been detected, a determination that the power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of the at least one received wake-up signal or the at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement of at least one synchronization signal block meets or exceeds at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the device has moved into the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the first monitoring behavior; and performing the first monitoring behavior, wherein the received configuration may include at least one of the following: an indication of the at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or an indication of the at least one third threshold.

[0192] The determined monitoring behavior may include the second monitoring behavior, wherein the component configured to perform the determined monitoring behavior may include a component configured to perform the following operations: monitor for paging based on downlink control information with a first period.

[0193] The component may be further configured to perform the following operations: monitor for a wake-up signal or a wake-up beacon with a second period, wherein the second period may be longer than the first period.

[0194] The component may be further configured to: operate in at least one of: a radio resource control inactive mode, a radio resource control idle mode, or a sleep mode.

[0195] The component configured to perform a determination as to whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area may include a component configured to: perform at least one measurement; compare the at least one measurement with at least one threshold, wherein the received configuration may include at least an indication of the at least one threshold; and determine, based on a result of the comparison, whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area.

[0196] The component may also be configured to perform the following operations: sending auxiliary information to the network, wherein the auxiliary information may include an indication of at least one of the following: a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power level, a minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power sensitivity, the location of the device relative to the first radio coverage area, a minimum receiver performance of the device, information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the device, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the device, or a last serving beam associated with the device.

[0197] A processor, memory, and / or example algorithms (which may be encoded as instructions, programs, or code) may be provided as example components for providing or causing the performance of operations.

[0198] According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed using at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the following operations: cause a configuration for monitoring behavior to be received; determine whether a user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior based on a determination that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior based on a determination that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and cause execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0199] According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes program instructions stored thereon for performing at least the following operations: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining whether a user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and causing execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0200] According to another example embodiment, a machine-readable, non-transitory program storage device may be provided, which tangibly embodies machine-executable instructions for performing operations, the operations comprising: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining whether a user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and causing execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0201] According to another example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions, which when executed by an apparatus causes the apparatus to perform at least the following operations: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether a user device is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the user device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and cause execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0202] A computer-implemented system comprises: at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to at least perform: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining whether a user equipment is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior based on determining that the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior based on determining that the user equipment is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and causing execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0203] A computer-implemented system, comprising: a component for receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; a component for determining whether a user equipment is in a first radio coverage area based at least in part on the received configuration; a component for determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user equipment is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior may include a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior may be at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and a component for causing execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

[0204] According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: send a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0205] The configuration for the monitoring behavior may be sent via at least one of: dedicated radio resource control signaling, at least one system information block.

[0206] The network information may include at least one of the following: at least one rule defining a first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with a wake-up signal beacon, at least one rule defining a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area is at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for paging based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal.

[0207] The network information may be associated with at least one of a user equipment, a cell, and a specific beam.

[0208] The example apparatus may also be configured to determine network information.

[0209] The network information may be determined based at least in part on at least one of: one or more channel conditions, one or more measurements of radio signal strength, a minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, an offset applied to the minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, auxiliary information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the user equipment, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the user equipment, or a last serving beam associated with the user equipment.

[0210] According to one aspect, an example method may be provided that includes sending a configuration to a user equipment for monitoring behavior, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0211] The configuration for the monitoring behavior may be transmitted via at least one of: dedicated radio resource control signaling, at least one system information block.

[0212] The network information may include at least one of the following: at least one rule defining a first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold value associated with a wake-up signal beacon, at least one rule defining a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area is at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for paging monitoring based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal.

[0213] The network information may be associated with at least one of a user equipment, a cell, or a specific beam.

[0214] The example method may also include determining network information.

[0215] The network information may be determined based at least in part on at least one of: one or more channel conditions, one or more measurements of radio signal strength, a minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, an offset applied to the minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, auxiliary information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the user equipment, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the user equipment, or a last serving beam associated with the user equipment.

[0216] According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include: circuitry configured to perform: sending a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0217] According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include: a processing circuit; a memory circuit including a computer program code, the memory circuit and the computer program code being configured to, together with the processing circuit, enable the apparatus to: send a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0218] According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include means for sending a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0219] The configuration for the monitoring behavior may be communicated via at least one of: dedicated radio resource control signaling, or at least one system information block.

[0220] The network information may include at least one of the following: at least one rule defining a first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the first radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a wake-up signal, at least one threshold value associated with a wake-up signal beacon, at least one rule defining a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area is at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining the second radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal monitoring, at least one radio condition for wake-up signal beacon monitoring, at least one radio condition for paging monitoring based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a paging signal based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a wake-up signal.

[0221] The network information may be associated with at least one of a user equipment, a cell, and a specific beam.

[0222] The component may also be configured to perform: determining network information.

[0223] The network information may be determined based at least in part on at least one of: one or more channel conditions, one or more measurements of radio signal strength, a minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, an offset applied to the minimum receiver performance associated with the user equipment, auxiliary information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the user equipment, a wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the user equipment, or a last serving beam associated with the user equipment.

[0224] According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed using at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: cause a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0225] According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes program instructions stored thereon for performing at least the following operations: causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user equipment, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

[0226] According to another example embodiment, a machine-readable, non-transitory program storage device may be provided, which tangibly embodies machine-executable instructions for performing operations, the operations comprising: causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0227] According to another example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions, which when executed by an apparatus causes the apparatus to at least perform the following operations: causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0228] A computer-implemented system comprises: at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to at least perform: causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with a user device selection for monitoring behavior.

[0229] A computer-implemented system includes means for causing a configuration for monitoring behavior to be sent to a user device, wherein the configuration may include at least an indication of network information associated with user device selection of monitored behavior.

[0230] The term "non-transitory" as used herein is a limitation of the medium itself (ie, tangible, not a signal), not a limitation on data storage persistence (eg, RAM versus ROM).

[0231] It should be understood that the above description is illustrative only. Various alternatives and modifications may be devised by those skilled in the art. For example, the features described in the various dependent claims may be combined with each other in any suitable (multiple) combination. In addition, the features from the above-described different embodiments may be selectively combined into new embodiments. Therefore, this description is intended to cover all such alternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A device comprising: at least one processor; as well as at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining, based at least in part on the received configuration, whether the apparatus is in a first radio coverage area; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the device is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the device is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the device is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior includes a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; as well as Perform the identified monitoring actions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the configuration for monitoring behavior includes an indication of at least one of: at least one rule defining said first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining said first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with the wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with the wake-up signal beacon, defining at least one rule for a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area is at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining said second radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal received power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition monitored for the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition monitored for the wake-up signal beacon, at least one radio condition monitored for paging based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of said downlink control information paging signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or At least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of the wake-up signal beacon.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one memory stores the instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: Based at least in part on the received configuration, a determination is made as to whether to change the determined monitoring behavior.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the determined monitoring behavior comprises the first monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior comprises the at least one memory storing the instructions, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor causing the apparatus to: Determining that the apparatus has moved outside the first radio coverage area is based on at least one of: a determination that a number of failed attempts to receive a wake-up signal or a wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds a predetermined number, a determination that a power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one wake-up signal beacon is below at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of the at least one received wake-up signal or the at least one wake-up signal beacon is below at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement of at least one synchronization signal block is below at least one third threshold; in response to determining that the apparatus has moved outside the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the second monitoring behavior; as well as executing the second monitoring behavior, The received configuration includes at least one of the following: said predetermined number of indications, an indication of said at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or An indication of the at least one third threshold.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the determined monitoring behavior comprises the second monitoring behavior, wherein determining whether to change the determined monitoring behavior comprises the at least one memory storing the instructions, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the apparatus to: Determining that the apparatus has moved into the first radio coverage area is based on at least one of the following: a determination that a wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon has been detected, a determination that a power of at least one received wake-up signal or at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one first threshold, a determination that the quality of the at least one received wake-up signal or the at least one received wake-up signal beacon meets or exceeds at least one second threshold, or a determination that a reference signal received power measurement of at least one synchronization signal block meets or exceeds at least one third threshold; In response to determining that the apparatus has moved into the first radio coverage area, determining to change the determined monitoring behavior to the first monitoring behavior; as well as executing the first monitoring behavior, The received configuration includes at least one of the following: an indication of said at least one first threshold, an indication of the at least one second threshold, or An indication of the at least one third threshold.

6. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein determining whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area comprises the at least one memory storing the instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: performing at least one measurement; comparing the at least one measurement to at least one threshold, wherein the received configuration includes at least an indication of the at least one threshold; as well as Based on a result of the comparison, it is determined whether the apparatus is within the first radio coverage area.

7. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: Sending assistance information to a network, wherein the assistance information includes an indication of at least one of the following: Minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power level, Minimum wake-up signal or wake-up signal beacon received power sensitivity, the location of the device relative to the first radio coverage area, The minimum receiver performance of the device, information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the device, the wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the device, or The last serving beam associated with the device.

8. A method comprising: Receiving, using a user device, a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining, based at least in part on the received configuration, whether the user equipment is in a first radio coverage area; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein based on determining that the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior comprises a first monitoring behavior, wherein based on determining that the user equipment is outside the first radio coverage area, the monitoring behavior comprises a second monitoring behavior, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; as well as The determined monitoring behavior is performed using the user equipment.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions being configured to perform at least the following: receiving a configuration for monitoring behavior; determining, based at least in part on the received configuration, whether the user equipment is in a first radio coverage area; determining a monitoring behavior based on whether the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a first monitoring behavior based on determining that the user equipment is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a second monitoring behavior based on determining that the user equipment is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; as well as Resulting in the execution of the determined monitoring behavior.

10. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; as well as at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: A configuration for monitoring behavior is sent to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the network information comprises at least one of the following: at least one rule defining a first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining said first radio coverage area, at least one threshold associated with the wake-up signal, at least one threshold associated with the wake-up signal beacon, defining at least one rule for a second radio coverage area, wherein the second radio coverage area is at least partially different from the first radio coverage area, at least one parameter defining said second radio coverage area, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal received power based on a synchronization signal block, at least one threshold value associated with a reference signal reception quality based on a synchronization signal block, at least one radio condition monitored for the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition monitored for the wake-up signal beacon, at least one radio condition monitored for paging based on downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal power of a paging signal based on the downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of a paging signal based on the downlink control information, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of the wake-up signal, at least one radio condition associated with the signal power of a wake-up signal beacon, or At least one radio condition associated with a signal quality of the wake-up signal beacon.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the network information is associated with at least one of the following: User equipment, Community, or Specific beam.

13. The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: The network information is determined.

14. The apparatus of any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the network information is determined at least in part based on at least one of: one or more channel conditions, one or more measurements of radio signal strength, a minimum receiver performance associated with said user equipment, an offset to be applied to said minimum receiver performance associated with a user equipment, auxiliary information associated with a wake-up signal receiver of the user equipment, the wake-up signal RF sensitivity level supported by the user equipment, or The last serving beam associated with the user equipment.

15. A method comprising: A configuration for monitoring behavior is sent to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions being configured to perform at least the following: Causing transmission of a configuration for monitoring behavior to a user equipment, wherein the configuration includes at least an indication of network information associated with a user equipment selection for monitoring behavior.

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