Paging Early Indication for Paging Occasions

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging early indication indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The UE may process a physical downlink control channel communication received in one of the one or more POs. Numerous other aspects are described.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 263,609, filed November 5, 2021, entitled "PAGING EARLY INDICATION FOR PAGING OCCASION," and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 17 / 805,964, filed June 8, 2022, entitled "PAGING EARLY INDICATION FOR PAGING OCCASION," which are expressly incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatus for using a paging early indication to indicate a paging occasion. [Background technology]

[0003] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may utilize multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE / LTE-Advanced is a set of extensions to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP®).

[0004] A wireless network may include one or more base stations that support communication for a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. A UE can communicate with a base station via downlink and uplink communications. "Downlink" (or "DL") refers to the communication link from a base station to a UE, and "uplink" (or "UL") refers to the communication link from a UE to a base station.

[0005] The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunications standards to provide common protocols that allow different UEs to communicate on a city, national, regional, and / or global scale. New Radio (NR), sometimes referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP®. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving service, utilizing new spectrum, and using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink and CP-OFDM and / or single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM) on the uplink, as well as better integration with other open standards that support beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. As demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain useful. Summary of the Invention

[0006] Some aspects described herein relate to a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication. The UE may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the user equipment to receive a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to process physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications received in one of the one or more POs.

[0007] Some aspects described herein relate to a network entity for wireless communication. The network entity may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a PEI to a UE indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs.

[0008] Some aspects described herein relate to a UE for wireless communication. The UE may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause a user equipment to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0009] Some aspects described herein relate to a UE for wireless communication. The UE may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam.

[0010] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by a UE. The method may include receiving a PEI indicating one or more POs for a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The method may include processing a PDCCH communication received in one of the one or more POs.

[0011] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network entity. The method may include transmitting a PEI to a UE indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The method may include transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in one PO of the one or more POs.

[0012] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by a UE. The method may include receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The method may include receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0013] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network entity. The method may include receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The method may include receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over an SSB beam.

[0014] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a PEI indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to process a PDCCH communication received in one of the one or more POs.

[0015] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication by a network entity. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the network entity, may cause the network entity to transmit a PEI to a UE indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames that is based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the network entity, may cause the network entity to transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs.

[0016] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores one or more instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0017] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over an SSB beam.

[0018] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receiving a PEI indicating one or more points of presence (PO) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The apparatus may include means for processing a PDCCH communication received in one of the one or more POs.

[0019] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a PEI to another apparatus indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a PDCCH communication for the other apparatus in one PO of the one or more POs.

[0020] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The apparatus may include means for receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0021] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The apparatus may include means for receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over an SSB beam.

[0022] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by a UE. The method may include receiving an SSB transmission. The method may include receiving a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The method may include determining that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame meets a threshold. The method may include processing a PDCCH communication received in the PO.

[0023] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network entity. The method may include transmitting an SSB transmission to a UE. The method may include transmitting a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to apply to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold. The method may include transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO.

[0024] Some aspects described herein relate to a UE for wireless communication. The UE may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive an SSB transmission. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to determine that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to process PDCCH communication received in the PO.

[0025] Some aspects described herein relate to a network entity for wireless communications. The network entity may include a memory, one or more processors coupled to the memory, and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit an SSB transmission to a UE. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to apply to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame satisfies a threshold. The instructions may be executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE at the PO.

[0026] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive an SSB transmission. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to determine that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame meets a threshold. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to process a PDCCH communication received on the PO.

[0027] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication by a network entity. The one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the network entity, may cause the network entity to transmit an SSB transmission to a UE. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the network entity, may cause the network entity to transmit a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to apply to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the network entity, may cause the network entity to transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO.

[0028] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receiving an SSB transmission. The apparatus may include means for receiving a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The apparatus may include means for determining that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the apparatus if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame meets a threshold. The apparatus may include means for processing a PDCCH communication received in the PO.

[0029] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for transmitting an SSB transmission to a UE. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to apply to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO.

[0030] Aspects generally include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, UEs, base stations, network entities, wireless communication devices, and / or processing systems substantially as described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and this specification.

[0031] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of embodiments according to the present disclosure in order that the following Detailed Description may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The nature of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages, will be better understood from the following description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.

[0032] Although aspects are described in this disclosure by illustrating several examples, those skilled in the art will understand that such aspects can be implemented in many different configurations and scenarios. The techniques described herein can be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and / or packaging configurations. For example, some aspects can be implemented via integrated chip embodiments or other non-modular component-based devices (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communications devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, and / or artificial intelligence-enabled devices). Aspects can be implemented in chip-level components, modular components, non-modular components, non-chip-level components, device-level components, and / or system-level components. Devices incorporating the described aspects and features can include additional components and features for implementing and practicing the claimed and described aspects. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may involve one or more components for analog and digital applications (e.g., hardware components including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, and / or summers). It is contemplated that the aspects described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, components, systems, distributed configurations, and / or end-user devices of various sizes, shapes, and configurations.

[0033] So that the above-listed features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more detailed description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. However, since the present description may admit of other equally effective embodiments, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings illustrate only some typical embodiments of the present disclosure and therefore should not be considered limiting of its scope. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0034] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless network according to the present disclosure. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a base station in communication with user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, according to the present disclosure. [Figure 3] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a paging early indication (PEI) and paging occasions (POs) according to the present disclosure. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a paging frame (PF) according to the present disclosure. [Figure 5] FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a PEI associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 6] FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a PEI physical downlink control channel communication carrying a PEI in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 7] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 8] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process performed, for example, by a network entity, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 9] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 10] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process performed, for example, by a network entity, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 11] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary process performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 12] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 13] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary apparatus for wireless communication according to the present disclosure. [Figure 14] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary apparatus for wireless communication according to the present disclosure. [Figure 15] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a non-aggregated base station in accordance with the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0035] Various aspects of the present disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Those skilled in the art will understand that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to encompass any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently or in combination with any other aspect of the present disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects described herein. In addition, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to encompass such apparatuses or methods practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the present disclosure described herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

[0036] Several aspects of telecommunications systems will now be presented with reference to various devices and techniques. These devices and techniques are described in the detailed description that follows and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as "elements"). These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0037] Although aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 5G or New Radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT), aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable to other RATs, such as 3G RATs, 4G RATs, and / or post-5G (e.g., 6G) RATs.

[0038] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. Wireless network 100 may be or include elements of a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network, among other examples. Wireless network 100 may include one or more base stations 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d), user equipment (UE) 120 or multiple UEs 120 (shown as UE 120a, UE 120b, UE 120c, UE 120d, and UE 120e), and / or other network entities. Base station 110 is an entity that communicates with UE 120. Base station 110 (sometimes referred to as a BS) may include, for example, an NR base station, an LTE base station, a Node B, an eNB (e.g., in 4G), a gNB (e.g., in 5G), an access point, and / or a transmit / receive point (TRP). Each base station 110 can provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the term "cell" can refer to the coverage area of ​​a base station 110 and / or a base station subsystem serving that coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0039] The base station 110 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a few kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with service subscriptions. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs 120 having an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs 120 in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A base station 110 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro base station. A base station 110 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico base station. A base station 110 for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto base station or a home base station. 1, BS 110a may be a macro base station for macro cell 102a, BS 110b may be a pico base station for pico cell 102b, and BS 110c may be a femto base station for femto cell 102c. A base station may support one or more (e.g., three) cells.

[0040] In some embodiments, the cells may not necessarily be fixed, and the geographic area of ​​the cell may move according to the location of a base station 110 that is mobile (e.g., a mobile base station). In some embodiments, the base stations 110 may be interconnected to each other and / or to one or more other base stations 110 or network nodes (not shown) within the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces, such as direct physical connections or virtual networks, using any suitable transport network.

[0041] In some aspects, the term “base station” (e.g., base station 110) or “network entity” may refer to an aggregation base station, a non-aggregation base station, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, and / or one or more components thereof. For example, in some aspects, a “base station” or a “network entity” may refer to a central unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a radio unit (RU), a near-real time (Near-RT) RAN intelligent controller (RIC), or a non-real time (Non-RT) RIC, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the term “base station” or “network entity” may refer to one device configured to perform one or more functions, such as the functions described herein with respect to base station 110. In some aspects, the term “base station” or “network entity” may refer to multiple devices configured to perform one or more functions. For example, in some distributed systems, multiple different devices (which may be located in the same geographic location or different geographic locations) may each be configured to perform at least a portion of the functions or replicate implementation of at least a portion of the functions, and the term “base station” or “network entity” may refer to any one or more of those different devices. In some aspects, the term “base station” or “network entity” may refer to one or more virtual base stations and / or one or more virtual base station functions. For example, in some aspects, two or more base station functions may be instantiated on a single device. In some aspects, the term “base station” or “network entity” may refer to one of the base station functions and not another base station function. In this manner, a single device may include two or more base stations.

[0042] Wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., base station 110 or UE 120) and transmit the data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., UE 120 or base station 110). A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relay transmissions for other UEs 120. In the example shown in FIG. 1, BS 110d (e.g., a relay base station) can communicate with BS 110a (e.g., a macro base station) and UE 120d to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. A base station 110 that relays communications may also be referred to as a relay station, relay base station, repeater, etc.

[0043] Wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of network entities (e.g., base stations 110), such as, for example, macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, etc. These different types of base stations 110 may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and / or different susceptibility to interference within wireless network 100. For example, macro base stations may have high transmit power levels (e.g., 5-40 watts), while pico base stations, femto base stations, and relay base stations may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1-2 watts).

[0044] A network controller 130 may be coupled to or in communication with a set of base stations 110 and may provide coordination and control for these base stations 110. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base stations 110 via backhaul communication links. The base stations 110 may communicate with each other directly or indirectly via wireless or wired backhaul communication links.

[0045] The UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE 120 may be fixed or mobile. The UEs 120 may include, for example, access terminals, terminals, mobile stations, and / or subscriber units. The UEs 120 may be mobile phones (e.g., smartphones), personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless modems, wireless communication devices, handheld devices, laptop computers, cordless phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, tablets, cameras, gaming devices, netbooks, smartbooks, ultrabooks, medical devices, biometric authentication devices, wearable devices (e.g., smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wristbands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart rings or smart bracelets)), entertainment devices (e.g., music devices, video devices, and / or satellite radios), vehicle components or sensors, smart meters / sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, global positioning system devices, and / or any other suitable devices configured to communicate over a wireless medium.

[0046] Some UEs 120 may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) UEs or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC UEs and / or eMTC UEs may include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, and / or location tags that may communicate with a base station, a network entity, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. Some UEs 120 may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband IoT) devices. Some UEs 120 may be considered customer premises equipment. The UE 120 may be included within a housing that houses components of the UE 120, such as a processor component and / or a memory component. In some embodiments, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled to each other. For example, a processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and a memory component (e.g., memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0047] In general, any number of wireless networks 100 may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network 100 may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may be referred to as a radio technology, air interface, etc. A frequency may be referred to as a carrier, frequency channel, etc. To avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs, each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area. In some cases, an NR network or a 5G RAT network may be deployed.

[0048] In some embodiments, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) can communicate directly (e.g., without using a base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate with each other) using one or more sidelink channels. For example, the UEs 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (which may include, e.g., vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols, or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In such embodiments, the UEs 120 can perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110.

[0049] Devices of wireless network 100 may communicate using an electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided by frequency or wavelength into various classes, bands, channels, etc. For example, devices of wireless network 100 may communicate using one or more operating bands. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified, designated frequency ranges FR1 (410 MHz to 7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz). It should be understood that although a portion of FR1 is above 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as the “sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and papers. Similar nomenclature issues may arise with respect to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as the “millimeter wave” band in documents and papers, even though it is different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz to 300 GHz) identified as the “millimeter wave” band by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

[0050] Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified the operating band for these mid-band frequencies as a frequency range designated FR3 (7.125 GHz to 24.25 GHz). Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 and / or FR2 characteristics, thus effectively extending the characteristics of FR1 and / or FR2 to the mid-band frequencies. Additionally, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency ranges designated FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz to 71 GHz), FR4 (52.6 GHz to 114.25 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz to 300 GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

[0051] With the above examples in mind, it should be understood that, unless otherwise specified, terms such as "sub-6 GHz," as used herein, may broadly refer to frequencies that may be below 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Furthermore, unless otherwise specified, it should be understood that terms such as "millimeter wave," as used herein, may broadly refer to frequencies that may be within FR2, FR4, FR4-a or FR4-1, and / or FR5, or may be within the EHF band, which may include mid-band frequencies. The frequencies included in these operating bands (e.g., FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, and / or FR5) may be modified, and it is contemplated that the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0052] In some aspects, UE 120 may include a communications manager 140. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, communications manager 140 may receive synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions and may receive a paging early indication (PEI) at a time associated with the SSB transmission. Communications manager 140 may determine that the PEI indicates a paging occasion (PO) applicable to the UE if the time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold, and may process physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications received in the PO.

[0053] In some aspects, a network entity (e.g., base station 110) may include a communications manager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, communications manager 150 may transmit an SSB transmission to a UE and transmit a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to apply to the UE if the time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold. Communications manager 150 may transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO.

[0054] In some aspects, communications manager 140 may receive a PEI indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames, and process PDCCH communications received at one of the one or more POs.

[0055] In some aspects, communications manager 140 may receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam. Additionally or alternatively, communications manager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0056] In some aspects, the communications manager 150 may transmit a PEI to the UE indicating one or more POs in terms of quantity of paging frames based at least in part on the maximum quantity of paging frames, and transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs.

[0057] In some aspects, communications manager 150 may receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, the first PEI and second PEI being initially received over an SSB beam. Additionally or alternatively, communications manager 150 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0058] As noted above, Figure 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 1.

[0059] 2 illustrates an example embodiment 200 of a network entity (e.g., a base station 110) that communicates with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The base station 110 may be equipped with a set of antennas 234a through 234t, such as T antennas (T≧1). The UE 120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252a through 252r, such as R antennas (R≧1).

[0060] At the base station 110, the transmit processor 220 may receive data intended for the UE 120 (or set of UEs 120) from the data source 212. The transmit processor 220 may select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for the UE 120 based at least in part on one or more channel quality indicators (CQI) received from the UE 120. The base station 110 may process (e.g., encode and modulate) data for the UE 120 based at least in part on the MCS(es) selected for the UE 120 and provide data symbols for the UE 120. The transmit processor 220 may process system information and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and / or higher layer signaling) (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI)) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS)) and a synchronization signal (e.g., a primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). The transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on ​​the data symbols, control symbols, overhead symbols, and / or reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams (e.g., T output symbol streams) to a corresponding set of modems 232 (e.g., T modems), denoted as modems 232a through 232t.For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a modulator component (denoted as MOD) of modem 232. Each modem 232 may process its respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) using its respective modulator component to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and / or upconvert) its output sample stream using its respective modulator component to obtain a downlink signal. Modems 232a through 232t may transmit a set of downlink signals (e.g., T downlink signals) via a corresponding set of antennas 234 (e.g., T antennas), denoted as antennas 234a through 234t.

[0061] At the UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (depicted as antennas 252a through 252r) may receive downlink signals from the base station 110 and / or other base stations 110 and may provide a set of received signals (e.g., R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (e.g., R modems), depicted as modems 254a through 254r. For example, each received signal may be provided to a demodulator component (depicted as DEMOD) of the modem 254. Each modem 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or digitize) the received signal using its respective demodulator component to obtain input samples. Each modem 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) using the demodulator component to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from the modems 254, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols, if applicable, and provide detected symbols. The receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control and system information to a controller / processor 280. The term “controller / processor” may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and / or a CQI parameter, among other examples. In some embodiments, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included within a housing 284.

[0062] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 can communicate with the base stations 110 via the communication unit 294.

[0063] One or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234a-t and / or antennas 252a-r) may include or be contained within one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, and / or one or more antenna arrays, among other examples. The antenna panels, antenna groups, sets of antenna elements, and / or antenna arrays may include one or more antenna elements (in a single housing or multiple housings), a set of coplanar antenna elements, a set of non-coplanar antenna elements, and / or one or more antenna elements coupled to one or more transmitting and / or receiving components, such as one or more components of FIG. 2.

[0064] On the uplink, at the UE 120, the transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from the data source 262 and control information from the controller / processor 280 (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and / or CQI). The transmit processor 264 may generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by the TX MIMO processor 266, if applicable, further processed by the modem 254 (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM), and transmitted to the base station 110. In some embodiments, the modem 254 of the UE 120 may include a modulator and demodulator. In some embodiments, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of the antenna(s) 252, the modem(s) 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver can be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 280) and memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to Figures 3-15).

[0065] At the base station 110, uplink signals from the UE 120 and / or other UEs may be received by an antenna 234, processed by a modem 232 (e.g., a demodulator component of the modem 232, denoted as DEMOD), detected by a MIMO detector 236, if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information transmitted by the UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to a controller / processor 240. The base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. The base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 for scheduling one or more UEs 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some embodiments, the modem 232 of the base station 110 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some embodiments, the base station 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna(s) 234, modem(s) 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to FIGS. 3-15).

[0066] As described in more detail elsewhere herein, controller / processor 240 of a network entity (e.g., base station 110), controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component of Figure 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with using a PEI associated with an SSB to indicate a PO. For example, controller / processor 240 of base station 110, controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Figure 2 may perform or direct the operation of, for example, process 700 of Figure 7, process 800 of Figure 8, process 900 of Figure 9, process 1000 of Figure 10, process 1100 of Figure 11, process 1200 of Figure 12, and / or other processes described herein. Memory 242 and memory 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some embodiments, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly or after being compiled, translated, and / or interpreted), may cause the one or more processors, UE 120, and / or base station 110 to perform or direct operations of, for example, process 700 of FIG. 7, process 800 of FIG. 8, process 900 of FIG. 9, process 1000 of FIG. 10, process 1100 of FIG. 11, process 1200 of FIG. 12, and / or other processes as described herein. In some embodiments, executing instructions may include executing instructions, translating instructions, compiling instructions, and / or interpreting instructions, among other examples.

[0067] In some aspects, the UE 120 includes means for receiving an SSB transmission, means for receiving a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission, and means for determining that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold, and / or means for processing PDCCH communications received in the PO. The means for the UE 120 to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the communications manager 140, the antennas 252, the modem 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the controller / processor 280, or the memory 282.

[0068] In some aspects, a network entity (e.g., base station 110) includes, to a UE, means for transmitting an SSB transmission, means for transmitting a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold, and / or means for transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO. The means for the network entity to perform the operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of communications manager 150, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modem 232, antenna 234, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, or scheduler 246.

[0069] In some aspects, the UE 120 includes means for receiving a PEI indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames, and / or means for processing PDCCH communication received in one of the one or more POs.

[0070] In some aspects, the network entity includes means for transmitting a PEI to the UE indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames, and / or means for transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs.

[0071] In some aspects, the UE 120 includes means for receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and / or means for receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0072] In some aspects, the network entity includes means for receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and / or means for receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over an SSB beam.

[0073] 2 are shown as separate components, the functionality described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component, or in various combinations of components. For example, the functionality described with respect to transmit processor 264, receive processor 258, and / or TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of controller / processor 280.

[0074] As noted above, Figure 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 2.

[0075] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example PEI and PO embodiment 300 according to the present disclosure.

[0076] A UE may enter an idle mode or an inactive mode to save power. A network entity (e.g., base station 110) may transmit PDCCH communications (e.g., downlink control information (DCI), paging PDCCH) addressed to one or more UEs. The network entity may transmit PDCCH communications during a PO, which is a time occasion during which the UE can wake up and process PDCCH communications. The PO may be periodic or otherwise scheduled so that the UE does not need to be always awake to be paged. The UE may monitor PDCCH communications during a specific time (for a particular beam) during the PO. This specific time may be one of a set of monitoring occasions (MOs). The set of MOs may be included in a PO, and one or more POs may be included in a paging frame (PF). The UE is not expected to wake up and process PDCCH communications for each PO, and therefore the network entity may send a PEI in advance to indicate whether the UE should process PDCCH communications in the next PO.

[0077] The SSBs may carry information used for initial network acquisition and synchronization, such as the PSS, SSS, physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and PBCH DMRS. For example, an SSB may be four symbols including the SSS, PSS, and PBCH. The SSBs may also be referred to as synchronization signal / PBCH (SS / PBCH) blocks. The SSBs may be used for tracking loop updates or radio resource management measurements. In some aspects, a network entity may transmit multiple SSBs in an SSB burst on multiple corresponding beams, and the SSBs may be used for beam selection.

[0078] Aligning the SSB and PEI can be power efficient. When the SSB time and PEI time are aligned, the UE can be configured to wake up and receive both the SSB and PEI that are close in time to each other or overlap in time. Waking up once for both the SSB and PEI, rather than waking up separately for the SSB and PEI, saves power. A PO between two SSB bursts can be indicated by a PEI close to the first SSB burst. Alternatively, the PEI can be aligned with the SSB before the start of the PF that includes the PO. Under typical channel conditions, the UE processes only one SSB. Even if the UE processes two or more SSBs in a single wakeup, the UE still saves power.

[0079] Paging messages on the PDCCH and physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) may be transmitted on all SSB beams using the same content across the SSB beams. The PEI may also be transmitted on all SSB beams following the same beam sweeping pattern as the paging PDCCH. An idle / inactive UE may track one beam and receive the PEI and paging PDCCH / PDSCH from that beam. Example 300 shows PEI occasions in a PEI monitoring window and PDCCH MOs of POs where PDCCH communications may be received. A PEI occasion may be a set of S consecutive PDCCH MOs when nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO is not configured. S may be the number of SSBs actually transmitted, determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in system information block 1 (SIB1). The Kth PDCCH MO for PEI in the PEI occasion has the same quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption as the Kth PDCCH MO for paging in the PO. The time of the PEI occasion for the target PO may be based on the first PDCCH monitoring occasion of the PEI occasion, which may be given, for example, with respect to the Lth SSB burst before the first PDCCH MO of the target PO.

[0080] As noted above, Figure 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 3.

[0081] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example PF 400 according to the present disclosure. Example 400 illustrates PFs, some of which include one or more POs (dark boxes) and some of which do not include a PO (light boxes).

[0082] For the PEI, the UE may support DCI formats that include paging indications to UE group(s) / subgroups of the associated PO(s). The UE can support up to 8 subgroups for each PO. If N subgroups are configured for each PO and the PEI indicates M POs, the DCI size for the PEI must be at least N * There can be M. Depending on the paging frame configuration, there can be 1 to 3 PFs that overlap with the SSB after the SSB and / or before the next SSB.

[0083] For example, one bit in the DCI payload may indicate one UE subgroup of a PO or one UE group / PO. There may be a maximum amount of total bits for the paging indication field in the PEI DCI format. One PEI may be configured to indicate up to four PO(s) in a PF. A PEI may be mapped to up to three POs in a PF. A PEI may indicate POs across multiple PFs.

[0084] Depending on the SSB configuration and paging configuration, there may be SSB bursts that are close in time to or overlap with the paging PDCCH monitoring occasions of a PO. However, it is not clear how the UE should determine whether the PEI associated with the SSB contains an indication about the PO for which the UE should wake up to process PDCCH communications. Without further information, the UE may fail to process applicable PDCCH communications or wake up for more POs than necessary, which consumes additional processing resources and battery power.

[0085] As noted above, Figure 4 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 4.

[0086] 5 illustrates an example embodiment 500 of a PEI associated with an SSB in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, a network entity (e.g., base station 110) and a UE (e.g., UE 120) can communicate with each other. Example embodiment 500 illustrates an SSB transmission 502 that can be associated with a set of MOs or a PF that includes a set of MOs.

[0087] The MOs or PFs may start at different times relative to the SSB transmission 502. Paging MO or PF 504 may represent an MO or PF that starts simultaneously with the SSB transmission 502. Paging MO or PF 506 is an example of an MO or PF that starts after the SSB transmission 502 but before the end of the SSB transmission 502 or the start of the next SSB transmission. Paging MO or PF 508 is an example of an MO or PF that starts after the SSB transmission 502 ends but before the start or end of the next SSB transmission. Paging MO or PF 510 is an example of an MO or PF that starts before the start of the SSB transmission 502.

[0088] As indicated by reference numeral 515, base station 110 may transmit an SSB transmission to UE 120. The SSB transmission may include an SSB for a single beam, the PDCCH MO may refer to an SSB on the same beam, and the PEI may refer to a PEI on the same beam. Alternatively, the SSB transmission may include SSB bursts for multiple beams, the PDCCH monitoring occasion may include PDCCH MO on all beams, and the PEI may be on all beams. As indicated by reference numeral 520, base station 110 may transmit a PEI to UE 120. The SSB transmission may be associated with the PEI. That is, the time of the PEI (PEI location) may be close in time to or overlap with the SSB.

[0089] According to various aspects described herein, the UE 120 may determine whether a PEI received at a time associated with an SSB transmission (PEI location) indicates a PO to be applied to the UE 120 such that the UE 120 wakes up and processes PDCCH communication at the PO. The UE 120 may determine that a PO is applied based at least in part on how close the start time of the MO or associated PF corresponding to the PEI is to the start time of the SSB. A PF that includes a PO is associated with the PO. If the PEI indicates one or more POs in the MO or PF, the MoS or PF may correspond to the PEI. The UE 120 may compare the difference between the start times with a threshold (e.g., a maximum time difference). If the difference is less than the maximum time difference, the difference may satisfy the threshold. As indicated by reference numeral 525, the UE 120 may determine that a PEI indicates a PO to be applied to the UE 120 if the time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of the MO or associated PF satisfies a threshold. That is, UE 120 may compare the start of the SSB with the start of the MO in the PF, or may compare the start of the SSB with the start of the PF associated with (e.g., including) the MO.

[0090] The threshold may be met in one of several scenarios (e.g., a start time difference within a specified maximum time difference). For example, the threshold may be met in a scenario in which the SSB transmission 502 starts simultaneously with the MO or PF (indicated by paging MO or PF 504). The threshold may be met in a scenario in which the SSB transmission 502 starts immediately after the MO or PF (indicated by paging MO or PF 506). Due to processing delays for the SSB transmission 502, there may be a minimum time gap (e.g., in OFDM symbols) between the start of the SSB transmission 502 and the start of the paging MO or PF 504. The threshold may be met in a scenario in which the SSB transmission 502 ends before the MO or PF (indicated by paging MO or PF 508). Due to processing delays for the SSB transmission 502, there may be a minimum time gap (e.g., in OFDM symbols) between the end of the SSB transmission 502 and the start of the paging MO or PF 508. The threshold may be met in a scenario in which the SSB transmission 502 starts after an MO or PF (indicated by a paging MO or PF 510). The duration of the MO or PF, including the PO, may overlap with the SSB transmission 502. In essence, the start time difference may be compared in each of the scenarios, and if the start time difference is within a specified maximum difference, the PEI is sufficiently aligned with the SSB transmission 502, and the PO during the MO or PF indicated by the PEI is applied to the UE 120.

[0091] As indicated by reference numeral 530, base station 110 may transmit a PDCCH communication in a PO among other PDCCH communications in other POs. As indicated by reference numeral 535, UE 120, which has monitored the PO in the associated MO, may process the PDCCH communication received in the PO. By using a comparison of the SSB transmission time with the time of the MO of the PEI (one option) or the time of the PF of the PEI (another option), UE 120 may determine whether the PO indicated by the PEI applies to UE 120. As a result, UE 120 may save processing resources and battery power by waking up at the appropriate PO.

[0092] If the SSB transmission 502 is single beam, due to the per-beam association between the SSB transmission 502 and the MOs, the PEIs for two MOs of the same PO on different beams may be aligned with the SSBs in different SSB bursts because the spacing between SSBs on different beams may differ from the spacing between corresponding MOs on those beams.

[0093] As noted above, Figure 5 is given as one example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 5.

[0094] FIG. 6 illustrates an example PEI PDCCH communication 600 carrying a PEI in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0095] Within each PEI location (time), there may be a single PEI or multiple PEIs transmitted by the network. Example 600 shows PEI location 610 with two PEIs, which may be in PEI PDCCH communications 612 and 614 (e.g., DCIs). The PEI in PEI PDCCH communication 612 may indicate one or more POs in PF 616, and the PEI in PEI PDCCH communication 614 may indicate one or more POs in PF 618. Example 600 also shows PEI location 620 with PEI PDCCH communication 622, which includes a PEI indicating one or more POs in each of PFs 624 and 626.

[0096] In some aspects, the PEI PDCCH communication at the PEI location may include a PEI indicating a PO associated with the PEI location across PFs. The PO associated with the PEI location may be configured with a maximum amount of PFs. For example, the maximum amount of PFs may be 3 for an SSB periodicity of 20 ms. In some aspects, the PEI may indicate a PO with the same PF.

[0097] In some aspects, the number of POs may be determined by the maximum DCI size (e.g., 12 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits) of the PEI PDCCH. For example, the number of POs indicated by the same PEI in the PEI PDCCH may be determined based at least in part on a floor (largest integer less than or equal to) of the maximum amount of bits in the PEI PDCCH DCI divided by the number of subgroups per PO (up to 8 subgroups per PO). In short, UE 120 may determine a set of POs indicated by or associated with one or more PEI PDCCH communications at a PEI location.

[0098] In some aspects, the PEI PDCCH communication (or the PEI in the PEI PDCCH communication) may include a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of one or more PFs. The bitmap may include bits in the following order: a bit for the first indicated PF, a bit for the second indicated PF, and a bit for the third indicated PF, if possible. Within the bits for each PF, there may be a first bit for the first PO, a second bit for the second PO if possible, etc. If a subset of the POs of a PF may be indicated by the PEI bitmap, the first PO indicated by the PEI may not be the same as the first PO in the PF. Within the bits for each PO, there may be a first bit for subgroup 0, a second bit for subgroup 1 if possible, etc.

[0099] In some aspects, if two or more PEI PDCCH communications fall within the same PEI location (e.g., start time and duration), the base station 110 may transmit PEI PDCCH communications (including the PEI) in different OFDM symbols. Example 630 illustrates that PEI PDCCH communications associated with different sets of POs on the same SSB beam are transmitted first. For example, the base station 110 may transmit a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and a second PEI at the same time in the next symbol in that beam. In FIG. 6, different shading is used for different SSB beams.

[0100] Example 632 shows that PEI PDCCH communications associated with the same set of POs are transmitted across SSB beams. The PEI PDCCH communications may be transmitted across SSB beams first before repetitions of the PEI PDCCH communications are transmitted on the SSB beams. For example, when transmitting a PEI at a time (PEI time location), base station 110 may transmit a first PEI at that time in a symbol in a beam and a second PEI at that time in the next symbol in the next beam. PEI PDCCH communications associated with the same set of POs may be transmitted according to one of up to three patterns (e.g., when the PEI PDCCH communications are associated with POs within a single PF and an SSB periodicity of 20 ms). By transmitting PEIs for multiple POs within a PEI PDCCH rather than transmitting a PEI for each PO in a separate PEI PDCCH, UE 120 and base station 110 conserve processing resources, signaling resources, and power.

[0101] As noted above, Figure 6 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 6.

[0102] 7 illustrates an example process 700 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 700 is an example of a UE (e.g., UE 120) performing operations associated with using a PEI association with an SSB to determine a PO that applies to the UE.

[0103] 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include receiving an SSB transmission (block 710). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the SSB transmission as described above.

[0104] 7, in some aspects, the process 700 may include receiving the PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission (block 720). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission, as described above.

[0105] 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include determining (block 730) that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of an SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold. For example, the UE (e.g., using communications manager 140 and / or determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13) may determine that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of an SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold, as described above.

[0106] 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include processing the PDCCH communication received at the PO (block 740). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or processing component 1310 shown in FIG. 13) may process the PDCCH communication received at the PO as described above.

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

[0108] In a first embodiment, the start of the SSB transmission is coincident with the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame.

[0109] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame follows the start of an SSB transmission and precedes the start of the next SSB transmission.

[0110] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is after the end of an SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

[0111] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

[0112] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the SSB transmission comprises a single beam SSB. In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the SSB transmission comprises a multiple beam SSB burst.

[0113] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs across multiple paging frames. In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0114] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on the maximum size of the DCI that includes the PEI. In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the quantity of POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each PO subgroup.

[0115] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through tenth aspects, the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of the one or more paging frames. In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the bitmap includes bits specifying one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0116] 7 illustrates example blocks of process 700, in some aspects process 700 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks than those illustrated in FIG 7. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 700 may be performed in parallel.

[0117] 8 illustrates an example process 800 performed, for example, by a network entity, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 800 is an example in which a network entity (e.g., base station 110) performs operations associated with transmitting a PEI associated with an SSB to indicate a PO that applies to a UE.

[0118] 8, in some aspects, process 800 may include transmitting an SSB transmission to the UE (block 810). For example, a network entity (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1404 shown in FIG. 14) may transmit the SSB transmission to the UE as described above.

[0119] 8, in some aspects, process 800 may include transmitting a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to be applied to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame satisfies a threshold (block 820). For example, a network entity (e.g., using communications manager 150 and / or transmitting component 1404 shown in FIG. 14) may transmit a PEI to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a PO to be applied to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame satisfies a threshold, as described above.

[0120] 8, in some aspects, process 800 may include transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO (block 830). For example, a network entity (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1404 shown in FIG. 14) may transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in the PO, as described above.

[0121] Process 800 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0122] In a first embodiment, the start of the SSB transmission is coincident with the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame.

[0123] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame follows the start of an SSB transmission and precedes the start of the next SSB transmission.

[0124] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is after the end of an SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

[0125] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

[0126] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the SSB transmission comprises a single beam SSB. In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the SSB transmission comprises a multiple beam SSB burst.

[0127] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs across multiple paging frames. In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, transmitting the PEI includes transmitting the PEI to indicate one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0128] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighth aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0129] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the PEI indicates a quantity of PO based at least in part on the maximum size of the DCI that includes the PEI.

[0130] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through tenth aspects, the number of POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each PO subgroup.

[0131] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of one or more paging frames.

[0132] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth aspects, the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0133] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, transmitting the PEI at the time includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in the beam, and process 800 includes transmitting a second PEI at the time in a next symbol in the beam.

[0134] In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourteenth aspects, transmitting the PEI at the time includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and process 800 includes transmitting a second PEI at the time in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0135] 8 illustrates example blocks of process 800, in some aspects process 800 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 8. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 800 may be performed in parallel.

[0136] 9 illustrates an example process 900 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 900 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations related to a PEI indicating a PO in a paging frame based on a maximum amount of paging frames.

[0137] 9, in some aspects, process 900 may include receiving a PEI indicating one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames (block 910). For example, the UE may receive (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) a PEI indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames, as described above.

[0138] 9, in some aspects, process 900 may include processing a PDCCH communication received at one of the one or more POs (block 920). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the processing component 1310 shown in FIG. 13) may process the PDCCH communication received at one of the one or more POs as described above.

[0139] Process 900 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0140] In a first aspect, receiving the PEI includes receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and process 900 includes receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0141] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, receiving a PEI includes receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and process 900 includes receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

[0142] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs across multiple paging frames.

[0143] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0144] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0145] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the quantity of POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each PO subgroup.

[0146] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs.

[0147] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0148] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighth aspects, the process 900 includes receiving an SSB transmission, wherein a PEI is received at a time associated with the SSB transmission, and determining that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold.

[0149] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through ninth aspects, the start of the SSB transmission is simultaneous with the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame.

[0150] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is after the start of an SSB transmission and before the start of the next SSB transmission.

[0151] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is after the end of an SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

[0152] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twelfth aspects, the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

[0153] 9 illustrates example blocks of process 900, in some aspects process 900 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 9. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 900 may be performed in parallel.

[0154] 10 illustrates an example process 1000 performed, for example, by a network entity, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1000 is an example in which a network entity (e.g., base station 110) performs operations related to use of a PEI.

[0155] 10, in some aspects, process 1000 may include transmitting a PEI to the UE indicating one or more POs in the quantity of paging frames based at least in part on the maximum quantity of paging frames (block 1010). For example, a network entity (e.g., using communications manager 150 and / or transmitting component 1404 shown in FIG. 14) may transmit a PEI to the UE indicating one or more POs in the quantity of paging frames based at least in part on the maximum quantity of paging frames, as described above.

[0156] 10, in some aspects, process 1000 may include transmitting a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs (block 1020). For example, a network entity (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1404 shown in FIG. 14) may transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs, as described above.

[0157] Process 1000 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0158] In a first aspect, the PEI indicates one or more POs that span multiple paging frames.

[0159] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 1000 includes transmitting a PEI to indicate one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0160] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0161] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0162] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the quantity of POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each subgroup of POs.

[0163] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of one or more paging frames.

[0164] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0165] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, transmitting the PEI includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in the beam, and process 1000 includes transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

[0166] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, transmitting the PEI includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and process 1000 includes transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0167] 10 illustrates example blocks of process 1000, in some aspects process 1000 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 10. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1000 may be performed in parallel.

[0168] 11 illustrates an example process 1100 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1100 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations related to receiving a PEI.

[0169] 11, in some aspects, the process 1100 may include receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam (block 1110). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the first PEI in a symbol in a beam, as described above.

[0170] 11, in some aspects, the process 1100 may include receiving the second PEI in a next symbol in the next beam (block 1120). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the second PEI in the next symbol in the next beam, as described above.

[0171] Process 1100 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0172] In a first embodiment, the first PEI and the second PEI are initially transmitted over an SSB beam.

[0173] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the first PEI and the second PEI are associated with the same set of paging occasions.

[0174] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the first PEI indicates one or more POs in the quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0175] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the process 1100 includes processing PDCCH communication received at one PO of one or more POs.

[0176] 11 shows example blocks of process 1100, in some aspects process 1100 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks than those shown in FIG 11. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1100 may be performed in parallel.

[0177] 12 illustrates an example process 1200 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1200 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations related to receiving a PEI.

[0178] 12, in some aspects, the process 1200 may include receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam (block 1210). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the first PEI in a symbol in a beam, as described above.

[0179] 12, in some aspects, process 1200 may include receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over the synchronization signal block beam (block 1220). For example, the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) may receive the second PEI in a next symbol in the next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over the synchronization signal block beam, as described above.

[0180] Process 1200 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0181] 12 illustrates example blocks of process 1200, in some aspects process 1200 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 12. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1200 may be performed in parallel.

[0182] 13 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1300 for wireless communication. The apparatus 1300 may be a UE (e.g., UE 120), or the UE may include the apparatus 1300. In some aspects, the apparatus 1300 includes a receiving component 1302 and a transmitting component 1304, which may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 1300 may communicate with another apparatus 1306 (such as a UE, a base station, a network entity, or another wireless communication device) using the receiving component 1302 and the transmitting component 1304. As further shown, the apparatus 1300 may include a communications manager 140. The communications manager 140 may include one or more of a determining component 1308 and / or a processing component 1310, among other examples.

[0183] In some aspects, apparatus 1300 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to FIGS. 1-6. Additionally or alternatively, apparatus 1300 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 700 of FIG. 7, process 900 of FIG. 9, process 1100 of FIG. 11, process 1200 of FIG. 12, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, apparatus 1300 and / or one or more components shown in FIG. 13 may include one or more components of a UE described in connection with FIG. 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components shown in FIG. 13 may be implemented within one or more components described in connection with FIG. 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components of a set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0184] The receiving component 1302 may receive communications such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof from the device 1306. The receiving component 1302 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 1300. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) on the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 1300. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a UE as described in connection with FIG. 2 .

[0185] The transmitting component 1304 may transmit communications such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof to the device 1306. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1300 may generate communications and provide the generated communications to the transmitting component 1304 for transmission to the device 1306. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to the device 1306. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a UE as described in connection with FIG. 2 . In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may be co-located with the receiving component 1302 in a transceiver.

[0186] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive an SSB transmission. The receiving component 1302 may receive a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The determining component 1308 may determine that the PEI indicates a PO to apply to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold. The processing component 1310 may process the PDCCH communication received at the PO.

[0187] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive a PEI indicating one or more POs in terms of the quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames. The processing component 1310 may process PDCCH communications received in one of the one or more POs. The receiving component 1302 may receive an SSB transmission, and the PEI is received at a time associated with the SSB transmission. The determining component 1308 may determine that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold.

[0188] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam. The receiving component 1302 may receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam. The processing component 1310 may process PDCCH communications received in one of the one or more POs.

[0189] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, where the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over a synchronization signal block beam.

[0190] The number and arrangement of components shown in Figure 13 is given as an example. In practice, there may be additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged components compared to those shown in Figure 13. Furthermore, two or more components shown in Figure 13 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Figure 13 may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, a set of components shown in Figure 13 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components shown in Figure 13.

[0191] 14 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1400 for wireless communication. The apparatus 1400 may be a network entity (e.g., a base station 110), or the network entity may include the apparatus 1400. In some aspects, the apparatus 1400 includes a receiving component 1402 and a transmitting component 1404, which may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 1400 may communicate with another apparatus 1406 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using the receiving component 1402 and the transmitting component 1404. As further shown, the apparatus 1400 may include a communications manager 150. The communications manager 150 may include a generating component 1408, among other examples.

[0192] In some aspects, device 1400 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to FIGS. 1-6. Additionally or alternatively, device 1400 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 800 of FIG. 8, process 1000 of FIG. 10, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, device 1400 and / or one or more components shown in FIG. 14 may include one or more components of a network entity described in connection with FIG. 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components shown in FIG. 14 may be implemented within one or more components described with respect to FIG. 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components of a set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0193] The receiving component 1402 may receive communications such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof from the device 1406. The receiving component 1402 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 1400. In some aspects, the receiving component 1402 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) on the received communications and may provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 1400. In some aspects, the receiving component 1402 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of the base stations described in connection with FIG.

[0194] The transmitting component 1404 may transmit communications such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof to the device 1406. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1400 may generate communications and provide the generated communications to the transmitting component 1404 for transmission to the device 1406. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1404 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) on the generated communications and may transmit the processed signals to the device 1406. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1404 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of the base station described in connection with FIG. 2. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1404 may be co-located with the receiving component 1402 in a transceiver.

[0195] The transmitting component 1404 may transmit the SSB transmission to the UE. The generating component 1408 may generate a PEI at a time associated with the SSB transmission, where the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame meets a threshold. The transmitting component 1404 may transmit the PEI to the UE. The transmitting component 1404 may transmit a PDCCH communication for the UE at the PO.

[0196] The number and arrangement of components shown in Figure 14 is given as one example. In practice, there may be additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged components than those shown in Figure 14. Furthermore, two or more of the components shown in Figure 14 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Figure 14 may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, a set of components shown in Figure 14 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components shown in Figure 14.

[0197] FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a non-aggregated base station 1500 in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0198] The deployment of a communication system, such as a 5G NR system, can be configured in multiple ways with various components or parts. In a 5G NR system or network, network equipment, such as a network node, network entity, network mobility element, Radio Access Network (RAN) node, core network node, network element, or base station, or one or more units (or one or more components) performing base station functionality, can be implemented in an aggregated or disaggregated architecture. For example, a BS (e.g., a Node B, evolved NB (eNB), NR BS, 5G NB, access point (AP), TRP, or cell, etc.) can be implemented as an aggregated base station (also known as a standalone BS or monolithic BS) or a disaggregated base station.

[0199] An aggregation base station may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node. A non-aggregation base station may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed between two or more units (e.g., one or more CUs, one or more DUs, or one or more RUs). In some aspects, a CU may be implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU or alternatively geographically or virtually distributed across one or more other RAN nodes. A DU may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU, and RU may be implemented as a virtual unit (e.g., a virtual central unit (VCU), a virtual distributed unit (VDU), or a virtual radio unit (VRU)).

[0200] The operation of a base station type or network design may take into account the aggregation characteristics of base station functions. For example, a disaggregated base station may be utilized in an IAB network, an open radio access network (O-RAN, such as the network configuration supported by the O-RAN Alliance), or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN, also known as Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN)). Disaggregation may include distributing functions across two or more units in various physical locations, as well as virtually distributing functions for at least one unit, which may allow flexibility in network design. Various units of a disaggregated base station, or a disaggregated RAN architecture, may be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit.

[0201] The unaggregated base station 1500 architecture may include one or more CUs 1510, which may communicate directly with the core network 1520 via a backhaul link or indirectly with the core network 1520 via one or more unaggregated base station units (such as a quasi-RT RIC 1525 via an E2 link, or a non-RT RIC 1515 associated with a service management and orchestration (SMO) framework 1505, or both). The CUs 1510 may communicate with one or more DUs 1530 via respective midhaul links, such as an F1 interface. The DUs 1530 may communicate with one or more RUs 1540 via respective fronthaul links. The fronthaul links, midhaul links, and backhaul links may be generally referred to as “communication links.” The RUs 1540 may communicate with respective UEs 120 via one or more RF access links. In some aspects, a UE 120 may be served by multiple RUs 1540 simultaneously. The DU 1530 and the RU 1540 may also be referred to as the "O-RAN DU (O-DU)" and "O-RAN RU (O-RU)," respectively. A network entity may include a CU, a DU, an RU, or any combination of a CU, a DU, and an RU. A network entity may include one or more components of a non-aggregated base station, such as a non-aggregated base station, or any combination of a CU, a DU, an RU, or a CU, a DU, and an RU. A network entity may also include one or more of a TRP, a relay station, a passive device, an intelligent reflective surface (IRS), or other component that may provide a network interface for or service a UE, a mobile station, a sensor / actuator, or other wireless device.

[0202] Each of the units (e.g., the CU 1510, the DU 1530, the RU 1540, and the quasi-RT RIC 1525, the non-RT RIC 1515, and the SMO framework 1505) may include or be coupled to one or more interfaces configured to receive or transmit signals, data, or information (collectively, signals) over a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller that provides instructions to the unit's communication interface, may be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units over a transmission medium. For example, a unit may include a wired interface configured to receive or transmit signals to one or more of the other units over a wired transmission medium. In addition, a unit may include a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver (such as an RF transceiver), configured to receive and / or transmit signals to one or more of the other units over the wireless transmission medium.

[0203] In some aspects, the CU 1510 can host one or more higher-layer control functions. Such control functions may include Radio Resource Control (RRC), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP), etc. Each control function may implement an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 1510. The CU 1510 may be configured to handle user plane functions (i.e., Central Unit-User Plane (CU-UP)), control plane functions (i.e., Central Unit-Control Plane (CU-CP)), or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CU 1510 may be logically divided into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. When implemented in an O-RAN configuration, the CU-UP units may communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP units via an interface, such as an E1 interface. The CU 1510 may be implemented to communicate with the DU 1530, as needed, for network control and signaling.

[0204] The DU 1530 may correspond to a logical unit including one or more base station functions for controlling the operation of one or more RUs 1540. In some aspects, the DU 1530 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more upper physical (PHY) layers (such as modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation, demodulation, etc.) at least in part according to a functional division such as that defined by 3GPP. In some aspects, the DU 1530 may further host one or more lower PHY layers. Each layer (or module) may implement an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 1530 or to communicate signals with control functions hosted by the CU 1510.

[0205] The lower layer functions may be implemented by one or more RUs 1540. In some deployments, the RUs 1540 controlled by the DU 1530 may correspond to logical nodes hosting RF processing functions, lower PHY layer functions (such as performing fast Fourier transforms (FFTs), inverse FFTs (iFFTs), digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, etc.), or both, based at least in part on a functional division, such as a lower layer functional division. In such an architecture, the RU(s) 1540 may be implemented to handle over-the-air (OTA) communications with one or more UEs 120. In some implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control plane and user plane communications with the RU 1540 may be controlled by the corresponding DU 1530. In some scenarios, this configuration may enable the DU 1530 and CU 1510 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.

[0206] The SMO framework 1505 can be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO framework 1505 can be configured to support deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements, which can be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (such as an O1 interface). For virtualized network elements, the SMO framework 1505 can be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-cloud) 1590) to perform network element lifecycle management (such as instantiating virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an O2 interface). Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, the CU 1510, the DU 1530, the RU 1540, and the quasi-RT RIC 1525. In some implementations, the SMO framework 1505 can communicate with hardware aspects of a 4G RAN, such as the open eNB (O-eNB) 1511, via the O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO framework 1505 can communicate directly with one or more RUs 1540 via an O1 interface. The SMO framework 1505 may also include a non-RT RIC 1515 configured to support the functionality of the SMO framework 1505.

[0207] The non-RT RIC 1515 can be configured to include logical functions that enable non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI / ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy-based guidance of applications / functions in the quasi-RT RIC 1525. The non-RT RIC 1515 can be coupled to or communicate with the quasi-RT RIC 1525 (e.g., via an A1 interface). The quasi-RT RIC 1525 can be configured to include logical functions that enable near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources through data collection and action via interfaces (e.g., via an E2 interface) that connect one or more CUs 1510, one or more DUs 1530, or both, and the O-eNB to the quasi-RT RIC 1525.

[0208] In some implementations, the non-RT RIC 1515 can receive parameters or external enrichment information from an external server to generate AI / ML models for deployment in the quasi-RT RIC 1525. Such information can be utilized by the quasi-RT RIC 1525 and can be received at the SMO framework 1505 or the non-RT RIC 1515 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some embodiments, the non-RT RIC 1515 or the quasi-RT RIC 1525 can be configured to adjust RAN behavior or performance. For example, the non-RT RIC 1515 can employ AI / ML models to monitor long-term trends and patterns in performance and take corrective action through the SMO framework 1505 (e.g., reconfiguration via O1) or through the creation of RAN management policies (e.g., A1 policies).

[0209] As noted above, Figure 15 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 15.

[0210] The following provides a summary of some aspects of the disclosure. Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission; receiving a paging early indication (PEI) at a time associated with the SSB transmission; determining that the PEI indicates a paging occasion (PO) applicable to the UE if a time difference between the start of the SSB transmission and the start of a monitoring occasion or associated paging frame meets a threshold; and processing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication received in the PO.

[0211] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, wherein the start of the SSB transmission is simultaneous with the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame.

[0212] Aspect 3: The method of aspect 1, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is after the start of an SSB transmission and before the start of the next SSB transmission.

[0213] Aspect 4: The method of aspect 1, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or associated paging frame is after the end of an SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

[0214] Aspect 5: The method of aspect 1, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

[0215] Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 1 to 5, wherein the SSB transmission includes SSB for a single beam.

[0216] Aspect 7: The method of any of aspects 1 to 5, wherein the SSB transmission includes SSB bursts for multiple beams.

[0217] Aspect 8: The method of any of aspects 1 to 7, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs that span multiple paging frames.

[0218] Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 1 to 7, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0219] Embodiment 10: The method of any of embodiments 1 to 9, wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0220] Embodiment 11: The method of embodiment 10, wherein the quantity of the POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each subgroup of POs.

[0221] Embodiment 12: The method of any of embodiments 1 to 11, wherein the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of the one or more paging frames.

[0222] Embodiment 13: The method of embodiment 12, wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0223] Aspect 14: A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, the method including: transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission to a user equipment (UE); transmitting a paging early indication (PEI) to the UE at a time associated with the SSB transmission, the PEI indicating a paging occasion (PO) to be applied to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame meets a threshold; and transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication for the UE at the PO.

[0224] Aspect 15: The method of aspect 14, wherein the start of the SSB transmission is simultaneous with the start of the monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame.

[0225] Aspect 16: The method of aspect 14, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is after the start of an SSB transmission and before the start of the next SSB transmission.

[0226] Aspect 17: The method of aspect 14, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is after the end of an SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

[0227] Aspect 18: The method of aspect 14, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

[0228] Example 19: The method of any one of examples 14 to 18, wherein the SSB transmission includes SSB for a single beam.

[0229] Aspect 20: The method of any of aspects 14 to 18, wherein the SSB transmission includes SSB bursts for multiple beams.

[0230] Aspect 21: The method of any of aspects 14 to 20, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs that span multiple paging frames.

[0231] Aspect 22: The method of aspect 21, wherein transmitting the PEI includes transmitting the PEI to indicate one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0232] Aspect 23: The method of any of aspects 14 to 22, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

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[0062] Aspect 24: The method of any of aspects 14 to 23, wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0234] Embodiment 25: The method of embodiment 24, wherein the quantity of the POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each subgroup of POs.

[0235] Embodiment 26: The method of any one of embodiments 14 to 25, wherein the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of the one or more paging frames.

[0236] Embodiment 27: The method of embodiment 26, wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0237] Aspect 28: A method as described in any of aspects 14 to 27, wherein transmitting a PEI at the time includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in the beam, and the method further includes transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam at the time.

[0238] Aspect 29: A method as described in any of aspects 14 to 27, wherein transmitting a PEI at the time includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the method further includes transmitting a second PEI at the time in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0239] Aspect 30: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method including: receiving a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; and processing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication received at one of the one or more POs.

[0240] Aspect 31: A method as described in aspect 30, wherein receiving a PEI includes receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the method further includes receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0241] Aspect 32: A method as described in aspect 30, wherein receiving a PEI includes receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the method further includes receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

[0242] Embodiment 33: The method of any of embodiments 30 to 32, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs that span multiple paging frames.

[0243] Embodiment 34: The method of any of embodiments 30 to 32, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0244] Embodiment 35: The method of any of embodiments 30 to 34, wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0245] Embodiment 36: The method of embodiment 35, wherein the quantity of the POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each subgroup of POs.

[0246] Embodiment 37: The method of any of embodiments 30 to 36, wherein the PEI comprises a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs.

[0247] Embodiment 38: The method of embodiment 37, wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0248] Aspect 39: A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, the method including: transmitting a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; and transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication for a user equipment (UE) in one of the one or more POs.

[0249] Embodiment 40: The method of embodiment 39, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs spanning multiple paging frames.

[0250] Aspect 41: The method of aspect 39 or 40, further comprising transmitting a PEI to indicate one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0251] Aspect 42: The method described in aspect 39, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

[0252] Embodiment 43: The method of any of embodiments 39 to 42, wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

[0253] Embodiment 44: The method of embodiment 43, wherein the quantity of the POs is further based at least in part on the quantity of each subgroup of POs.

[0254] Embodiment 45: The method of any of embodiments 39 to 44, wherein the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of the one or more paging frames.

[0255] Embodiment 46: The method of embodiment 45, wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

[0256] Aspect 47: A method as described in any of aspects 39 to 46, wherein transmitting the PEI includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in the beam, and the method includes transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

[0257] Aspect 48: A method described in any of aspects 39 to 46, wherein transmitting the PEI includes transmitting a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the method includes transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0258] Aspect 50: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method including receiving a first PEI in a symbol in a beam and receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

[0259] Aspect 51: The method described in aspect 50, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are initially transmitted over a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam.

[0260] Aspect 52: The method of aspect 50 or 51, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are associated with the same set of paging occasions.

[0261] Aspect 53: The method of any of aspects 50 to 52, wherein the first PEI indicates one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames that is based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

[0262] Aspect 54: The method of any of aspects 50 to 52, wherein the method further comprises processing a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication received at one of the one or more POs.

[0263] Aspect 55: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising receiving a first paging early indication (PEI) in a symbol in a beam and receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received over a synchronization signal block beam.

[0264] Aspect 56: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform a method described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0265] Aspect 57: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the device to perform a method described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0266] Aspect 58: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform the methods described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0267] Aspect 59: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing the method described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0268] Aspect 60: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the methods described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0269] Aspect 61: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform a method described in one or more of aspects 1 to 55.

[0270] The above disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the embodiments.

[0271] As used herein, the term “component” shall be broadly construed as hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. “Software” shall be broadly construed to mean, among other examples, instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, and / or functions, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. As used herein, a “processor” is implemented in hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented in different forms of hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and / or methods is not limiting. Accordingly, the operation and behavior of the systems and / or methods will be described herein without reference to specific software code, as those skilled in the art will understand that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and / or methods based at least in part on the description herein.

[0272] As used herein, "meeting a threshold" can refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0273] Even if particular combinations of features are recited in the claims and / or disclosed herein, those combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. Many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and / or disclosed herein. The disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim within the claim set. As used herein, a phrase referring to "at least one of" a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, "at least one of a, b, or c" is intended to encompass a, b, c, a+b, a+c, b+c, and a+b+c, as well as any combination having multiple identical elements (e.g., a+a, a+a+a, a+a+b, a+a+c, a+b+b, a+c+c, b+b, b+b+b, b+b+c, c+c, and c+c+c, or any other order of a, b, and c).

[0274] No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or required unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles "a" and "an" are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with "one or more." Further, as used herein, the article "the" is intended to include one or more items referred to in connection with the article "the" and may be used interchangeably with "one or more." Further, as used herein, the terms "set" and "group" are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with "on or more." Where only one item is intended, the phrase "only one" or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, terms such as "has," "have," and "having" are intended to be open-ended terms that do not limit the elements they modify (e.g., an element that "has" A can also have B). Furthermore, the phrase "based on" is intended to mean "based at least in part on," unless expressly stated otherwise. Also, as used herein, the term "or" is intended to be inclusive when used consecutively and may be used interchangeably with "and / or" unless expressly stated otherwise (e.g., when used in combination with "either" or "only one of").

Claims

1. 1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; Equipped with The memory, in the UE, receiving a Paging Early Indicator (PEI) indicating one or more Paging Occasions (POs) in a plurality of paging frames at a PEI location associated with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) transmission, the PEI indicating one or more Paging Occasions (POs) in a plurality of paging frames, the quantity of the plurality of paging frames being based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; processing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications received in one of the one or more POs; instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause A UE, wherein receiving the PEI includes receiving a first PEI at a certain symbol in a certain beam and receiving a second PEI at a next symbol in a next beam, and the first PEI and the second PEI are received across SSB beams.

2. 2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the instructions associated with receiving the PEI are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

3. 2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the instructions associated with receiving the PEI are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to receive a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs spanning multiple paging frames.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the quantity of POs is further based at least in part on a quantity of subgroups of each PO.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PEI includes a bitmap having bits indicating the one or more POs.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

10. The instructions to the UE: receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission, the PEI being received at a time associated with the SSB transmission; determining that the PEI indicates a PO that applies to the UE if a time difference between a start of the SSB transmission and a start of a monitoring occasion or an associated paging frame satisfies a threshold; The UE of claim 8 , further executable by the one or more processors to:

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the start of the SSB transmission is simultaneous with the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is after the start of the SSB transmission and before the start of the next SSB transmission.

13. 11. The UE of claim 10, wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is after the end of the SSB transmission and before the end of the next SSB transmission.

14. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the start of the monitoring occasion or the associated paging frame is before the start of the SSB transmission.

15. A network entity for wireless communications, comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; Equipped with The memory may include: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a plurality of paging frames at a paging early indication (PEI) location associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission, wherein a quantity of the plurality of paging frames is based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; Transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communication for the UE in one of the one or more POs; instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause A network entity, wherein transmitting the PEI includes transmitting a first PEI in a certain symbol in a certain beam and transmitting a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, and the first PEI and the second PEI are transmitted across SSB beams.

16. The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs that span multiple paging frames.

17. 16. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the instructions associated with transmitting the PEI are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit the PEI to indicate one or more POs in a quantity of paging frames that is based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

18. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the PEI indicates one or more POs within the same paging frame.

19. The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the PEI indicates a quantity of POs based at least in part on a maximum size of downlink control information that includes the PEI.

20. 20. The network entity of claim 19, wherein the quantity of POs is further based at least in part on a quantity of subgroups of each PO.

21. 16. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the PEI comprises a bitmap having bits indicating one or more POs for each of one or more paging frames.

22. 22. The network entity of claim 21, wherein the bitmap includes bits that specify one or more subgroups for each of the one or more POs.

23. 16. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the instructions associated with transmitting the PEI are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a second PEI in a next symbol in the beam.

24. 16. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the instructions associated with transmitting the PEI are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a first PEI in a symbol in a beam, and the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to transmit a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam.

25. 1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; Equipped with The memory, in the UE, receiving a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a plurality of paging frames at a paging early indication (PEI) location associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission, the quantity of the plurality of paging frames being based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; receiving a first paging early indication (PEI) in a symbol in the beam; receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam; receiving, processing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications received in one of the one or more POs; instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause The UE, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are initially received across an SSB beam.

26. 26. The UE of claim 25, wherein the first PEI and the second PEI are associated with the same set of paging occasions.

27. 26. The UE of claim 25, wherein the first PEI indicates one or more paging occasions (POs) in a quantity of paging frames based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames.

28. 26. The UE of claim 25, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to process Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) communications received in one of the one or more POs.

29. 1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; Equipped with The memory, in the UE, receiving a paging early indication (PEI) indicating one or more paging occasions (POs) in a plurality of paging frames at a paging early indication (PEI) location associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission, the quantity of the plurality of paging frames being based at least in part on a maximum quantity of paging frames; receiving a first paging early indication (PEI) in a symbol in the beam; receiving a second PEI in a next symbol in a next beam, the first PEI and the second PEI being initially received across a synchronization signal block beam; receiving, processing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) communications received in one of the one or more POs; and instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to perform the following.

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