Reduced beam for paging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12581455-B2
Application number	US-202217890137-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2022
Priority date	Aug 17, 2022
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. For example, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel. The UE may determine a position of the UE relative to a network entity. The UE may determine, based on the position of the UE, a subset of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message. The subset of beams may be less than a quantity of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of beams may include the position of the UE. The UE may monitor, based on receiving the paging indication, the subset of beams over a physical downlink shared channel for the paging message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more processors; one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel;
determine a position of the UE relative to a network entity based at least in part on a position history of the UE;
determine a plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message;
receive one or more first synchronization signal blocks in a subset of the plurality of beams;
receive, after reception of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks, one or more second synchronization signal blocks in one or more beams of the plurality of beams other than the subset of the plurality of beams;
determine, based at least in part on the position of the UE and reception of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks in the subset of the plurality of beams, the subset of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message, wherein a quantity of the subset of the plurality of beams is less than a quantity of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of the plurality of beams includes the position of the UE; and
monitor, based at least in part on receiving the paging indication, the subset of the plurality of beams over a physical downlink shared channel for the paging message.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication that the network entity is to transmit the paging message using the subset of the plurality of beams.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive direction information indicating one or more spatial directions in which the paging message will be transmitted.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the direction information comprises an indication of a maximum number of synchronization signal blocks, an indication of a quantity of synchronization signal blocks transmitted in a cell associated with the UE, an indication of a quantity of spatial directions, a list of spatial directions in which the paging message is to be transmitted, a list of spatial directions in which the paging message will not be transmitted, or any combination thereof.

5 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the direction information be received based at least in part on a trigger event.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit position information associated with the UE, wherein determining the subset of the plurality of beams is based at least in part on the position information.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the position information comprises an orientation of the UE, a location of the UE, an indication of one or more synchronization signal block beams detected by the UE, a mobility state of the UE, or any combination thereof.

8 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit the position information based at least in part on a trigger event.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication that a cell associated with the one or more first synchronization signal blocks supports transmission of the paging message over the subset of the plurality of beams.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
monitor the subset of the plurality of beams in a monitoring order that corresponds to an order of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks.

11 . An apparatus for wireless communication at network entity, comprising:
one or more processors; one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit a paging indication over a physical downlink control channel;
determine a position of a user equipment (UE) relative to the network entity based at least in part on a position history of the UE;
determine a plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting a paging message;
transmit one or more first synchronization signal blocks in a subset of the plurality of beams;
transmit, after transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks, one or more second synchronization signal blocks in one or more beams of the plurality of beams other than the subset of the plurality of beams;
determine, based at least in part on the position of the UE and transmission of the one or more first synchronization signal blocks in the subset of the plurality of beams, the subset of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message, wherein a quantity of the subset of the plurality of beams is less than a quantity of the plurality of beams available to the network entity for transmitting the paging message and a coverage area of the subset of the plurality of beams includes the position of the UE; and
transmit, over the subset of the plurality of beams and based at least in part on transmitting the paging indication, the paging message over a physical downlink shared channel.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit an indication that the network entity is to transmit the paging message using the subset of the plurality of beams.

13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit direction information indicating one or more spatial directions in which the paging message will be transmitted.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the direction information comprises an indication of a maximum number of synchronization signal blocks, an indication of a quantity of synchronization signal blocks transmitted in a cell associated with the UE, an indication of a quantity of spatial directions, a list of spatial directions in which the paging message is to be transmitted, a list of spatial directions in which the paging message will not be transmitted, or any combination thereof.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein
the direction information be received based at least in part on a trigger event.

16 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive position information associated with the UE, wherein determining the subset of the plurality of beams is based at least in part on the position information.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the position information comprises an orientation of the UE, a location of the UE, an indication of one or more synchronization signal block beams detected by the UE, a mobility state of the UE, or any combination thereof.

18 . The appara

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Hasanzadezonuzy Aria
• Abedini Navid
• Luo Jianghong
• Akl Naeem
• Dimou Konstantinos
• Luo Tao

Classifications

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W68/04

  multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data · CPC title

• H04W68/02

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W68/00 Primary

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title