US 11,729,632 B2
Beam refinement reference signal before paging DCI reception
Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Iyab Issam Sakhnini, San Diego, CA (US); and Jelena Damnjanovic, Del Mar, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,250.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,845, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409968 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communications, comprising, at a UE:
receiving at least one transmission indicating a beam refinement reference signal transmitted prior to a paging physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion;
receiving the beam refinement reference signal prior to the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the at least one transmission; and
receiving a downlink control information on the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the beam refinement reference signal.