US 12,335,869 B2
Systems and methods for paging early indication and paging subgrouping
Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); and Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,308.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232325 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0229 (2013.01) [H04W 52/0245 (2013.01); H04W 52/0261 (2013.01); H04W 68/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
a set of one or more transceivers; and
a processor configured to,
transmit, via the set of one or more transceivers, UE assistance information including a set of preferred time offsets between receipt of a paging early indication (PEI) by the UE and receipt of a paging occasion (PO) by the UE, the set of preferred time offsets including a preferred time offset;
transition from a sleep state to an awake state prior to the PO;
monitor for the PEI via the set of one or more transceivers, after transitioning to the awake state;
when the PEI is received after transitioning to the awake state and the PEI indicates the PO does not include a page for the UE, transition from the awake state to the sleep state; and
when the PEI is not received after transitioning to the awake state, or when the PEI indicates the PO includes the page for the UE, remain in the awake state to monitor the PO.