| CPC H04W 68/005 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 52/52 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01)] | 15 Claims | 

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               1. A method performed by a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: 
            receiving, from a base station, a system information block (SIB) configuring an idle/inactive state reference signal (IRS) resource for an idle state or an inactive state, wherein an IRS availability indication is enabled based on a configuration in the SIB; 
                receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI includes the IRS availability indication indicating presence of an IRS in a specific time interval in case that the configuration enables the IRS availability indication and the IRS is received according to an IRS type B; and 
                receiving, from the base station, the IRS in the specific time interval while the idle state or the inactive state, 
                wherein the specific time interval is determined based on a reception timing of the DCI including IRS availability indication and a paging cycle, and 
                wherein: 
              one of an IRS type A or the IRS type B is determined based on a periodicity of the IRS, 
                  the IRS type A is defined as a type in which the IRS is always present in IRS occasions, and 
                  the IRS type B is defined as a type in which the IRS is present or not present in the IRS occasions. 
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