| CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving a Paging Early Indicator (PEI) message including a PEI under an idle mode by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, wherein a format of the PEI message includes a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format, and wherein the DCI format of the PEI message is a new DCI format and at least one bit of the PEI message is configured as the PEI; and
determining whether to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled with Paging-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P-RNTI) at a Paging Occasion (PO) by the UE according to the PEI.
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