US 12,477,515 B2
Downlink control information-based paging early indicator
Yi-Ju Liao, Hsin-Chu (TW); Chi-Hsuan Hsieh, Hsin-Chu (TW); Wei-De Wu, Hsin-Chu (TW); and Li-Chuan Tseng, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Assigned to MediaTek Inc., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by MediaTek INC., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/091,845.
Application 18/091,845 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/005158, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,189, filed on Jul. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146553 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.