Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to synchronization for standalone long term evolution (LTE) broadcast. In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a wireless device such as a user equipment (UE). The method generally monitoring, within anchor subframes occurring at a first periodicity, for synchronization signals of a first type, obtaining an indication of one or more unicast subframes scheduled to occur between anchor subframes, and obtaining an indication of one or more broadcast subframes scheduled to occur between anchor subframes.

Abstract: A method of verifying availability of a mobile subscriber station that is in an idle-mode includes requesting to a base station by the mobile subscriber station to enter an idle-mode, wherein the base station is associated with a paging group comprising a plurality of base stations, and receiving from the base station an idle-mode response command to enter the idle-mode. The method also includes receiving from the base station a paging command comprising an action code associated with performing ranging while the mobile subscriber station is in the idle-mode to verify availability of the mobile subscriber station with respect to the base station, wherein if the ranging is not successfully performed with the base station during a predetermined period, the base station continues to transmit the paging command until a paging retrial count reaches a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives, from a network node, a paging message indicative of Mobile-terminated Early Data Transmission (MT-EDT). Responsive to receiving the paging message, the UE determines a validity of a timing parameter associated with one or more Preconfigured Uplink Resources (PUR). The UE determines, based on the validity, whether to initiate a Random Access (RA) procedure for MT-EDT or to initiate a transmission using the one or more PURs.

Abstract: A method for a terminal receiving a paging message can comprise the steps of: receiving first downlink control information (DCI); and determining whether or not a paging indicator field is comprised in the first DCI.

Abstract: An MEC node, by analyzing signaling information transmitted between each of a plurality of eNBs and an MME, collects at least one of information indicating a mobility state and information indicating a communication state of a UE present within cells of the plurality of base stations. The MEC node decides a paging range based on the information collected as above upon receiving a paging message for paging the UE, the paging message having been transmitted by MME to one or more eNBs in accordance with a predetermined paging policy. The MEC node transmits a paging message for paging the UE to each eNB present in the decided paging range.

Abstract: A gateway device detects a trigger associated with a device and, in response, identifies an application service associated with the device, obtains a traffic network policy associated with the application service, and obtains a network access token based on the traffic network policy. The network access token facilitates validating and/or mapping a downlink data packet obtained at the gateway device in user-plane traffic that is destined for the device. The network access token is sent to an entity in control-plane signaling. Subsequently, the gateway device obtains a downlink data packet including the network access token. The gateway device verifies the network access token and/or maps the downlink data packet to the device using data obtained from the network access token. The network access token may be removed from the downlink data packet before the downlink data packet is sent to the device according to the mapping.

Abstract: A method of communicating data between a radio network infrastructure and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises establishing at a radio network infrastructure element there is data available for communication between the radio network infrastructure and the terminal device and transmitting a paging message for the terminal device from the radio network infrastructure element. The paging message comprises an indication of an identifier for the terminal device and an indication of a network allocated resource for use in subsequently communicating the data between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device. In response to receiving the paging message the terminal device transmits to the radio network infrastructure element a paging response indicating the terminal device received the paging message, after which the data is communicated between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device using the network allocated resource.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for efficient idle mode wakeup for wireless devices supporting an enhanced coverage mode and a normal coverage mode in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may camp on a cellular base station in idle mode. The wireless device may monitor a control channel associated with the normal coverage mode during a paging occasion. The wireless device may also monitor a control channel associated with the enhanced coverage mode during the paging occasion if a paging indication is not successfully decoded on the control channel associated with the normal coverage mode.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of a paging message, a communication device, a network-side device, and a user equipment are provided. The method of determining a position of a paging message includes determining a position of a paging message on a communication resource, where the location causes paging occasions of two consecutive paging messages to use different communication resources, and the communication resource includes at least one of following: a time-domain resource, a frequency-domain resource, a spatial domain resource, a code-domain resource.

Abstract: A method to improve paging process by including additional backup paging opportunities in new radio unlicensed (NR-U) systems is proposed. To cope with the downlink transmission impairments arising from possible listen-before-talk (LBT) failures, NR-U user equipment (UE) can listen the additional paging opportunities (POs) to get the paging message. In an efficient mechanism, additional backup paging opportunities are configured while minimizing the UE's power consumption. The invention also reduces UE's power consumption by configuring short and micro sleep cycles between successive backup paging opportunities. In addition, to avoid continuous listening to the backup paging opportunities, paging monitoring can be suspended for a UE if the LBT is successful and the paging is not intended for the UE.

Abstract: A method in a network node (115) comprises obtaining (704) a length of a paging transmission window (PTW) (515) within a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of a first type (505) configured in a first cell, and obtaining (708) at least one of a number of DRX cycles of a second type (525) remaining within the PTW with respect to a reference time in the first cell and an amount of time remaining within the PTW starting from the reference time. The method comprises determining (712) whether a paging message can be transmitted in the first cell based on the obtained at least one of the number of DRX cycles of the second type remaining within the PTW with respect to the reference time in the first cell and the amount of time remaining within the PTW starting from the reference time.

Abstract: A method for reducing a likelihood of paging all base stations in the tracking area is disclosed, comprising: tracking a per-cell paging success rate for cells in the radio access network and a last known cell for mobile devices attached in the radio access network; performing, based on a paging request message, a paging sequence to identify a paging set of base stations to page the specific mobile device, the paging sequence further comprising: identifying a paging set that is a last known cell for the specific mobile device based on the tracked last known cell, sending paging messages to the radio access network to all cells in the paging set, identifying a next paging set based on the tracked per-cell paging success rate, and sending paging messages to the radio access network to all cells in the next paging set.

Abstract: Provided are a data transmission method, a base station, and a terminal. The data transmission method includes: determining whether a terminal is in an idle mode and/or an inactive mode; when the terminal is in the idle mode and/or the inactive mode, sending a wake-up signaling to the terminal.

Abstract: A base station receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first paging message for a wireless device. The first paging message comprises a parameter indicating whether the wireless device is allowed to access a non-closed access group (CAG) cell. The base station sends, via a cell, a second paging message based on the first paging message, wherein the sending is based on the parameter.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for communicating control data indicative of the capability of RF receiver equipment in wireless telecommunications devices. The control data is then used to allocate transmission resources to the telecommunications devices (including MTC-type terminals). Where a virtual carrier is established to carry data for a given MTC-type device, the position of the centre frequency for that virtual carrier is assigned on the basis of both the capability of the RF receiver equipment of that terminal and the degree of traffic congestion on the frequency band at which the virtual carrier has been established.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system is provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for effectively performing cell reselection in a wireless communication system. The disclosure relates to an operation method for a terminal in a wireless communication system, and the method includes determining to initiate a cell reselection in a radio resource control inactive state (RRC_Inactive state), discovering for a first cell that satisfies a first condition and a second condition, among a plurality of neighboring cells, if the first cell is discovered, camping on the first cell, and if the first cell is not discovered, camping on a second cell that satisfies the first condition and does not satisfy the second condition, among the plurality of neighboring cells, wherein the terminal is in the RRC_Inactive state.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: determining the occurrence of a change in System Information; determining whether or not the System Information was transmitted to a user equipment by at least one network apparatus during a time period immediately prior to determining said occurrence; and causing an indication of the occurrence of said change to be transmitted to the user equipment when it is determined that the System Information was transmitted to the user equipment within the time period.

Abstract: Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application is a method, network node, and terminal device for wireless communication. The method comprises: acquiring by a first network node, a working bandwidth capability of at least one terminal device to be paged; and sending by the first network node, according to the working bandwidth capability of the at least one terminal device, a paging message to the at least one terminal device. The method, the network node and the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can effectively improve scheduling flexibility of paging messages.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for predicting paging failure information. One method (700) includes predicting (702) paging failure information. The method (700) includes, in response to predicting the paging failure information, transmitting (704) a paging failure alert message to a first network unit (104). The paging failure alert message is used to determine inactive assistance information that is transmitted to a second network unit (104).

Abstract: Endpoints, such as telephones, on a communication network may request an interactive communication with another endpoint. While the request is being processed, the calling endpoint may receive a call from the called endpoint. Systems and methods are provided that automatically allow one endpoint to accept the incoming call, such as by joining the two calls, and terminating their outbound call. As a result, endpoints attempting to call each other may be connected with a single call without requiring any endpoint to be routed to voicemail due to their called endpoint being busy. Additionally, arbitration rules may be provided to resolve any “race condition” where both endpoints would otherwise each accept or each decline their incoming call.

Abstract: Various examples and schemes pertaining to narrowband reference signal (NRS) transmission on non-anchor carriers in narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) are described. A wireless network indicates a subset of one or more paging groups of user equipment (UEs) among a plurality of UEs in an NB-IoT cell. The wireless network then transmits one or more narrowband reference signals (NRSs) in one or more paging frames or one or more paging occasions associated with the subset of one or more paging groups.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for periodically transmitting a first set of signals (e.g., reference signals) during an on-period of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle rather than during an off-period of the DRX cycle. Such techniques may enable a user equipment (UE) operating in a DRX mode to conserve additional power during the DRX cycle. A periodicity for transmitting the first set of signals during the on-period may be determined. The periodicity may indicate that every one-in-N DRX cycles, the first set of signals are to be transmitted during the on-period. During other DRX cycles, the first set of signals may be transmitted during the off-period. When the first set of signals are transmitted during the on-period, the UE may refrain from activating certain components during the off-period, thereby conserving power.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are described for performing paging in a wireless communication network. A method includes mapping a paging indication to one or more resource elements. The one or more resource elements are resources in one or more synchronization signal symbols that are not mapped by the synchronization signal. The method includes transmitting the paging indication to trigger a response from a user equipment for performing subsequent paging.

Abstract: A method for paging in a wireless communication system, including a network node (10) configured to send and receive data in a plurality of beams for communication with a terminal (1), comprising transmitting first paging data (20) including a paging indicator from the network node (10) in multiple beams, wherein the paging indicator includes terminal ID or group ID information and a feedback request indicator and; receiving a response signal (22) in the network node from the terminal, wherein, dependent on said feedback request indicator, the response signal includes a beam indicator associated with a detected beam in which the terminal has received data from the network node.

Abstract: A method for signal processing includes receiving at a given location at least first and second signals transmitted respectively from at least first and second antennas (34) of a wireless transmitter (24). The at least first and second signals encode identical data using a multi-carrier encoding scheme with a predefined cyclic delay between the transmitted signals. The received first and second signals are processed, using the cyclic delay, in order to derive a measure of a phase delay between the first and second signals. Based on the measure of the phase delay, an angle of departure (?) of the first and second signals from the wireless transmitter to the given location is estimated.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may determine a first type of paging cycle configuration. The BS may determine a second type of paging cycle configuration that is different from the first type of paging cycle configuration, wherein the second type of paging cycle configuration enables a plurality of different paging cycles. The BS may transmit to a user equipment, a paging cycle configuration message, wherein the paging cycle configuration message includes an indication of the second type of paging cycle configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Method, device, base station and user equipment for implementing paging monitoring are described. At a base station side, the method includes: grouping a user equipment in a cell controlled by the base station, and allocating a group identifier to each group; for each user equipment, transmitting the group identifier corresponding to the user equipment and a paging indicator monitoring occasion to the user equipment; transmitting a paging indicator to the user equipment currently required to be paged or scheduled. At a user equipment side, the method includes: receiving a group identifier and a paging indicator monitoring occasion transmitted from a base station; monitoring a paging indicator at the paging indicator monitoring occasion; starting to monitor paging control information, when it is monitored that the paging indicator contains the group identifier.

Abstract: In one example, a control plane entity obtains an indication that a User Equipment (UE) has entered an idle mode. The control plane entity sets a routing locator corresponding to the UE to cause the control plane entity to trigger a paging request toward the UE to prompt the UE to transition from the idle mode when a first network node obtains a downlink packet destined for the UE. The control plane entity obtains a notification that the first network node has obtained the downlink packet and initiates the paging request toward the UE. The control plane entity updates the routing locator corresponding to the UE to cause the first network node to transmit further downlink packets destined for the UE toward a second network node configured to handle traffic on behalf of the UE.

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing steering of roaming (SOR) information in a 5G VPLMN are described. A UE receives a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message from an AMF of the VPLMN during initial or mobility registration of the UE in the VPLMN and DL NAS TRANSPORT message thereafter. The message has a Payload container information element (IE) set to secured packet. The SOR information indicates a list of preferred PLMN/access technology combinations, which is uploaded to a memory after a successful security check to verify that the list of preferred PLMN/access technology combinations is provided by the UDM of the HPLMN and is not tampered with by the VPLMN. When the message also contains a request for acknowledgment of successful security check of the list of preferred PLMN/access technology combinations, the UE transmits to the AMF the acknowledgment in a REGISTRATION COMPLETE or a DL NAS TRANSPORT message.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for transmission and reception of a paging channel between user equipment (UE) and a base station in a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving, in a paging occasion of UE, a control channel for a paging channel; attempting to receive the paging channel on the basis of downlink control information (DCI) including information indicating a retransmission time of the paging channel; and if reception of the paging channel fails, reattempting to receive the paging channel at the retransmission time indicated by the DCI.

Abstract: The present invention provide a method for processing flexible duplex, including: receiving, by a UE, configuration information of flexible duplex; and according to the received configuration information of flexible duplex, transmitting and receiving data by the UE based on configured uplink and downlink subframe distribution on one or two carriers of a flexible duplex cell. The present disclosure further provides an apparatus for processing flexible duplex. The method and apparatus of the present disclosure support to configure uplink and downlink subframes at the same time on a pair of carriers or one of a pair of carriers of the flexible duplex cell, so as to meet requirements of uplink and downlink traffics.

Abstract: One or more techniques for beamformed paging are disclosed. A transmission/reception point (TRP) may transmit a paging inquiry signal using beam sweeping in a paging inquiry (PI) block with a different time, frequency resource set and/or sequence configuration associated with the same paging occasion (PO), for example, to randomize and/or distribute WTRUs into different monitoring groups. A WTRU may transmit an uplink paging inquiry response indicating a downlink beam for a paging data transmission and/or a WTRU ID. A downlink control and/or a data channel transmission may be triggered by a paging inquiry response transmission. Paging downlink control information may be transmitted in a WTRU-specific control channel, which may contain CRC bits masked by a temporary paging identity, e.g., based on a WTRU ID that may be reported in a paging inquiry response transmission. A WTRU paging procedure may be based on a paging inquiry signal and/or response transmission.

Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising a parameter indicating a first value of a listen before talk (LBT) counter. The LBT counter is incremented based on an LBT procedure indicating an LBT failure for an uplink transmission via a first bandwidth part. Based on the LBT counter reaching the first value, a switch is made from the first bandwidth part to a second bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part.

Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a paging method, a network device and terminal device. The method includes that: a network device determines a PO for a terminal device according to an identifier of the terminal device and an AC corresponding to the terminal device; and the network device sends a paging message intended for the terminal device at the PO for the terminal device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for monitoring device-to-device (D2D) transmission in a connected state in a communication system supportive of a D2D scheme are provided. The method includes monitoring, by a D2D user equipment (UE), a D2D transmission during a D2D resource cycle and a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle in a radio resource control (RRC) state, transmitting an indication including a capability of the UE to a base station, and reestablishing an RRC connection from the base station, wherein the D2D resource cycle and the DRX cycle are configured not to overlap each other based on the indication.

Abstract: Provided are a paging message receiving method and device, a paging configuration method and device, a UE, a base station, and a computer-readable storage medium. The paging message receiving method includes: receiving paging configuration information from a base station, the paging configuration information including a Band Width Part (BWP) identifier of a BWP for receiving, by the UE, the paging message, and being configured on a minimum band width supported by the UE in a BWP corresponding to the BWP identifier; acquiring, according to the paging configuration information, the BWP identifier for receiving the paging message; determining a number of BWP(s)supported by the UE; and receiving, according to the number of BWP(s), the paging message on the BWP corresponding to the acquired BWP identifier, thereby avoiding the insufficiency of frequency domain resources caused by FDM of a SSB and a paging channel on a BWP.

Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which an MME receives an indication that a base station of a tracking area supports extended discontinuous reception, eDRX. The MME determines that paging is required for a communication device and that the communication device may be located in a cell of a base station of the tracking area. The MME triggers paging of the communication device in accordance with discontinuous reception, DRX, information that is not specific to eDRX via base stations that support eDRX and triggered paging of the communication device in accordance with eDRX specific information via base stations which support eDRX has been received.

Abstract: Aspects provide methods to discretely and intelligently make a user aware of a service or product offered by a subscriber without distracting the user with a full advertisement. More specifically, aspects provide methods and systems for selectively outputting an audio chime in response to a trigger event, wherein the audio chime provides an indication of a service or product offered by the subscriber. In response to a user's acceptance of the audio chime, a second chime, further engaging the user, is output.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for mobile edge computing. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, for at least one user equipment, in indication of a tracking area update and/or an attachment to a radio access network; providing the indication about the at least one user equipment to at least a first mobile edge computing server and/or at a first mobile edge platform, the indication provided via a shared database and/or via signaling between the apparatus and at least the first mobile edge computing server and/or the first mobile edge platform; and receiving, from a mobile edge application, a request for location information for at least one user equipment in a zone covered by the apparatus. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose a method for service prioritization in an electronic device comprising a plurality of SIMs associated with a single RF resource within the electronic device. The method includes sending, by an RF controller of the electronic device, a response to a second SIM to access the service associated with a second network entity. Further, the method includes configuring, by the RF controller, a signalling message comprising a category of service. The category of service indicates a priority of the service to be accessed by the second SIM. Further, the method includes sending the signalling message comprising the category of service to the second network entity.

Abstract: This application discloses a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) node, a first message from an access and mobility management function (AMF) node, where the first message includes specified area related information of a terminal device, and the specified area related information is used to indicate a specified area of the terminal device; and when the RAN node determines, based on the specified area related information and first location information of the terminal device, that the terminal device moves out of the specified area, sending, by the RAN node, the first location information or first indication information to the AMF node or an SMF node, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device already moves out of the specified area.

Abstract: A mobility management processing method includes: receiving, by an SMF network element, a data notification message that includes a PDU session identifier and that is sent by a UPF network element, and determining, based on the PDU session identifier, a session and SSC mode corresponding to the PDU session identifier and/or a service area of the UPF network element, where the UPF network element is a network element that establishes a PDU session corresponding to the PDU session identifier; determining a paging area based on the SSC mode and/or the service area of the UPF network element; and sending a first message including the paging area to an AMF network element, where the first message is used to trigger the AMF network element to page, in the paging area, a terminal that establishes the PDU session by using the UPF network element.

Abstract: According to one configuration, a wireless network environment includes a first wireless network and a second wireless network. A mobile communication device in the wireless network environment receives first paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a first wireless base station such as operated by a first wireless network service provider. The mobile communication device receives second paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a second wireless base station such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. The wireless network environment provides improved paging over conventional techniques.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a first indication to an access network device, wherein the first indication is used to indicate early data transmission; and performing, by the terminal device, the early data transmission between the terminal device and the access network device.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for paging at least one client node in a group communications system. A method is performed by a control node of the group communications system. The method comprises obtaining a need for paging the at least one client node in the group communications system. The method comprises transmitting a paging message for the at least one client node on a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) bearer to the at least one client node. There is also provided a control node configured to perform such a method. There is also provided mechanisms for receiving paging in a group communications system.

Abstract: Coverage enhancements and coverage mode switching related optimizations are discussed for user equipments (UEs) that may switch between various coverage extension (CE) and non-CE modes of operation. In such enhancements, paging uncertainty and delays may be reduced by sending pages either simultaneously or using historical information over multiple coverage modes available to UEs. Random access procedures may be improved by providing CE mode random access procedures that are available when normal mode random access attempts fail and before declaring radio link failure. Additional aspects include improvements for more advanced UEs to improve coverage within normal mode operations by leveraging techniques used for narrowband CE mode operations, including transmission repetition and gapless transmission scheduling over hopped narrowband frequencies.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for configuring a signal period are provided. The method includes: configuring a first period for the target base station broadcasting a target signal according to a number of terminals currently accessing the target base station when a terminal currently is to access the target base station, where the target base station is to perform hotspot coverage and managed by the macro base station, and the target signal is to control the terminal to access the target base station; and sending first period configuration information to the target base station and the terminal, so that the target base station broadcasts the target signal in the first period. The first period for the target base station broadcasting the target signal is flexibly configured by the macro base station according to the number of terminals accessing the target base station.

Abstract: A wireless terminal device operates in different modes, including a first mode in which the wireless terminal device is able to receive paging messages from the wireless communications network, and a second mode in which the wireless terminal device is unable to receive paging messages from the wireless communications network. A method of operation by a wireless device includes receiving a signal from a network node in a wireless communications network, and operating in the second mode, in dependence on the signal, wherein the signal indicates information related to paging occasions.

Abstract: Provided in an embodiment of the present invention are an information transmission method, a device, and a computer readable medium. The method comprises: transmitting a paging message according to associated information of at least one target user equipment (UE) to which the paging message needs to be sent; wherein the paging message corresponding to the target UE with the same association information is carried on the same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). According to the embodiments of the present invention, more users can be notified, and paging delays can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for effectively transmitting or receiving paging in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of services. A method for transmitting paging by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of services according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: transmitting information on a paging slice corresponding to a service in which paging is transmitted to a terminal; and transmitting the paging to the terminal through the paging slice.