Methods and apparatus are provided for paging and random access response (RAR) scheduling and downlink control information (DCI) for a user equipment (UE). In one novel aspect, an SI-paging and a call-paging are transmitted separately, and scheduled by SI-Paging-DCI and call-Paging-DCI respectively. In one embodiment, a special PO is introduced for stand-alone SI-Paging scheduled by SI-Paging-DCI, and the special PO is different from the PO for call-Paging. In another novel aspect, SI-Paging is scheduled together with call-paging in the same PDSCH scheduled by call-Paging-DCI. In one embodiment, the SI-paging carries a value tag and a bitmap, wherein the value tag indicates whether any SI updates, and the bitmap indicates which one or more SIs updates. In another embodiment, the SI-Paging carries several valuetags, and the number of valuetag corresponds to the number of SI. The UE compares a current valuetag to a stored valuetag to verify whether a SI changes.

A paging method, a terminal, and a network-side device are provided. The paging method includes: receiving pre-indication information transmitted by a network-side device; transmitting an uplink signal to the network-side device in a case that the pre-indication information indicates that the terminal is to be paged; and monitoring a paging of the terminal by the network-side device.

Provided are a method of changing status of WUS operation and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: receiving system information for enabling a wake up signal (WUS) operation; enabling the WUS operation; receiving a WUS to monitor a paging occasion; receiving, in the paging occasion, control information informing that the WUS operation is disabled; disabling the WUS operation based on the control information; and monitoring a next paging occasion for a paging based on the disabled WUS operation.

The present disclosure relates to transmitting and receiving improved wake-up signals (WUS) between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE can receive a configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) or extended DRX (eDRX). The UE can also determine whether to monitor for a WUS during a DRX WUS time resource or an eDRX WUS time resource. In some aspects, the UE can determine whether to monitor for the WUS during the DRX WUS time resource or the eDRX WUS time resource based on a duration of a DRX time gap between DRX WUS resources and a paging occasion and an eDRX time gap between eDRX WUS resources and the paging occasion. The base station can configure the UE for DRX or eDRX. The base station can also determine whether to transmit a WUS during a DRX WUS time resource or an eDRX WUS time resource.

The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for performing discontinuous reception (DRX) in a wireless communication system. An operating method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes detecting a wake-up signal (WUS), and determining whether to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a paging message for a specific time occasion based on the WUS.

The present disclosure discloses a paging indication method. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, power saving indication information in a first search space set. The power saving indication information indicates whether the terminal device needs to receive a paging message in a target paging occasion group or a target paging frame group. The present disclosure further discloses another paging indication method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for paging early indication (PEI) configuration and monitoring procedures. In particular, the present disclosure provides techniques for configuring a user equipment (UE) for PEI monitoring. A method that may be performed by a network entity generally includes transmitting, to the UE, a configuration for paging early indication (PEI) occasions for the UE to monitor and transmitting, in at least one of the PEI occasions, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a PEI that indicates, for multiple paging occasions (POs), whether paging messages are scheduled for the UE in the multiple POs.

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.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a paging early indication (PEI) indicating whether at least one UE in a UE group or a UE sub-group including the UE is to be paged in a paging occasion. In some aspects, a sequence on which the PEI is based is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)-based sequence. In some aspects, the PEI is a sequence-based PEI and is received based at least in part on a sequence configuration configured on the UE. In some aspects, the PEI is a sequence-based PEI and is received based at least in part on a distributed resource block allocation associated with the sequence. The UE may selectively process a paging PDCCH associated with the paging occasion based at least in part on the PEI. Numerous other aspects are described.

A method of operating a wireless communication device (101) connectable to a cellular network (100) includes obtaining information (791) indicating whether a wake-up signaling operation is activated for the wireless communication device (101) in individual cells (701-720) of the cellular network (100). The method also includes determining, based on the obtained information (791) and a current cell of the cellular network (100), whether the wake-up signaling operation is activated for the wireless communication device (101) in the current cell. The method further includes, upon determining that the wake-up signaling operation is activated in the current cell: monitoring for a wake-up signal (980) prior to a paging occasion (396) in accordance with the wake-up signaling operation.