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RAN paging mechanism to enable enhanced coverage mode

  • US 9,648,582 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2015
  • Issued: 05/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), apparatus comprising:

  • a memory; and

    processing circuitry in communication with the memory and configured to;

    determine whether a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), received from an evolved Node-B (eNB) when the UE is in an enhanced coverage (EC) mode, is encoded with an EC Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier (EC-P-RNTI) the EC-P-RNTI different from a P-RNTI and to differentiate between transmission of an EC paging message and a legacy paging message;

    in response to a determination that the PDCCH is encoded with the EC-P-RNTI, combine an enhanced coverage (EC) paging message with at least one other EC paging message to form a combined EC paging message;

    decode the combined EC paging message; and

    determine whether the combined paging message is directed to the UE.

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