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`A user device for transmitting and/or receiving data to/from a base station in a
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`CLAIMS
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`communication system comprising
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`circuitry which, in operation:
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`receives paging occasion configuration from the base station, including at least
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`one parameter for configuring a predefined time-domain pattern for receiving
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`paging occasion within a paging cycle; and
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`performs reception of paging signal
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`in the paging occasions within the
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`predefined time-domain pattern configured according to the received paging
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`occasion configuration.
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`The user device according to claim 1, wherein:
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`the predefined time-domain pattern specifies that the paging occasions are only
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`allowed to be present in a regular raster within the paging cycle; and
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`the paging occasion configuration indicates in which raster positions the reception of
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`the paging occasions is to be performed.
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`The user device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the paging occasion configuration
`indicates at least one of
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`(i)
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`one of a predefined plurality of rasters;
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`(ii) abitmap indicating with each bit for one raster time point whether or not a paging
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`occasionis included in said raster time point;
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`(iii) a short-bitmap which is shorter than the numberof raster points in the paging
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`cycle, the short-bitmap, when cyclically repeated, indicate with each bit for one
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`raster time point whether or not a paging occasionis includedin said raster time
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`point.
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`The user device according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the raster time points are
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`defined in such positions within the paging cycle that the configurable paging occasions
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`do not overlap with synchronization signal blocks.
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`The user device according to claim 1, wherein:
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`the predefined time-domain pattern specifies that the paging occasions are to be
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`received in uniformly distributed time intervals within the paging cycle; and
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`the paging occasion configuration indicates the periodicity of the uniformly distributed
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`time intervals.
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`The user device according to claim 5, wherein the periodicity is specified in the received
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`paging occasion configuration as anumber of paging occasions within the paging cycle.
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`The user device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the paging occasions are transmitted
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`in a frequency subband which has no overlap with a frequency subband in which
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`synchronization signal blocks are transmitted.
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`The user device according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the processing circuitry in
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`operation performs reception of the paging signal
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`in the paging occasions further
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`configured according to a paging occasion calculation specific for the user device
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`and/or a beam-sweeping configuration set in the base station.
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`The user device according to any of claims 1
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`to 8, wherein the paging occasion
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`configuration is signaled by the base station within a broadcast channel and includes
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`an offset relatively to a beginning of the paging cycle.
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`A base station for transmitting and/or receiving data to/from a user device in a
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`communication system comprising
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`circuitry which, in operation:
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`transmits paging occasion configuration to the user device,
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`including at least
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`one parameter for configuring a predefined time-domain pattern for receiving
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`paging occasion within a paging cycle; and
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`transmits paging signal
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`in one or more of the paging occasions within the
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`predefined time-domain pattern configured according to the received paging
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`occasion configuration.
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`The base station according to claim 10, wherein:
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`the predefined time-domain pattern specifies that the paging occasions are only
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`allowed to be present in a regular raster within the paging cycle; and
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`the paging occasion configuration indicates in which raster positions the reception of
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`the paging occasions is to be performed.
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`The basestation according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the paging occasion configuration
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`indicates at least one of
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`(i)
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`one of a predefined plurality of rasters;
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`(ii)
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`a bitmap indicating with each bit for one raster time point whether or not a paging
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`occasionis included in said raster time point;
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`(iii)
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`a short-bitmap which is shorter than the numberof raster points in the paging
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`cycle, the short-bitmap, when cyclically repeated, indicate with each bit for one
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`raster time point whether or not a paging occasionis includedin said raster time
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`point.
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`The basestation according to any of claims 10 to 12, wherein the raster time points are
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`defined in such positions within the paging cycle that the configurable paging occasions
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`do not overlap with synchronization signal blocks.
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`The base station according to claim 1, wherein:
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`the predefined time-domain pattern specifies that the paging occasions are to be
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`transmitted in uniformly distributed time intervals within the paging cycle; and
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`the paging occasion configuration indicates the periodicity of the uniformly distributed
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`time intervals.
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`The base station according to claim 14, wherein the periodicity is specified in the
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`transmitted paging occasion configuration as a number of paging occasions within the
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`paging cycle.
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`The base station according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the paging occasions are
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`transmitted in a frequency subband which has no overlap with a frequency subband in
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`which synchronization signal blocks are transmitted.
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`The base station according to any of claims 10 to 16, wherein the processing circuitry
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`in operation transmits the paging signal in the paging occasions further configured
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`according to a paging occasion calculation specific for the user device and/or a beam-
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`sweeping configuration set in the base station.
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`The base station according to any of claims 10 to 17, wherein the paging occasion
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`configuration is signaled by the base station within a broadcast channel and includes
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`an offset relatively to a beginning of the paging cycle.
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`A method for
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`transmitting and/or
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`receiving data to/from a base station in a
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`communication system, the method to be performed in a user device and comprising
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`the steps of:
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`receiving paging occasion configuration from the base station, including at least one
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`parameter for configuring a predefined time-domain pattern for receiving paging
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`occasion within a paging cycle; and
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`performing reception of paging signal in the paging occasions within the predefined
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`time-domain pattern configured according to the
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`received paging occasion
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`configuration.
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`A method for
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`transmitting and/or
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`receiving data to/from a user device in a
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`communication system, the method to be performed in a base station and comprising:
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`transmitting paging occasion configuration to the user device, including at least one
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`parameter for configuring a predefined time-domain pattern for receiving paging
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`occasion within a paging cycle; and
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`transmitting paging signal in one or more of the paging occasions within the predefined
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`time-domain pattern configured according to the
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`received paging occasion
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`configuration.
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