NR Idle mode overview

Ref: TS 38.304 V16.3.0 (2020-12)

ICL/M100
Lin, Jung-Mao

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 RRC states in NR
RRC states in NR
Released Released
RRC_IDLE UE NG-RAN 5GC

For power
saving
(5G Core Network)
Connected Connected
RRC_CONNECTED UE NG-RAN 5GC

For power saving and

speed up connection setup

Suspend Connected
RRC_INACTIVE UE NG-RAN 5GC

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 Outline
Cell selection/reselection procedure
General description
Cell Categories
Cell selection/reselection procedure

Paging
Principles
Beam sweeping
DRX
Paging Reception

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 General description

CELL SELECTION/RESELECTION PROCEDURE

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 General description
The RRC_IDLE state and RRC_INACTIVE state tasks can be subdivided into three processes:

• When a UE is switched on, a public land mobile network (PLMN) or a Stand-alone

Non-Public Network (SNPN) is selected by NAS.
PLMN selection • The NAS shall provide a list of equivalent PLMNs, if available, that the AS shall use
for cell selection and cell reselection.

• With cell selection, the UE searches for a suitable cell of the selected PLMN or
Cell selection and selected SNPN, chooses that cell to provide available services, and monitors its
control channel. This procedure is defined as "camping on the cell".
reselection • If the UE finds a more suitable cell, according to the cell reselection criteria, it
reselects onto that cell and camps on it.

• If the new cell does not belong to at least one tracking area to which the UE is
Location registration registered, location registration is performed.

and RNA update • In RRC_INACTIVE state, if the new cell does not belong to the configured RNA, an
RNA update procedure is performed

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 General description
The purpose of camping on a cell in RRC_IDLE state and RRC_INACTIVE state is fourfold:
a) It enables the UE to receive system information from the PLMN or the SNPN.

b) When registered and if the UE wishes to establish an RRC connection or resume a suspended
RRC connection, it can do this by initially accessing the network on the control channel of the
cell on which it is camped.

c) If the network needs to send a message or deliver data to the registered UE, it knows (in most
cases) the set of tracking areas (in RRC_IDLE state) or RNA (in RRC_INACTIVE state) in which the
UE is camped.
It can then send a "paging" message for the UE on the control channels of all the cells in the
corresponding set of areas.
The UE will then receive the paging message and can respond.

d) It enables the UE to receive ETWS and CMAS notifications.

ETWS: Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System

CMAS: Commercial Mobile Alert System
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 Cell Categories

CELL SELECTION/RESELECTION PROCEDURE

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 Cell Categories
Acceptable cell:
An “acceptable cell” is a cell on which the UE may camp to obtain limited service (originate
emergency calls and receive ETWS and CMAS notifications).
Such a cell shall fulfil the following requirements, which is the minimum set of requirements to
initiate an emergency call and to receive ETWS and CMAS notification in an NR network:
The cell is not barred
The cell selection criteria are fulfilled

barred cell:
A cell a UE is not allowed to camp on.
A cell is barred if it is so indicated in the system information

reserved cell:
A cell on which camping is not allowed, except for particular UEs, if so indicated in the system
information.
A cell is reserved if it is so indicated in system information
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 Cell Categories
suitable cell:
For UE not operating in SNPN Access Mode, a cell is considered as suitable if the following
conditions are fulfilled:
The cell is part of either the selected PLMN or the registered PLMN or PLMN of the Equivalent PLMN
list and trackingAreaCode is provided for that PLMN either:
- The PLMN-ID of that PLMN is broadcast by the cell with no associated CAG-IDs and CAG-only indication in
the UE for that PLMN (TS 23.501 [10]) is absent or false;
- Allowed CAG list in the UE for that PLMN (TS 23.501 [10]) includes a CAG-ID broadcast by the cell for that
PLMN;
The cell selection criteria are fulfilled.
According to the latest information provided by NAS:
The cell is not barred, see clause 5.3.1;
The cell is part of at least one TA that is not part of the list of "Forbidden Tracking Areas" (TS
22.261 [12]), which belongs to a PLMN that fulfils the first bullet above.

Following exception to these definitions are applicable for UEs:

if a UE has an ongoing emergency call, all acceptable cells of that PLMN are treated as suitable
for the duration of the emergency call.

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 Cell selection/reselection procedure

CELL SELECTION/RESELECTION PROCEDURE

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 go here whenever a
new PLMN or new
SNPN is selected

cell information no cell information

Cell selection stored for the PLMN
or the SNPN
1 stored for the PLMN
or the SNPN

Stored Initial
information no suitable cell found Cell Selection
Cell Selection

no suitable
cell found suitable cell found 2 suitable cell found
no suitable
cell found
NAS indicates that
Cell selection registration on selected
upon leaving suitable Camped PLMN or selected
connected cell found SNPN is rejected
normally
mode (except with cause
#12, #14 , #15 or #25
[9][14])
return to leave trigger
idle/inactive idle/inactive suitable
mode mode cell found

go here
Connected Cell when no
mode no suitable
Reselection USIM in
Evaluation cell found the UE
Process and no
subscriptio
n for an
SNPN
Any Cell
no acceptable cell found Selection

USIM inserted
or SNPN
acceptable cell
subscription
found; move to
added
idle mode
suitable cell
found
Cell Selection 1
when leaving acceptable cell Camped on suitable
connected found any cell cell found 2
mode

return to leave trigger

idle mode idle mode acceptable
cell found

Connected
mode Cell
(Emergency Reselection no acceptable
calls only) Evaluation cell found
Process

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 Cell selection

b) Cell selection by leveraging stored information: a) Initial cell selection (no prior knowledge of which RF channels are NR
• 1. This procedure requires stored information of frequencies and frequencies):
optionally also information on cell parameters from previously • 1. The UE shall scan all RF channels in the NR bands according to its
received measurement control information elements or from capabilities to find a suitable cell.
previously detected cells. • 2. On each frequency, the UE need only search for the strongest cell.
• 2. Once the UE has found a suitable cell, the UE shall select it. • 3. Once a suitable cell is found, this cell shall be selected.
• 3. If no suitable cell is found, the initial cell selection procedure in a)
shall be started.

NOTE: Priorities between different frequencies or RATs provided to the UE

by system information or dedicated signalling are not used in the
cell selection process.
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 Cell selection
The cell selection criterion S is fulfilled when:
Srxlev > 0 AND Squal > 0
where:
Minimum required RX level in the cell ConnEstFail related

Srxlev = Qrxlevmeas – (Qrxlevmin + Qrxlevminoffset )– Pcompensation - Qoffsettemp

Squal = Qqualmeas – (Qqualmin + Qqualminoffset) - Qoffsettemp

Measured cell RX level value ConnEstFail related

In RAN2 101bis meeting, it was agreed that:

“The UE does not need to read system information from neighbor cells for determining cell
quality and ranking. FFS how to capture in spec.”

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 Cell reselection
The high level criterions of current cell reselection scheme is:
absolute frequency priority(FP),
radio link quality, or
cell accessibility. frequency priority could be configured by:
1. Dedicated message (e.g. RRCRelease)
2. Broadcast message (e.g. SIB2, SIB4 and SIB5)
Configure frequency priority 3. Inherit from another RAT

Limit needed measurements rules:

Perform Measurement 1. Always measure higher FP frequency
2. Conditionally measure equal or lower FP freq.
• E.g. Serving cell’s signal quality bellows a threshold

S criterion:
Find the highest ranked cell or • Measured cell should satisfy the S criterion
the best cell R criterion:
• Ranking of all cells that fulfil the cell selection criterion S

• Read MIB (in NR) (in LTE, read SystemInformationBlockType1)

• If cell status is "not barred" and "not reserved“, treat this cell
check if the access is as candidate
restricted/barred

If
1. The cell is better ranked than the serving cell during a time
reselected to the cell interval, and
2. more than 1 second has elapsed since the UE camped on
the current serving cell
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 Cell reselection
frequency priority could be configured by:
1. Dedicated message (e.g. RRCRelease)
Configure frequency priority 2. Broadcast message (e.g. SIB2, SIB4 and SIB5)
3. Inherit from another RAT

Perform Measurement 1. Dedicated message (e.g. RRCRelease) 2. Broadcast message (e.g. SIB2, SIB4 and SIB5)
maxFreq=8 carrierFreq
cellReselectionPriorities SIB2 SIB2 contains cell re-selection information
FreqPriorityEUTRA cellReselectionPriority common for intra-frequency, inter-frequency
freqPriorityListEUTRA FreqPriorityEUTRA cellReselectionSubPriority and/or inter-RAT cell re-selection
Find the highest ranked cell or
the best cell carrierFreq SIB4 SIB4 contains information relevant only for
maxFreq=8 inter-frequency cell re-selection
freqPriorityListNR cellReselectionPriority
FreqPriorityNR
cellReselectionSubPriority SIB5 SIB5 contains information relevant only for
FreqPriorityNR inter-RAT cell re-selection
T320
check if the access is
restricted/barred
3. Inherit from another RAT
The UE shall inherit the priorities provided by dedicated
reselected to the cell
signalling and the remaining validity time (i.e. T320 in NR and
E-UTRA), if configured, at inter-RAT cell (re)selection.

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 Cell reselection
Limit needed measurements rules:
1. Always measure higher FP frequency
Configure frequency priority 2. Conditionally measure equal or lower FP freq.
• E.g. Serving cell’s signal quality bellows a threshold

Perform Measurement

intra-frequency measurements
Find the highest ranked cell or
If the serving cell fulfils Srxlev > SIntraSearchP and Squal > SIntraSearchQ , the UE may choose not to
the best cell perform intra-frequency measurements.
Otherwise, the UE shall perform intra-frequency measurements.

check if the access is

restricted/barred

reselected to the cell

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 Cell reselection
Limit needed measurements rules:
1. Always measure higher FP frequency
Configure frequency priority 2. Conditionally measure equal or lower FP freq.
• E.g. Serving cell’s signal quality bellows a threshold

Perform Measurement

inter-frequency measurements
The UE shall apply the following rules for NR inter-frequencies and inter-RAT frequencies
Find the highest ranked cell or which are indicated in system information and for which the UE has priority.
the best cell

For a NR inter-frequency or inter-RAT frequency with a reselection priority higher than the
reselection priority of the current NR frequency, the UE shall perform measurements of
higher priority NR inter-frequency or inter-RAT frequencies
check if the access is
restricted/barred
For a NR inter-frequency with an equal or lower reselection priority than the reselection
priority of the current NR frequency and for inter-RAT frequency with lower reselection
priority than the reselection priority of the current NR frequency:
reselected to the cell - If the serving cell fulfils Srxlev > SnonIntraSearchP and Squal > SnonIntraSearchQ , the UE may choose
not to perform measurements of NR inter-frequencies or inter-RAT frequency cells of equal
or lower priority;
- Otherwise, the UE shall perform measurements of NR inter-frequencies or inter-RAT
frequency cells of equal or lower priority

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 Cell reselection
Qmeas RSRP measurement quantity used in cell reselections.
S criterion: Qoffset For intra-frequency: Equals to Qoffsets,n, if Qoffsets,n is
Configure frequency priority • Measured cell should satisfy the S criterion valid, otherwise this equals to zero.
R criterion: For inter-frequency: Equals to Qoffsets,n plus
Qoffsetfrequency, if Qoffsets,n is valid, otherwise this equals to
• Ranking of cells that fulfil the cell selection Qoffsetfrequency.
Perform Measurement criterion S Qoffsettemp Offset temporarily applied to a cell as specified in TS
38.331 [3].

Find the highest ranked cell or The cell-ranking criterion Rs for serving cell and Rn for neighbouring cells is defined by:
the best cell Rs = Qmeas,s +Qhyst - Qoffsettemp
Rn = Qmeas,n -Qoffset - Qoffsettemp
Number of actual good beams issue

check if the access is At RAN2 #101bis meeting:

restricted/barred  Number of actual good beams needs to be considered in cell quality derivation or cell
reselection rule for cell reselection. One solution should be brought to next meeting.

R2-1808330 Email discussion report of [101bis#66][NR] Good beams in cell reselection

reselected to the cell • Option2.2: Liner average of up to N best beams + Delta*(K-N)
supported by 12 companies (MTK, CMCC, OPPO, CATT, ASUSTeK, vivo, Apple,
Huawei&HiSilicon, Sony, ZTE, Intel, DCM)
• Option2.3: For the cells with similar average value, UE reselects to the cell with more
good beams
acceptable to 15 companies (Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Interdigital, LG,
DCM, CMCC, OPPO, CATT, vivo, Sony, ZTE, Huawei&HiSilicon, Apple)
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 Cell reselection
S criterion:
Configure frequency priority • Measured cell should satisfy the S criterion
R criterion:
• Ranking of cells that fulfil the cell selection criterion S
Perform Measurement

Find the highest ranked cell or Number of actual good beams issue in TS 38.304
the best cell
If rangeToBestCell is not configured, the UE shall perform cell reselection to the highest ranked
cell. If this cell is found to be not-suitable, the UE shall behave according to subclause 5.2.4.4.
If rangeToBestCell is configured, then the UE shall perform cell reselection to the cell with the
check if the access is highest number of beams above the threshold (i.e. absThreshSS-BlocksConsolidation) among the
restricted/barred cells whose R value is within rangeToBestCell of the R value of the highest ranked cell.
If there are multiple such cells, the UE shall perform cell reselection to the highest ranked cell
among them. If this cell is found to be not-suitable, the UE shall behave according to subclause
reselected to the cell
5.2.4.4.

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 Cell reselection
Cell status and cell reservations

Configure frequency priority Cell status and cell reservations are indicated in the MIB or SIB1 message as
specified in TS 38.331 [3] by means of three fields:

Perform Measurement - cellBarred (IE type: "barred" or "not barred")

Indicated in MIB message. In case of multiple PLMNs indicated in SIB1, this
field is common for all PLMNs

Find the highest ranked cell or - cellReservedForOperatorUse (IE type: "reserved" or "not reserved")
the best cell Indicated in SIB1 message. In case of multiple PLMNs indicated in SIB1, this
field is specified per PLMN.
- cellReservedForOtherUse (IE type: "true")
Indicated in SIB1 message. In case of multiple PLMNs indicated in SIB1, this
check if the access is field is common for all PLMNs.
restricted/barred

If
1. The cell is better ranked than the serving cell during a time interval,
reselected to the cell
and
2. more than 1 second has elapsed since the UE camped on the current
serving cell

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 Cell reselection
When cell status "barred" is indicated or to be treated as if the cell status is "barred“
Configure frequency priority
- The UE is not permitted to select/reselect this cell, not even for emergency calls.
- The UE shall select another cell according to the following rule:
Perform Measurement Reason for barred UE’s behavior Note
cell status is "barred" due to being unable to - exclude the barred cell as a candidate for cell The cell
acquire the MIB selection/reselection for up to 300 seconds may be for
Find the highest ranked cell or - select another cell on the same frequency if the EN-DC
the best cell selection criteria are fulfilled
the cell status is If the field - exclude the barred cell as a candidate for cell
"barred" due to being intraFreqReselection in selection/reselection for up to 300 seconds
unable to acquire the MIB message is set to
check if the access is SIB1 or "allowed"
restricted/barred due to
If the field - exclude the barred cell as a candidate for cell
trackingAreaCode being
intraFreqReselection in selection/reselection for up to 300 seconds
absent in SIB1
MIB message is set to - UE shall not re-select a cell on the same frequency
reselected to the cell
"not allowed" as the barred cell

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 go here whenever a
new PLMN or new Camped normally
SNPN is selected

When camped normally, the UE shall perform the following tasks:

cell information no cell information
stored for the PLMN 1 stored for the PLMN - monitor the paging channel of the cell as specified in clause 7 according to information
or the SNPN or the SNPN
broadcast in SIB1;
Stored Initial
information no suitable cell found Cell Selection - monitor Short Messages transmitted with P-RNTI over DCI as specified in clause
Cell Selection
6.5 in TS 38.331 [3];
no suitable
cell found suitable cell found 2 suitable cell found - monitor relevant System Information as specified in TS 38.331 [3];
no suitable
cell found - perform necessary measurements for the cell reselection evaluation procedure;
NAS indicates that
Cell selection
upon leaving suitable
registration on selected
PLMN or selected
- execute the cell reselection evaluation process on the following occasions/triggers:
Camped
connected
mode
cell found normally SNPN is rejected
(except with cause
1) UE internal triggers, so as to meet performance as specified in TS 38.133 [8];
#12, #14 , #15 or #25
[9][14])
2) When information on the BCCH used for the cell reselection evaluation procedure
return to
idle/inactive
leave trigger has been modified.
idle/inactive suitable
mode mode cell found

go here
Connected Cell when no
mode no suitable
Reselection
Evaluation cell found
USIM in
the UE
Short Messages can be transmitted on PDCCH using P-RNTI with or without
Process and no
subscriptio associated Paging message using Short Message field in DCI format 1_0 (see TS
n for an
SNPN 38.212 [17], clause 7.3.1.2.1).
Any Cell
no acceptable cell found Selection

USIM inserted Bit Short Message

or SNPN
acceptable cell
found; move to
subscription 1 systemInfoModification
added
idle mode
suitable cell
If set to 1: indication of a BCCH modification other than SIB6, SIB7 and SIB8.
Cell Selection
found
1 2 etwsAndCmasIndication
when leaving
connected
acceptable cell Camped on suitable If set to 1: indication of an ETWS primary notification and/or an ETWS
found any cell cell found 2
mode secondary notification and/or a CMAS notification.
3–8 Not used in this release of the specification, and shall be ignored by UE if
return to
idle mode
leave
idle mode
trigger received.
acceptable
cell found

Connected
mode Cell
(Emergency Reselection no acceptable
calls only) Evaluation cell found
Process
DCI: Downlink Control Information
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 go here whenever a
new PLMN or new
Any Cell Selection
SNPN is selected
This state is applicable for RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE state.
no cell information
cell information
stored for the PLMN 1 stored for the PLMN
or the SNPN
In this state, the UE shall perform cell selection process to find a suitable cell.
or the SNPN

Stored Initial
If the cell selection process fails to find a suitable cell after a complete scan of
no suitable cell found
information
Cell Selection
Cell Selection
all RATs and all frequency bands supported by the UE, the UE shall attempt to
no suitable find an acceptable cell of any PLMN to camp on, trying all RATs that are
cell found suitable cell found 2 suitable cell found
no suitable supported by the UE and searching first for a high-quality cell, as defined in
cell found
Cell selection
NAS indicates that
registration on selected subclause 5.1.1.2.
upon leaving suitable Camped PLMN or selected
connected cell found SNPN is rejected
normally
mode (except with cause
#12, #14 , #15 or #25
[9][14])
return to leave trigger
idle/inactive
mode
idle/inactive
mode
suitable Acceptable cell:
cell found
An "acceptable cell" is a cell on which the UE may camp to obtain limited
go here
Connected
mode
Cell
Reselection
no suitable
when no
USIM in
service (originate emergency calls and receive ETWS and CMAS
Evaluation cell found the UE
Process and no notifications).
subscriptio
n for an
SNPN
Any Cell
no acceptable cell found Selection

USIM inserted
or SNPN
acceptable cell
subscription
found; move to
added
idle mode
suitable cell
found
Cell Selection 1
when leaving acceptable cell Camped on suitable
connected found any cell cell found 2
mode

return to leave trigger

idle mode idle mode acceptable
cell found

Connected
mode Cell
(Emergency Reselection no acceptable
calls only) Evaluation cell found
Process

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 go here whenever a
new PLMN or new
Camped on any cell
SNPN is selected
This state is only applicable for RRC_IDLE state. In this state, the UE shall
no cell information
cell information
stored for the PLMN 1 stored for the PLMN
or the SNPN
perform the following tasks:
or the SNPN

Stored Initial
- monitor the paging channel of the cell as specified in clause 7 according to
no suitable cell found
information
Cell Selection
Cell Selection
information broadcast in SIB1;
no suitable - monitor Short Messages transmitted with P-RNTI over DCI as specified in
cell found suitable cell found 2 suitable cell found
no suitable clause 6.5 in TS 38.331 [3];
cell found
Cell selection
NAS indicates that
registration on selected - monitor relevant System Information as specified in TS 38.331 [3];
upon leaving suitable PLMN or selected
connected
mode
cell found
Camped
normally SNPN is rejected
(except with cause
- perform necessary measurements for the cell reselection evaluation procedure;
#12, #14 , #15 or #25
[9][14]) - execute the cell reselection evaluation process on the following
return to
idle/inactive
leave
idle/inactive
trigger
suitable
occasions/triggers:
mode mode cell found
1)UE internal triggers, so as to meet performance as specified in TS 38.133
Connected
mode
Cell
no suitable
go here
when no [8];
Reselection USIM in
Evaluation
Process
cell found the UE
and no
2)When information on the BCCH used for the cell reselection evaluation
subscriptio
n for an procedure has been modified.
SNPN
Any Cell
Selection
- regularly attempt to find a suitable cell trying all frequencies of all RATs
no acceptable cell found

USIM inserted that are supported by the UE. If a suitable cell is found, UE shall move to
or SNPN
acceptable cell
found; move to
subscription
added
camped normally state.
idle mode
suitable cell
found
Cell Selection 1
when leaving acceptable cell Camped on suitable
connected found any cell cell found 2
mode

Acceptable cell:
trigger
return to
idle mode
leave
idle mode acceptable
An "acceptable cell" is a cell on which the UE may camp to obtain
cell found
limited service (originate emergency calls and receive ETWS and CMAS
Connected
mode
(Emergency
Cell
Reselection no acceptable
notifications).
calls only) Evaluation cell found
Process

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 PAGING

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 Paging – Principles
RAN2 NR Ad Hoc-1
R2-1700016 Paging in NR
Paging in LTE Ref: R2-1700016
T: DRX Cycle

PF: Paging Frames in DRX cycle PO: Paging Occasions in each PF

PF of UE with UE ID 1024 PO of UE with UE ID 1024

Agreements for NR paging:

1: UE in RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTVE state monitors paging/notification every DRX cycle.
2: UE monitors one paging occasion per DRX cycle. Paging occasion is the time interval over which a paging message
is transmitted by gNB.
3: The length of DRX cycle is configurable. A default DRX cycle length is provided in system information. Additionally,
a UE specific DRX cycle length can also be provided to UE in dedicated signalling.
4: The number of paging occasions in the DRX cycle is configurable and provided in system information.
5: If multiple paging occasions are configured by network in the DRX cycle then UEs can be distributed to these
paging occasions based on UE ID.

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RAN2 NR Ad Hoc-1
R2-1700016 Paging in NR
RAN1 has also discussed the paging transmission using multiple DL TX beams and has made the following
agreements
T: DRX Cycle

RAN 1 Agreement:
•For paging in multi-beam operation, support beam sweeping for
PF: Paging Frame (One Radio Frame)
paging, and study the following methods:
sf0
sf0 sf1
sf1 sf2
sf2 sf3
sf3 sf4
sf4 sf5
sf5 sf6
sf6 sf7
sf7 sf8
sf8 sf9
sf9
–Alt-1: Multiplexing paging with SS blocks
•FFS: Details of paging PO: Paging Occasion (Multiple
PO
–Alt-2: Adding another round of beam sweeping for paging subframes)

•Note: Another round of beam sweeping is different E.g. 6 TX beams at gNB

from the beam sweeping of SS burst set TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4 TX5 TX6
–Other alternatives are not precluded B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6
Ref: R2-1700016

Agreements for NR paging:

6: RAN2 understanding is that paging can be transmitted at least using beam sweeping (content of paging may
be a paging indicator or the paging message, FFS)
7: Paging occasion can consists of multiple time slots (e.g. subframe or OFDM symbol). (Multiple time slots
enables transmission of paging using a different set of DL TX beam(s) in each time slot, or could enable
repetition - RAN1 decision).
8: The number of time slots in a paging occasion is provided in system information.

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RAN2 NR Ad Hoc 1801 (Jan 2018)
R2-1800152 Issues about NR paging occasion CATT
R2-1800078 Paging in NR – Beamforming Aspects Samsung

Agreements
1 From RAN2 understanding for paging in multi-beam operation TX beam sweeping can be
performed in paging occasion. Paging transmission from each TX beam is not repeated for RX
beam sweeping at UE.

Paging transmission using TX beam sweeping and TX beam repetition in PO

T: DRX Cycle

s0
s0 s1
s1 s2
s2 s3
s3 s4
s4 s5
s5 s6
s6 s7
s7 s8
s8 s9
s9 s10
s10 s11
s11
PO
PO Paging
Paging Time
Time slot
slot

TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4 TX5 TX6 TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4 TX5 TX6
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 TX
TX beam(s)
beam(s) is
is repeated
repeated to
to
enable
enable RX
RX beam
beam sweeping.
sweeping.
UE UE
RX B1 RX B2 Ref: R2-1800078
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RAN2#101 (Feb 2018)
R2-1803644 Definition of Paging Occasion
Huawei
Proposal 2: The UE can assume that the same paging
message is repeated in all beams of the sweeping pattern,
and the UE may monitor any beam that is good enough
for successful reception.

Ref: R2-1800078

Agreements
1: The length of one PO in case of beam sweeping is one period of beam sweeping
2: The UE can assume that the same paging message is repeated in all beams of the
sweeping pattern.

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RAN2 NR Ad Hoc 1801 (Jan 2018)
R2-1801179 Discussion on maximum idle mode DRX value in NR Huawei
The main motivation to extend idle mode DRX cycle beyond 2.56s is for MTC and NB-IoT devices.
Since mMTC is not in the scope of Rel-15 NR, we think RAN2 don’t need to extend the idle mode DRX cycle
in Rel-15.

Agreements
1 Idle mode/inactive mode DRX cycle configuration in NR should take the default DRX cycle parameter in LTE as
baseline.
2 The maximum idle/inactive mode DRX value in NR should be 2.56s.

RAN2 #105 (Feb 2019)

=> RAN2 will consider extending the DRX cycle length to
10.24 in idle and inactive mode.

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R2-1812276 Correction to the UE identity for PO calculation Ericsson
The paging occasion is determined based on the UE identity which in turn is derived from IMSI.
UE_ID = IMSI mod 1024
The number 1024 in the above formula is due to the maximum DRX cycle which is 1024 radio frames long
IMSI privacy is one of the main security requirements in 5GS and SA3 has made additional efforts
to ensure that IMSI is not exposed on the air interface.

Proposal 1: 5G-S-TMSI is used as UE identity for calculating the paging occasion

Note:
This contribution is a re-submission of R2-1809621 which was discussed at RAN2#1807.
The discussion resulted in the LS [6] being sent to SA3 and asks SA3 to answer if they see any privacy
concerns with using IMSI as UE identity.

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R2-1813267 Reply LS on UE identity for PO calculation (S3-182539; contact: Ericsson) SA3
SA3 would like to point out that IMSI privacy is one of the main privacy features in 5G and SA3 has made additional
efforts to make it possible that IMSI can be concealed over-the-air (see TS 33.501).
Further to support IMSI privacy, SA2 has decided that IMSI based paging is not supported in 5G
Therefore, SA3 requests RAN2 to calculate paging occasion in NR without using IMSI, and to use other temporary
identifiers like 5G-S-TMSI.

R2-1812276 Correction to the UE identity for PO calculation Ericsson CR Rel-15 38.304

15.0.0 0005 2 F NR_newRAT-Core R2-1812276
=> Agreed to be merged into the rapporteur's CR

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LTE Paging Reception NR Paging Reception
SFN for the PF is determined by:
Find out paging
frame (PF) (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = (T div
N)*(UE_ID mod N)
SFN for the PF is determined by:
Find out paging
(SFN mod T) = (T div N)*(UE_ID frame (PF)
mod N)

Find out paging

by mapping table: occasions (PO)

Find out paging

occasions (PO)

PDCCH monitoring occasions

Find out time
slot

Monitor Paging
message (PM)

Monitor Paging
message (PM)

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The PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging are determined according to pagingSearchSpace as specified
in TS 38.213 [4] and firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO and nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO
if configured as specified in TS 38.331 [3].

When SearchSpaceId = 0 is configured for pagingSearchSpace, the PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging
are same as for RMSI as defined in clause 13 in TS 38.213 [4].
Ns: number of paging occasions for a PF

When SearchSpaceId = 0 is configured for pagingSearchSpace, Ns is either 1 or 2.

For Ns = 1, there is only one PO which starts from the first PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PF.
For Ns = 2, PO is either in the first half frame (i_s = 0) or the second half frame (i_s = 1) of the PF.

 SearchSpaceId = 0, 一個radio frame至多一個 PO，

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A PO is a set of 'S*X ' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions where 'S' is the number of actual
transmitted SSBs determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 and X is the nrofPDCCH-
MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise.

PF

A PO is a set of 'S' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions

 For example, S = 2  actual transmitted SSBs
 The PO is a set of 2 consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions
第1個 PMO 第2個 PMO
(PDCCH
monitoring
occasions)

PO

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The [x*S+K]th PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB,
where x=0,1,…,X-1, K=1,2,…,S.
X is the nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise
x=0
'S' is the number of actual transmitted SSBs determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1
For example, S = 4 -> 有4個SSBs
K = 1, 2, 3, 4
第1個 PDCCH monitoring occasion 對應第1個transmitted SSB
第2個 PDCCH monitoring occasion 對應第2個transmitted SSB
第3個 PDCCH monitoring occasion 對應第3個transmitted SSB
第4個 PDCCH monitoring occasion 對應第4個transmitted SSB
The PDCCH monitoring occasions for paging which do not overlap with UL symbols (determined according
to tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon) are sequentially numbered from zero starting from the first PDCCH
monitoring occasion for paging in the PF.
第1個 PDCCH monitoring occasion (i.e. PDCCH monitoring occasion NO. 0)對應第1個transmitted SSB
第2個 PDCCH monitoring occasion (i.e. PDCCH monitoring occasion NO. 1)對應第2個transmitted SSB
第3個 PDCCH monitoring occasion (i.e. PDCCH monitoring occasion NO. 2)對應第3個transmitted SSB
第4個 PDCCH monitoring occasion (i.e. PDCCH monitoring occasion NO. 3)對應第4個transmitted SSB

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When firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is present, the starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of
(i_s + 1)th PO is the (i_s + 1)th value of the firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO parameter; otherwise, it is
equal to i_s * S*X.
X is the nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise
x=0
'S' is the number of actual transmitted SSBs determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1
For example, S = 4 -> 有4個SSBs
K = 1, 2, 3, 4

firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is not present

Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = i_s * S*X
For example,
i_s = 0 的UE => Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = 0
i_s = 1 的UE => Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = 4

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 Paging – Paging Reception R2-1809477
paging-SearchSpace configuration (Periodicity: 5 slots; Offset: 0; duration: 2 slots;
monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot: 00100000100000;CORESET-time-duration: 4 OFDM symbols)
nB = 2T; Reference Frame determined by UE: SFN ‘F1’; Number of SSBs = 4
i_s = 0 PO = 1st PO = PDCCH monitoring occasion 0,1,2,3
i_s = 1 PO = 2nd PO = PDCCH monitoring occasion 4,5,6,7 (?? Why not 0, 1, 2, 3)

SSB 1 SSB 2 SSB 3 SSB 4

PDCCH PDCCH PDCCH PDCCH
Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring
Occasion 4 Occasion 5 Occasion 6 Occasion 7
Slots corresponding to 1st PO

Slots corresponding to 2nd PO

SFN = F1

PDCCH PDCCH PDCCH PDCCH

Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring
Occasion 0 Occasion 1 Occasion 2 Occasion 3
SSB 1 SSB 2 SSB 3 SSB 4
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A PO is a set of 'S*X ' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions where 'S' is the number of actual
transmitted SSBs determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 and X is the nrofPDCCH-
MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise.

PF

SSB 1 SSB 2

第1個 PMO 第2個 PMO

(PDCCH
monitoring
occasions)
A PO is a set of 'S' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions
 S = 2  actual transmitted SSBs
 The Kth PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO
corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB
PO

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A PO is a set of 'S*X ' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions where 'S' is the number of actual
transmitted SSBs determined according to ssb-PositionsInBurst in SIB1 and X is the nrofPDCCH-
MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise.
The [x*S+K]th PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB,
where x=0,1,…,X-1, K=1,2,…,S.
X is the nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO if configured or is equal to 1 otherwise
x=0, 1 -> 第1個transmitted SSB對應第一個([0*2+1]th )與第三個([1*2+1]th )PDCCH monitoring occasion

PF

A PO is a set of 'S' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions

 S = 2  actual transmitted SSBs
SSB 1 SSB 2 SSB 1 SSB 2  The Kth PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO
corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB
 nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO = 2
第1個 PMO 第2個 PMO 第3個 PMO 第4個 PMO
If X > 1, when the UE detects a PDCCH transmission
addressed to P-RNTI within its PO, the UE is not required to
monitor the subsequent PDCCH monitoring occasions for
PO this PO.
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When firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is present, the starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number of
(i_s + 1)th PO is the (i_s + 1)th value of the firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO parameter; otherwise, it is
equal to i_s * S*X.

firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is not present

Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = i_s * S*X
firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is present
Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = (i_s + 1)th PO is the (i_s + 1)th value of the firstPDCCH-
MonitoringOccasionOfPO
10 slots = 140 symbols

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firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is not present
Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = i_s * S*X
For a UE with i_S = 0, its PO is starting from PDCCH monitoring occasion number = 0

PF

第0個 PMO 第1個 PMO 第2個 PMO 第3個 PMO

1st PO A PO is a set of 'S' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions

 S = 2  actual transmitted SSBs
 The Kth PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO
corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB

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firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO is present
Starting PDCCH monitoring occasion number = (i_s + 1)th PO is the (i_s + 1)th value of the firstPDCCH-
MonitoringOccasionOfPO
For a UE with i_S = 0, its PO is starting from PDCCH monitoring occasion number = 1st value of the
firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO

PF

第0個 PMO 第1個 PMO 第2個 PMO 第3個 PMO A PO is a set of 'S' consecutive PDCCH monitoring occasions
 S = 2  actual transmitted SSBs
 The Kth PDCCH monitoring occasion for paging in the PO
corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB
1st PO  1st value of the firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO
=1

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