5G Paging – Quick Reference

TMO 5G deep dive

April 2020

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PDCCH Search Spaces
Configuration aspects
Field Pres. & Need Code Value / Comments

The IE SearchSpace Search Space ID M Identity of the search space. Integer 1, …, 39. Value is unique within Serving Cell across BWPs.
defines how/where to CORESET ID O, Cond SetupOnly The CORESET applicable for this SearchSpace. Integer 0, …, 11.
search for PDCCH First monitoring slot Periodicity value: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560 slots.
O, Cond Setup
candidates i.e. it defines periodicity and offset Offset value: 0,...,Periodicity-1 or Null for 1 slot periodicity

PDCCH monitoring Duration O, Need R Value: 2,…,2559. If the field is absent, the UE applies the value 1 slot, except for DCI format 2_0.
occasions (PMOs) .
Monitoring symbols The first symbol(s) for PDCCH monitoring in the slots. BIT STRING with SIZE 14. The bit(s) set to
O, Cond Setup
within slot one identify the first OFDM symbol(s) of the CORESET within a slot.
Each search space is
Number of candidates O, Cond Setup Number of PDCCH candidates per aggregation level.
associated with one
Indicates whether this is a common search space (present) or a UE specific search space as well as

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ControlResourceSet. Search Space Type O, Cond Setup
DCI formats to monitor for.

Search
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searchSpaceId = 3

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duration = 8

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monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset:sl40 = 36

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Space

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… … Slots

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Two PMOs per slot

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Configuration monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot = 10000000001000 OFDM Symbols

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CORESET
Example controlResourceSetId = 5
instances

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PDCCH Search Spaces for Paging
Configuration aspects

These are temporary parameters which are used when dynamic

PDCCH is not configured via NRCELL.cellBwpList.
NIDD Parameter Full name Recommended Value
Periodicity of the paging 5
pagSSPeriodicity
search space
Slot offset of the first
pagSSSlotOffset 0
PDCCH occasion for paging
Duration of the paging
pagSSDuration 2
search space

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Technical Details – UE procedures
Calculation of Paging Frame and Paging Occasion
SFN (System Frame Number – 0,…,1023) for the PF (Paging Frame) is determined by:

Index , indicating the start of a set of PDCCH monitoring occasions for the paging DCI (i.e. PO), is determined by:

The following parameters are used for the calculation of PF and above:
• : DRX cycle of the UE (T is determined by the shortest of the UE specific DRX value, if configured by RRC or upper layers, and a default
DRX value broadcast in system information. If UE specific DRX is not configured by RRC or by upper layers, the default value is applied).

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• : number of total paging frames in T (given UE based on its ID is assigned one PF in )

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• : offset used for PF determination, the offset is needed for UE to align its paging frame with SSB-carrying frame

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• : number of paging occasions for a PF

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• : Refers to UE Identity Index value sent by AMF in the NGAP:PAGING message and it is calculated as 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024

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NRCELL:numOfPagingFrames
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- If the UE has no 5G-S-TMSI, for instance when the UE has not yet registered onto the network, the UE shall use as default identity in the PF and formulas above.

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- 5G-S-TMSI is a 48-bit long bit string as defined in TS 23.501. 5G-S-TMSI shall in the formulae above be interpreted as a binary number where the left most bit represents the most

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significant bit. NRCELL:pagingOffset

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 Paging Frame calculation
Example
( 𝑆𝐹𝑁 +𝑃𝐹 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑒𝑡 ) 𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑇 =( 𝑇 / 𝑁 ) ⋅ ( 𝑈𝐸 𝐼𝐷 𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑁 )
For T=32 and N=T/4=8 we get: { 0 , 1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 } where .
Therefore,
( 𝑆𝐹𝑁 +𝑃𝐹 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑒𝑡 ) 𝑚𝑜𝑑 32=4 ⋅ ( 𝑈𝐸 𝐼𝐷 𝑚𝑜𝑑 8 ) ,
and .

{ 0 , 4 , 8 , 12 ,16 ,20 ,24 , 28 }

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SFN

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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=0

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=2

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=3

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 slots/frame *
(Δf ,N) OFDMsymbols/slot *
First PDCCH monitoring occasion of PO T/N frames

Explanation of parameter range and structure (15kHz, T) 10*14 = 140

(30kHz, T) 20*14=280
First PDCCH monitoring occasion of PO is 1 subframe (1ms) = 1 slots = 14 OFDM symbols (15kHz, T/2) 10*14*2=280

an offset value from the beginning of a Δf = 15kHz

(60kHz, T) 40*14=560
paging frame (PF) that is expressed in 1 subframe (1ms) = 2 slots = 28 OFDM symbols
(30kHz, T/2)
(15kHz, T/4)
20*14*2=560
10*14*4=560
number of PDCCH Monitoring Occasions
Δf = 30kHz
(PMOs) required to indicate starting (120kHz, T) 80*14*1=1120
(60kHz, T/2) 40*14*2=1120
position of PDCCH monitoring for each of 1 subframe (1ms) = 4 slots = 56 OFDM symbols (30kHz, T/4) 20*14*4=1120
(15kHz, T/8) 10*14*8=1120
paging occasions in paging frame. Its Δf = 60kHz
maximal value depends on subcarrier

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(120kHz, T/2) 80 * 14 * 2 = 2240
spacing and number of paging frames in

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(60kHz, T/4) 40 * 14 * 4 = 2240
1 subframe (1ms) = 8 slots = 112 OFDM symbols

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(30kHz, T/8) 20 * 14 * 8 = 2240

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DRX cycle . It is derived assuming all 14 (15kHz, T/16) 10 * 14 * 16 = 2240

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OFDM symbols in slot associated with

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Δf = 120kHz
CORESET instance.

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(120kHz, T/4) 80*14 * 4 = 4480

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(60kHz, T/8) 40*14 * 8 = 4480

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(30kHz, T/16) 20*14 * 16 = 4480

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firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO CHOICE {
(120kHz, T/8)
(60kHz, T/16)
80*14 * 8 = 8960
40*14 * 16 = 8960

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sCS15KHZoneT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..139),
sCS30KHZoneT-SCS15KHZhalfT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..279),
sCS60KHZoneT-SCS30KHZhalfT-SCS15KHZquarterT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..559), (120kHz, T/16) 80*14 * 16 = 17920
sCS120KHZoneT-SCS60KHZhalfT-SCS30KHZquarterT-SCS15KHZoneEighthT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..1119),
sCS120KHZhalfT-SCS60KHZquarterT-SCS30KHZoneEighthT-SCS15KHZoneSixteenthT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..2239),
sCS120KHZquarterT-SCS60KHZoneEighthT-SCS30KHZoneSixteenthT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..4479),
sCS120KHZoneEighthT-SCS60KHZoneSixteenthT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..8959),
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sCS120KHZoneSixteenthT SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..4)) OF INTEGER (0..17919)
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First PDCCH monitoring occasion of PO
Example

• In this example paging search space is configured with

periodicity of 10 slots, offset of 6 slots and duration of 4
slots. It is anchored at SFN=0 (not visualised here). Paging Search Space and first PMO of PO configuration
• Moreover, the monitoring OFDM symbols (starting symbols
monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset:sl10 = 6
of CORESET instance configured for search space where
duration = 4
PDCCH is mapped) are set to only first OFDM symbol in slot
monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot = 10000000000000 -> there is one PMO per slot
(monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot = 10000000000000).
firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO[0] = 5
Therefore, there is only one PMO per slot in this example.

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• To indicate that slot with index 17 is the first one to start

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monitoring PMOs for paging we need to count PMOs

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indicated by paging search space configuration from the

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

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beginning of the paging frame.
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We have one PMO per slot in this example and slot with

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index 17 is the 6th slot within paging search space which also Paging frame

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corresponds to 6th PMO. Therefore, we set the first PMO of

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PO [0] to 5.

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Paging (search space) configuration principles
Stepwise procedure

1 Decide on the frequency range and duplex, e.g. FR1

TDD.

2 Select the slot pattern.

3 Select the number of beams.

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4 Exclude special slots (BI-slots) and slots needed for

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SSB, CSI-RS for tracking a.k.a. Tracking Reference

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Signals (TRS) if needed.

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5 Exclude slots for RMSI/OSI transmission if needed.

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6 Select paging capacity.

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Configure (a) paging search space and (b) paging offset
to match the settings above.
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Recommended paging configuration for FR1 TDD

Recommended Paging Search
firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO[0] = 0 Space Configuration
7a monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset:sl5 = 0
3 duration = 2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

5GC001116
Without shift

5GC001116
With shift

5GC001208

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5GC001070

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1 frame = 20 slots (10 ms) 1 frame = 20 slots (10 ms) 1 frame = 20 slots (10 ms)

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1 frame = 20 slots (10 ms)

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SFN=0 (even) SFN=1 (odd) 6 SFN=2 (even) SFN=3 (odd) 2
Parameter

N E E E R Value SFN
T=32 and N=T/4=8: Paging frame
7b 𝑃𝐹 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑒𝑡 =1=¿ ( 3+1 ) 𝑚𝑜𝑑 32 ∈ { 0 , 𝟒 , 8 , 12 ,16 ,20 ,24 , 28 }

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numOfPagingFrames T/4

I 𝑃𝐹 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑒𝑡 =3=¿ ( 3+3 ) 𝑚𝑜𝑑 32 ∉ { 0 , 4 , 8 ,12 , 16 , 20 , 24 ,28 }

pagingOffset 1

monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset

duration
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firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO[0]

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sl5, 0

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4

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Downlink slot Uplink slot SSB slot CSI-RS for tracking (TRS) slot

Special/Bi-directional (S/BI) slot where PDSCH can be transmitted and if in search space counted for PMOs

RMSI (SIB1) and OSI (SI messages) transmission not shown here – shall not overlap with paging. For
Paging slot

10 SIB1 CSS cfg. index not equal to 6 or 9, slot candidates are located only in even frames.
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