A base station may transmit a beam refinement reference signal prior to a paging physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion to improve reception of a paging downlink control information (DCI). A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one transmission indicating the beam refinement reference signal transmitted prior to the PDCCH monitoring occasion. The UE may receive the beam refinement reference signal prior to the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the at least one transmission. The UE may receive a downlink control information on the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the beam refinement reference signal.