The invention discloses a paging signal transmitting method, a paging signal receiving method, an apparatus and a system, and relates to the field of communication. The paging signal transmitting method comprises: an access network device generating a paging signal; at the same time, on n sub-bands, the access network device using n scanning beams to send the paging signal to a terminal, a beam scanning area of the scanning beam, corresponding to each sub-band, being different, n being a positive integer larger than 1. In an embodiment, the access network device uses n scanning beams to scan at the same time, so as to reduce beam scanning period required by a complete scanning cell to 1/n of beam scanning period corresponding to a single scanning beam, and awakening duration configured on the terminal is reduced. Thus, time of the terminal in a dormant state is improved, and the method is beneficial for saving electricity for the terminal.