Paging method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses a paging method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring an interface Paging message from a core network by the network equipment, wherein the interface Paging message contains the corresponding Group-ID of machine-type communication MTC equipment in the group, and sending a radio resource control protocol RRC Paging message to the MTC equipment in the group by the network equipment according to the Group-ID, wherein the RRC Paging message contains the corresponding Group-ID of machine-type communication MTC equipment in the group. According to the method, by paging aiming at the MTC equipment, the load of paging channel is reduced and the paging efficiency is increased. When the number of MTC equipment is more, the use ratio of resource can be efficiently increased and the signaling cost can be lowered. By arranging a special P-RNTI (radio network temporary identifier) of MTC, the interference on the traditional LTE (long term evolution) UE (user equipment) paging can be avoided. According to the characteristics of the MTC equipment, the paging configuration information can be specially designed for the MTC equipment, thereby bringing more flexibility for optimizing the MTC system.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a paging method and equipment. Background technique [0002] As a new type of communication concept, M2M (Machine-to-machine) communication aims to organically combine various types of communication technologies, such as machine-to-machine communication, machine control communication, and human-computer interaction. Communication, mobile Internet communication, etc., so as to promote the development of social production and lifestyle. It is expected that in the future development, there will be a greater amount of communication being machine-to-machine (M2M) communication services. [0003] The current mobile communication network is designed for communication between people, for example, the determination of network capacity and so on. If you want to use the mobile communication network to support M2M communication, you need to optimize the mechanism of the mobi...

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Problems solved by technology

[0013] In the existing mobile communication system, the particularity of MTC devices is not considered in the paging technology. For example, in some application scenarios, the number of MTC devices is relatively large, and the characteristics of simultaneous paging. If the existing technology Individual paging for each MTC device will inevitably significantly increase the load of the paging channel, resulting in low paging efficiency. In the case of simultaneous paging, it may even affect the normal operation of the system

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