Paging monitoring method, paging monitoring device and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device and a storage medium. The paging monitoring method is applied to a terminal, and the method includes: receiving first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information; based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, starting a first receiver to use a first paging monitoring period for paging monitoring, and based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, starting a second receiver to use a second paging monitoring period for paging monitoring; if it is determined within the second paging monitoring period that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met, triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; wherein, the first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver. Through the present disclosure, the loss of paging messages can be avoided while reducing power.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the development of communication technology, in order to achieve power saving effect, a wake-up indication message is introduced before monitoring the paging message, and the subsequent physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is determined by the wake-up signal. However, when the terminal detects PDCCH or the defined wake-up indication message, it is necessary to start the main transceiver (main radio) device of the terminal. In the process of enabling the main radio device of the terminal, more electricity is consumed. Therefore, an almost zero power receiver (AZP) receiver is introduced. When the terminal detects PDCCH or the wake-up indication message, the AZP receiver is started. If the AZP receiver detects the wake-up signal, it triggers the start of the main radio device for reception, otherwise the terminal continues to sleep to achieve power saving effect.

[0003] However, the coverage of the AZP receiver is limited, the signal reception quality requirement is high, and the waveform of the wake-up indication signal supported by the AZP receiver and the main radio device is different. If the AZP receiver is configured for the terminal, when the terminal sends a mobile message, the terminal is very likely to move out of the coverage of the AZP receiver, resulting in the loss of the paging message. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to overcome the problems existing in the related art, the present disclosure provides a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device and a storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging monitoring method is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

[0006] Receive first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information; based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, start the first receiver to use a first paging monitoring period to perform paging monitoring, and based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, start the second receiver to use a second paging monitoring period to perform paging monitoring; if it is determined within the second paging monitoring period that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met, trigger the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; wherein, the first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0007] In one implementation, the second paging monitoring period is the same as a paging message sending period.

[0008] In one implementation, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0009] In one implementation, the step of starting the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first monitoring period includes: starting the first receiver to monitor a first wake-up message using a first monitoring period;

[0010] The starting the second receiver to use the second monitoring cycle for paging monitoring includes: starting the second receiver to use the second monitoring cycle to monitor the second wake-up message; the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring includes: the second receiver monitors the second wake-up message using the second monitoring cycle.

[0011] In one implementation, the first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; and the second wake-up signal is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

[0012] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging monitoring method is provided, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

[0013] Sending first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information;

[0014] The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period; if the terminal determines within the second paging monitoring period that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; wherein, the first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0015] In one implementation, the second paging monitoring period is the same as a paging message sending period.

[0016] In one implementation, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0017] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0018] In response to sending a paging message based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a first wake-up message is sent; or, in response to sending a paging message based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a second wake-up message is sent.

[0019] In one implementation, the first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; and the second wake-up signal is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

[0020] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging monitoring device is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and the device includes:

[0021] A receiving module, configured to receive first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information;

[0022] A monitoring module, configured to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, and start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period based on the second paging monitoring configuration information; if it is determined within the second paging monitoring period that a condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met, trigger the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period;

[0023] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0024] In one implementation, the second paging monitoring period is the same as a paging message sending period.

[0025] In one implementation, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0026] In one implementation, the monitoring module is used to: start the first receiver to monitor the first wake-up message using a first monitoring period;

[0027] The monitoring module is used to: start the second receiver to monitor the second wake-up message using the second monitoring period; the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring includes: the second receiver monitors the second wake-up message using the second monitoring period.

[0028] In one implementation, the first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; and the second wake-up signal is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

[0029] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging monitoring device is provided, which is applied to a network device, and the device includes:

[0030] A sending module, used for sending the first paging monitoring configuration information and the second paging monitoring configuration information;

[0031] The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period; if the terminal determines that a condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring period, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period;

[0032] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0033] In one implementation, the second paging monitoring period is the same as a paging message sending period.

[0034] In one implementation, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0035] In one implementation manner, the sending module is further used for:

[0036] In response to sending a paging message based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a first wake-up message is sent; or, in response to sending a paging message based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a second wake-up message is sent.

[0037] In one implementation, the first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; and the second wake-up signal is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

[0038] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging monitoring device is provided, including:

[0039] A processor; a memory for storing processor executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to: execute the paging monitoring method described in the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect, or execute the paging monitoring method described in the second aspect or any one of the embodiments of the second aspect.

[0040] According to the sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-temporary computer-readable storage medium is provided. When the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is enabled to execute the paging monitoring method described in the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect, or the mobile terminal is enabled to execute the paging monitoring method described in the second aspect or any one of the embodiments of the second aspect.

[0041] The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may include the following beneficial effects: by determining two sets of paging monitoring configuration information used by the terminal for paging monitoring, paging monitoring can be performed in different paging monitoring periods based on the two sets of paging monitoring configuration information, that is, the terminal can start different receivers for paging monitoring in different periods, the paging monitoring period of the low-power second receiver is relatively small, and the paging monitoring period of the first receiver is relatively large. While reducing power, the loss of paging messages can also be avoided.

[0042] It is to be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.

[0044] Figure 1 The present invention is a diagram showing an architecture of a communication system between a network device and a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0045] Figure 2 The figure is a schematic diagram showing starting a main radio device based on AZP according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0046] Figure 3 The figure is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0047] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram showing a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0048] Figure 5 is a flow chart of yet another paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0049] Figure 6 is a flow chart of yet another paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0050] Figure 7 is a flow chart of yet another paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0051] Figure 8 is a flow chart of yet another paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0052] Fig. 9 is a flow chart of yet another paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0053] Fig.10 The figure is a block diagram of a paging monitoring device according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0054] Fig.11 It is a block diagram of another paging monitoring device according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0055] Fig.12 It is a block diagram of a device for paging monitoring according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0056] Fig.13 is a block diagram of another apparatus for paging monitoring according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0057] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

[0058] Figure 1 is a diagram showing a communication system architecture of a network device and a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment. The communication method provided by the present disclosure can be applied to Figure 1 As shown in the communication system architecture diagram. Figure 1 As shown, the network side device can be based on Figure 1 The architecture shown sends signaling.

[0059] Understandably, Figure 1 The communication system of the network device and the terminal shown is only for schematic illustration. The wireless communication system may also include other network devices, such as core network devices, wireless relay devices, and wireless backhaul devices. Figure 1 The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the number of network devices and terminals included in the wireless communication system.

[0060] It can be further understood that the wireless communication system of the embodiment of the present disclosure is a network that provides wireless communication functions. The wireless communication system can adopt different communication technologies, such as code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), carrier sense multiple access / collision avoidance (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance). According to the capacity, rate, delay and other factors of different networks, the network can be divided into 2G (English: generation) network, 3G network, 4G network or future evolution network, such as 5G network, 5G network can also be called new radio network (New Radio, NR). For the convenience of description, the present disclosure sometimes refers to the wireless communication network as a network.

[0061] Furthermore, the network equipment involved in the present disclosure may also be referred to as a wireless access network device. The wireless access network device may be: a base station, an evolved node B (base station), a home base station, an access point (AP) in a wireless fidelity (WIFI) system, a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (TP) or a transmission and reception point (TRP), etc. It may also be a gNB in ​​an NR system, or it may also be a component or part of a device constituting a base station. When it is a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system, the network device may also be a vehicle-mounted device. It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network device are not limited.

[0062] Furthermore, the terminal involved in the present disclosure may also be referred to as a terminal device, a user equipment (User Equipment, UE), a mobile station (Mobile Station, MS), a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal, MT), etc., which is a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to users. For example, the terminal may be a handheld device with a wireless connection function, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. At present, some examples of terminals are: a smart phone (Mobile Phone), a pocket computer (Pocket Personal Computer, PPC), a PDA, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device, etc. In addition, when it is a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system, the terminal device may also be a vehicle-mounted device. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal.

[0063] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0064] In a communication system, if a terminal is in a non-connected state, it is necessary to periodically wake up the terminal to monitor the paging PDCCH. If the PDCCH is detected, it is necessary to monitor the subsequent physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and determine the information in the PDSCH to determine whether it is necessary to access the network or update the system information. If the terminal does not detect the PDCCH, the terminal continues to sleep to save power.

[0065] In subsequent conference discussions, that is, in the discussion of release 16, in order to reduce the power consumption of the terminal when detecting paging messages, wake-up information (also called wake-up indication information) was introduced. That is, before the terminal blindly detects the paging PDCCH, the terminal needs to monitor the wake-up information. If the wake-up information is detected, it is determined that there is a subsequent paging PDCCH, and the terminal continues to monitor the paging PDCCH. If the terminal does not detect the wake-up information, it skips monitoring the paging PDCCH.

[0066] When the terminal monitors PDCCH or wake-up information, the main radio device needs to be started, and the process of starting the main radio device is also relatively power-consuming. Therefore, the AZP receiver is introduced, that is, the AZP receiver is added to the terminal. Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a method of starting a main radio device based on AZP according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 2 As shown, when the terminal detects the PDCCH or the wake-up indication message, the AZP receiver is started. If the AZP receiver detects the wake-up signal, it triggers the start of the receiver for reception. The receiver can be the main radio device. At this time, the receiver (main radio device) is turned on, otherwise the terminal turns off the receiver or keeps it in sleep mode to achieve power saving.

[0067] However, the coverage of the AZP receiver is relatively limited, and the coverage of normal paging messages is larger than that of the AZP receiver. In the related art, for example, the coverage of normal paging messages can exceed 500m, while the coverage of the AZP receiver is 100m. Therefore, when the terminal is configured to use the AZP receiver, if the terminal moves, it will exceed the coverage of the AZP receiver. On the other hand, the waveform of the wake-up information supported by the AZP receiver and the main radio device is different, and the AZP receiver has higher requirements for the signal reception quality. These problems may cause the loss of paging messages.

[0068] Based on this, the present disclosure provides a paging monitoring method. By configuring two sets of paging monitoring configuration information for a terminal, the terminal can use the main radio device and the AZP receiver for paging monitoring at the same time, avoiding the loss of paging messages due to the small coverage range of the AZP receiver.

[0069] Figure 3 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 3 As shown, the paging monitoring method is used in a terminal and includes the following steps.

[0070] In step S11, first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information are received.

[0071] In step S12, based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, the first receiver is started to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring cycle, and based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, the second receiver is started to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring cycle.

[0072] In step S13, if it is determined that the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring period, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period.

[0073] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0074] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal can receive the first paging monitoring configuration information and the second paging monitoring configuration information configured by the network device, that is, the terminal can configure two sets of paging monitoring configuration information at the same time, and perform paging monitoring based on the two sets of configured paging monitoring configuration information.

[0075] The terminal may start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using the first paging monitoring cycle based on the first paging monitoring configuration information. The first receiver may be a main radio device. If a paging PDCCH or a first wake-up signal corresponding to the first receiver is detected, the terminal continues to monitor subsequent PDCCHs. If a paging PDCCH or a first wake-up signal corresponding to the first receiver is not detected, the terminal enters sleep mode, restarts in the next cycle, and performs paging monitoring using the first paging monitoring cycle.

[0076] The terminal can also start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using the second paging monitoring period based on the second paging monitoring configuration information. If the terminal determines that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met within the second paging monitoring period, the first receiver is triggered, the first receiver is started, and paging monitoring is performed. The second receiver can be a low-power AZP receiver.

[0077] In the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, that is, the terminal can start different receivers to perform paging monitoring in different periods without overlap.

[0078] In the paging monitoring method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, two different sets of paging monitoring configuration information are configured for the terminal, so that the terminal can start different receivers for paging monitoring at different periods. The paging monitoring period of the low-power second receiver is relatively small, and the paging monitoring period of the first receiver is relatively large. While reducing power, the loss of paging messages can also be avoided.

[0079] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the transmission period of the paging message. For example, the network device configures a discontinuous reception (DRX) period for the terminal, that is, a potential transmission opportunity of the paging message. The second paging monitoring period configured by the network device can be the same as the DRX period. In other words, the potential transmission opportunity of the second wake-up signal corresponding to the second receiver is before the potential transmission opportunity of each paging message. Before the potential transmission opportunity of each paging message, the terminal uses the second paging monitoring period to monitor the second wake-up signal.

[0080] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods. For example, the terminal uses the first paging monitoring period to perform paging monitoring, which may be performed once based on a plurality of paging message sending periods. Exemplarily, paging monitoring may be performed once in N potential paging message sending periods, where N is greater than 1.

[0081] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal starts the first receiver to use the first paging monitoring cycle to perform paging monitoring and starts the second receiver to use the second paging monitoring cycle to perform paging monitoring, the first paging monitoring cycle and its first paging monitoring opportunity, the second paging monitoring cycle and its second paging monitoring opportunity, and the timing of sending the paging message can refer to Figure 4 .in, Figure 4 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 4 As shown, it includes the sending timing of the paging message, the first paging monitoring period based on the detection of the first receiver (such as the main radio device), and the second paging monitoring period based on the detection of the second receiver (such as the AZP receiver). The first paging monitoring period based on the detection of the main radio device is greater than the second paging monitoring period based on the detection of the AZP receiver. The monitoring timing of the first paging monitoring period may coincide with the sending timing of some paging messages. The monitoring timing of the second paging monitoring period is before the sending timing of each paging message.

[0082] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to starting the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using the first monitoring cycle, the terminal Figure 5 As shown, it can be based on Figure 5 The first wake-up message is monitored in the manner of Figure 5 The present invention is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment, which is used in a terminal and includes the following steps.

[0083] In step S21, a first receiver is started to monitor a first wake-up message using a first monitoring period.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal determines that the first receiver uses the first monitoring period to monitor the first wake-up message based on the received paging monitoring configuration information, or determines that the first receiver uses the first monitoring period to monitor the paging PDCCH.

[0085] If the terminal detects the first wake-up message or paging PDCCH using the first paging monitoring cycle, it continues to monitor subsequent PDCCHs. If the terminal does not detect the first wake-up message or paging PDCCH using the first paging monitoring cycle, it enters sleep mode, waits for the next paging monitoring cycle, and performs paging monitoring at the next paging monitoring opportunity.

[0086] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to starting the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using the second monitoring period, the terminal Figure 6 As shown, it can be based on Figure 6 The second wake-up message is monitored in the manner of Figure 6 The present invention is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment, which is used in a terminal and includes the following steps.

[0087] In step S31, the second receiver is started to monitor the second wake-up message using a second monitoring period.

[0088] In the disclosed embodiment, the terminal determines that the second receiver uses the second monitoring period to monitor the second wake-up message based on the received paging monitoring configuration information. If the second wake-up message is monitored using the second paging monitoring period, it is determined that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met within the second paging monitoring period, and the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period. If the second receiver does not monitor the second wake-up message using the second paging monitoring period, it continues to monitor the second wake-up message in the next paging monitoring period.

[0089] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first wake-up message may be determined based on a PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register sequence (may be referred to as an m-sequence). The second wake-up signal is determined based on a binary On-Off Keying (OOK) sequence.

[0090] Based on the same concept, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a paging monitoring method.

[0091] Figure 7 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 7 As shown, the paging monitoring method is used in a network device and includes the following steps.

[0092] In step S41, first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information are sent.

[0093] The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to enable the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to enable the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period.

[0094] If the terminal determines within the second paging monitoring period that the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period.

[0095] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0096] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device configures the first paging monitoring configuration information and the second paging monitoring configuration information for the terminal. That is, the terminal can configure two sets of paging monitoring configuration information at the same time, and perform paging monitoring based on the two sets of configured paging monitoring configuration information.

[0097] The terminal may start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using the first paging monitoring cycle based on the first paging monitoring configuration information. The first receiver may be a main radio device. If a paging PDCCH or a first wake-up signal corresponding to the first receiver is detected, the terminal continues to monitor subsequent PDCCHs. If a paging PDCCH or a first wake-up signal corresponding to the first receiver is not detected, the terminal enters sleep mode, restarts in the next cycle, and performs paging monitoring using the first paging monitoring cycle.

[0098] The terminal can also start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using the second paging monitoring period based on the second paging monitoring configuration information. If the terminal determines that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met within the second paging monitoring period, the first receiver is triggered, the first receiver is started, and paging monitoring is performed. The second receiver can be a low-power AZP receiver.

[0099] In the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, that is, the terminal can start different receivers to perform paging monitoring in different periods without overlap.

[0100] In the paging monitoring method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, two different sets of paging monitoring configuration information are configured for the terminal, so that the terminal can start different receivers for paging monitoring at different periods. The paging monitoring period of the low-power second receiver is relatively small, and the paging monitoring period of the first receiver is relatively large. While reducing power, the loss of paging messages can also be avoided.

[0101] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the transmission period of the paging message. For example, the network device configures a discontinuous reception (DRX) period for the terminal, that is, a potential transmission opportunity of the paging message. The second paging monitoring period configured by the network device can be the same as the DRX period. In other words, the potential transmission opportunity of the second wake-up signal corresponding to the second receiver is before the potential transmission opportunity of each paging message. Before the potential transmission opportunity of each paging message, the terminal uses the second paging monitoring period to monitor the second wake-up signal.

[0102] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods. For example, the terminal uses the first paging monitoring period to perform paging monitoring, which may be performed once based on a plurality of paging message sending periods. Exemplarily, paging monitoring may be performed once in N potential paging message sending periods, where N is greater than 1.

[0103] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device can configure a paging occasion for the terminal, wherein the paging occasion is a potential sending occasion for a paging message. The network device sends paging messages periodically, so the paging occasions configured by the network device for the terminal are also periodic. Before the network device sends a paging message based on the configured paging occasion period (i.e., the sending occasion of the paging message), it is necessary to determine the type of receiver that the terminal monitors the paging occasion (or it can also determine the paging monitoring period to be used), and further determine the type of wake-up message to be sent. If it is determined that the terminal enables the first receiver to use the first monitoring period for paging monitoring, such as Figure 8 As shown, it can be based on Figure 8 The first wake-up message is sent in the manner of Figure 8 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 8 As shown, the paging monitoring method is used in a network device and includes the following steps.

[0104] In step S51, in response to sending a paging message based on first paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a first wake-up message is sent.

[0105] In the disclosed embodiment, the network device has a paging message to be sent at a paging opportunity, and needs to determine whether the configuration information of the paging opportunity corresponds to the first paging monitoring cycle, or whether the configuration information of the paging opportunity corresponds to the second paging monitoring cycle.

[0106] If a paging message is sent based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, and if a wake-up message is configured, it is determined to send the first wake-up message before sending the paging message. If the wake-up message is not configured, a paging PDCCH is directly sent.

[0107] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal determines that the first receiver uses the first monitoring period to monitor the first wake-up message based on the received paging monitoring configuration information, or determines that the first receiver uses the first monitoring period to monitor the paging PDCCH.

[0108] If the terminal detects the first wake-up message or paging PDCCH using the first paging monitoring cycle, it continues to monitor subsequent PDCCHs. If the terminal does not detect the first wake-up message or paging PDCCH using the first paging monitoring cycle, it enters sleep mode, waits for the next paging monitoring cycle, and performs paging monitoring at the next paging monitoring opportunity.

[0109] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device can configure a paging occasion for the terminal, wherein the paging occasion is a potential sending occasion for a paging message. The network device sends paging messages periodically, so the paging occasions configured by the network device for the terminal are also periodic. Before the network device sends a paging message based on the configured paging occasion period (i.e., the sending occasion of the paging message), it is necessary to determine the type of receiver that the terminal monitors the paging occasion (or it can also determine the paging monitoring period to be used), and further determine the type of wake-up message to be sent. If it is determined that the terminal enables the second receiver to use the second monitoring period for paging monitoring, such as Fig. 9 As shown, it can be based on Fig. 9 The second wake-up message is sent in the manner of Fig. 9 FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a paging monitoring method according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 9 As shown, the paging monitoring method is used in a network device and includes the following steps.

[0110] In step S61, in response to sending a paging message based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a second wake-up message is sent.

[0111] In the disclosed embodiment, the network device has a paging message to be sent at a paging opportunity, and needs to determine whether the configuration information of the paging opportunity corresponds to the first paging monitoring cycle, or whether the configuration information of the paging opportunity corresponds to the second paging monitoring cycle.

[0112] If a paging message is sent based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, it is determined that a second wake-up message is sent before the paging message is sent.

[0113] In the disclosed embodiment, the terminal determines that the second receiver uses the second monitoring period to monitor the second wake-up message based on the received paging monitoring configuration information. If the second wake-up message is monitored using the second paging monitoring period, it is determined that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met within the second paging monitoring period, and the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period. If the second receiver does not monitor the second wake-up message using the second paging monitoring period, it continues to monitor the second wake-up message in the next paging monitoring period.

[0114] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first wake-up message may be sent based on the PDCCH or the ZC sequence or the m sequence. The second wake-up signal may be sent based on the OOK sequence.

[0115] Based on the same concept, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a paging monitoring device.

[0116] It is understandable that the paging monitoring device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes hardware structures and / or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function in order to realize the above functions. In combination with the units and algorithm steps of each example disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to exceed the scope of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0117] Fig.10 is a block diagram of a paging monitoring device according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig.10 The paging monitoring device 100 is applied to a terminal and includes a receiving module 101 and a monitoring module 102 .

[0118] The receiving module 101 is configured to receive first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information.

[0119] The monitoring module 102 is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring cycle based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, and start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring cycle based on the second paging monitoring configuration information. If it is determined that the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring cycle, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring cycle.

[0120] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0121] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the paging message sending period.

[0122] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0123] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the monitoring module 102 is used to start the first receiver to monitor the first wake-up message using a first monitoring period.

[0124] The monitoring module 102 is used to start the second receiver to monitor the second wake-up message using the second monitoring period. The condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring includes: the second receiver monitors the second wake-up message using the second monitoring period.

[0125] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wake-up message is determined based on the PDCCH or the ZC sequence or the m sequence. The second wake-up signal is determined based on the OOK sequence.

[0126] Fig.11 is a block diagram of a paging monitoring device according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig.11 The paging monitoring device 200 is applied to a network device and includes a sending module 201.

[0127] The sending module 201 is configured to send first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information.

[0128] The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using the first paging monitoring cycle, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using the second paging monitoring cycle. If the terminal determines that the conditions for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring are met within the second paging monitoring cycle, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring cycle.

[0129] The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, and the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver.

[0130] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the paging message sending period.

[0131] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first paging monitoring period includes a plurality of paging message sending periods.

[0132] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the sending module 201 is further configured to send a first wake-up message before sending the paging message in response to sending a paging message based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, or to send a second wake-up message before sending the paging message in response to sending a paging message based on the second paging monitoring configuration information.

[0133] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wake-up message is determined based on the PDCCH or the ZC sequence or the m sequence. The second wake-up signal is determined based on the OOK sequence.

[0134] Regarding the device in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment of the method, and will not be elaborated here.

[0135] Fig.12 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus 300 for paging monitoring according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 300 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0136] Reference Fig.12 , the device 300 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 302 , a memory 304 , a power component 306 , a multimedia component 308 , an audio component 310 , an input / output (I / O) interface 312 , a sensor component 314 , and a communication component 316 .

[0137] The processing component 302 generally controls the overall operation of the device 300, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 302 may include one or more processors 320 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method. In addition, the processing component 302 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 302 and other components. For example, the processing component 302 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 308 and the processing component 302.

[0138] The memory 304 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the device 300. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 300, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 304 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.

[0139] The power component 306 provides power to the various components of the device 300. The power component 306 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 300.

[0140] The multimedia component 308 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 300 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 308 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the device 300 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0141] The audio component 310 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 310 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the device 300 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 304 or sent via the communication component 316. In some embodiments, the audio component 310 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0142] I / O interface 312 provides an interface between processing component 302 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

[0143] The sensor assembly 314 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of the status assessment of the device 300. For example, the sensor assembly 314 can detect the open / closed state of the device 300, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 300, the sensor assembly 314 can also detect the position change of the device 300 or a component of the device 300, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 300, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the device 300, and the temperature change of the device 300. The sensor assembly 314 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 314 can also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 314 can also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0144] The communication component 316 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 300 and other devices. The device 300 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

[0145] In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 300 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors or other electronic components to perform the above method.

[0146] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 304 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 320 of the device 300 to perform the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0147] Fig.13 4 is a block diagram of a device 400 for paging monitoring according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the device 400 may be provided as a server. Fig.13 , the apparatus 400 includes a processing component 422, which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 432 for storing instructions, such as an application, that can be executed by the processing component 422. The application stored in the memory 432 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 422 is configured to execute the instructions to perform the above method.

[0148] The device 400 may also include a power supply component 426 configured to perform power management of the device 400, a wired or wireless network interface 450 configured to connect the device 400 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 458. The device 400 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 432, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0149] It is further understood that in the present disclosure, "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar thereto. "And / or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B may represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "the" and "the" are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings.

[0150] It is further understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various information, but such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other, and do not indicate a specific order or degree of importance. In fact, the expressions "first", "second", etc. can be used interchangeably. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first information can also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information can also be referred to as the first information.

[0151] It is further understood that, although the operations are described in a specific order in the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, it should not be understood as requiring the operations to be performed in the specific order shown or in a serial order, or requiring the execution of all the operations shown to obtain the desired results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

[0152] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present disclosure after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any modification, use or adaptation of the present disclosure, which follows the general principles of the present disclosure and includes common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and examples are intended to be exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are indicated by the following scope of rights.

[0153] It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that: Applied to a terminal, the method comprises: Receiving first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information; Based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period; If it is determined that the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring period, triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the sending period of the paging message, and the first paging monitoring period includes multiple sending periods of the paging messages.

2. The paging monitoring method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of starting the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first monitoring period includes: starting the first receiver to monitor a first wake-up message using a first monitoring period; The step of starting the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second monitoring period includes: starting the second receiver to monitor a second wake-up message using a second monitoring period; The condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring includes: the second receiver monitors a second wake-up message using a second monitoring period.

3. The paging monitoring method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; The second wake-up message is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

4. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that: Applied to a network device, the method comprises: Sending first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information; The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period; If the terminal determines that the condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring period, triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the sending period of the paging message, and the first paging monitoring period includes multiple sending periods of the paging messages.

5. The paging monitoring method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The method shown also includes: In response to sending a paging message based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, sending a first wake-up message; or In response to sending a paging message based on the second paging monitoring configuration information, before sending the paging message, a second wake-up message is sent.

6. The paging monitoring method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The first wake-up message is determined based on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or a ZC sequence or a longest linear shift register m sequence; The second wake-up message is determined based on a binary on / off control OOK sequence.

7. A paging monitoring device, characterized in that: Applied to a terminal, the device comprises: A receiving module, configured to receive first paging monitoring configuration information and second paging monitoring configuration information; A monitoring module, configured to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period based on the first paging monitoring configuration information, and start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period based on the second paging monitoring configuration information; if it is determined within the second paging monitoring period that a condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met, trigger the first receiver to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the sending period of the paging message, and the first paging monitoring period includes multiple sending periods of the paging messages.

8. A paging monitoring device, characterized in that: Applied to network equipment, the device comprises: A sending module, used for sending the first paging monitoring configuration information and the second paging monitoring configuration information; The first paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the first receiver to perform paging monitoring using a first paging monitoring period, and the second paging monitoring configuration information is used to start the second receiver to perform paging monitoring using a second paging monitoring period; if the terminal determines that a condition for triggering the first receiver to perform paging monitoring is met within the second paging monitoring period, the first receiver is triggered to perform paging monitoring within the second paging monitoring period; The first paging monitoring period is greater than the second paging monitoring period, the power consumption of the first receiver is greater than the power consumption of the second receiver, the second paging monitoring period is the same as the sending period of the paging message, and the first paging monitoring period includes multiple sending periods of the paging messages.

9. A paging monitoring device, characterized in that: include: processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; The processor is configured to: execute the paging monitoring method described in any one of claims 1-3, or execute the paging monitoring method described in any one of claims 4-6.

10. A non-temporary computer-readable storage medium, when the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enables the mobile terminal to execute the paging monitoring method described in any one of claims 1-3, or enables the mobile terminal to execute the paging monitoring method described in any one of claims 4-6.

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