Paging method, device, terminal, network side equipment and readable storage medium

Abstract

The present application discloses a paging method, device, terminal, network side device and readable storage medium, which belongs to the field of communication technology. The specific implementation scheme includes: the access network device obtains the status information of the terminal, the terminal is in the air interface connection state, and paging the terminal according to the status information of the terminal. According to the scheme in the embodiment of the present application, the paging of the terminal in the air interface connection state can be realized, so as to facilitate the terminal to perform state transition in time.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a paging method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment and readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In the prior art, usually only terminals in non-connected states such as idle states will monitor paging channels to receive paging messages. For connected terminals, since the network side knows the location of the terminal in the network (such as which base station is covered), the connected terminals will not have dedicated paging needs. However, after the introduction of broadcast multicast services, connected terminals have new terminal-specific paging needs. For example, the terminal only has the need to receive broadcast multicast services, so only an air interface connection is established while the core network management remains in an idle state, but the terminal in this state may need to receive paging from the core network device in order to enter the core network connected state. Therefore, how to implement paging of terminals in the air interface connected state is a problem that needs to be solved urgently. Summary of the invention

[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide a paging method, apparatus, terminal, network-side equipment, and readable storage medium to solve the problem of how to implement paging of a terminal in an air interface connection state.

[0004] In a first aspect, a paging method is provided, which is performed by an access network device and includes:

[0005] Acquire terminal status information; wherein the terminal is in an air interface connection state;

[0006] The terminal is paged according to the status information of the terminal.

[0007] In a second aspect, a paging method is provided, which is performed by a core network device and includes:

[0008] Auxiliary indication information is received from a first access network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device to cancel paging a target terminal in a second access network device, and the second access network device is an access network device other than the first access network device.

[0009] According to a third aspect, a paging method is provided, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0010] receiving paging indication information from an access network device;

[0011] The terminal is in an air interface connection state; and the mode of sending the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal.

[0012] In a fourth aspect, a paging device is provided, which is applied to an access network device, including:

[0013] An acquisition module, used to acquire the status information of the terminal; wherein the terminal is in an air interface connection state;

[0014] The paging module is used to page the terminal according to the status information of the terminal.

[0015] In a fifth aspect, a paging device is provided, which is applied to a core network device, including:

[0016] The third receiving module is used to receive auxiliary indication information from the first access network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device to cancel paging the target terminal in the second access network device, and the second access network device is an access network device other than the first access network device.

[0017] In a sixth aspect, a paging device is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

[0018] A fourth receiving module, configured to receive paging indication information from an access network device;

[0019] The terminal is in an air interface connection state; and the mode of sending the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal.

[0020] In a seventh aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0021] In the eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0022] In the ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented.

[0023] In the tenth aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

[0024] In an embodiment of the present application, after obtaining the status information of the terminal in the air interface connection state, the access network device can page the terminal according to the status information, such as paging the terminal through a terminal-specific message or paging the terminal through a paging channel, thereby implementing paging of the terminal in the air interface connection state, facilitating the terminal to perform state transition or obtain service information in a timely manner. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 is a flow chart of a paging method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 3 is a flow chart of another paging method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 4 is a flow chart of another paging method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of a paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 6 is a structural diagram of another paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 7 is a structural diagram of another paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] Figure 8 It is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] Fig.10 It is a structural diagram of a network side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0036] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and / or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally represents that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

[0037] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th generation (6 th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0038] Figure 1A block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can also be called a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), a wearable device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted device (Vehicle User Equipment, VUE), a pedestrian terminal (Pedestrian User Equipment, PUE) and other terminal side devices, and the wearable device includes: a bracelet, a headset, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 can be a base station or a core network, wherein the base station can be referred to as an access network device, a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a B node, an evolved B node (eNB), a home B node, a home evolved B node, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, a transmitting and receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable term in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0039] The paging method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below through specific embodiments and application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0040] See also Figure 2 , Figure 2 1 is a flow chart of a paging method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method is executed by an access network device, the access network device is, for example, a radio access network (RAN) node. Figure 2 As shown, the method comprises the following steps:

[0041] Step 21: Get the terminal status information.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal is in an air interface connected state. Further, the terminal may be in an air interface connected state and the core network management is in a connected state, or the air interface is in a connected state and the core network management is in an idle state.

[0043] Step 22: Paging the terminal according to the terminal status information.

[0044] Optionally, the above-mentioned method of paging the terminal may include any one of the following:

[0045] 1) Paging the terminal via a terminal-specific message.

[0046] It should be noted that the terminal-specific message may be user plane information or control plane message.

[0047] For example, the terminal-specific message may be control plane information, such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, which pages the terminal by carrying paging indication information in an RRC message, and the paging indication information is used to inform the terminal that the network side is paging the terminal. In one implementation, the paging indication information may be one-bit indication information, such as when the paging indication information exists, it indicates that the network side (such as the core network) is paging the terminal; or, when the paging indication information does not exist, it indicates that the network side (such as the core network) does not paging the terminal. In another implementation, the paging indication information always exists, and different values ​​are used to indicate whether the network side (such as the core network) is paging the terminal.

[0048] It should be noted that when the terminal-specific information is control plane information, the terminal-specific information may be RRC control plane information, or may be media access control (MAC) layer information, or may be physical PHY (Physical) layer information, which is not limited here.

[0049] For another example, the terminal-specific message may be a terminal-specific RRC message, and the terminal is paged in a manner of carrying a paging message in the terminal-specific RRC message.

[0050] As another example, the terminal-specific information may be user plane information, such as carrying paging indication information via a data radio bearer (DRB).

[0051] It should be noted that when the terminal-specific information is user plane information, the terminal-specific information may be Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer information, Radio Link Control (RLC) layer information, or MAC layer information, which is not limited here.

[0052] 2) Paging the terminal through the paging channel.

[0053] For example, the access network device may instruct the network side to paging the terminal through the paging indication information carried by the paging channel.

[0054] As an example, the paging indication information may indicate a terminal in a specific paging state. For example, a new field (such as the indication information field introduced in the short message field in the downlink control information (DCI)) is introduced in the control signaling that carries the paging indication information to indicate a terminal in a specific paging state. The specific state may be a state in which the air interface is connected and the core network manages an idle state. For a terminal that is in an air interface connected state and a core network manages an idle state, when the paging indication information is received through the paging channel, it is determined that there is a paging message according to the paging indication information, and the paging message is received.

[0055] As another example, the paging indication information may indicate paging a terminal in a specific state. The specific state may be a terminal receiving a specific service or a terminal interested in a specific service. For example, a new field (such as a short message field in a DCI) is introduced in the control signaling that carries the paging indication information to indicate paging a terminal receiving a specific service (such as an MBS). When the terminal is interested in a broadcast multicast service or expects to receive or is receiving the service, when the paging indication information is received through the paging channel, it is determined that a paging message exists according to the paging indication information, and the paging message is received.

[0056] According to the paging method of the embodiment of the present application, after the access network device obtains the status information of the terminal in the air interface connection state, it can page the terminal according to the status information, such as paging the terminal through a terminal-specific message or paging the terminal through a paging channel, thereby realizing paging of the terminal in the air interface connection state, making it convenient for the terminal to perform state transition or obtain service information in a timely manner.

[0057] In the embodiment of the present application, the status information of the terminal may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:

[0058] The connection status of the terminal;

[0059] The authentication status of the terminal;

[0060] The service status of the terminal;

[0061] The terminal's paging configuration status.

[0062] Optionally, the connection status of the terminal may include any of the following:

[0063] The core network management is in an idle state; that is, the air interface of the terminal is in a connected state and the core network management is in an idle state;

[0064] The core network management is in a connected state; that is, the air interface of the terminal is in a connected state and the core network management is in a connected state.

[0065] Optionally, the verification status of the terminal may include any of the following:

[0066] The terminal has passed the core network verification status;

[0067] The terminal fails to pass the core network verification status;

[0068] The terminal fails to pass the core network verification, including at least one of the following scenarios:

[0069] 1) The terminal does not send verification information to the network side. For example, when establishing an air interface connection, the terminal does not send verification information, which is used by the core network device to verify the identity of the terminal (such as verifying whether the terminal is legal).

[0070] 2) The access network device does not send verification information to the core network device. For example, when the terminal establishes an air interface connection, it sends verification information, which is used by the core network device to verify the identity of the terminal (such as verifying whether the terminal is legal). However, the access network device does not forward the verification information sent by the terminal to the core network device.

[0071] 3) The access network device sent verification information to the core network device, but the core network verification failed. For example, when the terminal establishes an air interface connection, it sends verification information, and the verification information is used by the core network device to verify the identity of the terminal (such as verifying whether the terminal is legal). The access network device forwards the verification information sent by the terminal to the core network device. However, when the core network device verifies the terminal based on the verification information, the verification result is failed (for example, the terminal is verified to be illegal).

[0072] Optionally, the service status of the terminal may include any of the following:

[0073] The status of the terminal's interest in the service;

[0074] The terminal is not interested in the service.

[0075] Optionally, the paging configuration state of the terminal may include any of the following:

[0076] 1) The terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; that is, the network side configures the terminal in the air interface connected state to monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message.

[0077] 2) The terminal is not configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; that is, the network side does not configure the terminal in the air interface connected state to monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message. It can be understood that the terminal may not monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message, or the terminal may monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message.

[0078] 3) The terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; that is, the network side configures the terminal in the air interface connected state not to monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message.

[0079] 4) The terminal is not configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; that is, the network side does not configure the terminal in the air interface connected state not to monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message. It can be understood that the terminal may not monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message, or the terminal may monitor the paging channel to receive the paging message.

[0080] In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the access network device may page the terminal through a terminal-specific message when at least one of the following conditions is met:

[0081] 1) The core network device indicates the paging terminal, and the terminal is in the air interface connected state and the core network management idle state;

[0082] 2) The core network device instructs the paging terminal, and the terminal is in a state of having passed the core network verification;

[0083] 3) The core network device instructs the paging terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0084] 4) The core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal;

[0085] 5) The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

[0086] In some scenarios, such as when the terminal is in an air interface connected state and the core network is idle, the core network device may indicate to the access network device both paging the terminal and service changes. The access network device pages the terminal based on the status information of the terminal. That is, in this case, there may be two reasons why the access network device pages the terminal: one is that the core network instructs the terminal to be paged, and the other is that the core network indicates a service change. At this time, the access network device may determine to use a terminal-specific message to page the terminal if at least one of the following is met:

[0087] 1) The core network equipment indicates the paging terminal and service changes, and the terminal is in a state of being verified by the core network;

[0088] 2) The core network device indicates the paging terminal and service changes, and the changed service is the service of interest to the terminal;

[0089] 3) The core network equipment indicates the paging terminal and service changes, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0090] Optionally, the access network device may choose to page the terminal through a paging channel when at least one of the following conditions is met:

[0091] 1) The core network device instructs the paging terminal, and the terminal is in a state of not passing the core network verification;

[0092] 2) The core network device instructs the paging terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0093] 3) The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

[0094] In some scenarios, such as when the terminal is in an air interface connected state and the core network is idle, the core network device may indicate to the access network device both paging the terminal and service changes. The access network device pages the terminal based on the status information of the terminal. That is, in this case, there may be two reasons why the access network device pages the terminal: one is that the core network indicates paging the terminal, and the other is that the core network indicates service changes. At this time, the access network device can determine to use the paging channel to page the terminal if at least one of the following is met:

[0095] 4) The core network equipment indicates that the paging terminal and service have changed, and the terminal is in a state of not passing the core network verification;

[0096] 5) The core network device indicates the paging terminal and service changes, and the changed service is a service that the terminal is not interested in;

[0097] 6) The core network equipment instructs the paging terminal and service changes, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0098] In an embodiment of the present application, the access network device may receive first indication information from the core network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a paging terminal, for example, the first indication information is used to indicate a paging terminal in a specific state.

[0099] Optionally, the terminal in a specific state may be any of the following:

[0100] Terminals whose air interface is in connected state and whose core network management is in connected state;

[0101] The air interface is in a connected state and the core network management is in an idle state. For example, the terminal only needs to receive broadcast and multicast services, so only an air interface connection is established but the core network management is in an idle state.

[0102] Optionally, the first indication information may include at least one of the following:

[0103] Core network paging message; for example, the access network device receives a paging message (PAGING message) from the core network device for the paging terminal, and pages the designated terminal according to the core network paging information;

[0104] Service change notification; optionally, the service change notification can be any of the following: service start notification, service suspension notification, service resumption notification, service stop notification, etc.; for example, after the access network device receives a change notification of a specific type of service such as a broadcast or multicast service from the core network device, it pages the terminal according to the change notification.

[0105] In the embodiment of the present application, the access network device may optionally send auxiliary indication information to the core network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device in canceling paging the terminal in other access network devices except the access network device. In this way, the signaling overhead of other access network devices can be saved by using the auxiliary indication information.

[0106] Furthermore, the above process of sending auxiliary indication information to the core network device may include: when paging the terminal through the terminal dedicated message, the access network device sends the auxiliary indication information to the core network device.

[0107] Optionally, the access network device may receive paging cancellation indication information sent by the core network device, and stop paging the terminal; wherein the paging cancellation indication information is used to indicate the cancellation of paging the terminal.

[0108] See also Figure 3 , Figure 3is a flow chart of a paging method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method is executed by a core network device, such as Figure 3 As shown, the method comprises the following steps:

[0109] Step 31: Receive auxiliary indication information from the first access network device.

[0110] The auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device in canceling paging the target terminal in the second access network device, where the second access network device is an access network device other than the first access network device.

[0111] Furthermore, before receiving auxiliary indication information from the first access network device, the core network device may also send first indication information to the first access network device and the second access network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate paging the target terminal.

[0112] For example, the first indication information is used to indicate paging a terminal in a specific state. Optionally, the terminal in a specific state may be any one of the following:

[0113] Terminals whose air interface is in connected state and whose core network management is in connected state;

[0114] The air interface is in a connected state and the core network management is in an idle state. For example, the terminal only needs to receive broadcast and multicast services, so only an air interface connection is established but the core network management is in an idle state.

[0115] Optionally, the first indication information may include at least one of the following:

[0116] Core network paging message; for example, the access network device receives a paging message (PAGING message) from the core network device for the paging terminal, and pages the designated terminal according to the core network paging information;

[0117] Service change notification; optionally, the service change notification can be any of the following: service start notification, service suspension notification, service resumption notification, service stop notification, etc.; for example, after the access network device receives a change notification of a specific type of service such as a broadcast or multicast service from the core network device, it pages the designated terminal according to the change notification.

[0118] Optionally, the core network device may also send paging cancellation indication information to the second access network device; wherein the paging cancellation indication information is used to indicate cancellation of paging to the target terminal.

[0119] The paging method of the embodiment of the present application sends the first indication information to the access network device through the core network device, so that the access network device can page the terminal after obtaining the status information of the terminal in the air interface connection state, such as paging the terminal through a terminal dedicated message or paging the terminal through a paging channel, thereby realizing paging of the terminal in the air interface connection state, facilitating the terminal to perform state transition in a timely manner.

[0120] See also Figure 4 , Figure 4 is a flow chart of a paging method provided in an embodiment of the present application, the method is executed by a terminal, such as Figure 4 As shown, the method comprises the following steps:

[0121] Step 41: Receive paging indication information from the access network device.

[0122] In this embodiment, the terminal is in an air interface connected state. Further, the terminal may be in an air interface connected state and the core network management is in a connected state, or in an air interface connected state and the core network management is in an idle state. The sending mode of the paging indication information may be determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal.

[0123] It should be noted that the terminal status information in this embodiment can be found in the above Figure 2 The description in the illustrated embodiment will not be repeated here.

[0124] Optionally, the terminal may receive a paging message from the access network device through any of the following: a terminal-specific message, a paging channel.

[0125] In the paging method of the embodiment of the present application, a terminal in an air interface connected state can receive paging indication information from an access network device, thereby implementing paging of the terminal in an air interface connected state, facilitating the terminal to perform state transition or obtain service information in a timely manner.

[0126] Optionally, after receiving the paging indication information, the terminal may determine the existence of a paging message according to the paging indication information, and receive the paging message.

[0127] Optionally, when the terminal receives paging indication information while being in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state, such as through a terminal-specific message or a paging channel, the core network connection establishment process can be initiated. For example, when the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network idle state, it is determined that there is a paging message according to the paging indication information, and the paging message is received. If the paging message carries the terminal identifier of the terminal (such as a 5G S-temporary mobile subscription identifier (5G S-Temporary Mobile Subscription Identifier, 5G-S-TMSI)), the terminal initiates the core network connection establishment process. For another example, the terminal sends an RRC message to an access network device, and the RRC message carries a non-access layer (Non-Access-Stratum, NAS) container, and the NAS container carries information related to the core network connection establishment.

[0128] For example, when the terminal is in the air interface connected state and the core network idle state, it is determined according to the paging indication information that there is a paging message, and the paging message is received. If the paging message carries only the change notification indication information of the broadcast multicast service, the terminal does not initiate the core network connection establishment process. In other words, the terminal continues to remain in the air interface connected state and the core network idle state.

[0129] Optionally, after the terminal receives paging indication information from the access network device, it can obtain service change related information.

[0130] For example, the terminal determines that a paging message exists according to the paging indication information, and receives the paging message. When the paging message carries the change notification indication information of the broadcast multicast service, the terminal obtains the service change related information.

[0131] As another example, when the terminal determines, according to the paging indication information, that there is a change notification indication information of the broadcast multicast service, the terminal obtains the service change related information.

[0132] Furthermore, the terminal can obtain information related to the service change by any of the following methods:

[0133] System messages;

[0134] Paging message.

[0135] For example, when the paging indication information received by the terminal is related to a specific service change, the paging indication information is sent via a terminal dedicated message or a paging channel, and the service change related information can be obtained via a system message or a paging message.

[0136] For example, if the service change related information is sent through a common control channel such as a single cell multicast control channel (SC-MCCH), when the terminal receives a paging message of the service change, it can receive the SC-MCCH message.

[0137] As another example, if the service change related information is carried in a paging message, the terminal receives the paging message to obtain the service change related information.

[0138] It should be noted that the paging method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a paging device, or a control module in the paging device for executing the paging method. In the embodiment of the present application, the paging device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the paging method executed by the paging device as an example.

[0139] See also Figure 5 , Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application, the paging device is applied to access network equipment, such as Figure 5 As shown, the paging device 50 includes:

[0140] The acquisition module 51 is used to acquire the status information of the terminal; the terminal is in an air interface connection state;

[0141] The paging module 52 is used for accessing the network device to page the terminal according to the status information of the terminal.

[0142] Optionally, the paging module 52 is specifically configured to perform any one of the following:

[0143] Paging the terminal via a terminal-specific message;

[0144] Paging the terminal via the paging channel.

[0145] Optionally, the terminal status information includes at least one of the following:

[0146] The connection status of the terminal;

[0147] the verification status of the terminal;

[0148] The service status of the terminal;

[0149] The paging configuration state of the terminal.

[0150] Optionally, the connection status of the terminal includes any one of the following:

[0151] The core network management is in an idle state;

[0152] The core network management is in the connected state.

[0153] Optionally, the verification status of the terminal includes any one of the following:

[0154] The terminal has passed the core network verification status;

[0155] The terminal fails to pass the core network authentication.

[0156] Optionally, the service status of the terminal includes any one of the following:

[0157] The state of the terminal's interest in the service;

[0158] The terminal is in a state of not being interested in the service.

[0159] Optionally, the paging configuration state of the terminal includes any one of the following:

[0160] The terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0161] The terminal is not configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0162] The terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0163] The terminal is not configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

[0164] Optionally, the paging module 52 is specifically configured to: paging the terminal through a terminal-specific message when at least one of the following conditions is met:

[0165] The core network device instructs the terminal to paging, and the terminal is in the air interface connected state and the core network management idle state;

[0166] The core network device instructs the paging terminal, and the terminal is in a state of having passed the core network verification;

[0167] The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0168] The core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal;

[0169] The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

[0170] Optionally, the paging module 52 is specifically configured to: page the terminal through a paging channel when at least one of the following conditions is met:

[0171] The core network device instructs the terminal to paging, and the terminal is in a state of failing to pass the core network verification;

[0172] The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state;

[0173] The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

[0174] Optionally, the paging device 50 further includes:

[0175] The first receiving module is used to receive first indication information from a core network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate paging the terminal.

[0176] Optionally, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0177] Core network paging messages and service change notifications.

[0178] Optionally, the paging device 50 further includes:

[0179] The first sending module is used to send auxiliary indication information to the core network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device to cancel paging the terminal in other access network devices except the access network device.

[0180] Optionally, the first sending module is specifically used to: when paging the terminal through a terminal-specific message, send the auxiliary indication information to the core network device.

[0181] Optionally, the paging device 50 further includes:

[0182] A second receiving module is used to receive paging cancellation indication information sent by a core network device; wherein the paging cancellation indication information is used to indicate the cancellation of paging of the terminal;

[0183] The stop module is used to stop paging the terminal.

[0184] It is understandable that the paging device 50 provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figure 2 The various processes implemented by the method embodiment and achieving the same technical effect are not described here to avoid repetition.

[0185] See also Figure 6 , Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application, the paging device is applied to a core network device, such as Figure 6 As shown, the paging device 60 includes:

[0186] The third receiving module 61 is used to receive auxiliary indication information from the first access network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device to cancel paging the target terminal in the second access network device, and the second access network device is an access network device other than the first access network device.

[0187] Optionally, the paging device 60 further includes:

[0188] The second sending module is used to send first indication information to the first access network device and the second access network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate paging the target terminal.

[0189] Optionally, the first indication information includes at least one of the following:

[0190] Core network paging messages and service change notifications.

[0191] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0192] The third sending module is used to send paging cancellation indication information to the second access network device; wherein the paging cancellation indication information is used to indicate the cancellation of paging to the target terminal.

[0193] It is understandable that the paging device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figure 3 The various processes implemented by the method embodiment and achieving the same technical effect are not described here to avoid repetition.

[0194] See also Figure 7 , Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a paging device provided in an embodiment of the present application, and the paging device is applied to a terminal, such as Figure 7 As shown, the paging device 70 includes:

[0195] The fourth receiving module 71 is used to receive paging indication information from the access network device;

[0196] The terminal is in an air interface connection state; and the mode of sending the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal.

[0197] Optionally, the fourth receiving module 71 is specifically configured to: the fourth receiving module is specifically configured to: receive the paging indication information from the access network device through any one of the following:

[0198] Terminal-specific message and paging channels.

[0199] Optionally, the paging device 70 further includes:

[0200] A determination module, configured to determine the presence of a paging message according to the paging indication information;

[0201] The fifth receiving module is used to receive the paging message.

[0202] Optionally, the paging device 70 further includes:

[0203] The execution module is used to initiate a core network connection establishment process after receiving the paging indication information when the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state.

[0204] Optionally, the execution module is further used to: after receiving the paging indication information from the access network device, obtain service change related information.

[0205] Optionally, the execution module is further used for:

[0206] After receiving the paging indication information from the access network device, obtaining the service change related information by any one of the following:

[0207] System messages;

[0208] Paging message.

[0209] It is understandable that the paging device 70 provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figure 4 The various processes implemented by the method embodiment and achieving the same technical effect are not described here to avoid repetition.

[0210] The paging device 70 in the embodiment of the present application can be a device, or a component, integrated circuit, or chip in a terminal. The device can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal can be a server, a network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television (television, TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0211] The paging device 70 in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0212] Optional, such as Figure 8As shown, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 80, including a processor 81, a memory 82, and a program or instruction stored in the memory 82 and executable on the processor 81. For example, when the communication device 80 is an access network device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 81 to implement the above Figure 2 The various processes of the method embodiment shown in the figure can achieve the same technical effect; when the communication device 80 is a core network device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 81 to implement the above Figure 3 The various processes of the method embodiment shown in the figure can achieve the same technical effect; when the communication device 80 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 81 to implement the above Figure 4 The various processes of the method embodiment shown can achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0213] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0214] The terminal 900 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909, and a processor 910.

[0215] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 900 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 910 through a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Fig. 9 The terminal structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0216] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 904 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042, and the graphics processor 9041 processes the image data of the static picture or video obtained by the image capture device (such as a camera) in the video capture mode or the image capture mode. The display unit 906 may include a display panel 9061, and the display panel 9061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 9071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0217] In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 901 receives downlink data from the network side device and sends it to the processor 910 for processing; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 901 includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0218] The memory 909 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 909 can mainly include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program or instruction storage area can store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 909 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can also include a non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or a flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage devices.

[0219] The processor 910 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 910 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and application programs or instructions, etc., and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 910.

[0220] The radio frequency unit 901 is used to receive paging indication information from the access network device;

[0221] The terminal is in an air interface connection state; and the mode of sending the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal 900 .

[0222] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 901 is further used to receive the paging indication information from the access network device through any one of the following: a terminal dedicated message, a paging channel.

[0223] Optionally, the processor 910 is further configured to initiate a core network connection establishment process after the terminal 900 receives the paging indication information when the terminal 900 is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state.

[0224] Specifically, the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device. Fig.10 As shown, the network device 100 includes: an antenna 101, a radio frequency device 102, and a baseband device 103. The antenna 101 is connected to the radio frequency device 102. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 102 receives information through the antenna 101 and sends the received information to the baseband device 103 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 103 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 102. The radio frequency device 102 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 101.

[0225] The frequency band processing device may be located in the baseband device 103 . The method performed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 103 . The baseband device 103 includes a processor 104 and a memory 105 .

[0226] The baseband device 103 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged. Fig.10 As shown, one of the chips is, for example, a processor 104, which is connected to a memory 105 to call a program in the memory 105 to execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0227] The baseband device 103 may further include a network interface 106 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 102 . The interface may be, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0228] Specifically, the network side device of the embodiment of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 105 and executable on the processor 104, and the processor 104 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 105 to execute Figure 5 or Figure 6The methods executed by each module shown in the figure achieve the same technical effects, so they will not be described here to avoid repetition.

[0229] The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned paging method embodiment is implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0230] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0231] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run network-side device programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned paging method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0232] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0233] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise one..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0234] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, a disk, or an optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0235] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A paging method, characterized in that: The method is performed by an access network device and includes: Acquire terminal status information; wherein the terminal is in an air interface connection state; paging the terminal according to the status information of the terminal; The terminal status information includes: the connection status of the terminal; the connection status of the terminal includes: the status that the core network management is in an idle state; The paging the terminal according to the status information of the terminal includes: When at least one of the following conditions is met, the terminal is paged using a terminal-specific message: The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of having passed the core network verification; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal; The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; or, The paging the terminal according to the status information of the terminal includes: When at least one of the following conditions is met, paging the terminal through a paging channel: The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of failing to pass the core network verification; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The terminal status information also includes at least one of the following: the verification status of the terminal; The service status of the terminal; The paging configuration status of the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The connection status of the terminal also includes: The core network management is in the connected state.

4. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The verification status of the terminal includes any of the following: The terminal has passed the core network verification status; The terminal fails to pass the core network authentication.

5. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The service status of the terminal includes any of the following: The state of the terminal's interest in the service; The terminal is in a state of not being interested in the service.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The paging configuration state of the terminal includes any one of the following: The terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is not configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is not configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: Receive first indication information from a core network device; wherein the first indication information is used to indicate paging the terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The first indication information includes at least one of the following: Core network paging messages and service change notifications.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Send auxiliary indication information to the core network device; wherein the auxiliary indication information is used to assist the core network device to cancel paging the terminal in other access network devices except the access network device.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that The sending of auxiliary indication information to the core network device includes: When the terminal is paged through a terminal-specific message, the auxiliary indication information is sent to the core network device.

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Receiving paging cancellation indication information sent by a core network device; wherein the paging cancellation indication information is used to indicate cancellation of paging of the terminal; Stop paging the terminal.

12. A paging method, characterized in that: Executed by a terminal, the method includes: receiving paging indication information from an access network device; The terminal is in an air interface connection state; the sending mode of the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal; the state information of the terminal includes: the connection state of the terminal; the connection state of the terminal includes: the state in which the core network management is in an idle state; The terminal is paged through a terminal-specific message when at least one of the following conditions is met: the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state; the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state that has passed core network verification; the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; the core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal; the core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; or, The terminal is paged through the paging channel when at least one of the following conditions is met: the core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of not being verified by the core network; the core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; the core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The method further comprises: Determining the presence of a paging message according to the paging indication information; The paging message is received.

14. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that After the terminal receives the paging indication information when being in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state, the method further includes: Initiate the core network connection establishment process.

15. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that After receiving the paging indication information from the access network device, the method further includes: Obtain information related to business changes.

16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that The obtaining of the business change related information includes: Obtain information related to the business change by doing any of the following: System messages; Paging message.

17. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The terminal status information also includes at least one of the following: the verification status of the terminal; The service status of the terminal; The paging configuration status of the terminal.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The connection status of the terminal also includes: The core network management is in the connected state.

19. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The verification status of the terminal includes any of the following: The terminal has passed the core network verification status; The terminal fails to pass the core network authentication.

20. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The service status of the terminal includes any of the following: The state of the terminal's interest in the service; The terminal is in a state of not being interested in the service.

21. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that The paging configuration state of the terminal includes any one of the following: The terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is not configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The terminal is not configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

22. A paging device, characterized in that: Applied to access network equipment, the device comprises: An acquisition module, used to acquire the status information of the terminal; wherein the terminal is in an air interface connection state; A paging module, used for paging the terminal according to the status information of the terminal; The terminal status information includes: the connection status of the terminal; the connection status of the terminal includes: the status that the core network management is in an idle state; The paging module is specifically configured to: paging the terminal through a terminal-specific message when at least one of the following conditions is met: The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of having passed the core network verification; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal; The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; or, The paging module is specifically configured to: paging the terminal through a paging channel when at least one of the following conditions is met: The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of failing to pass the core network verification; The core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; The core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor a paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

23. A paging device, characterized in that: Applied to a terminal, the device comprises: A fourth receiving module, configured to receive paging indication information from an access network device; The terminal is in an air interface connection state; the sending mode of the paging indication information is determined by the access network device according to the state information of the terminal; the state information of the terminal includes: the connection state of the terminal; the connection state of the terminal includes: the state in which the core network management is in an idle state; The terminal is paged through a terminal-specific message when at least one of the following conditions is met: the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is in an air interface connected state and a core network management idle state; the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state that has passed core network verification; the core network device indicates paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; the core network device indicates a service change, and the changed service is a service of interest to the terminal; the core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured not to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; or, The terminal is paged through the paging channel when at least one of the following conditions is met: the core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is in a state of not being verified by the core network; the core network device instructs paging the terminal, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state; the core network device indicates a service change, and the terminal is configured to monitor the paging channel when the air interface is in a connected state.

24. A network side device, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the paging method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

25. A terminal, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the paging method according to any one of claims 12 to 21.

26. A readable storage medium, characterized in that: The readable storage medium stores a program or an instruction, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the paging method according to any one of claims 1 to 11 are implemented, or the steps of the paging method according to any one of claims 12 to 21 are implemented.

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