Indication broadcast method and apparatus, indication receiving method and apparatus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for indicating broadcast, comprising: broadcasting listening indication information, wherein the listening indication information is used for indicating that a first type of user equipment listens to paging signaling, or is used for indicating that a second type of user equipment listens to paging signaling. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, different types of user equipment can be indicated to listen to paging signaling through listening indication information, so that different types of user equipment do not have to listen to paging signaling broadcasted by a base station together. Accordingly, when the base station needs to broadcast paging signaling according to a larger number of times, user equipment which needs to listen to paging signaling according to a smaller number of times can not listen, thereby avoiding resource waste of user equipment.

Description

[0001] Divisional application specification

[0002] This application is a divisional application of Chinese Patent Application No. 202080001528.4, filed on July 15, 2020, entitled “Indication Broadcasting Method and Apparatus, Indication Receiving Method and Apparatus”. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular, to an indication broadcasting method, an indication broadcasting apparatus, an indication receiving method, an indication receiving apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0004] In 5G NR (New Radio), in addition to ordinary user equipment, reduced capability UE, also known as NR-lite user equipment, is introduced. Compared with ordinary user equipment, reduced capability UE has low cost, low complexity, needs a certain degree of coverage enhancement, and saves power.

[0005] In the current 5G scenario, the base station can schedule user equipment through broadcast paging signaling. All user equipment under the coverage of the base station will receive the paging signaling. However, for reduced capability user equipment, because it needs a certain degree of coverage enhancement, the base station needs to broadcast the paging signaling a large number of times according to the needs of reduced capability user equipment to ensure that reduced capability user equipment can receive the paging signaling. Although ordinary user equipment does not need to be broadcast a large number of times to receive the paging signaling, it still needs to listen to the paging signaling a large number of times with reduced capability user equipment, which causes resource waste for ordinary user equipment. SUMMARY

[0006] Therefore, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication broadcasting method, an indication broadcasting apparatus, an indication receiving method, an indication receiving apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium to solve the technical problems in the related art.

[0007] According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, an indication broadcasting method is provided, applicable to a base station, and the method comprises:

[0008] broadcasting listening indication information, wherein the listening indication information is used to indicate that a first type of user equipment listens to paging signaling, or is used to indicate that a second type of user equipment listens to paging signaling.

[0009] According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, an indication receiving method is provided, applicable to a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0010] receiving the listening indication information broadcasted by the base station;

[0011] determining whether to listen to the paging signaling according to the listening indication information.

[0012] According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, an indication broadcasting apparatus is provided, applicable to a base station, and the apparatus comprises:

[0013] a broadcasting module configured to broadcast listening indication information, wherein the listening indication information is used to instruct a first type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling, or is used to instruct a second type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling.

[0014] According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, an indication receiving apparatus is provided, applicable to a terminal, and the apparatus comprises:

[0015] a receiving module configured to receive listening indication information broadcasted by a base station;

[0016] a first determining module configured to determine whether to listen to paging signaling according to the listening indication information.

[0017] According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, comprising:

[0018] a processor;

[0019] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0020] The processor is configured to implement the indication broadcasting method of any of the above embodiments and / or the indication receiving method of any of the above embodiments.

[0021] According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which stores a computer program, and the program is executed by a processor to implement the steps of the indication broadcasting method of any of the above embodiments and / or the indication receiving method of any of the above embodiments.

[0022] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, different types of user equipment can be instructed to listen to paging signaling through listening indication information, so that different types of user equipment do not have to listen to paging signaling broadcasted by a base station together. Accordingly, when a base station needs to broadcast paging signaling according to a larger number of times, user equipment that needs to listen to paging signaling according to a smaller number of times can not perform listening, thereby avoiding waste of resources of user equipment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative labor.

[0024] Figure 1 is a schematic flow chart of an indication broadcast method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a short message in the related art.

[0026] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a short message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] Figure 4 is a schematic flow chart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart of another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] Figure 6 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] Figure 7 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] Figure 8 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] Figure 9 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] Figure 10 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] Figure 11 is a schematic flow chart of still another indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0035] Figure 12 is a schematic block diagram of an indication broadcast device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] Figure 13 is a schematic block diagram of an indication receiving device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] Figure 14 is a schematic block diagram of another indication receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] Figure 15 is a schematic block diagram of an indication apparatus for broadcasting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0039] Figure 16 is a schematic block diagram of an indication apparatus for receiving according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0041] Figure 1 is a schematic flow chart of an indication broadcasting method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in the embodiment can be applied to a base station, which can be a 5G base station, and the base station can communicate with terminals as user equipment, including but not limited to mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, Internet of Things devices, and other electronic devices.

[0042] As shown in Figure 1 , the indication broadcasting method can include the following steps:

[0043] In step S101, broadcast monitoring indication information, wherein the monitoring indication information is used to indicate that the first type of user equipment monitors paging signaling, or is used to indicate that the second type of user equipment monitors paging signaling.

[0044] In one embodiment, the base station can broadcast monitoring indication information before broadcasting paging signaling. The monitoring indication information can indicate that the first type of user equipment monitors paging signaling, or is used to indicate that the second type of user equipment monitors paging signaling. The first type of user equipment and the second type of user equipment can periodically monitor the broadcast indication information. The monitoring indication information contains the first type of corresponding identifier or the second type of corresponding identifier. After receiving the monitoring indication information, the user equipment can determine whether the monitoring indication information is for itself according to the identifier in the monitoring indication information.

[0045] The first type of user equipment and the second type of user equipment can be set as needed, and the two types of user equipment belong to different types of user equipment. In some embodiments, the UE capability of the second type of user equipment is lower than that of the first type of user equipment. For example, the first type of user equipment is a normal user equipment, which can also be referred to as a legacy UE (legacy user equipment), and the second type of user equipment is a reduced capability UE (reduced capability user equipment). Of course, this is only an example. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, multiple types of user equipment can be included, and are not limited to the first type of user equipment and the second type of user equipment. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the types of user equipment can be any type of user equipment, and the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0046] However, for ease of illustration, in the following embodiments of the present disclosure, two types of user equipment are included in the system, and the first type of user equipment is a normal user equipment, which can also be referred to as a legacy UE (legacy user equipment), and the second type of user equipment is a reduced capability UE (reduced capability user equipment).

[0047] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the different types of user equipment can be instructed to listen to the paging signaling by listening to the indication information, so that the different types of user equipment do not have to listen to the paging signaling broadcast by the base station together. Accordingly, when the base station needs to broadcast the paging signaling according to a larger number of times, the user equipment that needs to listen to the paging signaling according to a smaller number of times can not listen, thereby avoiding the waste of resources of the user equipment.

[0048] For example, when the subsequent base station repeatedly broadcasts the paging signaling according to a larger first number of times within a period of time, the reduced capability user equipment can be instructed to listen to the paging signaling by listening to the indication information. Since the normal user equipment is not instructed to listen to the paging signaling, the normal user equipment can not have to listen to the paging signaling. Therefore, the reduced capability user equipment can listen to the paging signaling repeatedly according to the first number of times, and the normal user equipment does not need to listen to the paging signaling repeatedly according to the first number of times. Thus, on the basis of ensuring that the reduced capability user equipment can obtain the paging signaling, the waste of resources of the normal user equipment is avoided.

[0049] In an embodiment, the listening indication information can be broadcasted in the process of the base station broadcasting the paging signaling. For example, the first type of user equipment needs to repeatedly listen to the paging signaling for a first number of times, and the second type of user equipment needs to repeatedly listen to the paging signaling for a second number of times, the second number of times being less than the first number of times. After the base station broadcasts the paging signaling for the second number of times, the base station can broadcast the listening indication information to indicate the second type of user equipment to stop listening to the paging signaling. After the second type of user equipment receives the listening indication information, the second type of user equipment stops continuously listening to the paging signaling, and the first type of user equipment can continue to listen. In this way, the second type of user equipment can be prevented from repeatedly listening to the paging signaling for a number of times (greater than the second number of times), and resource waste of the second type of user equipment can be avoided.

[0050] Optionally, the listening indication information is a wake-up signal.

[0051] In an embodiment, the wake-up signal (WUS) can also be referred to as a power saving signal, and can be used to indicate whether the user equipment needs to listen to the downlink control information (DCI) of the paging signaling, i.e., paging DCI. The user equipment can periodically listen to the wake-up signal. If the wake-up signal is listened to, it is determined that the downlink control information of the subsequent paging signaling is listened to. If the wake-up signal is not listened to, the downlink control information of the subsequent paging signaling does not need to be listened to.

[0052] In the embodiment, the function of the wake-up signal is expanded. For example, by setting a field domain in the wake-up signal or setting a scrambling mode of the wake-up signal, the wake-up signal can not only indicate whether the user equipment needs to listen to the downlink control information of the paging signaling, but also can be used as the listening indication information to indicate the first type of user equipment to listen to the paging signaling or to indicate the second type of user equipment to listen to the paging signaling.

[0053] In an embodiment, a first field domain in the wake-up signal can be set. The first field domain can be an existing field domain in the wake-up signal or a newly expanded field domain.

[0054] Specifically, when the first field domain in the wake-up signal is set to a first value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the normal user equipment can pre-store the first value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal, and then compare the first value with the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal after receiving the wake-up signal, and if the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the first value, it is determined to monitor the paging signaling; when the first field domain in the wake-up signal is set to a second value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the reduced-capability user equipment can pre-store the second value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal, and then compare the second value with the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal after receiving the wake-up signal, and if the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the second value, it is determined to monitor the paging signaling.

[0055] In an embodiment, the scrambling manner of the wake-up signal can be set, that is, the base station can scramble the wake-up signal, and then send the scrambled wake-up signal to the user equipment, and the user equipment can descramble the wake-up signal by using the scrambling manner stored by itself, and if the wake-up signal can be descrambled, it is determined that the wake-up signal is instructed to the user equipment.

[0056] Specifically, when the wake-up signal is scrambled by a first scrambling manner, the wake-up signal is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the normal user equipment can descramble the wake-up signal by using the first scrambling manner, and if the wake-up signal can be descrambled, it is determined that the wake-up signal is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling; when the wake-up signal is scrambled by a second scrambling manner, the wake-up signal is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the reduced-capability user equipment can descramble the wake-up signal by using the second scrambling manner, and if the wake-up signal can be descrambled, it is determined that the wake-up signal is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling.

[0057] Optionally, the monitoring instruction information is the downlink control information of the paging signaling.

[0058] In an embodiment, the downlink control information of the paging signaling, that is, the paging DCI, can instruct the user equipment to monitor the resource of the paging signaling.

[0059] In this embodiment, the function of the downlink control information is expanded, for example, by setting the field domain of the downlink control information, or setting the format of the downlink control information, so that the downlink control information can not only instruct the user equipment to monitor the resource of the paging signaling, but also be used as the monitoring instruction information to instruct the first type of user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, or to instruct the second type of user equipment to monitor the paging signaling.

[0060] In one embodiment, a second field domain in the downlink control information can be set, which can be an existing field domain in the downlink control information or a new field domain extended.

[0061] Specifically, when the second field domain in the downlink control information is set to a third value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, and when the second field domain in the downlink control information is set to a fourth value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling.

[0062] In one embodiment, the format of the downlink control information can be set, that is, the base station can send downlink control information of different formats, and the user equipment can compare the format of the received downlink control information with the pre-stored format after receiving the downlink control information, and if the format of the downlink control information is the same as the pre-stored format, it is determined that the wake-up signal is for itself.

[0063] Specifically, when the format of the downlink control information is a first format, the downlink control information is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the normal user equipment pre-stores the first format, and after receiving the downlink control information, the format of the downlink control information can be compared with the first format, and if the format of the downlink control information is the first format, it can be determined that the wake-up signal is used to instruct the normal user equipment to monitor the paging signaling; when the format of the downlink control information is a second format, the downlink control information is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling, that is, the reduced-capability user equipment pre-stores the second format, and after receiving the downlink control information, the format of the downlink control information can be compared with the second format, and if the format of the downlink control information is the second format, it can be determined that the wake-up signal is used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to monitor the paging signaling.

[0064] It should be noted that the first format and / or the second format can be an existing format in the related art or a newly added format, for example, the first format is DCI format 1_0, which is an existing format in the related art, and the second format is DCI format 1_3, which is a newly added format.

[0065] Optionally, the downlink control information contains a short message, which is used to instruct the normal user equipment whether to update the system information or used to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment whether to update the system information.

[0066] In one embodiment, the downlink control information of the paging signaling broadcast by the base station can contain a short message, that is, a short message.

[0067] In the related art, the short message is used to indicate whether all user equipments receiving the short message update the system message. In the embodiment, for the user equipment receiving the short message, the short message can be used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information or to indicate whether the reduced capability user equipment updates the system information, and the normal user equipment and the reduced capability user equipment are respectively indicated whether to update the system information. Accordingly, when the normal user equipment and the reduced capability user equipment respectively use different system information, whether to update the system information can be determined according to the short message.

[0068] In an embodiment, a field domain in the short message can be set, and the value of the field domain is used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information and to indicate whether the reduced capability user equipment updates the system information.

[0069] Specifically, the third field domain in the short message can be used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information, and the fourth field domain in the short message can be used to indicate whether the reduced capability user equipment updates the system information.

[0070] In the related art, the short message contains 8 field domains, but only 2 field domains are used, and 6 field domains are not used. The third field domain and the fourth field domain in the embodiment can include the two field domains which are used at present, or any one of the 6 field domains which are not used at present.

[0071] In all embodiments of the disclosure, the first field domain can include one or more bit positions. In all embodiments of the disclosure, the second field domain can include one or more bit positions. In all embodiments of the disclosure, the third field domain can include one or more bit positions. In all embodiments of the disclosure, the fourth field domain can include one or more bit positions.

[0072] Since the system message can contain multiple parts, for example, whether to update a part needs to be indicated by systemInfoModification, and whether to update another part needs to be indicated by etwsAndCmasIndication, ETWS refers to Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System, and CMAS refers to Commercial Mobile Alert System.

[0073] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the short message in the related art. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the short message according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0074] In the related art, one bit in the 8 bits of the short message is used as systemInfoModification, and another bit is used as etwsAndCmasIndication, and then there are 6 bits that are not used, for example Figure 2 as shown.

[0075] In this embodiment, the third field domain can be set to multiple bits, for example, including the above-mentioned 2 bits as systemInfoModification and etwsAndCmasIndication, and then the 2 bits can be used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information.

[0076] The fourth field domain can also be set to multiple bits, for example, including 2 bits of the above-mentioned 6 bits that are not used, and the 2 bits can be assigned meanings, respectively systemInfoModification-NR-Lite and etwsAndCmasIndication-NR-Lite, and then the 2 bits can be used to indicate whether the reduced-capability user equipment updates the system information.

[0077] Optionally, when the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is the fifth value, the downlink control information is used to indicate that the short message is used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information, and when the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is the sixth value, the downlink control information is used to indicate that the short message is used to indicate whether the reduced-capability user equipment updates the system information.

[0078] In one embodiment, the field domain in the downlink control information can be set to indicate whether the short message is used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information or whether the reduced-capability user equipment updates the system information, for example, the fifth field domain in the downlink control information can be set to the fifth value, and the downlink control information is used to indicate that the short message is used to indicate whether the normal user equipment updates the system information, and the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is set to the sixth value, and the downlink control information is used to indicate that the short message is used to indicate whether the reduced-capability user equipment updates the system information.

[0079] The fifth field domain can be an existing field domain in the downlink control information, or a new field domain extended. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the fifth field domain can include one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the sixth field domain can include one or more bits.

[0080] Figure 4is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method of indication receiving according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method illustrated in the embodiment can be applied to a terminal, which can communicate with a base station, for example, the base station to which the indication broadcasting method described above is applied, as a user equipment, and the base station can be a 5G base station. The terminal can include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, an Internet of Things device, and other electronic devices.

[0081] As shown in Figure 4 , the method of indication receiving can include the following steps:

[0082] In step S201, listening indication information broadcast by a base station is received.

[0083] In step S202, it is determined whether to listen to paging signaling according to the listening indication information.

[0084] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station can instruct different types of user equipment to listen to paging signaling through the listening indication information. Accordingly, after receiving the listening indication information, it can be determined whether to listen to paging signaling according to the listening indication information. Specifically, different types of user equipment can process the listening indication information respectively, and the processing results can be different. Based on the processing results, different types of user equipment can determine whether to listen to paging signaling, so that different types of user equipment can not have to listen to paging signaling broadcast by the base station together. Accordingly, when the base station needs to broadcast paging signaling according to a large number of times, user equipment that needs to listen to paging signaling according to a small number of times can not listen, thereby avoiding waste of resources of user equipment.

[0085] Among them, the first type of user equipment and the second type of user equipment can be set as needed, and the two types of user equipment belong to different types of user equipment. In some embodiments, the UE capability of the second type of user equipment is lower than that of the first type of user equipment. For example, the first type of user equipment is a normal user equipment, which can also be called a legacy UE (legacy UE), and the second type of user equipment is a reduced capability UE (reduced capability UE). Of course, this is only an example. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, multiple types of user equipment can be included, not limited to the first type of user equipment and the second type of user equipment. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, these types of user equipment can be any type of user equipment, and the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0086] Optionally, the listening indication information is a wake-up signal.

[0087] Figure 5 is another schematic flow chart illustrating a method of indication receiving according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 5As shown, the determining whether to listen to the paging signaling according to the listening indication information comprises:

[0088] In step S2021, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, if it is determined that the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the first value, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, if it is determined that the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the second value, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling.

[0089] In one embodiment, the terminal can pre-store different values of the first field domain in the wake-up signal based on different types of the terminal.

[0090] For example, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, the first value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal can be pre-stored, and when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, the second value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal can be pre-stored.

[0091] Further, the terminal can compare the pre-stored value with the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal after receiving the wake-up signal. When the terminal is a normal user equipment, it can be determined that the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the same as the pre-stored first value, and then it is determined to listen to the paging signaling; when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, it can be determined that the value of the first field domain in the wake-up signal is the same as the pre-stored second value, and then it is determined to listen to the paging signaling.

[0092] Figure 6 is another schematic flow chart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6 The determining whether to listen to the paging signaling according to the listening indication information comprises:

[0093] In step S2022, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, if the wake-up signal is descrambled by the first descrambling manner, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, if the wake-up signal is descrambled by the second descrambling manner, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling.

[0094] In one embodiment, the terminal can descramble the wake-up signal according to different descrambling manners based on different types of the terminal.

[0095] For example, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, the wake-up signal can be descrambled according to the first descrambling manner, and when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, the wake-up signal can be descrambled according to the second descrambling manner.

[0096] Further, after receiving the wake-up signal, the terminal determines to listen to the paging signaling if the wake-up signal can be descrambled. Specifically, when the base station needs to instruct the normal user equipment to listen to the paging signaling through the listening indication information, the wake-up signal can be scrambled through a first scrambling mode corresponding to a first descrambling mode, and the terminal being the normal user equipment can descramble the wake-up signal through the first descrambling mode, so as to determine to listen to the paging signaling; when the base station needs to instruct the reduced-capability user equipment to listen to the paging signaling through the listening indication information, the wake-up signal can be scrambled through a second scrambling mode corresponding to a second descrambling mode, and the terminal being the reduced-capability user equipment can descramble the wake-up signal through the second descrambling mode, so as to determine to listen to the paging signaling.

[0097] Optionally, the listening indication information is downlink control information of the paging signaling.

[0098] Figure 7 is another schematic flow chart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 7 The determining whether to listen to the paging signaling according to the listening indication information includes:

[0099] In step S2023, when the terminal is the normal user equipment, if it is determined that the second field domain in the downlink control information is the third value, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling; or when the terminal is the reduced-capability user equipment, if it is determined that the second field domain in the downlink control information is the fourth value, it is determined to listen to the paging signaling.

[0100] In one embodiment, the terminal can pre-store different values of the second field domain in the downlink control information based on different types of the terminal.

[0101] For example, when the terminal is the normal user equipment, the third value of the second field domain in the downlink control information can be pre-stored, and when the terminal is the reduced-capability user equipment, the fourth value of the second field domain in the downlink control information can be pre-stored.

[0102] Further, after receiving the wake-up signal, the terminal can compare the stored value with the value of the second field domain in the downlink control information. When the terminal is the normal user equipment, it can be determined that the value of the second field domain in the downlink control information is the same as the pre-stored third value, so as to determine to listen to the paging signaling; when the terminal is the reduced-capability user equipment, it can be determined that the value of the second field domain in the downlink control information is the same as the pre-stored fourth value, so as to determine to listen to the paging signaling.

[0103] Figure 8 is another schematic flow chart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 8 The determining whether to listen to the paging signaling according to the listening indication information includes:

[0104] In step S2024, if the terminal is a normal user equipment, and it is determined that the format of the downlink control information is the first format, it is determined to monitor the paging signaling; or if the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, and it is determined that the format of the downlink control information is the second format, it is determined to monitor the paging signaling.

[0105] In one embodiment, the terminal can pre-store the format of the downlink control information based on different types of the terminal.

[0106] For example, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, it can be pre-stored that the format of the downlink control information is the first format, and when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, it can be pre-stored that the format of the downlink control information is the second format.

[0107] Further, the terminal can compare the pre-stored format with the format of the received downlink control information. When the terminal is a normal user equipment, it can be determined that the format of the downlink control information is the same as the pre-stored first format, and then it is determined to monitor the paging signaling; when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, it can be determined that the format of the downlink control information is the same as the pre-stored second format, and then it is determined to monitor the paging signaling.

[0108] Figure 9 is another schematic flowchart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 9 the method further includes:

[0109] In step S203, it is determined whether to update system information according to the short message in the downlink control information.

[0110] Figure 10 is another schematic flowchart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 10 the determining whether to update system information according to the short message in the downlink control information includes:

[0111] In step S2031, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, it is determined whether to update system information according to a third field domain in the short message; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, it is determined whether to update system information according to a fourth field domain in the short message.

[0112] Optionally, the third field domain and the fourth field domain are one or more field domains.

[0113] Figure 11 is another schematic flowchart of an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 11As shown, the determining whether to update the system information according to the short message in the downlink control information comprises:

[0114] In step S2032, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, if it is determined that the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is the fifth numerical value, it is determined whether to update the system information according to the short message; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, if it is determined that the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is the sixth numerical value, it is determined whether to update the system information according to the short message.

[0115] Corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the indication broadcasting method and the indication receiving method, the disclosure also provides embodiments of an indication broadcasting device and an indication receiving device.

[0116] Figure 12 is a schematic block diagram of an indication broadcasting device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The device shown in this embodiment can be applied to a base station, which can be a 5G base station, and the base station can communicate with a terminal as a user equipment, including but not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, an Internet of Things device, and the like.

[0117] As shown, Figure 12 The indication broadcasting device can comprise:

[0118] The broadcasting module 101 is configured to broadcast monitoring indication information, wherein the monitoring indication information is used to instruct a first type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling, or is used to instruct a second type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling.

[0119] Optionally, the first type of user equipment is a normal user equipment, and the second type of user equipment is a reduced-capability user equipment.

[0120] Optionally, the monitoring indication information is a wake-up signal.

[0121] Optionally, when a first field domain in the wake-up signal is a first numerical value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a normal user equipment to monitor paging signaling, and when the first field domain in the wake-up signal is a second numerical value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment to monitor paging signaling.

[0122] Optionally, when the wake-up signal is scrambled by a first scrambling manner, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a normal user equipment to monitor paging signaling, and when the wake-up signal is scrambled by a second scrambling manner, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment to monitor paging signaling.

[0123] Optionally, the monitoring indication information is downlink control information of paging signaling.

[0124] Optionally, when the second field domain in the downlink control information is a third value, the downlink control information is used to instruct a normal user equipment to monitor paging signaling, and when the second field domain in the downlink control information is a fourth value, the downlink control information is used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment to monitor paging signaling.

[0125] Optionally, when the format of the downlink control information is a first format, the downlink control information is used to instruct a normal user equipment to monitor paging signaling, and when the format of the downlink control information is a second format, the downlink control information is used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment to monitor paging signaling.

[0126] Optionally, the downlink control information comprises a short message, and the short message is used to instruct a normal user equipment whether to update system information or used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment whether to update system information.

[0127] Optionally, a third field domain in the short message is used to instruct a normal user equipment whether to update system information, and a fourth field domain in the short message is used to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment whether to update system information.

[0128] Optionally, when a fifth field domain in the downlink control information is a fifth value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the short message to instruct a normal user equipment whether to update system information, and when the fifth field domain in the downlink control information is a sixth value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the short message to instruct a reduced-capability user equipment whether to update system information.

[0129] In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the first field domain can comprise one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the second field domain can comprise one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the third field domain can comprise one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the fourth field domain can comprise one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the fifth field domain can comprise one or more bits. In all embodiments of the present disclosure, the sixth field domain can comprise one or more bits.

[0130] Figure 13 Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an indication receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus shown in the embodiment can be applied to a terminal, which can communicate with a base station, for example, a base station to which the indication broadcast method shown in the above embodiment is applied, as a user equipment. The base station can be a 5G base station, and the terminal can include but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, an Internet of Things device, and the like.

[0131] As shown in Fig. 1, the indication receiving apparatus can comprise: Figure 13 a receiving module 101, configured to receive a downlink control information from a base station, wherein the downlink control information comprises a first field domain, a second field domain, a third field domain, a fourth field domain, a fifth field domain, and a sixth field domain.

[0132] The receiving module 201 is configured to receive listening indication information broadcast by a base station.

[0133] The first determining module 202 is configured to determine whether to listen to paging signaling according to the listening indication information.

[0134] Optionally, the listening indication information is a wake-up signal.

[0135] Optionally, the first determining module is configured to, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if a first field domain in the wake-up signal is determined to be a first value; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if the first field domain in the wake-up signal is determined to be a second value.

[0136] Optionally, the first determining module is configured to, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if the wake-up signal is descrambled by a first descrambling manner; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if the wake-up signal is descrambled by a second descrambling manner.

[0137] Optionally, the listening indication information is downlink control information of paging signaling.

[0138] Optionally, the first determining module is configured to, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if a second field domain in the downlink control information is determined to be a third value; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if the second field domain in the downlink control information is determined to be a fourth value.

[0139] Optionally, the first determining module is configured to, when the terminal is a normal user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if a format of the downlink control information is determined to be a first format; or when the terminal is a reduced-capability user equipment, determine to listen to paging signaling if the format of the downlink control information is determined to be a second format.

[0140] Figure 14 is another schematic block diagram of an indication receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 14 The apparatus further includes:

[0141] The second determining module 203 is configured to determine whether to update system information according to a short message in the downlink control information.

[0142] Optionally, the second determining module is configured to determine whether to update system information according to a third field in the short message when the terminal is a normal user equipment, or determine whether to update system information according to a fourth field in the short message when the terminal is a reduced capability user equipment.

[0143] Optionally, the third field and the fourth field are one or more fields.

[0144] Optionally, the second determining module is configured to determine whether to update system information according to the short message when the fifth field in the downlink control information is determined to be a fifth value when the terminal is a normal user equipment, or determine whether to update system information according to the short message when the fifth field in the downlink control information is determined to be a sixth value when the terminal is a reduced capability user equipment.

[0145] As to the apparatus in the above-mentioned embodiments, the specific manners in which various modules perform operations have been described in details in the embodiments of the method, and thus will not be repeated here.

[0146] For the apparatus embodiments, since they basically correspond to the method embodiments, the relevant parts refer to the part of the method embodiments. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components can or can not be physically separated, and the components shown as modules can or can not be physical modules, i.e., can be located in one place or distributed on multiple network modules. Part or all of the modules can be selected to achieve the purpose of the present embodiment scheme according to actual needs. Those skilled in the art can understand and implement it without creative effort.

[0147] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronic device, comprising:

[0148] a processor;

[0149] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0150] The processor is configured to perform the indication broadcasting method of any of the above embodiments and / or the indication receiving method of any of the above embodiments.

[0151] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the indication broadcasting method of any of the above embodiments and / or the indication receiving method of any of the above embodiments.

[0152] As Figure 15 shown, Figure 15is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 1500 for indicating broadcast according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1500 can be provided as a base station. Referring to Figure 15 The apparatus 1500 includes a processing component 1522, a wireless transmit / receive component 1524, an antenna component 1526, and a signal processing portion specific to the wireless interface, the processing component 1522 can further include one or more processors. One of the processors in the processing component 1522 can be configured to implement the method for indicating broadcast described in any of the above embodiments.

[0153] Figure 16 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 1600 for indicating reception according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1600 can be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0154] Referring to Figure 16 The apparatus 1600 can include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1602, a memory 1604, a power supply component 1606, a multimedia component 1608, an audio component 1610, an input / output (I / O) interface 1612, a sensor component 1614, and a communication component 1616.

[0155] The processing component 1602 generally controls the overall operation of the apparatus 1600. The processing component 1602 can include one or more processors 1620 to execute instructions. The instructions can be stored in a memory, such as the memory 1604. The processing component 1602 can include one or more modules to facilitate interaction with other components. For example, the processing component 1602 can include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 1608 and the processing component 1602.

[0156] The memory 1604 is configured to store various types of data to support operations of the apparatus 1600. Examples of these data include instructions, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so on for operations of any applications or methods on the apparatus 1600. The memory 1604 can be implemented by any type of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices 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.

[0157] Power component 1606 provides power to various components of the device 1600. The power component 1606 can include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1600.

[0158] The multimedia component 1608 includes a display for the device 1600 to display graphics, text, and other information for a user. The display can include both a touch-sensitive component (e.g., a touch screen, a touchpad, and so forth) and a non-touch-sensitive component. The display can also include a front-facing camera and / or a rear-facing camera. In some embodiments, the front-facing camera and / or rear-facing camera can receive external multimedia data. Each camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0159] The audio component 1610 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1610 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive an external audio signal when the device 1600 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 1604 or transmitted via the communication component 1616. In some embodiments, the audio component 1610 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0160] The I / O interface 1612 provides an interface between the processing component 1602 and peripheral interface modules, which can be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, and so forth. The buttons can include, but are not limited to, a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

[0161] The sensor component 1614 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessments for various aspects of the device 1600. For example, the sensor component 1614 can detect an open / closed position of the device 1600, relative positioning of components of the device 1600, such as a display and keypad of the device 1600, a change in position of the device 1600 or a component of the device 1600, presence or absence of user contact with the device 1600, orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the device 1600, and temperature changes of the device 1600. The sensor component 1614 can include proximity sensor(s) configured to detect presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 1614 can further include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1614 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0162] The communication component 1616 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 1600 and another device. The device 1600 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, 4G LTE, 5G NR, or a combination thereof. In an example embodiment, the communication component 1616 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an example embodiment, the communication component 1616 further 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) techniques, infrared data association (IrDA) techniques, ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques, Bluetooth (BT) techniques, and other techniques.

[0163] In an example embodiment, the device 1600 can be implemented with 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 elements to perform the above-described method for indicating reception.

[0164] In an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 1604 including instructions, is also provided, which can be executed by the processor 1620 of the device 1600 to complete the above-described method for indicating reception. 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 disc, and an optical data storage device, etc.

[0165] Other embodiments of this disclosure will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of this disclosure that follow the general principles of this disclosure and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The specification and examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of this disclosure are indicated by the following claims.

[0166] It should be understood that this disclosure is not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of this disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

[0167] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. The terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0168] The methods and apparatus provided in the embodiments of this disclosure have been described in detail above. Specific examples have been used to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of this disclosure. The descriptions of the embodiments above are only for the purpose of helping to understand the methods and core ideas of this disclosure. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope based on the ideas of this disclosure. Therefore, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation of this disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for issuing broadcast instructions, characterized in that, Applicable to base stations, the method includes: Broadcast monitoring indication information, wherein the monitoring indication information is used to instruct a first type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling, or to instruct a second type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling; wherein the first type of user equipment is a Legacy UE (Standard User Equipment), and the second type of user equipment is a RedCap UE (Red Cap UE); the monitoring indication information is a wake-up signal or downlink control information of the paging signaling; the monitoring indication information includes an extended new field, wherein when the new field has one value, it is used to instruct the Legacy UE to monitor paging signaling, and when the new field has another value, it is used to instruct the RedCap UE to monitor paging signaling.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, When the first field in the wake-up signal is a first value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a first type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling; when the first field in the wake-up signal is a second value, the wake-up signal is used to instruct a second type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, When the second field in the downlink control information is a third value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the first type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling; When the second field in the downlink control information is a fourth value, the downlink control information is used to instruct the second type of user equipment to listen to paging signaling.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The downlink control information includes a short message, which is used to instruct the corresponding type of user equipment to perform an operation to update system information.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The short message includes at least a third field for instructing the first type of user equipment to update system information; or, The short message includes at least a fourth field for instructing the second type of user equipment to update system information.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The downlink control information includes at least a fifth field for instructing the first type of user equipment to update system information; or, The downlink control information includes at least a sixth field for instructing the second type of user equipment to update system information.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The UE capabilities of the second type of user equipment are lower than those of the first type of user equipment.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The first type of user equipment is a regular user equipment, and the second type of user equipment is a degraded user equipment.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The indication information corresponding to the first type of user equipment corresponds to different identifiers as the indication information corresponding to the second type of user equipment.

10. A method for receiving an instruction, characterized in that, Applicable to a terminal, the method includes: Receive monitoring instruction information broadcast by the base station; Determine whether to monitor paging signaling based on the monitoring indication information; The paging signaling refers to either a first type of user equipment or a second type of user equipment; The first type of user equipment is a Legacy UE (Standard User Equipment), and the second type of user equipment is a RedCap UE (Red Cap UE). The monitoring indication information is either a wake-up signal or downlink control information of the paging signaling. The monitoring indication information includes an extended new field. When the new field has one value, it is used to indicate that the Legacy UE is monitoring the paging signaling. When the new field has another value, it is used to indicate that the RedCap UE is monitoring the paging signaling.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The step of determining whether to monitor paging signaling based on the monitoring indication information includes: In response to the terminal being a first type of user equipment, if it is determined that the first field in the wake-up signal is a first value, a paging signaling is monitored; or In response to the terminal being a second type of user equipment, if it is determined that the first field in the wake-up signal is a second value, a listening paging signaling is determined.

12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The step of determining whether to monitor paging signaling based on the monitoring indication information includes: In response to the terminal being a first type of user equipment, if it is determined that the second field in the downlink control information is a third value, a paging signaling snooping is determined; or In response to the terminal being a second type of user equipment, if it is determined that the second field in the downlink control information is a fourth value, a listening paging signaling is determined.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that, The method further includes: Determine whether to update system information based on the downlink control information shown.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The step of determining whether to update the system information based on the downlink control information includes: In response to the terminal being a first type of user equipment, determine whether to update system information based on the third field of the short message in the downlink control information; or In response to the terminal being a second type of user equipment, the system information is updated based on the fourth field of the short message in the downlink control information.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The step of determining whether to update the system information based on the downlink control information includes: In response to the terminal being a first type of user equipment, if it is determined that the fifth field in the downlink control information is a fifth value, it is determined whether to update the system information based on the short message in the downlink control information; or In response to the terminal being a second type of user equipment, if it is determined that the fifth field in the downlink control information is the sixth value, it is determined whether to update the system information based on the short message in the downlink control information.

16. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The indication information corresponding to the first type of user equipment corresponds to different identifiers as the indication information corresponding to the second type of user equipment.

17. A broadcasting device for indicating information, characterized in that, Suitable for base stations, the device includes: The broadcast module is configured to broadcast monitoring indication information, wherein the monitoring indication information is used to instruct a first type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling, or to instruct a second type of user equipment to monitor paging signaling; wherein the first type of user equipment is a Legacy UE and the second type of user equipment is a RedCap UE; the monitoring indication information is a wake-up signal or downlink control information of the paging signaling; the monitoring indication information includes an extended new field field, wherein when the new field field has one value, it is used to instruct the Legacy UE to monitor paging signaling, and when the new field field has another value, it is used to instruct the RedCap UE to monitor paging signaling.

18. An indication receiving device, characterized in that, Suitable for a terminal, the device includes: The receiving module is configured to receive listening indication information broadcast by the base station; The first determining module is configured to determine whether to listen to paging signaling based on the listening indication information; The paging signaling refers to either a first type of user equipment or a second type of user equipment; The first type of user equipment is a Legacy UE (Standard User Equipment), and the second type of user equipment is a RedCap UE (Red Cap UE). The monitoring indication information is either a wake-up signal or downlink control information of the paging signaling. The monitoring indication information includes an extended new field. When the new field has one value, it is used to indicate that the Legacy UE is monitoring the paging signaling. When the new field has another value, it is used to indicate that the RedCap UE is monitoring the paging signaling.

19. An electronic device, characterized in that, include: processor; Memory used to store processor-executable instructions; The processor is configured to implement the instruction broadcasting method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 and / or the instruction receiving method according to any one of claims 10 to 16.

20. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When executed by a processor, the program implements the steps of the instruction broadcasting method as described in any one of claims 1 to 9 and / or the instruction receiving method as described in any one of claims 10 to 16.

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