Paging monitoring method and apparatus, communication device, storage medium, and system

Abstract

The application discloses a paging monitoring method and device, a communication device, a storage medium and a system. The paging monitoring method comprises the following steps: a UE acquires target configuration information, wherein the target configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a correspondence relationship between a power saving signal and a PO, a first period and target resource information, and the target resource information is used for indicating the resource used by the power saving signal; and the UE monitors the power saving signal according to the target configuration information.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technology, specifically relating to a paging monitoring method, apparatus, communication equipment, storage medium, and system. Background Technology

[0002] To save power consumption, a paging process based on a wake-up signal (WUS) was introduced. To further improve energy saving, a paging process based on a group wake-up signal was also introduced. To reduce the load on paging early indication (PEI), a power-saving signal (e.g., WUS) can be associated with multiple paging occasions (POs). However, when one power-saving signal corresponds to multiple POs, the excessive information carried by the power-saving signal leads to an excessive load, affecting the detection performance of the power-saving signal. Furthermore, POs that are farther away need to wake up much earlier, while those that are closer do not, resulting in uneven power-saving effects for different UEs within the cell. Therefore, how to reduce the load on power-saving signals and how to monitor them effectively is a problem that urgently needs to be solved. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides a paging monitoring method, apparatus, communication device, storage medium, and system, which can solve the problem of how the UE can reduce the load on the power-saving signal and how to monitor the power-saving signal, which is an urgent problem to be solved.

[0004] In a first aspect, a paging monitoring method is provided, the paging monitoring method comprising: a UE acquiring target configuration information, the target configuration information including at least one of the following: the correspondence between a power-saving signal and a PO, a first cycle and target resource information, the target resource information being used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signal; and the UE monitoring the power-saving signal according to the target configuration information.

[0005] Secondly, a paging monitoring method is provided, which includes: a network-side device sending target configuration information to a UE, the target configuration information being used by the UE to monitor a power-saving signal; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, a first cycle, and target resource information, the target resource information being used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signal.

[0006] Thirdly, a paging monitoring device is provided, comprising: an acquisition module and a monitoring module. The acquisition module is used to acquire target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between a power-saving signal and a power-on-state (PO), a first cycle, and target resource information, wherein the target resource information indicates the resources used by the power-saving signal. The monitoring module is used to monitor the power-saving signal based on the target configuration information acquired by the acquisition module.

[0007] Fourthly, a paging monitoring device is provided, comprising: a transmitting module. The transmitting module is used to transmit target configuration information to the UE, the target configuration information being used by the UE to monitor power-saving signals. The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power-saving signals and PO, a first cycle, and target resource information, the target resource information being used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signals.

[0008] Fifthly, a UE is provided, the UE including a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

[0009] In a sixth aspect, a network-side device is provided, the network-side device including a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

[0010] In a seventh aspect, a UE is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to acquire target configuration information, the target configuration information including at least one of the following: the correspondence between power saving signals and PO, a first cycle and target resource information, the target resource information being used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signals; and to monitor the power saving signals according to the target configuration information.

[0011] Eighthly, a network-side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send target configuration information to a UE, the target configuration information being used by the UE to listen for a power-saving signal; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, a first cycle, and target resource information, the target resource information being used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signal.

[0012] A ninth aspect provides a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0013] In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run programs or instructions to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0014] Eleventhly, a computer program / program product is provided, the computer program / program product being stored in a non-transient storage medium, the program / program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in the second aspect.

[0015] In this embodiment, the UE can monitor power-saving signals based on target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs, a first period, and target resource information. In this scheme, when monitoring power-saving signals, the UE can flexibly monitor power-saving signals based on relevant configuration information, namely, the flexibly configured correspondence between power-saving signals and POs (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs for UEs in different groups), the first period, and / or target resource information. This reduces the power-saving signal load, ensures the detection performance of PEI, and makes the power-saving effect of each UE in the cell more uniform. Attached Figure Description

[0016] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0017] Figure 2 This is one of the schematic diagrams of a paging monitoring method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0018] Figure 3 This is one of the schematic diagrams illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0019] Figure 4 This is a second example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0020] Figure 5 This is the third example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0021] Figure 6 This is a second schematic diagram of a paging monitoring method provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0022] Figure 7 This is the fourth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0023] Figure 8This is the fifth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0024] Figure 9 This is the sixth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0025] Figure 10 This is the seventh example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0026] Figure 11 This is the eighth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0027] Figure 12 This is the ninth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0028] Figure 13 This is the tenth schematic diagram illustrating an example of the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0029] Figure 14 This is eleventh of the schematic diagrams illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0030] Figure 15 This is the twelfth example of a schematic diagram illustrating the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0031] Figure 16 This is thirteenth of the schematic diagrams illustrating an example of the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0032] Figure 17 This is the fourteenth schematic diagram illustrating an example of the correspondence between a power-saving signal and PO provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0033] Figure 18 This is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a paging and listening device provided in the embodiments of this application;

[0034] Figure 19 This is a second schematic diagram of a paging and listening device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0035] Figure 20 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0036] Figure 21 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a UE provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0037] Figure 22 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0038] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0039] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and not to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, a first object can be one or more. Furthermore, in the specification and claims, "and / or" indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0040] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, 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 this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used not only in the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, but also in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description; however, these technologies can also be applied to applications beyond NR systems, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems.

[0041] Figure 1This diagram illustrates a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application. The wireless communication system includes a UE 11 and a network-side device 12. The UE 11 can also be referred to as a terminal device or terminal. The UE 11 can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), wearable device, vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE), etc. Wearable devices include smartwatches, wristbands, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of UE 11 is not limited in this embodiment. Network-side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. The base station can be referred to as a node B, evolved node B, access point, base transceiver station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, basic service set (BSS), extended service set (ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, WiFi node, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), or any other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in this application embodiment, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example, but the specific type of base station is not limited.

[0042] The following is an explanation of some concepts and / or terms involved in the paging monitoring method, apparatus, communication equipment, storage medium and system provided in the embodiments of this application.

[0043] 1. Wake-up signals and group wake-up signals

[0044] To save power consumption, a paging process based on wake-up signals (WUS) was introduced. To further improve energy saving, a paging process based on group wake-up signals was introduced.

[0045] Paging based on wake-up signals / packet wake-up signals is only applicable to cells where the UE has entered the Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state (i.e., RRC_IDLE state) triggered by the following process:

[0046] The UE receives an RRC Early Data Complete message; or,

[0047] The UE receives an RRC Connection Release message, and the RRC Connection Release message does not contain a "no Last Cell Update" message; or,

[0048] The UE received an RRC connection release message containing no last cell update, and the UE used WUS before this RRC connection attempt.

[0049] If a UE in the RRC_IDLE state supports a wake-up signal and the system information provides a wake-up signal configuration, the UE listens for WUS according to the WUS parameters provided in the system information. In each Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle, if the UE detects WUS before the Point of Response (PO), the UE will detect the next PO; if the UE does not detect WUS before the PO, the UE will skip the next PO detection process.

[0050] When the UE is in idle state and uses DRX configuration, the correspondence between WUS and PO is 1:1, that is, there is a WUS before each PO; when using extended DRX and the UE detects WUS, the UE will detect the next multiple POs. The number of POs is configured using the parameter numPOs, which can be 1, 2, 4 or until the UE receives a paging message containing the UE's NAS identifier, and stops detecting paging based on the earliest message.

[0051] To further conserve power, all UEs sharing the same PO are grouped according to paging probability and / or UE_ID. UEs in different groups detect different Group Wake-up Signals (GWUS), while UEs in the same group on the same PO detect the same GWUS. If a UE has the capability to detect GWUS and the system information of the cell where the UE is camped provides configuration information for GWUS, the UE will listen for the GWUS corresponding to its own group before detecting paging. If the UE detects GWUS before the PO, it will detect the next PO; if the UE does not detect GWUS before the PO, it will skip the subsequent PO detection process.

[0052] 2. Power-saving signal in NR

[0053] Power-saving signals (such as WUS / DCI with CRC scrambling by PS-RNTI (DCP) / Paging Early Indication (PEI)) are introduced into the NR to achieve energy savings. Currently, the core network can be used to allocate packets to the UE, and the UE's packets are the same within the UE's registration area.

[0054] To reduce the load on the PEI, a method has been proposed to associate one PEI with multiple POs. These multiple POs are observed from the network side and are for different UEs.

[0055] The paging monitoring method provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, through specific embodiments and application scenarios.

[0056] When one power-saving signal corresponds to multiple points of interest (POs), considering that a single PO can support a maximum of 8 packets, the excessive information carried by the power-saving signal would cause excessive load, affecting the power-saving signal detection performance. Furthermore, when one power-saving signal corresponds to multiple POs, POs that are farther away need to wake up much earlier, while those that are closer do not, resulting in uneven power-saving performance among different UEs in the cell. Additionally, when one power-saving signal corresponds to multiple POs, there is currently no method to determine a reference point, making it impossible to determine the detection resources for the power-saving signal. To address these issues, the paging monitoring method provided in this application allows the UE to monitor the power-saving signal based on configuration information (including the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs, the period, and / or resource information). This ensures PEI detection performance while minimizing the power-saving signal load, and simultaneously makes the power-saving effect more uniform among different UEs in the cell.

[0057] This application provides a paging monitoring method. Figure 2 A flowchart of a paging monitoring method provided in an embodiment of this application is shown. Figure 2 As shown, the paging monitoring method provided in this application embodiment may include the following steps 201 and 202.

[0058] Step 201: The UE obtains the target configuration information.

[0059] In this embodiment of the application, the target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing PO, the first cycle, and the target resource information, wherein the target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signal.

[0060] It should be noted that the first period mentioned above can be understood as an observation period. The index of the PO increases from 0 in the first period. The first period can be divided by the number of correspondences between power-saving signals and paging timing POs. That is, the total number of all POs monitored by all UEs in the first period can be divided by the number of POs corresponding to all power-saving signals.

[0061] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the first cycle mentioned above is any one of the following: an SFN cycle and a preset time period.

[0062] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the first cycle mentioned above includes at least one of the following: a start point, an end point, and a duration.

[0063] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the UE supports power saving signals and supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0064] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs is that one power-saving signal corresponds to M POs, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0065] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, a power-saving signal corresponds to M POs, including any one of the following: a power-saving signal corresponds to all groups in the M POs, a power-saving signal corresponds to one group in the M POs, or a power-saving signal corresponds to N groups in the M POs, where N is the number of groups (num_subgroups) corresponding to the power-saving signal, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0066] It should be noted that in the embodiments of this application, PEI can be used to represent the power saving signal, and PEI-Config can be used to represent the configuration information of the power saving signal.

[0067] Option 1: One power-saving signal corresponds to all packets in N POs.

[0068] PEI corresponds to all groups within N POs. For example, such as Figure 3 As shown, one PEI corresponds to 4 POs, and each PO contains 4 packets, represented as subgroup-ID=0 (in the attached diagram, group ID=0 is used), subgroup-ID=1 (in the attached diagram, group ID=1 is used), subgroup-ID=2 (in the attached diagram, group ID=2 is used), and subgroup-ID=3 (in the attached diagram, group ID=3 is used). Therefore, this PEI should be able to indicate paging in 4*4=16 packets. The UEs in one PO are divided into 4 groups.

[0069] Option 2: One power-saving signal corresponds to one group among N POs.

[0070] One PEI corresponds to one group of multiple POs, that is, a separate PEI is set for each group, and the number of POs corresponding to different groups can be the same or different.

[0071] For example, such as Figure 4 As shown, each PO contains 4 groups, and the number of POs (numPOs-persubgroup) corresponding to the power-saving signals monitored by each group is {1, 2, 4, 8}. Therefore, the PEI associated with the first group corresponds to 1 PO; the PEI associated with the second group corresponds to 2 POs; the PEI associated with the third group corresponds to 4 POs; and the PEI associated with the fourth group corresponds to 8 POs. The time-domain resources occupied by different PEIs in the figure are different, but the actual resources occupied by each PEI can be the same or different. Figure 4 In this context, A corresponds to PEI with subgroup-ID=0, and 1 PEI corresponds to 1 PO; Figure 4 In this context, B corresponds to PEI with subgroup-ID=1, and 1 PEI corresponds to 2 POs; Figure 4 In this context, C corresponds to PEI with subgroup-ID=2, and 1 PEI corresponds to 4 POs; Figure 4 In this context, D corresponds to PEI with subgroup-ID=3, and 1 PEI corresponds to 8 POs.

[0072] Option 3: One power-saving signal corresponds to M groups out of N POs.

[0073] All POs are divided into maxPEI-POmappings mapping groups, each mapping group corresponding to the same or different number of POs.

[0074] For example, if each PO has 8 subgroups with IDs {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, then {0, 2, 4, 6} will be merged into mapping group A; and {1, 3, 5, 7} will be merged into mapping group B. If numPOs-persubgroup is {12, 4}, then the PEI associated with group A will correspond to 12 POs, and the PEI associated with group B will correspond to 4 subgroups.

[0075] The basis for allocating mapping groups includes, but is not limited to: the power consumption sensitivity of each group, random grouping, paging probability of each group, latency requirements of each group, and mobility of each group.

[0076] Methods for transmitting the mapping group identifier to the UE include, but are not limited to:

[0077] The protocol stipulates relevant rules. For example, when randomly grouping, it is assumed that N groups are given in the configuration information of the power saving signal. The protocol stipulates that the mapping group ID of the PO group is mapping-ID = subgroup-ID mod N; where mapping-ID is the mapping group identifier; and subgroup-ID is the group identifier in the PO that the UE is listening to.

[0078] Dedicated signaling hints, for example, when the network sends a packet to the UE via dedicated signaling, it tells the UE the sensitivity of the packet to power consumption. For example, 0 means not sensitive, 1 means somewhat sensitive, and 2 means very sensitive. And the information of numPOs-persubgroup is {12, 8, 4}. Then the UE can determine its corresponding mapping group identifier based on its own sensitivity to power consumption.

[0079] Broadcast signaling indicates, for example, that additional information is carried in the System Information Block (SIB): the relationship between mapping groups and packets, and the number of Power Points (POs) corresponding to the power-saving signals monitored by each mapping group (subgroups-mappinggroups). This list is a list whose length is equal to the number of mapping groups (maxPEI-Pomappings). Each list carries the packets corresponding to each mapping group. For example, if subgroups-mappinggroups is {{0, 2, 3}, {1, 5, 4}, {6, 7}}, and numPOs-persubgroup is {12, 8, 4}, then the PEI corresponding to the {0, 2, 3} packet corresponds to 12 POs. That is, the {0, 2, 3} packet in the 12 consecutive POs following the PEI must be monitored for that PEI; the PEI corresponding to the {1, 5, 4} packet corresponds to 8 POs; and the PEI corresponding to the {6, 7} packet corresponds to 4 POs.

[0080] In the embodiments of this application, the mapping relationship between PEI and PO is directly included in the configuration information of the power saving signal, but it is not limited to the presentation shown in this embodiment. The mapping relationship can also be included in other parameters in the configuration information of the power saving signal.

[0081] For example, such as Figure 5 As shown, each PO contains 4 groups with group IDs {0, 1, 2, 3}. {0, 2} are merged into mapping group A; {1, 3} are merged into mapping group B; numPOs-persubgroup is {4, 8}, meaning that the PEIs associated with group A correspond to 4 POs, and the PEIs associated with group B correspond to 8 groups. The temporal resources occupied by different PEIs in the diagram are different, but in reality, the resources occupied by each PEI can be the same or different. Figure 5In this context, E corresponds to PEIs with subgroup-ID = 0 and 2, and 1 PEI corresponds to 4 POs; Figure 5 In this context, F corresponds to PEI with subgroup-ID=3, and 1 PEI corresponds to 8 POs.

[0082] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target resource information includes at least one of the following: time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal and frequency-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

[0083] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the target configuration information mentioned above may be agreed upon by the protocol, or may be predefined, or may be pre-configured, or may be determined by the UE, or may be configured by the network-side device.

[0084] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, combined with Figure 2 ,like Figure 6 As shown, step 201 can be implemented through steps 201a and 201b below.

[0085] Step 201a: The network-side device sends target configuration information to the UE.

[0086] In this embodiment of the application, the target configuration information is used for the UE to monitor power-saving signals.

[0087] Step 201b: The UE receives the target configuration information sent by the network device.

[0088] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the cell indication where the UE is camped supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs. The UEs on the multiple POs corresponding to the power saving signal will listen to the power saving signal and determine whether to listen to the PO according to the indication of the power saving signal.

[0089] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0090] The UE's cell supports multiple POs corresponding to one power-saving signal, including:

[0091] (1) Explicit indication: The information received by the UE from the network side carries indication information, which is used to indicate that the cell where the UE is located supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs. Optionally, the paging monitoring method provided in this application embodiment further includes the following steps 301 and 302.

[0092] Step 301: The network-side device sends the first indication information to the UE.

[0093] In this embodiment of the application, the first indication information is used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0094] Step 302: The UE receives the first indication information sent by the network-side device.

[0095] In one scenario, the indications for supporting one power-saving signal corresponding to one PO and supporting one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs are separated. That is, two indication messages are used to indicate whether the cell (i.e., the cell where the UE is located) supports one power-saving signal corresponding to one PO and whether the cell supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0096] In another scenario, a flag is used to indicate that the cell supports power-saving signals, including supporting one power-saving signal corresponding to one PO and one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0097] (2) Implicit indication: The configuration information of the power saving signal received by the UE contains relevant parameters, such as the number of POs corresponding to one power saving signal. The UE can determine the network-side device that supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs based on the relevant parameters.

[0098] Step 202: The UE listens for power-saving signals based on the target configuration information.

[0099] In this embodiment of the application, the UE can determine its own group and, based on the group identifier, the mapping relationship between the power saving signal and the PO and / or the first period, determine the offset of the PO relative to the reference PO, and determine the time domain / frequency domain position of the power saving signal corresponding to the PO.

[0100] Optionally, in one implementation of this application embodiment, the target configuration information includes: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and PO, the first cycle, and target resource information; the target resource information includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. Step 202 can be specifically implemented through steps 202a to 202c as described below.

[0101] Step 202a: The UE determines the first correspondence based on the correspondence between the power saving signal and the PO.

[0102] In this embodiment of the application, the first correspondence is the correspondence between the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE and the PO to be monitored by the UE.

[0103] Step 202b: The UE determines the first time domain resource based on the first correspondence, the first cycle, and the time domain resource information of the power saving signal.

[0104] In this embodiment of the application, the first time domain resource is the time domain resource where the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE is located.

[0105] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, step 202b can be implemented by the following steps 202b1 and 202b2.

[0106] Step 202b1: The UE determines the first offset based on the first correspondence and the first cycle.

[0107] In this embodiment of the application, the first offset is the offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO.

[0108] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the above-mentioned reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance from the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE among a plurality of consecutive POs controlled by the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE.

[0109] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, step 202b1 can be implemented by steps 202b11 and 202b12 as described below.

[0110] Step 202b11: UE determines the global index of PO.

[0111] In this embodiment of the application, the UE can determine the global index of PO based on the first period.

[0112] In this embodiment, the global index of the PO is the index of the PO in the first period. The index of the first PO appearing in the first period is 0, and the indices increase sequentially.

[0113] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the above step 202b11 can be specifically implemented by the following step 202b111.

[0114] Step 202b111: The UE determines the global index of PO based on the starting point of the first cycle and the first information.

[0115] In this embodiment of the application, the first information mentioned above includes at least one of the following: paging configuration information and UE identifier, wherein the paging configuration information is obtained by the UE from broadcast information.

[0116] In this embodiment, the UE determines the time-domain resource location of the power-saving signal as follows: The UE can calculate the global index (PO_overall_index) of the monitored PO. Specifically, the UE can calculate the global index of the monitored PO based on the following information:

[0117] The paging frame PF being listened to by the UE;

[0118] The index i_s of PO in the paging frame;

[0119] The paging frames of POs with a global index of 0 in the first cycle and their indexes within the paging frames;

[0120] The system information carries paging configuration information, such as the total number of paging frames in a UE's DRX cycle and the total number of POs in a PF.

[0121] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the UE can determine the PO global index based on the starting point of the first cycle and / or the first information.

[0122] Step 202b12: The UE determines the first offset based on the PO global index and the first correspondence.

[0123] Step 202b2: The UE determines the first time domain resource based on the first offset and the time domain resource information of the power saving signal.

[0124] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal includes: the time offset between the power-saving signal and the reference PO.

[0125] Step 202c: The UE listens for power-saving signals on the first time domain resources.

[0126] In this embodiment, the UE can determine the offset of the PO being monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO based on the calculated global index, thereby determining the time-domain position of the reference PO. The UE determines the time-domain / frequency-domain position of the power-saving signal based on the target configuration information and the offset of the PO relative to the reference PO (i.e., the first offset). The configuration information of the power-saving signal includes the time offset of the power-saving signal from the reference PO.

[0127] The offset of the PO monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO is calculated as follows: PO_PEI_index = ((PO_overall_index) mod M), where M is the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs, i.e., the number of POs controlled by the power-saving signal corresponding to the UE. The offset of the PO monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO is the index of the UE among the multiple POs controlled by the corresponding power-saving signal, where the index of the reference PO is 0.

[0128] The UE determines the time / frequency domain position of the power saving signal as follows: g0 = PO_0 - time - offset, where PO_0 is the time domain position of the reference PO.

[0129] Optionally, in another implementation of this application embodiment, the target configuration information includes target resource information, which includes time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. Step 202 can be specifically implemented through steps 202d and 202e below.

[0130] Step 202d: The UE determines the second time-domain resource based on the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

[0131] In this embodiment of the application, the second time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal with the smallest distance from the PO to be monitored by the UE is located.

[0132] Step 202e: The UE listens for power-saving signals on the second time domain resources.

[0133] In this embodiment, the UE can determine the time-domain resource location of the power-saving signal based on target configuration information, such as T_pei and PEI_offset. The method for the UE to determine the time-domain resource location of the power-saving signal is: (SFN+PEI_offset)mod T_pei; the UE can listen to the power-saving signal closest to the PO it is listening to.

[0134] The following describes the process by which the UE listens for power-saving signals on the corresponding time-domain resources through specific implementation methods.

[0135] In one implementation, the mapping relationship between PEI and PO is different for different groups in PO.

[0136] (1) The UE receives the configuration information (i.e., target configuration information) of the power saving signal sent by the network-side device and the packet identifier assigned by the network-side device; the configuration information of the power saving signal includes the mapping relationship between PEI and PO;

[0137] (2) The UE determines the mapping relationship between the power saving information and the PO based on the mapping relationship between PEI and PO in the configuration information of its own group and power saving signal. For example, if the UE is in the second subgroup and numPOs-persubgroup={1,2,2,4}, then the mapping relationship between the power saving signal and PO of the UE is 1:2;

[0138] (3) The UE determines the time-domain resources of the power-saving signal based on the determined mapping relationship between the power-saving signal and the PO and the time-domain resource location of the PO being monitored by the UE.

[0139] (4) The UE listens to the power saving signal on the time domain resources of the power saving signal.

[0140] In another implementation, assuming the first PO starting from SFN=0 is taken as the reference point, and one SFN cycle is taken as the first period, the UE determines the offset of the monitored PO and its corresponding power-saving signal. The number M of POs corresponding to all power-saving signals is divisible by the total number of POs in the 1024 radio frames, ensuring that the last PO in the 1024 radio frames is the last PO in the correspondence between all power-saving signals and POs; otherwise, it cannot be guaranteed that the first PO of the next SFN=0 will be the first PO corresponding to a power-saving signal.

[0141] like Figure 7As shown, assuming N = T / 8 and Ns = 2, then in one first period (1024 radio frames), there are a total of 1024 / 8*2 = 256 POs, with indices ranging from 0 to 255. Ix represents PO_overrall_index, which is the index of a PO with one first period as the observation period.

[0142] Assuming N = T / 8, Ns = 2, and the UE determines the radio frame containing its paging frame and the index of its PO using the above formula, and assuming the paging frame the UE needs to listen to in a given paging session is SFN = 449, i_s = 1, and the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO in the UE's group is 1:12; then the method for determining which PO the UE's PO corresponds to in its power-saving signal is as follows:

[0143] (1) Calculate the global index of the monitored PO.

[0144] PO_overall_index = floor((PF-SFN_ref)*N / T)*Ns+i_s, where T is the UE's DRX cycle, N is the number of total paging frames in T, Ns is the number of paging occasions for a PF, i_s is the index of the PO, and SFN_ref is the starting point of the reference time period. PO_overall_index = floor((PF-SFN_ref)*N / T)*Ns+i_s = floor(449 / 8)*2+1 = 113.

[0145] (2) The offset of the PO being monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO is determined using the calculated index, thereby determining the time-domain position of the reference PO. The calculation method for the offset of the PO being monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO is: PO_PEI_index=((PO_overall_index+1)mod M)-1=114mod 12-1=5, which means that the PO is the 6th PO corresponding to its power-saving signal. Figure 8 As shown, the position of the PO monitored by the UE relative to the power saving signal is PO with index 5. Figure 8 In this context, Ix stands for PO_PEI_index, which is the index number of all POs corresponding to a PEI.

[0146] The UE uses the time offset of the PEI from the first PO and the position of the PO being listened to by the UE relative to the reference PO contained in the configuration information of the power saving signal to determine the time offset of the power saving signal relative to the PO being listened to by the UE, thereby determining the time domain position of the power saving signal; the UE listens to the power saving signal at the determined resource position of the power saving signal.

[0147] This application provides a paging monitoring method. A UE can monitor a power-saving signal based on target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO (Power Point), a first period, and target resource information. In this scheme, when monitoring the power-saving signal, the UE can flexibly monitor the power-saving signal based on relevant configuration information, namely, a flexibly configured correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO for different UE groups), the first period, and / or target resource information. This reduces the power-saving signal load, ensures the detection performance of the PEI (Power-In-Process), and makes the power-saving effect more uniform for each UE in the cell.

[0148] Optionally, in this embodiment, the target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the paging timing PO, and the first cycle. The paging monitoring method provided in this embodiment further includes the following step 401.

[0149] Step 401: When PO mobility is supported, the UE listens to the PO according to the target configuration information.

[0150] In this embodiment of the application, when the UE and / or network-side equipment support PO movement, the UE can listen to the PO according to the target configuration information (i.e., the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing PO and / or the first cycle).

[0151] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, step 401 above can be specifically implemented by step 401a below.

[0152] Step 401a: When PO movement is supported, the UE listens to PO according to the target configuration information and the first movement cycle.

[0153] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first mobile cycle network can be predefined, protocol-defined, pre-configured, or configured by the network-side device.

[0154] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the configuration method of the first movement cycle is any one of the following:

[0155] The interval is based on the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located;

[0156] The interval is a multiple of the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located.

[0157] Optionally, in this embodiment, the first movement cycle can be configured in other ways, and the unit of the first movement cycle can be a radio frame or other units. If the first movement cycle (T_move_cycle) is not set, the default first movement cycle is determined as the period during which the UE listens for paging.

[0158] In this embodiment, the UE can determine that the power saving signal corresponds to a maximum of M POs, or the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing PO is 1:M, based on the configuration information of the power saving signal (i.e., the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing PO and / or the first cycle), thereby realizing the monitoring of POs.

[0159] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, step 401 can be implemented by steps 401b and 401c as described below.

[0160] Step 401b: When PO mobility is supported, the UE determines the target time domain location according to the target mobility rules and the target configuration information.

[0161] In this embodiment of the application, the target time domain location is the time domain location of the PO to be monitored by the UE, and the target movement rule is the movement rule of the PO.

[0162] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the above-mentioned 401b can be implemented by the following steps 401b1 and 401b2.

[0163] Step 401b1: When PO mobility is supported, the UE determines the first information according to the target mobility rule and the target configuration information.

[0164] Step 401b2: The UE determines the target time domain location based on the first information.

[0165] In this embodiment of the application, the first information mentioned above is any one of the following: reference offset, PO monitored by the UE before it moves, and second offset. The reference offset is the first offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE in the reference movement period. The reference movement period is the movement period starting from the start point of the first period. The second offset is the first offset of the PO currently being monitored by the UE.

[0166] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the PO that the UE listens to before it moves can be determined by the UE identifier and paging configuration information.

[0167] Optionally, in this embodiment, the first offset is calculated within the first T_move_cycle, i.e., the reference moving cycle. The UE can calculate the global index of the PO that the UE needs to monitor based on the UE identifier (i.e., UE_ID), denoted as PO-0. The offset of PO-0 relative to the reference PO is denoted as PO-offset-0. The first T_move_cycle starts from the beginning of the first cycle and has a length of T_move_cycle. The calculation method includes:

[0168] PO-0 = floor(Pf_0 / N*T)*Ns+i_s; PO-offset-0 = PO-0mod M; where T is the UE's DRX cycle; N is the total number of paging frames in T; and Ns is the total number of paging occasions for a PF.

[0169] Within the current T_move_cycle, the UE can determine the second offset PO-offset (0 <= PO-offset <= M-1) of the PO it wants to monitor relative to the reference PO. First, the index of the current T_move_cycle is determined, i.e., which movement cycle the current T_move_cycle is in. This is determined by: Num_T_move = floor(PF_current / T_move_cycle) mod max_n_move; where max_n_move is the number of T_move_cycles in one SFN cycle. Then, the PO-offset is determined by: PO-offset = (PO-offset - 0 + (Num_T_move mod M)) mod M.

[0170] The methods for the UE to determine the PO that the UE is actually listening to include: the UE calculates the PO that the UE should be listening to based on the UE_ID, denoted as PO-legacy; the PO that the UE is actually listening to: PO-curr = PO-legacy + (PO-offset – PO-offset-0).

[0171] In one scenario, if PO-offset–PO-offset-0 > 0, then “+(PO-offset–PO-offset-0)” means the UE will shift to the right by (PO-offset–PO-offset-0) POs.

[0172] In another case, if PO-offset–PO-offset-0<0, then “-(PO-offset-0-PO-offset)” means that the UE is offset to the left by (PO-offset-0-PO-offset) POs.

[0173] The UE listens for power-saving signals. If the power-saving signal indicates that paging needs to be listened for, the UE listens for paging at the PO_curr corresponding to the current T_move.

[0174] Step 401c: The UE listens to the PO at the target time domain location.

[0175] The following describes the process of UE listening to PO when PO mobility is supported, through specific implementation methods.

[0176] This scheme can be applied to cases where all DRX cycles are divisible by all M values; where M is the number of PO values ​​corresponding to the power-saving signal.

[0177] When a power-saving signal corresponds to multiple point stations (POs), the UE located at the first PO corresponding to the power-saving signal has a small distance from the signal, so it doesn't need to wake up much earlier to listen for it. Conversely, the UE located at the last PO corresponding to the power-saving signal has a large distance from the signal, so it needs to wake up much earlier to listen for it. This results in uneven gain from the power-saving signal for different UEs, and the more POs the power-saving signal corresponds to, the more severe the unevenness. Figure 9 As shown, the relationship between different UEs (e.g., UE1 to UE4) and PEI is illustrated. One PEI corresponds to four POs. The power saving effect of UE4 is not as good as that of UE1.

[0178] For example, as shown in Table 1, assume that the offset of the PO in the minimum PF of the UE relative to the first PO is 2, and M is 4. The PO-legacy is the PO calculated based on the UE_ID and paging configuration information.

[0179] Table 1

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[0181] Option 1: The PO moving scheme provided in this application embodiment sets a common T_move_cycle, where M represents the maximum number of POs controlled by the power-saving signal, so that all UEs can uniformly enjoy the energy-saving gains brought by the power-saving signal.

[0182] Assuming N = T / 8, Ns = 2, one PEI corresponds to 4 POs, and the maximum DRX cycle for all UEs in the current cell is 64, meaning some UEs in the current cell have a DRX cycle of 32, while others have a DRX cycle of 64. Figure 10 As shown, when the DRX cycle is 32, there are 8 POs in one DRX cycle for all UEs with a DRX cycle of 32; when the DRX cycle is 64, there are 16 POs in one DRX cycle for all UEs with a DRX cycle of 64.

[0183] Assuming UE1 uses a DRX cycle of 32 for paging and UE2 uses a DRX cycle of 64 for paging, then the PO distributions of UE1 and UE2 are as follows: Figure 11 As shown, the PO marked with two different forms of dashed boxes indicates the PO of different UEs, namely the PO of UE1 and the PO of UE2 respectively.

[0184] If T_move = 64 as specified, and the ratio of all UEs supporting power-saving signals to PO = 1:4 is the same, then according to the above movement rules monitoring PO, the movement methods of UE1 and UE2 are as follows: Figure 12 As shown. From Figure 12 It can be concluded that the interval between PO and PEI where UE1 is located is constantly changing, so the power saving gain of all UEs is the same.

[0185] If all UEs have a DRX cycle of 32, then T_move = 32 according to the rule; and all UEs supporting power-saving signals and PO = 1-to-many have two ratios, namely 1:4 and 1:2; then, according to the above movement rules, UE1 and UE2 will monitor PO and move as follows: Figure 13 As shown. From Figure 13 It can be concluded that the interval between PO and PEI where UE1 and UE2 are located is constantly changing, so that the power saving gain of all UEs is the same.

[0186] Option 2: The PO moving scheme provided in this application embodiment does not set a common T_move_cycle, where M is the number of POs controlled by the power saving signal corresponding to each UE, so that all UEs can enjoy the energy saving gain brought by the power saving signal evenly.

[0187] Assume UE1 uses a DRX cycle of 32 to listen for paging, and UE2 uses a DRX cycle of 64. Both UE1 and UE2 have a 1:4 ratio. If they listen for PO according to their own DRX cycles, then the movement patterns of UE1 and UE2 are as follows: Figure 14 As shown.

[0188] Assume UE1 uses a DRX cycle of 32 for paging and UE2 uses a DRX cycle of 64 for paging. Also, UE1's power-saving signal to PO ratio is 1:4, and UE2's power-saving signal to PO ratio is 1:2. Based on their respective DRX cycles and the ratio of their power-saving signal to PO, the movement patterns of UE1 and UE2 are as follows: Figure 15 As shown.

[0189] Option 3: The PO moving scheme provided in this application embodiment sets a common T_move_cycle, where M is the number of POs controlled by the power-saving signal corresponding to each UE, so that all UEs can enjoy the energy-saving gain brought by the power-saving signal evenly.

[0190] Assume that UE1 and UE2 use a DRX cycle of 32 for paging, and UE3 and UE4 use a DRX cycle of 64. Furthermore, the PEI to PO mapping relationship for UE1 and UE3 is 1:4, and for UE2 and UE4 it is 1:2. Following mobility scheme three (moving within a time interval), the movement methods of UE1 and UE2 are as follows: Figure 16 As shown.

[0191] Option 4: The PO moving scheme provided in this application embodiment does not set a common T_move_cycle, and M is the maximum number of POs controlled by the power saving signal, so that all UEs can enjoy the energy saving gain brought by the power saving signal evenly.

[0192] Assume that UE1 and UE2 use a DRX cycle of 32 for paging, and UE3 and UE4 use a DRX cycle of 64. Furthermore, the PEI to PO mapping ratio for UE1 and UE3 is 1:4, and for UE2 and UE4 it is 1:2. Following mobility scheme four (moving according to the largest PEI to PO mapping ratio), the movement method for UE1 and UE2 is as follows: Figure 17 As shown.

[0193] In this embodiment, the UE detection PO mobility scheme ensures the fairness of power saving gain for all UEs, so that all UEs in the cell can enjoy power saving gain evenly.

[0194] Regarding the behavior of UE camped in a cell that went from supporting one power-saving signal for multiple POs to not supporting it:

[0195] (1) The UE camps on Cell1 at the first moment, reads the system information of Cell1 indicating that it supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs, and receives the configuration information of the power saving signal;

[0196] (2) The UE determines the time domain resources of the power saving signal based on the configuration information of the power saving signal and the PO that the UE is listening to, and listens to the power saving signal on the corresponding resources;

[0197] (3) The UE reads the system information of Cell1 at the second time and finds that Cell1 does not support one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs at the second time, but Cell1 supports one power saving signal corresponding to one PO at the second time; or it finds from the system information that Cell1 does not support power saving signals at the second time.

[0198] (a) If the second time step supports one power-saving signal corresponding to one PO, the UE re-determines the resource location of the power-saving signal corresponding to the PO that the UE is listening to based on the configuration of the received power-saving signal; and listens to the power-saving signal at the corresponding resource location.

[0199] (b) If the cell does not support the power saving signal in the second time step, the UE does not listen to the power saving signal and listens to the PO in each DRX cycle.

[0200] It should be noted that the paging monitoring method provided in this application embodiment can also be executed by a paging monitoring device, or by a control module in the UE (or network-side device) for executing the paging monitoring method.

[0201] Figure 18 A schematic diagram of a possible structure of the paging and listening device involved in an embodiment of this application is shown. For example... Figure 18 As shown, the paging and listening device 30 may include an acquisition module 31 and a listening module 32.

[0202] The acquisition module 31 is used to acquire target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, the first cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signal. The monitoring module 32 is used to monitor the power-saving signal based on the target configuration information acquired by the acquisition module 31.

[0203] In one possible implementation, the UE supports power saving signals and supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs; the correspondence between power saving signals and POs is that one power saving signal corresponds to M POs, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0204] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned power-saving signal corresponds to M POs, including any of the following: a power-saving signal corresponds to all groups in the M POs, a power-saving signal corresponds to one group in the M POs, or a power-saving signal corresponds to N groups in the M POs, where N is the number of groups corresponding to the power-saving signal and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0205] In one possible implementation, the first period is any one of the following: an SFN cycle and a preset time period; and / or, the first period includes at least one of the following: a start point, an end point, and a duration; and / or, the target resource information includes at least one of the following: time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal and frequency-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

[0206] In one possible implementation, the paging monitoring device provided in this application embodiment further includes a sending module. The sending module is configured to receive first indication information sent by a network-side device, the first indication information being used to instruct the network-side device to support one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POWs.

[0207] In one possible implementation, the target configuration information includes: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, a first period, and target resource information; the target resource information includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. Specifically, the monitoring module 32 is used to determine a first correspondence based on the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, wherein the first correspondence is the correspondence between the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE and the PO to be monitored by the UE; and to determine a first time-domain resource based on the first correspondence, the first period, and the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal, wherein the first time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE is located; and to monitor the power-saving signal on the first time-domain resource.

[0208] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned monitoring module 32 is specifically used to determine a first offset based on a first correspondence and a first period, wherein the first offset is the offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE relative to a reference PO; and to determine a first time-domain resource based on the first offset and the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

[0209] In one possible implementation, the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal includes: the time offset between the power-saving signal and the reference PO; the reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance from the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE among a plurality of consecutive POs controlled by the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE.

[0210] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned listening module 32 is specifically used to determine the global index of the PO, which is the index of the PO in the first cycle; and to determine the first offset based on the global index of the PO and the first correspondence.

[0211] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned monitoring module 32 is specifically used to determine the PO global index based on the start point of the first cycle and the first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: paging configuration information and UE identifier, wherein the paging configuration information is obtained by the UE from broadcast information.

[0212] In one possible implementation, the target configuration information includes target resource information, which includes time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. Specifically, the monitoring module 32 is used to determine a second time-domain resource based on the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. This second time-domain resource is the time-domain resource containing the power-saving signal that is closest to the PO to be monitored by the UE; and to monitor the power-saving signal on the second time-domain resource.

[0213] In one possible implementation, the target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the paging timing (PO), and the first cycle. The monitoring module 32 is also used to monitor the PO according to the target configuration information when PO movement is supported.

[0214] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned listening module 32 is specifically used to listen to the PO based on the target configuration information and the first movement cycle.

[0215] In one possible implementation, the configuration of the first movement cycle described above is any of the following:

[0216] The interval is based on the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located;

[0217] The interval is a multiple of the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located.

[0218] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned listening module 32 is specifically used to determine the target time domain location according to the target configuration information based on the target movement rule, wherein the target time domain location is the time domain location of the PO to be listened to by the UE, and the target movement rule is the movement rule of the PO; and to listen to the PO at the target time domain location.

[0219] In one possible implementation, the aforementioned monitoring module 32 is specifically used to determine first information based on the target configuration information according to the target movement rules; and to determine the target temporal location based on the first information. The first information is any one of the following: a reference offset, the PO monitored by the UE before movement, and a second offset. The reference offset is the first offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE in a reference movement period, the reference movement period is a movement period starting from the beginning of the first period, and the second offset is the first offset of the PO currently being monitored by the UE.

[0220] This application provides a paging monitoring device. When monitoring power-saving signals, it can flexibly monitor power-saving signals based on relevant configuration information, namely, the flexibly configured correspondence between power-saving signals and POs (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs for UEs in different groups), the first cycle, and / or target resource information, thereby reducing the power-saving signal load, ensuring the detection performance of PEI, and making the power-saving effect of each UE in the cell more uniform.

[0221] The paging monitoring device in this application embodiment can be a device, a device with an operating system or a UE, or a component, integrated circuit, or chip in the UE. The device or UE can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, a mobile terminal can include, but is not limited to, the types of UE 11 listed above, while a non-mobile terminal can be a server, network attached storage (NAS), personal computer (PC), television (TV), ATM, or self-service machine, etc., and this application embodiment does not impose specific limitations.

[0222] The paging monitoring device provided in this application embodiment can implement all the processes implemented by the UE in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0223] Figure 19 A schematic diagram of a possible structure of the paging and listening device involved in an embodiment of this application is shown. For example... Figure 19 As shown, the paging listening device 40 may include a sending module 41.

[0224] The sending module 41 is used to send target configuration information to the UE, which is used by the UE to listen for power-saving signals. The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power-saving signals and PO, the first cycle, and target resource information, wherein the target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signals.

[0225] In one possible implementation, the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs. The aforementioned sending module 41 is further configured to send first indication information to the UE, the first indication information being used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

[0226] This application provides a paging monitoring device. When monitoring power-saving signals, it can flexibly monitor power-saving signals based on relevant configuration information, namely, the flexibly configured correspondence between power-saving signals and POs (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs for UEs in different groups), the first cycle, and / or target resource information, thereby reducing the power-saving signal load, ensuring the detection performance of PEI, and making the power-saving effect of each UE in the cell more uniform.

[0227] The paging and listening device in the embodiments of this application can be a device, a device with an operating system or a network-side device, or it can be a component, integrated circuit or chip in a network-side device.

[0228] The paging monitoring device provided in this application embodiment can implement all the processes implemented by the network-side device in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0229] Optionally, such as Figure 20 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a communication device 500, including a processor 501, a memory 502, and a program or instructions stored in the memory 502 and executable on the processor 501. For example, when the communication device 500 is a UE, the program or instructions executed by the processor 501 implement the various processes of the UE in the above-described method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 500 is a network-side device, the program or instructions executed by the processor 501 implement the various processes of the network-side device in the above-described method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, further details are omitted here.

[0230] This application embodiment also provides a UE, including a processor and a communication interface. The processor is configured to acquire target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between a power-saving signal and a power-on-state (PO), a first cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signal. The processor also listens for the power-saving signal based on the target configuration information. This UE embodiment corresponds to the above-described UE-side method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above method embodiments can be applied to this UE embodiment and achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, Figure 21 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a UE to implement an embodiment of this application.

[0231] The UE 100 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the following components: radio frequency unit 101, network module 102, audio output unit 103, input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, and processor 110.

[0232] Those skilled in the art will understand that UE 100 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Figure 21 The UE structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the UE. The UE may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0233] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042. The GPU 1041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be described in detail here.

[0234] In this embodiment, the radio frequency unit 101 receives downlink data from the network-side device and processes it for the processor 110; additionally, it sends uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0235] The memory 109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 109 may primarily include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 109 may include high-speed random access memory and non-volatile memory, which may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device.

[0236] Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles the operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into processor 110.

[0237] The processor 110 is used to acquire target configuration information, which includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power saving signal and the PO, the first cycle and target resource information, which is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signal; and to listen to the power saving signal according to the target configuration information.

[0238] This application provides a UE that, when listening to power-saving signals, can flexibly listen to power-saving signals based on relevant configuration information, namely, the flexibly configured correspondence between power-saving signals and POs (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs for UEs in different groups), the first period, and / or target resource information, thereby reducing the power-saving signal load, ensuring the detection performance of PEI, and making the power-saving effect of each UE in the cell more uniform.

[0239] The UE provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented by the UE in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0240] This application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is used to send target configuration information to a UE, which is used by the UE to listen for a power-saving signal. The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO (Power-Off Signal), a first cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information indicates the resources used by the power-saving signal. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-described network-side device method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above method embodiments can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and achieve the same technical effects.

[0241] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network-side device. For example... Figure 22 As shown, the network-side device 700 includes an antenna 71, a radio frequency (RF) device 72, and a baseband device 73. The antenna 71 is connected to the RF device 72. In the uplink direction, the RF device 72 receives information through the antenna 71 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 73 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 73 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 72. The RF device 72 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 71.

[0242] The aforementioned frequency band processing device can be located in the baseband device 73. The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 73, which includes a processor 74 and a memory 75.

[0243] The baseband device 73 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as... Figure 22As shown, one of the chips, for example, is a processor 74, which is connected to a memory 75 to call the program in the memory 75 and execute the network-side device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

[0244] The baseband device 73 may also include a network interface 76 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 72, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0245] The radio frequency device 72 is used to send target configuration information to the UE, which is used by the UE to listen for power saving signals. The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power saving signals and PO, the first cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signals.

[0246] This application provides a network-side device that can send relevant configuration information for monitoring power-saving signals to the UE, namely, a flexibly configured correspondence between power-saving signals and POs (i.e., flexibly configuring the correspondence between power-saving signals and POs for UEs in different groups), a first period, and / or target resource information. This allows the UE to flexibly monitor power-saving signals based on the relevant configuration information, thereby reducing the power-saving signal load, ensuring the detection performance of PEI, and making the power-saving effect of each UE in the cell more uniform.

[0247] The network-side device provided in this application embodiment can implement the various processes implemented by the network-side device in the above method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0248] Specifically, the network-side device in this application embodiment further includes: instructions or programs stored in memory 75 and executable on processor 74. Processor 74 calls the instructions or programs in memory 75 to execute the methods executed by the above modules or units and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

[0249] This application also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes of the above-described paging and monitoring method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0250] The processor mentioned above is the processor in the UE described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0251] This application embodiment also provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-described paging and monitoring method embodiments and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0252] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0253] It should be noted that, in this document, 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 limitations, 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 that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0254] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes several instructions to cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network-side device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0255] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other forms under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and all of these forms are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that, include: The user equipment (UE) obtains target configuration information, which includes the correspondence between power-saving signals and paging timing (PO), an SFN loop, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power-saving signals. The target resource information includes the time offset between the power-saving signals and the reference PO. The reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance from the power-saving signals to be monitored by the UE among multiple consecutive POs controlled by the power-saving signals to be monitored by the UE. The UE listens for power-saving signals based on the target configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The UE supports power saving signals and supports one power saving signal corresponding to multiple POs; The correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO is that one power-saving signal corresponds to M POs, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, The power-saving signal corresponding to M POs includes any one of the following: a power-saving signal corresponding to all groups in the M POs, a power-saving signal corresponding to one group in the M POs, or a power-saving signal corresponding to N groups in the M POs, where N is the number of groups corresponding to the power-saving signal and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The SFN cycle includes at least one of the following: a start point, an end point, and a duration; And / or, The target resource information includes at least one of the following: time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal and frequency-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: The UE receives a first indication information sent by the network-side device, the first indication information being used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes: the correspondence between power-saving signals and PO, the SFN cycle, and the target resource information; the target resource information includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signals; The UE listens for power-saving signals according to the target configuration information, including: The UE determines a first correspondence relationship based on the correspondence between the power saving signal and the PO. The first correspondence relationship is the correspondence between the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE and the PO to be monitored by the UE. The UE determines a first time-domain resource based on the first correspondence, the SFN cycle, and the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. The first time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE is located. The UE listens for power-saving signals on the first time domain resource.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The UE determines the first time-domain resource based on the first correspondence, the time-domain resource information of the SFN cycle and the power-saving signal, including: The UE determines a first offset based on the first correspondence and the SFN loop, whereby the first offset is the offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO. The UE determines the first time-domain resource based on the first offset and the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The UE determines the first offset based on the first correspondence and the SFN cycle, including: The UE determines the global index of the PO, which is the index of the PO in the SFN cycle; The UE determines the first offset based on the PO global index and the first correspondence.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, The UE determines the PO global index, including: The UE determines the PO global index based on the starting point of the SFN cycle and the first information; The first information includes at least one of the following: paging configuration information and UE identifier, wherein the paging configuration information is obtained by the UE from broadcast information.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes the target resource information, which includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. The UE listens for power-saving signals according to the target configuration information, including: The UE determines a second time-domain resource based on the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. The second time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal with the smallest distance from the PO to be monitored by the UE is located. The UE listens for power-saving signals on the second time-domain resource.

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power-saving signals and paging timing (PO) and the aforementioned SFN cycle; the method further includes: When PO mobility is supported, the UE listens to PO according to the target configuration information.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that, The UE listens to the PO according to the target configuration information, including: The UE listens to the target configuration information and the first mobility cycle PO.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The configuration method for the first moving cycle is any one of the following: The interval is based on the largest discontinuous reception DRX cycle among all UEs in the cell where the UE is located; The interval is a multiple of the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located.

14. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that, The UE listens to the PO according to the target configuration information, including: The UE determines the target time domain location according to the target configuration information based on the target movement rule. The target time domain location is the time domain location of the PO to be monitored by the UE, and the target movement rule is the movement rule of the PO. The UE listens to PO at the target time domain location.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that, The UE determines the target temporal location according to the target configuration information based on the target mobility rules, including: The UE determines the first information according to the target mobility rules and the target configuration information; The UE determines the target time domain location based on the first information; Wherein, the first information is any one of the following: reference offset, PO monitored by the UE before it moves and second offset, wherein the reference offset is the first offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE in the reference movement period, the reference movement period is the movement period starting from the starting point of the SFN cycle, and the second offset is the first offset of the PO currently being monitored by the UE.

16. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that, include: The network-side device sends target configuration information to the user equipment (UE), and the target configuration information is used by the UE to listen for power-saving signals. The target configuration information includes the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing (PO), an SFN cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signal. The target resource information includes the time offset between the power saving signal and the reference PO. The reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance from the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE among multiple consecutive POs controlled by the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple product locations (POs); the method further includes: The network-side device sends a first indication information to the UE, the first indication information being used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

18. A paging and listening device, characterized in that, include: Get module and listen module; The acquisition module is used to acquire target configuration information, which includes the correspondence between power saving signal and paging timing (PO), an SFN loop, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signal. The target resource information includes the time offset between the power saving signal and the reference PO. The reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance to the power saving signal that the UE is listening to among multiple consecutive POs controlled by the power saving signal to be listened to. The monitoring module is used to monitor power-saving signals based on the target configuration information obtained by the acquisition module.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that, The UE supports power-saving signals and one power-saving signal can correspond to multiple power outputs (POs). The correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO is that one power-saving signal corresponds to M POs, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, characterized in that, The power-saving signal corresponding to M POs includes any one of the following: a power-saving signal corresponding to all groups in the M POs, a power-saving signal corresponding to one group in the M POs, or a power-saving signal corresponding to N groups in the M POs, where N is the number of groups corresponding to the power-saving signal and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

21. The apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that, The SFN cycle includes at least one of the following: a start point, an end point, and a duration; And / or, The target resource information includes at least one of the following: time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal and frequency-domain resource information of the power-saving signal.

22. The apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that, The device further includes: a transmitting module; The sending module is used to receive first indication information sent by the network-side device, the first indication information being used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

23. The apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 22, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes: the correspondence between power-saving signals and PO, the SFN cycle, and the target resource information; the target resource information includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signals; The monitoring module is specifically used to determine a first correspondence relationship based on the correspondence between the power-saving signal and the PO, wherein the first correspondence relationship is the correspondence between the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE and the PO to be monitored by the UE; and to determine a first time-domain resource based on the first correspondence relationship, the one SFN cycle and the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal, wherein the first time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal to be monitored by the UE is located; and to monitor the power-saving signal on the first time-domain resource.

24. The apparatus according to claim 23, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to determine a first offset based on the first correspondence and the SFN loop, wherein the first offset is the offset of the PO to be monitored by the UE relative to the reference PO; and to determine the first time domain resource based on the first offset and the time domain resource information of the power saving signal.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to determine the global index of the PO, which is the index of the PO in the SFN loop; and to determine the first offset based on the global index of the PO and the first correspondence.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to determine the global index of the PO based on the starting point of the SFN loop and the first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: paging configuration information and UE identifier, wherein the paging configuration information is obtained by the UE from broadcast information.

27. The apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 22, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes the target resource information, which includes the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal. The monitoring module is specifically used to determine a second time-domain resource based on the time-domain resource information of the power-saving signal, wherein the second time-domain resource is the time-domain resource where the power-saving signal with the smallest distance from the PO to be monitored by the UE is located; and to monitor the power-saving signal on the second time-domain resource.

28. The apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that, The target configuration information includes at least one of the following: the correspondence between power-saving signals and paging timing (PO) and the one SFN cycle; The monitoring module is also used to monitor the PO according to the target configuration information when PO movement is supported.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to monitor the target configuration information and the first movement cycle.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29, characterized in that, The configuration method for the first moving cycle is any one of the following: The interval is based on the largest discontinuous reception DRX cycle among all UEs in the cell where the UE is located; The interval is a multiple of the largest DRX cycle of all UEs in the cell where the UE is located.

31. The apparatus according to any one of claims 28 to 30, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to determine the target time domain location according to the target configuration information based on the target movement rules, wherein the target time domain location is the time domain location of the PO to be monitored by the UE, and the target movement rules are the movement rules of the PO; and to monitor the PO at the target time domain location.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, characterized in that, The monitoring module is specifically used to determine first information based on the target configuration information according to the target movement rules; and to determine the target temporal location based on the first information. Wherein, the first information is any one of the following: reference offset, PO that the UE was listening to before it moved, and second offset, wherein the reference offset is the first offset of the PO that the UE is listening to in the reference movement period, and the second offset is the first offset of the PO that the UE is currently actually listening to.

33. A paging and listening device, characterized in that, include: Sending module; The sending module is used to send target configuration information to the user equipment (UE), and the target configuration information is used by the UE to listen for power-saving signals. The target configuration information includes the correspondence between the power saving signal and the paging timing (PO), an SFN cycle, and target resource information. The target resource information is used to indicate the resources used by the power saving signal. The target resource information includes the time offset between the power saving signal and the reference PO. The reference PO is the PO with the smallest distance from the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE among multiple consecutive POs controlled by the power saving signal to be monitored by the UE.

34. The apparatus according to claim 33, characterized in that, The sending module is further configured to send first indication information to the UE, the first indication information being used to indicate that the network-side device supports one power-saving signal corresponding to multiple POs.

35. A user equipment (UE), characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in any one of claims 1 to 15.

36. A network-side device, characterized in that, It includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in claim 16 or 17.

37. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in any one of claims 1 to 15, or implement the steps of the paging monitoring method as described in claim 16 or 17.

38. A communication system, characterized in that, The communication system includes the paging monitoring device as described in any one of claims 18 to 32 and the paging monitoring device as described in claim 33 or 34; or... The communication system includes the user equipment (UE) as described in claim 35 and the network-side equipment as described in claim 36.

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