Paging detection method and apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium

Abstract

This application discloses a paging detection method, apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium. The method includes: a first terminal reporting first information to the network side; wherein the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of wireless technology, and in particular to a paging detection method, apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium. Background Technology

[0002] In Extended Idle-mode DRX (eDRX), there is a paging time window (PTW) within each eDRX cycle. During the PTW, the terminal listens to the paging channel according to the eDRX cycle in order to receive downlink data. The terminal is in sleep mode during the rest of the time.

[0003] In related technologies, there is a problem that the terminal may not be able to find the corresponding PMO within the PTW, or the PTW found by the terminal may not have enough paging opportunities, causing the terminal to miss paging messages and further increasing the terminal's invalid power consumption. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To address the related technical issues, embodiments of this application provide a paging detection method, apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium.

[0005] The technical solution of this application embodiment is implemented as follows:

[0006] This application provides a paging detection method, applied to a first terminal, including:

[0007] The first piece of information is reported to the network side; among which,

[0008] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal at the Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring Occasion (PMO) under eDRX.

[0009] In the above scheme, reporting the first information to the network side includes:

[0010] Report the first information to the first base station; or,

[0011] The first information is reported to the first core network device through the Non-Access Stratum (NAS).

[0012] In the above scheme, before reporting the first information to the network side, the method further includes:

[0013] Receive the first message sent by the network side; among which,

[0014] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0015] In the above scheme, the first message includes one of the following:

[0016] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0017] The first base station sends Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0018] NAS messages sent by core network devices.

[0019] In the above scheme, the first message is also used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0020] In the above scheme, reporting the first information to the network side includes:

[0021] If the first terminal is configured with eDRX, or if the terminal is a specific type of terminal and the network side supports the specific type of terminal, the first information is reported to the network side.

[0022] The method in the above scheme further includes:

[0023] Receive the second information sent from the network side; among which,

[0024] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0025] The method in the above scheme further includes:

[0026] Configure at least one of the following network-side instructions:

[0027] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0028] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0029] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0030] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0031] In the above scheme, the reporting conditions for the first information include the first terminal detecting no corresponding PMO a certain number of times; and / or,

[0032] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0033] Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0034] In the above scheme, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0035] In the above scheme, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0036] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0037] Wireless side configuration;

[0038] eDRX configuration.

[0039] This application also provides a paging configuration method, applied to a first network device, including:

[0040] Receive first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals; wherein,

[0041] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0042] The method in the above scheme further includes:

[0043] Based on the received first information, second information is sent to at least one of the at least one first terminal; wherein...

[0044] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0045] In the above scheme, the first network device is the first base station, and the method further includes:

[0046] Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals; and / or,

[0047] Based on the received first information, a first request is sent to the first core network device; the first request is used to request an update of the eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0048] In the above scheme, the first network device is the first core network device, and the method further includes:

[0049] Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0050] In the above scheme, before receiving the first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal, the method further includes:

[0051] Send a first message to each of the at least one first terminal; wherein,

[0052] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0053] In the above scheme, the first network device includes a first base station, and the first message includes:

[0054] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0055] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station.

[0056] In the above scheme, the first message is also used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0057] The method in the above scheme further includes:

[0058] Send at least one of the following to each of the at least one first terminal:

[0059] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0060] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0061] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0062] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0063] In the above scheme, the reporting conditions for the first information include the first terminal detecting no corresponding PMO a certain number of times; and / or,

[0064] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0065] SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0066] In the above scheme, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0067] In the above scheme, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0068] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0069] Wireless side configuration;

[0070] eDRX configuration.

[0071] This application also provides a paging detection device, including:

[0072] The first reporting unit is used to report the first information to the network side; wherein...

[0073] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0074] This application also provides a paging configuration device, including:

[0075] The first receiving unit is configured to receive first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals; wherein...

[0076] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0077] This application embodiment also provides a first terminal, including: a first processor and a first communication interface; wherein,

[0078] The first communication interface is used to report first information to the network side; wherein,

[0079] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0080] This application also provides a first network device, including: a second processor and a second communication interface; wherein,

[0081] The second communication interface is used to receive first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals; wherein,

[0082] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0083] This application also provides a first terminal, including: a first processor and a first memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor.

[0084] Wherein, when the first processor is used to run the computer program, it executes the steps of any one of the methods described above on the first terminal side.

[0085] This application also provides a first network device, characterized in that it includes: a second processor and a second memory for storing computer programs capable of running on the processor.

[0086] Wherein, when the second processor is used to run the computer program, it executes the steps of any one of the methods described above on the first network device side.

[0087] In the above scheme, the first network device includes a first base station or a first core network device.

[0088] This application embodiment also provides a storage medium storing a computer program thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any of the methods described above for the first terminal side, or implements the steps of any of the methods described above for the first network device side.

[0089] In the paging detection method, paging configuration method, apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium provided in this application embodiment, a first terminal reports first information to the network side. This first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX. The network side receives the first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals. Based on this, the network side can determine whether there are problems with the eDRX configuration and / or search space configuration based on the received first information, and further update the relevant configurations, thereby reducing the situation where the terminal misses paging messages and avoiding increasing the terminal's unnecessary power consumption. Attached Figure Description

[0090] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of paging configuration in related technologies;

[0091] Figure 2 This application provides a schematic flowchart of a paging detection method according to an embodiment;

[0092] Figure 3 This is a schematic flowchart of a paging configuration method according to an embodiment of this application;

[0093] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a paging detection process according to an application embodiment of this application;

[0094] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of a paging detection device according to an embodiment of this application;

[0095] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of a paging configuration device according to an embodiment of this application;

[0096] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the first terminal structure according to an embodiment of this application;

[0097] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first network device in the embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0098] In 5G New Radio, two modes are introduced for calculating the paging location: default association and non-default association. In default association, the location of the paging downlink control information (DCI) and the search space of the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) are the same by default. In non-default association, the search space is configured through the network to allow the terminal to find the location of the paging DCI.

[0099] For non-default association, the calculation formulas for paging frame (PF) and paging occasion (PO) are the same as in Long-Term Evolution (LTE). However, in non-default association mode, PF may represent the starting position of a frame containing PO, and i_s represents the (i_s+1)th PO that the terminal needs to detect. In non-default association mode, the paging search space configuration for N_SSBs (N_SSB represents the number of SSBs) consecutive PMOs is as follows:

[0100] The monitoring period of PDCCH (Monitoring-periodicity-PDCCH-slot) is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, and 20 slots.

[0101] PDCCH monitoring offset (PDCCH-slot): 0 - PDCCH monitoring period - 1;

[0102] Monitoring symbols of PDCCH within a time slot: a bitmap of size 14, with one bit corresponding to one Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol;

[0103] Control resource set duration: The number of consecutive OFDM symbols in the PDCCH Monitoring Occasion (PMO).

[0104] Therefore, for a given set of Ns POs, the number of SSBs is N. SSB For a power factor (PF), the absolute length L of a PF is... There are N slots, where N PMO This indicates the number of PMOs in a slot, determined by the monitoring symbols of the PDCCH within the slot. For example... Figure 1 For example, the monitoring period of PDCCH is 2 slots, the monitoring offset of PDCCH is 0, the monitoring symbol of PDCCH within the time slot is 00100010000000, the duration of the control resource set is 4, each dark slot represents a slot containing PMO, which contains 2 PMOs. When the number of SSBs is 4, it takes two periods to represent one PO.

[0105] Under eDRX, there is one PTW (Paging Window) within each eDRX cycle. During the PTW, the terminal listens to the paging channel according to the DRX cycle to receive downlink data. The terminal is in sleep mode during the remaining time. With the introduction of eDRX, the timing of the terminal reading the paging message is represented by (PH, PF, PO), or more precisely, (PH, PTW(PF, PO)): First, the terminal calculates PH, and the PTW is located on PH. Then, it calculates the start and stop positions of the PTW window (PTW_start and PTW_stop) to obtain the specific position of the PTW on PH, and detects the paging message during the PTW according to the traditional DRX mode (PF, PO). That is, within the PTW, the PF / PO calculation formula is the same as the non-eDRX calculation formula. However, due to the introduction of beam sweeping in NR, the calculation of PF / PO is no longer the same as in LTE; instead, one PF / PO can be extended across multiple radio frames. For example, if a base station uses 8 beams, then according to the paging search space configuration, only one slot in each radio frame contains one PMO. Therefore, a PO requiring 8 PMOs will occupy 8 radio frames. With the introduction of eDRX, the terminal only needs to detect paging messages within the PTW. However, the PTW and PH of eDRX are configured by the core network, while the paging search space is configured by the Radio Access Network (RAN). Therefore, improper PTW and paging search space configurations may lead to the terminal failing to find the corresponding PMO within the PTW, or not having enough paging opportunities within the PTW, causing the terminal to miss paging messages. Both of these situations will result in increased terminal power consumption, without the terminal gaining the corresponding benefit, and will also increase the probability of network paging failure or paging latency. In particular, the introduction of eDRX is intended to save terminal power consumption; therefore, ineffective power consumption caused by improper configuration must be avoided. In related technologies, eDRX configuration can only be updated during attach and Tracking Area Update (TAU) updates, so this problem will persist for non-mobile terminals.

[0106] Based on this, in various embodiments of this application, the first terminal reports first information to the network side. This first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX. The network side receives the first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals. Based on this, the network side can determine whether there are problems with the eDRX configuration and / or search space configuration based on the received first information, and further update the relevant configurations, thereby reducing the chance of terminals missing paging messages and avoiding increased unnecessary power consumption of the terminals.

[0107] The present application will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0108] This application provides a paging detection method, applied to a first terminal, such as... Figure 2 As shown, the method includes:

[0109] Step 201: Report the first information to the network side.

[0110] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0111] Here, when the network side indicates that the paging reception status of the first terminal in eDRX state needs to be reported, the first terminal wakes up in the corresponding PTW, performs the corresponding PMO detection, and reports the paging detection status of the first terminal in the PMO under eDRX to the network side. Specifically, if the detection conditions provided by the network are met, the first terminal will report the first information to the network side when it initiates access again.

[0112] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0113] Furthermore, the first information also includes at least one of the following:

[0114] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0115] Wireless side configuration;

[0116] eDRX configuration.

[0117] In one embodiment, the first terminal reports first information to the network side, including:

[0118] Report the first information to the first base station; or,

[0119] The first information is reported to the first core network device via NAS.

[0120] In other words, the first terminal can report the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX to the first base station, or the first terminal can directly report the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX to the core network through NAS messages.

[0121] In practical applications, the network side can configure whether the terminal should report the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. A first function is configured on the terminal side, representing the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. The network side can configure the terminal to enable or disable this first function to configure whether the terminal should report the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. The network side can configure the enabling or disabling of the terminal's first function in an explicit or implicit manner. In the case of using an explicit method, in one embodiment, before reporting the first information to the network side, the method further includes:

[0122] Receive the first message sent by the network side; among which,

[0123] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0124] Here, the first message includes one of the following:

[0125] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0126] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station;

[0127] NAS messages sent by core network devices.

[0128] In other words, in one implementation, the base station can configure the terminal to enable or disable the first function. The first base station sends a first message to the first terminal via a broadcast system message or a sent RRC signaling. In practical applications, the configuration of enabling or disabling the first function can be achieved by adding an indicator bit to the broadcast system message; or, the first terminal can be configured to enable the first function in a disconnected state by using an RRC release message. In another implementation, the core network can configure the terminal to enable or disable the first function. The first core network device configures the first terminal via a NAS message.

[0129] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal's PTW. Additionally, the first base station can also record the number of times the first terminal is paged within a certain time period.

[0130] In the case of using an implicit approach, in one embodiment, before reporting the first information to the network side, the method further includes:

[0131] If the first terminal is configured with eDRX, or if the terminal is a specific type of terminal and the network side supports the specific type of terminal, the first information is reported to the network side.

[0132] In practical applications, default conditions for reporting the first information can be set, including: once a terminal is configured with eDRX, the corresponding terminal is required to report the first information to the network side by default; or, for a specific type of terminal, such as the low-capacity terminal RedCap, once the network side supports the specific type of terminal and the first terminal is of the specific type, the terminal is required to report the first information to the network side by default.

[0133] In addition to instructing the first terminal whether to enable the first function, i.e., whether to report the first information, the network side can also perform other configurations for the first terminal. Therefore, in one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0134] Configure at least one of the following network-side instructions:

[0135] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0136] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0137] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0138] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0139] The reporting condition for the first information can be that the first terminal detects a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO. In other words, when the first terminal detects a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO, the first terminal reports the first information to the network side. Furthermore, the third information to be reported includes at least one of the following: SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value. Additionally, both the collection period and the reporting period of the first information represent the effective period of the first function, and can also be configured by the network side for the terminal.

[0140] In this way, the network side records the first information reported by one or more first terminals and takes corresponding configuration update actions. Based on this, in one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0141] Receive the second information sent from the network side; among which,

[0142] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0143] Specifically, the first base station updates the radio-side configuration, including updating the paging search space configuration or updating the PTW extended detection frame length configuration value of the first terminal. On the core network side, the eDRX configuration of the first terminal can be updated based on information such as the PTW configuration expected by the first terminal, the number of paging failures, the paging failure ratio, and the number of readable PMOs reported by the base station. The updated eDRX configuration is then fed back to the base station or directly to the first terminal via NAS messages.

[0144] Furthermore, in practical applications, for a first terminal that frequently reports paging reception failure indications, the network side can update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration of the first terminal, and then configure new reporting conditions, collection period, reporting period and / or third information to be reported for the first terminal.

[0145] Corresponding to the paging detection method on the first terminal side of the embodiments of this application, the embodiments of this application also provide a paging configuration method, applied to a first network device, which may be a first base station or a first core network device, such as... Figure 3 As shown, the method includes:

[0146] Step 301: Receive first information reported by each of at least one first terminal.

[0147] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0148] Here, when the network side indicates that the paging reception status of the first terminal in eDRX state needs to be reported, the first terminal wakes up in the corresponding PTW, performs the corresponding PMO detection, and reports the paging detection status of the first terminal in the PMO under eDRX to the network side. Specifically, if the detection conditions provided by the network are met, the first terminal will report the first information to the network side when it initiates access again.

[0149] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0150] Furthermore, the first information also includes at least one of the following:

[0151] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0152] Wireless side configuration;

[0153] eDRX configuration.

[0154] In practical applications, the first network device can be either the first base station or the first core network device. That is, the first terminal can report the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX to the first base station, or the first terminal can directly report the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX to the core network via NAS messages.

[0155] In practical applications, the network side can configure whether the terminal should report the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. A first function is configured on the terminal side, representing the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. The network side can configure the terminal to enable or disable this first function to configure whether the terminal should report the paging detection status of the terminal under eDRX on the PMO. The network side can configure the enabling or disabling of the first function of the terminal in an explicit or implicit manner. In the case of using an explicit method, in one embodiment, before receiving the first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal, the method further includes:

[0156] Send a first message to each of the at least one first terminal.

[0157] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0158] Here, when the first network device is the first base station, the first message includes:

[0159] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0160] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station.

[0161] When the first network device is the first core network device, the first message is a NAS message.

[0162] In other words, in one implementation, the base station can configure the terminal to enable or disable the first function. The first base station sends a first message to the first terminal via a broadcast system message or a sent RRC signaling. In practical applications, the configuration of enabling or disabling the first function can be achieved by adding an indicator bit to the broadcast system message; or, the first terminal can be configured to enable the first function in a disconnected state by using an RRC release message. In another implementation, the core network can configure the terminal to enable or disable the first function. The first core network device configures the first terminal via a NAS message.

[0163] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal's PTW. Additionally, the first base station can also record the number of times the first terminal is paged within a certain time period.

[0164] In the case of using the implicit method, in practical applications, default conditions for reporting the first information can be set, including: once the terminal is configured with eDRX, the corresponding terminal is required to report the first information to the network side by default; or, for a specific type of terminal, such as the low-capacity terminal RedCap, once the network side supports the specific type of terminal and the first terminal is of the specific type, then the terminal is required to report the first information to the network side by default.

[0165] In addition to instructing the first terminal whether to enable the first function, i.e., whether to report the first information, the network side can also perform other configurations for the first terminal. Therefore, in one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0166] Send at least one of the following to each of the at least one first terminal:

[0167] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0168] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0169] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0170] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0171] The reporting condition for the first information can be that the first terminal detects a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO. In other words, when the first terminal detects a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO, the first terminal reports the first information to the network side. Furthermore, the third information to be reported includes at least one of the following: SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value. Additionally, both the collection period and the reporting period of the first information represent the effective period of the first function, and can also be configured by the network side for the terminal.

[0172] In this way, the network side records the first information reported by one or more first terminals and takes corresponding configuration update actions. Based on this, in one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0173] Based on the received first information, second information is sent to at least one of the at least one first terminal; wherein...

[0174] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0175] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first base station, and the method further includes:

[0176] Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals; and / or,

[0177] Based on the received first information, a first request is sent to the first core network device; the first request is used to request an update of the eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0178] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first core network device, and the method further includes:

[0179] Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0180] Specifically, the first base station updates the radio-side configuration, including updating the paging search space configuration or updating the PTW extended detection frame length configuration value of the first terminal. On the core network side, the eDRX configuration of the first terminal can be updated based on information such as the PTW configuration expected by the first terminal, the number of paging failures, the paging failure ratio, and the number of readable PMOs reported by the base station. The updated eDRX configuration is then fed back to the base station or directly to the first terminal via NAS messages.

[0181] Furthermore, in practical applications, for a first terminal that frequently reports paging reception failure indications, the network side can update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration of the first terminal, and then configure new reporting conditions, collection period, reporting period and / or third information to be reported for the first terminal.

[0182] The present application will be further described in detail below with reference to application examples.

[0183] Reference Figure 4 The method includes:

[0184] 1. The base station decides to enable the paging detection and reporting function under eDRX.

[0185] 2. The base station broadcasts system messages to instruct the terminal to enable the function and reports the terminal's detection and paging status.

[0186] Specifically, the base station is configured in the broadcast message to report the terminal's paging reception status during a certain time period, such as from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm every day, including the number of times the terminal wakes up during that time period and the number of times its corresponding SSB's PMO is read.

[0187] 3. The terminal records paging detection status based on the base station configuration.

[0188] 4. The terminal reports a paging detection failure indication and related information.

[0189] Specifically, after the first RRC connection is established after the configured time period ends, the terminal reports the above information and reports the PTW configuration according to network instructions.

[0190] 5. The base station updates the search space configuration to the terminal.

[0191] Specifically, when the base station receives the information reported by the terminal, it determines whether there is an issue with the eDRX configuration and search space configuration based on the recorded number of paging attempts. If the issue is found, the base station indicates to the terminal the number of frames that can be extended after PTW and the subsequent detection record configuration.

[0192] 6. The base station requests an update to the eDRX configuration from the core network side.

[0193] 7. The core network sends updated eDRX configurations to the terminals.

[0194] 8. Optionally, the core network side returns a response to the base station to inform the base station that the core network side has issued an updated eDRX configuration to the terminal.

[0195] Compared with paging detection methods in related technologies, the technical solution provided in this application allows the network side to determine whether there are problems with improper eDRX configuration and / or search space configuration based on the received first information, and further update the relevant configurations, thereby reducing the situation where the terminal misses paging messages and avoiding increasing the terminal's ineffective power consumption.

[0196] To implement the method on the first terminal side of this application embodiment, this application embodiment also provides a paging detection device, which is installed on the first terminal, such as... Figure 5 As shown, the device includes:

[0197] The first reporting unit 501 is used to report the first information to the network side; wherein...

[0198] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0199] In one embodiment, the first reporting unit 501 is configured to:

[0200] Report the first information to the first base station; or,

[0201] The first information is reported to the first core network device via NAS.

[0202] In one embodiment, the device further includes:

[0203] The second receiving unit is configured to, before reporting the first information to the network side, further include:

[0204] Receive the first message sent by the network side; among which,

[0205] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0206] In one embodiment, the first message includes one of the following:

[0207] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0208] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station;

[0209] NAS messages sent by core network devices.

[0210] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0211] In one embodiment, the first reporting unit 501 is configured to:

[0212] If the first terminal is configured with eDRX, or if the terminal is a specific type of terminal and the network side supports the specific type of terminal, the first information is reported to the network side.

[0213] In one embodiment, the device further includes:

[0214] The third receiving unit is used to receive the second information sent from the network side; wherein...

[0215] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0216] In one embodiment, the device further includes:

[0217] Configuration unit, used to configure at least one of the following network-side indications:

[0218] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0219] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0220] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0221] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0222] In one embodiment, the reporting condition for the first information includes the first terminal detecting a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO; and / or,

[0223] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0224] SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0225] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0226] In one embodiment, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0227] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0228] Wireless side configuration;

[0229] eDRX configuration.

[0230] In practical applications, the first reporting unit 501, the second receiving unit, and the third receiving unit can be implemented by the communication interface in the paging detection device; the configuration unit can be implemented by the processor in the paging detection device.

[0231] It should be noted that the paging detection device provided in the above embodiments is only illustrated by the division of the above program modules when performing paging detection. In actual applications, the above processing can be assigned to different program modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the processing described above. In addition, the paging detection device and the paging detection method embodiments provided in the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and their specific implementation process can be found in the method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0232] To implement the method on the first network device side of this application embodiment, this application embodiment also provides a paging configuration device, which is disposed on the first network device, such as... Figure 6 As shown, the device includes:

[0233] The first receiving unit 601 is configured to receive first information reported by each of at least one of the first terminals; wherein...

[0234] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0235] In one embodiment, the device further includes:

[0236] The first sending unit is configured to send second information to at least one of the at least one first terminal based on the received first information; wherein...

[0237] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0238] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first base station, and the apparatus further includes:

[0239] The first update unit is configured to update the search space configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals based on the received first information; and / or,

[0240] The second sending unit is configured to send a first request to the first core network device based on the received first information; the first request is configured to request an update of the eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0241] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first core network device, and the apparatus further includes:

[0242] The second update unit is used to update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals based on the received first information.

[0243] In one embodiment, the device further includes:

[0244] The third sending unit is configured to send a first message to each of the at least one first terminal before receiving the first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal; wherein...

[0245] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0246] In one embodiment, the first network device includes a first base station, and the first message includes:

[0247] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0248] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station.

[0249] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0250] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0251] Send at least one of the following to each of the at least one first terminal:

[0252] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0253] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0254] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0255] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0256] In one embodiment, the reporting condition for the first information includes the first terminal detecting a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO; and / or,

[0257] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0258] SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0259] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0260] In one embodiment, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0261] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0262] Wireless side configuration;

[0263] eDRX configuration.

[0264] In practical applications, the first receiving unit 601, the first sending unit, the second sending unit, and the third sending unit are implemented by the communication interface in the paging configuration device; the first updating unit and the second updating unit can be implemented by the processor in the paging configuration device.

[0265] It should be noted that the paging configuration device provided in the above embodiments is only illustrated by the division of the above-described program modules. In actual applications, the above processing can be assigned to different program modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device can be divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the processing described above. In addition, the paging configuration device and the paging configuration method embodiments provided in the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and their specific implementation process can be found in the method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0266] Based on the hardware implementation of the above program modules, and in order to implement the method on the first terminal side of the embodiments of this application, the embodiments of this application also provide a first terminal, such as... Figure 7 As shown, the first terminal 700 includes:

[0267] The first communication interface 701 is capable of exchanging information with other network nodes;

[0268] The first processor 702 is connected to the first communication interface 701 to enable information interaction with other network nodes. When running a computer program, it executes the methods provided by one or more technical solutions on the first terminal side. The computer program is stored in the first memory 703.

[0269] Specifically, the first communication interface 701 is used to report first information to the network side; wherein,

[0270] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0271] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is used to report the first information to the first base station; or,

[0272] The first information is reported to the first core network device via NAS.

[0273] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is further configured to receive a first message sent by the network side before reporting the first information to the network side; wherein,

[0274] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0275] In one embodiment, the first message includes one of the following:

[0276] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0277] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station;

[0278] NAS messages sent by core network devices.

[0279] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0280] In one embodiment, reporting the first information to the network side includes:

[0281] If the first terminal is configured with eDRX, or if the terminal is a specific type of terminal and the network side supports the specific type of terminal, the first information is reported to the network side.

[0282] In one embodiment, the first communication interface 701 is further configured to receive second information sent from the network side; wherein,

[0283] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0284] In one embodiment, the first processor 702 is configured to configure at least one of the following network-side indications:

[0285] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0286] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0287] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0288] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0289] In one embodiment, the reporting condition for the first information includes the first terminal detecting a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO; and / or,

[0290] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0291] SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0292] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0293] In one embodiment, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0294] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0295] Wireless side configuration;

[0296] eDRX configuration.

[0297] It should be noted that the specific processing procedures of the first processor 702 and the first communication interface 701 can be understood by referring to the above method.

[0298] Of course, in practical applications, the various components in the first terminal 700 are coupled together through the bus system 704. It can be understood that the bus system 704 is used to realize the connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 704 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clarity, in... Figure 7 The general designated all buses as Bus System 704.

[0299] The first memory 703 in this embodiment is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the first terminal 700. Examples of such data include any computer program used to operate on the first terminal 700.

[0300] The methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be applied to the first processor 702, or implemented by the first processor 702. The first processor 702 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of the hardware or by instructions in the form of software in the first processor 702. The first processor 702 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The first processor 702 can implement or execute the methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be directly manifested as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or being executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a storage medium, which is located in the first memory 703. The first processor 702 reads the information in the first memory 703 and completes the steps of the aforementioned method in combination with its hardware.

[0301] In an exemplary embodiment, the first terminal 700 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable logic devices (PLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), general-purpose processors, controllers, microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the aforementioned method.

[0302] Based on the hardware implementation of the above program modules, and in order to implement the method on the first network device side of the embodiments of this application, the embodiments of this application also provide a first network device, such as... Figure 8 As shown, the first network device 800 includes:

[0303] The second communication interface 801 is capable of exchanging information with other network nodes;

[0304] The second processor 802 is connected to the second communication interface 801 to enable information interaction with other network nodes. When running a computer program, it executes the methods provided by one or more technical solutions on the first network device side. The computer program is stored in the second memory 803.

[0305] Specifically, the second communication interface 801 is used to receive first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal; wherein,

[0306] The first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0307] In one embodiment, the second communication interface 801 is used to send second information to at least one of the at least one first terminal based on the received first information; wherein...

[0308] The second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

[0309] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first base station, and the second processor 802 is configured to update the search space configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals based on received first information; and / or,

[0310] Based on the received first information, a first request is sent to the first core network device; the first request is used to request an update of the eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

[0311] In one embodiment, the first network device is a first core network device, and the second processor 802 is used to update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals based on the received first information.

[0312] In one embodiment, the second communication interface 801 is further configured to send a first message to each of the at least one first terminal before receiving the first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal; wherein,

[0313] The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

[0314] In one embodiment, the first network device includes a first base station, and the first message includes:

[0315] The system message broadcast by the first base station;

[0316] The RRC signaling sent by the first base station.

[0317] In one embodiment, the first message is further used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

[0318] In one embodiment, the second communication interface 801 is further configured to send at least one of the following to each of the at least one first terminal:

[0319] The reporting conditions for the first information;

[0320] The time period for collecting the first information;

[0321] The reporting period for the first piece of information;

[0322] The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

[0323] In one embodiment, the reporting condition for the first information includes the first terminal detecting a set number of times that there is no corresponding PMO; and / or,

[0324] The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following:

[0325] SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

[0326] In one embodiment, the first information includes a paging reception failure indication.

[0327] In one embodiment, the first information further includes at least one of the following:

[0328] Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration;

[0329] Wireless side configuration;

[0330] eDRX configuration.

[0331] It should be noted that the specific processing procedures of the second processor 802 and the second communication interface 801 can be understood by referring to the above method.

[0332] Of course, in practical applications, the various components in the first network device 800 are coupled together through the bus system 804. It can be understood that the bus system 804 is used to implement communication between these components. In addition to a data bus, the bus system 804 also includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity, in... Figure 8 The general labeled all buses as Bus System 804.

[0333] The second memory 803 in this embodiment is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the first network device 800. Examples of such data include any computer program used to operate on the first network device 800.

[0334] The methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be applied to the second processor 802, or implemented by the second processor 802. The second processor 802 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of the hardware or by instructions in the form of software in the second processor 802. The second processor 802 may be a general-purpose processor, a DSP, or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The second processor 802 can implement or execute the methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be directly manifested as being executed by a hardware decoding processor, or being executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a storage medium, which is located in the second memory 803. The second processor 802 reads the information in the second memory 803 and completes the steps of the aforementioned method in combination with its hardware.

[0335] In an exemplary embodiment, the first network device 800 may be implemented by one or more ASICs, DSPs, PLDs, CPLDs, FPGAs, general-purpose processors, controllers, MCUs, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the aforementioned method.

[0336] It is understood that the memories (first memory 703 and second memory 803) in the embodiments of this application can be volatile memories or non-volatile memories, or both. Non-volatile memories can be read-only memories (ROM), programmable read-only memories (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROM), magnetic random access memories (FRAM), flash memories, magnetic surface memories, optical discs, or compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROM); magnetic surface memories can be disk storage or magnetic tape storage. Volatile memories can be random access memories (RAM), which are used as external caches. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus Random Access Memory (DRRAM).The memories described in the embodiments of this application are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memories.

[0337] In an exemplary embodiment, this application also provides a storage medium, namely a computer storage medium, specifically a computer-readable storage medium, such as a first memory 703 storing a computer program, which can be executed by a first processor 702 of a first terminal 700 to complete the steps described in the aforementioned first terminal-side method. Another example is a second memory 803 storing a computer program, which can be executed by a second processor 802 of a first network device 800 to complete the steps described in the aforementioned first network device-side method. The computer-readable storage medium can be a memory such as FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, magnetic surface memory, optical disc, or CD-ROM.

[0338] It should be noted that terms such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence.

[0339] In this document, the term "and / or" is merely a description of the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A alone, A and B simultaneously, and B alone. Furthermore, the term "at least one" in this document means any combination of at least two of any one or more elements. For example, including at least one of A, B, and C can mean including any one or more elements selected from the set consisting of A, B, and C.

[0340] Furthermore, the technical solutions described in the embodiments of this application can be combined arbitrarily without conflict.

[0341] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of this application and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A paging detection method, characterized in that, Applied to the first terminal, including: Report first information to the network side; wherein, the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal at the Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring Location (PMO) under Extended Discontinuous Receive Mode (eDRX); the first information includes a paging reception failure indication. Receive second information sent by the network side; wherein the second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The reporting of the first information to the network side includes: Report the first information to the first base station; or, The first information is reported to the first core network device via the non-access stratum NAS.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, Before reporting the first information to the network side, the method further includes: Receive the first message sent by the network side; among which, The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The first message includes one of the following: The system message broadcast by the first base station; The first base station sends Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; NAS messages sent by core network devices.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The first message is also used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal paging time window (PTW).

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The reporting of the first information to the network side includes: If the first terminal is configured with eDRX, or if the terminal is a specific type of terminal and the network side supports the specific type of terminal, the first information is reported to the network side.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: Configure at least one of the following network-side instructions: The reporting conditions for the first information; The time period for collecting the first information; The reporting period for the first piece of information; The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, The reporting conditions for the first information include the first terminal detecting no corresponding PMO a certain number of times; and / or, The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following: Synchronization signal block (SSB) information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first information also includes at least one of the following: Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration; Wireless side configuration; eDRX configuration.

10. A paging configuration method, characterized in that, Applied to the first network device, including: Receive first information reported by each of at least one first terminal; wherein the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX; the first information includes a paging reception failure indication; Based on the received first information, a second information is sent to at least one of the at least one first terminals; wherein the second information represents an updated paging search space configuration and / or an updated eDRX configuration.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The first network device is a first base station, and the method further includes: Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals; and / or, Based on the received first information, a first request is sent to the first core network device; the first request is used to request an update of the eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The first network device is a first core network device, and the method further includes: Based on the received first information, update the search space configuration and / or eDRX configuration for at least one of the at least one first terminals.

13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that, Before receiving the first information reported by each of the at least one first terminal, the method further includes: Send a first message to each of the at least one first terminal; wherein, The first message is used to instruct the terminal to enable the first function; the first function represents the function of reporting the paging detection status of the terminal on the PMO under eDRX.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The first network device includes a first base station, and the first message includes: The system message broadcast by the first base station; The RRC signaling sent by the first base station.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that, The first message is also used to indicate the extended detection frame length of the terminal PTW.

16. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The method further includes: Send at least one of the following to each of the at least one first terminal: The reporting conditions for the first information; The time period for collecting the first information; The reporting period for the first piece of information; The third piece of information that needs to be reported.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, The reporting conditions for the first information include the first terminal detecting no corresponding PMO a certain number of times; and / or, The third piece of information that needs to be reported includes at least one of the following: SSB information, number of paging failures, paging failure rate, number of readable PMOs, and expected PTW value.

18. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, The first information also includes at least one of the following: Information indicating a mismatch between the wireless side configuration and the core network configuration; Wireless side configuration; eDRX configuration.

19. A paging detection device, characterized in that, include: The first reporting unit is used to report first information to the network side; wherein, the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX; the first information includes a paging reception failure indication; The third receiving unit is used to receive second information sent by the network side; wherein the second information represents the updated paging search space configuration and / or the updated eDRX configuration.

20. A paging configuration device, characterized in that, include: A first receiving unit is configured to receive first information reported by each of at least one first terminal; wherein the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX; the first information includes a paging reception failure indication; The first sending unit is configured to send second information to at least one of the at least one first terminals based on the received first information; wherein the second information represents an updated paging search space configuration and / or an updated eDRX configuration.

21. A first terminal, characterized in that, include: A first processor and a first communication interface; wherein... The first communication interface is used to report first information to the network side; wherein, the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX; the first information includes a paging reception failure indication; The first communication interface is also used to receive second information sent by the network side; wherein the second information represents an updated paging search space configuration and / or an updated eDRX configuration.

22. A first network device, characterized in that, include: A second processor and a second communication interface; wherein... The second communication interface is used to receive first information reported by each of at least one first terminal; wherein the first information represents the paging detection status of the first terminal on the PMO under eDRX; the first information includes a paging reception failure indication; The second communication interface is further configured to send second information to at least one of the at least one first terminal based on the received first information; wherein the second information represents an updated paging search space configuration and / or an updated eDRX configuration.

23. A first terminal, characterized in that, include: A first processor and a first memory for storing computer programs capable of running on the processor. Wherein, when the first processor is used to run the computer program, it performs the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

24. A first network device, characterized in that, include: A second processor and a second memory for storing computer programs that can run on the processor. Wherein, when the second processor is used to run the computer program, it performs the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

25. The first network device according to claim 24, characterized in that, The first network device includes a first base station or a first core network device.

26. A storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, or the steps of the method according to any one of claims 10 to 18.

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