Paging method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method and device, a communication device and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of a configured eDRX paging cycle and a reception result of capability indication information; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information, used to indicate that a base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. Compared with a case where the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold and the terminal does not determine how to listen to the paging message of the RAN, different eDRX paging cycles can be adapted, and the reliability of eDRX communication can be improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and more particularly to a paging method and device, a communication device, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] In a wireless communication system, a terminal device considers both low power consumption and a certain requirement for time delay, and in each extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) cycle, the terminal device can receive downlink data only in a set paging time window (PTW), and the terminal device is in a sleep state and does not receive downlink data at other times. This mode can balance the downlink service time delay and power consumption, such as a remote gas closing service. In related technologies, the terminal device listens to a paging message based on configured eDRX parameters, and how to listen to the paging message when different eDRX parameters are configured is a problem that needs to be considered. SUMMARY

[0003] Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a paging method, device, communication device, and storage medium.

[0004] According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a terminal device, and the method comprises:

[0005] determining an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of a configured eDRX paging cycle and a reception result of capability indication information;

[0006] The capability indication information comprises at least one of the following:

[0007] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that a base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle that is greater than a cycle threshold value.

[0008] The second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0009] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0010] receiving the first capability indication information sent by the base station.

[0011] In one embodiment, the receiving the first capability indication information sent by the base station comprises:

[0012] receiving the first capability indication information sent by the base station through a system message.

[0013] In an embodiment, the receiving result of the size of the configuration-based eDRX paging cycle and the capability indication information determines a mode of operation for listening to paging messages of a radio access network (RAN), including at least one of:

[0014] In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, it is determined that the radio access network (RAN) paging listening can be performed based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0015] In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information not being received, it is determined that the radio access network (RAN) paging listening cannot be performed based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0016] In response to the eDRX paging cycle being less than or equal to the cycle threshold and the second capability indication information being received, it is determined that the radio access network (RAN) paging listening can be performed based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0017] In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold, the first capability indication information not being received, and the second capability indication information being received, it is determined that the radio access network (RAN) paging listening can be performed based on a predetermined eDRX paging cycle.

[0018] According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a base station, and the method comprises:

[0019] sending first capability indication information to a terminal;

[0020] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold, and the eDRX paging cycle is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal.

[0021] In an embodiment, the sending of the first capability indication information to the terminal comprises:

[0022] The first capability indication information is sent to the terminal through a system message.

[0023] In an embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0024] In response to being configured with second capability indication information, the first capability indication information is configured, and the second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of a radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0025] In an embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0026] In response to the third capability indication information, the first capability indication information is configured, wherein the third capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the CN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0027] According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a paging device is provided, and the device comprises:

[0028] A determining module is configured to determine an operation mode of listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information.

[0029] The capability indication information comprises at least one of the following:

[0030] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0031] The second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0032] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a paging device is provided, and the device comprises:

[0033] A sending module is configured to send the first capability indication information to the terminal.

[0034] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold, and the eDRX paging cycle is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal.

[0035] According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, and the communication device comprises:

[0036] A processor;

[0037] A memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

[0038] The processor is configured to implement the method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure when the executable instructions are executed.

[0039] According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer storage medium is provided, and the computer storage medium stores computer executable programs, and the executable programs are executed by a processor to implement the method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0040] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the operation mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. Here, since the terminal can determine the operation mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, thus, when the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold, the terminal can also provide the operation mechanism of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN), compared with the case that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold and the terminal does not determine how to listen to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN), the listening mechanism of the paging message is improved, which can adapt to different eDRX paging cycles and improve the reliability of eDRX communication. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0041] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0042] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of discontinuous reception according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0043] Figure 3 is a flowchart of a negotiation process between a terminal and a base station according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0044] Figure 4 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0045] Figure 5 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0046] Figure 6 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0047] Figure 7 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0048] Figure 8 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0049] Figure 9is a flowchart of a paging method according to an example embodiment.

[0050] Figure 10 is a flowchart of a paging method according to an example embodiment.

[0051] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of a paging device according to an example embodiment.

[0052] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of a paging device according to an example embodiment.

[0053] Figure 13 is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an example embodiment.

[0054] Figure 14 is a block diagram of a base station according to an example embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0055] The example embodiments will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. If the description of the example embodiments refers to accompanying drawings, then the description is illustrative of the example embodiments and does not limit the example embodiments. Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the description of the example embodiments are intended to have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an overly literal or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

[0056] The terminology used in the disclosure of the example embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the example embodiments. As used in the description of the example embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0057] It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. can be used herein to describe various information, the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one piece of information from another. For example, a first information can be termed a second information, and, similarly, a second information can be termed a first information, without departing from the scope of the example embodiments. As used herein, the term "if' can be construed to mean "when" or "in response to determining" or "in response to a determination" depending on the context.

[0058] For the purpose of brevity and understanding, the term "greater than" or "less than" is used herein to characterize a size relationship. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the term "greater than" also encompasses the meaning of "greater than or equal to", and the term "less than" also encompasses the meaning of "less than or equal to".

[0059] Reference is made to Figure 1 which shows a structure diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1 , the wireless communication system is a communication system based on mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system can include a plurality of user equipment 110 and a plurality of base stations 120.

[0060] The user equipment 110 can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN), and the user equipment 110 can be an Internet of Things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, and a computer with Internet of Things user equipment, for example, which can be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, built-in computer, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 can also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 can also be a vehicle-mounted device, which can be a vehicle-mounted computer with wireless communication function or a wireless user equipment externally connected to the vehicle-mounted computer. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 can also be a roadside device, which can be a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices with wireless communication function, etc.

[0061] Base station 120 can be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. This wireless communication system can be a fourth-generation mobile communication (4G) system, also known as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; or it can be a 5G system, also known as a New Radio (NR) system; or it can be the next generation after 5G. In this case, the access network in the 5G system can be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network).

[0062] The base station 120 can be an evolved NB (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 can also be a gNB (gNB) using a centralized-distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized-distributed architecture, it typically includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The central unit is equipped with a protocol stack of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and the Media Access Control (MAC) layer; the distributed units are equipped with a physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. This disclosure does not limit the specific implementation of the base station 120.

[0063] Base station 120 and user equipment 110 can establish a wireless connection via a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth-generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth-generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, such as a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on a next-generation mobile communication network technology standard based on 5G.

[0064] In some embodiments, user equipment 110 can also establish E2E (End to End) connections. Examples include V2V (vehicle to vehicle), V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure), and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) communication scenarios in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

[0065] Herein, the user equipment described above can be considered as a terminal device in the following embodiments.

[0066] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system described above can further include a network management device 130.

[0067] A plurality of base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130 respectively. The network management device 130 can be a core network device in the wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 130 can be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device can also be other core network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), etc. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0068] For the convenience of those skilled in the art to understand, the embodiments of the present disclosure enumerate a plurality of embodiments to clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art can understand that the plurality of embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone, or can be executed together with the method of other embodiments of the present disclosure, or can be executed alone or together with some methods in other related technologies; the embodiments of the present disclosure do not make any limitation in this regard.

[0069] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure, the related scenarios of paging are described as follows:

[0070] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 2 In each eDRX cycle, there is a paging time window PTW, and the terminal listens to the paging channel in the PTW according to the DRX cycle (the DRX cycle time is short, which can be considered as that the terminal is not in sleep state and is always reachable) to receive downlink data, and the terminal is in sleep state in the rest of time. The eDRX mode can be considered as that the terminal device is always reachable, but the time delay is large, and the time delay depends on the eDRX cycle configuration, and a balance between low power consumption and time delay can be achieved.

[0071] It should be noted that the terminal and the core network need to negotiate the following parameters:

[0072] T eDRX,H : eDRX cycle;

[0073] L: PTW window length.

[0074] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 3 , the negotiation process includes:

[0075] Step 31, the base station sends a system message to the terminal, and the system message carries eDRX related information;

[0076] Step 32, the terminal sends eDRX related information to the mobility management entity (MME) in the registration (ATTACH) process or the tracking area update (TAU) process;

[0077] Step 33, the MME sends eDRX configuration information to the terminal;

[0078] Step 34, the MME performs paging based on the eDRX configuration information;

[0079] Step 35, the base station pages the terminal.

[0080] In one embodiment, in new radio (NR), a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is introduced, at this time, the terminal only needs to receive paging from the core network, and also needs to receive paging of the radio access network (RAN).

[0081] In one embodiment, the RAN assigns an inactive eDRX cycle to the terminal.

[0082] In one embodiment, the RAN assigns a PTW window length to the terminal, and the starting point of the PTW window is the same as the starting point of the PTW window assigned by the core network.

[0083] In one embodiment, the core network assigns a first eDRX parameter to the terminal, which is idle mode edrx parameter or extended DRX for CN paging; the base station assigns a second eDRX parameter to the terminal, which is inactive mode eDRX parameter or extended DRX for RAN paging.

[0084] In one embodiment, for a terminal, the base station will explicitly indicate whether idle state eDRX is supported (e.g., indicated by the first indication) or inactive state eDRX is supported (e.g., indicated by the second indication, and the second indication needs to be configured when the first indication is configured or enabled).

[0085] In one embodiment, whether a terminal can use the first eDRX parameter (eDRX for CN paging) depends on whether the network has configured the first eDRX parameter for the terminal and the first indication is configured; and whether the terminal can use the second eDRX parameter (DRX for RAN paging) depends on whether the network has configured the second eDRX parameter for the terminal and the second indication is configured.

[0086] In one embodiment, only the behavior of a terminal with a paging cycle less than or equal to 1024 radio frames (i.e., 10.24s) in the second eDRX parameter is specified. However, the behavior of a terminal with a paging cycle greater than 1024 radio frames in the second eDRX parameter is not specified.

[0087] As shown in FIG. 4, in one embodiment, a paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, and the method comprises: Figure 4

[0088] Step 41, determining an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of a configured eDRX paging cycle and a reception result of capability indication information;

[0089] The capability indication information comprises at least one of the following:

[0090] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold value.

[0091] The second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle.

[0092] In one embodiment, an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) is determined based on a size of a configured eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter and a reception result of capability indication information; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold value; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle.

[0093] ​In an embodiment, the operation of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a configured preset eDRX parameter and a reception result of capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0094] Here, the terminal involved in the present disclosure can be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a roadside unit (RSU), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensing device, a medical device, and the like. In some embodiments, the terminal can be a Redcap terminal or a predetermined version of a new radio (NR) terminal (e.g., an NR terminal of R17).

[0095] The base station involved in the present disclosure can be various types of base stations, such as a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

[0096] In an embodiment, the core network can configure a first eDRX parameter for the terminal, which can be an idle mode eDRX parameter (idle mode edrx) or an extended DRX parameter for core network paging (extended DRX for CN paging). The base station can configure a second eDRX parameter for the terminal, which can be a non-active mode eDRX parameter (nactive mode eDRX) or an extended DRX parameter for radio access network paging (extended DRX for RAN paging). The preset eDRX parameter in the present disclosure is the second eDRX parameter. The preset eDRX parameter can include an eDRX paging cycle for paging. In an embodiment, the second capability indication information can carry a second identifier indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0097] In an embodiment, the first capability indication information needs to be set based on second capability information, that is, only when the network enables the second capability information, the network can configure or enable the first capability indication information.

[0098] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information needs to be set based on capability information other than the second capability information, i.e. only when the network enables the capability information of supporting the terminal to use eDRX to monitor the CN paging, the network can configure or enable the first capability indication information.

[0099] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information can carry a third identifier, which indicates that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0100] In one embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the first capability indication information, the operation mode of monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0101] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received. Based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the configured preset eDRX parameter and the reception result of the first capability indication information, the operation mode of monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0102] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received through the system message. Based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the configured preset eDRX parameter and the reception result of the first capability indication information, the operation mode of monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0103] In one embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, the operation mode of monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: the first capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold; and the second capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, it is determined that the radio access network (RAN) paging message can be monitored based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0104] In one embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, a mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN is determined; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to determining that the radio access network RAN paging message can be listened to based on the eDRX paging cycle, the paging message of the core network is listened to within a paging time window PTW of the first eDRX parameter.

[0105] In one embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, a mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN is determined; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to determining that the radio access network RAN paging message can be listened to based on the eDRX paging cycle, the paging message of the core network is listened to within a paging time window PTW of the first eDRX parameter.

[0106] In one embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, a mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN is determined; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, it is determined that the radio access network paging listening or T eDRX,RAN is set to be larger than N radio frames, where N can be 1024.

[0107] In one embodiment, based on the configured eDRX paging period size and the reception result of capability indication information, the operation mode for monitoring paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) is determined; wherein, the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that: the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; second capability indication information, used to indicate that: the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period. In response to the failure to receive the first capability indication information, it is determined that RAN paging monitoring cannot be performed based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold.

[0108] In one embodiment, the operation mode for monitoring paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) is determined based on the size of the configured eDRX paging period and the reception result of capability indication information; wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period. In response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and the first capability indication information not being received, it is determined that RAN paging monitoring cannot be performed based on the eDRX paging period.

[0109] The inability to perform radio access network paging monitoring based on the eDRX paging cycle means that the configured second eDRX parameter is invalid.

[0110] In one embodiment, based on the configured eDRX paging period size and the received capability indication information, a mode for monitoring paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) is determined; wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring RAN paging messages based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring RAN paging messages based on an eDRX paging period. In response to the eDRX paging period being less than or equal to the period threshold and the receipt of the second capability indication information, it is determined that RAN paging monitoring can be performed based on the eDRX paging period.

[0111] In an embodiment, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information, a mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold, the first capability indication information not being received, and the second capability indication information being received, it is determined that the wireless access network paging listening can be performed based on a predetermined eDRX paging cycle. Here, the predetermined eDRX paging cycle can be 10.24 seconds, 5.12 seconds, or 2.56 seconds.

[0112] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the reception result of the capability indication information in the preset eDRX parameter, a mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) is determined; wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. Here, since the terminal can determine the operation of listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the configured preset eDRX parameter and the reception result of the capability indication information, when the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold, the terminal can also provide a mechanism for listening to the paging message of the RAN. Compared with the case where the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold and the terminal does not determine how to listen to the paging message of the RAN, the listening mechanism of the paging message is improved, different eDRX paging cycles can be adapted, and the reliability of eDRX communication is improved.

[0113] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0114] As shown in Figure 5 The present embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0115] Step 51, receiving the first capability indication information sent by the base station;

[0116] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0117] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received. Based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the preset eDRX parameter configured and the reception result of the capability indication information, the operation mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined. The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: the first capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold; and the second capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0118] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received through a system message. Based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the preset eDRX parameter configured and the reception result of the capability indication information, the operation mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined. The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: the first capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold; and the second capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0119] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received. Based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the preset eDRX parameter configured and the reception result of the capability indication information, the operation mode of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) is determined. The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: the first capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold; and the second capability indication information, which is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, it is determined that the paging message of the RAN can be listened to based on the eDRX paging cycle. The paging message of the RAN is listened to based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0120] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information sent by the base station is received. Based on the size of the eDRX paging period in the configured preset eDRX parameters and the result of receiving the capability indication information, the operation mode for monitoring paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) is determined; wherein, the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that: the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; second capability indication information, used to indicate that: the base station supports monitoring paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period. Perform at least one of the following: in response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, determine that radio access network paging monitoring can be performed based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold; in response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and not receiving the first capability indication information, determine that radio access network paging monitoring cannot be performed based on the eDRX paging period; in response to the eDRX paging period being less than or equal to the period threshold and receiving the second capability indication information, determine that radio access network paging monitoring can be performed based on the eDRX paging period; and in response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold, not receiving the first capability indication information, and receiving the second capability indication information, determine that radio access network paging monitoring can be performed based on a predetermined eDRX paging period.

[0121] It should be noted that those skilled in the art will understand that the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of this disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0122] like Figure 6 As shown, this embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0123] Step 61: In response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, determine that radio access network (RAN) monitoring can be performed based on the eDRX paging period;

[0124] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold.

[0125] In an embodiment, the first capability indication information is received; in response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, it is determined that the wireless access network RAN paging message can be monitored based on the eDRX paging cycle; wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring of the wireless access network RAN paging message based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold. The wireless access network RAN paging message is monitored based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0126] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0127] As shown in Figure 7 , the present embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0128] Step 71, in response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information not being received, it is determined that the wireless access network paging monitoring cannot be performed based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0129] Wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring of the wireless access network RAN paging message based on the eDRX paging cycle greater than the cycle threshold.

[0130] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0131] As shown in Figure 8 , the present embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method comprises:

[0132] Step 81, in response to the eDRX paging cycle being less than or equal to the cycle threshold and the second capability indication information being received, it is determined that the wireless access network paging monitoring can be performed based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0133] Wherein the second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports monitoring of the RAN paging message based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0134] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0135] As shown in Figure 9As shown, this embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0136] Step 91: In response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold, the first capability indication information not being received and the second capability indication information being received, it is determined that radio access network paging monitoring can be performed based on the predetermined eDRX paging period.

[0137] Wherein, the first capability indication information is used to indicate that: the base station supports listening to paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; the second capability indication information is used to indicate that: the base station supports listening to paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period.

[0138] It should be noted that those skilled in the art will understand that the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of this disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0139] like Figure 10 As shown, this embodiment provides a paging method, wherein the method is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0140] Step 101: Send the first capability indication information to the terminal;

[0141] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports an eDRX paging period based on a period threshold greater than a certain threshold; the eDRX paging period is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal.

[0142] Here, the terminal involved in this disclosure may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, wearable device, vehicle terminal, roadside unit (RSU), smart home terminal, industrial sensing device and / or medical device, etc. In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a predetermined version of a New Radio (NR) terminal (e.g., an R17 NR terminal).

[0143] The base stations involved in this disclosure can be of various types, such as base stations for third-generation mobile communication (3G) networks, base stations for fourth-generation mobile communication (4G) networks, base stations for fifth-generation mobile communication (5G) networks, or other evolved base stations.

[0144] In one embodiment, the core network can configure the terminal with first eDRX parameters, which can be idle mode eDRX parameters or extended DRX parameters for CN paging. The base station can configure the terminal with second eDRX parameters, which can be nactive mode eDRX parameters or extended DRX parameters for RAN paging. The preset eDRX parameters in the present disclosure are the second eDRX parameters. The preset eDRX parameters can include an eDRX paging cycle for paging. In one embodiment, the second capability indication information can carry a second identifier, which indicates that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0145] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information can carry a third identifier, which indicates that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold.

[0146] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the first capability indication information, wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold.

[0147] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal through a system message. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the first capability indication information, wherein the first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold.

[0148] In an embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal is capable of listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0149] In an embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to determining that the terminal is capable of listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle, the terminal listens to a paging message of a core network within a paging time window (PTW) of the first eDRX parameter.

[0150] In an embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to determining that the terminal is capable of listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle, the terminal listens to a paging message of a core network within a paging time window (PTW) of the first eDRX parameter.

[0151] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal is capable of performing the RAN paging listening based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold or T eDRX, RAN is set to be larger than N radio frames, where N can be 1024.

[0152] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal is capable of performing the RAN paging listening based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold or T eDRX, RAN is set to be larger than N radio frames, where N can be 1024.

[0153] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information comprises at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle larger than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being larger than the cycle threshold and the first capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal is capable of performing the RAN paging listening based on the eDRX paging cycle larger than the cycle threshold or T eDRX, RAN is set to be larger than N radio frames, where N can be 1024.

[0154] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information. The capability indication information includes at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being less than or equal to the cycle threshold and the second capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal can perform the RAN paging listening based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0155] In one embodiment, the base station sends first capability indication information to the terminal. The terminal determines an operation mode of listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on a size of an eDRX paging cycle in a preset eDRX parameter configured and a reception result of the capability indication information. The capability indication information includes at least one of: first capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information indicating that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle. In response to the eDRX paging cycle being greater than the cycle threshold, the first capability indication information not being received, and the second capability indication information being received, the terminal determines that the terminal can perform the RAN paging listening based on a predetermined eDRX paging cycle. Here, the predetermined eDRX paging cycle can be 10.24 seconds.

[0156] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information is configured in response to the second capability indication information being configured. The first capability indication information indicates that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold. The second capability indication information indicates that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0157] In one embodiment, the first capability indication information is configured in response to the third capability indication information being configured. The first capability indication information indicates that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold. The third capability indication information indicates that the base station supports listening to a paging message of a core network (CN) based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0158] It should be noted that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0159] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure, the technical solutions of the present disclosure are further described below through an exemplary embodiment:

[0160] In one embodiment, in the working mode of eDRX, the core network allocates a first eDRX parameter to the terminal, i.e., an idle mode eDRX parameter (idle mode edrx parameter), or an eDRX parameter for core network paging (extended DRX for CN paging), or an eDRX parameter configured by an upper layer (eDRX configured by upper layer). The base station allocates a second eDRX parameter to the terminal, i.e., an inactive mode eDRX parameter (inactive mode eDRX parameter), or an eDRX parameter for radio access network paging (extended DRX for RAN paging), or an eDRX parameter configured by a radio access network (eDRX configured by RAN).

[0161] In one embodiment, the base station explicitly indicates to the terminal whether to support idle mode eDRX (for example, indicated by a first identifier) or inactive mode eDRX (for example, indicated by a second identifier, and the second identifier needs to be configured when the first identifier is configured or enabled by the network). Wherein, the identifier is configured or enabled by the network means that the network sends the identifier in the SIB1 message.

[0162] Exemplarily,

[0163] Indication of the first identifier or indication of idle mode eDRX (eDRX-AllowedIdle):

[0164] The presence of this field indicates that the first eDRX parameter is allowed to be used for listening to CN paging messages in the cell of the UE in RRC idle state (RRC_IDLE) or RRC inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE). If eDRXAllowedIdle does not exist, the UE should stop using the first eDRX parameter for CN paging message listening in RRC_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE.

[0165] Indication of the second identifier or indication of inactive mode eDRX (eDRX-AllowedInactive):

[0166] The presence of this field indicates that the use of the second eDRX parameter for RAN paging message listening is allowed in the UE's cell in RRC_INACTIVE. If eDRX AllowedInactive is not present, the UE shall stop using the second eDRX parameter for RAN paging message listening in RRC_INACTIVE.

[0167] In one embodiment, a third identity (corresponding to the first capability indication information in the present disclosure) is introduced to indicate that the base station supports the support capability for the second eDRX paging cycle (corresponding to the second eDRX parameter in the present disclosure) exceeding a certain threshold.

[0168] In one embodiment, the second eDRX paging cycle corresponds to the non-active eDRX paging parameter cycle allocated by the base station.

[0169] In one embodiment, the third identity is informed to the terminal through a system message.

[0170] In one embodiment, if the third identity is configured, it means that the base station supports the support for the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold.

[0171] In one embodiment, the basis for the third identity being configured or enabled by the network is that the second identity is configured or enabled by the network.

[0172] In one embodiment, the basis for the third identity being configured or enabled by the network is that the first identity is configured or enabled by the network.

[0173] In one embodiment, if the non-active terminal is allocated by the base station with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold and the base station configures the third identity to the terminal, it is considered that the terminal is configured with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold.

[0174] In one embodiment, if the non-active terminal is allocated by the base station with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold and the base station configures the third identity to the terminal, it is considered that the terminal is configured with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold. eDRX,RAN Set to be greater than 1024 radio frames.

[0175] In one embodiment, if the non-active terminal is allocated by the base station with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold and the base station configures the third identity to the terminal, it is considered that the terminal is configured with the second eDRX parameter of the paging cycle that can be used to listen to RAN paging exceeding a certain threshold (for example, 1024 radio frames).

[0176] In one embodiment, if the non-active terminal is configured with the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold, the listening behavior of the terminal is:

[0177] For example:

[0178] Listen to CN paging in the PTW of the first eDRX parameter and listen to RAN paging in the PTW of the second eDRX parameter; and listen to CN paging and RAN paging simultaneously in the time domain overlapping period between the PTW of the first eDRX parameter and the PTW of the second eDRX parameter.

[0179] In one embodiment: the second eDRX paging cycle allocated by the base station for the inactive terminal is greater than a certain threshold includes: the second eDRX paging cycle configured by the network is greater than the certain threshold, and / or the base station configures or enables the third indication; (any one condition is not met).

[0180] In one embodiment: for the inactive terminal, the second eDRX paging cycle configured by the network is the second eDRX paging cycle greater than a certain threshold, but the base station does not configure or enable the third indication (such as a base station returning to R17), at this time, the fallback processing can be adopted. A simpler way is not to use the second eDRX parameter, that is, the second eDRX parameter is invalid. (This way corresponds to working mode 1)

[0181] In one embodiment, if the configured second eDRX parameter is invalid, the terminal is only configured with the first eDRX parameter and the second eDRX unconfigured processing. That is, CN and RAN paging message listening is performed in the PTW of the first eDRX parameter; and RAN paging message listening is performed outside the PTW of the first eDRX parameter (according to the RAN paging cycle).

[0182] In one embodiment, if the terminal is allocated by the base station with an eDRX cycle greater than 10.24s, and the network does not send the third indication (such as a base station returning to R17 version, which does not support this function), the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle is not configured or cannot be used to listen to RAN paging.

[0183] In one embodiment, if the terminal is allocated with a cycle less than or equal to 10.24s, and the network sends the second indication (regardless of whether the network sends the third indication), the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle is configured or can be used to listen to RAN paging.

[0184] In one embodiment, for the inactive state terminal, the network configured second eDRX paging cycle is the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold, and the network does not send the third identity but sends the second identity (such as returning to the base station supporting R17 version), at this time the fallback processing can be adopted. Another way is that the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle (default cycle) is configured or the default second eDRX paging cycle is used to listen to the RAN paging. (This way corresponds to working mode 2)

[0185] Wherein the default cycle can be a protocol agreement; such as 10.24s. Or 10.24s below, for example, 5.12s, etc.

[0186] In one embodiment for working mode 1:

[0187] For the terminal, if the terminal is allocated by the base station with an eDRX cycle greater than 10.24s, and the network sends the third identity (such as named eDRX-AllowedInactivelongerthan10.24), the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold is configured or can use the second eDRX paging cycle exceeding a certain threshold to listen to the RAN paging or TeDRX, RAN is longer than 1024 radio frames. If the terminal is allocated with a cycle not greater than 10.24s, and the network sends the second identity (such as named eDRX-AllowedInactive), the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle is configured or can use the second eDRX paging cycle to listen to the RAN paging. If the terminal is allocated with a cycle greater than 10.24s, and the network does not send the third identity, the terminal considers that the second eDRX paging cycle is not configured or cannot use the second eDRX paging cycle to listen to the RAN paging.

[0188] The corresponding standard description is as follows:

[0189] The UE can be configured by upper layers and / or RRC with an extendedDRX (eDRX) cycle TeDRX,CN and / or TeDRX,RAN. The UE operates in eDRX for CN paging in RRC_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE states if the UE is configured for eDRX by upper layers and eDRX-AllowedIdle is signalled in SIB1. The UE operates in eDRX for RAN paging in RRC_INACTIVE state if the UE is configured for eDRX no longer than 10.24s by RAN and eDRX-AllowedInactive is signalled in SIB1. The UE operates in eDRX for RAN paging longer than 10.24s in RRC_INACTIVE state if the UE is configured for eDRX longer than 10.24s by RAN and eDRX-AllowedInactive longer than 10.24 is signalled in SIB1.

[0190] In one embodiment for mode of operation 2:

[0191] For a terminal, if the terminal is assigned a cycle longer than 10.24s by the base station and the network sends a third identity (such as named eDRX-AllowedInactivelongerthan10.24), the terminal considers that it is configured with or can use a second eDRX paging cycle longer than a certain threshold to monitor RAN paging or TeDRX,RANis longer than 1024 radio frames. If the terminal is assigned a cycle longer than 10.24s by the base station and the network does not send the third identity but sends the second identity (such as named eDRX-AllowedInactive), the terminal considers that it is configured with or uses a default second eDRX paging cycle to monitor RAN paging. In this case, the default second eDRX paging cycle is according to the protocol agreement. If the terminal is assigned a cycle not longer than 10.24s by the base station and the network sends the second identity, the terminal considers that it is configured with or can use a second eDRX paging cycle to monitor RAN paging.

[0192] The corresponding standard description is as follows:

[0193] The UE can be configured by upper layers and / or RRC with an extendedDRX (eDRX) cycle TeDRX,CN and / or TeDRX,RAN. The UE operates in eDRX for CN paging in RRC_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE states if the UE is configured for eDRX by upper layers and eDRX-AllowedIdle is signalled in SIB1. The UE operates in eDRX for RAN paging in RRC_INACTIVE state if the UE is configured for eDRX no longer than 10.24s by RAN and eDRX-AllowedInactive is signalled in SIB1. The UE operates in eDRX for RAN paging for 10.24s in RRC_INACTIVE state if the UE is configured for eDRX longer than 10.24s by RAN and eDRX-AllowedInactive is signalled in SIB1 while eDRX-AllowedInactivelongerthan10.24 is not signalled in SIB1. The UE operates in eDRX for RAN paging longer than 10.24s in RRC_INACTIVE state if the UE is configured for eDRX longer than 10.24s by RAN and eDRX-AllowedInactivelongerthan10.24 is signalled in SIB1.

[0194] As shown in FIG. 1, the present disclosure provides a paging device, wherein the device comprises: Figure 11

[0195] ​The determining module 111 is configured to determine the operation of listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on the size of the eDRX paging cycle in the configured preset eDRX parameter and the reception result of the capability indication information.

[0196] The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the radio access network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold; and second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to the paging message of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle.

[0197] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0198] As shown in Figure 12 The present disclosure provides a paging device, wherein the device comprises:

[0199] The sending module 121 is configured to send the first capability indication information to the terminal.

[0200] The first capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports an eDRX paging cycle greater than a cycle threshold, and the eDRX paging cycle is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal.

[0201] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in some methods or related technologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0202] The present disclosure provides a communication device, which comprises:

[0203] A processor;

[0204] A memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0205] The processor is configured to implement the method of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure when running the executable instructions.

[0206] The processor can include various types of storage media, which is a non-transitory computer storage medium and can continue to store information on it after the communication device is powered off.

[0207] The processor can be connected with the memory through a bus or the like, for reading the executable program stored on the memory.

[0208] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and the executable program is executed by a processor to implement the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0209] As to the apparatus in the above embodiments, the specific manners in which various modules perform operations have been described in detail in the embodiments of the method, and thus will not be described in detail here.

[0210] As shown in Figure 13 , one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

[0211] Referring to Figure 13 , the embodiment provides a terminal 800, which can be specifically a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging equipment, a game console, a tablet equipment, a medical equipment, a fitness equipment, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0212] Referring to Figure 13 , the terminal 800 can include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power supply component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0213] The processing component 802 usually controls overall operations of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, phone call, data communication, camera operation and recording operation. The processing component 802 can include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0214] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations of the terminal 800. Examples of the data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage devices or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic storage, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.

[0215] The power supply component 806 can include a power supplying system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing and delivering power for the terminal 800.

[0216] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen providing an output interface between the terminal 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen can include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide and gesture on the touch panel. The touch sensor can not only sense a boundary of a touching or sliding action, but also detect duration and pressure related to the touching or sliding action. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the terminal 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each of the front and rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zooming capability.

[0217] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 800 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals can be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0218] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which can be a keypad, a click wheel, buttons, and the like. The buttons can include, but are not limited to, a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

[0219] Sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing state assessments of various aspects of terminal 800. For example, sensor assembly 814 can detect the on / off state of terminal 800, the relative positioning of components such as the display and keypad of terminal 800, changes in the position of terminal 800 or a component of terminal 800, the presence or absence of user contact with terminal 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of terminal 800, and temperature changes of terminal 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, sensor assembly 814 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0220] Communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between terminal 800 and other devices. Terminal 800 can access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G, or combinations thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, communication component 816 also includes a near-field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0221] In an exemplary embodiment, terminal 800 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the methods described above.

[0222] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, which can be executed by a processor 820 of a terminal 800 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage device, etc.

[0223] like Figure 14 As shown, one embodiment of this disclosure illustrates the structure of a base station. For example, base station 900 can be provided as a network-side device. (Refer to...) Figure 14The base station 900 also includes a processing component 922 that is configured to execute instructions stored in memory 932 to perform the methods described above. In some embodiments, the processing component 922 includes one or more processors, which can be single-core or multi-core, as desired. The processing component 922 also includes various input and output (I / O) interfaces, which can include wired or wireless interfaces, as desired, for example, an Ethernet interface, a Bluetooth interface, a Wi-Fi interface, and / or a radio frequency interface for use in a mobile communication device. The processing component 922 is configured to access the memory 932 for storing data, instructions, and the like.

[0224] The base station 900 can also include a power supply component 926 configured to supply power to the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input output (I / O) interface 958. The base station 900 can operate on an operating system stored in the memory 932, for example, Windows Server TM, Mac OS X TM, Unix TM, Linux TM, FreeBSD TM, or the like.

[0225] Other embodiments of the application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the application disclosed herein. Various modifications and variations can be made to the embodiments described and illustrated herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope of the application being indicated by the following claims.

[0226] It is to be understood that the application is not limited to the specific structures described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which provide a specific exemplification of a preferred embodiment of the application. The scope of the application is limited only by the claims that follow.

Claims

1. A paging method, wherein, The method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: Based on the size of the configured eDRX paging cycle and the received results of capability indication information, determine the operation mode for monitoring paging messages of the radio access network (RAN). The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: First capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; wherein the first capability indication information is configured or enabled by the network based on the configuration or network enabling of a first identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate whether the base station supports idle-state eDRX. The second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to RAN paging messages based on the eDRX paging cycle; The method for determining the operation mode of monitoring RAN paging messages based on the received results of the configured eDRX paging cycle size and capability indication information includes at least one of the following: In response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, it is determined that it is possible to monitor the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold; in response to the ability to monitor the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold, it monitors the paging messages of the core network within the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the paging messages of the RAN within the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter, or simultaneously monitors the paging messages of the core network and the paging messages of the RAN during a time period in which the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter have time domain overlap. In response to either the condition that the eDRX paging period is greater than the period threshold or the first capability indication information is received, or the condition that the eDRX paging period is less than or equal to the period threshold and the second capability indication information is received, it is determined that paging messages of the RAN can be monitored based on the eDRX paging period.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: Receive the first capability indication information sent by the base station.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, The first capability indication information sent by the receiving base station includes: The system receives the first capability indication information sent by the base station via system messages.

4. A paging method, wherein, The method is executed by a base station, and the method includes: The base station sends capability indication information to the terminal; wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold, wherein the first capability indication information is configured or enabled by the network based on the configuration or network enabling of a first identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate whether the base station supports idle-state eDRX; second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period; wherein the eDRX paging period is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal; Wherein, in response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, the terminal determines that it can listen to RAN paging messages based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold; in response to being able to listen to RAN paging messages based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold, the terminal listens to core network paging messages within the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and listens to RAN paging messages within the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter, or the terminal simultaneously listens to core network paging messages and RAN paging messages during a time period in which the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter overlap in the time domain; and / or, In response to either the condition that the eDRX paging period is greater than the period threshold or the condition that the first capability indication information is received, or the condition that the eDRX paging period is less than or equal to the period threshold and the second capability indication information is received, the terminal determines that it can listen to the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, Sending capability indication information to the terminal includes: The first capability indication information is sent to the terminal via system message.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The method further includes: In response to the configuration of the second capability indication information, the first capability indication information is configured.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The method further includes: In response to the configuration of third capability indication information, the first capability indication information is configured; wherein, the third capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the core network based on the eDRX paging cycle.

8. A paging device, wherein, The device includes: The determination module is configured to determine the operation mode for monitoring paging messages of the radio access network (RAN) based on the received results of the configured eDRX paging cycle size and capability indication information. The capability indication information includes at least one of the following: First capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the radio access network RAN ​​based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold; wherein the first capability indication information is configured or enabled by the network based on the configuration or network enabling of a first identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate whether the base station supports idle-state eDRX. The second capability indication information is used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging cycle; The determining module is configured to perform at least one of the following: In response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, it is determined that it is possible to monitor the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold; in response to the ability to monitor the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold, it monitors the paging messages of the core network within the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the paging messages of the RAN within the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter, or simultaneously monitors the paging messages of the core network and the paging messages of the RAN during a time period in which the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter have time domain overlap. In response to either the condition that the eDRX paging period is greater than the period threshold or the first capability indication information is received, or the condition that the eDRX paging period is less than or equal to the period threshold and the second capability indication information is received, it is determined that paging messages of the RAN can be monitored based on the eDRX paging period.

9. A paging device, wherein, The device includes: A sending module is configured to send capability indication information to a terminal; wherein the capability indication information includes at least one of the following: first capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the Radio Access Network (RAN) based on an eDRX paging period greater than a period threshold, wherein the first capability indication information is configured or enabled by the network based on the configuration or network enabling of a first identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate whether the base station supports idle-state eDRX; second capability indication information, used to indicate that the base station supports listening to paging messages of the RAN based on an eDRX paging period; wherein the eDRX paging period is a preset eDRX parameter configured by the base station for the terminal; Wherein, in response to the eDRX paging period being greater than the period threshold and receiving the first capability indication information, the terminal determines that it can listen to RAN paging messages based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold; in response to being able to listen to RAN paging messages based on the eDRX paging period greater than the period threshold, the terminal listens to core network paging messages within the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and listens to RAN paging messages within the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter, or the terminal simultaneously listens to core network paging messages and RAN paging messages during a time period in which the PTW indicated by the first eDRX parameter and the PTW indicated by the second eDRX parameter overlap in the time domain; and / or, In response to either the condition that the eDRX paging period is greater than the period threshold or the condition that the first capability indication information is received, or the condition that the eDRX paging period is less than or equal to the period threshold and the second capability indication information is received, the terminal determines that it can listen to the paging messages of the RAN based on the eDRX paging period.

10. A communication device, wherein, include: antenna; Memory; The processor, connected to the antenna and the memory respectively, is configured to control the transmission and reception of the antenna by executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, and is capable of implementing the method provided by any one of claims 1 to 3 or 4 to 7.

11. A computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, can implement the method provided by any one of claims 1 to 3 or 4 to 7.

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