A method, device, terminal equipment, base station and storage medium for paging grouping

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a paging grouping method, device, terminal device, base station and storage medium, which belongs to the field of communication technology. The method includes: sending indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device. The paging grouping method proposed in the present disclosure can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a paging grouping method, apparatus, terminal equipment, base station and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In a communication system, in order to save power consumption of terminal devices, a paging grouping method is used to group the terminal devices. Currently, there are two paging grouping methods. In addition, a base station usually needs to notify the terminal device of the paging grouping method it supports so that the base station and the terminal device can reach a consensus when selecting the paging grouping method. Summary of the invention

[0003] The present disclosure provides a paging grouping method, apparatus, terminal equipment, base station and storage medium, and proposes a method for a base station to notify the paging grouping mode it supports.

[0004] A paging grouping method provided in an embodiment of one aspect of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, including:

[0005] Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device.

[0006] Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a paging grouping method, which is applied to a base station and includes:

[0007] The receiving base station sends indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device.

[0008] In another aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for paging grouping is provided, including:

[0009] The sending module is used to send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device.

[0010] A paging grouping device provided in another aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes:

[0011] The receiving module is used to receive indication information sent by the base station for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device.

[0012] A communication device is proposed in yet another aspect of the present disclosure, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores a computer program, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device executes the method described in the above aspect.

[0013] A communication device is proposed in yet another aspect of the present disclosure, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores a computer program, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device executes the method described in the other aspect above.

[0014] A communication device provided in another aspect of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising: a processor and an interface circuit;

[0015] The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor;

[0016] The processor is used to run the code instructions to execute the method described in the above aspect.

[0017] A communication device provided in yet another aspect of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising: a processor and an interface circuit;

[0018] The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor;

[0019] The processor is used to run the code instructions to execute the method described in the other aspect above.

[0020] In yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which is used to store instructions. When the instructions are executed, the method described in the above aspect is implemented.

[0021] Yet another aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions, which, when executed, enables the method described in yet another aspect to be implemented.

[0022] In summary, in the paging grouping method, apparatus, terminal device, base station and storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0023] Additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be given in part in the following description and in part will be obvious from the following description or learned through practice of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and easily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0025] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] Figure 2 A schematic flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] Fig.10 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] Fig.11 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of a paging grouping method provided by yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] Fig.12 A flowchart of a method for paging grouping provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure

[0037] Fig.13 A schematic diagram of the structure of a paging grouping device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] Fig.14 A schematic diagram of the structure of a paging grouping device provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] Fig.15 is a block diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] Fig.16 A block diagram of a base station provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of the present disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

[0042] The terms used in the disclosed embodiments are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the disclosed embodiments. The singular forms of "a", "an" and "the" used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0043] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" or "when" or "in response to determination".

[0044] The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and cannot be understood as limiting the present disclosure.

[0045] The paging grouping method and device provided by the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0046] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 1 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0047] Step 101: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device.

[0048] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station may send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;

[0049] As an embodiment, the indication information may be carried in DCI signaling or using RRC signaling.

[0050] As an embodiment, the indication information may be carried in a downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) format and may be carried in a PEI paging early indication (Paging Early Indication, PEI) DCI;

[0051] As an embodiment, the indication information may be carried in the RRC or in a system message.

[0052] The terminal device may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. The terminal device may communicate with one or more core networks via a RAN (Radio Access Network). The terminal device may be an IoT terminal, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone), and a computer with an IoT terminal. For example, it may be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, or a user agent. Alternatively, the terminal device may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the terminal device may also be a vehicle-mounted device, such as a driving computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless terminal connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the terminal device may also be a roadside device, such as a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside device with wireless communication function.

[0053] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information may indicate at least one of the following paging grouping modes:

[0054] Paging grouping method based on network allocation;

[0055] Paging grouping method based on UE-ID (User Equipment-Identity).

[0056] Among them, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned paging grouping method based on network allocation can be specifically: the network (such as the core network) allocates the paging grouping method based on implementation (such as based on terminal device attributes or statistical paging probability of terminal devices, etc.).

[0057] And, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aforementioned UE-ID-based paging grouping method is a random method of determining grouping based on UE-ID modulo, and the paging grouping is determined by randomly selecting or randomly allocating the UE-ID modulo in the physical resource configuration of the Paging Early Indication (PEI) broadcast by the base station, so that the consistency of grouping confirmation is achieved among the three network elements, namely, the terminal device, the base station, and the core network. Optionally, the UE-ID-based paging grouping method can be implemented by formula 1:

[0058]

[0059] Where wg is the paging group ID corresponding to the selected PEI physical resource; N and N s Used to indicate the paging density in the time domain. Specifically, N is the density of the paging frame. s is the density of paging subframes in a paging frame; N n is the frequency domain paging density, for example, N n Can indicate paging narrowband; N w is the total number of paging groups; the floor function is the rounding down function; the mod function is the modulo function.

[0060] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aforementioned indication information is an optional configuration, such as the base station can configure the indication information when there is a PEI physical resource configuration. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the base station configures the indication information, the indication information can be indicated as a field value, wherein different field values ​​indicate support for different paging grouping modes.

[0061] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0062] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 2 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0063] Step 201: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration. The PEI physical resource configuration is a grouped PEI physical resource configuration. The PEI physical resource configuration may include a time-frequency domain position (such as a search space, etc.), a DCI format configuration of the PEI (such as indicating the total number of bits used for the paging group, etc.).

[0064] Among them, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, configuring indication information based on the existence of PEI physical resource configuration means: when the PEI physical resource configuration exists (for example, the base station broadcasts the PEI physical resource configuration), the base station can configure the indication information; when the indication information exists, the paging grouping method of the terminal device can be indicated based on the indication information.

[0065] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, based on the existence of the PEI physical resource configuration, the indication information may include or not include the first indication field, so that the indication information indicates different paging grouping modes.

[0066] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information may include a first indication field, and the first indication field may be used to indicate that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation, or supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation and a paging grouping method based on UE-ID. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information may not include the first indication field, and the indication information may indicate support for a paging grouping method based on UE-ID. Optionally, the first indication field configured by the base station may be a Flag-supportCNassigned field. The first indication field may be carried in the indication information in an optional form, and its presence means that at least a paging grouping method based on network allocation is supported. If the paging group used for network allocation can also be used as a paging grouping scheme for UE-ID, it means that both are supported. The first indication field may be carried in the indication information in an optional form, and its absence means that all network-configured PEI grouping resources are used for a paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0067] In addition, it should be noted that in one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the PEI physical resource configuration does not exist, it means that the indication information is not configured, that is, the indication information does not exist. At this time, it can be considered that the base station neither supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation nor the paging grouping method based on UE-ID. At this time, for the terminal device, the group PEI paging message monitoring cannot be used, which means that both paging grouping methods are not supported, and the terminal device falls back to the paging method of not monitoring PEI, or means the monitoring method of non-group PEI (that is, the PEI is a PEI without paging grouping function).

[0068] Based on the above description, Table 1 is a table of correspondence between indication information and the paging grouping mode indicated by the indication information provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0069]

[0070] Table 1

[0071] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0072] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different paging grouping modes supported by the base station can be distinguished by including or not including the first indication field in the indication information, thereby providing a new indication method and enriching the diversity of indication methods of the paging grouping modes.

[0073] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 3 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0074] Step 301: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value.

[0075] Among them, since the first indication field actually indicates that the indication information supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation, or supports both the paging grouping method based on network allocation and the paging grouping method based on UE-ID, therefore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, on the basis that the indication information includes the first indication field, the indication information may further include a first indication value or a second indication value to indicate the specific support situation indicated by the indication information. Among them, the first indication value can be used to indicate that the indication information supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation and the paging grouping method based on UE-ID, and the second indication value can be used to indicate that the indication information supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0076] Further, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, for the first indication value and the second indication value, when their values ​​are different, the paging grouping modes indicated will also be different. Optionally, the first indication value and the second indication value can indicate different paging grouping modes by assigning true and false values. For example, the first indication value is a true value of 1, or the second indication value is a false value of 0. Or, the first indication value and the second indication value are assigned integer values ​​to indicate different paging grouping modes. And, a detailed introduction to the method of assigning true and false values ​​to the first indication value and the second indication value and the method of assigning integer values ​​to the first indication value and the second indication value will be described in subsequent embodiments.

[0077] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0078] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different types of values ​​can be assigned to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information to indicate the paging group mode in different ways, thereby further enriching the diversity of the indication methods of the paging group mode and improving the flexibility of the paging group mode indication process.

[0079] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 4 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0080] Step 401: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of the PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value. The first indication value is a true value 1, or the second indication value is a false value 0.

[0081] Optionally, the first indication value may be a true value 1, to indicate that the indication information supports the paging grouping mode based on network allocation and the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. The second indication value may be a false value 0, to indicate that the indication information supports the paging grouping mode based on network allocation. The absence of the indication field means that all network-configured PEI grouping resources are used for the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID.

[0082] For example, Table 2 is a schematic table of values ​​of a first indication value or a second indication value provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0083]

[0084] Table 2

[0085] Also, it should be noted that, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned "indication information indicates support for the paging grouping method based on network allocation" may mean: the indication information indicates that only the paging grouping method based on network allocation is supported. Based on this, all paging groups determined based on the PEI physical resource configuration (for example, the total number of paging groups is 8 groups) can be used for grouping using the paging grouping method allocated by the network.

[0086] In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned "indication information indicates support for the paging grouping method based on network allocation" also means: the indication information indicates support for the paging grouping method based on network allocation and the paging grouping method based on UE-ID (that is, when the paging grouping method based on network allocation is supported, the paging grouping method based on UE-ID is supported by default). Based on this, part of the total number of paging groups can be grouped based on the paging grouping method allocated by the network, and another part of the paging groups can be grouped based on the paging grouping method based on UE-ID. It should be noted that, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of paging groups grouped based on the paging grouping method based on UE-ID can be determined based on the protocol agreement. For example, the last group of paging groups can be grouped using the paging grouping method based on UE-ID based on the protocol agreement.

[0087] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0088] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different paging grouping modes can be indicated by assigning true or false values ​​to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, further enriching the diversity of indication methods for paging grouping modes.

[0089] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 5 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0090] Step 501: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value, and the first indication value and the second indication value are used to indicate the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID, wherein the first indication value is N (non-0), or the second indication value is 0. As an embodiment, the physical meaning of the first indication field is used to indicate the number of groups used for the UE-ID grouping mode.

[0091] It should be noted that, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication value N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups determined based on the PEI physical resource configuration, and the first indication value indicates that the indication information supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation and the paging grouping method based on UE-ID. And, the second indication value can be 0 (that is, the number of paging groups in the paging grouping method based on UE-ID is 0 groups), and the second indication value indicates that the indication information only supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation. For example, Table 3 is a schematic table of values ​​of a first indication value or a second indication value provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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[0093] Table 3

[0094] For example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, it is assumed that the total number of paging groups determined based on the PEI physical resource configuration is 8 groups. At this time, if the first indication field includes a first indication value N, and the first indication value N=2, it means that two of the 8 groups of paging groups support the grouping method based on UE-ID, and the remaining 6 paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation. And, if the first indication field includes a second indication value, and the second indication value is 0, it means that no paging group supports the grouping method based on UE-ID, that is, all 8 paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation, so that all 8 groups of paging groups can be grouped using the paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0095] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0096] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of paging groups supporting the UE-ID-based paging grouping method can be indicated by assigning an integer value to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, which enriches the diversity of the indication methods of the paging grouping method to a greater extent.

[0097] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a base station, such as Figure 6 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0098] Step 601: Send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value, and the first indication value and the second indication value are used to indicate the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on network allocation, wherein the first indication value is N (non-0), or the second indication value is the total number of paging groups. As an embodiment, the physical meaning of the first indication field is used to indicate the number of groups used for the paging grouping mode allocated by the network.

[0099] It should be noted that, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first indication value N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups determined based on the PEI physical resource configuration, and the first indication value indicates that the indication information supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation and the paging grouping method based on UE-ID. And, the second indication value can be the total number of paging groups (that is, all paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation), and the second indication value indicates that the indication information only supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation. For example, Table 4 is a schematic table of values ​​of a first indication value or a second indication value provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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[0101] Table 4

[0102] For example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, it is assumed that the total number of paging groups determined based on the PEI physical resource configuration is 8 groups. At this time, if the first indication field includes a first indication value N, and the first indication value N=2, it means that two of the 8 groups of paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation, and the remaining 6 paging groups support the paging grouping method based on UE-ID. And, if the first indication field includes a second indication value, and the second indication value is the total number of paging groups, it means that all paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation, that is, all 8 paging groups support the paging grouping method based on network allocation, so that the 8 groups of paging groups can be grouped using the paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0103] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0104] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping method based on network allocation can be indicated by assigning an integer value to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, which enriches the diversity of the indication methods of the paging grouping method to a greater extent.

[0105] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the total number of paging packets is not configured in the PEI physical resource configuration, the total number of paging packets configured in the PEI physical resource configuration may be provided by indication information. Wherein, when the indication information includes a first indication value of the number of packets of the paging packet mode allocated by the network, the indication information may carry a first indication identifier for indicating the paging packet mode corresponding to the number of packets.

[0106] For example, as shown in Table 5, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the first indication field includes a first indication value N, and the first indication value N=2, it can be considered that there are two paging groups that support a paging grouping method based on network allocation or a paging grouping method based on UE-ID. Furthermore, the first indication identifier indicates which grouping method is specifically supported. Optionally, the grouping method can be distinguished by assigning true and false values ​​to the first indication identifier. If the first indication identifier is set to true, it is considered that the two paging groups support a paging grouping method based on network allocation; if it is set to false, it is considered that the two paging groups support a paging grouping method based on UE-ID. It can be understood that the first indication identifier can also be assigned a false value to support a paging grouping method based on network allocation, otherwise, a paging grouping method based on UE-ID is supported. Accordingly, the number of bits of the PEI physical resource configuration used for the paging group can be indicated by the first indication identifier in the indication information, such as 2 bits.

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[0108] Table 5

[0109] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the total number of paging packets is not configured in the PEI physical resource configuration, the total number of paging packets configured in the PEI physical resource configuration may be provided by the indication information. Wherein, when the indication information includes a first indication value of the number of packets of the paging packet mode allocated by the network, the indication information may carry a first indication identifier and a second indication identifier for indicating the paging packet mode corresponding to the number of packets, so as to use two indication identifiers to respectively indicate the support status of the two packet modes. Similar to the first indication identifier in Table 5, the indication information carries the second indication information in the same manner as the first indication information. Optionally, the first indication identifier and the second indication identifier may be provided at the same time or only one of them may be provided.

[0110] For example, as shown in Table 6, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the indication information includes a first indication identifier N1 and a second indication identifier N2, if the first indication identifier N1 is 2 and the second indication identifier N2 is 4, it can be considered that 2 paging groups support a paging grouping method based on network allocation and 4 paging groups support a paging grouping method based on UE-ID. At this time, the number of bits of the PEI physical resource configuration used for the paging group can be indicated by the first indication identifier plus the second indication identifier, such as 2+4 bits. It can be understood that the first indication identifier can also be used to indicate support for a paging grouping method based on UE-ID, and the second indication identifier can also be used to indicate support for a paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0111] For example, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the provided indication information includes a first indication identifier N1, and the first indication identifier N1=2, it means that there are two paging groups supporting the paging group mode based on network allocation. Accordingly, the number of bits of the PEI physical resource configuration used for the paging group can be indicated by the first indication identifier in the indication information, such as 2 bits.

[0112] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, it can be understood that if the provided indication information includes the second indication identifier N2, and the second indication identifier N2=2, it means that there are two paging groups supporting the UE-ID-based paging grouping method. Accordingly, the number of bits of the PEI physical resource configuration used for the paging group can be indicated by the second indication identifier in the indication information, such as 2 bits.

[0113]

[0114] Table 6

[0115] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Figure 7 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0116] Step 701: Receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device.

[0117] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device may receive indication information sent by the base station to the terminal device through DCI signaling or RRC signaling to indicate the paging grouping mode of the terminal device.

[0118] The indication information may indicate at least one of the following paging grouping modes:

[0119] Paging grouping method based on network allocation;

[0120] Paging grouping method based on UE-ID (User Equipment-Identity).

[0121] Among them, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned paging grouping method based on network allocation can be specifically: the network (such as the core network) allocates the paging grouping method based on implementation (such as based on terminal device attributes or statistical paging probability of terminal devices, etc.).

[0122] And, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aforementioned UE-ID-based paging grouping method is a random method of determining grouping based on UE-ID modulo, and the paging grouping is determined by randomly selecting or randomly allocating the UE-ID modulo in the physical resource configuration of the Paging Early Indication (PEI) broadcast by the base station, so that the consistency of grouping confirmation is achieved among the three network elements, namely, the terminal device, the base station, and the core network. Optionally, the UE-ID-based paging grouping method can be implemented by formula 1:

[0123]

[0124] Where wg is the paging group ID corresponding to the selected PEI physical resource; N and N s Used to indicate the paging density in the time domain. Specifically, N is the density of the paging frame. s is the density of paging subframes in a paging frame; N n is the frequency domain paging density, for example, N n Can indicate paging narrowband; N w is the total number of paging groups; the floor function is the rounding down function; the mod function is the modulo function.

[0125] Optionally, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aforementioned indication information is an optional configuration, such as the base station can configure the indication information when there is a PEI physical resource configuration. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, if the base station configures the indication information, the indication information can be indicated as a field value, wherein different field values ​​indicate support for different paging grouping modes.

[0126] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0127] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Figure 8 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0128] Step 801: Receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration.

[0129] Among them, the relevant introduction about step 801 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the embodiment of the present disclosure will not be described in detail here.

[0130] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0131] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different paging grouping modes supported by the base station can be distinguished by including or not including the first indication field in the indication information, thereby providing a new indication method and enriching the diversity of indication methods of the paging grouping modes.

[0132] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Fig. 9 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0133] Step 901, receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value.

[0134] Among them, the relevant introduction about step 901 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the embodiment of the present disclosure will not be described in detail here.

[0135] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0136] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different types of values ​​can be assigned to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information to indicate the paging group mode in different ways, thereby further enriching the diversity of the indication methods of the paging group mode and improving the flexibility of the paging group mode indication process.

[0137] Fig.10 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Fig.10 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0138] Step 1001, receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value, and the first indication value is 1, or the second indication value is 0.

[0139] Among them, the relevant introduction about step 1001 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the embodiment of the present disclosure will not be elaborated here.

[0140] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0141] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, different paging grouping modes can be indicated by assigning true or false values ​​to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, further enriching the diversity of indication methods for paging grouping modes.

[0142] Fig.11 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Fig.11 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0143] Step 1101, receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value, and the first indication value and the second indication value are used to indicate the number of paging groups supporting a UE-ID-based paging grouping mode, wherein the first indication value is N, or the second indication value is 0.

[0144] Among them, the relevant introduction about step 1101 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the embodiment of the present disclosure will not be described in detail here.

[0145] In summary, in the paging grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information to the terminal device for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0146] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of paging groups supporting the UE-ID-based paging grouping method can be indicated by assigning an integer value to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, which enriches the diversity of the indication methods of the paging grouping method to a greater extent.

[0147] Fig.12 A schematic diagram of a paging grouping method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a terminal device, such as Fig.12 As shown, the paging grouping method may include the following steps:

[0148] Step 1201, receive indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device, wherein the indication information is configured by the base station based on the existence of a PEI physical resource configuration, and the indication information includes a first indication field, and the indication information also includes a first indication value or a second indication value, and the first indication value and the second indication value are used to indicate the number of paging groups supporting a paging grouping mode based on network allocation, wherein the first indication value is N, or the second indication value is 0.

[0149] Among them, the relevant introduction about step 1201 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, and the embodiment of the present disclosure will not be elaborated here.

[0150] In summary, in the paging grouping device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0151] Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping method based on network allocation can be indicated by assigning an integer value to the first indication value or the second indication value in the indication information, thereby providing another new indication method, which enriches the diversity of the indication methods of the paging grouping method to a greater extent.

[0152] Fig.13 A schematic diagram of a structure of a device for paging grouping provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, such as Fig.11 As shown, the apparatus 1300 may include:

[0153] The sending module 1301 is used to send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device.

[0154] In summary, in the paging grouping device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0155] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported:

[0156] Paging grouping method based on network allocation;

[0157] Paging grouping method based on UE-ID (terminal equipment number).

[0158] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the device is also used for:

[0159] The indication information is configured based on the existence of PEI (Paging Advance Indication) physical resource configuration.

[0160] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0161] The indication information includes a first indication field, and the first indication field is used to indicate that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation, or supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation and a paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0162] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0163] The indication information includes a first indication value, and the first indication value indicates that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation and a paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0164] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0165] The indication information includes a second indication value, and the second indication value indicates that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0166] Further, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information does not include the first indication field, and the indication information indicates that the UE-ID-based paging grouping method is supported.

[0167] Fig.14 A schematic diagram of a structure of a device for paging grouping provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure is shown in FIG. Fig.12 As shown, the apparatus 1400 may include:

[0168] The receiving module 1401 is used to receive indication information sent by the base station for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device.

[0169] In summary, in the paging grouping device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station will send indication information for indicating the paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device, wherein the indication information at least indicates support for one of the following paging grouping modes: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; a paging grouping mode based on UE-ID. It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal device can determine the paging grouping mode it supports based on the indication information sent by the base station, so that when the base station and the terminal device subsequently select a specific paging grouping mode, it can ensure that the base station and the terminal device can select a consistent paging grouping mode, thereby ensuring the normal progress of the paging process.

[0170] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported:

[0171] Paging grouping method based on network allocation;

[0172] Paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0173] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0174] The indication information includes a first indication field, and the first indication field is used to indicate that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation, or supports the paging grouping method based on network allocation and a paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0175] Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0176] The indication information includes a first indication value, and the first indication value indicates that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation and a paging grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0177] Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information includes a second indication value, and the second indication value indicates that the indication information supports a paging grouping method based on network allocation.

[0178] Further, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the indication information does not include the first indication field, and the indication information indicates that the UE-ID-based paging grouping method is supported.

[0179] The computer storage medium provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure stores an executable program; after the executable program is executed by the processor, the following can be achieved: Figures 1 to 6 or Figures 7 to 12 Any of the methods shown.

[0180] In order to implement the above embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product, including a computer program, which implements the following when executed by a processor: Figures 1 to 6 or Figures 7 to 12 Any of the methods shown.

[0181] In addition, in order to implement the above embodiment, the present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the following Figures 1 to 6 or Figures 7 to 12 Any of the methods shown.

[0182] Fig.15 1 is a block diagram of a terminal device UE1500 provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, UE1500 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal device, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0183] Reference Fig.15 UE 1500 may include at least one of the following components: a processing component 1502 , a memory 1504 , a power component 1506 , a multimedia component 1508 , an audio component 1510 , an input / output (I / O) interface 1515 , a sensor component 1512 , and a communication component 1516 .

[0184] The processing component 1502 generally controls the overall operation of the UE 1500, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1502 may include at least one processor 1520 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method. In addition, the processing component 1502 may include at least one module to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 1502 and other components. For example, the processing component 1502 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 1508 and the processing component 1502.

[0185] The memory 1504 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the UE 1500. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 1500, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 1504 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.

[0186] The power component 1506 provides power to various components of the UE 1500. The power component 1506 may include a power management system, at least one power supply, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 1500.

[0187] The multimedia component 1508 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 1500 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes at least one touch sensor to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the wake-up time and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1508 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the UE 1500 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0188] The audio component 1510 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1510 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the UE 1500 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal may be further stored in the memory 1504 or sent via the communication component 1516. In some embodiments, the audio component 1510 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0189] I / O interface 1515 provides an interface between processing component 1502 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: home button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

[0190] The sensor component 1512 includes at least one sensor for providing various aspects of status assessment for UE1500. For example, the sensor component 1512 can detect the open / closed state of the device 1500, the relative positioning of the components, such as the display and keypad of the UE1500, and the sensor component 1512 can also detect the position change of UE1500 or a component of UE1500, the presence or absence of user contact with UE1500, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of UE1500 and the temperature change of UE1500. The sensor component 1512 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 1512 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1512 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

[0191] The communication component 1516 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between UE1500 and other devices. UE1500 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1516 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1516 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

[0192] In an exemplary embodiment, UE1500 may be implemented by at least one application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component to perform the above method.

[0193] Fig.16 1 is a block diagram of a base station 1600 provided in an embodiment of the present application. For example, the base station 1600 may be provided as a base station. Fig.16, the base station 1600 includes a processing component 1611, which further includes at least one processor, and a memory resource represented by a memory 1632 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 1622, such as an application. The application stored in the memory 1632 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 1615 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied in the base station, such as Figure 1 The method shown.

[0194] The base station 1600 may also include a power supply component 1626 configured to perform power management of the base station 1600, a wired or wireless network interface 1650 configured to connect the base station 1600 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 16516. The base station 1600 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 1632, such as Windows Server TM, Mac OS X TM, Unix TM, Linux TM, Free BSD TM or the like.

[0195] In the above embodiments provided by the present disclosure, the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are introduced from the perspectives of the base station and the terminal device. In order to implement the functions in the methods provided by the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the base station and the terminal device may include a hardware structure and a software module, and implement the above functions in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. One of the above functions may be executed in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.

[0196] The present disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device may include a transceiver module and a processing module. The transceiver module may include a sending module and / or a receiving module, the sending module is used to implement a sending function, the receiving module is used to implement a receiving function, and the transceiver module may implement a sending function and / or a receiving function.

[0197] The communication device may be a terminal device (such as the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment), or a device in the terminal device, or a device that can be used in conjunction with the terminal device. Alternatively, the communication device may be a network device, or a device in the network device, or a device that can be used in conjunction with the network device.

[0198] Another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device may be a network device, or a terminal device (such as the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment), or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the network device to implement the aforementioned method, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports the terminal device to implement the aforementioned method. The device may be used to implement the method described in the aforementioned method embodiment, and the details may refer to the description in the aforementioned method embodiment.

[0199] The communication device may include one or more processors. The processor may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, etc. For example, it may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit may be used to control the communication device (such as a network side device, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute a computer program, and process the data of the computer program.

[0200] Optionally, the communication device may further include one or more memories, on which a computer program may be stored, and the processor executes the computer program so that the communication device performs the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, data may also be stored in the memory. The communication device and the memory may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0201] Optionally, the communication device may further include a transceiver and an antenna. The transceiver may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, etc., and is used to implement the transceiver function. The transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., and is used to implement the receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, etc., and is used to implement the transmitting function.

[0202] Optionally, the communication device may further include one or more interface circuits. The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor. The processor runs the code instructions to enable the communication device to execute the method described in the above method embodiment.

[0203] The communication device is a terminal device (such as the terminal device in the above method embodiment): the processor is used to execute Figure 1-Figure 4 Any of the methods shown.

[0204] The communication device is a network device: the transceiver is used to perform Figure 5-Figure 7 Any of the methods shown.

[0205] In one implementation, the processor may include a transceiver for implementing receiving and sending functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, or an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit for implementing the receiving and sending functions may be separate or integrated. The above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code / data, or the above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for transmitting or delivering signals.

[0206] In one implementation, the processor may store a computer program, which runs on the processor and enables the communication device to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. The computer program may be fixed in the processor, in which case the processor may be implemented by hardware.

[0207] In one implementation, the communication device may include a circuit that can implement the functions of sending or receiving or communicating in the aforementioned method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in the present disclosure may be implemented in an integrated circuit (IC), an analog IC, a radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC, a mixed signal IC, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic device, etc. The processor and transceiver may also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (nMetal-oxide-semiconductor, NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channelmetal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

[0208] The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a terminal device (such as the terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment), but the scope of the communication device described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may not be limited thereto. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

[0209] (1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

[0210] (2) having a set of one or more ICs, and optionally, the IC set may also include a storage component for storing data and computer programs;

[0211] (3) ASIC, such as modem;

[0212] (4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

[0213] (5) Receivers, terminal devices, intelligent terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, etc.;

[0214] (6)Others

[0215] In the case where the communication device may be a chip or a chip system, the chip includes a processor and an interface, wherein the number of the processors may be one or more, and the number of the interfaces may be multiple.

[0216] Optionally, the chip also includes a memory for storing necessary computer programs and data.

[0217] Those skilled in the art may also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two. Whether such functions are implemented by hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design requirements of the entire system. Those skilled in the art may use various methods to implement the functions described for each specific application, but such implementation should not be understood as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0218] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a system for determining the duration of a side link, the system comprising a communication device as a terminal device in the aforementioned embodiment (such as the first terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment) and a communication device as a network device, or the system comprising a communication device as a terminal device in the aforementioned embodiment (such as the first terminal device in the aforementioned method embodiment) and a communication device as a network device.

[0219] The present disclosure also provides a readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0220] The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0221] In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from a website site, computer, server or data center by wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode to another website site, computer, server or data center. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that a computer can access or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0222] Those skilled in the art can understand that the various numerical numbers such as first and second involved in the present disclosure are only used for distinction for convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and also indicate the order of precedence.

[0223] At least one in the present disclosure may also be described as one or more, and a plurality may be two, three, four or more, which is not limited in the present disclosure. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D", etc., and there is no order of precedence or size between the technical features described by the "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D".

[0224] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the present invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The description and examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are indicated by the following claims.

[0225] It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A paging grouping method, applied to a base station, the method comprising: Sending indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device; The indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation, and a paging grouping mode based on a terminal equipment serial number UE-ID; wherein the indication information includes or does not include a first indication field, and the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information includes the first indication field is different from the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information does not include the first indication field; The indication information indicates the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID, the indication information includes a first indication value, the first indication value is N, N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups, and the first indication value is used to indicate support for the paging grouping mode based on network allocation and the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID; Alternatively, the indication information includes a second indication value, the second indication value is 0, and the second indication value is used to indicate support for a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; The indication information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling or system message.

2. A method for paging grouping, applied to a terminal device, the method comprising: Receiving indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device; The indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation, and a paging grouping mode based on a terminal equipment serial number UE-ID; wherein the indication information includes or does not include a first indication field, and the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information includes the first indication field is different from the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information does not include the first indication field; The indication information indicates the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID, the indication information includes a first indication value, the first indication value is N, N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups, and the first indication value is used to indicate support for the paging grouping mode based on network allocation and the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID; Alternatively, the indication information includes a second indication value, the second indication value is 0, and the second indication value is used to indicate support for a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; The indication information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling or system message.

3. A paging grouping device, characterized in that: include: A sending module, used to send indication information for indicating a paging grouping mode of the terminal device to the terminal device; The indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation, and a paging grouping mode based on a terminal equipment serial number UE-ID; wherein the indication information includes or does not include a first indication field, and the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information includes the first indication field is different from the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information does not include the first indication field; The indication information indicates the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID, the indication information includes a first indication value, the first indication value is N, N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups, and the first indication value is used to indicate support for the paging grouping mode based on network allocation and the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID; Alternatively, the indication information includes a second indication value, the second indication value is 0, and the second indication value is used to indicate support for a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; The indication information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling or system message.

4. A paging grouping device, characterized in that: include: A receiving module, used for receiving indication information sent by a base station for indicating a paging grouping mode of a terminal device; The indication information at least indicates that one of the following paging grouping modes is supported: a paging grouping mode based on network allocation, and a paging grouping mode based on a terminal equipment serial number UE-ID; wherein the indication information includes or does not include a first indication field, and the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information includes the first indication field is different from the paging grouping mode supported indicated when the indication information does not include the first indication field; The indication information indicates the number of paging groups supporting the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID, the indication information includes a first indication value, the first indication value is N, N is greater than 0 and less than the total number of paging groups, and the first indication value is used to indicate support for the paging grouping mode based on network allocation and the paging grouping mode based on UE-ID; Alternatively, the indication information includes a second indication value, the second indication value is 0, and the second indication value is used to indicate support for a paging grouping mode based on network allocation; The indication information is carried in radio resource control RRC signaling or system message.

5. A communication device, characterized in that: The device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device performs the method according to claim 1 .

6. A communication device, characterized in that: The device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory so that the device performs the method according to claim 2.

7. A communication device, characterized in that: include: processor and interface circuits; The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor; The processor is configured to execute the code instructions to perform the method according to claim 1.

8. A communication device, characterized in that: include: processor and interface circuits; The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor; The processor is configured to run the code instructions to perform the method according to claim 2.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed, enable the method according to claim 1 to be implemented.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed, enable the method according to claim 2 to be implemented.

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