Packet paging method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a packet paging method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium, the method is executed by a terminal, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving configuration information of packet paging; wherein the configuration information is used for indicating that the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine paging packet information; the paging grouping information is used for the terminal to monitor a paging message; the configuration information carries a first identifier; when the first identifier is a first value, the first identifier indicates the network support terminal to determine paging packet information through a first predetermined mode and a second predetermined mode; or, under the condition that the first identifier is a fourth value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging packet information through the second predetermined mode and does not support the terminal to determine the paging packet information through the first predetermined mode; the first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by a network; the second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging packet information.

Description

[0001] The present disclosure is a divisional application of a Chinese application filed on June 22, 2021, with application number 202180002011.1 and invention name “Method, device, communication equipment and storage medium for group paging”. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium for group paging. Background Art

[0003] Paging is an important function of wireless communication. The function of paging is to notify the terminal being paged to respond to the network according to the needs of the network. The base station and the terminal will agree on a paging time (PO, Paging Occasion). The base station will send a paging message at the paging time, and the terminal will receive the paging message at the corresponding paging time.

[0004] In the related art, a terminal is paged by group paging. The network can page all terminals in a group by sending a paging message, without sending a paging message to each terminal separately. After receiving the group paging message, the terminal determines whether it belongs to the paged group. If it does, it responds to the group paging message. If it does not, it ignores the group paging message. At this time, how to implement the above mechanism is a problem that needs to be considered. Summary of the invention

[0005] The disclosed embodiments disclose a wireless communication technology field, and more particularly, relate to a packet paging method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a group paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0007] receiving configuration information for packet paging;

[0008] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0009] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0010] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0011] The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0012] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0013] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0014] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0015] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0016] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0017] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined manner but not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the second predetermined manner, determining a way to monitor paging messages according to a result of the network receiving the paging group information.

[0018] In one embodiment, the method of determining the way of monitoring the paging message according to the result of the network receiving the paging group information includes:

[0019] In response to receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to the paging group information;

[0020] or,

[0021] In response to not receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to predetermined paging group information;

[0022] or,

[0023] In response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message on a public paging resource.

[0024] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0025] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information in the first predetermined manner but supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information in the second predetermined manner, it is determined to monitor the paging message according to the randomly selected paging group information.

[0026] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0027] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, it is determined to monitor the paging message on a common paging resource.

[0028] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0029] In response to not receiving the paging group information sent by the network, it is determined that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner.

[0030] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0031] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, a manner of monitoring paging messages is determined according to a result of the network receiving the paging group information.

[0032] In one embodiment, the method of determining the way of monitoring the paging message according to the result of the network receiving the paging group information includes:

[0033] In response to receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to the paging group information;

[0034] or,

[0035] In response to not receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to the randomly selected paging group information.

[0036] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0037] In response to receiving the paging group information, determining that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging group information in the second predetermined manner;

[0038] or,

[0039] In response to not receiving the paging group information, it is determined that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner.

[0040] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0041] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in the predetermined manner in the radio resource control (RRC) idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0042] or,

[0043] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message on the public paging resource.

[0044] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0045] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information by using the predetermined method in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information by using the predetermined method in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message on the public paging resource;

[0046] or,

[0047] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0048] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0049] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state listens to the paging message according to the paging packet information sent by the network; wherein the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

[0050] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0051] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using the predetermined method in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state listens to the paging message on a common paging resource; wherein the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

[0052] In one embodiment, the configuration information of receiving packet paging includes:

[0053] Receiving the configuration information sent by the base station via a broadcast message;

[0054] or,

[0055] The configuration information sent by the base station through a dedicated message is received.

[0056] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a packet paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0057] Sending configuration information of packet paging to the terminal;

[0058] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0059] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0060] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0061] The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0062] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0063] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0064] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0065] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0066] In one embodiment, the sending of the configuration information of the packet paging to the terminal includes:

[0067] Sending the configuration information to the terminal via a broadcast message;

[0068] or,

[0069] The configuration information is sent to the terminal through a dedicated message.

[0070] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0071] Send auxiliary information to core network equipment;

[0072] The auxiliary information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner.

[0073] In one embodiment, the sending of auxiliary information to the core network device includes:

[0074] Sending the auxiliary information to the core network device using an NG interface establishment request message;

[0075] or,

[0076] The auxiliary information is sent to the core network device by using an NG interface establishment response message.

[0077] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a packet paging method is provided, wherein the method is performed by a core network device, and the method includes:

[0078] Sending group paging configuration information;

[0079] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0080] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0081] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0082] The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0083] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0084] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0085] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0086] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0087] In one embodiment, the sending of the configuration information of the packet paging includes:

[0088] The configuration information of the packet paging is delivered using a non-access layer NAS message.

[0089] In one embodiment, the sending of the configuration information of the packet paging includes:

[0090] Sending the configuration information to the base station using an NG interface establishment request message;

[0091] or,

[0092] The configuration information is sent to the base station using an NG interface establishment response message.

[0093] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a packet paging apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes:

[0094] A receiving module, used for receiving configuration information of group paging;

[0095] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0096] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a packet paging apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes:

[0097] A sending module, used for sending configuration information of packet paging to the terminal;

[0098] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0099] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a packet paging apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes:

[0100] A sending module, used for sending configuration information of group paging;

[0101] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0102] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, the communication device including:

[0103] processor;

[0104] a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

[0105] The processor is configured to implement the method described in any embodiment of the present disclosure when running the executable instructions.

[0106] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer storage medium is provided, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, the method described in any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

[0107] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, configuration information for packet paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner; and the paging packet information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages. Here, after receiving the configuration information for packet paging, the terminal can determine whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner according to the configuration information. Compared with the method of always obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner when it is uncertain whether the network supports the predetermined manner, the paging failure situation can be reduced, which can improve the reliability of the network paging the terminal in the manner of packet paging. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0108] Figure 1 The diagram is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0109] Figure 2 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0110] Figure 3 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0111] Figure 4 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0112] Figure 5 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0113] Figure 6 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0114] Figure 7 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0115] Figure 8 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0116] Fig. 9 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0117] Fig.10 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0118] Fig.11 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0119] Fig.12 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0120] Fig.13 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0121] Fig.14 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0122] Fig.15 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0123] Fig.16 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0124] Fig.17 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0125] Fig.18 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0126] Fig.19 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0127] Fig. 20 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0128] Fig.21 The figure is a flowchart of a group paging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0129] Fig. 22 The diagram is a schematic diagram of a packet paging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0130] Fig.23 The diagram is a schematic diagram of a packet paging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0131] Fig.24 The diagram is a schematic diagram of a packet paging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0132] Fig.25 The diagram is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0133] Fig.26 It is a block diagram of a base station according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0134] 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.

[0135] 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.

[0136] 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 word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0137] For the purpose of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" or "less than" are used herein to characterize size relationships. However, those skilled in the art can understand that the term "greater than" also covers the meaning of "greater than or equal to", and "less than" also covers the meaning of "less than or equal to".

[0138] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 1 As shown, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: a plurality of user equipments 110 and a plurality of base stations 120 .

[0139] Among them, the user equipment 110 can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to the user. The user equipment 110 can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). The user equipment 110 can be an Internet of Things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, and a computer with an Internet of Things user equipment. For example, it can 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 user device, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 can also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 can also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, it can be a driving computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless user device connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

[0140] The base station 120 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network).

[0141] Among them, the base station 120 can be an evolved base station (eNB) adopted in the 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 can also be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually includes a centralized unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack. The specific implementation method of the base station 120 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0142] A wireless connection may be established between the base station 120 and the user equipment 110 via a wireless air interface. In different implementations, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface may also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0143] In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between the user devices 110, such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) communication in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

[0144] Here, the above-mentioned user equipment can be considered as the terminal equipment of the following embodiments.

[0145] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130 .

[0146] Several base stations 120 are respectively connected to a network management device 130. The network management device 130 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system. For example, the network management device 130 may be a mobility management entity (MME) in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be other core network devices, such as a serving gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the implementation form of the network management device 130.

[0147] In order to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art, the embodiments of the present disclosure list multiple implementation methods to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art can understand that the multiple embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed separately, or can be executed together with the methods of other embodiments of the embodiments of the present disclosure, or can be executed together with some methods in other related technologies separately or in combination; the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0148] In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, the scenario of the group paging terminal in the related art is described:

[0149] In one embodiment, if paging grouping is not performed, all terminals will be awakened at the paging moment. In one embodiment, since the probability of terminals being paged in the time period corresponding to the paging moment is different, terminals with low paging probability will also be woken up by mistake, causing unnecessary power consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to group the terminals for paging and page the terminals using paging grouping. In one embodiment, the paging grouping information can be carried in the paging downlink control information (DCI) or in the paging early indication (PEI). Regardless of the grouping method used, the terminal and the network (including the base station and the core network) need to reach an agreement on the group in which the terminal is located before the paging message can be sent to the terminal normally.

[0150] In one embodiment, the terminal and the core network predetermine a paging probability Pnas, and the base station broadcasts information including the relationship between the probability and the paging group, so that the terminal can determine the paging group in which the terminal is located according to the received information.

[0151] In one embodiment, when the core network sends a paging message to the base station, the core network will inform the base station of the paging probability of the terminal to facilitate the base station to determine the paging group of the terminal. In one embodiment, if the core network does not inform the base station of the paging probability of the terminal, the terminal will select a predetermined paging group.

[0152] In one embodiment, a paging probability Pnas is pre-negotiated between the terminal and the core network, and the base station broadcasts the relationship between Pnas and the group, so that the terminal can determine the group to be paged. When the paging message arrives at the base station from the core network, the core network will also notify the base station of the Pnas of the terminal, which is used by the base station to determine the group of the terminal. In this way, the three network elements of the terminal, the base station, and the core network reach a consensus on the group confirmation.

[0153] In one embodiment, the base station will correspond part of the paging probability to a wake-up signal (WUS) group set. After the terminal selects a group set, it obtains a group in the group set according to the UE-ID modulo method, and the formula is:

[0154]

[0155] Among them, the UE-ID modulus method is random selection or random allocation (randomization); N is the paging frame density in the time domain, and Ns is the paging density in a paging frame in the time domain; Nn is the paging narrowband; Nw is the total number of groups of WUS resources in the group set.

[0156] In one embodiment, when the terminal is in the radio resource control inactive state, the terminal needs to monitor the core network paging and the access network paging at the same time. At this time, the core network paging is only used for special cases where the network and the terminal are not matched. For example, the terminal context may be lost on the network side, and the network thinks that the terminal is already in the radio resource control idle state, so it initiates the core network paging. At this time, from the terminal's perspective, the terminal is still in the radio resource control inactive state; from the network's perspective, the terminal is already in the radio resource control idle state.

[0157] In one embodiment, the core network assigns a group identifier id1 to a terminal in a wireless resource idle state, and when the terminal enters a wireless resource control inactive state, the base station assigns a group identifier id2 to the user in the wireless resource control inactive state. Under normal circumstances, if there is no state mismatch mentioned above, the base station sends a paging message to the terminal according to the group identifier id2, and the terminal monitors two types of paging under the group identifier id2. However, once the terminal context may be lost on the network side (the group identifier id2 maintained by the base station will no longer exist), the network thinks that the terminal is already in a wireless resource control idle state, so it initiates paging from the core network. At this time, the base station will use the group identifier id1 carried in the paging message sent by the core network for paging. The terminal is still monitoring the packet using the group identifier id2. This will lead to paging loss.

[0158] like Figure 2 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0159] Step 21, receiving configuration information of group paging;

[0160] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; and the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0161] Here, the terminal can be but is not limited to a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a roadside unit (RSU, RoadSide Unit), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensor device and / or a medical device, etc.

[0162] Here, the network may be an access network and / or a core network. Among them, the equipment in the access network may be a base station; the equipment in the core network may be a core network equipment. It should be noted that the base station involved in the present disclosure may be an access device for a terminal to access the network. Here, the base station may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

[0163] In one embodiment, group paging can be: terminals are divided into different groups. The network pages all terminals in a group by sending a group paging message, without sending a paging message to each terminal separately. After receiving the group paging message, the terminal determines whether it belongs to the paged group. If it belongs to the paged group, it responds to the group paging message. If it does not belong to the paged group, it ignores the group paging message.

[0164] In one embodiment, there may be multiple groups for group paging. Here, different groups may be configured with different paging resources. The terminal may belong to one of the multiple groups. In response to the determination of the paging group to which the terminal belongs, the terminal may monitor the paging message on the paging resource indicated by the paging group. Here, which group the terminal belongs to may be determined by the base station or by a core network device in the core network. The group described here is the paging group. Here, the paging group information may be pre-stored in the terminal, or the network may send the paging group information to the terminal.

[0165] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is a method of receiving paging packet information assigned by the network. The terminal receives the configuration information of the packet paging sent by the network; wherein the configuration information indicates that the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information by receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network. In response to the configuration information indicating that the network supports the terminal obtaining the paging packet information by receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network, the terminal can obtain the paging packet information by receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network. Alternatively, in response to the configuration information indicating that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information by receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network, the terminal will not obtain the paging packet information by receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network.

[0166] In one embodiment, the predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information. The terminal receives the configuration information of the group paging sent by the network; wherein the configuration information indicates whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information. In response to the configuration information indicating that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information, the terminal can obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information. Alternatively, in response to the configuration information indicating that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information, the terminal will not obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information.

[0167] In one embodiment, the predetermined manner includes a manner of receiving paging group information assigned by the network and a manner of randomly selecting paging group information. The terminal receives the configuration information of the group paging sent by the network; wherein the configuration information indicates that the network supports or does not support the terminal to obtain the paging group information by the predetermined manner. In response to the network supporting both the manner of obtaining the paging group information by receiving the paging group information assigned by the network and the manner of obtaining the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information, the terminal can obtain the paging group information by both the manner of receiving the paging group information assigned by the network and the manner of obtaining the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information. Alternatively, in response to the network not supporting the manner of obtaining the paging group information by receiving the paging group information assigned by the network but supporting the manner of obtaining the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information, the terminal can obtain the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information. Alternatively, in response to the network supporting the manner of obtaining the paging group information by receiving the paging group information assigned by the network but not supporting the manner of obtaining the paging group information by randomly selecting the paging group information, the terminal can obtain the paging group information by receiving the paging group information assigned by the network. Alternatively, in response to the network not supporting the acquisition of paging group information by receiving paging group information assigned by the network nor supporting the acquisition of paging group information by randomly selecting paging group information, the terminal can only receive paging messages on public paging resources. Here, public paging resources may be paging resources not used for paging groups.

[0168] In one embodiment, the group to which the terminal belongs can be determined by a base station or a core network element. The terminal will send the network the ability of the terminal to support paging the terminal by means of group paging. In one embodiment, only when the terminal has the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal. The terminal will receive the configuration information of group paging sent by the network. Otherwise, if the terminal does not have the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will not send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal.

[0169] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes identification information of the paging group allocated by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs according to the identification information. For example, when the identification information indicates "001", the terminal belongs to the first group.

[0170] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes paging probability information of the terminal determined by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs based on the probability information of the terminal being paged. In one embodiment, in response to the probability of the terminal being paged being less than a probability threshold, it is determined that the terminal belongs to the first group; or, in response to the probability of the terminal being paged being greater than the probability threshold, it is determined that the terminal belongs to the second group. Here, the paging resources configured for the first group and the second group are different.

[0171] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged determined by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs according to the probability level information of the probability of the terminal being paged. In one embodiment, the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged can be divided into low level, medium level and high level. In one embodiment, in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being low level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the first group; in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being medium level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the second group; in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being high level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the third group. Here, the paging resources configured for the first group, the second group and the third group are different. Here, it should be noted that different probability levels correspond to different probability ranges. For example, the probability corresponding to the low level is a to b, the probability corresponding to the medium level is c to d, and the probability corresponding to the high level is e to f. Here, a is less than b, b is less than c, c is less than d, d is less than e, and e is less than f.

[0172] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, configuration information of packet paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner; and the paging packet information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages. Here, after receiving the configuration information of packet paging, the terminal can determine whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner according to the configuration information. Compared with the method of always obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner when it is uncertain whether the network supports the predetermined manner, the paging failure can be reduced, which can improve the reliability of the network paging the terminal in the manner of packet paging.

[0173] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0174] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0175] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0176] The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0177] In one embodiment, a first identifier is used to indicate a first predetermined method; and a second identifier is used to indicate a second predetermined method. For example, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is a first value, it indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the first predetermined method. Alternatively, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is a second value, it indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the first predetermined method. If the value of the second identifier carried by the configuration information is a first value, it indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the second predetermined method. Alternatively, if the value of the second identifier carried by the configuration information is a second value, it indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the second predetermined method.

[0178] In one embodiment, the first identifier indicates the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. For example, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is the first value, it indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. Or, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is the second value, it indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. Or, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is the third value, it indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method but does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method. Or, if the value of the first identifier carried by the configuration information is the fourth value, it indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method but supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method. In one embodiment, the configuration information indicates that the network supports both the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method. In this way, the terminal can obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method or obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method.

[0179] In one embodiment, the configuration information indicates that the network only supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a first predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a second predetermined manner. In this way, the terminal can obtain paging packet information in the first predetermined manner but cannot obtain paging packet information in the second predetermined manner.

[0180] In one embodiment, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a first predetermined manner but supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a second predetermined manner. In this way, the terminal can obtain paging packet information in the second predetermined manner but cannot obtain paging packet information in the first predetermined manner.

[0181] In one embodiment, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information through the first predetermined method nor the second predetermined method. In this way, the terminal can obtain the predetermined paging group information. Here, the predetermined paging group information can indicate that the terminal monitors paging messages on a public paging resource.

[0182] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0183] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0184] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0185] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0186] In one embodiment, the paging group information may be obtained through a first predetermined method or a second predetermined method. The first predetermined method is a method of receiving the paging group information assigned by the network; the second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting the paging group information.

[0187] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes identification information of the paging group allocated by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs according to the identification information.

[0188] In another embodiment, the paging group information includes paging probability information of the terminal determined by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs based on the probability information of the terminal being paged. In one embodiment, in response to the probability of the terminal being paged being less than a probability threshold, it is determined that the terminal belongs to the first group; or, in response to the probability of the terminal being paged being greater than the probability threshold, it is determined that the terminal belongs to the second group. Here, the paging resources configured for the first group and the second group are different.

[0189] In another embodiment, the paging group information includes probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged determined by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs based on the probability level information of the probability of the terminal being paged. In one embodiment, the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged can be divided into low level, medium level and high level. In one embodiment, in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being low level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the first group; in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being medium level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the second group; in response to the probability level of the probability of the terminal being paged being high level, the group to which the terminal belongs is determined to be the third group. Here, the paging resources configured for the first group, the second group and the third group are different.

[0190] like Figure 3As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0191] Step 31: In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the first predetermined method and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information through the second predetermined method, determine a method for monitoring paging messages according to a result of the network receiving the paging packet information.

[0192] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0193] Here, the result of the network receiving the paging packet information may be that the paging packet information sent by the network is received or that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0194] That is, in the above embodiment, when it is clear that the network supports the first predetermined mode but does not support the second predetermined mode, the corresponding operation is performed according to the first predetermined mode.

[0195] Further, step 31 may be: the network supports the terminal to determine the way to monitor the paging message according to the result of the network receiving the paging packet information in a first predetermined way.

[0196] In one embodiment, the first predetermined manner is a manner of receiving paging packet information allocated by the network.

[0197] That is, in the above embodiment, as long as it is determined that the network supports the first predetermined mode (mode of receiving paging packet information assigned by the network), corresponding operations are performed according to the first predetermined mode (mode of receiving paging packet information assigned by the network).

[0198] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging group information in a first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information in a second predetermined manner; or the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging group information in a first predetermined manner. In response to receiving paging group information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor paging messages according to the received paging group information.

[0199] In one embodiment, configuration information for packet paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method; or the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method. In response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor the paging message according to the predetermined paging packet information. In one embodiment, configuration information for packet paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the second predetermined method; or the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method. In response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor the paging message on the public paging resource. Here, the public paging resource may be a paging resource that is not used for paging packets.

[0200] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0201] like Figure 4 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0202] Step 41: in response to receiving paging packet information sent by the network, determine to monitor paging messages according to the paging packet information; or, in response to not receiving paging packet information sent by the network, determine to monitor paging messages according to predetermined paging packet information; or, in response to not receiving paging packet information sent by the network, determine to monitor paging messages on public paging resources.

[0203] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received, wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging group information in a first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information in a second predetermined manner. In response to receiving the paging group information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor the paging message according to the paging group information.

[0204] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0205] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received, wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging group information in a first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information in a second predetermined manner. In response to not receiving the paging group information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor the paging message according to the predetermined paging group information.

[0206] In one embodiment, configuration information for packet paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a second predetermined manner. In response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, it is determined to monitor the paging message on the public paging resource. Here, the public paging resource can be a paging resource not used for paging packets.

[0207] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0208] like Figure 5 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0209] Step 51: In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging group information in a first predetermined manner but supporting the terminal to obtain paging group information in a second predetermined manner, determine to monitor paging messages according to randomly selected paging group information.

[0210] That is, in the above embodiment, as long as it is determined that the network does not support the first predetermined method (the method of receiving paging packet information assigned by the network) and supports the second predetermined method (the method of randomly selecting paging packet information), the corresponding operation is performed according to the second predetermined method (the method of randomly selecting paging packet information).

[0211] Further, step 51 may be: in response to the network not supporting the terminal to monitor the paging message according to the randomly selected paging group information or monitor the paging message on the public paging resource in the first predetermined manner.

[0212] In one embodiment, the first predetermined manner is a manner of receiving paging packet information allocated by the network.

[0213] That is, in the above embodiment, as long as it is determined that the network does not support the first predetermined mode (the mode of receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network) and supports the second predetermined mode (the mode of randomly selecting the paging packet information), the paging message is monitored in the second predetermined mode (the mode of randomly selecting the paging packet information) or on the public paging resource. That is, based on other configurations or conditions, it is determined which mode to use.

[0214] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0215] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received, wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information through a first predetermined manner but supports the terminal to obtain paging group information through a second predetermined manner. In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging group information through the first predetermined manner but supports the terminal to obtain paging group information through the second predetermined manner, it is determined to monitor the paging message according to the randomly selected paging group information.

[0216] In one embodiment, the manner in which the terminal randomly selects the paging group information may be obtained by the following formula:

[0217]

[0218] Wherein, N is the paging frame density in the time domain; Ns is the paging density in a paging frame in the time domain; Nn is the paging narrowband; Nw is the total number of packets of WUS resources in the packet set; wg is the selected paging packet; UE_ID is randomly allocated.

[0219] In one embodiment, the base station corresponds part of the paging probability to a WUS group set; after selecting a group set, the terminal obtains a paging group by random selection.

[0220] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0221] like Figure 6 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0222] Step 61: In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging group information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, determine to monitor the paging message on a public paging resource.

[0223] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0224] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received, wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information through a first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information through a second predetermined manner. In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging group information through the first predetermined manner and does not support the terminal to obtain paging group information through the second predetermined manner, it is determined to monitor the paging message on a public paging resource.

[0225] In one embodiment, the common paging resources may be paging resources that are not used for paging packets.

[0226] In one embodiment, in response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, it is determined that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner.

[0227] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0228] like Figure 7 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0229] Step 71: In response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network, determining that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information in a first predetermined manner and a second predetermined manner.

[0230] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0231] In some embodiments, "not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network" means that the information is not received or is not successfully decoded.

[0232] In one embodiment, in response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information in the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner.

[0233] In one embodiment, it may be determined that the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information in the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner in response to not receiving the paging packet information sent by the network within a predetermined time period after receiving the configuration information. The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network does not support the terminal obtaining the paging packet information in the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner; the paging packet information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0234] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0235] like Figure 8 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0236] Step 81: In response to the network supporting the terminal obtaining paging group information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method, determine the method of monitoring the paging message according to the result of the network receiving the paging group information.

[0237] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0238] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined method and supporting the second predetermined method, the method of monitoring the paging message is determined according to the result of the network receiving the paging group information.

[0239] In one embodiment, the method of monitoring paging messages is determined based on the result of the network receiving paging group information, including: in response to receiving paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor paging messages according to the paging group information; or, in response to not receiving paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor paging messages according to randomly selected paging group information.

[0240] In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within the predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0241] In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0242] In one embodiment, there may be multiple groups for group paging. Here, different groups may be configured with different paging resources. The terminal may belong to one of the multiple groups. The terminal may determine the paging group to which the terminal belongs based on the paging group information. In response to the determination of the paging group to which the terminal belongs, the terminal may monitor the paging message on the paging resource indicated by the paging group.

[0243] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0244] like Fig. 9As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0245] Step 91: In response to receiving paging group information sent by the network, determine to monitor paging messages according to the paging group information; or, in response to not receiving paging group information sent by the network, determine to monitor paging messages according to randomly selected paging group information.

[0246] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0247] In one embodiment, configuration information of group paging is received; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information through the first predetermined method and supporting the second predetermined method, the method of monitoring the paging message is determined according to the result of the network receiving the paging group information.

[0248] In one embodiment, the method of monitoring paging messages is determined based on the result of the network receiving paging group information, including: in response to receiving paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor paging messages according to the paging group information; or, in response to not receiving paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor paging messages according to randomly selected paging group information.

[0249] In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received. In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0250] In one embodiment, there may be multiple groups for group paging. Here, different groups may be configured with different paging resources. The terminal may belong to one of the multiple groups. The terminal may determine the paging group to which the terminal belongs based on the paging group information. In response to the determination of the paging group to which the terminal belongs, the terminal may monitor the paging message on the paging resource indicated by the paging group.

[0251] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0252] like Fig.10 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0253] Step 101: In response to receiving paging packet information, determine that the network supports the terminal obtaining paging packet information through a second predetermined method; or, in response to not receiving paging packet information, determine that the network does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information through a first predetermined method and a second predetermined method.

[0254] In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is a mode of receiving paging group information allocated by the network. The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0255] In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received. In one embodiment, in response to receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving paging packet information within a predetermined time period after receiving configuration information, it is determined that the paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0256] In one embodiment, in response to receiving configuration information carrying paging packet information, it is determined that paging packet information sent by the network is received; in response to not receiving configuration information carrying paging packet information, it is determined that paging packet information sent by the network is not received.

[0257] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0258] like Fig.11 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0259] Step 111, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the radio resource control RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0260] or,

[0261] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors a paging message on a common paging resource;

[0262] or,

[0263] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the radio resource control RRC idle state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0264] or,

[0265] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0266] or,

[0267] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors paging messages on a public paging resource.

[0268] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0269] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state; and the second identifier indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier and the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0270] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a second identifier. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message on a public paging resource. Here, the public paging resource may be a paging resource that is not used for paging packets.

[0271] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control RRC idle state; the second identifier indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier and the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC inactive state listens for paging messages on a public paging resource. Here, the public paging resource may be a paging resource that is not used for paging packets.

[0272] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0273] like Fig.12 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0274] Step 121: In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors paging messages on a public paging resource;

[0275] or,

[0276] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0277] or,

[0278] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC idle state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors a paging message on a public paging resource;

[0279] or,

[0280] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the terminal in an RRC idle state monitors a paging message on a public paging resource;

[0281] or,

[0282] In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain the paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC idle state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information;

[0283] or,

[0284] In response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain the paging group information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging group information.

[0285] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier. In response to determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors paging messages on a public paging resource.

[0286] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state; and the second identifier is used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier and the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors paging messages on a common paging resource.

[0287] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a second identifier. In response to determining that the configuration information carries the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0288] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state; and the second identifier is used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier and the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0289] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0290] like Fig.13 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0291] Step 131, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using a predetermined method in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information using a predetermined method in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information; wherein the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

[0292] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0293] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state; and the second identifier is used to indicate that the network supports the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier and the second identifier, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message according to the paging packet information.

[0294] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0295] like Fig.14 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0296] Step 141: In response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message on the public paging resource; wherein the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state.

[0297] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier. In response to the terminal determining that the configuration information carries the first identifier, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message on the public paging resource.

[0298] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the configuration information received by the terminal carries a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier is used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state; the second identifier is used to indicate that the network does not support the terminal to obtain paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state.

[0299] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0300] like Fig.15 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes:

[0301] Step 151: Receive configuration information sent by a base station via a broadcast message; or, receive configuration information sent by a base station via a dedicated message.

[0302] Here, the dedicated message may be an RRC message or other messages.

[0303] In one embodiment, in response to the broadcast message carrying the first identifier, it is determined that the network does not support paging the terminal using packet paging. Alternatively, in response to the broadcast message carrying the second identifier, it is determined that the network supports paging the terminal using packet paging.

[0304] In one embodiment, in response to the base station sending configuration information through a broadcast message, it is determined that the network supports paging the terminal in a packet paging manner. Alternatively, in response to the base station not broadcasting the configuration information, it is determined that the network does not support paging the terminal in a packet paging manner. Here, the configuration information may include paging group information.

[0305] In one embodiment, in response to the configuration information carrying the first identifier, it is determined that the network supports obtaining the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. Alternatively, in response to the configuration information carrying the second identifier, it is determined that the network does not support obtaining the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. In one embodiment, the first predetermined method is a method of receiving the paging packet information assigned by the network. The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting the paging packet information.

[0306] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0307] like Fig.16 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0308] Step 161: Sending configuration information of group paging to the terminal;

[0309] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; and the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0310] Here, the terminal can be but is not limited to a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a roadside unit (RSU, RoadSide Unit), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensor device and / or a medical device, etc.

[0311] For details, please refer to the description of the configuration information in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0312] In one embodiment, the group to which the terminal belongs can be determined by a base station or a core network element. The terminal will send the network the ability of the terminal to support paging the terminal by means of group paging. In one embodiment, only when the terminal has the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal. The terminal will receive the configuration information of group paging sent by the network. Otherwise, if the terminal does not have the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will not send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal.

[0313] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes identification information of the paging group allocated by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs according to the identification information. For example, when the identification information indicates "001", the terminal belongs to the first group.

[0314] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station sends configuration information of packet paging to a terminal; wherein the configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner; and the paging packet information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages. Here, after receiving the configuration information of packet paging, the terminal can determine whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner according to the configuration information. Compared with the method of always obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner when it is uncertain whether the network supports the predetermined manner, the paging failure can be reduced, which can improve the reliability of the network paging the terminal in the manner of packet paging.

[0315] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0316] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0317] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0318] The second predetermined mode is a mode of randomly selecting paging group information. In one embodiment, the first predetermined mode is indicated by a first identifier, and the second predetermined mode is indicated by a second identifier.

[0319] Similarly, for the specific description of the predetermined method, reference may be made to the description in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0320] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0321] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0322] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0323] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0324] Similarly, for the specific description of the paging group information, reference may be made to the description in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0325] like Fig.17 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0326] Step 171: Send the configuration information to the terminal via a broadcast message; or, send the configuration information to the terminal via a dedicated message.

[0327] Here, the dedicated message may be an RRC message.

[0328] In one embodiment, in response to the network not supporting paging the terminal in a packet paging manner, the broadcast message carries a first identifier. Alternatively, in response to the network supporting paging the terminal in a packet paging manner, the broadcast message carries a second identifier.

[0329] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting paging the terminal in a packet paging manner, the base station sends the configuration information via a broadcast message. Alternatively, in response to the network not supporting paging the terminal in a packet paging manner, the base station does not broadcast the configuration information. Here, the configuration information may include paging packet information.

[0330] In one embodiment, in response to the network supporting the acquisition of paging packet information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, the configuration information carries the first identifier. Alternatively, in response to the network not supporting the acquisition of paging packet information through the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, the configuration information carries the second identifier. In one embodiment, the first predetermined manner is a manner of receiving paging packet information assigned by the network. The second predetermined manner is a manner of randomly selecting paging packet information.

[0331] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0332] like Fig.18 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for group paging, wherein the method is executed by a base station, and the method includes:

[0333] Step 181: Send auxiliary information to the core network device;

[0334] The auxiliary information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner.

[0335] In one embodiment, the auxiliary information indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method. Alternatively, the auxiliary information indicates that the network supports the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method but does not support the second predetermined method. Alternatively, the auxiliary information indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method but supports the second predetermined method. Alternatively, the auxiliary information indicates that the network does not support the terminal to obtain the paging packet information through the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method.

[0336] In one embodiment, the auxiliary information is sent to the core network device using an NG interface establishment request message; or, the auxiliary information is sent to the core network device using an NG interface establishment response message.

[0337] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0338] like Fig.19 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for packet paging, wherein the method is performed by a core network device, and the method includes:

[0339] Step 191: Sending configuration information of group paging;

[0340] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; and the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0341] Here, the terminal can be but is not limited to a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a roadside unit (RSU, RoadSide Unit), a smart home terminal, an industrial sensor device and / or a medical device, etc.

[0342] Here, the network may be an access network and / or a core network. Among them, the equipment in the access network may be a base station; the equipment in the core network may be a core network equipment. It should be noted that the base station involved in the present disclosure may be an access device for a terminal to access the network. Here, the base station may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other evolved base stations.

[0343] For details, please refer to the description of the configuration information in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0344] In one embodiment, the group to which the terminal belongs can be determined by a base station or a core network element. The terminal will send the network the ability of the terminal to support paging the terminal by means of group paging. In one embodiment, only when the terminal has the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal. The terminal will receive the configuration information of group paging sent by the network. Otherwise, if the terminal does not have the ability to support paging the terminal by means of group paging, the network will not send the configuration information of group paging to the terminal.

[0345] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes identification information of the paging group allocated by the network. The terminal can determine the group to which the terminal belongs according to the identification information. For example, when the identification information indicates "001", the terminal belongs to the first group.

[0346] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0347] In one embodiment, the predetermined method includes one or more of the following:

[0348] The first predetermined mode is a mode for receiving paging packet information allocated by the network;

[0349] The second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

[0350] Similarly, for the specific description of the predetermined method, reference may be made to the description in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0351] In one embodiment, the paging group information includes one or more of the following:

[0352] Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network;

[0353] Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network;

[0354] Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

[0355] Similarly, for the specific description of the paging group information, reference may be made to the description in step 21, which will not be repeated here.

[0356] like Fig. 20 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for packet paging, wherein the method is performed by a core network device, and the method includes:

[0357] Step 201: Use a non-access layer NAS message to send the configuration information of the packet paging.

[0358] In one embodiment, the NAS message carries the packet paging information. In one embodiment, the NAS message indicates that the packet paging information is the packet paging information of the terminal in the RRC non-connected state. Here, the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC inactive state and / or the RRC idle state.

[0359] The configuration information is used to indicate: whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC idle state, and / or whether the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining paging packet information in a predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state.

[0360] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0361] like Fig.21 As shown, this embodiment provides a method for packet paging, wherein the method is performed by a core network device, and the method includes:

[0362] Step 211: Send configuration information to the base station using an NG interface establishment request message; or, send configuration information to the base station using an NG interface establishment response message.

[0363] In one embodiment, the configuration information may also be sent through one of the following information: an initial content establishment request message, a terminal content modification request message, a handshake request message, a path switching request response, and a paging message. In one embodiment, the paging message carries the packet paging information. In one embodiment, the paging message indicates that the packet paging information is the packet paging information of the terminal in the RRC non-connected state. Here, the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC inactive state and / or the RRC idle state.

[0364] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0365] In order to better understand the embodiments of the present disclosure, the technical solution of the present disclosure is described below through an exemplary embodiment:

[0366] Example 1:

[0367] The network will configure the paging grouping scheme for the terminal;

[0368] In one embodiment, the paging group information is provided or allocated by the network, or can be randomly selected by the terminal. Here, the paging group information is used by the terminal to determine the group to be monitored when monitoring the paging signal.

[0369] In one embodiment, the paging group information provided or allocated by the network may be a specifically allocated grouping ID.

[0370] In one embodiment, the paging packet information provided or allocated by the network may be a paging probability determined by the network, where the paging probability may be a probability that the terminal is paged.

[0371] In one embodiment, the paging packet information provided or allocated by the network may be a paging probability indication determined by the network. Here, the paging probability indication may be probability level information.

[0372] Here, the paging grouping scheme can be: A and / or B.

[0373] A. Which paging grouping scheme is used by the terminal. That is, whether the terminal uses the paging grouping provided by the network or randomly selects it.

[0374] In one embodiment, the network notifies the terminal that it only supports the paging grouping scheme provided by the network, but does not support the terminal to select the paging grouping scheme in a random manner.

[0375] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal may be: if the network provides paging group information, the terminal monitors according to the paging group information; otherwise, if the network does not provide paging group information, the terminal monitors according to the default paging group, or the terminal monitors according to the public paging resources (i.e., this type of paging resources is not used for paging groups).

[0376] In one embodiment, the network notifies the terminal that only random selection of paging grouping schemes is supported.

[0377] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal is as follows: after the terminal selects a paging group in a random manner, the terminal monitors according to the paging group information.

[0378] In one embodiment, the network notifies the terminal that it neither supports the network providing a paging grouping scheme nor supports the terminal selecting a paging grouping scheme in a random manner.

[0379] In one embodiment, if the network does not provide information about paging group resources, neither of the two methods is supported. In this case, the terminal will monitor on the public paging resources.

[0380] In one embodiment, the network notifies the terminal to support the network to provide a paging grouping scheme, and also supports the terminal to select a paging grouping scheme in a random manner.

[0381] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal is: if the network provides paging group information, the terminal monitors according to the paging group information;

[0382] Otherwise, if the network does not provide paging group information, the terminal will select a paging group randomly.

[0383] In one embodiment, the terminal selects a group as supported by default in a random manner, that is, if the base station configures paging group resource information, it implicitly expresses that this method must be supported.

[0384] At this time, the network only needs to provide whether it supports the network to provide a paging group solution on this basis.

[0385] Furthermore, if the network does not provide information about paging packet resources, neither method is supported.

[0386] B. Whether to distinguish which paging grouping scheme to use for different RRC states.

[0387] As an embodiment: the network notifies the terminal that only the idle state paging grouping scheme is supported, but not the inactive state paging grouping scheme.

[0388] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal is as follows: an idle terminal monitors according to the paging group information; an inactive terminal monitors according to the public paging resources.

[0389] As an embodiment: the network notifies the terminal that it does not support the idle state paging grouping scheme, but supports the inactive state paging grouping scheme.

[0390] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal is as follows: an idle terminal monitors according to the common paging resources; an inactive terminal monitors according to the paging group information.

[0391] In one embodiment, the network notifies the terminal that it supports an idle state paging grouping scheme and also supports an inactive state paging grouping scheme.

[0392] In one embodiment, the behavior of the terminal is: for terminals in two states, if the network provides paging group information, the terminal monitors according to the paging group information (the specific method may be according to the paging group scheme in A).

[0393] As an embodiment: the network notifies the terminal that it does not support the idle state paging grouping scheme, nor does it support the inactive state paging grouping scheme.

[0394] Here, the base station may inform the terminal or the protocol may pre-agreed on the paging grouping scheme.

[0395] In one embodiment, the base station notifies the terminal of the paging grouping scheme by broadcasting.

[0396] In one embodiment, the base station notifies the terminal through dedicated signaling (such as RRC release).

[0397] In one embodiment, the base station notifies the terminal by broadcasting, that is, a switch value of false means that the paging grouping scheme is not supported.

[0398] In one embodiment, the base station implicitly notifies the terminal by broadcasting, that is, not broadcasting the paging packet information means no support.

[0399] In one embodiment, the base station does not distinguish the RRC state, that is, shares a switch to indicate whether the grouping scheme is supported.

[0400] In one embodiment, the base station may inform the core network of the paging group indication status through auxiliary information.

[0401] In one embodiment, for the NR system, when the NG interface is established, the base station interacts with the core network through the NG SETUP request / response message.

[0402] Here, the core network can notify the terminal of the paging grouping scheme:

[0403] In one embodiment, the core network notifies the terminal via NAS which paging scheme to use.

[0404] For example, it is indicated in the NAS message that the paging group information is only used in the idle state.

[0405] Here, the core network also needs to inform the base station of the paging grouping scheme.

[0406] In one embodiment, the core network also needs to inform the base station that the paging group scheme is not supported or that the paging group scheme is enabled or disabled.

[0407] In one embodiment, the core network and the base station interact with the base station through non-UE related signaling. For example, for the NR system, when the NG interface is established, the base station interacts with the core network through the NG SETUP request / response message.

[0408] As an embodiment, the core network and the base station interact through UE-related signaling, for example, it can be one of the following: initial content establishment request message (INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST), terminal content modification request message (UECONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST), handshake request message (HANDOVER REQUEST), path switch request response (PATH SWITCH REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE) and paging message (Paging).

[0409] In one embodiment, it is indicated in the paging message that the paging group information is only used in the idle state.

[0410] like Fig. 22 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device for group paging, wherein the device includes:

[0411] The sending module 221 is used to send the configuration information of the packet paging to the terminal;

[0412] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0413] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0414] like Fig.23 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device for group paging, wherein the device includes:

[0415] The sending module 231 is used to send the configuration information of the packet paging to the terminal;

[0416] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0417] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0418] like Fig.24 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device for group paging, wherein the device includes:

[0419] The sending module 241 is used to send the configuration information of the group paging;

[0420] The configuration information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal obtaining the paging group information in a predetermined manner; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message.

[0421] It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0422] The present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device comprising:

[0423] processor;

[0424] a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

[0425] The processor is configured to implement the method applied to any embodiment of the present disclosure when running executable instructions.

[0426] The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-temporary computer storage media that can continue to memorize information stored thereon after the communication device loses power.

[0427] The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like to read the executable program stored in the memory.

[0428] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

[0429] Regarding the device in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment of the method, and will not be elaborated here.

[0430] like Fig.25 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

[0431] Reference Fig.25 The present embodiment shown provides a terminal 800, which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a message transceiver, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0432] Reference Fig.25The terminal 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power component 806 , a multimedia component 808 , an audio component 810 , an input / output (I / O) interface 812 , a sensor component 814 , and a communication component 816 .

[0433] The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operation of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0434] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the terminal 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as a static random access memory (SRAM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a magnetic memory, a flash memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0435] Power component 806 provides power to various components of terminal 800. Power component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to terminal 800.

[0436] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal 800 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 one or more touch sensors 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 duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the terminal 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera 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.

[0437] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the terminal 800 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 can be further stored in the memory 804 or sent via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0438] I / O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

[0439] The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the terminal 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 can detect the open / closed state of the terminal 800, the relative positioning of the components, such as the display and keypad of the terminal 800, and the sensor assembly 814 can also detect the position change of the terminal 800 or a component of the terminal 800, the presence or absence of contact between the user and the terminal 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the terminal 800 and the temperature change of the terminal 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

[0440] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal 800 and other devices. The terminal 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 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 816 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.

[0441] In an exemplary embodiment, terminal 800 can be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

[0442] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 804 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 820 of the terminal 800 to complete the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.

[0443] like Fig.26 As shown, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 can be provided as a network side device. Fig.26 The base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as an application. The application stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any method of the aforementioned method applied in the base station.

[0444] The base station 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, Mac OS X TM, Unix TM, Linux TM, FreeBSD TM or the like.

[0445] 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 invention are indicated by the following claims.

[0446] It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction that has 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 invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for group paging, wherein: The method is executed by a terminal, and includes: receiving configuration information for packet paging; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message; the configuration information carries a first identifier; When the first identifier is a first value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in a first predetermined manner and a second predetermined manner; or, when the first identifier is a fourth value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner; The first predetermined method is a method of receiving paging group information allocated by the network; the second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: When the first identifier is a third value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The paging group information includes one or more of the following: Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network; Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network; Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to the network not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information by using the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, it is determined to monitor the paging message on a common paging resource.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to the network supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information by the first predetermined manner and the second predetermined manner, a manner of monitoring paging messages is determined according to a result of receiving the paging group information sent by the network.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The method of determining the way of monitoring the paging message according to the result of receiving the paging group information sent by the network includes: In response to receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to the paging group information; or, In response to not receiving the paging group information sent by the network, determining to monitor the paging message according to the randomly selected paging group information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to the network supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in a predetermined manner in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state and not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in an RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message according to the paging group information; or, In response to the network supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message on a common paging resource; or, In response to the network not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC idle state monitors the paging message on a common paging resource; or, In response to the network not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC inactive state monitors the paging message according to the paging group information; or, In response to the network supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC non-connected state monitors the paging message according to the paging group information sent by the network; wherein the RRC non-connected state includes the RRC idle state and the RRC inactive state; or, In response to the network not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC idle state and not supporting the terminal to determine the paging group information in the predetermined manner in the RRC inactive state, the terminal in the RRC unconnected state monitors the paging message on a common paging resource; The predetermined method includes the first predetermined method and the second predetermined method.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The configuration information for receiving packet paging includes: Receiving the configuration information sent by the base station via a broadcast message; or, The configuration information sent by the base station through a dedicated message is received.

9. A method for group paging, wherein: The method is executed by a terminal, and includes: receiving configuration information for packet paging; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support paging the terminal in a packet paging manner; When the configuration information includes paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network supports paging the terminal by using group paging; when the configuration information does not include the paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support paging the terminal by using group paging; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to the configuration information not including the paging group information, it is determined to monitor the paging message on a paging resource not used for a paging group.

11. A method for group paging, wherein: The method is performed by a base station, and the method includes: Sending configuration information of packet paging to the terminal; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message; the configuration information carries a first identifier; When the first identifier is a first value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in a first predetermined manner and a second predetermined manner; or, when the first identifier is a fourth value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner; The first predetermined method is a method of receiving paging group information allocated by the network; the second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The method further comprises: When the first identifier is a third value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The paging group information includes one or more of the following: Identification information of the paging packet assigned by the network; Paging probability information of the terminal being paged determined by the network; Probability level information of the paging probability of the terminal being paged, determined by the network.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The sending of the configuration information of the packet paging to the terminal includes: Sending the configuration information to the terminal via a broadcast message; or, The configuration information is sent to the terminal through a dedicated message.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein: The method further comprises: Send auxiliary information to core network equipment; The auxiliary information is at least used to indicate: the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein: The sending of auxiliary information to the core network device includes: Sending the auxiliary information to the core network device using an NG interface establishment request message; or, The auxiliary information is sent to the core network device by using the NG interface establishment response message.

17. A method for group paging, wherein: The method is performed by a base station, and the method includes: Sending configuration information of packet paging to the terminal; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support paging the terminal in a packet paging manner; When the configuration information includes paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network supports paging the terminal by using group paging; when the configuration information does not include the paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support paging the terminal by using group paging; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein: The method further comprises: In response to the configuration information not including the paging group information, instructing the terminal to monitor the paging message on a paging resource not used for a paging group.

19. A packet paging device, wherein: The device comprises: A first receiving module, used for receiving configuration information of packet paging; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message; the configuration information carries a first identifier; When the first identifier is a first value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in a first predetermined manner and a second predetermined manner; or, when the first identifier is a fourth value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner; The first predetermined method is a method of receiving paging group information allocated by the network; the second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

20. A packet paging device, wherein: The device comprises: A second receiving module, used for receiving configuration information of packet paging; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support paging the terminal in a packet paging manner; When the configuration information includes paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network supports paging the terminal by using group paging; when the configuration information does not include the paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support paging the terminal by using group paging; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages.

21. A packet paging device, wherein: The device comprises: A first sending module, used for sending configuration information of packet paging to a terminal; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor the paging message; the configuration information carries a first identifier; When the first identifier is a first value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in a first predetermined manner and a second predetermined manner; or, when the first identifier is a fourth value, the first identifier indicates that the network supports the terminal to determine the paging group information in the second predetermined manner but does not support the terminal to determine the paging group information in the first predetermined manner; The first predetermined method is a method of receiving paging group information allocated by the network; the second predetermined method is a method of randomly selecting paging group information.

22. A packet paging device, wherein: The device comprises: A second sending module, used for sending configuration information of packet paging to the terminal; The configuration information is used to indicate whether the network supports or does not support paging the terminal in a packet paging manner; When the configuration information includes paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network supports paging the terminal by using group paging; when the configuration information does not include the paging group information, the configuration information indicates that the network does not support paging the terminal by using group paging; the paging group information is used for the terminal to monitor paging messages.

23. A communication device, wherein: include: Memory; The processor is connected to the antenna and the memory respectively, and is configured to control the transmission and reception of the antenna by executing computer executable instructions stored in the memory, and can implement the method described in any one of claims 1 to 8, 9 or 10, 11 to 16, 17 or 18.

24. A computer storage medium storing computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions can implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 8, 9 or 10, 11 to 16, 17 or 18 after being executed by a processor.

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