Paging processing method and device, terminal and network side equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a paging processing method and device, a terminal and network side equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication, and the paging processing method comprises the steps that the terminal obtains configuration information of a first reference signal; the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; wherein the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following items: monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information; and monitoring of the paging message is assisted.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and particularly relates to a paging processing method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side device. Background Art

[0002] In future communication systems, in order to further reduce network energy consumption, increasing the transmission period of periodic reference signals is one of the key solutions for network energy saving. However, since the detection of communication channels or signals depends on the reception of reference signals, increasing the transmission period of reference signals will also cause a delay in channel quality measurement, affecting the detection performance of communication channels or signals, such as paging messages, resulting in poor communication reliability. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Embodiments of this application provide a paging processing method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side device, which can solve the problem of poor communication reliability caused by the SSB design with a large period.

[0004] In a first aspect, a paging processing method is provided, including:

[0005] A terminal obtains configuration information of a first reference signal;

[0006] The terminal listens for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0007] Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0008] Assisting in listening for paging advance indication information;

[0009] Assisting in listening for paging messages.

[0010] In a second aspect, a paging processing method is provided, including:

[0011] A network-side device transmits a first reference signal;

[0012] Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0013] Assisting in listening for paging advance indication information;

[0014] Assisting in listening for paging messages.

[0015] In a third aspect, a paging processing apparatus is provided, including:

[0016] An obtaining module, configured to obtain configuration information of a first reference signal;

[0017] A listening module, configured to listen for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0018] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0019] Assisting in the monitoring of paging advance indication information;

[0020] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0021] In a fourth aspect, a paging processing device is provided, including:

[0022] A sending module, configured to send a first reference signal;

[0023] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0024] Assisting in the monitoring of paging advance indication information;

[0025] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0026] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0027] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface. Among them, the communication interface is configured to obtain configuration information of a first reference signal; monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0028] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0029] Assisting in the monitoring of paging advance indication information;

[0030] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0031] In a seventh aspect, a network-side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0032] In an eighth aspect, a network-side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface. Among them, the communication interface is configured to send a first reference signal;

[0033] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0034] Assisting in the monitoring of paging advance indication information;

[0035] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0036] In a ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instructions are stored, and when the program or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0037] In a tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, including: a terminal and a network-side device, where the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network-side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0038] In an eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the method described in the second aspect.

[0039] In a twelfth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, the computer program / program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the method described in the second aspect.

[0040] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the first reference signal; the terminal listens for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: assisting in listening for paging advance indication information; assisting in listening for paging messages. Since at least one of listening for paging advance indication information and paging messages is assisted by the first reference signal, this can avoid the cycle of the SSB being too large, resulting in the inability to support the demodulation of paging advance indication information and paging messages. Therefore, the embodiments of the present application improve the reliability of communication. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied;

[0042] Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a paging processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0043] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a paging processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0044] Figure 4 is a schematic flow chart of another paging processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0045] Figure 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a paging processing device provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0046] Figure 6 It is a schematic structural diagram of another paging processing device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0048] Figure 8 It is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] Figure 9 It is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device provided by an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0050] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, rather than to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are usually of the same category, and do not limit the number of objects. For example, the first object can be one or multiple. In addition, "or" in the present application means at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three scenarios, that is, Scenario 1: including A and not including B; Scenario 2: including B and not including A; Scenario 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0051] The term "indication" in the present application can be either a direct indication (or an explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or an implicit indication). Among them, a direct indication can be understood as that the sender clearly informs the receiver of specific information, operations to be performed, or request results, etc. in the sent indication; an indirect indication can be understood as that the receiver determines the corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sender, or makes a judgment and determines the operations to be performed or request results, etc. according to the judgment result.

[0052] It should be noted that the technology described in the embodiments of this application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes the New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and the NR term is used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than the NR system, such as the 6th Generation (6 th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0053] Figure 1A block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application can be applied is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device, a flight vehicle, a vehicle user equipment (VUE), a shipborne device, a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, TVs, washing machines, or furniture, etc.), a game console, a personal computer (PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart earphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart ankle chains, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle user equipment can also be referred to as a vehicle terminal, a vehicle controller, a vehicle module, a vehicle component, a vehicle chip, or a vehicle unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The network-side device 12 can include an access network device or a core network device. Among them, the access network device can also be referred to as a radio access network (RAN) device, a radio access network function, or a radio access network unit. The access network device can include a base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP), or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), access point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), home Node B (HNB), home evolved Node B, Transmission Reception Point (TRP), or some other suitable term in the art. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiments of this application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0054] For ease of understanding, some content related to the embodiments of this application is described below:

[0055] In the idle state, the terminal needs to perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements and paging PDCCH monitoring in each paging cycle. The PDCCH is the PDCCH scrambled with a paging - Radio Network Temporary Identifier (P - RNTI) for Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). The terminal then receives the corresponding paging Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) according to the scheduling of the detected paging PDCCH. However, since the paging probability of a group of terminals in a paging occasion (PO) is generally about 10%, the terminal will not receive its own paging in about 90% of the cases, and the power consumption of paging monitoring in these 90% of the cases is wasted.

[0056] To reduce the power consumption of the terminal, paging early indication information (PEI) is introduced. Before receiving the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the terminal first receives the PEI. The terminal makes an early judgment based on the indication in the PEI on whether it needs to monitor the subsequent paging PDCCH. If the PEI indicates that the UE does not monitor paging, the terminal can skip the reception of one or more SSBs before paging and skip the reception of paging PDCCH or paging PDSCH, thereby saving power consumption.

[0057] In a future communication system, such as 6G, if an SSB design with a large period is adopted, the terminal will not have enough SSB monitoring opportunities to support paging monitoring, resulting in poor paging reliability. For this reason, the paging processing method of this application is proposed.

[0058] It should be noted that in a future communication system, the SSB can be replaced by other signals with similar functions to the SSB. In the following embodiments, the SSB is used to represent a reference signal with at least one function such as synchronization, cell search, cell access, cell selection, channel measurement, and mobility measurement for description.

[0059] The paging processing method provided by the embodiments of this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through some embodiments and their application scenarios.

[0060] Refer to Figure 2 , the embodiments of this application provide a paging processing method. As Figure 2 shown, the paging processing method includes:

[0061] Step 201, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0062] Step 202, the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0063] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0064] Assisting in the monitoring of paging early indication information;

[0065] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0066] It can be understood that the above "assisting" can be understood or replaced by "helping" or "used for".

[0067] It can be understood that the above "monitoring" can be understood or replaced by "detecting", "receiving", or "monitoring", etc.

[0068] In the embodiments of the present application, at least one of the relevant information for demodulating the paging advance indication information and the relevant information for demodulating the paging message can be obtained based on the monitoring and detection of the first reference signal. In this way, when there are not enough SSBs, the relevant information sufficient to support the demodulation of the paging message and the paging advance indication information can still be obtained, so that the terminal can demodulate the paging advance indication information and the paging message, thereby improving the reliability of paging.

[0069] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above first reference signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, Secondary Synchronisation Signal (SSS), Primary Synchronisation Signal (PSS), Phase-tracking reference signal (TRS), and Channel State Information reference signal (CSI-RS).

[0070] In some embodiments, the network-side device may configure two or more sets of reference signal configurations. One set of reference signal configuration information is the configuration information of the first reference signal. It can be understood that the network-side device configures a set of first reference signal configurations associated with paging message monitoring. Optionally, the first reference signal may be a periodic reference signal or an aperiodic reference signal. Further, the network-side device enables the above first reference signal configuration through PEI or paging indication. That is, the above first reference signal configuration can be enabled through dynamic indication. In another embodiment, the configuration information of the first reference signal is configured through high-layer configuration and PEI or paging indication. For example, part of the configuration information of the first reference signal (such as other configuration information except the time-domain configuration) is configured through high-layer configuration, and the time-domain configuration information of the first reference signal is configured through PEI or paging indication. For example, the paging PDCCH or PEI indicates the monitoring timing of the first reference signal by indicating the time offset of the first reference signal. For example, taking the first reference signal as SSB as an example for illustration.

[0071] In one embodiment, part of the configuration information of the first reference signal may share the same parameter configuration with the second reference signal or other reference signals except the first reference signal. For example, the first reference signal is SSB, and the second reference signal is also SSB. These two SSBs share the same part of the configuration information. Another example is that these two SSBs each configure their own time-frequency domain position information, that is, the time-frequency domain position information of the two is different or independently configured.

[0072] In some embodiments, the network - side device may configure two sets of SSB configuration information for the terminal through high - layer signaling. Among them, the first set of SSB configuration information can be understood as at least part of the configuration information of the first reference signal, and the second set of SSB configuration information can be understood as the periodic SSB configuration information defined by the current protocol. Optionally, the network - side device may carry information indicating whether to enable the first set of SSB configuration information in the PEI, paging message, or high - layer signaling to indicate whether to enable the first reference signal. Among them, the information indicating whether to enable the first set of SSB configuration information carried in the PEI or high - layer signaling can also be understood as the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0073] In some embodiments, the network - side device may configure one set of SSB configuration information for the terminal through high - layer signaling, that is, the periodic SSB configuration information defined by the current protocol. The network - side device may carry the time - domain configuration information of the SSB in the PEI, and the combination of the time - domain configuration information of the SSB and part of the configuration information in the periodic SSB configuration information defined by the protocol (such as other configuration information of the SSB except the time - domain configuration) obtains the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0074] It can be understood that the paging message includes at least one of paging PDCCH and paging PDSCH.

[0075] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal obtains the configuration information of the first reference signal; the terminal listens for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: assisting in listening for paging early indication information; assisting in listening for paging messages. Since the first reference signal assists in at least one of listening for paging early indication information and paging messages, this can avoid the SSB period being too large, resulting in the inability to support the demodulation of paging early indication information and paging messages. Therefore, the embodiments of the present application improve the reliability of communication.

[0076] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following: mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of transmission and reception point (TRP); handover of TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; de - activation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0077] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can perform at least one of the following based on the monitoring of the first reference signal: mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of the transmission and reception point (TRP); handover of the TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation. In this way, multiple different functions can be implemented through the first reference signal, thereby reducing resource overhead.

[0078] It should be noted that when the first reference signal is used for random access resource selection, the random access resource can be configured to be associated with the first reference signal.

[0079] Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal, and the terminal's monitoring of the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal includes:

[0080] When the first reference signal is enabled, the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0081] In the embodiments of the present application, since the configuration information of the first reference signal configures information on whether to enable the first reference signal, the first reference signal can be flexibly enabled according to time requirements, thereby improving the flexibility of monitoring the first reference signal. For example, in some embodiments, after the network-side device sends the configuration information of the first reference signal, the first reference signal can be dynamically enabled or disabled through subsequent indications.

[0082] Optionally, the above-mentioned whether to enable can be understood or replaced with whether to be available, and can also be understood as whether to activate or deactivate.

[0083] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0084] Before the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the first time interval;

[0085] Between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information;

[0086] After the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval;

[0087] After the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is the third time interval;

[0088] Before the paging occasion and the interval from the paging occasion is less than or equal to a fourth time interval.

[0089] In an embodiment of the present application, the first reference signal corresponding to the first listening occasion before the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located can be used to assist at least one of the following: listening for the current paging advance indication information and listening for the paging message of the paging occasion associated with the current paging advance indication information.

[0090] The first reference signal corresponding to the first listening occasion between the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication information can be used to assist at least one of the following: listening for the paging message of the paging occasion associated with the current paging advance indication information and listening for the next paging advance indication information.

[0091] The first reference signal corresponding to the first listening occasion after the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the time interval from the second listening occasion is less than or equal to a second time interval can be used to assist at least one of the following: listening for the paging message of the paging occasion associated with the current paging advance indication information and listening for the next paging advance indication information.

[0092] The first reference signal corresponding to the first listening occasion before the paging occasion and the interval from the paging occasion is less than or equal to a fourth time interval can be used to assist at least one of the following: listening for the paging message of the paging occasion associated with the current paging advance indication information and listening for the next paging advance indication information.

[0093] Optionally, in the case where the paging advance indication information is associated with multiple paging occasions, the positional relationship between the first listening occasion and the paging time can be understood as the positional relationship between the first listening occasion and the first paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication information, and the first paging occasion is the paging occasion closest to the paging advance indication information. For example, the first listening occasion of the first reference signal being before the paging occasion can be understood as: the first listening occasion of the first reference signal is before the first paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0094] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0095] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0096] The relative positional relationship of the time-frequency resources of the respective components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative positional relationship of the time-frequency resources of the respective components of the second reference signal;

[0097] Among them, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0098] For example, the first reference signal is SSS.

[0099] Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0100] The signal type of the first reference signal;

[0101] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0102] The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0103] The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal, where the offset information is used to represent the offset of the first listening opportunity relative to the target opportunity, and the target opportunity includes a paging opportunity or a second listening opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0104] The port information of the first reference signal;

[0105] The resource list of the first reference signal;

[0106] The repetition times of the first reference signal;

[0107] The effective delay of the first reference signal;

[0108] The transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0109] The activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0110] In the embodiments of the present application, the above other reference signal may be SSB. The above association relationship may include a Quasi co-location (QCL) association relationship, and the types of quasi co-location include C and D. For example, the first reference signal index1 is associated with SSB index1, and there is a QCL type D relationship between the two.

[0111] According to 3GPP specification 38.214 5.1.5, there are the following four types of QCL, namely QCL TypeA, QCL TypeB, QCL TypeC, and QCL TypeD. These four types indicate which large-scale channel characteristics are common in the antenna port group.

[0112] 'QCL-TypeA': {Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread};

[0113] 'QCL-TypeB': {Doppler shift, Doppler spread};

[0114] 'QCL-TypeC': {Doppler shift, average delay};

[0115] 'QCL-TypeD': {Spatial Rx parameter}.

[0116] Among them, Doppler Shift: Doppler shift is the frequency change of a radio signal relative to the movement of the receiver. For example, the gNB transmits a radio signal with a frequency of "X", but the receiver (UE) is in a mobility state away from the gNB, so that the frequency of the same radio signal changes to "Y" when it reaches the UE due to the distance (due to the transmission time). This phenomenon is called Doppler shift. An example in real life is the sound emitted by a speeding train approaching a platform and making people standing on the platform accelerate away. This is the Doppler shift of sound waves.

[0117] Doppler Spread: Doppler spread is called the fading rate, and the difference in the signal frequency at Tx and Rx relative to time is called Doppler broadening. For example: The rate of change of the train sound over time is called Doppler spread.

[0118] Average Delay: When a signal is transmitted from multiple antennas, it reaches the receiver through multipath reflections of the surrounding clutter. In a multipath scenario, the average time taken to receive all multipath components at the receiver is called the average delay.

[0119] Delay Spread: The difference between the arrival time of the earliest effective multipath component (i.e., the normal line-of-sight component) and the arrival time of the last multipath component is called the delay spread.

[0120] Spatial Receiver Parameter: The spatial receiver parameter refers to the beamforming characteristics of the downlink received signal, such as the main arrival angle, average arrival angle, etc.

[0121] Optionally, the time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal may include the starting position or relative offset of the first reference signal in the time domain or frequency domain, and the size of the time-frequency domain resource it occupies; alternatively, it may include the time-frequency domain pattern of the first reference signal.

[0122] Optionally, the above resource list may include one or more first reference signal resources configured with the above configuration information.

[0123] Optionally, the network-side device may flexibly indicate to configure or activate the first reference signal with certain of the above parameter characteristics.

[0124] Optionally, the above number of repetitions may be understood as the number of repetitions in one transmission opportunity.

[0125] Optionally, in some embodiments, the acquisition methods of the configuration information of the first reference signal include at least one of the following:

[0126] Configured by the higher-layer information of the network-side device;

[0127] Agreed by the protocol;

[0128] Indicated by physical layer signaling or signals.

[0129] Optionally, the above physical layer signaling or signals may include paging advance indication information or paging PDCCH.

[0130] Optionally, the configuration information of the first signal may be carried by multi-level signaling. For example, the configuration information of the first signal is configured by the higher-layer information of the network-side device, but the activation and deactivation of the first reference signal are carried by layer 1 signaling. Another example is that the configuration information of the first reference signal is predefined by the protocol, but the activation and deactivation of the first reference signal are carried by layer 1 signaling.

[0131] Optionally, in some embodiments, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0132] The activation state of the first reference signal;

[0133] The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0134] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0135] In the embodiments of the present application, one or more first reference signals to be activated or deactivated, or one or more groups of first reference signals, where each group of first reference signals has different characteristics or configurations, may be indicated by means of a bitstring or a bitmap.

[0136] Optionally, when the offset value of the above offset information is specific, it can be considered that the first reference signal is disabled or unavailable or deactivated.

[0137] Optionally, in some embodiments, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the monitoring of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information. This can improve the pertinence of the target indication information, so that the first reference information can be flexibly used to assist the monitoring of the paging message. For example, when there are a sufficient number of SSBs between the second monitoring occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication information, the first reference signal can be disabled, thus saving the power and resource overhead of the terminal. Therefore, in the embodiments of the present application, resource overhead can be saved while ensuring the reliability of paging monitoring.

[0138] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0139] When a second preset condition is met, the terminal determines not to monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring occasion of the first reference signal;

[0140] Wherein, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0141] The paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor the paging message;

[0142] The second reference signal between the second monitoring occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets a first preset condition;

[0143] Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of the second reference signals is greater than a first preset threshold; the number of the second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is greater than a third preset threshold.

[0144] In the embodiments of the present application, when the second preset condition is met, the terminal does not monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring occasion of the first reference signal, so as to avoid ineffective or unnecessary monitoring of the first reference signal, thereby saving the power of the terminal.

[0145] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal. In the embodiments of the present application, the above second reference signal may be a periodic reference signal, for example, it may be an SSB or an SSB defined by the cell.

[0146] Optionally, the first reference signal may be repeated by referring to the most recent periodic SSB transmission as a copy.

[0147] It should be understood that in the case where the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the SSB, the configuration information of the first reference signal may only include the time-domain position information of the SSB repeated transmission. In this case, the content of the configuration information of the first reference signal that needs to be agreed upon by the network-side device or protocol can be reduced a lot, thereby reducing the protocol complexity.

[0148] Optionally, in some embodiments, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0149] Optionally, the low-power wake-up signal is received by a low-power wake-up receiver (LP-WUR).

[0150] For a better understanding of the present application, the following will be described by means of some examples.

[0151] The application scenarios of the first reference signal are as follows: The network-side device configures a very large periodic SSB period, resulting in a large interval between the paging advance indication information or the monitoring of the paging occasion and the SSB occasion. The terminal needs to wake up frequently to monitor, and cannot directly enter deep sleep after continuously monitoring all the content, that is, it causes the power consumption of the terminal to increase. In addition, if the terminal does not have enough SSB monitoring between the paging advance indication and the paging occasion, the terminal may not be able to correctly demodulate the paging information, resulting in a decline in communication performance.

[0152] To solve this problem, the network-side device can configure the first reference signal to supplement the scenario where the SSB monitoring occasion is insufficient, or to reduce the distance between the reference signal and the monitoring of the paging advance indication or the paging occasion, so as to achieve the effect of terminal energy saving.

[0153] In one example, as Figure 3 shown, a paging advance indication association indication (the association relationship is indicated by an arrow) indicates all the POs in two paging frames. Taking the SSB period example 1 as an example, there are two SSB monitoring occasions in the interval 1 between the paging advance indication and the associated paging occasion (which is directly represented by the granularity of the paging frame (PF) in the figure, and there are 4 POs in one paging frame), only 1 SSB exists in the interval 2, 2 SSBs exist in the interval 3, and 1 SSB exists in the interval 4. Taking the SSB period example 2 as an example, as the SSB period increases, there is 1 SSB monitoring occasion in the interval 1, no SSB exists in the interval 2, 1 SSB exists in the interval 3, and no SSB exists in the interval 4. Then in this case, for a terminal with poor coverage, relying only on the periodic SSB monitoring is not enough to support the demodulation of the paging information. Therefore, in this embodiment, the network-side device configures the first reference signal, as Figure 3 shown.

[0154] Taking SSB period example 1 as an example, the timing of the first reference signal is before the paging occasion, but it is not available before every paging occasion. For example, Figure 3 As shown, the timing of the first reference signal is before PF0, PF2, PF4, and PF6.

[0155] In one example, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of part or all of the SSB.

[0156] In one example, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the SSS in the SSB. For example, Figure 3 As described, the SSS is a repetition of the SSS in the nearest periodic SSB transmission.

[0157] Optionally, the paging advance indication information indicates at least one of the following: the listening position or transmission position of the first reference signal; the repetition times of the first reference signal.

[0158] In one example, the indication of the first reference signal by the paging advance indication information is for the listening of the paging occasion to which it is associated.

[0159] In one example, the relevant parameters of the first parameter signal including the listening occasion of the first reference signal are configured by the network side device.

[0160] In one example, the configuration information of the first reference signal is configured by the network, but the listening occasion of the first reference signal is dynamically indicated by the paging advance indication information or the paging information.

[0161] In one example, the type of the first reference signal can be at least one of SSB, SSS, PSS, TRS, and CSI-RS.

[0162] In one example, when the paging advance indication information indicates not to listen to the paging, the terminal does not listen to the first reference signal at the first listening occasion of the first reference signal; for example, Figure 3 As shown, the paging advance indication information 4 indicates that the terminal does not listen to the paging occasion, then the terminal does not need to listen to the first reference signal, so it does not listen at the listening occasion of the first reference signal in interval 4 (such as Figure 3 the listening occasion corresponding to the dashed box in). When there is no paging requirement for the terminals associated with PF6 and 7, the network side device can achieve not sending the first reference signal before PF6.

[0163] In some embodiments, when the paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor paging, the network-side device will not indicate the first reference signal to the terminal, that is, the network-side device will not activate the first reference signal associated with this paging occasion. In fact, on the premise that the network sends SSBs (second reference signals) with a large transmission period, although it is still necessary to consider supplementing the transmission of the first reference signal to meet the detection requirements for the terminal to monitor paging messages, since the probability that a terminal associated with a paging occasion is paged is very low, for example, 10%, the probability that the network-side device supplements the transmission of the first reference signal is also very low. Then, in the other 90% of the cases, the network-side device can still obtain network energy-saving gains through the transmission of SSBs with a large transmission period.

[0164] It should be noted that in one embodiment, the first reference signal is an additional reference signal sent when the network-side device sends a second reference signal (for example, the second reference signal is a periodic SSB and the SSB transmission period is long).

[0165] In one example, the network-side device can configure or indicate the timing information of the first first reference signal through paging advance indication or paging information. For example, the network-side device configures or dynamically indicates the offset of the first reference signal relative to the paging advance indication, or relative to the paging frame or paging occasion.

[0166] In one example, when the paging advance indication information is associated with multiple paging occasions (as Figure 3 shown, one paging advance indication is associated with indicating all POs in two paging frames), the network-side device configures or dynamically indicates the offset of the first reference signal relative to the first paging frame or paging occasion in the paging frame or paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication. For example, Figure 3 in, the timing of the first reference signal is configured relative to PF0, PF2, PF4, PF6. PF0, PF2, PF4, PF6 are the first PF associated with their respective paging advance indications.

[0167] Optionally, the type of the above paging advance indication information can be DCI or LP-WUS.

[0168] In one example, the paging advance indication information is LP-WUS. The position of the first reference signal is configured relative to LP-WUS. For example, the timing of the first reference signal is at a specific time interval after LP-WUS. Optionally, the specific time interval is related to the wake-up conversion delay.

[0169] Optionally, multiple sets of first reference signal resources or resource sets can be configured. The configuration information of the first reference signal in each set of first reference signal resources or resource sets can be configured independently and can be the same or different. For example, there are a total of 4 sets of first reference signal resource sets, and the configuration of the first reference signal resources in each set of first reference signal resource sets is the same.

[0170] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0171] The signal type of the first reference signal;

[0172] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the SSB;

[0173] The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0174] The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal, where the offset information is used to represent the offset information of the first listening opportunity relative to the target opportunity, and the target opportunity includes the paging opportunity or the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located;

[0175] The port information of the first reference signal;

[0176] The resource list of the first reference signal;

[0177] The repetition times of the first reference signal;

[0178] The effective delay of the first reference signal;

[0179] The transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0180] The activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0181] In the above-mentioned association relationship between the first reference signal and the SSB, it is possible to associate the resource sets of different first reference signals with the same SSB index. And the number of resource sets of the first reference signal associated with different SSB indexes can be the same or different.

[0182] Referring to Figure 4 , an embodiment of the present application also provides a paging processing method, as Figure 4 shown, the paging processing method includes:

[0183] Step 401, the network side device sends a first reference signal;

[0184] Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0185] Assisting in the listening of paging advance indication information;

[0186] Listening for the auxiliary paging message.

[0187] Optionally, the network device sending the first reference signal includes:

[0188] The network device sends the first reference signal when the second reference signal between the second listening opportunity corresponding to the paging advance indication information and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information meets the first preset condition.

[0189] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0190] The network device sends the configuration information of the first reference signal to the terminal.

[0191] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0192] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of the transmission reception point (TRP); handover of the TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0193] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal.

[0194] Optionally, the first reference signal meets at least one of the following:

[0195] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0196] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0197] Wherein, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a phase tracking reference signal (TRS).

[0198] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0199] The signal type of the first reference signal;

[0200] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0201] The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0202] The offset information of the first listening occasion of the first reference signal, where the offset information is used to represent the offset of the first listening occasion relative to a target occasion, and the target occasion includes a paging occasion or a second listening occasion where paging advance indication information is located;

[0203] The port information of the first reference signal;

[0204] The resource list of the first reference signal;

[0205] The repetition times of the first reference signal;

[0206] The effective delay of the first reference signal;

[0207] The transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0208] The activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activated or deactivated.

[0209] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0210] The activation state of the first reference signal;

[0211] The offset information of the first listening occasion of the first reference signal;

[0212] The repetition times of the first reference signal.

[0213] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the monitoring of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0214] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of a second reference signal.

[0215] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0216] In the paging processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be a paging processing device. In the embodiments of the present application, taking the paging processing device executing the paging processing method as an example, the paging processing device provided by the embodiments of the present application is described.

[0217] Referring to Figure 5 In addition, the embodiments of the present application further provide a paging processing device, as shown in Figure 5 As shown, the paging processing device 500 includes:

[0218] An acquisition module 501, configured to acquire the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0219] The monitoring module 502 is configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0220] Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0221] Assisting in the monitoring of paging advance indication information;

[0222] Assisting in the monitoring of paging messages.

[0223] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0224] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of transmission and reception point (TRP); handover of TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0225] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal. Specifically, the monitoring module 502 is configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal when the first reference signal is enabled.

[0226] Optionally, the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0227] Before the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second listening opportunity is less than or equal to the first time interval;

[0228] Between the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information;

[0229] After the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second listening opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval;

[0230] After the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second listening opportunity is the third time interval;

[0231] Before the paging opportunity, and the interval from the paging opportunity is less than or equal to the fourth time interval.

[0232] Optionally, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0233] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0234] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0235] Wherein, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0236] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0237] The signal type of the first reference signal;

[0238] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0239] The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0240] The offset information of the first listening occasion of the first reference signal, where the offset information is used to represent the offset information of the first listening occasion relative to a target occasion, and the target occasion includes a paging occasion or a second listening occasion where paging advance indication information is located;

[0241] The port information of the first reference signal;

[0242] The resource list of the first reference signal;

[0243] The repetition times of the first reference signal;

[0244] The effective delay of the first reference signal;

[0245] The transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0246] The activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes active or deactivated.

[0247] Optionally, the acquisition method of the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0248] Configured by the higher-layer information of the network-side device;

[0249] Protocol convention;

[0250] Physical layer signaling or signal indication.

[0251] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0252] The activation state of the first reference signal;

[0253] The offset information of the first listening occasion of the first reference signal;

[0254] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0255] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the monitoring of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0256] Optionally, the monitoring module 502 is specifically configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal when a second reference signal between the second monitoring occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located satisfies a first preset condition;

[0257] Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0258] The number of second reference signals is less than or equal to a first preset threshold;

[0259] The number of second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is less than or equal to a third preset threshold.

[0260] Optionally, the paging processing device 500 further includes a determination module, configured to determine not to monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring occasion of the first reference signal when a second preset condition is satisfied;

[0261] Wherein, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0262] The paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor the paging message;

[0263] The second reference signal between the second monitoring occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located satisfies the first preset condition;

[0264] Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of the second reference signals is greater than the first preset threshold; the number of second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to the second preset threshold is greater than the third preset threshold.

[0265] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

[0266] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0267] Referring to Figure 6 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a paging processing device, as Figure 6 shown, the paging processing device 600 includes:

[0268] A sending module 601, configured to send a first reference signal;

[0269] Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0270] Assisting in listening for paging advance indication information;

[0271] Assisting in listening for paging messages.

[0272] Optionally, the sending module 601 is specifically configured to send the first reference signal when a second reference signal between a second listening opportunity corresponding to paging advance indication information and a paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information meets a first preset condition

[0273] Optionally, the sending module 601 is further configured to send configuration information of the first reference signal to a terminal.

[0274] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0275] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of a transmission reception point (TRP); handover of a TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0276] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal.

[0277] Optionally, the first reference signal meets at least one of the following:

[0278] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of a second reference signal;

[0279] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the respective components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the respective components of the second reference signal;

[0280] Wherein, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a phase tracking reference signal (TRS).

[0281] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0282] The signal type of the first reference signal;

[0283] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0284] The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0285] The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal, where the offset information is used to represent the offset of the first listening opportunity relative to a target opportunity, and the target opportunity includes a paging opportunity or a second listening opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0286] The port information of the first reference signal;

[0287] The resource list of the first reference signal;

[0288] The repetition times of the first reference signal;

[0289] The effective delay of the first reference signal;

[0290] The transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0291] The activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes active or deactivated.

[0292] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0293] The activation state of the first reference signal;

[0294] The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0295] The repetition times of the first reference signal.

[0296] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the listening of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0297] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of a second reference signal.

[0298] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0299] The paging processing device in the embodiments of the present application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal or other devices other than a terminal. Exemplarily, the terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, and other devices may be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0300] The paging processing device provided in the embodiments of the present application can implement Figures 2 to 4The various processes implemented by the method embodiments achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0301] As Figure 7 shown, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702. A program or instruction that can run on the processor 701 is stored on the memory 702. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701, it implements each step of the above paging processing method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0302] An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the steps in the method embodiment as Figure 2 shown. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above terminal-side method embodiment. Each implementation process and implementation manner of the above method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, Figure 8 FIG. is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0303] The terminal 800 includes, but is not limited to, at least some components such as a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, and a processor 810.

[0304] Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 800 may further include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component. The power source can be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 8 The terminal structure shown in FIG. does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0305] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042. The graphics processor 8041 processes the image data of static pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in the video capturing mode or the image capturing mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 807 includes at least one of a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. The touch panel 8071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, which will not be elaborated herein.

[0306] In the embodiments of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the radio frequency unit 801 may transmit it to the processor 810 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 801 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0307] The memory 809 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 mainly includes a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data. Among them, the first storage area can store an operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 809 can include volatile memory or non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory can be a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and a direct rambus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 809 in the embodiments of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0308] The processor 810 can include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 810 integrates an application processor and a modem processor. Among them, the application processor mainly processes operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, etc., and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 810.

[0309] Among them, the radio frequency unit 801 is used to obtain the configuration information of the first reference signal; the listening module is used to listen to the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0310] Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0311] Listening for auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0312] Listening for auxiliary paging messages.

[0313] In the embodiments of the present application, by assisting at least one of the monitoring of the paging advance indication information and the monitoring of the paging message through the first reference signal, the cycle of the SSB can be prevented from being too large, resulting in the inability to support the demodulation of the paging advance indication information and the paging message. Therefore, the embodiments of the present application improve the reliability of paging.

[0314] It can be understood that the implementation processes of the implementation manners mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant descriptions of the method embodiments on the terminal side and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0315] The embodiments of the present application further provide a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method embodiment as Figure 4 shown. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment. Each implementation process and implementation manner of the above method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0316] Specifically, the embodiments of the present application further provide a network-side device. As Figure 9 shown, the network-side device 900 includes: an antenna 901, a radio frequency device 902, a baseband device 903, a processor 904, and a memory 905. The antenna 901 is connected to the radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 902 receives information through the antenna 901 and sends the received information to the baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 903 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 902. The radio frequency device 902 processes the received information and then sends it out through the antenna 901.

[0317] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 903, and the baseband device 903 includes a baseband processor.

[0318] The baseband device 903 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, and multiple chips are arranged on the baseband board. As Figure 9 shown, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 905 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 905 and execute the operations of the network-side device shown in the above method embodiments.

[0319] The network-side device may further include a network interface 906, and this interface is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0320] Specifically, the network-side device 900 in the embodiments of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and executable on the processor 904. The processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to execute Figure 6 the methods executed by the modules shown in the figure, and achieves the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0321] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiments is implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0322] Among them, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic disks, or optical discs, etc. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0323] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement each process of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiments, and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0324] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-chip.

[0325] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiments, and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, they will not be elaborated here.

[0326] The embodiments of the present application further provide a wireless communication system, including: a terminal and a network-side device. The terminal can be used to execute the steps of the paging processing method on the terminal side as described above, and the network-side device can be used to execute the steps of the paging processing method on the network-side device as described above.

[0327] It should be noted that in this text, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements not only includes those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order according to the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0328] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes several instructions for causing a terminal or a network-side device to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.

[0329] The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the above specific embodiments. The above specific embodiments are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the inspiration of the present application, those of ordinary skill in the art can also make many forms of embodiments without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope protected by the claims. These embodiments are all within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A paging processing method, characterized in that, including: The terminal obtains the configuration information of the first reference signal; The terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: Assisting in listening for paging advance indication information; Assisting in listening for paging messages.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first reference signal is also used for at least one of the following: Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of transmission and reception point (TRP); handover of TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether the first reference signal is enabled. The terminal's monitoring of the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal includes: When the first reference signal is enabled, the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following: Before the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the first time interval; Between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information; After the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval; After the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located, and the time interval from the second monitoring opportunity is the third time interval; Before the paging opportunity, and the interval from the paging opportunity is less than or equal to the fourth time interval.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, The first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following: The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal; The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal; Wherein, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a phase tracking reference signal (TRS).

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that The configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following: The signal type of the first reference signal; The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal; The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal; The offset information of the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, and the offset information is used to represent the offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to the target opportunity, and the target opportunity includes the paging opportunity or the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located; The port information of the first reference signal; The resource list of the first reference signal; The repetition times of the first reference signal; The effective delay of the first reference signal; The transmission period of the first reference signal; The activation state of the first reference signal, and the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The acquisition method of the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following: Configured by the high-layer information of the network-side device; Protocol convention; Physical layer signaling or signal indication.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that The paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: The activation state of the first reference signal; Offset information of the first listening occasion of the first reference signal; The repetition times of the first reference signal.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the listening of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that The terminal listens for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal, including: When a second reference signal between the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets a first preset condition, the terminal listens for the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: The number of second reference signals is less than or equal to a first preset threshold; The number of second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is less than or equal to a third preset threshold.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that, The method further includes: When a second preset condition is met, the terminal determines not to listen for the first reference signal at the first listening occasion of the first reference signal; Wherein, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: The paging advance indication information indicates not to listen for the paging message; A second reference signal between the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets the first preset condition; Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of second reference signals is greater than the first preset threshold; the number of second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to the second preset threshold is greater than the third preset threshold.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that, The first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that, The paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

14. A paging processing method, characterized in that, Including: The network-side device sends a first reference signal; Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: Assisting in the listening of paging advance indication information; Assisting in the listening of paging messages.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein The network-side device sending the first reference signal includes: When a second reference signal between the second listening occasion corresponding to the paging advance indication information and the paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication information meets the first preset condition, the network-side device sends the first reference signal.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that The method further includes: The network-side device sends the configuration information of the first reference signal to the terminal.

17. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that The first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following: Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; handover of transmission and reception point TRP; handover of TRP group; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that The configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal.

19. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that, The first reference signal meets at least one of the following: The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal; The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal; Wherein, the second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

20. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that The configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following: The signal type of the first reference signal; The association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal; The time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal; The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal, and the offset information is used to represent the offset information of the first listening opportunity relative to a target opportunity, and the target opportunity includes a paging opportunity or a second listening opportunity where paging advance indication information is located; The port information of the first reference signal; The resource list of the first reference signal; The repetition times of the first reference signal; The effective delay of the first reference signal; The transmission period of the first reference signal; The activation state of the first reference signal, and the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

21. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, characterized in that, The paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following: The activation state of the first reference signal; The offset information of the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal; The repetition times of the first reference signal.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein The target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to the listening of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

23. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 22, characterized in that, The first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

24. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 23, characterized in that The paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low-power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

25. A paging processing device, characterized in that, Including: An acquisition module, configured to acquire the configuration information of the first reference signal; A listening module, configured to listen to the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; Wherein, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: Assisting in the listening of paging advance indication information; Assisting in the listening of paging messages.

26. The device according to claim 25, characterized in that, The listening module is specifically configured to: when the second reference signal between the second listening opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets a first preset condition, listen to the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: The number of second reference signals is less than or equal to a first preset threshold; The number of second reference signals with a measurement value greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is less than or equal to a third preset threshold.

27. The device according to claim 26, characterized in that, Further including: A determination module, configured to determine not to listen to the first reference signal at the first listening opportunity of the first reference signal when a second preset condition is met; Wherein, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: The paging advance indication information indicates not to listen to the paging message; The second reference signal between the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located satisfies a first preset condition; Among them, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of the second reference signals is greater than a first preset threshold; the number of the second reference signals whose measurement value is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is greater than a third preset threshold.

28. A paging processing device, characterized in that, Including: A sending module, configured to send a first reference signal; Among them, the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: Assisting in the listening of paging advance indication information; Assisting in the listening of paging messages.

29. The device according to claim 28, characterized in that, The sending module is further configured to send configuration information of the first reference signal to the terminal.

30. A terminal, characterized in that, Including a processor and a memory, the memory stores a program or instruction that can run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the paging processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 13 are implemented.

31. A network-side device, characterized in that Including a processor and a memory, the memory stores a program or instruction that can run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the paging processing method according to any one of claims 14 to 24 are implemented.

32. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, A program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the paging processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 24 are implemented.

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