Paging configuration method, communication device and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a paging configuration method, communication equipment and a storage medium. The paging configuration method executed by a network device may comprise: sending configuration information to a user equipment (UE); wherein the configuration information is used for indicating that at most one paging frame (PF) is configured in a discontinuous reception (DRX) period; the paging frame PF comprises one or more paging opportunities PO; the PO is used for sending paging downlink control information (DCI).

Description

Paging configuration method, communication device and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a paging configuration method, a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] The Radio Resource Control (RRC) state of a User Equipment (UE) may include an RRC Connected state, an RRC Idle state, and an RRC Inactive state. If the UE is in the RRC Connected state, an RRC connection exists between the UE and the base station. If the UE is in the RRC Idle state or the RRC Inactive state, no RRC connection is established between the UE and the base station. The RRC Idle state may be referred to as the Idle state. The RRC Inactive state may be referred to as the Inactive state.

[0003] Exemplarily, if there is service data transmission, etc., the UE in the idle state and / or inactive state may be paged via a paging message to trigger the UE to resume the RRC connection with the network device.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging configuration method, a communication device, and a storage medium.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging configuration method is provided, which is performed by a network device. The method includes: sending configuration information to a user equipment (UE); wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame (PF) is configured in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions (PO); and the PO is used to send paging downlink control information (DCI).

[0007] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a paging configuration method is provided, which is executed by a user equipment UE, and the method includes: receiving configuration information sent by a network device; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured within a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0008] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising:

[0009] The sending module is configured to send configuration information to the user equipment UE; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0010] According to the fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment UE is provided, which includes: a receiving module configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured within a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0011] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, wherein the communication device includes: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method provided by any technical solution of the aforementioned first aspect and / or second aspect.

[0012] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method provided by any of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0013] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a program product is provided, wherein when the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the paging configuration method provided by any one of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0014] According to the eighth aspect of this public embodiment, a communication system is provided, wherein the communication system includes a user equipment UE and a network device; the UE is configured to execute the paging configuration method provided by any technical solution of the first aspect; and the network device is configured to execute the paging configuration method provided by any technical solution of the second aspect.

[0015] The technical approach provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, when performing paging configuration, can configure at most one PF per DRX cycle through configuration information. This can reduce the duration that the UE and / or network device remains awake within a DRX cycle, thereby better achieving energy saving for the network device and / or UE. It should be understood that the above general description and the detailed description below are merely exemplary and explanatory and do not limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing an architecture of a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0018] FIG1B is a schematic diagram showing configuration information according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0019] FIG1C is a schematic diagram showing a paging configuration according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0020] FIG1D is a schematic diagram showing another paging configuration according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0021] FIG2A is a schematic diagram showing a flow chart of a paging configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0022] FIG2B is a schematic diagram showing a paging control channel configuration (Paging Control Channel-Configration, PCCH-Config) according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0023] FIG2C is a schematic diagram showing a PCCH-Config according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0024] FIG2D is a schematic diagram showing a PCCH-Config according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0025] FIG2E is a schematic diagram showing a PCCH-Config according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0026] FIG2F is a schematic diagram showing a PCCH-Config according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0027] FIG3 is a schematic diagram showing a flow chart of a paging configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0028] FIG4 is a schematic flow chart showing a paging configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0029] FIG5A is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0030] FIG5B is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0031] FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0032] FIG6B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging configuration method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0034] A first aspect provides a paging configuration method, wherein the method is performed by a network device, and the method includes:

[0035] Configuration information is sent to a user equipment UE; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; and the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0036] Based on the above scheme, when performing paging configuration, the configuration information can be used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle, which can reduce the time that the UE and / or network equipment remains awake in one DRX cycle, thereby better achieving energy saving of the network equipment and / or UE.

[0037] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

[0038] Based on the above solution, N DRX cycles share one PF, which can further save energy for UE and / or network equipment.

[0039] In some embodiments of the first aspect, sending configuration information to a user equipment UE includes: sending configuration information to a first type of UE and a second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support a network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports a network energy saving (NES) mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0040] Based on the above solution, the first type of UE and the second type of UE can share the same configuration information. The configuration information only indicates to the second type of UE that a DRX cycle is configured with at most one PF, thereby meeting the different requirements of UEs that support the NES mechanism and those that do not support the NES mechanism.

[0041] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the configuration information includes: a paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE; one or more IEs, used to configure at most one PF in a DRX cycle.

[0042] Based on the above solution, the configuration information can be carried by PCCH-Config, which is well compatible with related technologies.

[0043] In some embodiments of the first aspect, PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF for a DRX cycle.

[0044] Based on the above solution, it is possible to easily configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle through the first IE and the second IE.

[0045] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the indication value of the second IE is used to indicate an offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0046] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle; PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the first type of UE the number of PFs configured for one DRX cycle.

[0047] Based on the above solution, by introducing the third IE, it is possible to easily configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0048] In some embodiments of the first aspect, PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; the fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0049] Based on the above solution, by introducing the fourth IE, it is possible to simply indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0050] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the candidate value range of the fourth IE is from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle.

[0051] Based on the above, by setting the alternative value range of the fourth IE in this way, it can be easily achieved that one DRX cycle includes at most one PF.

[0052] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the indication value of the fourth IE is used to indicate an offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0053] In some embodiments of the first aspect, PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0054] Based on the above solution, the fifth IE can also be used to easily configure a maximum of one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0055] In some embodiments of the first aspect, when the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at a predetermined position among multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in the PCCH-Config is a PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0056] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the predetermined position includes: the first alternative position or the last alternative position.

[0057] Based on the above solution, the first candidate position or the last candidate position can be determined by the UE and the network device based on default, without the need for network signaling instructions, etc., and therefore has the characteristic of low signaling overhead.

[0058] In some embodiments of the first aspect, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for a DRX cycle; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0059] Based on the introduction of the sixth IE, it is also easy to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0060] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

[0061] Based on the introduction of the seventh IE, N DRX cycles can share one PF, further increasing the sleep duration of the network device and the UE.

[0062] In some embodiments of the first aspect, one PF in the N DRX cycles is located in an Xth DRX cycle among the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0063] In some embodiments of the first aspect, X is indicated by a network device, or X is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0064] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; the minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

[0065] Based on the above solution, the length of a single DRX cycle can be increased by introducing the eighth IE. In this way, when a maximum of one PF is configured in one DRX cycle, the sleep time of the network device and / or UE can be further increased.

[0066] In some embodiments of the first aspect, the eighth IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the second type of UE; and the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0067] Based on the above solution, the first type of UE and / or the second type of UE may be configured with different DRX cycle lengths using different IEs in the same configuration information, thereby meeting the paging and power consumption saving requirements of different types of UEs.

[0068] In some embodiments of the first aspect, PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE; both the ninth IE and the tenth IE are used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF; the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the tenth IE.

[0069] Based on the above solution, by increasing the number of POs of a PF, it is possible to maintain the paging capacity unchanged when the number of PFs decreases within a DRX cycle by increasing the number of POs.

[0070] In some embodiments of the first aspect, when PCCH-Config is sent to the first type of UE and the second type of UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type of UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type of UE.

[0071] In some embodiments of the first aspect, a PO includes S physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunities of multiple adjacent PFs are numbered consecutively in chronological order; a PO includes S consecutively numbered PDCCH opportunities.

[0072] The second aspect provides a paging configuration method, which is executed by a user equipment UE and includes: receiving configuration information sent by a network device; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; and the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0073] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

[0074] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the configuration information is directed to both the first type of UE and the second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0075] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the configuration information includes: a paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes one or more information elements IE; and the one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in a DRX cycle.

[0076] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF for a DRX cycle.

[0077] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the indication value of the second IE is used to indicate an offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0078] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle; PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the first type of UE the number of PFs configured for one DRX cycle.

[0079] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; the fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0080] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the candidate value range of the fourth IE is from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle.

[0081] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the enumeration value carried by the fourth IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0082] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0083] In some embodiments of the second aspect, when the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at a predetermined position among multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in the PCCH-Config is a PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0084] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the predetermined position includes: the first alternative position or the last alternative position.

[0085] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for a DRX cycle; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0086] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

[0087] In some embodiments of the second aspect, one PF in the N DRX cycles is located in an Xth DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0088] In some embodiments of the second aspect, X is indicated by a network device, or X is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0089] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; the minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

[0090] In some embodiments of the second aspect, the eighth IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the second type of UE; and the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0091] In some embodiments of the second aspect, PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE; both the ninth IE and the tenth IE are used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF; the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the tenth IE.

[0092] In some embodiments of the second aspect, when PCCH-Config is sent to the first type of UE and the second type of UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type of UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type of UE.

[0093] In some embodiments of the second aspect, one of the POs includes S consecutively numbered physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; the S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunities are located in the PF or one or more wireless frames RF adjacent to the PF time domain; the PDCCH opportunities are numbered in chronological order starting from the PF.

[0094] The third aspect provides a network device, which includes: a sending module configured to send configuration information to a user equipment UE; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; and the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0095] The fourth aspect provides a UE, which includes: a receiving module configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0096] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, the communication device comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0097] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores instructions, which, when the instructions are executed on a communication device, enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0098] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the paging configuration method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0099] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the paging configuration method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect and / or the second aspect.

[0100] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a user equipment UE and a network device;

[0101] The UE is configured to execute the paging configuration method provided by any technical solution of the first aspect.

[0102] The network device is configured to execute the paging configuration method provided by any technical solution of the second aspect.

[0103] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication systems, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0104] The embodiments of the present disclosure propose a paging configuration method, communication equipment, communication system and storage medium. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but are only illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, the method after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0105] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0106] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0107] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "the", "the", etc., can mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article can be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0108] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0109] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0110] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "in one case A, in another case B," or "in one case A, in another case B" may include the following technical descriptions depending on the circumstances: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The same applies when there are more branches, such as A, B, and C.

[0111] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical approaches, depending on the circumstances: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0112] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted by the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is "IE", the ordinal number before the "IE" in the "first IE" and the "second IE" does not limit the position or order between the "IEs". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "IEs" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first IE" and the "second IE". For another example, if the description object is "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. For another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first category of information" and the "second category of information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0113] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0114] In some embodiments, terms such as "...", "determine...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0115] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0116] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0117] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0118] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0119] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0120] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0121] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0122] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0123] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0124] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0125] FIG1A is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0126] As shown in Figure 1A, a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102. The network device 102 may include an access network device and / or a core network device.

[0127] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0128] In some embodiments, the terminal is also referred to as User Equipment (UE).

[0129] In some embodiments, the access network device may be, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0130] In some embodiments, the technical approach of the present disclosure may be applicable to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may become internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces may be implemented through software or programs.

[0131] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0132] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a single device including a first network element, or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including a first network element. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0133] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical approach of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical approach provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical approach provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0134] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1A , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1A are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1A , or may include other entities other than those shown in FIG1A . The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0135] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, systems using configuration methods for other resources, and next-generation systems based on and extending these systems. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, LTE and NR).

[0136] After the UE enters the idle state or inactive state, it monitors the paging DCI in the PO and monitors the paging message based on the paging DCI. After monitoring the paging message, it responds to the paging message and returns to the connected state through the random access process. Figure 1B shows a schematic diagram of a PCCH-Config. The PCCH-Config includes the defaultPangingCycle for configuring a DRX cycle, the firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionofPO for the subcarrier frequency and / or time domain position of the PDCCH opportunity in the PO, etc.

[0137] The following table determines the number of PFs and the length of the DRX cycle based on the PCCH-Config shown in FIG1B .

[0138] Typically, a DRX cycle can be configured with multiple PFs, and each PF includes multiple POs. These multiple PFs and / or POs are dispersed in the time domain. This requires network equipment to wake up at specific times to transmit paging DCI. Beam scanning is performed on each PO to ensure that UEs at all locations within the cell can hear the paging DCI.

[0139] Figures 1C and 1D illustrate two time-domain configurations of PFs and POs. Figure 1C shows multiple PFs configured within a DRX cycle. Figure 1D shows a single PF configured within a DRX cycle. Figure 1C shows four POs configured within a PF, while Figure 1D shows more than four POs configured within a PF. The PF and PO configuration shown in Figure 1D is called a PO cascade.

[0140] As shown in FIG2A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a PO configuration method. The PO configuration method can be executed by a network device. The method may specifically include:

[0141] S2101: The network device sends configuration information to the UE.

[0142] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure at most one PF within a DRX cycle. The DRX cycle may be the DRX cycle of the UE and / or the DRX cycle of the network device. Exemplarily, the configuration information is used to indicate to the UE that at most one PF is configured within a DRX cycle of the UE or the network device. Exemplarily, the configuration information may be used to indicate to the UE that at most one PF is configured within a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle of the network device or the DTX cycle of the UE. Exemplarily, the DTX cycle of the network device may correspond to the DRX cycle of the UE.

[0143] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to configure a PF within multiple DRX cycles of the UE, and / or the configuration information may be used to indicate to the UE that at most one PF is configured within N DTX cycles of the network device. Exemplarily, the configuration information may be used to at least indicate that one PF is configured for N DRX cycles. Exemplarily, N may be a positive integer. Furthermore, N may be any positive integer greater than or equal to 2. For example, N may be 3, 4, or 5, etc.

[0144] In some embodiments, a PF may include one or more POs.

[0145] In some embodiments, if a DRX cycle is configured with at most one PF, the number of POs included in a PF is increased. For example, the number of POs included in a PF is not less than 4. In some embodiments, the number of POs included in a PF can be determined based on the number of POs included in a DRX cycle. In this way, the number of POs corresponding to a DRX cycle can be kept unchanged or reduced to ensure the paging capacity of the cell.

[0146] In some embodiments, the number of POs included in one PF is greater than the number of POs included in one PF configured with multiple PFs in a DRX cycle.

[0147] A PO may include one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) opportunities. Such PDCCH opportunities are configured to send paging DCI, and therefore may also be referred to as paging PDCCH opportunities.

[0148] In some embodiments, a PDCCH timing may be used by a network device to send a paging DCI to a UE. This paging DCI may be used to schedule the transmission of a paging message. For example, the paging DCI may be used to indicate the timing of sending a paging message. Typically, the paging DCI and the timing of sending the paging message are offset within a specified range. For example, the paging message may be sent on the PDSCH.

[0149] In some embodiments, UEs may be divided into a first category of UEs and a second category of UEs. Exemplarily, the first category of UEs may be UEs that do not support the NES mechanism, and the second category of UEs may be UEs that support the NES mechanism. Since the first category of UEs do not support the NES mechanism, it can be understood that the first category of UEs do not support DTX and / or DRX of network devices, etc. Since the second category of UEs support the NES mechanism, it can be understood that the second category of UEs support DTX and / or DRX of network devices. Exemplarily, the first category of UEs do not support compact paging corresponding to the NES mechanism, while the second category of UEs support compact paging. Exemplarily, the second category of UEs supporting compact paging can be understood as: the second category of UEs supporting paging DCI on multiple POs distributed centrally in the time domain.

[0150] In some embodiments, the network device may send configuration information for configuring at most one PF in one DRX cycle to the second type of UE. In this case, the first type of UE does not need to receive the configuration information.

[0151] In some embodiments, the paging configurations for the first and second category UEs may differ, but still partially overlap. Thus, the network device may simultaneously send configuration information to the first and second category UEs. However, the first and second category UEs interpret the configuration information differently, ultimately causing the second category UE to understand that the network device has configured at most one PF within a DRX cycle, while the first category UE may interpret that the network device has configured one or more PFs within a DRX cycle.

[0152] In some embodiments, in order to further save energy on the network device, before the network device enters the NES mechanism, the network device can migrate the first type of UE that does not support the NES mechanism to other cells that do not implement the NES mechanism. In this way, the network device does not need to wake up frequently to process paging for the first type of UE, thereby achieving further energy saving on the network device.

[0153] In some embodiments, the configuration information may be carried in an information element (IE) paging control channel configuration (PCCH-Config). In some embodiments, the configuration information may be carried in an IE sent by any network device to the UE.

[0154] In some embodiments, the configuration information may be carried in a System Information Block (SIB). In some embodiments, the configuration information may be carried in SIB1.

[0155] In other embodiments, the configuration information may be carried in a radio resource control RRC message or a MAC CE.

[0156] The following example uses the configuration information carried by PCCH-Config for illustration. In specific implementation, the configuration information may also be carried by other IEs. For example, the cell configuration (Cell-Config) may also carry the above configuration information.

[0157] In some embodiments, adding one or more IEs in the configuration information can enable the network device to have at most one DRX cycle when performing PF configuration at least to the second type of UE, and / or, improving one or more IEs in the configuration information can enable the network device to have at most one DRX cycle when performing PF configuration at least to the second type of UE.

[0158] Exemplarily, one or more IEs are added or modified to directly indicate to the second category UEs that a DRX cycle has at most one PF. Exemplarily, by setting the indication values ​​of one or more IEs, at least the average number of PFs calculated by the second category UEs in a DRX cycle based on the indication values ​​of these IEs does not exceed 1.

[0159] In some embodiments, the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE. The one or more IEs can be used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0160] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config may add one or more extended IEs, and the introduction of these extended IEs may be used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle. Specifically, PCCH-Config configures at most one PF in one DRX cycle for the second type of UE by introducing one or more extended IEs.

[0161] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config may include a first IE and a second IE.

[0162] In some embodiments, the first IE may be used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle. For example, the first IE may indicate the number of radio frames (RF) included in a DRX cycle.

[0163] In some embodiments, the number of candidate values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used together to calculate the PF configured in a DRX cycle. That is, the number of candidate values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF in a DRX cycle.

[0164] Exemplarily, the indication value carried by the second IE indicates the offset of the first PF in the DRX cycle. The indication value of the second IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0165] In this way, when the network device configures PF for the second type of UE, it can select the second IE to be configured based on the indication value of the first IE so that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle for the second type of UE. That is, the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle.

[0166] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, PF is the starting radio frame for setting PO. For example, PO can be set on PF or on one or more adjacently distributed radio frames that are adjacent to PF in the time domain.

[0167] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0168] In some embodiments, FIG2B is a schematic diagram of a PCCH-Config. The IE defaultPagingCycle shown in FIG2B may be the aforementioned first IE, nAndPagingOffsetExt may be the second IE, and nAndPagingOffset may be the third IE. In some embodiments, nAndPagingOffsetExt may be understood as an extended IE.

[0169] Both nAndPagingOffset and nAndPagingOffsetExt may indicate the time domain offset of the configured first PF within the DRX cycle.

[0170] nAndPagingOffset and nAndPagingOffsetExt both have multiple sub-IEs. In Figure 2B , there are nAndPagingOffset and nAndPagingOffsetExt. Both nAndPagingOffset and nAndPagingOffsetExt have multiple sub-IEs, each with different names and a different number of candidate values.

[0171] For example, the sub-IE oneT represents a dividend of 1 and can usually be Null. The sub-IE halfT represents a dividend of 2 and can be in the range of 0 and 1. Therefore, the number of alternative values ​​is 2. Thus, the number of RFs included in a DRX cycle can be divided by 2 to obtain the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle. Therefore, if it is necessary to ensure that the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle does not exceed 1, it is necessary to set the second type of IE based on the second type of IE. For example, the specific sub-IE of the corresponding first type IE is set based on the second type IE, and the specific value of the corresponding sub-IE is determined based on the required offset.

[0172] In some embodiments, the second IE is used by the first type UE to determine the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle and the second IE is also used to indicate to the first type UE the offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle.

[0173] In some embodiments, the third IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that a DRX cycle is configured with at most one PF and the third IE is also used to indicate to the second type of UE an offset of the PF within the DRX cycle.

[0174] In some embodiments, the sum of the number of sub-IEs included in the second IE and the number of sub-IEs included in the third IE may be equal to the number of candidate values ​​for the length of a DRX cycle. Exemplarily, the number of sub-IEs included in the second IE and the third IE is M+1; where M is the number of candidate values ​​for the number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle; and different sub-IEs have different value ranges.

[0175] For example, as shown in FIG2B , nAndPagingOffset includes the sub-IEs oneT, halfT, quarterT, oneEightT, and oneSixteethT, and nAndPagingOffsetExt includes the sub-IEs one32T, one64thT, one128thT, and one256thT. Among them, oneT, halfT, quarterT, oneEightT, and oneSixteethT are all sub-IEs of nAndPagingOffset, and one32T, one64thT, one128thT, and one256thT are all sub-IEs of nAndPagingOffsetExt.

[0176] If the PCCH-Config IE includes both the second IE and the third IE, PF configuration can be performed for the first type of UE and the second type of IE at the same time. Therefore, the second IE is configured based on the first IE to configure the number and position of PFs within a DRX cycle for the second type of UE, and the third IE is configured based on the first IE to configure the number and position of PFs within a DRX cycle for the first type of UE.

[0177] If the first IE and the second IE are configured with PFs, the following formula can be used to determine the number and / or time domain position of PFs:

[0178] (SFN+PF-offset)modT=(T / N)*(UE-ID mod N)

[0179] Wherein, SFN is the system frame number;

[0180] For the first type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the third IE;

[0181] For the second type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the second IE;

[0182] For idle UEs, T = min(defaultDRX, UE-specificDRX);

[0183] For inactive UEs, T=min(defaultDRX, RANDRX, UE-specificDRX).

[0184] The defaultDRX is indicated by the first IE; the RANDRX may be the DRX cycle configured by the wireless network. For example, the RANDRX may be configured by an RRC release message. The UE-specificDRX may be the DRX cycle determined by the UE. For example, the UE sends the UE-specificDRX to the network device during network registration.

[0185] N is the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0186] UE-ID is the device identifier of the UE. For example, the UE-ID may be the paging identifier of the UE.

[0187] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; the fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0188] Exemplarily, the fourth IE may also be an extended field of PCCH-Config or a newly added IE.

[0189] In some embodiments, the candidate value range of the fourth IE is from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle. For example, a DRX cycle can include a maximum of 256 RFs, and the value range of the fourth IE can be from 0 to 255.

[0190] As shown in FIG2C , the fourth IE may be OnePF-IndicationAndFrameOffset, and the value range may be from 0 to 255. Exemplarily, the type of the fourth IE is an integer type.

[0191] In some embodiments, the fourth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that there is at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0192] In some embodiments, the fourth IE is an optional IE, that is, the PCCH-Config may or may not carry the fourth IE. In this case, if the PCCH-Config includes the fourth IE, it is equivalent to indicating to the second type of UE that a DRX cycle has at most one PF.

[0193] In some embodiments, if the PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE, the indication value of the fourth IE is used to indicate an offset of the first PF in the DRX cycle within the DRX cycle.

[0194] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0195] In some embodiments, the fifth IE may be OnePF-Indication as shown in FIG. 2C .

[0196] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE.

[0197] Exemplarily, the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle, and / or, the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in a DRX cycle, and / or, the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0198] In some embodiments, the type of the fifth IE is a Boolean type. Exemplarily, the value of the fifth IE may include: "ture" and / or "fault". If the value of the fifth IE may include: "ture" and "fault", then the value of the fifth IE is "ture", which means that a DRX cycle has at most 1 PF; the value of the fifth IE is "fault", which means that the number of PFs in a DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE. If the value of the fifth IE may include: "ture", then the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, which means that a DRX cycle has at most 1 PF; otherwise, it means that the number of PFs in a DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE. If the value of the fifth IE may include: "fault", then the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, which means that the number of PFs in a DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE; otherwise, it means that a DRX cycle has at most 1 PF.

[0199] At this time, at least for the second type of UE, the alternative position of the PF can be calculated based on the first IE and the third IE, and then the RF at the specified position is selected from the alternative positions as the PF according to the pre-determined agreement or network configuration, for example, the RF at the first or last alternative position is selected as the PF. That is, in some embodiments, when the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at the predetermined position among the multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in the PCCH-Config is the PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle. The predetermined position can be the first alternative position or the last alternative position, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above example.

[0200] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0201] In some embodiments, the sixth IE may be the FirstPF-ValidIndicaiton as shown in Figure 2C. Similarly, the value of the sixth IE may include "ture" and / or "fault". The value of the sixth IE is "fault" which means that the number of PFs in one DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE. If the value of the sixth IE may include: "ture", then the PCCH-Config includes the sixth IE, which means that there is at most 1 PF in one DRX cycle, otherwise it means that the number of PFs in one DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE. If the value of the sixth IE may include: "fault", then the PCCH-Config includes the sixth IE, which means that the number of PFs in one DRX cycle can be determined based on the first IE and the third IE, otherwise it means that there is at most 1 PF in one DRX cycle.

[0202] Similarly, the sixth IE is an optional IE. If PCCH-Config includes the sixth IE, it means that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is used to calculate the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle. Otherwise, the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IE set with values ​​in the third IE is still used to calculate the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0203] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

[0204] The PCCH-Config shown in FIG2D includes IEDRX-NumberN, which can be understood as the seventh IE.

[0205] In some embodiments, the seventh IE is also an optional IE. If the PCCH-Config includes the seventh IE, it can be considered that the sub-IE with a value set in the third IE is not used to calculate the number of PFs of the second type of UE in a DRX cycle.

[0206] In some embodiments, the PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE indicating a value N, indicating that one PF is configured for each of the N DRX cycles. Exemplarily, X can be any positive integer less than or equal to N or 0. X can be configured by the network device or agreed upon by the protocol. In some embodiments, the PCCH-Config also includes a fourth type of IE; the fourth type of IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the Xth DRX cycle among the N DRX cycles.

[0207] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle.

[0208] In some embodiments, the minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

[0209] As shown in FIG2E , the eighth IE may be defaultPagingCycleExt. Similarly, the first IE is a mandatory IE and the eighth IE is an optional IE. When the PCCH-Config includes the eighth IE, it indicates that the second type of UE needs to determine the length of a DRX cycle based on the eighth IE.

[0210] Typically, the candidate values ​​for defaultPagingCycle may include: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128; and the candidate values ​​for defaultPagingCycleExt may include 512, 1024, etc.

[0211] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE;

[0212] The ninth IE and the tenth IE are both used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF;

[0213] The number of POs included in one PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in one PF indicated by the tenth IE.

[0214] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE the number M of paging occasions PO included in a PF; wherein the maximum value of M is greater than 4.

[0215] For example, the value of M may be from 0 to 8, 0 to 16, 0 to 32, 0 to 64 or 0 to 128.

[0216] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate to the first category UE that the number of POs included in a PF is between 1 and 4.

[0217] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, while reducing the number of PFs in a DRX cycle of the second type of UE, the number of POs contained in a PF can be increased so that the number of POs in a DRX cycle does not decrease or the amount of decrease is small, so as to maintain a certain paging capacity in the cell.

[0218] As shown in Figure 2F, ns of PCCH-Config is the ninth IE and nxetx ​​is the tenth IE. As shown in Figure 2F, both IEns and nsetx are enumerated IEs, and the number of enumerated values ​​of ns is less than the number of enumerated values ​​of nsetx, and / or the maximum value of the enumerated value of ns is less than the maximum value of the enumerated value of nsetx.

[0219] In some embodiments, when PCCH-Config is sent to first-category UEs and second-category UEs, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first-category UE. The tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second-category UE. In this way, the first-category UE determines the number of POs contained in its own PF based on the ninth IE, while the second-category UE determines the number of POs contained in its own PF based on the tenth IE. In some embodiments, the index of the PO can be calculated as follows: i_s = floor(UE-ID / N) mod Ns.

[0220] Wherein, i_s is the index (ie, number) of the PO. UE-ID is the device identifier of the UE. For example, the UE-ID may be the paging identifier of the UE.

[0221] N is the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0222] Ns is the number of POs in the PF. For the first type of UE, the specific value of Ns can be indicated by the ninth IE; for the second type of UE, Ns can be indicated by the tenth IE.

[0223] In some embodiments, one of the POs includes S consecutively numbered physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; the S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunity is located in the PF or one or more wireless frames RF adjacent to the PF time domain; the PDCCH opportunities are numbered in chronological order starting from the PF. For example, the value of S can be 1, 2, or 3.

[0224] In some embodiments, assuming that Y POs are configured, but the PDCCH timing in the PF cannot completely map all POs, the PO can continue to be mapped with the PDCCH timing on the wireless frame after the PF.

[0225] The PDCCH opportunity here may also be referred to as a paging PDCCH opportunity, and the paging PDCCH opportunity may be used to send a paging DCI.

[0226] In some embodiments, one PDCCH opportunity may correspond to one SSB index. The SSB index corresponds to one beam direction.

[0227] In some embodiments, the PDCCH opportunities in a PF may be numbered starting from 0 in the time domain according to the chronological order, and the numbers of multiple PDCCH opportunities included in a PO are continuous.

[0228] If the PDCCH opportunities contained in a PO can cross PFs, and if the remaining number of PDCCH opportunities in one PF within N RFs for a certain PO is insufficient, the PDCCH opportunities of the next RF will be counted into the PO, thereby achieving the PDCCH opportunities of the PO crossing RFs.

[0229] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is sent to PCCH-Config and to the first type of UEs and the second type of UEs, the first type of IE is invalid for the second type of UEs.

[0230] In some embodiments, Figures 2B and 2C illustrate different PCCH-Configs. It suffices that one of the OnePF-IndicationAndFrameOffest, OnePF-Indication, and FirstPF-ValidIIndication shown in Figure 2C be included in the PCCH-Config. The DRX-NumberN shown in Figure 2D may be carried in any of the PCCH-Configs shown in Figures 2B and 2C. The defaultPagingCycleExt shown in Figure 2E may be carried in any of the PCCH-Configs shown in Figures 2B through 2D. The nsetx shown in Figure 2F may be carried in any of the PCCH-Configs shown in Figures 2B through 2E.

[0231] Correspondingly, the UE receives the configuration information sent by the network device.

[0232] Likewise, the configuration information may include PCCH-Config. In some embodiments, PCCH-Config may at least enable the second type of UE to be configured with at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0233] As shown in FIG3 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a PO configuration method, which is executed by a network device. The method includes:

[0234] S3101: Send configuration information.

[0235] In some embodiments, the network device may be an access network device.

[0236] In some embodiments, the network device may include but is not limited to a base station.

[0237] In some embodiments, the network device may include a base station of a primary cell and / or a secondary cell.

[0238] In some embodiments, the network device sends configuration information to the UE.

[0239] In some embodiments, the network device sends configuration information to the first category of UEs and the second category of UEs.

[0240] Exemplarily, the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism, and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism. Exemplarily, the first type of UE does not support compressed paging corresponding to the NES mechanism, and the second type of UE supports compressed paging corresponding to the NES mechanism.

[0241] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE; one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0242] Specifically, the relevant description of the configuration information can be found in the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A. For example, Figures 2B to 2F are all examples of PCCH-Config. In some embodiments, the configuration information can be carried in an SIB or RRC message and sent to the UE.

[0243] In summary, the network device may configure a maximum of one PF in one DRX cycle for the second type of UE through configuration information, or may configure a plurality of DRX cycles to share one PF for the first type of UE through configuration information.

[0244] It is worth noting that: some implementation methods of the first to tenth IEs in Figures 2B to 2F are not limited to the above examples, and in particular, the naming of IEs is not limited to the examples in Figures 2B to 2F.

[0245] As shown in FIG4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a PO configuration method, which is executed by a UE. The method includes:

[0246] S4101: Receive configuration information.

[0247] In some embodiments, the UE may be a first type UE and / or a second type UE. For example, the first type UE does not support the Network Energy Saving (NES) mechanism, while the second type UE does support the Network Energy Saving (NES) mechanism. For example, the first type UE does not support compressed paging corresponding to the NES mechanism, while the second type UE supports compressed paging corresponding to the NES mechanism. For details on the first type UE and / or the second type UE, please refer to the description of the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2B .

[0248] In some embodiments, the UE receives configuration information sent by the network device.

[0249] In some embodiments, in a carrier aggregation and / or dual connectivity scenario, the UE receives configuration information sent by a base station of a primary cell and / or a secondary cell.

[0250] After receiving the configuration information, the UE will interpret the configuration information to determine the PF and / or PO configured for itself by the network device.

[0251] It is worth noting that the optional manner of the configuration information in the embodiment of the present disclosure can refer to any optional implementation manner corresponding to Figure 2A.

[0252] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE; one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0253] Specifically, the relevant description of the configuration information can be found in the embodiment corresponding to Figure 2A. For example, Figures 2B to 2F are all examples of PCCH-Config. In some embodiments, the configuration information can be carried in an SIB or RRC message and sent to the UE.

[0254] In summary, the network device may configure a maximum of one PF in one DRX cycle for the second type of UE through configuration information, or may configure a plurality of DRX cycles to share one PF for the first type of UE through configuration information.

[0255] In the PCCH-Config as shown in FIG2B , the first type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The first type of UE determines the number of PFs in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set for the first IE and the third IE (for example, nAndPagingFrameOffset as shown in FIG2B ), and determines the time domain offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle in the DRX cycle based on the value of the sub-IE with values ​​set. In the PCCH-Config as shown in FIG2B , the second type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The second type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set for the first IE and the second IE (for example, nAndPagingFrameOffsetExt as shown in FIG2B ), and determines the time domain offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle in the DRX cycle based on the value of the sub-IE with values ​​set.

[0256] In the PCCH-Config shown in FIG2C , the first type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The first type of UE determines the number of PFs in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set in the first IE and the third IE, and determines the time domain offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle in the DRX cycle based on the value of the sub-IE set with values. In the PCCH-Config shown in FIG2C , the second type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The second type of UE determines that a maximum of one PF is configured in a DRX cycle based on the fourth IE (for example, OnePF-IndicaitonAndFrameOffset as shown in FIG2C ). Specifically, if the PCCH-Config includes the seventh IE. If the seventh IE indicates that N DRX cycles share one PF, then according to the protocol agreement or network indication, determine which position of a PF in the N DRX cycles is specifically located in the alternative positions. For example, the RF corresponding to the alternative position of the first PF of the first DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles is used as the PF in the N DRX cycles.

[0257] In the PCCH-Config shown in Figure 2C, the first type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The first type of UE determines the number of PFs in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set in the first IE and the third IE, and determines the time domain offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle within the DRX cycle based on the value of the sub-IE set with values. In the PCCH-Config shown in Figure 2C, the second type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The second type of UE determines that at most one PF is configured in a DRX cycle based on the fifth IE. Specifically, the second type of UE can determine the number of alternative positions of the PF in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set in the first IE and the third IE, and determine which position of the RF in multiple alternative positions is used as the PF according to the protocol agreement or network instructions. That is, when PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE (for example, OnePF-Indication as shown in Figure 2C), the radio frame at the predetermined position among the multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in PCCH-Config is PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; the third IE is used to indicate the offset of PF in the DRX cycle.

[0258] In the PCCH-Config shown in FIG2C , the first type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The first type of UE determines the number of PFs in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set in the first IE and the third IE, and determines the time domain offset of the first PF in a DRX cycle within the DRX cycle based on the value of the sub-IE set with values. In the PCCH-Config shown in FIG2C , the second type of UE determines the length of a DRX cycle based on the first IE. The second type of UE determines that at most one PF is configured in a DRX cycle based on the sixth IE (for example, FirstPF-ValidIndication as shown in FIG2C ). Specifically, the second type of UE can determine the number of alternative positions of the PF in a DRX cycle based on the number of alternative values ​​of the sub-IEs with values ​​set in the first IE and the third IE, and determine which position of the RF in the multiple alternative positions is used as the PF according to the protocol agreement or network indication. That is, when PCCH-Config includes the sixth IE, the radio frame at the predetermined position among the multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in PCCH-Config is PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; the third IE is used to indicate the offset of PF in the DRX cycle.

[0259] For the second type of UE, the number N of DRX cycles sharing one PF may be determined with reference to DRX-NumberN in FIG. 2D .

[0260] For the second type of UE, the defaultPagingCycleExt in FIG. 2E may be used to determine the length of a DRX cycle.

[0261] For the second type of UE, the number of POs included in a PF may be determined by referring to nsetx in FIG. 2F .

[0262] Of course, the above are merely examples of the specific content of the configuration information, and the specific implementation is not limited to the above examples.

[0263] In order to further save network energy and / or UE energy, a technical solution of PO cascading in the time domain is proposed, that is, all POs within a period of time are concentrated in a continuous time period. In this way, both network equipment and UE can remain in a dormant state for a longer time dimension to better save energy.

[0264] However, how to integrate with related technologies to the greatest extent possible, how to cascade multiple POs in the time domain or reduce POs without affecting the configuration of POs in related technologies, are issues that need to be further addressed.

[0265] During a DRX cycle, a UE only needs to monitor one paging occasion. A paging frame is a radio frame used for paging, which contains one or more paging occasions (POs). In some embodiments, the time domain position of the PF is determined by the following formula: (SFN + PF - offset) mod T = (T / N) * (UE-ID mod N).

[0266] In some embodiments, the time domain position of the PO is obtained by the following formula: i_s=floor(UE-ID / N)modNs

[0267] Wherein, SFN is the system frame number;

[0268] For the first type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the third IE;

[0269] For the second type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the second IE;

[0270] For idle UEs, T = min(defaultDRX, UE-specificDRX);

[0271] For inactive UEs, T=min(defaultDRX, RANDRX, UE-specificDRX).

[0272] The defaultDRX is indicated by the first IE; the RANDRX may be the DRX cycle configured by the wireless network. For example, the RANDRX may be configured by an RRC release message. The UE-specificDRX may be the DRX cycle determined by the UE; for example, the UE sends the UE-specificDRX to the network device during network registration.

[0273] N is the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0274] UE-ID is the device identifier of the UE. For example, the UE-ID may be the paging identifier of the UE.

[0275] i_s is the index (ie, number) of the PO. UE-ID is the device identifier of the UE. For example, the UE-ID may be the paging identifier of the UE.

[0276] N is the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0277] Ns is the number of POs in the PF. For the first type of UE, the specific value of Ns can be indicated by the ninth IE; for the second type of UE, Ns can be indicated by the tenth IE.

[0278] From the perspective of a cell, there are multiple PFs in a DRX cycle, and multiple POs in each PF. Each PO schedules paging messages in a beam sweeping manner.

[0279] In some technical solutions, there are multiple PFs within each DRX cycle, and these PFs are distributed within the DRX cycle. Each PF can also have multiple POs configured on the network side, and these POs are also distributed in the time domain. In some technical solutions, the multiple PFs and POs within a DRX cycle, as well as the multiple POs within a PF, can cause the network to constantly wake up and send possible paging messages. Using a time-distributed PO approach can achieve energy savings on the network side.

[0280] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides that for UEs in idle and inactive states, the network side configures paging messages to be distributed in a centralized time domain, thereby achieving the purpose of energy saving.

[0281] In some technical solutions, a maximum of one PF may appear for every 16 SFNs. To further achieve energy conservation, the network side can send paging messages as centrally as possible, and the interval between PFs for sending paging messages can be as large as possible. For example, in extreme cases, there can be only one PF in a paging DRX cycle, and the network side can configure the maximum cycle. To achieve this, the following implementation solutions exist:

[0282] Solution 1: Configure a new value for nAndPagingFrameOffset, such as oneThirtySecondT or oneSixtyFourthT.

[0283] The network side configures a new value of nAndPagingFrameOffset, such as oneThirtySecondT, oneSixtyFourthT, etc. The new value can be carried through the sub-IE of nAndPagingFrameOffset.

[0284] The network side configures a new IE that carries new values, such as oneThirtySecondT, oneSixtyFourthT, etc. The new IE may include, but is not limited to, nAndPagingFrameOffsetExt. The nAndPagingFrameOffsetExt may be different from nAndPagingFrameOffset.

[0285] For UEs supporting R19 NES or R19 compact paging, if this new IE is configured, the nAndPagingFrameOffset configuration is ignored and the nAndPagingFrameOffsetExt configuration is used to determine the monitoring method for paging DCI. For example, UEs supporting R19 NES or R19 compact paging are examples of the second type of UEs described above. Solution 2: Configure an indication message. This indication message is used to indicate that a DRX cycle refers to configuring a PF.

[0286] Exemplarily, the network side configures an indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that a PF is configured within a DRX cycle.

[0287] For example, the network may directly configure a PF indication and calculate an offset of the PF. When the PF is calculated based on the PF indication and the PF offset, there is only one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0288] Exemplarily, the network device configures a PF indication, and the PF indication is used to calculate the PF offset using a default value, such as a fixed default value of 0. The offset is the PF-offset in (SFN+PF-offset) mod T = (T / N) * (UE-ID mod N).

[0289] Exemplarily, the network device uses the PF-offset in nAndPagingFrameOffset to implement one PF for one DRX cycle.

[0290] Exemplarily, the network side configures an indication information, which is used to indicate that only the first PF is valid in the DRX cycle and other PFs are invalid, so that a DRX cycle has at most one PF, or in other words, there is one valid PF at the end of a DRX cycle.

[0291] Solution 3: Configure an indication message. The indication message is used to indicate that only the first PF in the first DRX cycle is valid among n consecutive DRX cycles.

[0292] For example, the network side configures an integer N, where N represents N DRX cycles. In the N DRX cycles, it is defaulted that the first PF of the first cycle is valid, and the other PFs are invalid.

[0293] As another example, the network side may also configure an X-th period, in which the X-th PF is valid and the others are invalid.

[0294] The RF calculated using the formula (SFN + PF_offset) mod N * T = offset is used as the first PF. For example, SFN here is a superframe. PF_offset is the offset of the PF indicated by the second, third, or fourth IE. T is the minimum value of the DRX cycle. N is the number of PFs in a DRX cycle.

[0295] Through the formula (SFN+PF_offset) mod M*T=offset+i*T, where the value of i is 0, 1...M-1.

[0296] i is the number of the N DRX cycles. For example, M is the number of DRX cycles that share a PF.

[0297] Solution 4: Configure a larger cell DRX cycle.

[0298] In combination with the above solution, a larger DRX cycle can be configured. If a larger cycle is configured, the UE ignores the previously configured DRX cycle, that is, the configuration of the DRX cycle in the default paging cycle (defaultPagingCycle).

[0299] or

[0300] If a larger DRX cycle is configured, or the network side configures an energy saving indication, the UE uses the largest DRX cycle to calculate PF and PO. That is, for cell DRX, the UE DRX uses the maximum principle to select DRX for calculating PF and PO.

[0301] Solution 5: Expand the number of POs within PF.

[0302] Combined with the above solution, in order to meet the demand for paging capacity, the value of Ns can be expanded, for example

[0303] Configure a new IE that indicates the number of POs contained in a PF, ns. For example, the value of ns is {8, 16, 32, 64}.

[0304] For UEs supporting this extended IE, for example, if this new IE is configured for R19 UEs, the previously configured ns will be ignored.

[0305] For legacy UEs that do not support this extended IE, they only see the originally configured Ns, that is, the number of POs contained in a PF is calculated based on the original ns.

[0306] Solution 5: PDCCH opportunity numbering.

[0307] All valid PDCCH occasions are numbered starting from 0 in the target PF. The first S consecutive PDDCH occasions correspond to the first PO, the second S consecutive PDDCH occasions correspond to the second PO, and so on.

[0308] In a PO, the first PDCCH opportunity corresponds to the first SSB index, and so on.

[0309] S is the number of SSBs actually transmitted. If the PDCCH opportunities within a PF are insufficient to map all POs, the paging PDCCH opportunities in at least one consecutive SFN following the PF are numbered continuously. That is, the paging PDCCH opportunities in multiple consecutive SFNs starting from the PF are numbered consecutively to map all POs to the actual SSBs transmitted.

[0310] When UE calculates its own PF and PO.

[0311] Ns is the total number of POs in a PF, the PF index is 0, 1, 2, ..., N, and N is the total number of PFs in a DRX cycle.

[0312] The PO index is i_s calculated by the UE. The UE calculates the PF and PO index using the following formula. Based on the above configuration, if the configuration indicates that there is only one PF in the DRX cycle, then N = 1.

[0313] (SFN+PF-offset)modT=(T / N)*(UE-ID mod N)

[0314] Wherein, SFN is the system frame number;

[0315] For the first type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the third IE;

[0316] For the second type of UE, PF-offset is the indication value of the second IE;

[0317] For idle UEs, T = min (defaultDRX, UE-specificDRX);

[0318] For inactive UEs, T=min(defaultDRX, RANDRX, UE-specificDRX).

[0319] The defaultDRX is indicated by the first IE; the RANDRX may be the DRX cycle configured by the wireless network. For example, the RANDRX may be configured by an RRC release message. The UE-specificDRX may be the DRX cycle determined by the UE; for example, the UE sends the UE-specificDRX to the network device during network registration.

[0320] N is the number of PFs included in a DRX cycle.

[0321] Exemplarily, the second category of UEs may include R19 UEs.

[0322] Paging PDCCH opportunities that do not overlap with uplink (UL) symbols are numbered consecutively. These paging PDCCH opportunities are used to transmit paging DCI, i.e., these paging PDCCH opportunities are PDCCH opportunities included in the PO. When numbering paging PDCCH opportunities, they are numbered starting from the first PDCCH opportunity of the PF and starting from 0. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for the network side to configure centralized transmission of paging messages for UEs in idle and inactive states, thereby achieving network energy conservation.

[0323] By configuring parameters and increasing the interval between POs to, for example, greater than 16SFN, POs can be distributed more concentratedly in the time domain.

[0324] A method of configuring one PF for one DRX cycle is introduced. Thus, one DRX cycle has only one PF. Thus, one DRX cycle only needs to monitor the PO at one or more consecutive moments.

[0325] By increasing the length of a DRX cycle, increasing the paging capacity of a single PO, or increasing the number of POs in a DRX cycle, a more concentrated distribution of POs in the time domain can be achieved.

[0326] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0327] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and their optional implementations may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, or may be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementations of other embodiments.

[0328] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device or a core network device) in any of the above methods.

[0329] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above devices is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above devices, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0330] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of a hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration file to implement the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DLP), or a similar hardware circuit. Unit, DPU) etc.

[0331] As shown in FIG5A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, wherein the network device includes:

[0332] The sending module 5101 is configured to send configuration information to the user equipment UE, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0333] In some embodiments, the network device further includes a processing module and / or a receiving module.

[0334] In some embodiments, the sending module may be used by the network device to execute steps related to information sending in any paging configuration method.

[0335] In some embodiments, the processing module may be used by the network device to execute steps related to information processing in any paging configuration method.

[0336] In some embodiments, the receiving module may be used by the network device to execute steps related to information sending in any paging configuration method.

[0337] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

[0338] In some embodiments, the sending module is configured to send configuration information to the first type of UE and the second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0339] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE; one or more IEs, used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0340] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle;

[0341] The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0342] In some embodiments, the indication value of the second IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0343] In some embodiments, the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle;

[0344] PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0345] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; the fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0346] In some embodiments, the candidate values ​​of the fourth IE range from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle.

[0347] In some embodiments, the indication value of the fourth IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0348] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0349] In some embodiments, when PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at a predetermined position among multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in PCCH-Config is PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of PF in the DRX cycle.

[0350] In some embodiments, the predetermined position includes: the first candidate position or the last candidate position.

[0351] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in a DRX cycle; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0352] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

[0353] In some embodiments, one PF in the N DRX cycles is located in the Xth DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0354] In some embodiments, X is indicated by a network device, or X is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0355] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle;

[0356] The minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

[0357] In some embodiments, the eighth IE is used to indicate the length of one DRX cycle to the second type of UE; and the first IE is used to indicate the length of one DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0358] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE;

[0359] The ninth IE and the tenth IE are both used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF;

[0360] The number of POs included in one PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in one PF indicated by the tenth IE.

[0361] In some embodiments, when PCCH-Config is sent to the first type UE and the second type UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type UE.

[0362] In some embodiments, a PO includes S physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunities of multiple adjacent PFs are numbered consecutively in chronological order; a PO includes S consecutively numbered PDCCH opportunities.

[0363] As shown in FIG5B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UE, including:

[0364] The receiving module 5201 is configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; and the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

[0365] In some embodiments, the UE further includes a processing module and / or a sending module.

[0366] In some embodiments, the sending module may be used for the UE to execute steps related to information sending in any paging configuration method.

[0367] In some embodiments, the processing module may be used for the UE to execute steps related to information processing in any paging configuration method.

[0368] In some embodiments, the receiving module may be used by the network device to execute steps related to information sending in any paging configuration method.

[0369] In some embodiments, the configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

[0370] In some embodiments, the configuration information is directed to both the first type of UE and the second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0371] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes one or more information elements IE; the one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0372] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle;

[0373] The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

[0374] In some embodiments, the indication value of the second IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0375] In some embodiments, the number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle;

[0376] PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0377] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE;

[0378] The fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0379] In some embodiments, the candidate values ​​of the fourth IE range from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in a DRX cycle.

[0380] In some embodiments, the enumeration value carried by the fourth IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0381] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

[0382] In some embodiments, when PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at a predetermined position among multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in PCCH-Config is PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of PF in the DRX cycle.

[0383] In some embodiments, the predetermined position includes: the first candidate position or the last candidate position.

[0384] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in a DRX cycle; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

[0385] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

[0386] In some embodiments, one PF in the N DRX cycles is located in the Xth DRX cycle in the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

[0387] In some embodiments, X is indicated by a network device, or X is agreed upon by a protocol.

[0388] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle;

[0389] The minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

[0390] In some embodiments, the eighth IE is used to indicate the length of one DRX cycle to the second type of UE; and the first IE is used to indicate the length of one DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

[0391] In some embodiments, PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE;

[0392] The ninth IE and the tenth IE are both used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF;

[0393] The number of POs included in one PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in one PF indicated by the tenth IE.

[0394] In some embodiments, when PCCH-Config is sent to the first type UE and the second type UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type UE.

[0395] In some embodiments, one of the POs includes S consecutively numbered physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; the S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunities are located in the PF or one or more wireless frames RF adjacent to the PF time domain; the PDCCH opportunities are numbered in chronological order starting from the PF.

[0396] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, which may include: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method that can be implemented in any one of the aforementioned embodiments.

[0397] 6A and / or 6B , the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0398] The communication device may be the aforementioned terminal and network device. In some embodiments, the network device may be a master node and / or an auxiliary node.

[0399] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 8103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 8101.

[0400] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0401] Optionally, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more interface circuits 8104, which are connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuits 8104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8104 can read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0402] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 6A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0403] 6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 8200 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG6B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0404] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the processor 8201 is configured to call instructions to enable the chip 8200 to execute any of the above paging configuration methods.

[0405] In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, which are connected to memory 8203. Interface circuit 8202 can be used to receive signals from memory 8203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 8203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 8202 can read instructions stored in memory 8203 and send the instructions to processor 8201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver are interchangeable.

[0406] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

[0407] The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but may also be a transient storage medium.

[0408] The present disclosure further provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above paging configuration methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0409] The present disclosure also provides a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute any one of the above paging configuration methods.

[0410] Other embodiments of the present invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the present invention and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The specification and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the present invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0411] It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A paging configuration method, wherein: Executed by a network device, the method includes: Sending configuration information to a user equipment UE; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The sending the configuration information to the user equipment UE includes: The configuration information is sent to a first type of UE and a second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes: one or more information elements IE; the one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: The indication value of the second IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein: The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle; The PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; The fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The candidate value range of the fourth IE is from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in the DRX cycle.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein: The indication value of the fourth IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

11. The method according to claim 4, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein When the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at the predetermined position among the multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in the PCCH-Config is the PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The predetermined position includes: the first candidate position or the last candidate position.

14. The method according to claim 4, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that a DRX cycle is configured with at most one PF; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

15. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 14, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein A PF in N DRX cycles is located in an Xth DRX cycle among the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

17. The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein The X is indicated by the network device, or is agreed upon by a protocol.

18. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 17, wherein: The PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; The minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein The eighth IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the second type of UE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

20. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 17, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE; The ninth IE and the tenth IE are both used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF; The number of POs included in a PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the tenth IE.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein When the PCCH-Config is sent to the first type of UE and the second type of UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type of UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type of UE.

22. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein: One PO includes S consecutively numbered physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunity is located in the PF or one or more wireless frames RF adjacent to the PF time domain; the PDCCH opportunities are numbered in chronological order starting from the PF.

23. A paging configuration method, wherein: The method is performed by a user equipment UE, and includes: Receive configuration information sent by a network device; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein The configuration information is used to indicate that one PF is configured within N DRX cycles; N is a positive integer.

25. The method according to claim 23 or 24, wherein The configuration information is for both the first type of UE and the second type of UE; the first type of UE does not support the network energy saving NES mechanism and the second type of UE supports the network energy saving NES mechanism; the configuration information is used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

26. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 25, wherein The configuration information includes: paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config; the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config includes one or more information elements IE; the one or more IEs are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a first IE and a second IE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to configure at most one PF in one DRX cycle.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein The indication value of the second IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

29. The method according to claim 27 or 28, wherein The number of alternative values ​​of the second IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate to the second type of UE that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle; The PCCH-Config includes a third IE; the value range of the third IE and the indication value of the first IE are used to indicate the number of PFs configured in a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a fourth IE; The fourth IE is used to indicate that at most one PF is configured in one DRX cycle.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein The candidate value range of the fourth IE is from 0 to the maximum number of RFs that can be included in the DRX cycle.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein The enumeration value carried by the fourth IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

33. The method of claim 26, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a fifth IE; the fifth IE is an enumeration type or a Boolean variable; when the fifth IE carries the first value, it indicates that at most one PF is configured for one DRX cycle.

34. The method according to claim 33, wherein When the PCCH-Config includes the fifth IE, the radio frame at the predetermined position among the multiple alternative positions calculated by the first IE and the third IE in the PCCH-Config is the PF; the first IE indicates the length of a DRX cycle; and the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

35. The method according to claim 34, wherein The predetermined position includes: the first candidate position or the last candidate position.

36. The method of claim 26, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a sixth IE; the sixth IE is used to indicate to the second type of UE that the number of alternative values ​​of the third IE is not used to determine the number of PFs in a DRX cycle and to indicate to the second type of UE that a DRX cycle is configured with at most one PF; the indication value carried by the third IE is used to indicate the offset of the PF in the DRX cycle.

37. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 36, wherein: The PCCH-Config includes a seventh IE; the seventh IE is used to indicate that N DRX cycles share one PF.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein A PF in N DRX cycles is located in an Xth DRX cycle among the N DRX cycles; X is a positive integer less than or equal to N.

39. The method according to claim 37 or 38, wherein The X is indicated by the network device, or is agreed upon by a protocol.

40. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 39, wherein The PCCH-Config further includes a first IE and an eighth IE; the first IE and the eighth IE are both used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle; The minimum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the eighth IE is greater than the maximum length of a DRX cycle indicated by the first IE.

41. The method according to claim 40, wherein The eighth IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the second type of UE; the first IE is used to indicate the length of a DRX cycle to the first type of UE.

42. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 41, wherein The PCCH-Config includes a ninth IE and a tenth IE; The ninth IE and the tenth IE are both used to indicate the number of paging occasions included in a PF; The number of POs included in a PF indicated by the ninth IE is less than the number of POs included in a PF indicated by the tenth IE.

43. The method according to claim 42, wherein When the PCCH-Config is sent to the first type of UE and the second type of UE, the ninth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the first type of UE; the tenth IE is used to indicate the number of POs contained in a PF to the second type of UE.

44. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 43, wherein One PO includes S consecutively numbered physical downlink control channel PDCCH opportunities; S is a positive integer; the PDCCH opportunity is located in the PF or one or more wireless frames RF adjacent to the PF time domain; the PDCCH opportunities are numbered in chronological order starting from the PF.

45. A network device, wherein: include: The sending module is configured to send configuration information to the user equipment UE; wherein the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

46. ​​A user equipment UE, wherein include: The receiving module is configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device; wherein, the configuration information is used to indicate that at most one paging frame PF is configured in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle; the paging frame PF includes one or more paging occasions PO; the PO is used to send paging downlink control information DCI.

47. A communication device, wherein: The communication device comprises: one or more processors; The processor is configured to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the paging configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 22 or 23 to 44.

48. A storage medium, wherein The storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the paging configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 22 or 23 to 44.

49. A program product, wherein When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the paging configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 22 or 23 to 44.

50. A communication system, wherein: The communication system includes a user equipment UE and a network device; The UE is configured to perform the method according to any one of claims 23 to 44; The network device is configured to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 22.

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