Paging monitoring methods, terminals and network-side devices

Abstract

This application discloses a paging monitoring method, a terminal, and a network-side device, belonging to the field of communication technology. The paging monitoring method of this application includes: the terminal determining a target paging location type and monitoring paging based on the target paging location type; wherein, the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, wherein the first coverage and the second coverage are different.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technology, specifically relating to a paging monitoring method, a terminal, and a network-side device. Background Technology

[0002] With the development of communication technology, the coverage requirements of terminals within a communication system are becoming increasingly diverse. For example, different terminals may have different coverage requirements, and even the coverage requirements of the same terminal may change. In related technologies, network-side equipment can send paging messages to terminals. However, existing paging mechanisms do not take into account the diverse coverage requirements of these terminals, resulting in problems such as low paging reliability or low paging efficiency. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application provides a paging monitoring method, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can solve the problems of low paging reliability or low paging efficiency.

[0004] In a first aspect, a paging monitoring method is provided, comprising: a terminal determining a target paging location type and monitoring paging based on the target paging location type; wherein the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, the second type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, and the first coverage being different from the second coverage.

[0005] Secondly, a paging monitoring method is provided, comprising at least one of the following: a first network-side device receives first information from a terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; the first network-side device sends a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to monitor paging based on the target paging location type; the first network-side device sends second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information instructing the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location; wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, and the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0006] Thirdly, a paging monitoring device is provided, comprising: a processing module for determining a target paging location type; and a communication module for monitoring paging based on the target paging location type; wherein the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, wherein the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0007] Fourthly, a paging monitoring device is provided, applied to a first network-side device, including a communication module, for at least one of the following: receiving first information from a terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; sending a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to monitor paging based on the target paging location type; sending second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, the third information being used to instruct the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location; wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, and the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0008] Fifthly, a paging monitoring device is provided, the device being configured to perform the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0009] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, the terminal including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

[0010] In a seventh aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to determine a target paging location type, and the communication interface is used to listen to paging based on the target paging location type; wherein the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging listening under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging listening under a second coverage, wherein the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0011] Eighthly, a network-side device is provided, the network-side device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

[0012] A ninth aspect provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for at least one of the following: receiving first information from a terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; sending a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; sending second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information instructing the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location; wherein the network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging listening under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location being used for paging listening under a second coverage, wherein the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0013] In a tenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0014] Eleventhly, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network-side device, wherein the terminal can be used to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, and the network-side device can be used to perform the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

[0015] In a twelfth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip including a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0016] In a thirteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

[0017] The embodiments of this application can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal to determine the appropriate target paging location type to listen to paging and improve paging reliability or paging efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 2 This is a schematic flowchart of a paging monitoring method according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a paging repeat mode according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a paging repeat mode according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 5 This is a schematic flowchart of a paging monitoring method according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the stopping of paging according to an embodiment of the paging monitoring method of this application; Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the paging and listening device according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the paging and listening device according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the terminal structure according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network-side device according to an embodiment of this application; Figure 12 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network-side device according to an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0019] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0020] The terms "first," "second," etc., used in this application are used to distinguish similar objects and not to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be used interchangeably where appropriate so that embodiments of this application can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same class, not limited in number; for example, the first object can be one or more. Furthermore, "or" in this application indicates at least one of the connected objects. For example, the scope of protection for "A or B" covers at least three scenarios: Scenario 1: including A but not B; Scenario 2: including B but not A; Scenario 3: including both A and B. In addition, the terms "A and / or B," "at least one of A and B," and "at least one of A or B" also cover at least the above three scenarios. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0021] The term "instruction" in this application can be either a direct instruction (or explicit instruction) or an indirect instruction (or implicit instruction). A direct instruction can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the required operation, or the requested result in the instruction sent. An indirect instruction can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the required operation or requested result based on the judgment result.

[0022] It is worth noting that the technologies described in this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in this application are often used interchangeably, and the described technologies can be used with the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as with other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes New Radio (NR) systems for illustrative purposes, and the term NR is used in most of the following description; however, these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) radio systems. th Generation 6G communication system.

[0023] Figure 1This diagram illustrates a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to embodiments of this application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 can also be referred to as User Equipment (UE), and can be a mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile internet device (MID), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) device, robot, wearable device, flight vehicle, vehicle user equipment (VUE), shipboard equipment, pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home devices (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), game consoles, personal computers (PCs), ATMs, or self-service machines, etc. Wearable devices include: smartwatches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart chains, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among these, in-vehicle devices can also be referred to as in-vehicle terminals, in-vehicle controllers, in-vehicle modules, in-vehicle components, in-vehicle chips, or in-vehicle units, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 11 is not limited in this application embodiment. Network-side equipment 12 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, wherein access network equipment may also be referred to as Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, radio access network function, or radio access network unit. Access network equipment may include base stations, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points (APs), or Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) nodes, etc.Among them, base stations can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), Next Generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), Access Point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Radio Base Station, Radio Transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home Evolved Node B, Transmit / Receive Point (TRP), Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) equipment (such as satellite or high altitude platform stations). The term "base station" can be any suitable term in the field, such as "station" or any other appropriate term in the relevant field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved. The term "base station" is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that the embodiments of this application only use the base station in the NR system as an example for introduction, and do not limit the specific type of base station.

[0024] Core network equipment, also known as core network nodes, core network functions, or core network elements, includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Mobility Management Entity (MME), Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), User Plane Function (UPF), Policy Control Function (PCF), Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), Edge Application Server Discovery Function (EASDF), Unified Data Management (UDM), Unified Data Repository (UDR), Home Subscriber Server (HSS), Centralized network configuration (CNC), Network Repository Function (NRF), Network Exposure Function (NEF), Local NEF (L-NEF), and Binding Support. Functions include BSF, Application Function (AF), Location Management Function (LMF), Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) devices (such as satellite or high altitude platform stations).It should be noted that the embodiments of this application only use the core network equipment in the NR system as an example for introduction, and do not limit the specific type of core network equipment. If the name of the core network equipment mentioned in the embodiments of this application changes in subsequent protocol versions (such as 6G), it is also within the scope of protection of this application.

[0025] Optionally, the core network equipment can be implemented by one or more functional modules in a single device, or by multiple devices working together; this application does not specifically limit this. It is understood that the aforementioned functional modules can be network elements in hardware devices, software functional modules running on dedicated hardware, or virtualized functional modules instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).

[0026] The paging monitoring method provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through some embodiments and application scenarios.

[0027] like Figure 2 As shown in the figure, this application embodiment provides a paging monitoring method 200, which can be executed by a terminal. In other words, the method can be executed by software or hardware installed on the terminal. The method includes the following steps.

[0028] S202: The terminal determines the target paging location type and listens for paging based on the target paging location type; wherein, the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging listening under a first coverage, the second type of paging location is used for paging listening under a second coverage, and the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0029] In this embodiment, the terminal can determine the target paging location type from a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, and listen for paging based on the target paging location type. The target paging location type determined by the terminal can be a first type of paging location, thus the terminal can listen for paging at the first type of paging location; the target paging location type determined by the terminal can be a second type of paging location, thus the terminal can listen for paging at the second type of paging location; the target paging location type determined by the terminal can be both a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location, thus the terminal can listen for paging at both types of paging locations.

[0030] In some embodiments, the first coverage is basic or normal coverage, and the second coverage is enhanced coverage. It should be noted that the aforementioned first and second coverages can also be replaced by other technical terms. For example, the first coverage corresponds to a first coverage level, and the second coverage corresponds to a second coverage level; or, for example, the first coverage is coverage provided for Mobile Broadband (MBB), and the second coverage is coverage provided for Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). The coverage provided by Wide Area (LPWA); for example, the first coverage corresponds to a single or non-repeating transmission of the signal, and the second coverage corresponds to a repeating transmission of the signal; for example, the first coverage corresponds to a repeating transmission of the signal with a repeating number of times equal to K, and the second coverage corresponds to a repeating transmission of the signal with a repeating number of times greater than K, where K is a positive integer, for example, K is 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.; for example, the first coverage corresponds to a repeating transmission of the signal with a repeating number of times less than L, and the second coverage corresponds to a repeating transmission of the signal with a repeating number of times greater than or equal to L, where L is an integer greater than 1, for example, L is 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; for example, the first coverage corresponds to a wideband transmission mode (e.g., 5MHz), and the second coverage corresponds to a narrowband transmission mode (e.g., 3MHz); for another example, the first coverage corresponds to a high-capacity transmission mode of the terminal (e.g., the terminal uses 4Rx to receive paging), and the second coverage corresponds to a low-capacity transmission mode of the terminal (e.g., the terminal uses 2Rx to receive paging).

[0031] This embodiment is not limited to the first and second coverages described above, but can be extended to multiple coverages, with multiple coverages corresponding to multiple coverage levels. For example, the configuration of the first type of paging location, the configuration of the second type of paging location, and the configuration of the third type of paging location correspond to the first coverage level, the second coverage level, and the third coverage level, respectively.

[0032] In this embodiment, the terminal can determine the target paging location type based on the terminal type, terminal capabilities, terminal requirements, and network-side device control. For example, if the terminal type matches the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location, the target paging location type is determined to include the first type of paging location; if the terminal type matches the type of terminal applicable to the second type of paging location, the target paging location type is determined to include the second type of paging location; if the terminal type matches both the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location and the type of terminal applicable to the second type of paging location, the target paging location type is determined to include both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location; and so on.

[0033] The type of the aforementioned terminal matches the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location. This can mean that the type of the terminal is the same as the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location; or that the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location includes the type of the terminal.

[0034] In this embodiment, after the terminal determines the target paging location type, it can listen for paging based on the target paging location type. Specifically, it can configure paging listening based on the paging location configuration corresponding to the target paging location type. This paging location configuration includes at least one of the following: time-domain resource information for paging listening, frequency-domain resource information for paging listening, and spatial-domain resource information for paging listening. The paging location configuration corresponding to the target paging location type can be at least partially sent by the network-side device or agreed upon by the protocol.

[0035] In this embodiment, the terminal determines the target paging location type from a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. If the target paging location type corresponds to a repeated transmission method based on paging information, then listening for paging at the target paging location type includes: repeatedly listening for paging at multiple paging information listening times. Further, the terminal merges the paging information listened to at least some of the paging information listening times at these multiple paging information listening times to improve the reliability of paging reception. The paging information includes at least one of the following: paging information carried on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and paging information carried on the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The terminal repeatedly listens for paging information at multiple paging occasions. These multiple paging occasions can correspond to multiple paging occupancy (PO) or multiple monitoring occasions (MO). Furthermore, the multiple paging occasions can be distributed within a single paging frame (PF), within a single paging monitoring cycle, or across different paging monitoring cycles. For example, the terminal repeatedly listens for paging information at multiple paging occasions in one of the following ways: 1) The terminal repeatedly listens for paging information on multiple monitoring occasions (such as monitor occasions) within a paging occasion (PO). Multiple paging information monitoring occasions correspond to multiple monitor occasions.

[0036] 2) The terminal repeatedly listens for paging messages on multiple POs within a PF, with the listening time for multiple paging messages corresponding to multiple POs; 3) The terminal repeatedly listens for paging on multiple POs across PF, and the listening time of multiple paging information corresponds to multiple POs.

[0037] 4) The terminal repeatedly listens for paging on multiple POs within a paging listening cycle, and the listening time of multiple paging information corresponds to multiple POs.

[0038] 5) The terminal repeatedly listens for paging on multiple POs across paging listening cycles, and the listening time of multiple paging information corresponds to multiple POs.

[0039] For example, when the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location, the terminal can monitor the N POs within one paging monitoring cycle; when the target paging location type includes a second type of paging location, the terminal can monitor the M POs within one paging monitoring cycle; when the target paging location type includes both a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location, the terminal can monitor the N POs within one paging monitoring cycle corresponding to the first type of paging location, and monitor the M POs within one paging monitoring cycle corresponding to the second type of paging location; wherein the paging monitoring cycle corresponding to the first type of paging location and the paging monitoring cycle corresponding to the second type of paging location can be the same or different. N is a positive integer, M is a positive integer, and N is less than M. For example, N is 1, M is 2, 3, or 4, etc.; or N is 1 or 2, M is 3, 4, or 5, etc.

[0040] The paging monitoring method provided in this application embodiment involves a terminal determining a target paging location type and monitoring paging based on that target paging location type. This target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage area, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage area. The first and second coverage areas are different. This application embodiment can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal determine a suitable target paging location type for paging monitoring, thereby improving paging reliability or paging efficiency.

[0041] The paging monitoring method provided in this application allows a terminal to be configured with two types of paging locations. The first type of paging location can be a single paging transmission, suitable for terminals requiring normal coverage / no coverage enhancement. The second type of paging location can be repeated multiple paging transmissions, suitable for terminals requiring enhanced coverage. The terminal can determine the target paging location type based on the types of paging locations actually configured on the network side and the terminal's coverage requirements.

[0042] The paging monitoring method provided in this application embodiment can improve the efficiency of network paging and save network resources and energy consumption.

[0043] In some embodiments, the terminal determining the target paging location type includes: the terminal determining the target paging location type based on at least one of the following: 1) Paging location types included in the paging configuration of the cell broadcast.

[0044] The paging location type can include Class I paging location and / or Class II paging location.

[0045] For example, in some deployment scenarios, the coverage provided by the cell itself is poor. In this case, the network-side equipment can be configured only with the second type of paging location. For terminals that support both types of paging locations (i.e., the first and second types), if the terminal obtains the configuration of the second type of paging location provided by the current cell, the terminal will listen for the second type of paging location. For terminals that do not support the second type of paging location, the terminal can reselect to another cell. Optionally, the current cell can provide auxiliary information to help terminals that do not support the second type of paging location quickly find the cell that sends the configuration of the first type of paging location. For example, the system information of the current cell can provide a first cell list, in which the cells are cells that provide the configuration of the first type of paging location, or cells that support the first type of paging location.

[0046] For example, in some deployment scenarios, the current cell has good coverage. In this case, the network-side equipment may only be configured with the first type of paging location. For terminals that support both types of paging locations (i.e., the first and second types of paging locations), if the terminal obtains the configuration of the first type of paging location provided by the current cell, the terminal will listen for the first type of paging location. Similarly, for terminals that do not support the first type of paging location, the terminal can reselect to another cell. Optionally, the current cell can provide auxiliary information to help terminals that do not support the first type of paging location quickly find the cell that sends the configuration of the second type of paging location. For example, the system information of the current cell can provide a second cell list, in which the cells are those that provide the configuration of the second type of paging location, or those that support the second type of paging location.

[0047] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the paging location type included in the paging configuration of the cell broadcast, including at least one of the following: when the paging configuration of the cell broadcast includes the configuration of the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; when the paging configuration of the cell broadcast includes the configuration of the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0048] It is understood that when the paging configuration of the cell broadcast includes the configuration of the first type of paging location and the configuration of the second type of paging location, the terminal can determine the target paging location type as including the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0049] It is understood that the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the paging location types included in the cell broadcast paging configuration, provided that the terminal supports the corresponding paging location type. For example, if the cell broadcast paging configuration includes a configuration for the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location, provided that the terminal supports the first type of paging location. This operation can also be understood as: the terminal determines the target paging location type based on its capabilities and the paging location types included in the cell broadcast paging configuration.

[0050] The configuration of the first and second type of paging locations can be configured to the terminal through system information or dedicated signaling configuration (such as RRC connection release messages).

[0051] 2) Paging location types enabled or allowed in the cell.

[0052] For example, a network-side device may simultaneously broadcast the configurations of both the first and second type of paging locations, but for a certain period, only the first type of paging location configuration may be enabled, while the second type may be disabled; or, for a certain period, only the second type of paging location configuration may be enabled, while the first type may be disabled. Enabling the first or second type of paging location can be triggered by the network-side device. For instance, if the network-side device fails to page a terminal at the enabled first type of paging location, and needs to send a paging request at the second type of paging location, it can send an enable command for the second type of paging location in advance. Alternatively, enabling the first or second type of paging location can be triggered by the terminal. For instance, when terminal coverage deteriorates, the terminal may initiate listening for the second type of paging location, at which point the terminal can trigger the network-side device to enable the second type of paging location.

[0053] Optionally, enabling or disabling a Type I or Type II paging location can also be achieved by the network side sending RRC (such as a short message or paging message) or DCI signaling.

[0054] Optionally, the enabling of the first or second paging location can also be enabled by default. For example, if the first paging location is always enabled by default, then the network side does not need to send the configuration enabling indication information for the first paging location.

[0055] Optionally, enabling / disabling the first or second type of paging location can also be implemented based on the Cell DTX function configured on the network side. For example, if the network-side device also configures and activates the Cell Discontinuous Transmission (CellDTX) function, the terminal can also determine the target paging location type based on whether the Cell DTX activation time includes the first or second type of paging location. If the activation time includes the first type of paging location, the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the activation time includes the second type of paging location, the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0056] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on cell-enabled or allowed paging location types, including at least one of the following: when the cell is enabled or allowed for the configuration of the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; when the cell is enabled or allowed for the configuration of the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0057] It is understood that when the configuration of the first type of paging location and the configuration of the second type of paging location are enabled or allowed in the cell, the terminal may determine that the target paging location type may include the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0058] 3) The paging location type configured for use by the terminal.

[0059] For example, the terminal can determine the target paging location type based on the paging location type configured in advance through negotiation with the network-side equipment. Optionally, if the terminal needs to change the target paging location type, it can re-initiate the negotiation process with the network-side equipment.

[0060] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the paging location type configured for use by the terminal, including at least one of the following: if the paging location type configured for use by the terminal includes the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the paging location type configured for use by the terminal includes the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0061] It is understood that when the paging location type configured for use by the terminal includes the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location, and when the configuration of the first type of paging location and the configuration of the second type of paging location are both configured, the terminal determines that the target paging location type may include the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0062] 4) Signal quality.

[0063] In certain deployment scenarios, a cell may simultaneously broadcast the configurations of both Type I and Type II paging locations. The terminal can then determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. For example, when terminal coverage is good, such as when the Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) is greater than or equal to a first signal quality threshold, the terminal listens for Type I paging locations but not Type II. When terminal coverage is poor, such as when RSRP is lower than the first signal quality threshold, the terminal listens for Type II paging locations. Optionally, even with poor terminal coverage, the terminal can also listen for both Type I and Type II paging locations. Again, for example, when terminal coverage is good and the Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) is greater than the first signal quality threshold, the terminal listens for Type I paging locations but not Type II; when terminal coverage is poor, such as when RSRP is lower than or equal to the first signal quality threshold, the terminal listens for Type II paging locations. Optionally, even with poor terminal coverage, the terminal can also listen for both Type I and Type II paging locations. The first signal quality threshold can be agreed upon by the protocol or configured by the network side through broadcast.

[0064] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on signal quality, including at least one of the following: when the signal quality of the current cell is greater than or equal to a first signal quality threshold, the terminal determines the target paging location type as the first type of paging location; when the signal quality of the current cell is less than the first signal quality threshold, the terminal determines the target paging location type as the second type of paging location, or as both the second type of paging location and the first type of paging location.

[0065] In this embodiment, the first type of paging location can be a single paging transmission, which is suitable for terminals that require normal coverage / non-coverage enhancement, and the second type of paging location can be a repeated paging transmission, which is suitable for terminals that require enhanced coverage.

[0066] 5) The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies.

[0067] 6) The type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies.

[0068] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies or the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies, including at least one of the following: if the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0069] It is understood that when the type of the terminal matches both the type of terminal corresponding to the first type of paging location and the type of terminal corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal may determine the target paging location type to include both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0070] The types of terminals to which the first type of paging location applies include: terminals that support the first type of paging location but do not support the first type of paging location; and terminals that support both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0071] The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies include: terminals that support the second type of paging location but do not support the first type of paging location; and terminals that support both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0072] It is understood that the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies or the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies, provided that the terminal has obtained the configuration and enabling information of the first type of paging location or the second type of paging location. For example, the premise that 'when the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location' is that the terminal has obtained the configuration of the first type of paging location and that the first type of paging location is enabled.

[0073] 7) Coverage requirements of the terminal.

[0074] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the terminal's coverage requirements, including at least one of the following: if the terminal's coverage requirements match the coverage level / level corresponding to the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the terminal's coverage requirements match the coverage level / level corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0075] It is understood that when the coverage requirements of the terminal match the coverage level / grade corresponding to the first type of paging location and the coverage level / grade corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal may determine the target paging location type as including the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0076] The coverage requirements of the terminal can be based on the terminal's internal implementation, or the coverage requirements determined by the terminal based on the protocol-agreed methods / requirements.

[0077] 8) Power saving requirements of the terminal.

[0078] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the terminal's power-saving requirements, including at least one of the following: when the terminal's power-saving requirements match the terminal's power consumption corresponding to the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; when the terminal's power-saving requirements match the terminal's power consumption corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0079] It is understood that when the power-saving requirements of the terminal match the power consumption corresponding to the first type of paging location and the terminal power consumption corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal may determine the target paging location type as including the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0080] The power-saving requirements of the terminal can be determined based on the terminal's internal implementation. The terminal can determine the target paging location type based on the power-saving requirements based on the terminal's internal implementation, or the terminal can determine it based on the method / requirement agreed upon in the protocol.

[0081] 9) The capabilities of the terminal.

[0082] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the terminal's capabilities, including at least one of the following: if the terminal's capabilities match the capabilities of a terminal applicable to the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the terminal's capabilities match the capabilities of a terminal applicable to the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0083] The capabilities of the aforementioned terminal are matched with the capabilities of terminals applicable to the first type of paging location. This can mean that the capabilities of the terminal are the same as those of terminals applicable to the first type of paging location; or that the capabilities of terminals applicable to the first type of paging location include the capabilities of the terminal.

[0084] It is understood that when the capabilities of the terminal match the capabilities of both the terminal corresponding to the first type of paging location and the terminal corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal may determine the target paging location type as including both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0085] Optionally, the terminal capabilities include at least one of the following: the terminal's radio frequency capabilities, the terminal's baseband processing capabilities, the terminal's transmit power capabilities, the terminal's demodulation capabilities, the terminal's decoding capabilities, the terminal's supported bandwidth capabilities, and the terminal's power consumption level.

[0086] 10) The type of terminal.

[0087] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the target paging location type based on the terminal type, including at least one of the following: if the terminal type matches the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; if the terminal type matches the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

[0088] It is understood that when the type of the terminal matches both the type of terminal corresponding to the first type of paging location and the type of terminal corresponding to the second type of paging location, the terminal may determine the target paging location type to include both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

[0089] Optionally, the type of terminal may include at least one of the following: MBB terminal, LPWA terminal, reduced capability (RedCap) terminal, Internet of Things (IoT) terminal, machine type communication (MTC) terminal, etc.

[0090] LPWA is a wireless communication technology designed to meet the low-power, wide-area coverage, and low-cost communication needs of IoT devices. LPWA technology features long communication distances, low power consumption, and low cost, making it suitable for the large-scale connectivity and low-power requirements of IoT applications.

[0091] It should be noted that the above method determines the target paging location type based on one of the information in 1) to 10). In practical applications, a combination of two or more of the information in 1) to 10) can also be used to determine the target paging location type. For example, in the case of the combination of 1), 2), and 10), the terminal determines the target paging location type as follows: if the paging configuration broadcast by the cell includes the configuration of the first type of paging location, the cell enables or allows the configuration of the first type of paging location, and the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies, then the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; and so on.

[0092] In various embodiments of this application, before the terminal listens for paging based on the target paging location type, the method further includes: the terminal determining the paging repetition number and / or paging repetition pattern corresponding to the target paging location type.

[0093] For example, in the case of repeated transmission of a paging corresponding to a target paging location type, the terminal determines the number of repeated transmissions, for example, the number of POs repeatedly monitored within a paging monitoring cycle.

[0094] In some embodiments, the paging repeat pattern includes at least one of the following: 1) Repeated in multiple transmission combinations, each transmission combination including at least one Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and at least one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), such as Figure 3 As shown.

[0095] 2) Repeat the transmission of multiple PDCCHs followed by multiple PDSCHs, such as... Figure 4 As shown.

[0096] 3) Repeat the transmission of multiple PDSCHs.

[0097] In various embodiments of this application, the method further includes: the terminal receiving a target configuration, the target configuration including at least one of the following: 1) Configuration of the first type of paging location.

[0098] 2) Configuration of the second type of paging location.

[0099] 3) First enable indication, which indicates whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled.

[0100] 4) Second enable indication, which indicates whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled.

[0101] 5) The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0102] 6) The type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0103] 7) A first signal quality threshold, which is used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0104] 8) The type of paging location the terminal needs to monitor. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0105] 9) The paging repeat pattern that the terminal needs to monitor. Using this information, after the terminal determines the target paging location type, it can determine the paging repeat pattern corresponding to that target paging location type.

[0106] 10) The coverage level to be used by the terminal. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0107] 11) The number of paging repetitions that the terminal needs to monitor. Using this information, after the terminal determines the target paging location type, the number of paging repetitions corresponding to that target paging location type can be determined.

[0108] In this embodiment, at least a portion of the target configuration can be obtained through system information sent by the access network device, or through physical layer signaling sent by the access network device, or through dedicated signaling sent by the access network device, or through signaling sent by the core network device, or as agreed upon by a protocol. For example, the configuration of the first type of paging location and the configuration of the second type of paging location can be obtained through system information sent by the access network device, the paging location type that the terminal wants to listen to can be configured by the core network device, and the paging repeat mode that the terminal wants to listen to can be agreed upon by a protocol.

[0109] In some embodiments, the configuration of the first type of paging location and the configuration of the second type of paging location are configured independently, which helps to improve the flexibility of configuration.

[0110] In some embodiments, the configurations of the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location are related. For example, the paging monitoring period corresponding to the first type of paging location is the same as the paging monitoring period corresponding to the second type of paging location; or, for example, the terminal can obtain the paging monitoring period T2 corresponding to the second type of paging location based on the paging monitoring period T1 corresponding to the first type of paging location, specifically, T2 = T1 + K, where K is the difference between the two paging monitoring periods.

[0111] In some embodiments, where the target paging location type includes more than one PO, the method further includes: the terminal determining at least one of the following for the target paging location type: 1) The time domain location of the PO being repeatedly monitored, or the time domain location of more than one PO that the terminal needs to monitor.

[0112] 2) Paging repeat mode, which can be found in the description of other embodiments.

[0113] The time-domain location of the repeatedly monitored PO includes: the paging monitoring period of the repeatedly monitored PO and the time-domain location of the repeatedly monitored PO within one paging monitoring period. The method further includes: the terminal obtaining the time-domain location of the repeatedly monitored PO within one paging monitoring period by one of the following methods: 1) Method 1: Based on the time domain location of the initial PO, the number of POs repeatedly monitored within a paging monitoring cycle X, and the time domain interval Y between any two adjacent POs.

[0114] The time-domain location of the initial PO can be explicitly configured; alternatively, the terminal obtains the time-domain location of the initial PO of the second type of paging location using the time-domain location of the initial PO of the first type of paging location and a time-domain offset. Furthermore, the time-domain locations of the initial POs of the second type of paging locations for different terminals can be common to the cell or grouped according to terminal identifiers.

[0115] The aforementioned paging monitoring period can be explicitly configured by the network-side device; or, by default, the paging monitoring period for the first type of paging location is the same as that for the second type of paging location; or, the paging monitoring period for the second type of paging location can be derived by the terminal based on the paging monitoring period for the first type of paging location.

[0116] The above X and Y can be optional, and can be values ​​agreed upon by the protocol if no configuration is made.

[0117] The Y mentioned above can be at the system frame number (SFN) level, slot level, or symbol level.

[0118] 2) Method 2: Based on the time domain location of each PO that is repeatedly monitored within a paging monitoring cycle.

[0119] For example, taking the second type of paging location requiring repetition 8 times as an example, repetition 8 times is equivalent to listening to 8 POs. In Method 1, the network needs to specify the time-domain position of the first PO within a listening cycle, X=8, indicating that 7 more PO positions need to be listened to subsequently. These 7 PO positions appear at equal time intervals, with a time interval of Y OFDM symbols. In Method 2, the network directly configures the time-domain positions of the 8 POs, such as a PO list.

[0120] For example, explicitly configuring the temporal location of the initial PO can be achieved by the network side configuring the radio frame PF containing the PO and the total number of POs within the PF (corresponding to Ns in related technologies, except that different Ns needs to be configured for the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location, where Ns represents the number of POs corresponding to one PF). The terminal calculates the location of its initial PO for the second type of paging location within this PF based on i_s = floor(UE_ID / N) mod Ns. This method is suitable for situations where there are many terminals requiring the second type of paging location. It should be noted that the total number of POs Ns for the second type of paging location is the number of initial PO locations for terminals in different groups, and repeated PO locations after the initial PO location can be ignored.

[0121] Paging frames (PF) and paging occasions (PO) are two important paging-related components. A paging frame (PF) is a radio frame that can contain one or more paging occasions (POs). A paging occasion (PO) is a subframe that may contain a paging message. Knowing the paging cycle, the PF, and the PO, the terminal can determine the exact time to receive the paging message. To reduce terminal power consumption in RRC_IDLE / RRC_INACTIVE states, the terminal uses Discontinuous Reception (DRX) to receive paging messages. A DRX cycle contains several PFs, and one PF corresponds to several POs. The terminal wakes up only once per DRX cycle to monitor one PO. The terminal monitors one paging occasion (PO) per DRX cycle. A PO is a set of PDCCH monitoring occasions and can include multiple time slots (e.g., subframes or OFDM symbols) from which paging DCIs can be transmitted. DRX cycle represents the period during which the terminal detects paging, PF represents the system frame for detecting paging, PO represents the specific PDCCH monitoring occasions for detecting paging, and i_s represents the index of the PO corresponding to PF. The calculation method is as follows: PF: (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = (T div N)*(UE_ID mod N) i_s: i_s = floor (UE_ID / N) mod Ns The parameters are explained as follows: T represents the DRX cycle; N represents the total number of power banks (PFs) in T; Ns represents the number of position points (POs) corresponding to one PF; PF_offset represents the offset of the PF; UE_ID represents 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024; TMSI is the Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identifier for the UE, which can be used to uniquely distinguish different UEs, and is also used in Msg3 for random access. When the UE does not have a TMSI, the default UE_ID = 0.

[0122] For example, explicitly configuring the time-domain location of the starting PO can also be done if there are not many terminals that need a second type of paging location. In this case, it may not be necessary to evenly distribute the POs of multiple terminals on multiple POs within a PF. In this case, the network-side device can directly configure the cell-common second type of paging location. That is, the network side configures the radio frame PF, time slot and symbol where the starting PO is located, and all terminals listen for repeated paging at the same second type of paging location.

[0123] For example, the temporal location of the initial PO is indirectly obtained through a configured first-type paging location and a temporal offset. If the first-type paging locations are centrally distributed, for example, if there is only one total number of PFs and eight POs within that PF, then the temporal location of the initial PO of the second-type paging location can be obtained by adding a PF offset to the PF where the first-type paging location is located. Within that PF, the terminal determines the temporal location of the initial PO of the second-type paging location, as illustrated in the previous two examples. If the first-type paging locations are uniformly distributed, for example, if there are four total number of PFs and four POs within each PF, then the temporal location of the initial PO of the second-type paging location can be obtained by adding a PF offset, symbol-level offset, or slot-level offset to the terminal's own first-type PF to obtain the radio frame where the terminal's own second-type PF is located. Within that PF, the terminal determines the temporal location of the initial PO of the second-type paging location, as illustrated in the previous two examples.

[0124] In various embodiments of this application, the method further includes: the terminal reporting first information, the first information including at least one of the following: paging location types supported by the terminal, paging repeat modes supported by the terminal, coverage levels supported by the terminal, number of paging repeats supported by the terminal, paging location types of interest to the terminal, paging repeat modes of interest to the terminal, coverage levels of interest to the terminal, coverage requirements of the terminal, and number of paging repeats of interest to the terminal. Here, "of interest" can be understood as "UE preferred".

[0125] This embodiment facilitates the negotiation between the terminal and network-side equipment regarding the paging location type, paging repeat mode, etc.

[0126] The aforementioned first information may include terminal capability information, and may also include UE assistance information.

[0127] The aforementioned first information can be carried by a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message or by an Access Stratum (AS) message.

[0128] Taking paging location type as an example, the process of negotiating the paging location type between the terminal and the network-side equipment is described (this negotiation process can also be applied to the negotiation of other information such as paging repeat mode, paging repeat count, and coverage level), including: 1. Terminal sends first information: During the registration process, the terminal may report the paging location types it supports and / or the paging location types it is interested in to the core network, or the terminal may report the paging location types it supports and / or the paging location types it is interested in to the base station when it is in the connected state. After receiving the information, the base station will send the paging location types it supports and / or the paging location types it is interested in to the core network for storage.

[0129] 2. Paging Location Types Configured for Terminal Listening: When the core network knows the paging location types supported by the terminal and / or the paging location types of interest, the core network can configure the paging location types the terminal wants to listen to. Furthermore, the core network will send the configured paging location types to the terminal's anchor base station so that the anchor base station can perform RAN paging. Alternatively, the core network may not configure the paging location types the terminal wants to listen to, but instead send the paging location types supported by the terminal and / or the paging location types of interest to the terminal's anchor base station so that the anchor base station can perform RAN paging. The anchor base station can configure the paging location types used by the terminal when releasing the terminal to the RRC inactive state.

[0130] After negotiation, when the terminal is in RRC idle state, it listens for core network paging (CN paging). When the core network initiates a CN paging for the terminal, it sends the paging location type configured for the terminal to the base stations sending the paging to the terminal, so that these base stations can send paging according to the paging location type listened to by the terminal. When the terminal is in RRC inactive state, it listens for access network paging (RAN paging). When the anchor base station initiates a RAN paging for the terminal, the anchor base station sends the paging location type configured for the terminal by the core network to the base stations sending the paging to the terminal, so that these base stations can send paging according to the paging location type listened to by the terminal.

[0131] When a terminal in the RRC idle state needs to change its paging location type, such as when the terminal's coverage requirements change, the terminal can initiate the mobility registration update process again to negotiate a new paging location type with the network side.

[0132] When a terminal in an inactive RRC state needs to change its paging listening type, such as when the terminal's coverage requirements change, the terminal initiates an RNAU process to renegotiate a new paging location type with the network side.

[0133] In some embodiments, merging of duplicate transmissions can be as follows: the terminal first performs detection / decoding based on the initial transmission. If the detection is successful, the terminal does not need to detect subsequent duplicate transmissions. If the detection or decoding fails, the terminal then performs merging detection for subsequent duplicate transmissions. When the terminal is monitoring both a first-type paging location and a second-type paging location, the terminal may choose not to merge the paging information monitored at the first-type paging location and the paging information monitored at the second-type paging location, or the terminal may choose to merge them.

[0134] For example, the terminal repeats four times at the second type of paging location, using a repeat transmission method with the paging PDCCH and the scheduled paging PDSCH as the granularity.

[0135] Step 1: The terminal first attempts to detect the paging PDCCH on the first transmission. If the paging PDCCH is detected, it continues to decode the paging PDSCH scheduled by the paging PDCCH on the first transmission.

[0136] Step 2-1: If all steps are successful, the terminal stops paging detection and listening. Optionally, if the paging PDCCH is detected, but the paging PDSCH is not detected successfully in the first transmission, the terminal will still attempt to merge the paging PDSCH detection in subsequent repeated transmissions.

[0137] Step 2-2: If the paging PDCCH detection fails or is not detected in the initial transmission, the terminal continues to listen for the subsequent three repeated transmissions and merges the contents of these four repeated transmissions for detection. If the merging detection is successful, the paging PDSCH of the four repeated transmissions is also merged for detection. Alternatively, if the paging PDCCH detection fails or is not detected in the initial transmission, the terminal continues to listen for the subsequent three repeated transmissions and merges the contents of the latter three repeated transmissions for detection. If the merging detection is successful, the paging PDSCH of the latter three repeated transmissions is also merged for detection.

[0138] The prerequisite for a terminal to combine the detection of the initial transmission and subsequent repeated transmissions (i.e., combine the content of four transmissions) is that the paging PDCCH and / or paging PDSCH transmission parameters of the initial transmission and subsequent repeated transmissions are the same. If this prerequisite is not met, the terminal can only combine the content of the last three repeated transmissions for detection.

[0139] The above combination Figure 2 A paging monitoring method according to embodiments of this application is described in detail. The following will combine... Figure 5 A paging monitoring method according to another embodiment of this application is described in detail. It will be understood that the interaction between the network-side device and the terminal, as described from the perspective of the network-side device, is... Figure 2The terminal-side descriptions in the methods shown are the same or corresponding; to avoid repetition, relevant descriptions are omitted as appropriate.

[0140] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the implementation flow of the paging monitoring method according to an embodiment of this application, which can be applied to a first network-side device. For example... Figure 5 As shown, the method 500 includes the following steps.

[0141] S502: The first network-side device performs at least one of the following: 1) receiving first information from the terminal, the first information being used to indicate relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; 2) sending a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; 3) sending second information and / or third information to the second network-side device, the second information being used to indicate relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information being used to instruct the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at the first type of paging location and / or the second type of paging location.

[0142] Wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, and the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage. The first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0143] The embodiments of this application can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal to determine the appropriate target paging location type to listen to paging and improve paging reliability or paging efficiency.

[0144] In some embodiments, the first coverage is a basic coverage or a normal coverage, and the second coverage is an enhanced coverage.

[0145] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following: the paging location type supported by the terminal, the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal, the coverage level supported by the terminal, the number of paging repeats supported by the terminal, the paging location type of interest to the terminal, the paging repeat mode of interest to the terminal, the coverage level of interest to the terminal, the coverage requirements of the terminal, and the number of paging repeats of interest to the terminal.

[0146] In some embodiments, the target configuration includes at least one of the following: 1) Configuration of the first type of paging location.

[0147] 2) Configuration of the second type of paging location.

[0148] 3) First enable indication, which indicates whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled.

[0149] 4) Second enable indication, which indicates whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled.

[0150] 5) The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0151] 6) The type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0152] 7) A first signal quality threshold, which is used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0153] 8) The type of paging location the terminal needs to monitor. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0154] 9) The paging repeat pattern that the terminal needs to monitor. Using this information, after the terminal determines the target paging location type, it can determine the paging repeat pattern corresponding to that target paging location type.

[0155] 10) The coverage level to be used by the terminal. This information helps the terminal determine the target paging location type.

[0156] 11) The number of paging repetitions that the terminal needs to monitor. Using this information, after the terminal determines the target paging location type, the number of paging repetitions corresponding to that target paging location type can be determined.

[0157] In some embodiments, the second information includes at least one of the following: the paging location type supported by the terminal, the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal, the coverage level supported by the terminal, the number of paging repeats supported by the terminal, the paging location type of interest to the terminal, the paging repeat mode of interest to the terminal, the coverage level of interest to the terminal, the coverage requirements of the terminal, the number of paging repeats of interest to the terminal, the paging location type configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the paging repeat mode configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the coverage level configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the number of repeats configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the terminal type applicable to the first type of paging location configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, and the terminal type applicable to the second type of paging location configured by the first network-side device for the terminal.

[0158] For example, the first network-side device is a core network device. It receives the terminal's capability information from the terminal (receiving first information from the terminal). The terminal's capability information indicates that the terminal supports the second type of paging location but does not support the first type of paging location. The first network-side device sends the terminal's capability information to the second network-side device (sending second information to the second network-side device). At this time, the second network-side device is the anchor access network device of the terminal. The second information is used by the anchor access network device to initiate RAN paging for the terminal.

[0159] Furthermore, when the first network-side device initiates a CN paging, the first network-side device sends an interface paging message to the second network-side device. At this time, the second network-side device is an access network device that sends an air interface paging message to the terminal. The first network-side device carries the terminal's identifier and the aforementioned capability information (second information) of the terminal in the interface paging message so that the second network-side device knows which paging location type to use to paging the terminal.

[0160] Furthermore, after the anchor access network device of the terminal receives the aforementioned capability information of the terminal from the core network device, the anchor access network device (at this time, the anchor access network device is the first access network device) can, when initiating RAN paging, carry the terminal's identifier and the aforementioned capability information (second information) of the terminal in the interface paging message to the second network-side device (the access network device that sends the air interface RAN paging message to the terminal), so that the second network-side device knows which paging location type to use to paging the terminal.

[0161] For example, the first network-side device is a core network device. Upon receiving first information from the terminal, which indicates the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal, the first network-side device sends this first information to a second network-side device. In this case, the second network-side device is the anchor access network device for the terminal, used by the anchor access network device to initiate RAN paging for the terminal. Further, when the first network-side device initiates CN paging, it sends an interface paging message to the second network-side device. In this case, the second network-side device is the access network device sending an air interface paging message to the terminal. The first network-side device carries the terminal's identifier and the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal in the interface paging message, so that the second network-side device knows which paging repeat mode to use to paging the terminal.

[0162] Furthermore, after the anchor access network device of the terminal receives the first information from the core network device, the anchor access network device (which is the first access network device at this time) can carry the terminal's identifier and the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal in the interface paging message sent to the second network side device (the access network device that sends the air interface RAN paging message to the terminal) when initiating RAN paging, so that the second network side device knows which paging repeat mode to use to paging the terminal.

[0163] In some embodiments, the third information includes at least one of the following: 1) First indication information, the first indication information is used to indicate to stop paging the terminal.

[0164] 2) Second indication information, which is used to indicate that the terminal is in a connected state or has established a connection.

[0165] This implementation is beneficial for early paging termination on the network side, such as... Figure 6 As shown, if a terminal listens to a second type of paging location (which could be listening to a second type of paging location but not a first type of paging location, or listening to both a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location), and if the core network recognizes that the terminal has responded to a paging, then the core network can notify the relevant base station to stop sending paging messages to the terminal, thereby reducing paging resource overhead on the network side.

[0166] In some embodiments, the first network-side device sending third information to the second network-side device includes: the first network-side device sending the third information to the second network-side device according to the paging repeat mode used by the terminal.

[0167] In some embodiments, the paging repeat pattern includes at least one of the following: 1) Repeated in a manner of multiple transmission combinations, each of the transmission combinations including at least one PDCCH and at least one PDSCH.

[0168] 2) Repeat the transmission of multiple PDCCHs first, followed by multiple PDSCHs.

[0169] 3) Repeat the transmission of multiple PDSCHs.

[0170] For example, if a terminal is listening to a second type of paging location (which could be listening to the second type of paging location but not the first type of paging location, or listening to both the first and second type of paging locations), and if the core network identifies that the terminal has responded to a paging, and the paging repetition mode of the terminal's second type of paging location is repeated in the manner of multiple (PDCCH+PDSCH), or in the manner of transmitting multiple PDCCHs first and then multiple PDSCHs, then the core network can notify the relevant base station to stop sending paging messages for the terminal, thereby reducing paging resource overhead on the network side.

[0171] In the LP-WUS (Low Power Wake-Up Signal) scenario, the first type of paging location can also correspond to the first type of LO (LP-WUS timing), and the second type of paging location can also correspond to the second type of LO (LP-WUS timing). The method in this application for determining the target paging location type from the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location can be extended to determine the target LO from the first type of LO and the second LO, which will not be elaborated here.

[0172] The paging monitoring method provided in this application can be executed by a paging monitoring device. This application uses the example of a paging monitoring device executing the paging monitoring method to illustrate the paging monitoring device provided in this application.

[0173] This application provides a paging monitoring device. As an example, the paging monitoring device can be a communication device or a component within a communication device, such as a chip. The communication device can be a terminal, a network-side device, or a server, etc. Exemplarily, the terminal can be, but is not limited to, the type of terminal 11 listed above, and the network-side device can be, but is not limited to, the type of network-side device 12 listed above. This application does not impose specific limitations.

[0174] The paging monitoring device includes a receiving module, a transmitting module, and a processing module. These modules can be implemented in software or hardware. When implemented in hardware, the processing module can be implemented by a processor. For example, the processor can include general-purpose processors, special-purpose processors, etc., such as central processing units (CPUs), microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), artificial intelligence (AI) processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), network processors (NPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other programmable logic devices, gate circuits, transistors, discrete hardware components, etc. The receiving and transmitting modules can be implemented by a communication interface, which can include one or more of the following: transceivers, pins, circuits, buses, radio frequency units, etc.

[0175] For details, see Figure 7 When the paging monitoring device is a terminal or a component within a terminal, the paging monitoring device 700 includes a processing module 702 for determining the target paging location type; and a communication module 704 for monitoring paging based on the target paging location type; wherein the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location being used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, wherein the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0176] The embodiments of this application can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal to determine the appropriate target paging location type to listen to paging and improve paging reliability or paging efficiency.

[0177] In some embodiments, the processing module 702 is configured to determine the target paging location type based on at least one of the following: 1) the paging location type included in the paging configuration broadcast by the cell; 2) the cell-enabled or permitted paging location type; 3) the paging location type configured for use by the terminal; 4) signal quality; 5) the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; 6) the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies; 7) the coverage requirements of the terminal; 8) the power saving requirements of the terminal; 9) the capabilities of the terminal; and 10) the type of the terminal.

[0178] In some embodiments, the processing module 702 is further configured to determine the number of paging repetitions and / or the paging repetition pattern corresponding to the target paging location type.

[0179] In some embodiments, the communication module 704 is further configured to receive a target configuration, the target configuration including at least one of the following: 1) a configuration of the first type of paging location; 2) a configuration of the second type of paging location; 3) a first enable indication, the first enable indication being used to indicate whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled; 4) a second enable indication, the second enable indication being used to indicate whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled; 5) the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; 6) the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies; 7) a first signal quality threshold, the first signal quality threshold being used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality; 8) the paging location type to be monitored by the terminal; 9) the paging repetition mode to be monitored by the terminal; 10) the coverage level to be used by the terminal; and 11) the number of paging repetitions to be monitored by the terminal.

[0180] In some embodiments, the communication module 704 is further configured to report first information, the first information including at least one of the following: the paging location type supported by the terminal, the paging repeat mode supported by the terminal, the coverage level supported by the terminal, the number of paging repeats supported by the terminal, the paging location type of interest to the terminal, the paging repeat mode of interest to the terminal, the coverage level of interest to the terminal, the coverage requirement of the terminal, and the number of paging repeats of interest to the terminal.

[0181] See Figure 8When the paging monitoring device is a network-side device or a component of a network-side device, the paging monitoring device 800 includes a communication module 802, used for at least one of the following: 1) receiving first information from a terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; 2) sending a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to monitor paging based on the target paging location type; 3) sending second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information instructing the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location; wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage, and the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0182] The embodiments of this application can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal to determine the appropriate target paging location type to listen to paging and improve paging reliability or paging efficiency.

[0183] In some embodiments, the communication module 802 is configured to send the third information to the second network-side device according to the paging repeat mode used by the terminal.

[0184] The paging and listening device provided in this application embodiment can achieve... Figures 2 to 8 The various processes implemented in the method embodiments achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

[0185] like Figure 9 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a communication device 900, including a processor 901 and a memory 902. The memory 902 stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor 901. For example, when the communication device 900 is a terminal, the program or instructions executed by the processor 901 implement the various steps of the above-described paging monitoring method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 900 is a network-side device, the program or instructions executed by the processor 901 implement the various steps of the above-described paging monitoring method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, further details are omitted here.

[0186] This application embodiment also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement, for example... Figure 2The steps in the method embodiment shown are illustrated. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-described terminal-side method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this terminal embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. The terminal can be... Figure 7 The paging and listening device shown. Specifically, Figure 10 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal to implement an embodiment of this application. The terminal 1000 includes, but is not limited to, at least some of the following components: radio frequency unit 1001, network module 1002, audio output unit 1003, input unit 1004, sensor 1005, display unit 1006, user input unit 1007, interface unit 1008, memory 1009, and processor 1010.

[0187] Those skilled in the art will understand that the terminal 1000 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for powering various components. The power supply can be logically connected to the processor 1010 through a power management system, thereby enabling functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in Figure 1010 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0188] It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processor 10041 and a microphone 10042. The graphics processor 10041 processes image data of still images or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in video capture mode or image capture mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes at least one of a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, power buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be described in detail here.

[0189] In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network-side device, the radio frequency unit 1001 can transmit it to the processor 1010 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1001 can send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 1001 includes, but is not limited to, antennas, amplifiers, transceivers, couplers, low-noise amplifiers, duplexers, etc.

[0190] The memory 1009 can be used to store software programs or instructions, as well as various data. The memory 1009 may primarily include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data. The first storage area may store the operating system, application programs or instructions required for at least one function (such as sound playback, image playback, etc.). Furthermore, the memory 1009 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1009 in this embodiment includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0191] The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operations involving the operating system, user interface, and applications, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the aforementioned modem processor may also not be integrated into the processor 1010.

[0192] The processor 1010 is used to determine the target paging location type; the radio frequency unit 1001 is used to listen to paging based on the target paging location type; wherein the target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location is used for paging listening under a first coverage, the second type of paging location is used for paging listening under a second coverage, and the first coverage is different from the second coverage.

[0193] The embodiments of this application can provide the terminal with a first type of paging location and a second type of paging location based on different coverage types, which helps the terminal to determine the appropriate target paging location type to listen to paging and improve paging reliability or paging efficiency.

[0194] It is understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of the paging monitoring method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0195] This application embodiment also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement, for example... Figure 5 The steps of the method embodiment shown are illustrated. This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-described network-side device method embodiment. All implementation processes and methods of the above-described method embodiments can be applied to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0196] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network-side device, which can be... Figure 8 The paging and listening device shown. Figure 11 As shown, the network-side device 1100 includes: an antenna 111, a radio frequency (RF) device 112, a baseband device 113, a processor 114, and a memory 115. The antenna 111 is connected to the RF device 112. In the uplink direction, the RF device 112 receives information through the antenna 111 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 113 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 113 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 112. The RF device 112 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 111.

[0197] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments can be implemented in the baseband device 113, which includes a baseband processor.

[0198] Baseband device 113 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as Figure 11 As shown, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 115 via a bus interface to call the program or instructions in the memory 115 to execute the network-side device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

[0199] The network-side device may also include a network interface 116, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0200] The radio frequency device 112 is used for at least one of the following: 1) receiving first information from a terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; 2) sending a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine a target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; 3) sending second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information instructing the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location; wherein the network-side device 1100 is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging listening under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location being used for paging listening under a second coverage, the first coverage being different from the second coverage.

[0201] Furthermore, the network-side device 1100 in this embodiment of the application also includes: a program or instructions stored in memory 115 and executable on processor 114, wherein processor 114 calls the program or instructions in memory 115 to execute. Figure 8 The methods executed by each module shown achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, they will not be described in detail here.

[0202] Specifically, embodiments of this application also provide a network-side device. For example... Figure 12 As shown, the network-side device 1200 includes: a processor 1201, a network interface 1202, and a memory 1203. This network-side device can be... Figure 8 The paging monitoring device shown. The network interface 1202 is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0203] The network interface 1202 is used to: 1) receive first information from the terminal, the first information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; 2) send a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; 3) send second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, the second information indicating relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information instructing the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at the first type of paging location and / or the second type of paging location; wherein the network-side device 1200 is a core network device or an access network device, the paging location type and the target paging location type include the first type of paging location and / or the second type of paging location, the first type of paging location being used for paging listening under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location being used for paging listening under a second coverage, the first coverage being different from the second coverage.

[0204] Furthermore, the network-side device 1200 in this embodiment of the application also includes: a program or instructions stored in the memory 1203 and executable on the processor 1201, wherein the processor 1201 calls the program or instructions in the memory 1203 to execute. Figure 8 The methods executed by each module shown achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, they will not be described in detail here.

[0205] This application also provides a readable storage medium storing a program or instructions. When the program or instructions are executed by a processor, they implement the various processes of the above-described paging and monitoring method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described again here.

[0206] The processor mentioned above is either the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments or the processor in the network-side device. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.

[0207] This application embodiment also provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-described paging and monitoring method embodiments and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0208] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-on-a-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-a-chip, etc.

[0209] This application also provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-described paging and monitoring method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described again here.

[0210] This application also provides a paging monitoring system, including: a terminal and a network-side device, wherein the terminal can be used to perform the steps of the paging monitoring method described above, and the network-side device can be used to perform the steps of the paging monitoring method described above.

[0211] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0212] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of computer software products plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms, and of course, they can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.), and the computer software product includes several instructions to cause the terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

[0213] The embodiments of this application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other implementations under the guidance of this application without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims. All of these implementations are within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that, include: The terminal determines the target paging location type and listens for paging based on the target paging location type; The target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage. The first coverage is different from the second coverage.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first coverage is basic or normal coverage, and the second coverage is enhanced coverage.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The terminal determines the target paging location type by: the terminal determining the target paging location type based on at least one of the following: The paging location types included in the paging configuration of the community broadcast system; The cell's enabled or permitted paging location type; The terminal is configured to use the paging location type; Signal quality; The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies; The coverage requirements of the terminal; The power-saving requirements of the terminal; The capabilities of the terminal; The type of terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The terminal determines the target paging location type based on the paging location type included in the paging configuration of the cell broadcast, including at least one of the following: When the paging configuration of the cell broadcast includes the configuration of the first type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; When the paging configuration of the cell broadcast includes the configuration of the second type of paging location, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The terminal determines the target paging location type based on the cell-enabled or allowed paging location type, including at least one of the following: When the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled or allowed in the cell, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; If the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled or permitted in the cell, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location.

6. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The terminal determines the target paging location type based on the type of terminal applicable to the first type of paging location or the type of terminal applicable to the second type of paging location, including at least one of the following: When the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the first type of paging location; When the type of the terminal matches the type of terminal to which the second type of paging location applies, the terminal determines that the target paging location type includes the second type of paging location; The types of terminals to which the first type of paging location applies include: terminals that support the first type of paging location but do not support the second type of paging location; and terminals that support both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location. The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies include: terminals that support the second type of paging location but do not support the first type of paging location; and terminals that support both the first type of paging location and the second type of paging location.

7. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The terminal determines the target paging location type based on signal quality, including at least one of the following: If the signal quality of the current cell is greater than or equal to the first signal quality threshold, the terminal determines that the target paging location type is the first type of paging location; If the signal quality of the current cell is less than the first signal quality threshold, the terminal determines that the target paging location type is the second type of paging location, or a combination of the second type of paging location and the first type of paging location.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, The method further includes: The terminal determines the paging repetition count and / or paging repetition pattern corresponding to the target paging location type.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that, The method further includes: the terminal receiving a target configuration, the target configuration including at least one of the following: Configuration of the first type of paging location; Configuration of the second type of paging location; A first enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled; The second enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled; The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies; A first signal quality threshold is used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. The type of paging location that the terminal needs to monitor; The paging repeat pattern that the terminal needs to monitor; The coverage level to be used by the terminal; The terminal needs to monitor the number of repeated paging requests.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, The method further includes: the terminal reporting first information, the first information including at least one of the following: The terminal supports the following paging location types, paging repeat modes, coverage levels, paging repeat counts, paging location types of interest to the terminal, paging repeat modes of interest to the terminal, coverage levels of interest to the terminal, coverage requirements of the terminal, and paging repeat counts of interest to the terminal.

11. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that, The paging repeat mode includes at least one of the following: The transmission is repeated in multiple transmission combinations, each of which includes at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). Repeat the transmission of multiple PDCCHs followed by multiple PDSCHs. Repeat the transmission of multiple PDSCHs.

12. A paging monitoring method, characterized in that, Includes at least one of the following: The first network-side device receives first information from the terminal, the first information being used to indicate relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal; The first network-side device sends a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; The first network-side device sends second information and / or third information to the second network-side device. The second information is used to indicate relevant information about the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information is used to instruct the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at the first type of paging location and / or the second type of paging location. Wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, and the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage. The first coverage is different from the second coverage.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that, The first coverage is basic or normal coverage, and the second coverage is enhanced coverage.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The first information includes at least one of the following: The terminal supports the following paging location types, paging repeat modes, coverage levels, paging repeat counts, paging location types of interest to the terminal, paging repeat modes of interest to the terminal, coverage levels of interest to the terminal, coverage requirements of the terminal, and paging repeat counts of interest to the terminal.

15. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The target configuration includes at least one of the following: Configuration of the first type of paging location; Configuration of the second type of paging location; A first enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled; The second enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled; The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies; A first signal quality threshold is used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. The type of paging location that the terminal needs to monitor; The paging repeat pattern that the terminal needs to monitor; The coverage level to be used by the terminal; The terminal needs to monitor the number of repeated paging requests.

16. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The second information includes at least one of the following: The terminal supports the following paging location types, paging repeat modes, coverage levels, and paging repeat counts: the terminal supports, the terminal is interested in, the terminal is interested in, the terminal is interested in, the terminal's coverage level, the terminal's coverage requirements, the terminal's interested paging repeat counts, the paging location types configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the paging repeat modes configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the coverage levels configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the repeat counts configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, the terminal types applicable to the first type of paging location configured by the first network-side device for the terminal, and the terminal types applicable to the second type of paging location configured by the first network-side device for the terminal.

17. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The third information includes at least one of the following: First indication information, the first indication information being used to instruct the cessation of paging the terminal; The second indication information is used to indicate that the terminal is in a connected state or has established a connection.

18. The method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that, The third information sent from the first network-side device to the second network-side device includes: The first network-side device sends the third information to the second network-side device according to the paging repeat mode used by the terminal.

19. The method according to claim 14, 15, 16 or 18, characterized in that, The paging repeat mode includes at least one of the following: The transmission is repeated in multiple transmission combinations, each of which includes at least one PDCCH and at least one PDSCH. Repeat the transmission of multiple PDCCHs followed by multiple PDSCHs. Repeat the transmission of multiple PDSCHs.

20. A paging and listening device, characterized in that, include: The processing module is used to determine the target paging location type; The communication module is used to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; The target paging location type includes a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage. The first coverage is different from the second coverage.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, characterized in that, The processing module is configured to determine the target paging location type based on at least one of the following: The paging location types included in the paging configuration of the community broadcast system; The cell's enabled or permitted paging location type; The terminal is configured to use the paging location type; Signal quality; The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies; The coverage requirements of the terminal; The power-saving requirements of the terminal; The capabilities of the terminal; The type of terminal.

22. The apparatus according to claim 20 or 21, characterized in that, The processing module is also used to determine the number of paging repetitions and / or the paging repetition mode corresponding to the target paging location type.

23. The apparatus according to any one of claims 20 to 22, characterized in that, The communication module is further configured to receive a target configuration, the target configuration including at least one of the following: Configuration of the first type of paging location; Configuration of the second type of paging location; A first enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the first type of paging location is enabled; The second enable indicator is used to indicate whether the configuration of the second type of paging location is enabled; The type of terminal to which the first type of paging location applies; The types of terminals to which the second type of paging location applies; A first signal quality threshold is used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type based on signal quality. The type of paging location that the terminal needs to monitor; The paging repeat pattern that the terminal needs to monitor; The coverage level to be used by the terminal; The terminal needs to monitor the number of repeated paging requests.

24. The apparatus according to any one of claims 20 to 23, characterized in that, The communication module is further configured to report first information, the first information including at least one of the following: The terminal supports the following paging location types, paging repeat modes, coverage levels, paging repeat counts, paging location types of interest to the terminal, paging repeat modes of interest to the terminal, coverage levels of interest to the terminal, coverage requirements of the terminal, and paging repeat counts of interest to the terminal.

25. A paging monitoring device, applied to a first network-side device, characterized in that, Includes a communication module for at least one of the following: Receive first information from the terminal, the first information being used to indicate information related to the paging location type of the terminal; Send a target configuration to the terminal, the target configuration being used by the terminal to determine the target paging location type and to listen for paging based on the target paging location type; Send second information and / or third information to a second network-side device, wherein the second information is used to indicate information related to the paging location type of the terminal, and the third information is used to instruct the second network-side device to stop paging the terminal at the first type of paging location and / or the second type of paging location; Wherein, the first network-side device is a core network device or an access network device, and the paging location type and the target paging location type include a first type of paging location and / or a second type of paging location. The first type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a first coverage, and the second type of paging location is used for paging monitoring under a second coverage. The first coverage is different from the second coverage.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, characterized in that, The communication module is used to send the third information to the second network-side device according to the paging repeat mode used by the terminal.

27. A terminal, characterized in that, It includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions that can run on the processor, the program or instructions being executed by the processor to implement the steps of the method as described in any one of claims 1 to 11.

28. A network-side device, characterized in that, It includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions that can run on the processor, the program or instructions being executed by the processor to implement the steps of the method as described in any one of claims 12 to 19.

29. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The readable storage medium stores a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11, or implement the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 12 to 19.

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