Monitoring Method, Device, Communication Device, and Storage Medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium. The monitoring method executed by a UE includes determining a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme in response to the UE being in an inactive state. The paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, but is not limited to the field of communication technologies, and particularly relates to a monitoring method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium.

Background Art

[0002] In related technologies, when paging is performed without paging subgrouping, for example, when all User Equipments (UEs) are woken up in one Paging Occasion (PO), if the paging probabilities of the UEs within the paging occasion are different, UEs with low paging probabilities will also be woken up by mistake, resulting in unnecessary power consumption. Therefore, paging subgrouping for UEs is considered. However, regardless of the sub-grouping method used, the UE and network devices (such as base stations and core network devices) cannot normally send paging messages to the UE if they do not match the paging subgroup where the UE is located.

[0003] When the UE is in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) Inactive state, the UE needs to monitor CN paging and RAN paging simultaneously. At this time, there is a situation where the state of the UE considered by the network device does not match the actual state of the UE. If the UE performs paging according to the original subgroup, the paging message will be lost.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a monitoring method executed by a UE, the method including: responding to the UE being in an inactive state, determining a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme, the paging subgroup ID being used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0006] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping scheme includes a paging subgrouping scheme based on an identifier (UE-ID).

[0007] In some embodiments, the step of determining a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme in response to the UE being in an inactive state includes: responding to the UE being in an inactive state, determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a method for determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state.

[0008] In some embodiments, the step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a method for determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state includes: determining that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state; and determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state, including at least one of the above steps.

[0009] In some embodiments, the step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a method for determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state includes: In response to supporting the UE's ability to monitor wake-up signals, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; In response to supporting the UE's ability for paging subgrouping based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; Including at least one of the steps of: in response to the UE supporting the ability to monitor wake-up signals and supporting the ability for paging subgrouping based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state.

[0010] In some embodiments, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state is: In response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined ability, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; Or, Including the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state in response to the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined ability.

[0011] In some embodiments, in response to at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined ability, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is determined based on either the ability information of the UE or the ability information of the network device.

[0012] In some embodiments, the predetermined capabilities include at least one of: a first capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion in the inactive state based on an idle state paging occasion; a second capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup in the inactive state based on an idle state subgroup; a third capability for indicating the ability to determine a RAN paging occasion in the inactive state based on an idle state paging occasion, based on an access network; a fourth capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state, based on an idle state paging subgroup, based on an access network.

[0013] In some embodiments, the method includes receiving paging configuration information, which is used to indicate at least one of: first capability information of a first capability of the UE; second capability information of a second capability of the UE; third capability information of a third capability of the network device; fourth capability information of a fourth capability of the network device.

[0014] According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a monitoring method performed by a network device, the method including transmitting paging configuration information, the paging configuration information being used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme, the paging subgroup ID being used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0015] ​In some embodiments, the paging sub-grouping method includes a paging sub-grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0016] In some embodiments, the paging configuration information is the first UE capability information for indicating the ability to determine the paging occasion in the inactive state based on the paging occasion in the idle state, the second UE capability information for indicating the ability to determine the paging sub-group in the inactive state based on the sub-group in the idle state, the third network device capability information for indicating the ability to determine the paging occasion of RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging occasion in the idle state, and the fourth network device capability information for indicating the ability to determine the paging sub-group for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging sub-group in the idle state, and is used to indicate at least one of them.

[0017] According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a monitoring device is provided, and the device includes a processing module configured to determine a paging sub-group ID in a paging sub-grouping method in response to the UE being in an inactive state, and the paging sub-group ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0018] In some embodiments, the paging sub-grouping method includes a paging sub-grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0019] In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state.

[0020] In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state, or the processing module is configured to determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state.

[0021] In some embodiments, the processing module in response to supporting the UE's ability to monitor wake-up signals, determines the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, and in response to supporting the UE's ability to support the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determines the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, and in response to supporting the UE's ability to monitor wake-up signals and supporting the UE's ability to support the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determines the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, and is configured to perform at least one of the above.

[0022] In some embodiments, in response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined capability, the processing module is configured to determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state. Or, In response to the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined capability, the processing module is configured to determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state.

[0023] In some embodiments, in response to at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, the processing module is configured to determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on either the capability information of the UE or the capability information of the network device.

[0024] In some embodiments, the predetermined capability includes a first capability for indicating the ability to determine the paging occasion in the inactive state based on the paging occasion in the idle state, a second capability for indicating the ability to determine the paging subgroup in the inactive state based on the subgroup in the idle state, a third capability for indicating the ability to determine the paging occasion of RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging occasion in the idle state based on the access network, and a fourth capability for indicating the ability to determine the paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging subgroup in the idle state based on the access network, including at least one of them.

[0025] In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a transmission module configured to receive paging configuration information, where the paging configuration information includes at least one of: first capability information of a first capability of the UE, second capability information of a second capability of the UE, third capability information of a third capability of the network device, and fourth capability information of a fourth capability of the network device.

[0026] According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a monitoring apparatus is provided, the apparatus including a transmission module configured to transmit paging configuration information, where the paging configuration information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme, and the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0027] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping scheme includes a paging subgrouping scheme based on UE-ID.

[0028] In some embodiments, the paging configuration information includes first capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine an inactive-state paging occasion based on an idle-state paging occasion, second capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine an inactive-state paging subgroup based on an idle-state subgroup, third capability information of the network device for instructing the ability to determine an inactive-state RAN paging occasion based on an idle-state paging occasion, and It is used to indicate at least one of the fourth capability information of the network device for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging subgroup in the idle state.

[0029] According to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, and the communication device includes a processor, and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, and when the processor executes the executable instructions, it is configured to implement the monitoring method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] According to a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program is provided, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, the monitoring method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is realized.

Advantages of the Invention

[0031] The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can include the following beneficial effects.

[0032] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the UE is in the inactive state, by determining the paging subgroup ID in the paging subgrouping method again, the UE in the inactive state can monitor the PEI and / or the paging message, and when the UE is in the inactive state, it can also monitor paging using the paging subgroup in the inactive state. Compared with the network device transmitting paging based on the paging subgroup in the idle state, the loss of paging messages can be reduced, and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0033] It should be noted that the above general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory, and do not limit the embodiments of the present disclosure.

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0035] Here, exemplary embodiments will be described, and the examples are shown in the drawings. When the following description relates to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments that conform to the embodiments of the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of devices and methods that conform to some embodiments of the present application detailed in the appended claims.

[0036] The terms used in this application are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments of this application. The singular forms "a", "the", and "said" used in the embodiments of this application and the appended claims include the plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Further, the term "and / or" as used herein refers to any and all combinations of one or more of the listed associated items.

[0037] In the embodiments of this application, terms such as first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe each piece of information, but this information is not limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, unless departing from the scope of the embodiments of this application, the first piece of information may be referred to as the second piece of information, and similarly, the second piece of information may be referred to as the first piece of information. Depending on the context, for example, the term "when" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of...", "during...", or "in response to a determined event".

[0038] Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include a plurality of user equipments 110 and a plurality of base stations 120.

[0039] User equipment 110 may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. User equipment 110 can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). User equipment 110 may be a user equipment of the Internet of Things, for example, a sensor device, a mobile phone (also referred to as a “cellular” phone), and a computer with user equipment of the Internet of Things. For example, it may be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-integrated, or in-vehicle device. For example, it may be a Station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a user equipment. Or, user equipment 110 may be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Or, user equipment 110 may be an in-vehicle device, for example, an electronic control unit with a wireless communication function or a wireless user equipment connected to an external electronic control unit. Or, user equipment 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic signal, or other roadside devices with a wireless communication function.

[0040] The base station 120 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth-generation mobile communication (4G) system called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system called a new wireless system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a system of the next generation of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be called a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).

[0041] The base station 120 may be an evolved Node B (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a gNB that uses a centralized and distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the base station 120 uses a centralized and distributed architecture, it usually includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The central unit is provided with a protocol stack of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and the distributed unit is provided with a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific implementation forms of the base station 120.

[0042] A wireless connection can be established between the base station 120 and the user equipment 110 via a wireless radio interface. In different embodiments, the wireless radio interface is a wireless radio interface based on the fourth-generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard, or the wireless radio interface is a wireless radio interface based on the fifth-generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard. For example, the wireless radio interface is a new radio interface, or the wireless radio interface may be a wireless radio interface based on the next-generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

[0043] In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection can be established between the user equipment 110. For example, it is a scenario such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication, and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication among vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications.

[0044] Here, the above user equipment can be regarded as the terminal device in the following embodiments.

[0045] In some embodiments, the above wireless communication system may include a network management device 130.

[0046] A plurality of base stations 120 are each connected to a network management device 130. The network management device 130 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system. For example, the network management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be other core network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), etc. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0047] For the convenience of those skilled in the art to understand, the embodiments of the present disclosure enumerate a plurality of embodiments to clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the plurality of embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed in combination with the methods of other embodiments of the embodiments of the present disclosure, or may be executed together with some methods of other related technologies after being executed alone or in combination. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit this.

[0048] To better understand the technical solutions described in any one of the embodiments of the present disclosure, first, the related technologies will be partially described.

[0049] In one embodiment, when waking up the UE within one paging occasion without performing paging sub-grouping, even those with a low paging probability may be wrongly woken up, resulting in unnecessary power consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to perform paging sub-sub-grouping on the UE and page the UE in the way of paging sub-sub-grouping. In one embodiment, the paging sub-grouping information may be carried by paging downlink control information (DCI), or may be carried by paging early indication (PEI). Regardless of which paging sub-grouping method is used, the UE and the network device (including the base station and the core network) cannot normally send a paging message to the UE unless they reach an agreement on the subgroup where the UE is located.

[0050] In one embodiment, two types of paging sub-grouping methods are provided. One is the paging sub-grouping method based on network assignment (CN-assigned subgrouping), and the other is the random sub-grouping method based on the identifier of the user equipment (UE_ID based subgrouping), or the paging sub-grouping method based on UE-ID.

[0051] In one embodiment, a method for determining a paging sub-group identifier (SubgroupID) by the paging sub-grouping method based on UE-ID is provided, and the paging sub-group ID (SubgroupID) is determined based on the following formula. SubgroupID =(floor(UE_ID / (N×Ns)) mod subgroupsNumForUEID)+(subgroupsNumPerPO -subgroupsNumForUEID) Here, N is the paging frame density in the time domain, that is, the total number of paging frames within the paging period (T), and Ns is the paging density within one paging frame (PF) in the time domain, that is, the number of paging times or paging occasions within one paging frame, and the possible values may be any one of 1, 2, and 4. UE_ID indicates the paging subgroup identifier where the UE is located. In one embodiment, UE_ID is 5G-S-TMSI mod X. When extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) is applied, X is 32768; otherwise, X is 8192. subgroupsnumforUEID is the total number of paging subgroup resources used for UE_ID. For example, it indicates the number of subgroups grouped based on UE_ID in the PO broadcast in the system information. subgroupsNumPerPO indicates all the number of subgroups that can be supported by the PO broadcast in the system information. The "mod" function here is the remainder function that obtains the remainder of dividing two mathematical expressions. The "floor" function here is the truncation function, that is, the function that takes the integer below the mathematical expression. For example, floor(3.7) = 3.

[0052] In one embodiment, a paging subgrouping method based on network allocation is provided. The paging subgrouping method based on network allocation is executable by a core network device as an integrated node. Here, when the network allocates a paging subgroup identifier, it may be determined based on the attributes of the UE or the statistically paging probability, etc.

[0053] Exemplarily, RAN2 #114 Agreements [2], CN is responsible for allocating UEs to UE paging subgroups based on UE characteristics, Use the same UE subgroups when in RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE. That is, The CN is used to assign the UE to a UE paging subgroup based on UE characteristics, and the same UE paging subgroup is used in RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE.

[0054] Here, if the core network device does not provide the UE's paging subgroup ID, or the UE does not support the network device's paging subgrouping method, the UE falls back to the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID to select the paging subgroup resources.

[0055] In some application scenarios, when the UE is in the inactive state, a mismatch may occur between the base station that maintains the UE's state and the core network device. Here, in the network-assigned paging subgrouping method, the UE determines the subgroup using the network-assigned paging subgrouping method in both the idle state and the inactive state. When the UE is converted from the idle state to the inactive state, the core network device does not assign a new subgroup. Therefore, when the UE is in the idle state or the inactive state, no mismatch problem occurs. When using the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, since the paging cycles in the inactive state and the idle state are different, the subgroups in these two states are also different, so a mismatch problem occurs. The following shows a calculation example. Common assumption: RAN paging cycle = rf32, UE specific DRX value = rf64, Default paging cycle = rf128, N=T, Ns=4, UE_ID = 1234, N: The total number of paging frames in T, Ns: The number of paging occasions for a PF, UE_ID: 5G-S-TMSI mod X, where X is 32768 if eDRX is applied; otherwise, X is 8192. subgroupsNumForUEID: 8, The SFN for the PF is determined by: (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = (T div N)×(UE_ID mod N). Index (i_s), indicating the index of the PO is determined by: i_s = floor (UE_ID / N) mod Ns. SubgroupID = (floor(UE_ID / (N×Ns)) mod subgroupsNumForUEID) + (subgroupsNumPerPO - subgroupsNumForUEID).

[0056] That is, Normal assumptions: The value of the RAN paging cycle is 32, the value of the UE's specific DRX cycle is 64, the default paging cycle is 128, N is the total number of paging frames within one paging cycle (T), Ns is the number of paging occasions within one paging frame (PF) and its value is 4, the value of UE_ID is 1234, the value of subgroupsNumForUEID is 8, where SFN is determined by the PF, (SFN+PF_offset)mod T =(T div N)×(UE_ID mod N), The paging occasion number (Index (i_s)) is a number that indicates a paging occasion (PO) and is determined as follows. i_s = floor (UE_ID / N) mod Ns, SubgroupID = (floor(UE_ID / (N×Ns)) mod subgroupsNumForUEID) + (subgroupsNumPerPO - subgroupsNumForUEID).

[0057] In one embodiment, a calculation rule for the paging subgroup ID is provided as shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1

[0058] The idle state of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure refers to the RRC idle state, and the non-active state of a UE refers to the RRC non-active state.

[0059] In some embodiments, when the UE is in the non-active state, the UE needs to monitor CN paging and RAN paging. At this time, there is a situation where the network device and the UE are in a mismatch. For example, the text of the UE is lost on the network side, and the network device thinks that the UE is in the RRC idle state and starts CN paging. At this time, although the UE is still in the non-active state, the network device thinks that the UE is in the idle state.

[0060] Exemplarily, an example of one paging subgroup is provided below. The paging subgroup may be a paging subgroup of Paging DCI or a paging subgroup using a wake-up signal. Assume that a UE in the idle state is assigned to one subgroup 0 (i.e., the paging subgroup ID is ID0), and the UE enters the inactive state, or is calculated using the RAN paging period by the above formula, then it is assigned to subgroup 1 (i.e., the paging subgroup ID is ID1). In normal situations, when there is no mismatch situation due to the text being lost on the network side, the base station sends the PEI to the UE according to subgroup ID1, and the UE monitors the PEI with subgroup ID1. However, when the text of the UE is lost on the network side (and the subgroup ID1 maintained by the base station is also lost), the network device considers the UE to be in the idle state and starts paging by the CN. At this time, the base station determines the paging subgroup ID using the paging period of the paging subgrouping method set by the network, that is, performs paging with subgroup ID0. In contrast, the UE still monitors paging using subgroup ID1, so the paging message or paging pre-indication is lost.

[0061] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining a paging subgroup ID to solve paging monitoring when there is a mismatch between the state of the UE and the state of the UE considered by the network device.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 2, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes the following step S21.

[0063] In step S21, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, a paging subgroup ID in the paging subgrouping method is determined, and the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0064] Here, the UE may be various mobile terminals or fixed terminals. For example, the UE may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a computer, a server, a wearable device, a game control platform, or a multimedia device.

[0065] The inactive state according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be an RRC inactive state, and such an idle state may be an RRC idle state.

[0066] In one embodiment, the paging subgrouping method may be, but is not limited to, a paging subgrouping method based on an identifier of a user equipment (UE-ID).

[0067] In one embodiment, the wake-up signal may be, but is not limited to, a PEI.

[0068] In one embodiment, the paging message may be any paging message. For example, the paging message may be a DCI.

[0069] Here, the paging subgroup ID is used to monitor a PEI when the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is different from the paging subgroup ID of the UE determined by the network device.

[0070] Here, the paging subgroup ID is used to monitor the PEI when the state of the UE does not match the state of the UE determined by the network device. Here, the state of the UE is the RRC inactive state, and the state of the UE determined by the network device is the RRC idle state.

[0071] Here, the network device includes an access network device and / or a core network device. The access network device may be, but is not limited to, a base station. The core network device may be, but is not limited to, various network functions or entities that implement network functions. The base station may be at least one of a 3G base station, a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and other evolved base stations, but is not limited thereto.

[0072] In one embodiment, the wake-up signal may be transmitted by an access network device or a core network device. When the wake-up signal is transmitted by the core network device, the core network device transmits the wake-up signal to the base station, and the base station forwards the wake-up signal to the UE.

[0073] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the UE is in the inactive state, by determining the paging subgroup ID in the paging subgrouping method again, the UE in the inactive state can monitor the PEI and / or the paging message. In this way, when the UE is in the inactive state, paging is monitored using the paging subgroup in the inactive state, and compared with the case where the network device transmits paging based on the paging subgroup in the idle state, the loss of the paging message can be reduced, and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0074] Some embodiments include receiving paging configuration information transmitted from a network device.

[0075] Step S21 is a step of determining a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method based on paging setting information in response to the UE being in an inactive state, where the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal.

[0076] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes: receiving paging setting information transmitted from a network device; in response to the UE being in an inactive state, determining a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method based on the paging setting information, where the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal.

[0077] Thus, in embodiments of the present disclosure, based on the paging setting information of the network device, the paging subgroup ID can be determined again only when the UE is in an inactive state.

[0078] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0079] In some embodiments, step S21 includes determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state.

[0080] As shown in FIG. 3, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes the following step S31.

[0081] In step S31, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state.

[0082] In some embodiments, step S31 includes determining that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state; and determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state, including one of the steps.

[0083] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, the method including determining that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state, or determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state.

[0084] Exemplarily, when the UE is in the idle state, the paging subgroup ID determined based on the paging subgrouping method of the UE-ID is ID0. The UE determines that the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state, that is, determines that the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state is ID0. When the context of the UE is lost on the network side, since the network device considers the UE to be in the idle state, the determined paging subgroup ID of the UE is also ID0. In this way, when the UE is in the inactive state, it can monitor PEI and the like in the paging subgroup resource with the paging subgroup ID of ID0, and the network device can also start paging PEI and the like in the paging subgroup resource with the paging subgroup ID of ID0. In this way, the loss of paging messages can be reduced and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0085] Exemplarily, when the UE is in the idle state, the paging subgroup determined based on the paging cycle of the idle UE is ID0. The UE determines the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state based on the paging cycle in the idle state, that is, determines that the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state is ID0. When the context of the UE is lost on the network side, since the network device considers the UE to be in the idle state, the determined paging subgroup ID of the UE is also ID0. In this way, when the UE is in the inactive state, it can monitor PEI and the like in the paging subgroup resource with the paging subgroup ID of ID0, and the network device can also start paging PEI and the like in the paging subgroup resource with the paging subgroup ID of ID0. In this way, the loss of paging messages can be reduced and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0086] In this way, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the paging subgroup ID where the UE is located in the inactive state can continue to use the paging subgroup ID where it is located in the idle state or determine the paging subgroup ID based on the paging period in the idle state. Thereby, when the UE monitors based on the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state, it can match the paging subgroup ID of the paging sent from the network device, so that the paging message loss can be reduced and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0087] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to solve the problem of paging message loss caused by the loss of the UE's context on the network side, and the problem of paging message loss caused by the inconsistency that although the UE is in the inactive state, the network device believes that the UE is in the idle state, and it is possible to solve the problem of paging message loss caused by the inconsistency between the state where any one UE is located and the state of the UE considered by the network device.

[0088] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0089] In some embodiments, in step S31, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is including the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state based on the protocol agreement.

[0090] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, the method including determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state according to a protocol agreement.

[0091] Here, the protocol may be a wireless communication protocol, for example, it may be a 5G wireless communication protocol.

[0092] Here, the protocol may be a protocol negotiated between the network device and the UE.

[0093] In some embodiments, the protocol includes when the UE supports the ability to monitor wake-up signals, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; when the UE supports the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; when the UE supports the ability to monitor wake-up signals and supports the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; when the UE is currently using the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, at least one of which is defined.

[0094] Here, the fact that the UE currently uses a paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID implicitly includes that the UE supports the ability to monitor wake-up signals and the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, and the network device also has the ability to support the paging subgrouping method of the UE-ID.

[0095] In some embodiments, in step S31, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state is In response to the UE supporting the ability to monitor wake-up signals, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state; and In response to the UE supporting the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state; and In response to the UE supporting the ability to monitor wake-up signals and the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state; and When the UE currently uses a UE-ID based subgrouping method (implicitly including that the UE supports the ability to monitor wake-up signals, the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, and the network also has the ability to support the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID), based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state, includes at least one of.

[0096] As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes the following step S41.

[0097] In step S41, in response to supporting the ability of the UE to monitor a wake-up signal, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state, and / or in response to supporting the ability of the UE to support the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state, and / or support the ability of the UE to monitor a wake-up signal, support the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, and in response thereto, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state.

[0098] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the wake-up signal is the wake-up signal in the above embodiment. Exemplarily, the wake-up signal includes a PEI.

[0099] Exemplarily, when the UE is in the non-active state and, according to the protocol agreement, the UE supports the ability to monitor a wake-up signal and / or supports the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, the UE can determine that the paging subgroup ID is the paging subgroup ID in the idle state.

[0100] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE can directly determine the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, based on the ability to monitor wake-up signals and the ability to support the paging subgrouping method of the UE-ID. Thereby, since the network device does not need to transmit and instruct network signaling, etc., the interaction of network signaling can be reduced, and the power consumption of the network device and the UE can be reduced.

[0101] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0102] In some embodiments, in step S41, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is In response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined ability, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state, and In response to the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined ability, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state, and including.

[0103] As shown in FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes the following step S51.

[0104] In step S51, in response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined capability, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state, or, in response to the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined capability, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state.

[0105] In some embodiments, the predetermined capability instructs to support the ability to determine the PO in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state.

[0106] In one embodiment, for the UE to support a predetermined capability, it may be that the UE supports the ability to use the PO in the idle state when in the inactive state, and / or for the network device to support a predetermined capability, it may be that the network device supports the ability to determine the PO for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state.

[0107] In one embodiment, step S51 may be a step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state in response to the predetermined capability supported by the UE and the predetermined capability supported by the network device being the same.

[0108] Here, when the UE supports the ability to use the PO in the idle state when in the inactive state and the network device supports the ability to determine the PO for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state, the predetermined capability supported by the UE and the predetermined capability supported by the network device are the same.

[0109] In one embodiment, in step S51, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state may be a step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state based on either one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information.

[0110] In some other embodiments, the predetermined capability includes at least one of: a first capability for indicating the capability of determining the paging occasion in the non-active state based on the paging occasion in the idle state; a second capability for indicating the capability of determining the paging subgroup in the non-active state based on the subgroup in the idle state; a third capability for indicating the capability of determining the paging occasion of RAN paging in the non-active state based on the paging occasion in the idle state based on the access network; a fourth capability for indicating the capability of determining the paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the non-active state based on the paging subgroup in the idle state based on the access network.

[0111] Here, the capability information of the predetermined capability includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the first capability information, the second capability information, the third capability information, and the fourth capability information. The first capability information is the capability information indicating the first capability, and / or the second capability information is the capability information indicating the second capability, and / or the third capability information is the capability information indicating the third capability, and / or the fourth capability information is the capability information indicating the fourth capability.

[0112] Here, the first capability information and / or the second capability information may be the UE's capability information, and the third capability information and / or the fourth capability information may be the network device's capability information.

[0113] Exemplarily, the ability of the UE to support Inactive State PO-Determination may be as follows. Indicates whether the UE supports to use the same i_s to determine PO in RRC_INACTIVE state as in RRC_IDLE state. When UE supports PEI reception, it also indicates whether the UE supports to use the same UE-ID based subgroup in RRC_INACTIVE state as in RRC_IDLE state.

[0114] That is, it indicates whether the UE supports using the same i_s as in the RRC_IDLE state to determine PO in the RRC_INACTIVE state. When the UE supports PEI reception, it further indicates whether the UE supports using the same paging subgroup of the UE-ID in the RRC_INACTIVE state as in the RRC_IDLE state.

[0115] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when both the network device and the UE support a predetermined ability, that is, when they support the ability to determine the PO in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state, the paging subgroup ID in the inactive state can be determined based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state. In this way, the loss of paging messages can be reduced, and the paging success rate can be improved.

[0116] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0117] As shown in FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method includes the following step S61.

[0118] In step S61, in response to at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, based on either one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state.

[0119] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the predetermined capability may be the predetermined capability in the above embodiments. For example, the predetermined capability information may be at least one of a first capability, a second capability, a third capability, and a fourth capability.

[0120] In one embodiment, at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability may mean that the predetermined capability supported by the UE does not match the predetermined capability supported by the network device. Exemplarily, when the UE supports the capability of the PO in the inactive state and the network device supports the capability of the RAN paging PO in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state, the predetermined capability supported by the UE does not match the predetermined capability supported by the network device.

[0121] In some embodiments, the UE's capability information includes first capability information for indicating the ability to determine an inactive state paging occasion based on an idle state paging occasion, and second capability information for indicating the ability to determine an inactive state paging subgroup based on an idle state subgroup, and includes at least one of these, but is not limited thereto.

[0122] In some embodiments, the network device's capability information includes Third capability information for instructing the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in the inactive state based on an idle state paging occasion based on an access network, Fourth capability information for instructing the ability to determine a paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on an idle state paging subgroup based on an access network, and includes at least one of, but is not limited to, these.

[0123] In some embodiments, in step S61, the step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on any one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information is The step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the UE's first capability information, The step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the UE's second capability information, The step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the network device's third capability information, The step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the network device's fourth capability information, and includes at least one of these.

[0124] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, and the method is The step of determining a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the UE's first capability information, where the first capability information is used to instruct the ability to determine a paging occasion in the inactive state based on a paging occasion in the idle state, A step of determining a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on second UE capability information, where the second UE capability information is used to indicate the ability to determine a paging subgroup in the inactive state based on a subgroup in the idle state. A step of determining a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on third network device capability information, where the third network device capability information is used to indicate the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging occasion in the idle state based on an access network. A step of determining a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on fourth network device capability information, where the fourth network device capability information is used to indicate the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging subgroup in the idle state based on an access network. At least one of the steps is included.

[0125] Here, the first capability may be inactiveStatePO - Determination, and / or the second capability may be inactiveStateSupgroup - Determination, and / or the third network device capability information may be ranPagingInIdlePO, and / or ranPagingInIdleSubgroup.

[0126] As an example, in response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined capability, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the non-active state is determined based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state. Here, the predetermined capability supported by the UE is the first capability, and the predetermined capability supported by the network is the third capability. Exemplarily, the first capability may be inactiveStatePO-Determination, and the third capability may be ranPagingInIdlePO. For example, In RRC_INACTIVE state, if the UE supports inactiveStatePO-Determination and the network broadcasts ranPagingInIdlePO with value “true”, the UE shall use the same subgrouping ID for UE-id UE_ID based subgrouping as for RRC_IDLE state. Otherwise, the UE determines the subgrouping based on the formula above. That is, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, if the UE supports inactiveStatePO-Determination and the network broadcasts ranPagingInIdlePO with the value “true”, the UE should use the same subgrouping ID for subgrouping based on UE-id UE_ID as in the RRC_IDLE state. Otherwise, the UE determines the subgrouping based on the above formula.

[0127] Exemplarily, the second capability may be inactiveStateSupgroup-Determination. For example, In RRC_INACTIVE state, if the UE supporting PEI, the UE shall use the same subgrouping ID for UE-id UE_ID based subgrouping as for RRC_IDLE state. That is, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, if the UE supports PEI, the UE should use the same paging subgrouping ID for paging subgrouping based on UE_ID as in the RRC_IDLE state.

[0128] Exemplarily, the third capability may be ranPagingInIdlePO. For example, it indicates that the network supports to send RAN paging in the PO corresponding to the i_s determined by the UE in the RRC_IDLE state, see TS38.304

[20] . If PEI-Config is present in SIB1 and the UE supports inactiveStatePO-Determination, it also indicates that the network supports to send PEI for RAN paging in the subgroup corresponding to the subgroup determined by the UE in the RRC_IDLE state, see TS38.304

[20] . That is, it indicates that the network supports to send RAN paging in the PO, the PO corresponding to the i_s determined by the UE in the RRC_IDLE state, and refer to TS38.304

[20] . If the reconfiguration of PEI exists in SIB1 and the UE supports inactiveStatePO-Determination, it represents that the network supports to send PEI for RAN paging in the subgroup corresponding to the subgroup determined by the UE in the RRC_IDLE state, and refer to TS38.304

[20] .

[0129] Here, the first capability and / or the third capability may be capabilities in the conventional 5G communication protocol. For example, the first capability and the third capability may be inactiveStatePO-Determination and ranPagingInIdlePO respectively. Also, the first capability and the third capability may be capabilities newly defined in the above embodiments. The second capability and / or the fourth capability may be newly defined capabilities. For example, the second capability and the fourth capability may be inactiveStateSupgroup-Determination and ranPagingInIdleSubgroup respectively. Here, the specific names of the first capability, the second capability, the third capability, and the fourth capability are not limited.

[0130] In this way, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the UE and the network device do not support a predetermined capability, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state can be determined based on the capability information supported by each of the network device and the UE. Thereby, it can be suitable for flexible determination of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state in more application scenarios.

[0131] Of course, in some other embodiments, when the UE and the network device do not support a predetermined capability, the UE can determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the formula SubgroupID = (floor(UE_ID / (N×Ns)) mod subgroupsNumForUEID) + (subgroupsNumPerPO - subgroupsNumForUEID), and the paging period in this formula is the paging period of the UE in the inactive state. In this case, the problem of missmatch may occur.

[0132] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0133] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, the method including the step of receiving paging configuration information, where the paging configuration information is used to indicate at least one of the first capability information of the first capability of the UE, the second capability information of the second capability of the UE, the third capability information of the third capability of the network device, and the fourth capability information of the fourth capability of the network device.

[0134] In some embodiments, the paging configuration information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping scheme, and the paging configuration information includes capability indication information, where the capability indication information indicates at least one of the first capability information of the UE, the second capability information of the UE, the third capability information of the network device, and the fourth capability information of the network device.

[0135] In this way, in embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE can know the capability information of the UE and / or the capability information of the network device by receiving the paging configuration information.

[0136] In some embodiments, the step of receiving paging configuration information includes the step of receiving network signaling carrying the paging configuration information.

[0137] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a UE, the method including the step of receiving network signaling carrying the paging configuration information.

[0138] Here, the network signaling includes dedicated signaling or broadcast signaling.

[0139] Here, the network signaling may be, but is not limited to, media access control control element (MAC CE), RRC signaling, and DCI. Here, the RRC signaling may be, but is not limited to, an RRC release message or an RRC reconfiguration message.

[0140] Exemplarily, an RRC release message sent from a network device is received, where the RRC release message carries paging configuration information, and the paging configuration information is used to indicate at least one of the first capability information of the UE, the second capability information of the UE, the third capability information of the network device, and the fourth capability information of the network device.

[0141] In this way, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE can know the capability information of the network device and / or the capability information of the UE by receiving network signaling sent from the network device and carrying paging configuration information. The UE can know the capability information of the network device and / or the capability information of the UE by receiving an RRC release message or an RRC reconfiguration message, etc., and two functions can be realized by one RRC signaling. For example, in the case of an RRC release message, one RRC release message can realize the release of the connection and the notification of the capability information of the network device and / or the capability information of the UE. Also, in the case of an RRC reconfiguration message, one RRC reconfiguration message can realize the reconfiguration of the UE and the notification of the capability information of the network device and / or the capability information of the UE. In this way, the signaling interaction can be reduced, and the power consumption of the network device and the UE can be saved.

[0142] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0143] The following monitoring method is executed by a network device and is similar to the description of the above monitoring method executed by a UE. For details not disclosed in the embodiments of the monitoring method executed by the network device, reference is made to the description of the examples of the monitoring method executed by the UE, and detailed description is omitted here.

[0144] As shown in FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a monitoring method executed by a network device, including the following step S71.

[0145] In step S71, paging configuration information is transmitted, and the paging configuration information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method, and the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in an inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0146] In one embodiment, step S71 may be to transmit paging configuration information to the UE.

[0147] In one embodiment, the paging subgrouping method includes a paging subgrouping method based on a UE-ID.

[0148] In one embodiment, the wake-up signal includes a PEI.

[0149] In some embodiments, the paging configuration information further includes first capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine a paging occasion in an inactive state based on a paging occasion in an idle state, and second capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine a paging subgroup in an inactive state based on a subgroup in an idle state, and The third capability information of the network device for instructing the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging occasion of an idle state page, and at least one of the fourth capability information of the network device for instructing the ability to determine a paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging subgroup of an idle state.

[0150] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the paging setting information is the paging setting information in the above embodiments. The first capability information, the second capability information, the third capability information, and the fourth capability information may be the first capability information, the second capability information, the third capability information, and the fourth capability information in the above embodiments, respectively.

[0151] For the above embodiments, specifically, the content on the network device side is referred to, and detailed description is omitted here.

[0152] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone, or may be executed together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0153] To further illustrate any embodiment of the present disclosure, a specific embodiment is provided below.

[0154] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring method executed by a communication device, where the communication device includes a UE and a network device, and the method includes the following step S81.

[0155] In step S81, determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state in a paging subgrouping scheme, where the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor the PEI, The paging subgrouping method is a paging subgrouping method for UE-ID.

[0156] Here, step S81 includes step S81A, step S81B, or step S81C.

[0157] In step S81A, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is determined.

[0158] In one selectable embodiment, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, it is determined that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state.

[0159] In another selectable embodiment, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is determined.

[0160] In step S81B, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, based on the protocol agreement, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is determined.

[0161] In one selectable embodiment, in response to the UE being in the inactive state, when the UE supports the ability to monitor the PEI, and / or when the UE supports the ability of the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is determined.

[0162] In step S81C, in response to the UE being in the inactive state and both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined capability, based on the determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state.

[0163] Here, the predetermined capability of the UE may be the capability to support using the PO in the idle state when in the inactive state, and / or the predetermined capability of the network device may be the capability to determine the PO for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the PO in the idle state.

[0164] In step S82C, in response to the UE being in the inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, based on the capability information of the UE and / or the capability information of the network device, determine the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state.

[0165] Here, the capability information of the UE is The first capability information for indicating the capability to determine the paging occasion in the inactive state based on the paging occasion in the idle state. For example, the first capability information may be inactiveStatePO - Determination, and the first capability information, The second capability information for indicating the capability to determine the paging subgroup in the inactive state based on the subgroup in the idle state. For example, the second capability information may be inactiveStateSupgroup - Determination, and the second capability information. It may be at least one of them, but is not limited thereto.

[0166] Here, the capability information of the network device is Third capability information for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging occasion in an idle state based on an access network. For example, the third capability information may be ranPagingInIdlePO, and Fourth capability information for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging subgroup in an idle state based on an access network. For example, the fourth capability information may be ranPagingInIdleSubgroup, and at least one of them may be used, but not limited thereto.

[0167] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone or in combination with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

[0168] As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, and the device includes A processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method in response to the UE being in an inactive state, and the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in an inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0169] In one embodiment, the paging subgrouping method includes a paging subgrouping method based on a user equipment identifier (UE-ID).

[0170] In one embodiment, the wake-up signal is a PEI.

[0171] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state.

[0172] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state.

[0173] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state.

[0174] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state and the UE supporting the ability to monitor wake-up signals.

[0175] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in the inactive state and the UE supporting the ability of paging subgrouping based on the UE-ID.

[0176] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in an inactive state and supporting the ability of the UE to monitor a wake-up signal and supporting the ability of paging subgrouping based on the UE-ID.

[0177] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in an idle state in response to the UE being in an inactive state and both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined ability.

[0178] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on either one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information in response to the UE being in an inactive state and both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined ability.

[0179] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of a UE in an inactive state based on either one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information in response to the UE being in an inactive state and either the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined ability.

[0180] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which, in response to the UE being in an inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, is configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on any one of the UE's capability information and the network device's capability information, including a processing module 51.

[0181] In some embodiments, the predetermined capability includes a first capability for indicating the ability to determine an inactive state paging occasion based on an idle state paging occasion, a second capability for indicating the ability to determine an inactive state paging subgroup based on an idle state subgroup, a third capability for indicating the ability to determine a RAN paging occasion in the inactive state based on an access network and an idle state paging occasion, and a fourth capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup for transmitting a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on an access network and an idle state paging subgroup, including at least one of them.

[0182] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which, in response to the UE being in an inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, is a processing module 51 configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the UE's first capability information, where the first capability information includes a processing module 51 for indicating the ability to determine an inactive state paging occasion based on an idle state paging occasion.

[0183] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which, in response to the UE being in an inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, is configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on second capability information of the UE, where the second capability information includes a processing module 51 that instructs the ability to determine a paging subgroup in the inactive state based on a subgroup in the idle state.

[0184] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which, in response to the UE being in an inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, is configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on third capability information of the network device, where the third capability information includes a processing module 51 that instructs the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging occasion in the idle state based on the access network.

[0185] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which, in response to the UE being in an inactive state and at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting a predetermined capability, is configured to determine a paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on fourth capability information of the network device, where the fourth capability information includes a processing module 51 that instructs the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on a paging subgroup in the idle state based on the access network.

[0186] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a receiving module configured to receive paging setting information, and the paging setting information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a receiving module configured to receive paging setting information, and the paging setting information is used to instruct at least one of the first capability information of the first capability of the UE, the second capability information of the second capability of the UE, the third capability information of the third capability of the network device, and the fourth capability information of the fourth capability of the network device.

[0187] As shown in FIG. 9, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring device, which includes a transmitting module 61 configured to transmit paging setting information, the paging setting information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup ID in a paging subgrouping method, and the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in an inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message.

[0188] In one embodiment, the paging subgrouping method includes a paging subgrouping method based on UE-ID.

[0189] In one embodiment, the paging setting information is the first capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine an inactive paging occasion based on an idle paging occasion, and the second capability information of the UE for instructing the ability to determine an inactive paging subgroup based on an idle subgroup, and the third capability information of the network device for instructing the ability to determine a RAN paging occasion in an inactive state based on an idle paging occasion, It is used to indicate at least one of the fourth capability information of the network device for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in the inactive state based on the paging subgroup in the idle state.

[0190] It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed alone or may be executed together with some of the devices in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some of the devices in related technologies.

[0191] Regarding the device in the above embodiments, the specific manner in which each module executes operations has been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and the detailed description is omitted here.

[0192] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, which includes a processor, and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, When the processor executes the executable instructions, it is configured to implement the monitoring method of any embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0193] In one embodiment, the communication device may include at least one of a network device or a UE, but is not limited thereto.

[0194] Here, the processor may include various storage media, and the storage media is a non-temporary computer storage media that can continue to store the information stored in the storage media even after the power of the user equipment is turned off.

[0195] The processor is connected to the memory via a bus or the like to read the executable program stored in the memory, and is, for example, at least one of the methods shown in FIGS. 2 to 7.

[0196] Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer storage medium, on which a program executable by a computer is stored. When the executable program is executed by a processor, the monitoring method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is realized. For example, it is at least one of the methods shown in FIGS. 2 to 7.

[0197] Regarding the device or storage medium in the above embodiments, the specific manner in which each module executes an operation has been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and detailed description is omitted here.

[0198] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a user equipment 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the user equipment 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a message transceiver, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0199] Referring to FIG. 10, the user equipment 800 may include one or more of a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0200] The processing component 802 generally controls all operations of the user equipment 800, such as operations related to display, phone calls, data communication, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 includes one or more processors 820 for executing instructions to complete all or some of the steps of the above method. Further, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0201] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations in the user equipment 800. Examples of these data include instructions of any application program or method operated in the user equipment 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, images, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be realized by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk, or a combination thereof.

[0202] The power supply component 806 provides power for various components of the user equipment 800. The power supply component 806 can include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components related to generating, managing, and distributing power for the user equipment 800.

[0203] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides one output interface between the user equipment 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen can include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). When the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors for detecting touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor can detect not only the boundaries of the touch or swipe operation, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes one front camera and / or rear camera. When the user equipment 800 is in an operation mode such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system, or may have a focal length and an optical zoom capability.

[0204] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes one microphone (MIC). When the user equipment 800 is in an operation mode such as a calling mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive external audio signals. The received audio signal is further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0205] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons can include, but are not limited to, a home button, volume buttons, start button, and lock button.

[0206] The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing an assessment of the state of each side to the user equipment 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the on / off state of the user equipment 800, the relative position of components such as the monitor or keypad of the user equipment 800, the sensor component 814 can detect a change in the position of the user equipment 800, or a component of the user equipment 800, the presence or absence of contact between the user and the user equipment 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the user equipment 800, and a change in the temperature of the user equipment 800. The sensor component 814 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect whether an object is present in the vicinity without any physical contact. The sensor component 814 can further include an optical sensor such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor used in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 can further include an acceleration sensor, gyro sensor, magnetic sensor, pressure sensor or temperature sensor.

[0207] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the user equipment 800 and other devices. The user equipment 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 4G, or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0208] In an exemplary embodiment, the user equipment 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to execute the above method.

[0209] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions is further provided, such as a memory 804 containing instructions, and the above instructions are executable by a processor 820 of the user equipment 800 to complete the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, Random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage device, etc.

[0210] As shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows the structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 can be provided as one network-side device. Referring to FIG. 11, the base station 900 further includes a processing component 922 including one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922 such as application programs. The application programs stored in the memory 932 may each include one or more modules corresponding to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 922 is configured to execute any method to which the above method is applied to the base station by executing the instructions.

[0211] The base station 900 may include one power component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, one wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and one input / output (I / O) interface 958. The base station 900 can operate an operating system stored in the memory 932, for example, Windows Server TM, Mac OS XTM, Unix TM, Linux TM, Free BSDTM or the like.

[0212] Those skilled in the art can easily conceive of other embodiments of the present invention after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. The present disclosure aims to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the present invention, and these variations, uses or adaptations follow the general principles of the present disclosure and include common general knowledge in the technical field not disclosed in the present disclosure or commonly used technical means. The specification and examples are only to be regarded as illustrative, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are indicated by the following claims.

[0213] It should be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact structure described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A monitoring method executed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: responding to the UE being in an inactive state, determining a paging subgroup identifier (ID) in a paging subgrouping scheme, wherein the paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message, the monitoring method.

2. The paging subgrouping scheme includes a paging subgrouping scheme based on an identifier of a user equipment (UE-ID), the monitoring method according to claim 1.

3. Responding to the UE being in an inactive state, the step of determining a paging subgroup identifier (ID) in a paging subgrouping scheme includes responding to the UE being in an inactive state, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the monitoring method according to claim 1 or 2.

4. Based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state includes determining that the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state is the paging subgroup ID used by the UE in the idle state; and determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the paging period of the UE in the idle state, including any one of them, the monitoring method according to claim 3.

5. Based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state includes responding to the UE supporting the ability to monitor the wake-up signal, and determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on a determination method of the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state, In response to the UE supporting the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the method for determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; Including at least one of the following steps: in response to the UE supporting the ability to monitor the wake-up signal and supporting the paging subgrouping method based on the UE-ID, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the method for determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; The monitoring method according to claim 3.

6. The step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the method for determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state includes: In response to both the UE and the network device supporting a predetermined ability, determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the method for determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state; Or Including the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on the method for determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the idle state in response to the UE and / or the network device supporting a predetermined ability; The monitoring method according to claim 3.

7. In response to at least one of the UE and the network device not supporting the predetermined ability, including the step of determining the paging subgroup ID of the UE in the inactive state based on any one of the ability information of the UE and the ability information of the network device; The monitoring method according to claim 3.

8. The predetermined ability is A first ability for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion in the inactive state based on a paging occasion in the idle state; A second ability for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup in the inactive state based on a subgroup in the idle state; A third capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging occasion in an idle state based on an access network; At least one of: a fourth capability for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging subgroup in an idle state based on an access network; The monitoring method according to claim 6 or 7.

9. Including the step of receiving paging setting information; The paging setting information is: The first capability information of the first capability of the UE; The second capability information of the second capability of the UE; The third capability information of the third capability of the network device; Used to indicate at least one of: the fourth capability information of the fourth capability of the network device; The monitoring method according to claim 8.

10. A monitoring method executed by a network device, Including the step of transmitting paging setting information; The paging setting information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup identifier (ID) in a paging subgrouping method; The paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in an inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message; Monitoring method.

11. The paging subgrouping method includes: A paging subgrouping method based on an identifier of a user equipment (UE-ID); The monitoring method according to claim 10.

12. The paging setting information is: The first capability information of the UE for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion in an inactive state based on a paging occasion in an idle state; The second capability information of the UE for indicating the ability to determine a paging subgroup in an inactive state based on a subgroup in an idle state; The third capability information of the network device for indicating the ability to determine a paging occasion for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging occasion in an idle state; The fourth capability information of the network device for instructing at least one of the above, which is used to instruct the ability to determine a paging subgroup that transmits a wake-up signal for RAN paging in an inactive state based on a paging subgroup in an idle state. The monitoring method according to claim 10.

13. A monitoring device, including a processing module configured to determine a paging subgroup identifier (ID) in a paging subgrouping scheme in response to the UE being in an inactive state; The paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message. Monitoring device.

14. A monitoring device, including a transmission module configured to transmit paging setting information; The paging setting information is used to instruct a UE in an inactive state to determine a paging subgroup identifier (ID) in a paging subgrouping scheme; The paging subgroup ID is used for the UE in the inactive state to monitor a wake-up signal and / or a paging message. Monitoring device.

15. A communication device, including a processor and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to implement the monitoring method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, 10 to 12 when executing the executable instructions. Communication device

16. A computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program, wherein when the executable program is executed by a processor, the monitoring method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, 10 to 12 is realized. Computer storage medium.

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