Information processing method and apparatus, communication device and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The information processing method performed by a base station includes: broadcasting paging subgrouping setting information when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the paging subgrouping setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communication technology, but is not limited to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to information processing methods and apparatuses, communication devices and storage media. [Background technology]

[0002] In the IDLE / INACTIVE state, the network pages the User Equipment (UE) through a paging mechanism. If there is downlink data or signaling to send to the network, the network sends a paging message to the UE, which causes the UE to initiate a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment or connection recovery process and return to the RRC connected state. In addition, the paging mechanism sends a paging short message to notify all UEs in the RRC state covered by the network to receive system message updates, and can also notify warning information such as the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) and the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS).

[0003] In the current paging mechanism, the UE reads the paging configuration in a system message (System Information Block, SIB1), and calculates the paging occasion (PO) to monitor by combining the paging calculation formula negotiated by the protocol and the assigned UE-ID. The UE then monitors this PO in each paging cycle. Note that the UE-ID is obtained by the UE's identification code 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024, which means that different UEs can have the same UE-ID, and such UEs are assigned to the same paging group and monitor the same PO. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method executed by a base station, the method comprising: If the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the base station broadcasts paging subgroup configuration information, where the paging subgroup configuration information is for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0006] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method performed by a UE, the method comprising: The method includes receiving paging subgrouping setting information sent by a base station when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a RAN, the paging subgrouping setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0007] According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device, the device comprising: and a broadcast module configured to broadcast paging subgrouping setting information when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the paging subgrouping setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device, the device comprising: and a receiving module configured to receive paging subgrouping setting information sent by a base station when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a RAN, the paging subgrouping setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communications device including a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein when the processor executes the executable program, the communications device performs the information processing method provided by the first or second aspect.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium having an executable program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, realizes the information processing method provided by the first or second aspect.

[0011] According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, in this information processing method, if the base station supports the RAN first subgroup ID, the base station broadcasts paging subgroup configuration information; thus, if the UE receives the paging subgroup configuration information, the UE determines that the base station supports the RAN first subgroup ID; if the UE does not receive the paging subgroup configuration information, the UE determines that the base station does not support the RAN first subgroup ID; thus, the signaling overhead is smaller than that of an indication information specifically broadcasting whether the base station supports the RAN first subgroup ID.

[0012] It should be noted that the above general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0013] The drawings herein, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of embodiments of the invention. [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram relating to paging as illustrated by an exemplary embodiment. [Figure 3] 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 4] 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 5] 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 6] 1 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 7]1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 8] 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an exemplary embodiment; [Figure 10] 1 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] Illustrative embodiments will now be described in detail, examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. Where the following description refers to the drawings, like numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise stated. The embodiments described in the following illustrative examples do not represent all embodiments consistent with embodiments of the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of embodiments of the present invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0015] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, the term "and / or" as used herein refers to any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0016] In embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as first, second, and third may be used to describe various pieces of information, but it should be understood that such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are merely used to distinguish between the same types of information. For example, first information can be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information can be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. Depending on the context, the word "if" used herein can be interpreted as "when" or "in the case of" or "responsive to a determination."

[0017] Referring to Figure 1, a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include several UEs 11 and several access devices 12.

[0018] The term UE 11 may refer to a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. The UE 11 can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The UE 11 may be an Internet of Things (IoT) UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (also called a "cellular" phone), or a computer with an IoT UE, and may be, for example, a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-integrated, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, the UE 11 may be a station (STA), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, user device, or user equipment (UE). Alternatively, the UE 11 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) device. Alternatively, the UE 11 may be an in-vehicle device, such as an electronic control unit having a wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device with an external electronic control unit. Alternatively, the UE 11 may be a roadside device, such as a street lamp, a traffic light, or other roadside device having a wireless communication function.

[0019] The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a 4th generation mobile communication (4G) system, also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also called a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a system that is the next generation of a 5G system. An access network in a 5G system may be called a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) or an MTC system.

[0020] The access device 12 may be an evolved access device (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device 12 may be an access device (gNB) using a centralized-distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device 12 uses a centralized-distributed architecture, it typically includes a central unit (CU) and at least two distributed units (DUs). The central unit is provided with protocol stacks for a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer. The distributed units are provided with a protocol stack for a physical (PHY) layer. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to a specific implementation of the access device 12.

[0021] A wireless connection can be established between the access device 12 and the UE 11 via a wireless air interface. In different embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard. Alternatively, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new radio. Alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

[0022] In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection can be established between the UEs 11, such as in scenarios such as V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle) communication, V2I (Vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (Vehicle to Pedestrian) communication in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

[0023] In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13 .

[0024] The access devices 12 are each connected to a network management device 13. The network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network. Alternatively, the network management device may be another core network device, such as a Serving Gateway (SGW), a Public Data Network Gateway (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the implementation form of the network management device 13.

[0025] As shown in Figure 2, when the network needs to page UE 3, it sends paging downlink control information (DCI) in the PO monitored by UE 3. In this case, all UEs receive the paging DCI in this PO, which instructs them to receive a paging message on the corresponding downlink data channel (PDSCH). Each UE checks whether this paging message is sent to it by matching its own identifier.

[0026] If the ID of UE3 matches the identifier correctly, it will access the network. On the other hand, if the IDs of UE1 and UE2 do not match the identifier correctly, they will not respond and will remain in idle or inactive state. This shows that the paging mechanism causes unnecessary paging monitoring of UEs and increases power consumption.

[0027] Therefore, a paging subgrouping mechanism is introduced to optimize unnecessary paging monitoring. By dividing all UEs in the same PO into several subgroups, in this case, the UEs are not affected by paging messages from other subgroups and only monitor the subgroups corresponding to them, achieving the goal of reducing unnecessary paging monitoring.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method performed by a base station, and the method includes the following step S110.

[0029] In S110, if the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), broadcast paging subgroup setting information, where the paging subgroup setting information is for the UE to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0030] This information processing method is performed by a base station, which may include an eNB or a gNB.

[0031] If the base station supports the wireless RAN first subgroup ID, when the RAN pages the UE in an unconnected state, the base station may page the UE in a subgroup of the RAN paging subgroup. The first subgroup ID is a subgroup identifier of the RAN paging subgroup. The unconnected state includes an idle state and / or an inactive state.

[0032] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information only if it supports the first subgroup ID, and does not need to broadcast the paging subgrouping configuration information if it does not support the first subgroup ID, which corresponds to implicitly instructing the UE whether the base station supports the first subgroup ID.

[0033] The paging subgrouping configuration information may be carried in a system information block (SIB). For example, the paging subgrouping configuration information may be included in SIB1, but is not limited to SIB1. For example, the paging subgrouping configuration information may be carried in SIB2. In other words, the paging subgrouping configuration information may be carried in SIBx, where the value of x may be any positive integer. For example, one SIB is configured to carry the paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0034] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: The method further includes not broadcasting the paging subgroup configuration information if the base station does not support the first subgroup ID.

[0035] In some cases, if the base station does not support the first subgroup ID, the base station does not broadcast the paging subgroup setting information, i.e., the base station skips the step of broadcasting the paging subgroup setting information, or the paging subgroup setting information is not broadcast. In this way, the UE cannot receive the paging subgroup setting information and can know that the current base station does not support the first subgroup ID, i.e., does not support subgroup paging of the RAN paging subgroup.

[0036] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and offset value of the first subgroup ID; or The offset value is determined based on the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the core network (CN).

[0037] The total number of subgroupings of the subgroups supported by the base station may be fixed, that is, the sum of the first subgroup IDs and the second subgroup IDs supported by the base station is determined.

[0038] For example, the value range of the first subgroup ID can determine one parameter of the first subgroup ID, and if the paging subgroup configuration information includes the value range of this first subgroup ID, it is equivalent to implicitly indicating to the UE that the base station supports the first subgroup ID.

[0039] The value range of the first subgroup ID is used to determine the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID, and this subgrouping number can be used to determine the first subgroup ID of the UE.

[0040] In one embodiment, the paging subgrouping setting information directly includes the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and an offset value. If the paging subgrouping setting information simultaneously broadcasts the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the offset value, it implicitly indicates that the base station supports the first subgroup ID, and indicates the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID set by the base station, and the offset value can determine the value range of the first subgroup ID.

[0041] In another embodiment, when the paging subgrouping configuration information does not indicate the number of groupings of the first subgroup ID supported by the base station but indicates only an offset value, it is considered that the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID may be equal to the sum of the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroupings of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station. This sum of the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroupings of the second subgroup ID may be indicated explicitly or implicitly by any information other than the paging subgrouping configuration information. For example, the sum of the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroupings of the second subgroup ID may be implicitly indicated by the number of bits included in the PEI.

[0042] The offset value is determined by the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the CN. For example, if the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID is X, the offset value may be equal to or greater than X and equal to or less than Z, where Z may be the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station.

[0043] In one embodiment, whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID may be explicitly indicated by a dedicated bit or may be implicitly indicated.

[0044] Below, a method is provided for implicitly indicating whether a base station supports the second ID.

[0045] In some embodiments, if the base station does not support the second subgroup ID, the offset value is the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and this extreme value may be a maximum or minimum value. For example, the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID is obtained from eight values ​​of three bits, and in this case, the minimum sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station may be 0, that is, when the offset value is the minimum value 0, it indicates that the base station does not reserve a subgroup number for the second subgroup ID. The maximum sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station may be the maximum value 8 that can be indicated by three bits, that is, the maximum value is 8.

[0046] and / or If the base station supports the second subgroup ID, the offset value is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and indicates that if the base station supports the second subgroup ID, at least one group of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station is assigned to the second subgroup ID, and in this case the offset value is not the above-mentioned maximum or minimum value.

[0047] and / or If the base station does not support the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups for the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups for the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups for the second subgroup ID. If the base station uses the number of subgroups for the first subgroup ID to implicitly indicate whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID, for example, the number of subgroups for the first subgroup ID supported by the base station is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups for the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups for the second subgroup ID supported by the base station, in which case it indicates that the base station does not support the second subgroup ID.

[0048] and / or If the base station supports the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID. If the number of subgroups of the first subgroup indicated by the base station through the paging subgroup configuration information is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID supported by the base station, this indicates that at least one subgroup ID can be configured as a second subgroup ID, and implicitly indicates to the UE that the base station supports the second subgroup ID.

[0049] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: The base station further includes an indication bit indicating whether the base station supports a second subgroup ID of CN.

[0050] The paging subgroup configuration information may include a bit that the base station uses to specifically indicate the second subgroup ID of the CN. For example, this indication bit may include one or more bits. If this indication bit is a single bit, the two bit values ​​of this single bit can be used to indicate whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID.

[0051] In one embodiment, step S110 If the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN and the first subgroup ID of the RAN, broadcasting the paging subgroup configuration information may be included.

[0052] In some embodiments, if the core network supports the second subgroup ID, the base station is considered to support the subgroup ID accordingly, in which case the base station can also support the first subgroup ID, and therefore the base station broadcasts paging subgrouping configuration information, and in either case the UE can be considered to support the first subgroup ID and also support the second subgroup ID.

[0053] As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which further includes the following step S210.

[0054] In S210, if the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN, it broadcasts the subgrouping setting information of the PEI.

[0055] The broadcast of the subgrouping setting information of the PEI indicates that the paging subgroups for monitoring the PO have been further grouped, which corresponds to the base station supporting the second subgroup ID.

[0056] The PEIs indicated by the PEI subgrouping setting information are further grouped.

[0057] After receiving the subgrouping configuration information of the PEI, the UE determines that the base station supports the second subgroup ID, monitors the PEI based on its own second subgroup ID, monitors the PO corresponding to the second subgroup ID after the PEI is monitored, and monitors and decodes the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission based on the PO monitoring result.

[0058] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: If a second subgroup ID sent from the CN is received, the PEI is sent based on the second subgroup ID.

[0059] When the base station receives the second subgroup ID transmitted from the CN and supports the second subgroup ID, the base station transmits a PEI based on the second subgroup ID, thereby transmitting the PEI in a subgroup of the paging group (such a subgroup of the paging group can be referred to as a paging subgroup) to wake up the UEs in the paging subgroup corresponding to the second subgroup ID identifier to monitor the PO. The woken-up UEs then monitor the PO. If the current base station only instructs a system short message, the UEs do not further monitor PDSCH transmissions based on the PO monitoring results. If the current base station needs to page a specific UE to transmit service data, the paged UEs in the PO further monitor PDSCH transmissions, thereby reducing the number of UEs that do not need to monitor the PO being woken up.

[0060] In some cases, the priority of the second subgroup ID may be higher than the priority of the first subgroup ID, and thus, when the second subgroup ID of the core network is received, the base station will send a PEI based on the second subgroup ID even if the base station supports the first subgroup ID and the current base station pages the UE in an inactive state.

[0061] As shown in FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which further includes the following step S310.

[0062] In S310, if the second subgroup ID transmitted from the CN is not received, it is determined whether to transmit a PEI based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts paging subgrouping setting information.

[0063] In some embodiments, if the base station does not receive the second subgroup ID sent from the CN, it indicates that the core network does not request the base station to page the UE according to the paging subgrouping, and at this time, whether the base station supports paging the UE according to the paging subgrouping can further determine whether to send a PEI based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0064] Exemplarily, the step of determining whether to transmit a PEI based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports a subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgroup configuration information includes: If the UE supports the first subgroup ID and the base station broadcasts the paging subgroup configuration information, transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the UE does not support the first subgroup ID, not transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the base station does not broadcast paging subgroup configuration information, not transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID.

[0065] If the UE supports the first subgroup ID and the base station broadcasts paging subgrouping configuration information, it indicates that both the UE and the base station support the first subgroup ID. In this case, for the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the UE, the PEI can be broadcast based on the first subgroup ID.

[0066] If the UE does not support the first subgroup ID, to ensure that the UE can monitor paging, the PEI is not sent according to the first subgroup ID, but is directly broadcasted based on the paging group.

[0067] When the PEI is broadcast according to the paging group, the PEI indicates whether all UEs in the entire paging group need to monitor the corresponding PO. When the PEI is transmitted according to the first subgroup ID, the PEI also indicates whether different UEs in the paging group need to monitor the corresponding PO according to the paging subgroup. For example, when the PEI is broadcast according to the paging group, the number of bits of the PEI may be one, and two bit values ​​of this bit can respectively indicate whether all UEs in the entire paging group corresponding to this PO need to monitor this PO. When the PEI is broadcast according to the paging subgroup, the PEI is usually multiple bits, and each bit indicates whether UEs in different paging subgroups need to monitor the corresponding PO. For example, when the PEI has four bits, each bit of the PEI is used to indicate whether UEs in one paging subgroup need to monitor the PO. For example, if the bit value of the PEI is "0010", the UEs in the third paging subgroup with the PEI need to monitor the PO indicated by this PEI, and the remaining first, second and fourth paging subgroups do not need to monitor this PO, thereby reducing unnecessary PO monitoring by the UEs.

[0068] If the UE supports the first subgroup ID but the base station supports the first subgroup ID but does not broadcast paging subgrouping configuration information that determines the first subgroup ID, or the base station does not support the first subgroup ID, similarly, the base station does not send a PEI according to the paging subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID, but sends a PEI based on the paging group.

[0069] In some embodiments, the first subgroup ID is determined according to the following functional relationship: UE_ID=TMSI mod M, Subgroup ID'=floor(UE_ID / (N * Ns))mod N UEID , Subgroup ID=Subgroup ID'+offset, The Subgroup ID is the first subgroup ID, the TIMSI is a temporary mobile user identity of the UE, the M is a constant for modulo arithmetic, the N is the number of paging frames, the Ns is the number of paging occasions in one paging frame, and the N UEID is the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and the offset is the offset value.

[0070] As shown in FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a UE, and includes the following step S410.

[0071] At S410, receive paging subgrouping setting information sent by the base station when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of the RAN, and the paging subgrouping setting information is for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0072] The information processing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be performed by a UE, and the UE determines whether the base station supports a first subgroup ID based on paging subgroup configuration information received from the base station.

[0073] Exemplarily, when the UE receives the paging subgrouping configuration information, it can determine that the base station supports the first subgroup ID and determine the first subgroup ID based on the paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0074] Also, illustratively, if the UE does not receive paging subgrouping configuration information sent by the base station when the base station supports the first subgroup ID of the RAN, the UE determines that the base station does not support the first subgroup ID, and the UE does not monitor the PEI based on the paging subgrouping of the first subgroup ID identifier, but monitors the PEI based on the paging group.

[0075] This paging subgrouping configuration information implicitly indicates whether the base station supports the first subgroup ID, and thus the UE determines whether the base station supports the first subgroup ID based on the reception status of the paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0076] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and offset value of the first subgroup ID; or Including the offset value, The offset value is determined based on a second subgroup ID of a core network (CN).

[0077] When the UE receives the paging subgrouping configuration information, it can determine its own first subgroup ID based on the paging subgrouping configuration information, while it is assumed that the base station supports the first subgroup ID.

[0078] The paging subgroup configuration information may be various configuration information for the UE to determine its own first subgroup ID. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide three examples of paging subgroup configuration information, and specific implementations are not limited to the above examples.

[0079] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: If a second subgroup ID of the CN is received, the method further includes monitoring the PEI based on the second subgroup ID.

[0080] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: If the second subgroup ID of the CN is not received, the paging subgrouping configuration information is received, and the UE supports the first subgroup ID of the subgroup, the method further includes monitoring the PEI based on the first subgroup ID.

[0081] If the UE does not receive the second subgroup ID sent from the CN, the UE will monitor the PEI based on the first subgroup ID at this time based on whether it supports the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts paging subgrouping configuration information to determine the first subgroup ID, and thus the UE only needs to monitor the PEI corresponding to the first subgroup ID.

[0082] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: If it is determined that the base station supports a second subgroup ID of the CN based on the paging subgroup setting information and the second subgroup ID is received, the method further includes monitoring a PEI based on the second subgroup ID.

[0083] If the UE receives the second subgroup ID, the UE may preferentially monitor the PEI based on the second subgroup ID, and thus preferentially monitor the PEI according to the second subgroup ID, and prioritize the subgrouping configuration of the paging subgrouping for the UE by the core network.

[0084] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping information includes an indication bit; The indication bit indicates whether the base station supports a second subgroup ID.

[0085] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping information directly includes an explicit indication that the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN.

[0086] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: determining that the base station supports the second subgroup ID of CN when the offset value included in the paging configuration information is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; or The method further includes determining that the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN if the offset value included in the paging configuration information is equal to the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID.

[0087] In some embodiments, the UE may determine whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID based on the value of the offset value in the paging subgroup configuration information.

[0088] The extreme value here includes the maximum value and / or the minimum value. For example, if the offset value of the first subgroup ID is equal to 0, it indicates that there is no usable value range for the second subgroup ID, and in this case, it indicates that the base station does not support the second subgroup ID.

[0089] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: determining that the base station does not support the second subgroup ID if the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; or The method further includes determining that the base station supports the second subgroup ID if the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID.

[0090] In some embodiments, the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID can also be used by the UE to determine whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN. For example, if the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID and the subgrouping number of the second subgroup ID, it indicates that the base station assigns all subgroup IDs to the first subgroup ID, i.e., the base station does not support the second subgroup ID.

[0091] If the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the first subgroup ID and the second subgroup ID, when the base station sets the subgrouping number of the first subgroup ID, it indicates that the subgrouping number of the second subgroup ID has been reserved, and therefore it also indicates that the base station supports the second subgroup ID.

[0092] In one embodiment, in some embodiments, the first subgroup ID is determined according to the following functional relationship: UE_ID=TMSI mod M, Subgroup ID'=floor(UE_ID / (N * Ns))mod N UEID , Subgroup ID=Subgroup ID'+offset, The Subgroup ID is the first subgroup ID, the TIMSI is a temporary mobile user identity of the UE, the M is a constant for modulo arithmetic, the N is the number of paging frames, the Ns is the number of paging occasions in one paging frame, and the N UEIDis the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and the offset is the offset value.

[0093] In summary, the UE can implicitly or explicitly know whether the base station supports the second subgroup ID based on the paging subgroup configuration information.

[0094] For paging subgrouping, the network side needs to provide one subgroup identifier (subgroup ID) to the UE, and the UE will monitor in the corresponding paging subgroup according to this ID.

[0095] One form is for the core network (CN) side to provide the subgroup ID directly to the UE, and another form is for the base station side (gNB) to provide paging subgrouping configuration information so that the UE can calculate the subgroup ID.

[0096] If the CN provides the subgroup ID to the UE directly, the UE does not need to calculate the subgroup ID, but receives one subgroup ID through NAS signaling sent from the core network during registration, and when the UE is in RRC_IDLE / INACTIVE, it uses this ID to monitor the paging PEI or PO. For example, if the current subgroup ID is 3, when the UE receives the paging PEI or PO, it will only receive the paging message if it receives an indication in the information bits corresponding to ID=3 (for example, the bit values ​​of the three bits of the PEI are 001); otherwise, it will not receive the paging message.

[0097] In the technical proposal in which the base station provides the paging subgrouping configuration information, the UE combines its own UE identifier (UE-ID) based on the paging configuration information broadcast by the base station to calculate one subgroup ID using the agreed formula, and monitors paging according to this subgroup ID.

[0098] In this application, the first subgroup ID and the second subgroup ID both identify a paging subgroup, which can also be called a paging subgroup or subgroup, while one PO corresponds to one paging group, and one paging group is further divided into the paging subgroups.

[0099] Although both of the two technical solutions can realize the paging subgrouping mechanism, when the two technical solutions are used simultaneously in the network, the alignment between the UE side and the network side, i.e., which technical solution to use for paging monitoring, needs to be considered.

[0100] If the base station supports the UE-ID subgrouping scheme, it will broadcast the UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information through a system message; otherwise, it will not broadcast it. UE-ID is a type of first subgroup ID.

[0101] In one embodiment, if the base station supports the UE-ID subgroup proposal, it uses an implicit scheme to broadcast the UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information by a system message SIBx (reasonably SIB1, but not limited to an existing SIB).

[0102] This method implicitly indicates whether the gNB supports the UE-ID paging subgrouping proposal, i.e., broadcasting indicates support, and not broadcasting indicates non-support. More specifically, the UE-ID subgroup proposal can also be interpreted as a subgroup proposal on the gNB side.

[0103] In some embodiments, the base station may explicitly indicate with one bit in the system message whether the current base station further supports the subgroup scheme of the CN subgroup.

[0104] For example, if the bit value of this bit is 1 and the base station broadcasts UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information, the current base station supports the RAN subgroup ID (i.e., UE-ID) and also supports the CN ID, i.e., supports CN-ID.

[0105] In some embodiments, even if the current base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information of the UE-ID, the base station may explicitly indicate with one bit in the system message whether the current base station supports the CN subgrouping scheme.

[0106] The UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information is The subgroup range of the UE-ID is included. For example, the base station broadcasts the subgroup range of the proposed UE-ID, for example, subgroup ID 4-7, via SIBx.

[0107] The base station sets the total number of subgroups of the UE-ID and the offset value. For example, the base station broadcasts the total number of subgroups of the UE-ID proposal (NUEID) and the offset value (offset) via SIBx. For example, the offset value is used to correct the calculated subgroup ID so that it does not overlap with the subgroup number occupied by the CN. In this case, the UE and the base station can calculate the subgroup ID using one possible agreed-upon formula as follows: Subgroup ID'=floor(UE_ID / (N*Ns))mod N UEID Subgroup ID=Subgroup ID'+offset N represents the number of paging frames broadcast by the current base station, and Ns represents the number of paging occasions (POs) in each paging frame broadcast by the current base station. The UE can calculate the subgroup ID by combining its UE-ID. N UEID represents the total number of subgroups of UE-ID, that is, the total number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID. The function floor represents rounding down to the nearest integer.

[0108] The UE_ID is calculated using the following function relationship: TMSI mod M. For example, 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024.

[0109] Assuming that the total subgroup ID range is 0 to 7, the IDs occupied by the CN subgroup are 0 to 3 in the front, and the IDs occupied by the UE-ID subgroup are 4 to 7 in the back, so N EUID It can be seen that this example can be realized with =4 and offset=4.

[0110] The offset value (offset) does not necessarily have to be provided, and if it is not provided, there are two processing methods: If it is not provided, the terminal processes according to the protocol default value, for example, offset=0, which indicates that the base station does not support the CN subgroup, i.e., does not support the above-mentioned second subgroup ID; If not provided, the terminal processes according to the default value of the protocol, for example, offset=N, where N is the total number allocated to the CN paging subgrouping proposal, and N may be obtained from the core network or set by the base station.

[0111] In one embodiment, the base station determines the total number of subgroupings of UE-ID proposals, N UEID It is not necessary to broadcast N, but only the offset value (offset) needs to be broadcast. The offset refers to the total number allocated to the paging subgrouping proposals that the base station is broadcasting for the terminal. In this case, N UEID is equal to the total number of subgroupings supported by the base station minus the offset. Assuming that the current total number of subgroupings is 8, the base station can set offset=0 to implicitly indicate that the current base station does not provide the CN subgroup, i.e., does not support the CN subgroup proposal. Of course, N UEID = 8, and if the UE-ID of the RAN occupies all subgroups, it can also be expressed as offset = 0.

[0112] If the base station supports the UE-ID subgroup proposal, broadcasting the UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information by a system message implicitly indicates that the base station supports both the CN paging subgroup proposal and the UE-ID subgroup proposal simultaneously.

[0113] As long as the base station broadcasts the PEI configuration information, it means that the base station implicitly supports CN paging subgrouping, and then combines the paging subgrouping configuration information to further indicate whether the base station supports the UE-ID proposal.

[0114] The gNB decides which scheme to use to page the UE based on whether it has received a subgroup ID from the core network.

[0115] When the gNB receives the subgroup ID included in the paging message sent from the core network, it uses the CN subgroup proposal, i.e., directly uses this subgroup ID to page the UE.

[0116] More specifically, this subgroup ID can indicate PEI transmission or PO transmission, for example, ID=0 corresponds to transmitting the first bit indicating PEI set to 1. That is, since the core network assigns the subgroup ID of the CN, it means that the terminal must have paging subgrouping capability.

[0117] The gNB receives the CN subgroup ID transmitted from the core network. The CN subgroup ID may be transmitted by N2 signaling, including, but not limited to, the subgroup ID transmitted in an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE, a UE CONTEXT MODIFICATION REQUEST, or the like.

[0118] When the UE is in an inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE), when the core network sends data or signaling to the UE, the base station will use the CN subgroup proposal to page this UE, i.e., it will directly use this subgroup ID to page the UE.

[0119] More specifically, this subgroup ID can indicate PEI transmission or PO transmission, for example, ID=0 corresponds to transmitting the first bit indicating PEI set to 1. That is, since the core network allocates it, it means that the terminal must have paging subgrouping capability.

[0120] In the case where the gNB does not receive a subgroup ID transmitted from the core network, when the core network transmits a paging message to the gNB, the subgroup ID is not carried, or when the core network transmits data / signaling to the gNB, the gNB determines whether to page the UE using the UE-ID subgroup method based on the UE capability and whether it is currently broadcasting UE-ID paging subgroup configuration information. If both are supported, the UE-ID paging method is used; otherwise, it is not used.

[0121] That is, the priority of the subgroup ID assigned by the core network is higher than the subgroup ID calculated by the gNB, i.e., if the core network subgroup ID exists, the base station ignores the UE-ID paging subgrouping setting information in its broadcast.

[0122] The UE monitors the PEI of the corresponding paging subgroup based on the paging subgroup identifier (subgroup ID) sent from the core network, thereby reducing unnecessary paging monitoring.

[0123] For example, if the UE receives a subgroup ID from the core network during registration, it will directly monitor paging using this subgroup ID, regardless of whether the current gNB broadcasts paging subgroup configuration information for the UE-ID. The subgroup ID received from the core network is the second subgroup ID.

[0124] More specifically, this subgroup ID can indicate whether a paging indication exists in the PEI or PO received by the UE, e.g., ID=0 corresponds to the existence of paging when the first bit of the subgroup receiving the PEI or PO is 1.

[0125] For example, even if the UE has one CN subgroup ID, it must determine whether to use the CN subgroup method based on the CN subgroup capability indicated by the "1 bit" broadcast by the gNB's system message. If the base station indicates that it does not currently support CN subgroups, the UE ignores the CN subgroup ID it has and calculates the subgroup ID using the UE-ID paging subgroup setting broadcast by the system message.

[0126] Also, for example, if the UE has a subgroup ID for one CN, but the N and offset of the current base station implicitly indicate that the current CN subgroup does not reserve subgroup ID space (e.g., offset = 0, N = 8), the UE ignores the subgroup ID it has and calculates the subgroup ID using the UE-ID paging subgroup configuration broadcast by the system message. This CN subgroup ID is the second subgroup ID mentioned above.

[0127] If the UE does not receive a subgroup ID from the core network, it monitors the corresponding paging subgroup based on the UE-ID paging subgroup configuration information broadcasted by the base station.

[0128] If the UE does not receive a subgroup ID from the core network, it determines whether to use the UE-ID paging subgrouping scheme based on its own UE-ID paging subgrouping capability and whether the gNB broadcasts UE-ID paging subgrouping configuration information. If both are supported, the UE calculates one subgroup ID based on the UE-ID and the formula, and uses this subgroup ID to monitor paging.

[0129] More specifically, this subgroup ID can indicate whether a paging indication exists in the PEI or PO received by the UE, e.g., ID=0 corresponds to the existence of paging when the first bit of the subgroup receiving the PEI or PO is 1.

[0130] If the UE does not receive a subgroup ID from the core network and either the UE or the gNB does not support the UE-ID paging subgrouping scheme, the paging subgrouping technique is not used. The subgroup ID received from the core network is the second subgroup ID.

[0131] That is, the subgroup ID assigned by the core network has a higher priority than the subgroup ID of the gNB, that is, the second subgroup ID has a higher priority than the first subgroup ID.

[0132] As shown in FIG. 7 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device including: The broadcast module 110 includes: if the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the broadcast module 110 is configured to broadcast paging subgroup setting information, the paging subgroup setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0133] This information processing device can be included in a base station.

[0134] In some embodiments, the broadcast module 11 may be a program module, which, when executed by a processor, can realize the broadcasting of paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0135] In another embodiment, the broadcast module 110 may be a combined software and hardware module, including, but not limited to, various programmable arrays, including, but not limited to, field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0136] In some embodiments, the broadcast module 110 may be a pure hardware module, including but not limited to a dedicated integrated circuit.

[0137] In some embodiments, the broadcast module 110 is further configured to not broadcast the paging subgrouping configuration information if the base station does not support the first subgroup ID.

[0138] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and offset value of the first subgroup ID; or Including the offset value, The offset value is determined based on the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the core network (CN).

[0139] In some embodiments, if the base station does not support the second subgroup ID, the offset value is the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; and / or If the base station supports the second subgroup ID, the offset value is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; and / or if the base station does not support the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; and / or If the base station supports the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID.

[0140] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: The base station further includes an indication bit indicating whether the base station supports a second subgroup ID of CN.

[0141] In some embodiments, the broadcast module 110 is configured to broadcast the paging subgrouping configuration information if the base station supports a second subgroup ID of a CN and a first subgroup ID of the RAN.

[0142] In some embodiments, the broadcast module 110 is further configured to broadcast subgrouping configuration information in a paging early indication (PEI) if the base station supports a second subgroup ID of a CN.

[0143] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The device further includes a sending module configured to, when a second subgroup ID sent from the CN is received, send a PEI based on the second subgroup ID.

[0144] In some embodiments, the sending module is configured to, when a second subgroup ID sent from the CN is not received, determine whether to send a PEI based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgroup IDs and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information.

[0145] In some embodiments, the sending module is configured to: send the PEI based on the first subgroup ID if the UE supports the first subgroup ID and the base station broadcasts the paging subgroup configuration information; or not send the PEI based on the first subgroup ID if the UE does not support the first subgroup ID; or not send the PEI based on the first subgroup ID if the base station does not broadcast paging subgroup configuration information.

[0146] In some embodiments, the first subgroup ID is determined according to the following functional relationship: UE_ID=TMSI mod M, Subgroup ID'=floor(UE_ID / (N * Ns))mod N UEID , Subgroup ID=Subgroup ID'+offset, The Subgroup ID is the first subgroup ID, the TIMSI is a temporary mobile user identity of the UE, the M is a constant for modulo arithmetic, the N is the number of paging frames, the Ns is the number of paging occasions in one paging frame, and the N UEID is the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and the offset is the offset value.

[0147] As shown in FIG. 8 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, the device including: The receiving module 210 includes: a receiving module 210 configured to receive paging subgrouping setting information sent by a base station when the base station supports a first subgroup ID of a RAN, the paging subgrouping setting information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID.

[0148] This information processing device can be included in the UE.

[0149] In some embodiments, the receiving module 210 may be a program module, which can realize receiving paging subgrouping configuration information after being executed by a processor.

[0150] In some embodiments, the receiving module 210 may be a combination software and hardware module, including, but not limited to, various programmable arrays, including, but not limited to, field programmable arrays and / or complex programmable arrays.

[0151] In some embodiments, the receiving module 210 may be a purely hardware module, including but not limited to various dedicated integrated circuits.

[0152] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping configuration information comprises: a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and offset value of the first subgroup ID; or The offset value is included, and the offset is determined based on the subgrouping number of the second subgroup ID of the core network (CN).

[0153] If a first subgroup ID of a CN is received, monitor the PEI based on the first subgroup ID.

[0154] In some embodiments, the device comprises: and a monitor module configured to monitor a PEI based on the first subgroup ID when a second subgroup ID of a CN is not received, the paging subgroup configuration information is received, and the UE supports the first subgroup ID.

[0155] In some embodiments, the monitor module is configured to monitor a PEI based on the second subgroup ID when it is determined that the base station supports a second subgroup ID of a CN based on the paging subgroup configuration information and the second subgroup ID is received.

[0156] In some embodiments, the paging subgrouping information includes an indication bit; The indication bit indicates whether the base station supports a second subgroup ID.

[0157] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The base station further includes a first determination module configured to determine that the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN if the offset value included in the paging configuration information is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, or to determine that the base station supports the second subgroup ID of the CN if the offset value included in the paging configuration information is equal to the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID.

[0158] In some embodiments, the device comprises: The base station further includes a second determination module configured to determine that the base station does not support the second subgroup ID if the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, or to determine that the base station supports the second subgroup ID if the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID.

[0159] In some embodiments, the first subgroup ID is determined according to the following functional relationship: UE_ID=TMSI mod M; Subgroup ID'=floor(UE_ID / (N * Ns))mod N UEID , Subgroup ID=Subgroup ID'+offset, The Subgroup ID is the first subgroup ID, the TIMSI is a temporary mobile user identity of the UE, the M is a constant for modulo arithmetic, the N is the number of paging frames, the Ns is the number of paging occasions in one paging frame, and the N UEID is the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and the offset is the offset value.

[0160] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, a memory for storing instructions executable by a processor; processors each coupled to a memory; The processor is configured to execute a terminal control method and / or information processing method provided by any of the above technical solutions.

[0161] Here, the processor may include various types of storage media that are non-transitory computer storage media and can continue to store information stored thereon even after the communication device is powered off.

[0162] Here, the communication device includes an access device, or a UE, or a base station.

[0163] The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like to read an executable program stored in the memory such as one of the methods shown in FIGS.

[0164] 9 is a block diagram of a UE 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0165] Referring to FIG. 9, the UE 800 may include one or more components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input / output (I / O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

[0166] The processing component 802 typically controls the overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations related to display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 for executing instructions to complete all or some of the steps of the above-described methods. Additionally, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction with other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

[0167] The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation on the UE 800. Examples of this data include instructions for any application programs or methods for operating on the UE 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, images, videos, etc. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination thereof, 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.

[0168] The power component 806 provides power to various components of the UE 800. The power component 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with the generation, management, and distribution of power for the UE 800.

[0169] The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel may include one or more touch sensors to detect touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors may detect not only the boundaries of a touch or slide operation but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes one front camera and / or one rear camera. When the UE 800 is in an operation mode, such as a photo mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or may have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

[0170] The audio component 810 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operation mode such as a call mode, a record mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be 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.

[0171] The I / O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0172] The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors to provide various aspects of status assessment for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the on / off state of the device 800 and the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can also detect position changes of the UE 800 or one of its components, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the UE 800, and temperature changes of the UE 800. The sensor component 814 can also include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor component 814 can further include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor used for imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0173] The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a near-field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0174] In an example embodiment, the UE 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 perform the above-described methods.

[0175] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions is further provided, and the computer-readable program stored in the computer storage medium can be executed by a processor to realize the information processing method provided by any of the above technical solutions, for example, the information processing method shown in any of Figures 3 to 6. For example, the computer program can be stored in memory 804 and executed by processor 820 of UE 800 to complete the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, or an optical data storage device.

[0176] As shown in Figure 10, an embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates the structure of an access device. For example, a communication device 900 may be provided as a network side device. The communication device may be the above-mentioned access device. The access network device includes, but is not limited to, a base station.

[0177] 10, the communications device 900 includes a processing component 922 including one or more processors, and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, e.g., application programs, executed by the processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules, each corresponding to a set of instructions. The processing component 922 is also configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods applicable to the access device described above, e.g., the methods shown in FIGS. 3-6.

[0178] Communications device 900 may further include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of communications device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect communications device 900 to a network, and an input / output (I / O) interface 958. Communications device 900 may operate an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™, or the like.

[0179] Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present disclosure after studying the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any modifications, uses, or adaptations of the present invention, which modifications, uses, or adaptations follow the general principles of the present invention and include common general knowledge or customary technical means in the art that are not disclosed in this disclosure. The specification and examples are considered to be exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

[0180] It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the specific structures described above and illustrated in the drawings, and various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, which is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method performed by a base station, comprising: If the base station supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), broadcasting paging subgrouping configuration information, the paging subgrouping configuration information being for a user equipment (UE) to determine the first subgroup ID; If a second subgroup ID transmitted from a core network (CN) is not received, determining whether to transmit a paging early indication (PEI) based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information. Information processing methods.

2. The method comprises: If the base station does not support subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID, the base station may further include not broadcasting the paging subgrouping configuration information. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

3. The paging subgroup setting information is a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and an offset value of the first subgroup ID; or Including the offset value, The offset value is determined based on the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the CN; the offset value is for modifying the calculated first subgroup ID so that it does not overlap with the second subgroup ID of the CN; 3. The information processing method according to claim 1 or 2.

4. if the base station does not support subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the offset value is the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups based on the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups based on the second subgroup ID; and / or When the base station supports subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the offset value is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and / or if the base station does not support subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; and / or When the base station supports subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID. The information processing method according to claim 3 .

5. If the base station supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the step of broadcasting paging subgrouping configuration information includes: broadcasting the paging subgrouping configuration information when the base station supports subgrouping based on a second subgroup ID of a CN and subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of the RAN; The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

6. The method comprises: and when a second subgroup ID transmitted from a CN is received, transmitting a Paging Early Indication (PEI) based on the second subgroup ID. The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. The step of determining whether to transmit a PEI based on a first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information includes: If the base station has not broadcast paging subgroup configuration information, not transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and the base station is broadcasting the paging subgrouping configuration information, transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the UE does not support subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID, not transmitting the PEI based on the first subgroup ID. The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

8. 1. An information processing method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving paging subgrouping configuration information sent by a base station when a radio access network (RAN) supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID, the paging subgrouping configuration information being for the UE to determine the first subgroup ID; If a second subgroup ID transmitted from a core network (CN) is not received, determining whether to receive a paging early indication (PEI) based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information. Information processing methods.

9. The paging subgroup setting information is a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and an offset value of the first subgroup ID; or Including the offset value, The offset value is determined based on the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the CN; the offset value is for modifying the calculated first subgroup ID so that it does not overlap with the second subgroup ID of the CN; The step of receiving paging subgrouping setting information transmitted by the base station when the base station supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN) includes: receiving paging subgrouping setting information transmitted by the base station when the base station supports subgrouping based on a second subgroup ID of a core network (CN) and subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of the RAN; The information processing method according to claim 8.

10. The method comprises: If it is determined based on the paging subgrouping configuration information that the base station supports subgrouping based on a second subgroup ID of the CN and the second subgroup ID is received, further comprising receiving a paging early indication (PEI) based on the second subgroup ID; determining whether to receive a PEI based on a first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information, not receiving the PEI based on the first subgroup ID if the base station has not broadcast paging subgroup configuration information; or receiving the PEI based on the first subgroup ID if the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and the base station broadcasts the paging subgroup configuration information; or If the UE does not support subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID, not receiving the PEI based on the first subgroup ID.

10. The information processing method according to claim 8 or 9.

11. The method comprises: determining that the base station does not support subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID if the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroupings of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroupings of the second subgroup ID; or If the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, determining that the base station supports subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID. The information processing method according to claim 10.

12. 1. An information processing method applied to a communication system, the communication system including a base station and a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: If the base station supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the base station broadcasts paging subgroup configuration information, where the paging subgroup configuration information is for the UE to determine a first subgroup ID; If a second subgroup ID transmitted from a core network (CN) is not received, determining whether the base station transmits a paging early indication (PEI) based on the first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information. Information processing methods.

13. The method comprises: If the base station does not support subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID, the base station may further include not broadcasting the paging subgroup configuration information. The information processing method according to claim 12.

14. The paging subgroup setting information is a range of values ​​for the first subgroup ID; or the number of subgroups and an offset value of the first subgroup ID; or Including the offset value, The offset value is determined based on the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID of the CN; the offset value is for modifying the calculated first subgroup ID so that it does not overlap with the second subgroup ID of the CN; if the base station does not support subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the offset value is the extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups based on the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups based on the second subgroup ID; and / or When the base station supports subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the offset value is not an extreme value of the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID, and / or if the base station does not support subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is equal to the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; and / or When the base station supports subgrouping based on the second subgroup ID, the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID is smaller than the sum of the number of subgroups of the first subgroup ID and the number of subgroups of the second subgroup ID; When the base station supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of a radio access network (RAN), the step of broadcasting paging subgrouping configuration information by the base station includes: When the base station supports a subgrouping based on a second subgroup ID of a core network (CN) and a subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID of the RAN, the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information. The information processing method according to claim 12.

15. The method comprises: When a second subgroup ID transmitted from a CN is received, the base station may further include transmitting a paging early indication (PEI) based on the second subgroup ID. The information processing method according to any one of claims 12 to 14.

16. The step of determining whether to transmit a PEI based on a first subgroup ID based on whether the UE supports subgrouping based on a first subgroup ID and whether the base station broadcasts the paging subgrouping configuration information includes: If the base station does not broadcast paging subgrouping configuration information, the base station does not transmit the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the UE supports subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID and the base station is broadcasting the paging subgrouping configuration information, the base station sends the PEI based on the first subgroup ID; or If the UE does not support subgrouping based on the first subgroup ID, the base station does not transmit the PEI based on the first subgroup ID. The information processing method according to any one of claims 12 to 14.

17. 1. A communication device, comprising: a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein when the processor executes the executable program, the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is performed; Communication devices.

18. A communication device, comprising: a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein when the processor executes the executable program, the information processing method according to any one of claims 8 to 11 is performed. Communication devices.

19. A computer storage medium having an executable program stored thereon, When the executable program is executed by a processor, the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is realized. Computer storage media.

20. A computer storage medium having an executable program stored thereon, comprising: When the executable program is executed by a processor, the information processing method according to any one of claims 8 to 11 is realized. Computer storage media.

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