Paging processing method and apparatus, terminal, and network side device

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications and discloses a paging processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network side device. The paging processing method of embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal acquires configuration information of a first reference signal; and the terminal listens for the first reference signal on the basis of the configuration information of the first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: assisting in listening for paging early indication information; and assisting in listening for a paging message.

Description

Paging processing method, device, terminal and network side equipment

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410037656.4 filed on January 10, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a paging processing method, apparatus, terminal and network-side equipment. Background Art

[0004] In future communication systems, increasing the transmission period of periodic reference signals is one of the key solutions to further reduce network energy consumption. However, since the detection of communication channels or signals depends on the reception of reference signals, increasing the transmission period of reference signals will also cause delays in channel quality measurements, affecting the detection performance of communication channels or signals, such as paging messages, and thus leading to poor communication reliability. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a paging processing method, apparatus, terminal, and network-side equipment, which can solve the problem of poor communication reliability caused by the design of a synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB) with a large period.

[0006] In a first aspect, a paging processing method is provided, comprising:

[0007] The terminal obtains configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0008] Monitoring, by the terminal, the first reference signal based on configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0009] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0010] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0011] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0012] In a second aspect, a paging processing method is provided, including:

[0013] The network side device sends a first reference signal;

[0014] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0015] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0016] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0017] In a third aspect, a paging processing device is provided, comprising:

[0018] An acquisition module, configured to acquire configuration information of a first reference signal;

[0019] a monitoring module, configured to monitor the first reference signal based on configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0020] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0021] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0022] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0023] In a fourth aspect, a paging processing device is provided, including:

[0024] A sending module, configured to send a first reference signal;

[0025] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0026] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0027] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0028] In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0029] In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to obtain configuration information of a first reference signal; monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0030] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0031] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0032] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0033] In the seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0034] In an eighth aspect, a network-side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is configured to send a first reference signal;

[0035] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0036] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0037] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0038] In the ninth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0039] In the tenth aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0040] In the eleventh aspect, a chip is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0041] In the twelfth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the method as described in the second aspect.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, configuration information of a first reference signal is obtained by a terminal; the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; wherein the first reference signal is used for at least one of: assisting in monitoring of paging advance indication information; and assisting in monitoring of paging messages. Because the first reference signal is used to assist in at least one of monitoring of paging advance indication information and monitoring of paging messages, this can avoid an excessively large SSB period, which would result in an inability to support demodulation of paging advance indication information and paging messages. Therefore, the embodiment of the present application improves communication reliability. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied;

[0044] FIG2 is a flow chart of a paging processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0045] FIG3 is a diagram illustrating an example scenario of an application of a paging processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0046] FIG4 is a flow chart of another paging processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] FIG5 is a schematic structural diagram of a paging processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0048] FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of another paging processing device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0049] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0050] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0051] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0052] The terms "first", "second", etc. in this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in this application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three options, namely, Option 1: including A but not including B; Option 2: including B but not including A; Option 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0053] The term "indication" in this application can be either a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, the operation to be performed, or the result of the request in the instruction sent; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information based on the instruction sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the result of the request based on the judgment result.

[0054] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the technology described can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as 6th generation (6G) systems. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0055] FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (Flight Vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian user equipment (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication capabilities, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, or furniture), a game console, a personal computer (PC), an ATM, or a self-service machine, or other terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be called a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B (NB), Evolved Node B (eNB), the next generation Node B (gNB), New Radio Node B (NR Node B), access point, Relay Base Station (RBS), Serving Base Station (SBS), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B (HNB), Home evolved Node B (home evolved Node B), Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the relevant field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0056] For ease of understanding, some of the contents involved in the embodiments of this application are described below:

[0057] During each paging cycle, a terminal in the idle state must perform Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements and monitor the paging Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). The PDCCH is scrambled using the Paging Radio Network Temporary Identity (P-RNTI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Based on the detected paging PDCCH, the terminal then receives the corresponding paging Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). However, since the probability of paging a group of terminals in a paging occasion (PO) is generally around 10%, in approximately 90% of cases, the terminal will not receive its own page. Therefore, the power consumption of this 90% paging monitoring is wasted.

[0058] To reduce terminal power consumption, the Paging Early Indication (PEI) is introduced. Before receiving the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the terminal receives the PEI. Based on the indication in the PEI, the terminal determines in advance whether it needs to monitor the subsequent paging PDCCH. If the PEI instructs the UE not to monitor paging, the terminal can skip receiving one or more SSBs before paging and skip receiving the paging PDCCH or paging PDSCH, thereby saving power.

[0059] If future communication systems, such as 6G, adopt a longer-period SSB design, the terminal will not have enough SSB monitoring opportunities to support paging monitoring, resulting in poor paging reliability. To this end, the paging processing method of the present application is proposed.

[0060] It should be noted that in future communication systems, SSB may be replaced by other signals with similar functions. In the following embodiments, SSB is used to represent a reference signal having at least one function, including synchronization, cell search, cell access, cell selection, channel measurement, and mobility measurement.

[0061] The paging processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0062] 2 , an embodiment of the present application provides a paging processing method. As shown in FIG2 , the paging processing method includes:

[0063] Step 201: The terminal obtains configuration information of a first reference signal;

[0064] Step 202: The terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0065] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0066] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0067] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0068] It is understandable that the above-mentioned assistance can be understood or replaced by help or use for.

[0069] It is understandable that the above-mentioned monitoring can be understood or replaced by detection, reception or monitoring, etc.

[0070] In an embodiment of the present application, at least one of the relevant information for demodulating the paging advance indication information and the relevant information for demodulating the paging message can be obtained based on the monitoring and detection of the first reference signal. In this way, even if there are not enough SSBs, relevant information sufficient to support the demodulation of the paging message and the paging advance indication information can still be obtained, thereby ensuring that the terminal can demodulate the paging advance indication information and the paging message, thereby improving the reliability of paging.

[0071] Optionally, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned first reference signal may include at least one of the following: SSB, secondary synchronization signal (Secondary Synchronisation Signal, SSS), primary synchronization signal (Primary Synchronisation Signal, PSS), phase tracking reference signal (Phase-tracking reference signal, TRS) and channel state information reference signal (Channel State Information reference signal, CSI-RS).

[0072] In some embodiments, the network side device may be configured with two or more sets of reference signal configurations. One set of reference signal configuration information is configuration information of the first reference signal. It is understandable that the network side device configures a set of first reference signal configurations associated with paging message monitoring. Optionally, the first reference signal may be a periodic reference signal or an aperiodic reference signal. Further, the network side device indicates whether to enable the above-mentioned first reference signal configuration through PEI or paging. That is, the network side device may enable the above-mentioned first reference signal configuration through dynamic indication. In another embodiment, the configuration information of the first reference signal is configured through high-level configuration and PEI or paging indication. For example, part of the configuration information of the first reference signal (such as other configuration information except the time domain configuration) is configured through the high-level configuration and the time domain configuration information of the first reference signal is configured through PEI or paging indication. For example, the paging PDCCH or PEI indicates the monitoring timing of the first reference signal by indicating the time offset of the first reference signal. For example, the first reference signal is SSB as an example for explanation.

[0073] In one embodiment, some of the configuration information of the first reference signal may share the same parameter configuration with the second reference signal or other reference signals other than the first reference signal. For example, the first reference signal is an SSB and the second reference signal is also an SSB. These two SSBs share some of the same configuration information. For another example, the two SSBs each configure their own time-frequency domain position information, and the time-frequency domain position information of the two SSBs is different or independently configured.

[0074] In some embodiments, the network side device can configure two sets of SSB configuration information for the terminal through high-layer signaling, wherein the first set of SSB configuration information can be understood as at least part of the configuration information of the first reference signal, and the second set of SSB configuration information can be understood as the periodic SSB configuration information defined by the current protocol. Optionally, the network side device can carry information on whether the first set of SSB configuration information is enabled in the PEI, paging message or high-layer signaling to indicate whether the first reference signal is enabled. The information on whether the first set of SSB configuration information is enabled carried in the PEI or high-layer signaling can also be understood as the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0075] In some embodiments, the network-side device may configure a set of SSB configuration information for the terminal through high-layer signaling, such as periodic SSB configuration information defined by an existing protocol. The network-side device may carry the time domain configuration information of the SSB in the PEI, and the time domain configuration information of the SSB is combined with part of the configuration information in the periodic SSB configuration information defined by the protocol (e.g., other configuration information of the SSB except the time domain configuration) to obtain the configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0076] It can be understood that the paging message includes at least one of paging PDCCH and paging PDSCH.

[0077] In the embodiment of the present application, configuration information of a first reference signal is obtained by a terminal; the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; wherein the first reference signal is used for at least one of: assisting in monitoring of paging advance indication information; and assisting in monitoring of paging messages. Because the first reference signal is used to assist in at least one of monitoring of paging advance indication information and monitoring of paging messages, this can avoid an excessively large SSB period, which would result in an inability to support demodulation of paging advance indication information and paging messages. Therefore, the embodiment of the present application improves communication reliability.

[0078] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal is also used for at least one of the following: mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; switching of transmission receiving points TRP; switching of TRP groups; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; and power allocation.

[0079] In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal can perform at least one of the following based on monitoring the first reference signal: mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; transmission reception point (TRP) switching; TRP group switching; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; and power allocation. In this way, the first reference signal can be used to implement a variety of different functions, thereby reducing resource overhead.

[0080] It should be noted that, when the first reference signal is used for random access resource selection, the random access resource may be configured to be associated with the first reference signal.

[0081] Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether the first reference signal is enabled, and the terminal monitoring the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal includes:

[0082] When the first reference signal is enabled, the terminal monitors the first reference signal based on configuration information of the first reference signal.

[0083] In the embodiments of the present application, since the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether to enable the first reference signal, the first reference signal can be flexibly enabled according to time requirements, thereby improving the flexibility of first reference signal monitoring. For example, in some embodiments, after the network-side device sends the configuration information of the first reference signal, the first reference signal can be dynamically enabled or disabled through subsequent instructions.

[0084] Optionally, the above-mentioned whether to enable can be understood or replaced by whether to use, and can also be understood as whether to activate or deactivate.

[0085] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0086] The paging advance indication information is located before the second monitoring opportunity, and the time interval between the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the first time interval;

[0087] Located between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information;

[0088] The paging advance indication information is located after the second monitoring opportunity, and the time interval between the second monitoring opportunity and the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval;

[0089] A third time interval is located after the second monitoring opportunity of the paging advance indication information and is separated from the second monitoring opportunity;

[0090] The fourth time interval is located before the paging occasion and the interval between the paging occasion and the paging occasion is less than or equal to the fourth time interval.

[0091] In an embodiment of the present application, the first reference signal corresponding to the first monitoring opportunity located before the second monitoring opportunity of the paging advance indication information can be used to assist at least one of the following: monitoring of the current paging advance indication information and monitoring of the paging message of the paging opportunity associated with the current paging advance indication information.

[0092] The first reference signal corresponding to the first monitoring opportunity located between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information can be used to assist at least one of the following: monitoring of the paging message of the paging opportunity associated with the current paging advance indication information and monitoring of the next paging advance indication information.

[0093] The first reference signal corresponding to the first listening opportunity that is located after the second listening opportunity in which the paging advance indication information is located and whose time interval with the second listening opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval can be used to assist at least one of the following: monitoring of the paging message of the paging opportunity associated with the current paging advance indication information and monitoring of the next paging advance indication information.

[0094] The first reference signal corresponding to the first monitoring opportunity that is located before the paging opportunity and whose interval with the paging opportunity is less than or equal to the fourth time interval can be used to assist at least one of the following: monitoring of the paging message of the paging opportunity associated with the current paging advance indication information and monitoring of the next paging advance indication information.

[0095] Optionally, when the paging advance indication information is associated with multiple paging opportunities, the positional relationship between the first monitoring opportunity and the paging time can be understood as the first paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information, where the first paging opportunity is the paging opportunity closest to the paging advance indication information. For example, the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal being located before the paging opportunity can be understood as the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal being located before the first paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0096] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0097] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0098] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0099] The second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0100] For example, the first reference signal is SSS.

[0101] Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0102] a signal type of the first reference signal;

[0103] an association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0104] Time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0105] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, the offset information being used to indicate offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to a target opportunity, the target opportunity including a paging opportunity or a second monitoring opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0106] port information of the first reference signal;

[0107] A resource list of a first reference signal;

[0108] the number of repetitions of the first reference signal;

[0109] Validation delay of the first reference signal;

[0110] a transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0111] An activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0112] In the embodiment of the present application, the other reference signal may be an SSB. The association relationship may include a quasi co-location (QCL) association relationship, and the quasi co-location types include C and D. For example, the first reference signal index1 is associated with SSB index1, and there is a QCL type D relationship between the two.

[0113] According to 3GPP specification 38.214 5.1.5, there are four types of QCL: QCL Type A, QCL Type B, QCL Type C, and QCL Type D. These four types indicate which large-scale channel characteristics are common in the antenna port group.

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

[0115] 'QCL-TypeB':{Doppler shift,Doppler spread};

[0116] 'QCL-TypeC':{Doppler shift,average delay};

[0117] 'QCL-TypeD':{Spatial Rx parameter}.

[0118] Doppler shift: Doppler shift is the frequency change of a radio signal relative to the receiver's motion. For example, if a gNB transmits a radio signal at frequency "X," while the receiver (UE) is moving away from the gNB, the frequency of the same radio signal will shift to "Y" due to the distance (due to transmission time) when it reaches the UE. This phenomenon is called Doppler shift. A real-life example is the sound of a speeding train approaching a platform, causing people on the platform to accelerate away. This is the Doppler shift of the sound wave.

[0119] Doppler spread: Doppler spread is called the fading rate, and the difference in signal frequency between the transmitter and receiver relative to time is called Doppler spread. For example, the rate at which the sound of a train changes over time is called Doppler spread.

[0120] Average Delay: When a signal is transmitted from multiple antennas, it reaches the receiver through multipath reflections from surrounding clutter. In a multipath scenario, the average time it takes to receive all multipath components at the receiver is called the average delay.

[0121] Delay spread: The difference between the arrival time of the earliest valid multipath component (such as the usual line-of-sight component) and the arrival time of the last multipath component is called delay spread.

[0122] Spatial Receiver Parameter: Spatial receiver parameters refer to the beamforming characteristics of the downlink receive signal, such as the main arrival angle and average arrival angle.

[0123] Optionally, the time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal may include the starting position or relative offset of the time domain or frequency domain where the first reference signal is located, and the size of the time-frequency domain resources; or, may include the time-frequency domain pattern of the first reference signal.

[0124] Optionally, the resource list may include one or more first reference signal resources configured with the configuration information.

[0125] Optionally, the network-side device may flexibly instruct configuration or activation of a first reference signal having some of the above-mentioned parameter characteristics.

[0126] Optionally, the above-mentioned number of repetitions can be understood as the number of repetitions in one transmission opportunity.

[0127] Optionally, in some embodiments, a manner for acquiring the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0128] Configured by high-level information of network-side devices;

[0129] Agreement;

[0130] Physical layer signaling or signal indication.

[0131] Optionally, the above-mentioned physical layer signaling or signal may include paging advance indication information or paging PDCCH.

[0132] Optionally, the configuration information of the first signal may be carried by multi-level signaling. For example, the configuration information of the first signal is configured by higher-layer information of a network-side device, but activation and deactivation of the first reference signal are carried by layer 1 signaling. For another example, the configuration information of the first reference signal is predefined by a protocol, but activation and deactivation of the first reference signal are carried by layer 1 signaling.

[0133] Optionally, in some embodiments, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, and the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0134] an activation state of the first reference signal;

[0135] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0136] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0137] In the embodiment of the present application, one or more activated or deactivated first reference signals, or one or more groups of first reference signals, may be indicated by a bit string or a bitmap, each group of first reference signals having different characteristics or configurations.

[0138] Optionally, when the offset value of the above offset information is specific to , it can be considered that the first reference signal is not enabled or unavailable or deactivated.

[0139] Optionally, in some embodiments, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to monitoring of the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information. This can improve the pertinence of the target indication information, so that the first reference information can be flexibly used to assist in monitoring the paging message. For example, when there are a sufficient number of SSBs between the second monitoring opportunity of the paging advance indication information and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information, the first reference signal can be disabled, thereby saving power and resource overhead of the terminal. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, resource overhead can be saved while ensuring the reliability of paging monitoring.

[0140] Optionally, in some embodiments, the method further comprises:

[0141] When a second preset condition is met, the terminal determines not to monitor the first reference signal at a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0142] The second preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0143] The paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor paging messages;

[0144] The second reference signal between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets the first preset condition;

[0145] The first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of the second reference signals is greater than a first preset threshold; the number of the second reference signals whose measurement values ​​are greater than or equal to the second preset threshold is greater than a third preset threshold.

[0146] In the embodiment of the present application, under the second preset condition, the terminal does not monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, thereby avoiding invalid or unnecessary monitoring of the first reference signal, thereby saving power of the terminal.

[0147] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal. In the embodiment of the present application, the second reference signal may be a periodic reference signal, for example, an SSB or a cell-defined SSB.

[0148] Optionally, the first reference signal may be repeatedly transmitted with reference to the most recent periodic SSB transmission as a copy.

[0149] It should be understood that when the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the SSB, the configuration information of the first reference signal may only include the time domain position information of the repeated transmission of the SSB. In this case, the content of the configuration information of the first reference signal that needs to be agreed upon by the network-side device or protocol can be greatly reduced, thereby reducing the complexity of the protocol.

[0150] Optionally, in some embodiments, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0151] Optionally, the low power wake-up signal is received by a low power wake-up receiver (LP-WUR).

[0152] In order to better understand the present application, some examples are provided below for illustration.

[0153] The first reference signal is used in the following scenarios: The network-side device configures a large periodic SSB period, resulting in a large interval between monitoring the paging advance indication information or the paging opportunity and the SSB opportunity. The terminal needs to wake up frequently to monitor, and cannot continuously monitor all content and then directly enter deep sleep, resulting in increased terminal power consumption. In addition, if the terminal does not monitor enough SSBs between the paging advance indication and the paging opportunity, the terminal may not be able to correctly demodulate the paging information, resulting in reduced communication performance.

[0154] To solve this problem, the network side device can configure the first reference signal to supplement the scenario where the SSB monitoring opportunity is insufficient, or to shorten the distance between the reference signal and the paging advance indication or paging opportunity monitoring, so as to achieve the effect of terminal energy saving.

[0155] In one example, as shown in FIG3 , a paging advance indication association indication (the association relationship is indicated by an arrow) indicates all POs in two paging frames. Taking SSB period example 1 as an example, there are two SSB listening opportunities in interval 1 between the paging advance indication and the associated paging opportunity (the figure directly shows the granularity of the paging frame (PF), and one paging frame contains 4 POs), there are only 1 SSB in interval 2, 2 SSBs in interval 3, and 1 SSB in interval 4. Taking SSB period example 2 as an example, the SSB period increases, there is 1 SSB listening opportunity in interval 1, no SSB in interval 2, 1 SSB in interval 3, and no SSB in interval 4. In this case, for terminals in poor coverage, relying solely on periodic SSB monitoring is not enough to support the demodulation of paging information. Therefore, in this embodiment, the network side device configures the first reference signal, as shown in FIG3 .

[0156] Taking SSB cycle example 1 as an example, the timing of the first reference signal is located before the paging opportunity, but not before every paging opportunity. As shown in Figure 3, the timing of the first reference signal is located before PF0, PF2, PF4, and PF6.

[0157] In one example, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of part or all of the SSB content.

[0158] In one example, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of an SSS in an SSB. As shown in FIG3 , the SSS is a repetition of an SSS in a nearest periodic SSB transmission.

[0159] Optionally, the paging advance indication information indicates at least one of the following: a monitoring position or a sending position of the first reference signal; and a number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0160] In an example, the indication of the first reference signal in the paging advance indication information is used to monitor the paging occasion associated therewith.

[0161] In an example, relevant parameters of the first parameter signal including the first reference signal monitoring opportunity are configured by a network-side device.

[0162] In an example, the configuration information of the first reference signal is configured by the network, but the monitoring timing of the first reference signal is dynamically indicated by paging advance indication information or paging information.

[0163] In one example, the type of the first reference signal may be at least one of SSB, SSS, PSS, TRS, and CSI-RS.

[0164] In one example, if the paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor paging, the terminal does not monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal. For example, as shown in FIG3 , if paging advance indication information 4 indicates that the terminal does not monitor paging opportunities, the terminal does not need to monitor the first reference signal and thus does not monitor the first reference signal at the monitoring opportunity in interval 4 (the monitoring opportunity corresponding to the dotted box in FIG3 ). If the terminals associated with PF6 and 7 do not have paging requirements, the network-side device can implement not sending the first reference signal before PF6.

[0165] In some embodiments, when the paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor paging, the network side device will not indicate the first reference signal to the terminal, that is, the network side device will not activate the first reference signal associated with the paging opportunity. In fact, under the premise that the network sends an SSB (second reference signal) with a large transmission period, although it is also necessary to consider satisfying the terminal's paging message monitoring and detection requirements and supplementing the sending of the first reference signal, since the probability of a terminal associated with a paging opportunity being paged is very low, for example, 10%, the probability of the network side supplementing the sending of the first reference signal is also low. In the other 90% of cases, the network side device can still obtain network energy saving gains by sending SSB with a large transmission period.

[0166] It should be noted that, in one embodiment, the first reference signal is an additional reference signal sent when the network side device sends a second reference signal (for example, the second reference signal is a periodic SSB and the SSB transmission period is longer).

[0167] In one example, the network device may configure or indicate the timing information of the first first reference signal through a paging advance indication or paging information. For example, the network device may configure or dynamically indicate the offset of the first reference signal relative to the paging advance indication, or relative to a paging frame or paging occasion.

[0168] In one example, when the paging advance indication information is associated with multiple paging occasions (as shown in FIG3 , one paging advance indication is associated with all POs in two paging frames), the network-side device configures or dynamically indicates the offset of the first reference signal relative to the first paging frame or paging occasion in the paging frame or paging occasion associated with the paging advance indication. For example, in FIG3 , the timing of the first reference signal is configured relative to PF0, PF2, PF4, and PF6. PF0, PF2, PF4, and PF6 are the first PFs associated with their respective paging advance indications.

[0169] Optionally, the type of the paging advance indication information may be DCI or LP-WUS.

[0170] In one example, the paging advance indication information is an LP-WUS. The position of the first reference signal is configured relative to the LP-WUS. For example, the first reference signal timing is at a specific time interval relative to the LP-WUS. Optionally, the specific time interval is related to the wake-up transition delay.

[0171] Optionally, multiple sets of first reference signal resources or resource sets may be configured. The configuration information of the first reference signal in each set of first reference signal resources or resource sets may be independently configured and may be the same or different. For example, there may be four sets of first reference signal resource sets, and the first reference signal resource configuration in each set of first reference signal resource sets may be the same.

[0172] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0173] a signal type of the first reference signal;

[0174] The association relationship between the first reference signal and the SSB;

[0175] Time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0176] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, the offset information being used to indicate offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to a target opportunity, the target opportunity including a paging opportunity or a second monitoring opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0177] port information of the first reference signal;

[0178] A resource list of a first reference signal;

[0179] the number of repetitions of the first reference signal;

[0180] A valid delay of the first reference signal;

[0181] a transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0182] An activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0183] In the association between the first reference signal and the SSB, different first reference signal resource sets can be associated with the same SSB index, and the number of first reference signal resource sets associated with different SSB indices can be the same or different.

[0184] 4 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a paging processing method. As shown in FIG4 , the paging processing method includes:

[0185] Step 401: The network-side device sends a first reference signal;

[0186] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0187] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0188] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0189] Optionally, the network-side device sending the first reference signal includes:

[0190] In a case where a second reference signal between a second monitoring opportunity corresponding to the paging advance indication information and a paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information meets a first preset condition, the network side device sends a first reference signal.

[0191] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0192] The network-side device sends configuration information of the first reference signal to the terminal.

[0193] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0194] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; switching of transmission receiving points (TRPs); switching of TRP groups; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0195] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether the first reference signal is enabled.

[0196] Optionally, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0197] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0198] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0199] The second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0200] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0201] a signal type of the first reference signal;

[0202] an association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0203] Time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0204] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, the offset information being used to indicate offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to a target opportunity, the target opportunity including a paging opportunity or a second monitoring opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0205] port information of the first reference signal;

[0206] A resource list of a first reference signal;

[0207] the number of repetitions of the first reference signal;

[0208] A valid delay of the first reference signal;

[0209] a transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0210] An activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0211] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, where the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0212] an activation state of the first reference signal;

[0213] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0214] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0215] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to monitoring of a paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0216] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

[0217] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) or a low-power wake-up signal (Low-Power Wake-Up Signal, LP-WUS).

[0218] The paging processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a paging processing device. In the embodiment of the present application, the paging processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the paging processing method executed by the paging processing device as an example.

[0219] 5 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a paging processing device. As shown in FIG5 , the paging processing device 500 includes:

[0220] An acquisition module 501 is configured to acquire configuration information of a first reference signal;

[0221] A monitoring module 502 is configured to monitor the first reference signal based on configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0222] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0223] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0224] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0225] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0226] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; switching of transmission receiving points (TRPs); switching of TRP groups; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0227] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether the first reference signal is enabled, and the monitoring module 502 is specifically configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal when the first reference signal is enabled.

[0228] Optionally, the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0229] The paging advance indication information is located before the second monitoring opportunity, and the time interval between the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the first time interval;

[0230] Located between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information;

[0231] The paging advance indication information is located after the second monitoring opportunity, and the time interval between the second monitoring opportunity and the second monitoring opportunity is less than or equal to the second time interval;

[0232] A third time interval is located after the second monitoring opportunity of the paging advance indication information and is separated from the second monitoring opportunity;

[0233] The fourth time interval is located before the paging occasion and the interval between the paging occasion and the paging occasion is less than or equal to the fourth time interval.

[0234] Optionally, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0235] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0236] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0237] The second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0238] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0239] a signal type of the first reference signal;

[0240] an association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0241] Time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0242] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, the offset information being used to indicate offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to a target opportunity, the target opportunity including a paging opportunity or a second monitoring opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0243] port information of the first reference signal;

[0244] A resource list of a first reference signal;

[0245] the number of repetitions of the first reference signal;

[0246] Validation delay of the first reference signal;

[0247] a transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0248] An activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0249] Optionally, a manner of acquiring the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0250] Configured by high-level information of network-side devices;

[0251] Agreement;

[0252] Physical layer signaling or signal indication.

[0253] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, where the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0254] an activation state of the first reference signal;

[0255] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0256] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0257] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to monitoring of a paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0258] Optionally, the monitoring module 502 is specifically configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal when the second reference signal between the second monitoring opportunity in which the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity in which the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets a first preset condition;

[0259] The first preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0260] The number of the second reference signals is less than or equal to the first preset threshold;

[0261] The number of second reference signals whose measurement values ​​are greater than or equal to the second preset threshold is less than or equal to a third preset threshold.

[0262] Optionally, the paging processing device 500 further includes a determining module, configured to determine not to monitor the first reference signal at the first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal when a second preset condition is met;

[0263] The second preset condition includes at least one of the following:

[0264] The paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor paging messages;

[0265] The second reference signal between the second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging opportunity where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located meets the first preset condition;

[0266] The first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of the second reference signals is greater than a first preset threshold; the number of the second reference signals whose measurement values ​​are greater than or equal to the second preset threshold is greater than a third preset threshold.

[0267] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

[0268] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0269] 6 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a paging processing device. As shown in FIG6 , the paging processing device 600 includes:

[0270] A sending module 601 is configured to send a first reference signal;

[0271] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0272] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0273] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0274] Optionally, the sending module 601 is specifically configured to send a first reference signal when the second reference signal between the second monitoring opportunity corresponding to the paging advance indication information and the paging opportunity associated with the paging advance indication information meets a first preset condition.

[0275] Optionally, the sending module 601 is further configured to send configuration information of the first reference signal to a terminal.

[0276] Optionally, the first reference signal is further used for at least one of the following:

[0277] Mobility measurement; cell selection; random access resource selection; switching of transmission receiving points (TRPs); switching of TRP groups; beam failure detection; beam management; link failure detection; positioning; activation of other reference signals or channels; deactivation of other reference signals or channels; path loss estimation; power control; power allocation.

[0278] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes information on whether the first reference signal is enabled.

[0279] Optionally, the first reference signal satisfies at least one of the following:

[0280] The structure of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the structure of the second reference signal;

[0281] The relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the first reference signal is at least partially consistent with the relative position relationship of the time-frequency resources of the components of the second reference signal;

[0282] The second reference signal includes a synchronization signal block SSB or a phase tracking reference signal TRS.

[0283] Optionally, the configuration information of the first reference signal includes at least one of the following:

[0284] a signal type of the first reference signal;

[0285] an association relationship between the first reference signal and the second reference signal;

[0286] Time-frequency domain position information of the first reference signal;

[0287] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal, the offset information being used to indicate offset information of the first monitoring opportunity relative to a target opportunity, the target opportunity including a paging opportunity or a second monitoring opportunity where paging advance indication information is located;

[0288] port information of the first reference signal;

[0289] A resource list of a first reference signal;

[0290] the number of repetitions of the first reference signal;

[0291] A valid delay of the first reference signal;

[0292] a transmission period of the first reference signal;

[0293] An activation state of the first reference signal, where the activation state includes activation or deactivation.

[0294] Optionally, the paging advance indication information or the paging message includes target indication information, where the target indication information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0295] an activation state of the first reference signal;

[0296] offset information of a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal;

[0297] The number of repetitions of the first reference signal.

[0298] Optionally, the target indication information included in the paging advance indication information is applicable to monitoring of a paging message associated with the paging advance indication information.

[0299] Optionally, the first reference signal is a repeated transmission of the second reference signal.

[0300] Optionally, the paging advance indication information is carried by downlink control information DCI or a low power wake-up signal LP-WUS.

[0301] The paging processing device in the embodiments of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or chip. The electronic device can be a terminal or other device other than a terminal. For example, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminal 11 listed above, and the other device can be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0302] The paging processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the various processes implemented in the method embodiments of Figures 2 to 4 and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

[0303] As shown in Figure 7, an embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702, and the memory 702 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 701. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701, the various steps of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiment are implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0304] The present application also provides a terminal including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG2 . This terminal embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment is applicable to this terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. Specifically, FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0305] The terminal 800 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809 and at least some of the components of the processor 810.

[0306] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 800 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) to power various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 810 via a power management system, thereby enabling the power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The terminal structure shown in FIG8 does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be described in detail here.

[0307] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, and the graphics processor 8041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and at least one of other input devices 8072. The touch panel 8071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0308] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the radio frequency unit 801 may transmit the data to the processor 810 for processing. Furthermore, the radio frequency unit 801 may send uplink data to the network-side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

[0309] The memory 809 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 809 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM), and direct RAM bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 809 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0310] Processor 810 may include one or more processing units. Optionally, processor 810 integrates an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and application programs, while the modem processor primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understood that the modem processor may not be integrated into processor 810.

[0311] The radio frequency unit 801 is configured to obtain configuration information of a first reference signal; the monitoring module is configured to monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal;

[0312] The first reference signal is used for at least one of the following:

[0313] Monitoring of auxiliary paging advance indication information;

[0314] Assists in monitoring paging messages.

[0315] The embodiment of the present application uses the first reference signal to assist in at least one of monitoring of the paging advance indication information and monitoring of the paging message, thereby avoiding the SSB period being too large, which leads to the inability to support the demodulation of the paging advance indication information and the paging message. Therefore, the embodiment of the present application improves the reliability of paging.

[0316] It can be understood that the implementation process of each implementation method mentioned in this embodiment can refer to the relevant description of the terminal side method embodiment and achieve the same or corresponding technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0317] The present application also provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method embodiment shown in FIG4 . This network-side device embodiment corresponds to the aforementioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the aforementioned method embodiment are applicable to this network-side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0318] Specifically, embodiments of the present application also provide a network-side device. As shown in Figure 9, the network-side device 900 includes an antenna 901, a radio frequency device 902, a baseband device 903, a processor 904, and a memory 905. Antenna 901 is connected to radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, radio frequency device 902 receives information via antenna 901 and sends the received information to baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, baseband device 903 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to radio frequency device 902. Radio frequency device 902 processes the received information and then sends it through antenna 901.

[0319] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 903 , which includes a baseband processor.

[0320] The baseband device 903 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which multiple chips are arranged, as shown in Figure 9, one of which is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 905 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 905 and execute the network side device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0321] The network side device may further include a network interface 906, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0322] Specifically, the network side device 900 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and can be run on the processor 904. The processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to execute the method of execution of each module shown in Figure 6 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0323] An embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0324] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transitory readable storage medium.

[0325] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0326] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0327] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned paging processing method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they are not described here.

[0328] An embodiment of the present application also provides a wireless communication system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the terminal side paging processing method as described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the network side device paging processing method as described above.

[0329] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the opposite order according to the functions involved. For example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0330] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, or of course, by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.) and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal or network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0331] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims. These implementation methods are all within the protection of this application.

Claims

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein, The monitoring module is specifically configured to: when a second reference signal between the second listening occasion where the paging advance indication information is located and the paging occasion where the paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located satisfies a first preset condition, monitor the first reference signal based on the configuration information of the first reference signal; Wherein, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: The number of second reference signals is less than or equal to a first preset threshold; The number of second reference signals whose measured values are greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is less than or equal to a third preset threshold.

27. The apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising: a determination module, configured to determine not to monitor the first reference signal in a first monitoring opportunity of the first reference signal when a second preset condition is satisfied; wherein the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: the paging advance indication information indicates not to monitor a paging message; a second reference signal between a second monitoring opportunity where the paging advance indication information is located and a paging opportunity where a paging message associated with the paging advance indication information is located satisfies a first preset condition; wherein the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the number of second reference signals is greater than a first preset threshold; the number of second reference signals whose measured values are greater than or equal to a second preset threshold is greater than a third preset threshold.

28. A paging processing apparatus, comprising: a sending module, configured to send a first reference signal; wherein the first reference signal is used for at least one of the following: assisting in monitoring paging advance indication information; assisting in monitoring a paging message.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein, The sending module is further configured to send configuration information of the first reference signal to a terminal.

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

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

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

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