Paging method and related device

Abstract

The present application provides a paging method, comprising: a base station sends a first paging configuration to a first-type terminal, and sends a second paging configuration to a second-type terminal, wherein the first paging configuration is used for monitoring paging by the first-type terminal, the second paging configuration is used for monitoring paging by the second-type terminal, and the first paging configuration is different from the second paging configuration; and the base station pages the first-type terminal on the basis of the first paging configuration and pages the second-type terminal on the basis of the second paging configuration.

Description

A paging method and related equipment

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of China on January 26, 2024, with application number 202410112736.1 and invention name “A Paging Method and Related Equipment”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a paging method and related equipment. Background Art

[0003] In cellular communication systems, terminals without services do not need to remain connected and occupy the base station's radio resources. In this case, the terminal remains in the cell but monitors paging in the corresponding paging occasion (PO) of the paging frame (PF) according to the paging configuration sent by the base station, such as the paging cycle and frequency domain resource information, and responds to downlink service requests from the network at any time.

[0004] Paging is a broadcast signaling sent to the entire cell. At the same time, the calculation of PO only considers the network configuration and UE ID. Therefore, there must be a large number of UEs theoretically listening to paging messages at the same PO at the same time, resulting in false paging alarms. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The present application provides a paging method and related devices for reducing paging false alarms.

[0006] The first aspect of the present application provides a paging method:

[0007] The base station sends a first paging configuration to the first type of terminal and sends a second paging configuration to the second type of terminal.

[0008] The first paging configuration is used for first type terminals to monitor paging, and the second paging configuration is used for second type terminals to monitor paging. The first paging configuration is different from the second paging configuration. The base station pages the first type terminals according to the first paging configuration and pages the second type terminals according to the second paging configuration.

[0009] In the present application, the base station uses different paging configurations to perform paging for different types of terminals, so that when only one type of terminal is paged, the other type of terminal cannot monitor related messages, thereby reducing paging false alarms.

[0010] In a possible implementation, the first paging configuration and the second paging configuration include one or more of a paging time-frequency position, a paging group, and a P-RNTI.

[0011] In a possible implementation, the time-frequency position of the paging includes one or more of the position of the BWP and the position of the PO.

[0012] In a possible implementation, the first type of terminal is a terminal that supports monitoring the WUS, and the second type of terminal is a terminal that does not support monitoring the WUS.

[0013] In a possible implementation, the base station sends a WUS monitoring condition to the first type of terminal, so that the first type of terminal monitors the WUS when the WUS monitoring condition is satisfied. The WUS monitoring condition includes: monitoring the WUS only when the terminal is in a stationary state.

[0014] A second aspect of the present application provides a base station:

[0015] The system comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory, and the memory is used to store instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the base station executes the method in the aforementioned first aspect.

[0016] A third aspect of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium:

[0017] Instructions are stored thereon, and when a computer executes the instructions, the computer executes the method in the aforementioned first aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the process of paging a terminal in an idle state;

[0019] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the process of paging an inactive terminal;

[0020] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of PEI monitoring;

[0021] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of WUS monitoring;

[0022] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of WUS coverage;

[0023] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the present application;

[0024] FIG7 is a flow chart of the paging method in this application;

[0025] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station in this application;

[0026] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station in this application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The following describes the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that with the development of technology and the emergence of new scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0028] The terms "first," "second," and the like in the specification and claims of this application and in the accompanying drawings are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or precedence. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate so that the embodiments described herein can be implemented in an order other than that illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, e.g., a process, method, system, product, or apparatus comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not explicitly listed or that are inherent to these processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0029] To facilitate understanding of this application, the following first introduces the relevant concepts involved in this application:

[0030] In 4G and 5G cellular communication systems, the network provides services to terminals in cells. After a terminal (UE) selects a cell, it resides in that cell and is ready to initiate uplink services and receive downlink services at any time. From the perspective of the wireless access network, a terminal can have three different service states in a cell:

[0031] Idle state (RRC_IDLE): The UE resides in a cell with no ongoing services and is invisible to the base station and core network. The UE monitors system broadcasts to ensure it has the latest system information. It monitors paging (triggering cell access for uplink services) and initiates random access (active access to the network for uplink services) as needed. The UE also monitors paging messages, which may indicate downlink service triggers, system message changes, or the start of multicast services.

[0032] Connected state (RRC_Connected): The UE responds to network paging or initiates random access, establishes an RRC connection with the base station, and transmits services. The UE is visible to both the base station and the core network.

[0033] Inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE): The UE resides in the cell and has no ongoing services. This state is typically configured by the base station when the terminal is released from the connected state. The base station is invisible, but the core network still considers the terminal to be in the connected state. The UE behaves similarly to the idle state, primarily monitoring paging and system messages. The main difference is that paging is primarily RAN paging sent by the base station.

[0034] In cellular systems, regardless of the terminal's state, it should be able to receive downlink control information and data sent by the base station at all times. Therefore, in theory, the UE should constantly monitor various control and data channels within the cell to ensure it receives all downlink control information and data sent by the network. However, for a terminal, the time it actually receives downlink control information and data from the network is relatively short. Therefore, this monitoring logic significantly impacts terminal power consumption, rendering excessive monitoring useless.

[0035] Therefore, for some downlink control information or data, 4G and 5G were designed from the beginning with DRX (Discontinuous Reception, specifically referring to the discontinuous reception of downlink information from the terminal perspective). In the DRX mechanism, the base station and the terminal periodically transmit and receive specific downlink control information or data in an agreed manner, reducing the terminal's monitoring power consumption while meeting downlink latency. The main features include:

[0036] 1. IDLE / INACTIVE DRX, mainly called paging in the protocol. The terminal periodically listens for possible paging messages at a predetermined time and frequency location.

[0037] 2. Connected DRX, mainly referred to as DRX in the protocol. During connected services, the terminal is not required to continuously monitor scheduling information. Instead, it monitors periodically based on the sparseness of services.

[0038] Please refer to Figure 1. The following describes the paging process for an idle terminal:

[0039] For terminals without services, there is no need to remain in a connected state and occupy the base station's radio resources. In this case, the terminal simply resides in the cell in an idle state, periodically monitoring paging according to the paging process and responding to downlink service requests from the network at any time.

[0040] The UE receives the System Inbound Broadcast (SIB), which contains the paging configuration (cycle, other timing information, and frequency domain resource information for paging). Based on the SIB configuration and the paging cycle, the UE monitors for paging in the corresponding paging occasion (PO) within the corresponding paging frame (PF). In the corresponding PO, the terminal decodes the PDCCH using the P-RNTI and attempts to receive the downlink control information (DCI) containing the paging message scheduling information. If DCI is received, the UE receives the paging message on the PDSCH according to the DCI scheduling information.

[0041] When the core network has downlink traffic, it sends a paging message containing the UE ID to the base station (possibly to multiple base stations. IDLE terminals are invisible to the core network, so the core network will send it to multiple base stations). After receiving the paging message, the base station will determine the UE's PO based on its own system broadcast configuration, using the same method as the UE as specified in the 304 protocol, and send a paging message containing the UE ID to it.

[0042] If a terminal receives a paging message containing its own ID at any time, it considers itself paged and initiates a connection setup (RRCconnectionsetup) to establish a connection with the base station and the core network, enters RRC_CONNECTED, and receives or sends data. After the service is completed, the base station uses the RRCRelease message to release the terminal, and the terminal returns to IDLE.

[0043] Although some terminals do not have continuous services, they may have services with short intervals and frequent calls. For such terminals, if the IDLE process is used, the core network will page frequently, and each paging will be initiated by the core network. The terminal will respond to the core network before performing services. The end-to-end experiment is large and the network signaling overhead is also large. Therefore, the late 4G and 5G newly introduced a state between the connected state and the IDLE, that is, the inactive state. The terminal in the inactive state is also in a non-service state and listens to network paging, but when establishing a connection, it establishes a connection with the base station (the connection with the core network is not released before), and the delay and signaling overhead are smaller. Please refer to Figure 2, the following is an introduction to the paging process of the inactive terminal:

[0044] The UE receives the system broadcast, which includes paging-related configurations (cycle, other time information, and frequency domain resource information for paging, etc.), which is the same as IDLE paging.

[0045] After a UE enters the connected state, when it is released, the base station can instruct the terminal to enter the inactive state instead of the idle state. At the same time, it provides the UE ID (I-RNTI) used in the inactive state and the inactive paging cycle.

[0046] Based on the SIB configuration and the INACTIVE configuration, the UE uses the INACTIVE paging cycle and listens for paging in the corresponding Paging Occasion (PO) of the Paging frame (PF). The PO and PF are determined in the same way as in the IDLE mode, with the difference being the cycle selection: the shorter of the SIB broadcast cycle and the INACTIVE cycle is selected.

[0047] In the corresponding PO, monitoring paging is the same as IDLE mode.

[0048] When the core network has downlink services, it is sent directly to the base station previously connected to the terminal.

[0049] After the base station receives the service and knows that the UE has been released to the inactive state by itself, it will determine the UE's PO according to its own system broadcast configuration and Release configuration, using the same method as the UE as agreed in the 304 protocol, and send a paging message containing the UE ID (I-RNTI) on it. The anchor base station (the base station that previously released the terminal) will also send a paging message to other adjacent base stations to page the terminal, and the behavior of other base stations is the same as the current base station. If the terminal receives a paging message at any time and it contains its own ID, it believes that it has been paged, and the terminal initiates a connection recovery (RRCconnectionresu me) to restore the connection with the base station (the connection to the core network already exists), enter RRC_CONNECTED, and receive or send data. After the service is completed, the base station uses the RRCRelease message to release the terminal, and the terminal returns to the idle state or inactive state.

[0050] Paging is a broadcast signaling sent to the entire cell. At the same time, the calculation of PO only considers the network configuration and UE ID. Therefore, there must be a large number of UEs that theoretically monitor paging messages at the same PO at the same time. However, this method has a flaw, that is, when UE1 on a certain PO is paged, the network will send a PDCCH scrambled by P-RNTI, but all UEs associated with the PO will receive the paging message on the PDSCH. At this time, for UEs other than UE1, the reception and decoding of PDSCH is a meaningless paging false alarm, which will cause unnecessary power waste. Paging early indication (PEI) can solve the above defects. Please refer to Figure 3. The PEI monitoring process is introduced below:

[0051] The PEI (Downlink Control Information) is introduced at a fixed position before the PO. It is also a DCI (Downlink Control Information) sent in the PDCCH. This DCI contains a bitmap of up to 8 bits, with each bit corresponding to a paging packet. Each terminal has its own paging packet. Before monitoring the P-RNTI at the PO, the terminal first monitors the PEI. If the bit corresponding to its own packet in the PEI is 1, it monitors the PO according to the Rel-15 method. Otherwise, it assumes that it will not be paged and returns to sleep mode.

[0052] Rel-18 is under discussion, and Rel-19 will continue to discuss the introduction of Wake up signal / receiver (WUS / WUR) to further reduce the power consumption of paging reception. Please refer to Figure 4. In the paging mechanism before Rel-17, the terminal needs to monitor PDCCH and decode the DCI of PEI or P-RNTI before PO, so it is necessary to wake up the main receiver (Main Receiver) before PO. In Rel-18, consider introducing a receiver with lower power consumption, namely LR (Low power Receiver) or WUR. This receiver can receive a simpler WUS (maybe just sequence correlation, without PDCCH decoding), so the power consumption is lower. Therefore, for terminals that are not paged, it is only necessary to start LR before PO and detect WUS. If no WUS is detected, continue to sleep. If WUS is detected, wake up MR and listen for paging.

[0053] Current terminals can be divided into two categories: traditional terminals that do not support WUS monitoring, and terminals that support WUS monitoring. Referring to Figure 5, in traditional cell coverage, the coverage of downlink synchronization signals (SSB), system broadcast (SIB), PDCCH, and other signals is the same. However, WUS is a newly designed signal. The gain of WUS characteristics comes from the fact that WUS decoding power consumption and complexity are lower than PDCCH. This requires simplifying the receiver and signal design, otherwise the gain requirements cannot be met. Therefore, under the same conditions, the coverage of WUS signals may not reach the quality of traditional downlink signals and channels, such as SIB and PDCCH. Since the coverage of WUS and other cell signals may be different, for terminals that support WUS monitoring, one possible implementation method is to have monitoring conditions for using WUS. The monitoring conditions may be configurable, such as a signal strength threshold. When the signal strength of the terminal is greater than the threshold, WUS is monitored; otherwise, WUS is not monitored. For the base station side, idle or inactive terminals are invisible to the base station. The terminal's signal may change as it moves, and the base station cannot determine whether the terminal can receive WUS. In order to ensure that the terminal can be paged, the base station will always send WUS to the terminal.

[0054] Please refer to FIG6 . The present application can be applied to a paging scenario. The base station sends a paging configuration to the terminal and pages the terminal according to the paging configuration. Correspondingly, the terminal monitors the paging according to the received paging configuration.

[0055] Please refer to Figure 7, the following is an introduction to the process of the paging method in this application:

[0056] 701. The base station sends a first paging configuration to a first type of terminal and sends a second paging configuration to a second type of terminal.

[0057] In this embodiment, terminals can be divided into different types according to their capabilities. The base station sends different paging configurations to different types of terminals, so that different types of terminals monitor paging in different ways, thereby reducing paging false alarms.

[0058] Exemplarily, terminals can be divided into two different categories according to whether they support monitoring WUS, where terminals that support monitoring WUS are recorded as first type terminals, and the base station sends a first paging configuration to such terminals; terminals that do not support monitoring WUS are recorded as second type terminals, and the base station sends a second paging configuration to such terminals, and the first paging configuration is different from the aforementioned second paging configuration. In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned first paging configuration and the second paging configuration may include one or more of the time-frequency position of the paging, the paging group, and the P-RNTI. Among them, the time-frequency position of the paging includes one or more of the position of the partial bandwidth (Bandwidth Part, BWP) and the position of the PO.

[0059] In one possible implementation, a base station broadcasts a paging configuration to first-type terminals and second-type terminals. Specifically, the base station includes the first paging configuration in existing information elements of the broadcast message and adds a portion of information elements to carry the second paging configuration. Accordingly, the first-type terminals obtain the first paging configuration using the existing information elements. Only second-type terminals can interpret the newly added information elements, so the second-type terminals can obtain the second paging configuration using the newly added information elements.

[0060] Alternatively, the base station may also send a paging configuration to the first type of terminal and the second type of terminal in a unicast manner. Specifically, when the terminal is in a connected state, the base station can obtain the capability of the terminal, which indicates whether the terminal supports monitoring WUS. For terminals that do not support monitoring WUS, the base station sends a first paging configuration to the terminal through an RRCRelease message when releasing the terminal to an inactive state or an idle state; for terminals that support monitoring WUS, the base station sends a second paging configuration to the terminal through an RRCRelease message when releasing the terminal to an inactive state. If the base station releases the terminal to an idle state, the base station will also send the paging configuration sent to the terminal to the AMF, so that the AMF carries the paging configuration in the paging message when paging the idle state terminal, and the base station pages the terminal according to the paging configuration. It should be understood that in this implementation method, the paging configuration sent by the base station to the same type of terminal can be the same or different, and it only needs to be ensured that it is different from the paging configuration sent to another type of terminal.

[0061] 702. The base station pages the first type of terminal according to the first paging configuration, and pages the second type of terminal according to the second paging configuration.

[0062] After the base station issues the paging configuration, it pages the terminal according to the issued paging configuration when paging the terminal. If the base station issues the paging configuration by broadcast in the aforementioned step 501, and the terminal being paged is an idle terminal, the paging of the terminal is initiated by the AMF. The AMF will send a paging message to the base station. The paging message includes the terminal ID and the corresponding capabilities of the terminal, including whether the terminal supports monitoring WUS. If supported, the base station pages the terminal according to the first paging configuration; if not, the base station pages the terminal according to the second paging configuration.

[0063] If the terminal being paged is inactive, the base station stores the terminal's capabilities, including whether the terminal supports monitoring WUS. If so, the base station pages the terminal according to the first paging configuration; if not, the base station pages the terminal according to the second paging configuration.

[0064] If the base station sends the paging configuration via unicast in the aforementioned step 501, and the terminal being paged is an inactive terminal, the base station will page the terminal according to the paging configuration because the paging configuration sent to the terminal is saved on the base station side. If the terminal being paged is an idle terminal, the base station will receive a paging message from the AMF, which carries the paging configuration sent by the base station to the terminal, and the base station will page the terminal according to the paging configuration.

[0065] The following describes the principle of reducing paging false alarms in this application, combining the paging methods of base stations for different types of terminals:

[0066] 1. Different BWP locations

[0067] For example, the paging configuration received by a first-type terminal includes BWP position 1, while the paging configuration received by a second-type terminal includes BWP position 2. For example, if the base station only needs to page the first-type terminal, the base station will send a PDCCH carrying DCI at the corresponding PO and in BWP position 1. The first-type terminal can decode this PDCCH in BWP position 1. However, even if the second-type terminal has the same PO as the first-type terminal, it will not receive the PDCCH because it is listening for paging in BWP position 2, thereby avoiding false alarms.

[0068] 2. Different POs

[0069] For example, taking the case where the base station only needs to page the first type of terminal, the base station will send the PDCCH carrying DCI at the corresponding PO, but since the PO of the second type of terminal is different from that of the first type of terminal, the above PDCCH cannot be received, thereby avoiding false alarms.

[0070] 3. Different paging groups

[0071] For example, the paging configuration received by the first type of terminal includes paging packet 1, and the paging configuration received by the second type of terminal includes paging packet 2. For example, if the base station only needs to page the first type of terminal, the base station will send a PEI at a fixed position before the corresponding PO. In this PEI, only the bit of paging packet 1 is 1. The first type of terminal detects the PEI and believes that it has been paged, and then continues the subsequent monitoring process. For the second type of terminal, even if its PO is the same as that of the first type of terminal, it will detect the PEI and will not continue the subsequent monitoring process, thereby avoiding false alarms.

[0072] 4. Different P-RNTIs

[0073] Exemplarily, the paging configuration received by the first type of terminal includes P-RNTI 1, and the paging configuration received by the second type of terminal includes P-RNTI 2. Taking the example that the base station only needs to page the first type of terminal, the base station will send the PDCCH carrying DCI scrambled with P-RNTI 1 at the corresponding PO. For the first type of terminal, it can decode the PDCCH according to P-RNTI 1 and continue the subsequent monitoring process; for the second type of terminal, even if its PO is the same as that of the first type of terminal, it cannot decode the PDCCH according to P-RNTI 2, thereby avoiding false alarms.

[0074] In the IoT scenario, the terminal is usually fixed in a fixed position, and its signal strength does not change significantly. Therefore, if the terminal determines whether to monitor the WUS based on whether the signal strength threshold is reached, the terminal will need to continuously detect the signal strength, which will bring unnecessary overhead. Therefore, in one possible implementation, the base station can also send a monitoring condition for the WUS to the first type of terminal, and the monitoring condition includes monitoring the WUS only when the terminal is in a stationary state. Since the first type of terminal is usually placed within the coverage area of ​​the WUS in the IoT scenario, as long as the terminal is in a stationary state, it can monitor the WUS, thus eliminating the need to continuously detect the signal strength.

[0075] In the present application, the base station uses different paging configurations to perform paging for different types of terminals, so that when only one type of terminal is paged, the other type of terminal cannot monitor related messages, thereby reducing paging false alarms.

[0076] The above describes the method in this application. The following describes the base station in this application:

[0077] 8 , a base station 800 in the present application includes a sending unit 801 and a processing unit 802. The sending unit 801 and the processing unit 802 may be implemented by software or hardware.

[0078] The sending unit 801 is configured to send a first paging configuration to a first type of terminal and send a second paging configuration to a second type of terminal;

[0079] The first paging configuration is used for first type terminals to monitor paging, and the second paging configuration is used for second type terminals to monitor paging. The first paging configuration is different from the second paging configuration.

[0080] The processing unit 802 is configured to page a first type of terminal according to a first paging configuration, and page a second type of terminal according to a second paging configuration.

[0081] In a possible implementation, the first paging configuration and the second paging configuration include one or more of a paging time-frequency position, a paging group, and a P-RNTI.

[0082] In a possible implementation, the time-frequency position of the paging includes one or more of the position of the BWP and the position of the PO.

[0083] In a possible implementation, the first type of terminal is a terminal that supports monitoring the WUS, and the second type of terminal is a terminal that does not support monitoring the WUS.

[0084] In one possible implementation,

[0085] The sending unit 801 is further configured to send a WUS monitoring condition to the first type terminal, so that the first type terminal monitors the WUS when the WUS monitoring condition is determined to be met. The WUS monitoring condition includes: monitoring the WUS only when the terminal is in a stationary state.

[0086] In one possible implementation,

[0087] The sending unit 801 is specifically used to send a system broadcast message to the first type terminal and the second type terminal. The system broadcast message includes a first type of information element and a second type of information element, so that the first type terminal obtains the first type of information element and the second type terminal obtains the second type of information element. The first type of information element carries a first paging configuration and the second type of information element carries a second paging configuration.

[0088] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station provided in this application, which is used to implement the methods performed by the base station in the above-mentioned embodiments. Base station 900 may include one or more central processing units (CPUs) 901 and a memory 905, wherein the memory 905 stores one or more applications or data.

[0089] Memory 905 may be volatile or persistent storage. The program stored in memory 905 may include one or more modules, each of which may include a series of instruction operations on the server. Furthermore, central processing unit 901 may be configured to communicate with memory 905 and execute the series of instruction operations in memory 905 on base station 900. Base station 900 may also include one or more power supplies 902, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 903, one or more input / output interfaces 904, and / or one or more operating systems.

[0090] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0091] In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0092] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0093] In addition, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present application may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0094] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Claims

1. A paging method, characterized in that: include: The base station sends a first paging configuration to the first type of terminal and sends a second paging configuration to the second type of terminal; The first paging configuration is used for the first type of terminal to monitor paging, and the second paging configuration is used for the second type of terminal to monitor paging, and the first paging configuration is different from the second paging configuration; The base station pages the first type of terminals according to the first paging configuration, and pages the second type of terminals according to the second paging configuration.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first paging configuration and the second paging configuration include one or more of a paging time-frequency position, a paging group, and a P-RNTI.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The time-frequency position of the paging includes one or more of a BWP position and a PO position.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The first type of terminal is a terminal that supports monitoring WUS, and the second type of terminal is a terminal that does not support monitoring WUS.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The method further comprises: The base station sends a WUS monitoring condition to the first type terminal, so that the first type terminal monitors the WUS when determining that the WUS monitoring condition is met; The WUS monitoring conditions include: Only when in standby mode, monitor WUS.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The base station sending the first paging configuration to the first type terminal and sending the second paging configuration to the second type terminal includes: The base station sends a system broadcast message to the first type terminal and the second type terminal, where the system broadcast message includes a first type information element and a second type information element, so that the first type terminal obtains the first type information element and the second type terminal obtains the second type information element, the first type information element carries the first paging configuration, and the second type information element carries the second paging configuration.

7. A base station, characterized in that: include: a sending unit, configured to send a first paging configuration to a first type of terminal and send a second paging configuration to a second type of terminal; The first paging configuration is used for the first type of terminal to monitor paging, and the second paging configuration is used for the second type of terminal to monitor paging, and the first paging configuration is different from the second paging configuration; The processing unit is configured to page the first type of terminal according to the first paging configuration, and page the second type of terminal according to the second paging configuration.

8. The base station according to claim 7, characterized in that The first paging configuration and the second paging configuration include one or more of a paging time-frequency position, a paging group, and a P-RNTI.

9. The base station according to claim 8, characterized in that The time-frequency position of the paging includes one or more of a BWP position and a PO position.

10. The base station according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that The first type of terminal is a terminal that supports monitoring WUS, and the second type of terminal is a terminal that does not support monitoring WUS.

11. The base station according to claim 10, characterized in that The sending unit is further configured to send a WUS monitoring condition to the first type terminal, so that the first type terminal monitors the WUS when determining that the WUS monitoring condition is met; The WUS monitoring conditions include: Only when in standby mode, monitor WUS.

12. The base station according to claim 11, characterized in that The sending unit is specifically used to send a system broadcast message to the first type terminal and the second type terminal, where the system broadcast message includes a first type information element and a second type information element, so that the first type terminal obtains the first type information element and the second type terminal obtains the second type information element, the first type information element carries the first paging configuration, and the second type information element carries the second paging configuration.

13. A base station, characterized in that: The base station comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory, and the memory is used to store instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the base station executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

14. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that Instructions are stored thereon, and when a computer executes the instructions, the computer performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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