Communication method and apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a communication method and apparatus. The method comprises: a terminal determining that the terminal satisfies a first condition, and monitoring a paging enhancement notification sent by a network device, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring a paging enhancement notification. By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal can know when to start monitoring a paging enhancement notification, so that the terminal can receive the paging enhancement notification in a timely manner, and can use the paging enhancement notification to allow a user to move to a location with a better signal-to-noise ratio condition, thereby helping to correctly receive a normal paging message or access a network.

Description

Communication method and device Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method and device. Background Art

[0002] For outgoing calls or messages, users can consciously choose a suitable location to initiate communication. However, if using NTN (Non Terrestrial Network) paging services, users may experience poor reception conditions, resulting in missed calls and messages, which is particularly detrimental for public safety or emergency paging messages. For example, poor reception conditions can occur when the terminal is placed in a pocket, backpack, vehicle, or boat, or in the presence of clutter loss, resulting in the inability to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0006] Determine that the terminal meets a first condition, and monitor the paging enhancement notification sent by a network device; wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0007] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, where the method is performed by a network device and includes:

[0008] A paging enhancement notification is sent to a terminal, where the terminal monitors the paging enhancement notification when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0009] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including:

[0010] a processing module, configured to determine that the terminal satisfies a first condition, where the first condition is a condition for monitoring a paging enhanced notification;

[0011] The transceiver module is further configured to monitor the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device.

[0012] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, including:

[0013] The transceiver module is configured to send a paging enhancement notification to a terminal, where the paging enhancement notification is monitored by the terminal when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0014] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including:

[0015] A terminal, configured to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0016] A network device is configured to perform the optional implementation of the aforementioned second aspect.

[0017] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including: one or more processors;

[0018] The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation of the first and second aspects mentioned above.

[0019] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first and second aspects.

[0020] According to the technical solution disclosed herein, a terminal determines whether it meets the conditions for monitoring an enhanced paging notification and monitors the enhanced paging notification when the conditions are met. This allows the terminal to know when to start monitoring the enhanced paging notification, thereby facilitating timely receipt of the enhanced paging notification by the terminal. This facilitates using the enhanced paging notification to allow the user to move to a location with a better signal-to-noise ratio, thereby correctly receiving normal paging messages or accessing the network. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0023] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG3A is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG3B is a flow chart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG4 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG5 is an interactive diagram of a communication method proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG6A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 7200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus.

[0033] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0034] Determine that the terminal meets a first condition, and monitor the paging enhancement notification sent by a network device; wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0035] In the above embodiment, the terminal determines whether it meets the conditions for monitoring the paging enhancement notification and monitors the paging enhancement notification when the conditions are met. This allows the terminal to know when to start monitoring the paging enhancement notification, thereby facilitating the terminal to receive the paging enhancement notification in a timely manner and utilizing the paging enhancement notification to allow the user to move to a location with a better signal-to-noise ratio, so as to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network.

[0036] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the determination that the terminal meets the first condition includes at least one of the following: determining that the terminal currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; determining that the terminal currently has the serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; determining that the terminal currently has the serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; determining that the terminal supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; determining that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device; determining that the terminal has a terminal identification UEID configured by the network device, and the UEID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; determining the The terminal is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; it is determined that the current serving cell of the terminal is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state; it is determined that the current serving cell of the terminal is not the first cell and the terminal has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell that is not the first cell; it is determined that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; it is determined that the terminal is currently in any of the following states: wireless resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, wireless resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, wireless resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; it is determined that the terminal is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State; it is determined that the terminal cannot currently detect a cell.

[0037] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0038] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device includes: receiving a second configuration sent by the network device; the second configuration includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification, and determining that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining that the terminal has the terminal identification UE ID configured by the network device, includes: receiving a third configuration sent by the network device; the third configuration includes the UE ID, and determining that the terminal has the UE ID configured by the network device.

[0040] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: obtaining the configuration of the valid area configured by the network device; or, obtaining the configuration of the valid area agreed in the protocol; or, obtaining the pre-configured configuration of the valid area.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0042] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired includes: receiving the configuration of the timer sent by the network device, starting the timer, and the timer is used to indicate the length of time that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired; during the operation of the timer, determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired.

[0043] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining that the terminal is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State includes: determining that the terminal is currently in the Any Cell Selection State, and that there is a second cell that supports the paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

[0044] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive the paging enhancement notification; and / or, the second threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

[0045] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by a network device and includes:

[0046] A paging enhancement notification is sent to a terminal, where the terminal monitors the paging enhancement notification when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition is satisfied, including at least one of the following: the terminal currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; the terminal currently has the serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; the terminal currently has the serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device; the terminal has a terminal identification UE ID configured by the network device, and the UE ID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; the terminal's current serving cell is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state; the terminal's current serving cell is not the first cell and the terminal has the first configuration of the first cell, The first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification on a cell that is not the first cell; the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; the terminal is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; the terminal is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State; the terminal cannot currently detect a cell.

[0048] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a second configuration to the terminal, where the second configuration includes a configuration of the paging enhancement notification.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a third configuration to the terminal, where the third configuration includes the UE ID.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending the configuration of the valid area to the terminal.

[0052] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0053] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a timer configuration to the terminal, the timer being used to indicate the length of time during which the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired, and the timer configuration being used by the terminal to determine whether the received configuration of the paging enhancement notification is expired.

[0054] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: the terminal enters a connected state on the first cell, and sends a first configuration of the first cell to the terminal, wherein the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification on a cell that is not the first cell.

[0055] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive the paging enhancement notification; and / or, the second threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

[0056] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0057] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, comprising at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the above-mentioned network device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0058] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including:

[0059] A terminal configured as an optional implementation of the first aspect;

[0060] A network device is configured to perform the optional implementation of the aforementioned second aspect.

[0061] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation method of the aforementioned first aspect.

[0062] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the optional implementation method of the aforementioned second aspect.

[0063] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium storing instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes optional implementation methods of the aforementioned first and second aspects.

[0064] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0065] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0066] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects above.

[0067] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems are all used to perform the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0068] The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus. In some embodiments, the terms information processing method, communication method, etc. are interchangeable, the terms information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system, communication system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0069] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0070] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0071] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0072] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0073] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0074] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0075] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0076] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0077] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0078] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0079] In some embodiments, terms such as "time / frequency" and "time / frequency domain" refer to the time domain and / or the frequency domain.

[0080] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0081] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0082] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0083] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0084] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0085] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0086] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0087] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0088] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include, but is not limited to, one terminal and one network device. The number and configuration of devices shown in Figure 1 are for example purposes only and do not limit the present disclosure. In practical applications, two or more terminals and two or more network devices may be included. The communication system 100 shown in Figure 1 includes, for example, one terminal 101 and one network device 102.

[0089] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 herein may be an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. It may also be referred to as a terminal, user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), etc. The terminal may be a car with communication capabilities, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self-driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in a smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in a smart city, a wireless terminal in a smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the terminal.

[0090] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may be an access network device. In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that connects a terminal device to a wireless network. The access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a NodeB (NB), a home nodeB (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open RAN, a cloud RAN, a base station in other communication systems, and an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0091] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0092] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0093] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0094] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0095] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0096] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus that enable a terminal to know when to start monitoring a paging enhancement notification, thereby facilitating the terminal to promptly receive the paging enhancement notification and utilizing the paging enhancement notification to allow the user to move to a location with a better signal-to-noise ratio to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network.

[0097] Figure 2 is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2, the communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0098] In step S2101 , the network device 102 sends a paging robust notification.

[0099] In some embodiments, the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 to the terminal 101. For example, the network device 102 sends the paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101, and correspondingly, the terminal 101 receives the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0100] In some embodiments, the paging enhancement notification can be used to notify the user to move to a specific location in order to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network. For example, the specific location can be a location where the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) condition meets certain conditions. For example, the specific location can be a better SNR condition, such as a SNR greater than or equal to a certain threshold. Alternatively, the paging enhancement notification can be used to notify the user that it is currently unable to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network, and can attempt to move to a specific location in order to correctly receive normal paging messages or access the network, thereby resolving the problem of the terminal being unable to receive normal paging messages under low SNR conditions (such as NLOS (Non Line of Sight)). In other words, the purpose of the paging enhancement notification is to encourage the user to move to a location with a better SNR condition in order to correctly receive normal paging or access the network. The paging enhancement notification should be able to minimize the additional loss compared to the link margin required under line-of-sight conditions.

[0101] In some embodiments, the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 in real time or periodically. For example, the network device 102 may send the paging enhancement notification in real time or periodically. In some embodiments, the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 based on the implementation of the network device 102. For example, the network device 102 sends the paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101 based on the implementation of the network device 102. In some embodiments, the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 based on the request of the terminal 101. For example, the network device 102 receives the request sent by the terminal 101, and the network device 102 sends the paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101. For example, the terminal 101 determines that a certain condition (such as the first condition in the present disclosure) is met, the terminal 101 sends a request to the network device 102, the network device 102 receives the request, and the network device 102 sends the paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101.

[0102] In some embodiments, the enhanced paging notification is monitored by terminal 101 when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the enhanced paging notification. Exemplarily, when the first condition is met, terminal 101 monitors the enhanced paging notification, for example, terminal 101 monitors the enhanced paging notification sent by network device 102. In some embodiments, the terms "monitor," "detect," "receive," and "discover" are interchangeable.

[0103] In some embodiments, the first condition may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following conditions 1 to 13:

[0104] Condition 1: Terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP (Reference Signal Receiving Power) signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; exemplarily, the first threshold may be the minimum RSRP requirement for receiving a paging enhancement notification. If Terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP of the serving cell is less than the first threshold, Terminal 101 may not be able to receive the paging enhancement notification normally.

[0105] Condition 2: Terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; illustratively, the second threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for terminal 101 to receive normal paging (Normal paging). If terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP of the serving cell is lower than the second threshold, terminal 101 may not be able to receive the normal paging (Normal paging) normally.

[0106] Condition 3: Terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; illustratively, terminal 101 currently has a serving cell, and the serving cell broadcasts the configuration of the paging enhancement notification, for example, terminal 101 currently has a serving cell, and the terminal 101 receives a broadcast message (or broadcast signaling) from the serving cell, and the broadcast message (or broadcast signaling) carries the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. Exemplarily, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enablement of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0107] Condition 4: Terminal 101 supports receiving enhanced paging notifications.

[0108] Condition 5: Terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by network device 102, that is, terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by network device 102. Exemplarily, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enabling (enabling) the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification. Exemplarily, terminal 101 receives a second configuration sent by network device 102, and the second configuration includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. Terminal 101 can determine that terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by network device 102. Exemplarily, the second configuration may be RRC dedicated signaling or carried in the RRC dedicated signaling, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 to the terminal 101 through RRC (Radio Resource Control) dedicated signaling. For example, the RRC dedicated signaling may be an RRC Release message, or other RRC messages, or the configuration of the paging enhancement notification may also be carried in other signaling (such as DCI signaling, etc.). This disclosure does not make specific limitations on this and will not elaborate on it.

[0109] Condition 6: Terminal 101 has a UE ID (terminal identification) configured by network device 102. This UE ID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; that is, the UE ID can be used to determine to which terminal the paging enhancement notification is sent. Exemplarily, if terminal 101 receives a third configuration sent by network device 102, and the third configuration includes the UE ID, terminal 101 can determine that terminal 101 has the UE ID configured by network device 102.

[0110] Condition 7: Terminal 101 is currently located within the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; illustratively, Terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the effective area configured by Network Device 102, or Terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the effective area agreed upon in the protocol; or Terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the pre-configured effective area. That is, the configuration of the effective area may be configured by Network Device 102, or may be agreed upon in the protocol, or may be pre-configured. In some embodiments, the configuration of the effective area may include the effective area associated with the UE ID; or the configuration of the effective area may include the effective area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or the configuration of the effective area may include one or more Cell identifiers; or the configured cell of the effective area may include one or more tracking area codes.

[0111] Condition 8: The current serving cell of the terminal 101 is the first cell, which is the serving cell when the terminal 101 last entered the connected state.

[0112] Condition 9: The current serving cell of terminal 101 is not the first cell and terminal 101 has the first configuration of the first cell, the first configuration is used to indicate that terminal 101 is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications on a cell that is not the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when terminal 101 last entered the connected state; exemplarily, terminal 101 enters the connected state on the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of terminal 101. Terminal 101 can receive the first configuration sent by the first cell, for example, terminal 101 can obtain the first configuration through RRC dedicated signaling, and the first configuration is used to indicate that terminal 101 is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications on a cell that is not the first cell; terminal 101 releases the RRC connection of the first cell, terminal 101 resides in the current serving cell (not the first cell), and is in a non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE state or RRC_INACTIVE state) on the current serving cell. Terminal 101 has the first configuration of the first cell, and terminal 101 can monitor paging enhancement notifications on the current serving cell.

[0113] Condition 10: The configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired. The configuration of the paging enhancement notification may be obtained by the terminal 101 from the network device 102 through dedicated signaling (such as RRC dedicated signaling) or broadcast signaling. Exemplarily, the network device 102 may provide a timer configuration when providing the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. After receiving the timer configuration, the terminal 101 starts the timer. During the timer operation, the terminal 101 determines that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired. After the timer expires, the terminal 101 may consider that the configuration of the received paging enhancement notification has expired.

[0114] Condition 11: The terminal 101 is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state; radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state; radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state.

[0115] Condition 12, the terminal 101 is currently in Any Cell Selection State; illustratively, the terminal 101 can further determine whether there is a second cell that supports paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold. If there is a second cell that supports paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 starts monitoring the paging enhancement notification, that is, the terminal 101 (starts) monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0116] Condition 13: The terminal 101 currently cannot detect a cell; illustratively, the cell may be a designated RAT (Radio Access Type) cell, such as an LTE cell, an NR cell, or a 6G (6th generation mobile communication system) cell. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification only for a period of time when the cell cannot be detected.

[0117] Step S2102: Terminal 101 determines whether Terminal 101 meets the first condition.

[0118] In some embodiments, the first condition is a condition for monitoring the enhanced paging notification. That is, terminal 101 can determine whether it meets the condition for monitoring the enhanced paging notification and monitor the enhanced paging notification if the condition is met. In some embodiments, if terminal 101 determines that terminal 101 does not meet the first condition, terminal 101 may not monitor the enhanced paging notification. For optional implementations of meeting the first condition, refer to the relevant description of step S2101 above and are not further described here.

[0119] Step S2103: Terminal 101 determines whether Terminal 101 satisfies the first condition.

[0120] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 satisfies the first condition, including but not limited to one or more of the following 1) to 13):

[0121] 1) Determine that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; illustratively, the first threshold may be the minimum RSRP requirement for receiving a paging enhancement notification. If the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP of the serving cell is less than the first threshold, the terminal 101 may not be able to receive the paging enhancement notification normally.

[0122] 2) Determine that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; illustratively, the second threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal 101 to receive normal paging (Normal paging). If the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP of the serving cell is lower than the second threshold, the terminal 101 may not be able to receive the normal paging (Normal paging) normally.

[0123] 3) Determine that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; illustratively, the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell, and the serving cell broadcasts the configuration of the paging enhancement notification, for example, the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell, and the terminal 101 receives a broadcast message (or broadcast signaling) from the serving cell, and the broadcast message (or broadcast signaling) carries the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. Exemplarily, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enablement of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0124] 4) Determine whether the terminal 101 supports receiving enhanced paging notifications.

[0125] 5) Determine whether the terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102, that is, the terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102. Exemplarily, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enablement of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 receives the second configuration sent by the network device 102, and the second configuration includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. The terminal 101 can determine that the terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102. Exemplarily, the second configuration may be RRC dedicated signaling or carried in the RRC dedicated signaling, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification may be sent by the network device 102 to the terminal 101 through RRC dedicated signaling. For example, the RRC dedicated signaling may be an RRC Release message, or may also be other RRC messages, or the configuration of the paging enhancement notification may also be carried in other signaling (such as DCI signaling, etc.). This disclosure does not make specific limitations on this and will not elaborate on it.

[0126] 6) Determining that terminal 101 has a UE ID (terminal identification) configured by network device 102. The UE ID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; that is, the UE ID can be used to determine to which terminal the paging enhancement notification is sent. Exemplarily, terminal 101 receives a third configuration sent by network device 102, and the third configuration includes the UE ID. Terminal 101 can then determine that terminal 101 has the UE ID configured by network device 102.

[0127] 7) Determine whether the terminal 101 is currently located within the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; illustratively, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the effective area configured by the network device 102, or the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the effective area agreed upon in the protocol; or the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the pre-configured effective area. That is, the configuration of the effective area may be configured by the network device 102, or may be agreed upon in the protocol, or may be pre-configured. In some embodiments, the configuration of the effective area may include the effective area associated with the UE ID; or the configuration of the effective area may include the effective area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or the configuration of the effective area may include one or more Cell identifiers; or the configured cell of the effective area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0128] 8) Determine that the current serving cell of the terminal 101 is the first cell, which is the serving cell when the terminal 101 last enters the connected state.

[0129] 9) Determine that the current serving cell of terminal 101 is not the first cell and terminal 101 has a first configuration of the first cell, the first configuration is used to indicate that terminal 101 is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications on a cell that is not the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when terminal 101 last entered the connected state; exemplarily, terminal 101 enters the connected state on the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell of terminal 101. Terminal 101 can receive the first configuration sent by the first cell, for example, terminal 101 can obtain the first configuration through RRC dedicated signaling, and the first configuration is used to indicate that terminal 101 is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications on a cell that is not the first cell; terminal 101 releases the RRC connection of the first cell, terminal 101 resides in the current serving cell (not the first cell), and is in a non-connected state (such as RRC_IDLE state or RRC_INACTIVE state) on the current serving cell. Terminal 101 has the first configuration of the first cell, and terminal 101 can monitor paging enhancement notifications on the current serving cell.

[0130] 10) Determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by terminal 101 has not expired. The configuration of the paging enhancement notification may be obtained by terminal 101 from network device 102 through dedicated signaling (such as RRC dedicated signaling) or broadcast signaling. Exemplarily, network device 102 may provide a timer configuration when providing the configuration of the paging enhancement notification. After receiving the timer configuration, terminal 101 starts the timer. During the timer operation, terminal 101 determines that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by terminal 101 has not expired. After the timer expires, terminal 101 may consider the received paging enhancement notification configuration to be expired.

[0131] 11) Determine whether the terminal 101 is currently in any of the following states: RRC_CONNECTED state; RRC_IDLE state; RRC_INACTIVE state.

[0132] 12) Determine that the terminal 101 is currently in Any Cell Selection State; illustratively, the terminal 101 can further determine whether there is a second cell that supports paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold. If there is a second cell that supports paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal 101 starts monitoring the paging enhancement notification, that is, the terminal 101 (starts) monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0133] 13) Determining that the terminal 101 currently cannot detect a cell; illustratively, the cell may be a designated RAT (Radio Access Type) cell, such as an LTE cell, a NR cell, or a 6G cell. Exemplarily, the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification only during a period of time when the cell cannot be detected.

[0134] In step S2104 , the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0135] In some embodiments, terminal 101 determines that terminal 101 meets the first condition, and terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by network device 102. In other words, terminal 101 can determine whether it meets the first condition (i.e., the condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification), and when the first condition is met, terminal 101 (starts) monitoring the paging enhancement notification sent by network device 102.

[0136] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold, then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0137] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the second threshold, then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0138] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification, then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0139] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 supports receiving the paging enhancement notification, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0140] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0141] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 has a UE ID configured by the network device 102 , and the UE ID is used to indicate a recipient of the paging enhancement notification. Then, the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0142] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0143] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the current serving cell of the terminal 101 is the first cell, which is the serving cell when the terminal 101 last entered the connected state. Then, the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0144] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the current service cell of the terminal 101 is not the first cell and the terminal 101 has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal 101 is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications in a cell that is not the first cell. The first cell is the service cell when the terminal 101 last entered the connected state. The terminal 101 then monitors the paging enhancement notifications sent by the network device 102.

[0145] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0146] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 is currently in one of the RRC_CONNECTED state, the RRC_IDLE state, and the RRC_INACTIVE state, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102.

[0147] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 is currently in the Any Cell Selection State, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0148] In this embodiment, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 cannot currently detect a cell, and then the terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0149] It is worth noting that the first condition may include one or more of the above conditions 1 to 13. When the first condition is met, the terminal may (start) monitoring the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102. In other words, the above embodiments are not exhaustive and are only illustrative of some embodiments. The above embodiments may be implemented individually or in combination. The above embodiments are merely illustrative and do not limit the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0150] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0151] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0152] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0153] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0154] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0155] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0156] The method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2104. For example, steps S2101, S2103, and S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and steps S2101, S2102, S2103, and S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0157] In some embodiments, step S2102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0158] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0159] FIG3A is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0160] Step S3101, determine whether terminal 101 meets the first condition.

[0161] The optional implementation of step S3101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2102 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0162] Step S3102: Determine whether terminal 101 meets the first condition mentioned above.

[0163] The optional implementation of step S3102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0164] Step S3103 : monitoring the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0165] The optional implementation of step S3103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0166] The method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3103. For example, step S3102 + step S3103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3101 + step S3102 + step S3103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0167] In some embodiments, step S3101 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0168] FIG3B is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by terminal 101 and may include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0169] Step S3201: Determine whether the terminal 101 meets the first condition mentioned above, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhanced notification.

[0170] In some embodiments, determining that the terminal 101 satisfies the first condition includes but is not limited to one or more of the following 1) to 13): 1) determining that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; 2) determining that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; 3) determining that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes a configuration for a paging enhancement notification; 4) determining that the terminal 101 supports receiving a paging enhancement notification; 5) determining that the terminal 101 has a configuration for a paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102; 6) determining that the terminal 101 has a UEID configured by the network device 102, and the UEID is used to indicate a recipient of the paging enhancement notification; 7) determining that the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes a configuration for a paging enhancement notification; 8) Determine that the current serving cell of terminal 101 is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when terminal 101 last enters the connected state; 9) Determine that the current serving cell of terminal 101 is not the first cell and terminal 101 has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that terminal 101 is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell that is not the first cell; 10) Determine that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by terminal 101 has not expired; 11) Determine that terminal 101 is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; 12) Determine that terminal 101 is currently in Any Cell Selection State; 13) Determine that terminal 101 currently cannot detect a cell.

[0171] In some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0172] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of the above-mentioned determination that the terminal 101 has a configuration of paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102 includes: receiving a second configuration sent by the network device 102; the second configuration includes a configuration of paging enhancement notification, and determining that the terminal 101 has a configuration of paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102.

[0173] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of determining that the terminal 101 has the UE ID configured by the network device 102 includes: receiving a third configuration sent by the network device 102; the third configuration includes the UE ID, and determining that the terminal 101 has the UE ID configured by the network device 102.

[0174] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the valid area configured by the network device 102; or, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the valid area agreed in the protocol; or, the terminal 101 obtains the configuration of the pre-configured valid area.

[0175] In some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0176] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned optional implementation method of determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired includes: receiving the configuration of the timer sent by the network device 102, starting the timer, and the timer is used to indicate the length of time that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired; during the operation of the timer, determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired.

[0177] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method of determining that the terminal 101 is currently in the Any Cell Selection State includes: determining that the terminal 101 is currently in the Any Cell Selection State, and there is a second cell that supports paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

[0178] In some embodiments, the first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal 101 to receive a paging enhancement notification; and / or, the second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal 101 to receive a normal paging message.

[0179] Step S3202 : monitoring the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0180] For optional implementations of the method on the terminal 101 side involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure, please refer to the description of the relevant steps on the terminal side in Figure 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0181] Figure 4 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 4, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method, which can be executed by the network device 102 and can include but is not limited to the following steps.

[0182] Step S4101: Send a paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101. The paging enhancement notification is monitored by the terminal 101 when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0183] In some embodiments, the optional implementation method that meets the first condition includes at least one of the following: the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the second threshold; the terminal 101 currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal 101 supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; the terminal 101 has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device 102; the terminal 101 has the terminal 101 identification UE ID configured by the network device 102, UE The ID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal 101 is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; the current serving cell of the terminal 101 is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal 101 last entered the connected state; the current serving cell of the terminal 101 is not the first cell and the terminal 101 has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal 101 is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell that is not the first cell; the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal 101 has not expired; the terminal 101 is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; the terminal 101 is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State; the terminal 101 cannot currently detect a cell.

[0184] In some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device 102 supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0185] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends a second configuration to the terminal 101 , where the second configuration includes a configuration of a paging enhancement notification.

[0186] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends a third configuration to the terminal 101 , where the third configuration includes a UE ID.

[0187] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends the configuration of the valid area to the terminal 101 .

[0188] In some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0189] In some embodiments, the network device 102 sends a timer configuration to the terminal 101, where the timer is used to indicate the duration of time during which the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired. The timer configuration is used by the terminal 101 to determine whether the received configuration of the paging enhancement notification has expired.

[0190] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 enters a connected state on a first cell, and the network device 102 sends a first configuration of the first cell to the terminal 101, where the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal 101 is allowed to receive a paging enhancement notification on a cell other than the first cell.

[0191] In some embodiments, the first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal 101 to receive a paging enhancement notification; and / or, the second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal 101 to receive a normal paging message.

[0192] For optional implementations of the method on the network device 102 side involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description of the network device side steps in Figure 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0193] Figure 5 is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a communication system 100, and the method includes but is not limited to the following steps.

[0194] In step S5101, the network device 102 sends a paging enhancement notification to the terminal 101. The paging enhancement notification is monitored by the terminal when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

[0195] The optional implementation of step S5101 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2101 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0196] In step S5102, the terminal 101 determines that the terminal 101 meets a first condition, where the first condition is a condition for monitoring a paging enhanced notification.

[0197] The optional implementation of step S5102 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2103 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0198] Step S5103 : The terminal 101 monitors the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device 102 .

[0199] The optional implementation of step S5103 can refer to the optional implementation of step S2104 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0200] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above terminal side, network device side, etc. embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0201] It is worth noting that the present disclosure can solve the problem of when a terminal needs to start monitoring robust paging notifications. The present disclosure provides a method for a terminal to determine whether to monitor robust paging notifications. In some embodiments, the terminal determines whether it meets the conditions for monitoring robust paging notifications and monitors the robust paging notifications when the conditions are met.

[0202] In some embodiments, the condition may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following conditions 1 to 13:

[0203] Condition 1: The terminal currently has a serving cell, and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than a first threshold. Exemplarily, the first threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for receiving a paging robust notification. If the RSRP is lower than the first threshold, the terminal may not be able to receive the paging robust notification normally.

[0204] Condition 2: The terminal currently has a serving cell, and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than a second threshold. Exemplarily, the second threshold is the minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive Normal paging. If it is lower than the second threshold, the terminal may not be able to receive Normal paging normally.

[0205] Condition 3: The terminal currently has a serving cell, and the serving cell broadcasts a robust notification configuration. Exemplarily, the robust notification configuration indicates whether the base station supports robust notification, or indicates that the base station supports robust notification and resource configuration for robust notification.

[0206] Condition 4: The terminal supports receiving enhanced paging notifications.

[0207] Condition 5: The terminal has a paging enhancement notification configuration configured by the core network / base station. Exemplarily, the paging enhancement notification configuration is used to indicate whether paging enhancement notification is enabled or to indicate resources for paging enhancement notification. This configuration can be sent via RRC dedicated signaling, such as an RRC Release message.

[0208] Condition 6: The terminal has a UE ID configured by the network for receiving enhanced paging notifications.

[0209] Condition 7: The terminal is currently located within a network-configured or agreed-upon effective area for enhanced paging notifications. Exemplarily, the effective area configuration may be the network-configured effective area for the terminal ID used for enhanced paging notification reception, or the effective area corresponding to the enhanced paging notification resource configuration. Exemplarily, the effective area configuration may be one or more cell identifiers or a tracing area code.

[0210] Condition 8: The current serving cell of the terminal is the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state.

[0211] Condition 9: The current serving cell of the terminal is not the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state, but the serving cell configuration when the terminal last entered the connected state allows the terminal to receive paging enhancement notifications in a cell that is not the last serving cell (the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state).

[0212] Condition 10: The enhanced paging notification configuration received by the terminal via dedicated signaling or broadcast signaling has not expired. For example, the network device may provide a timer duration configuration when providing the enhanced paging notification configuration. Upon receiving the configuration, the terminal starts the timer and considers the enhanced paging notification configuration expired after the timer expires.

[0213] Condition 11: The terminal is currently in the RRC inactive / idle / connected state.

[0214] Condition 12: The terminal is currently in the Any Cell Selection State. For example, the terminal may further determine whether there is a cell that supports paging enhancement notification and whose RSRP signal quality is greater than a threshold, and only start monitoring the paging enhancement notification if there is one.

[0215] Condition 13: The terminal currently cannot detect a cell. Exemplarily, the cell is a designated RAT cell, such as an LTE cell, a NR cell, or a 6G cell. Exemplarily, the terminal monitors the enhanced paging notification only during a period of time when the terminal cannot detect the cell.

[0216] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device in any of the above methods.

[0217] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0218] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with information processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0219] Figure 6A is a schematic diagram of the terminal structure proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6A, terminal 6100 may include at least one of a transceiver module 6101 and a processing module 6102. In some embodiments, processing module 6102 is configured to determine whether the terminal meets a first condition, which is a condition for monitoring enhanced paging notifications. Transceiver module 6101 is further configured to monitor enhanced paging notifications sent by network devices.

[0220] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is specifically used to perform at least one of the following: determining that the terminal currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; determining that the terminal currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; determining that the terminal currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes a configuration of a paging enhancement notification; determining that the terminal supports receiving a paging enhancement notification; determining that the terminal has a configuration of a paging enhancement notification configured by a network device; determining that the terminal has a terminal identifier UEID configured by a network device, and the UEID is used to indicate a recipient of the paging enhancement notification; determining that the terminal is currently located in a paging enhancement within the effective area of ​​the notification; determining that the current serving cell of the terminal is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal last enters the connected state; determining that the current serving cell of the terminal is not the first cell and the terminal has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications in a cell that is not the first cell; determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; determining that the terminal is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; determining that the terminal is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State; determining that the terminal cannot currently detect a cell.

[0221] In some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0222] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is further used to receive a second configuration sent by the network device; the second configuration includes a configuration of a paging enhancement notification, and the processing module 6102 determines that the terminal has a configuration of a paging enhancement notification configured by the network device.

[0223] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6101 is further configured to receive a third configuration sent by the network device; the third configuration includes a UE ID, and the processing module 6102 determines that the terminal has the UE ID configured by the network device.

[0224] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is further used to: obtain the configuration of the valid area configured by the network device; or obtain the configuration of the valid area agreed in the protocol; or obtain the configuration of the pre-configured valid area.

[0225] In some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0226] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is also used to: receive the configuration of the timer sent by the network device, start the timer, and the timer is used to indicate the length of time that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired; during the operation of the timer, determine that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired.

[0227] In some embodiments, the processing module 6102 is specifically configured to: determine that the terminal is currently in the Any Cell Selection State, and that there is a second cell supporting paging enhancement notification and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold.

[0228] In some embodiments, the first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a paging enhancement notification; and / or the second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

[0229] Optionally, the transceiver module is used to perform at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods (for example, step S2104, but not limited thereto), which are not described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module is used to perform at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102, step S2103, but not limited thereto) performed by the terminal 101 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here.

[0230] Figure 6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6B, network device 6200 may include at least one of a transceiver module 6201 and a processing module 6202. In some embodiments, the transceiver module is configured to send an enhanced paging notification to a terminal, which is monitored by the terminal when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the enhanced paging notification.

[0231] In some embodiments, the first condition is met, including at least one of the following: the terminal currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the terminal currently has a serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to the second threshold; the terminal currently has a serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; the terminal has a configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device; the terminal has a terminal identifier UE ID configured by the network device, UE The ID is used to indicate the recipient of the paging enhancement notification; the terminal is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; the terminal's current serving cell is the first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal last entered the connected state; the terminal's current serving cell is not the first cell and the terminal has a first configuration of the first cell, and the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell that is not the first cell; the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; the terminal is currently in any of the following states: radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; the terminal is currently in any cell selection state Any Cell Selection State; the terminal cannot currently detect a cell.

[0232] In some embodiments, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is also used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

[0233] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is further configured to send a second configuration to the terminal, where the second configuration includes a configuration of a paging enhancement notification.

[0234] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is further configured to send a third configuration to the terminal, where the third configuration includes a UE ID.

[0235] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is further configured to send the configuration of the valid area to the terminal.

[0236] In some embodiments, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, the configuration of the valid area includes the valid area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, the configuration of the valid area includes one or more tracking area codes.

[0237] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 6201 is also used to send a timer configuration to the terminal, where the timer is used to indicate the duration of time during which the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired. The timer configuration is used by the terminal to determine whether the received configuration of the paging enhancement notification has expired.

[0238] In some embodiments, the terminal enters a connected state on a first cell, and the transceiver module 6201 is further used to send a first configuration of the first cell to the terminal, wherein the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive paging enhancement notifications on a cell other than the first cell.

[0239] In some embodiments, the first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a paging enhancement notification; and / or the second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

[0240] Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101, but not limited thereto) such as sending and / or receiving performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module is configured to execute at least one of the other steps performed by the network device 102 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here.

[0241] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0242] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0243] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0244] As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process the communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Optionally, the communication device 7100 is used to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, one or more processors 7101 are used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0245] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the transceiver 7103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step S2101 and step S2104, but not limited thereto), and the processor 7101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step S2102 and step S2103, but not limited thereto). In an optional embodiment, the transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter, and the receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, transceiver circuit, interface circuit, and interface may be interchangeable, the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be interchangeable, and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be interchangeable.

[0246] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100. In alternative embodiments, the communication device 7100 may include one or more interface circuits 7104. Optionally, the interface circuits 7104 are connected to the memories 7102 and may be configured to receive data from the memories 7102 or other devices, or to send data to the memories 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read data stored in the memories 7102 and send the data to the processor 7101.

[0247] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0248] 7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0249] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201. The chip 7200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0250] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202. Alternatively, terms such as interface circuit, interface, and transceiver pins may be used interchangeably. In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of memory 7203 may be located external to chip 7200. Optionally, interface circuit 7202 is connected to memory 7203 and may be used to receive data from memory 7203 or other devices, or may be used to send data to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 may read data stored in memory 7203 and send the data to processor 7201.

[0251] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 7202 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101 and step S2104, but not limited thereto) of the sending and / or receiving in the above method. For example, the interface circuit 7202 performing the communication steps (e.g., step S2101 and step S2104, but not limited thereto) of the above method means that the interface circuit 7202 performs data exchange between the processor 7201, chip 7200, memory 7203, or transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 7201 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step S2102 and step S2103, but not limited thereto).

[0252] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0253] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0254] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0255] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0256] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0257] 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.

[0258] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method is executed by a terminal, and includes: Determining that the terminal meets a first condition, and monitoring a paging enhancement notification sent by a network device; The first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The determining that the terminal satisfies the first condition includes at least one of the following: Determining that the terminal currently has a serving cell and a reference signal received power (RSRP) signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; Determining that the terminal currently exists in the serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; Determining that the terminal currently exists in the serving cell and that a message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; Determining that the terminal supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; Determining that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device; Determining that the terminal has a terminal identifier UE ID configured by the network device, where the UE ID is used to indicate a recipient of the paging enhancement notification; Determining that the terminal is currently located in a valid area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; Determining that a current serving cell of the terminal is a first cell, where the first cell is a serving cell when the terminal last enters a connected state; determining that a current serving cell of the terminal is not the first cell and that the terminal has a first configuration of the first cell, where the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell other than the first cell; Determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; Determining that the terminal is currently in any of the following states: a radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, a radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, or a radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; Determining that the terminal is currently in any cell selection state; It is determined that the terminal currently cannot detect a cell.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is further used to indicate resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein The determining that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device, includes: receiving a second configuration sent by the network device; The second configuration includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification, and it is determined that the terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein The determining that the terminal has a terminal identifier UE ID configured by the network device, including: receiving a third configuration sent by the network device; The third configuration includes the UE ID, and determines that the terminal has the UE ID configured by the network device.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein The method further comprises: Obtaining the configuration of the valid area of ​​the network device configuration; or, Obtain the configuration of the effective area agreed in the agreement; or, Get the pre-configured configuration of the valid area.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein The configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, The configuration of the effective area includes the effective area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the effective area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, The configuration of the validity area includes one or more tracking area codes.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein The determining that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired includes: receiving a timer configuration sent by the network device, and starting the timer, wherein the timer is used to indicate a duration during which the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired; During the running of the timer, it is determined that the configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal is not expired.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein The determining that the terminal is currently in any cell selection state includes: It is determined that the terminal is currently in the Any Cell Selection State, and that a second cell supporting the paging enhancement notification exists and the RSRP signal quality of the second cell is greater than or equal to the first threshold.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein The first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive the paging enhancement notification; and / or, The second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

11. A communication method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a network device, and includes: Sending a paging enhancement notification to the terminal, the paging enhancement notification is monitored by the terminal when a first condition is met, wherein the first The condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhanced notification.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein The first condition is satisfied, including at least one of the following: The terminal currently has a serving cell and the reference signal received power (RSRP) signal quality of the serving cell is greater than or equal to a first threshold; The terminal currently exists in the serving cell and the RSRP signal quality of the serving cell is less than or equal to a second threshold; The terminal currently exists in the serving cell and the message broadcast by the serving cell includes the configuration of the paging enhancement notification; The terminal supports receiving the paging enhancement notification; The terminal has the configuration of the paging enhancement notification configured by the network device; The terminal has a terminal identification UE ID configured by the network device, where the UE ID is used to indicate a recipient of the paging enhancement notification; The terminal is currently located in the effective area of ​​the paging enhancement notification; The current serving cell of the terminal is a first cell, and the first cell is the serving cell when the terminal last entered a connected state; The current serving cell of the terminal is not the first cell and the terminal has a first configuration of the first cell, where the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification in a cell other than the first cell; The configuration of the paging enhancement notification received by the terminal has not expired; The terminal is currently in any of the following states: a radio resource control connected state RRC_CONNECTED state, a radio resource control idle state RRC_IDLE state, or a radio resource control inactive state RRC_INACTIVE state; The terminal is currently in any cell selection state; The terminal currently cannot detect any cell.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate whether the network device supports the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate that the network device supports the paging enhancement notification, and the configuration of the paging enhancement notification is further used to indicate resources of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate enabling of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the paging enhancement notification is used to indicate the resources of the paging enhancement notification.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein: The method further comprises: A second configuration is sent to the terminal, where the second configuration includes a configuration of the paging enhancement notification.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein The method further comprises: Sending a third configuration to the terminal, where the third configuration includes the UE ID.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein The method further comprises: The configuration of the valid area is sent to the terminal.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein The configuration of the valid area includes the valid area associated with the UE ID; or, The configuration of the effective area includes the effective area corresponding to the resource configuration of the paging enhancement notification; or, The configuration of the effective area includes one or more cell identifiers; or, The configuration of the validity area includes one or more tracking area codes.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein The method further comprises: A timer configuration is sent to the terminal, where the timer is used to indicate a duration during which the configuration of the paging enhancement notification has not expired, and the timer configuration is used by the terminal to determine whether the received configuration of the paging enhancement notification has expired.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein The method further comprises: The terminal enters a connected state on the first cell, and a first configuration of the first cell is sent to the terminal, wherein the first configuration is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to receive the paging enhancement notification on a cell other than the first cell.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein The first threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive the paging enhancement notification; and / or, The second threshold is a minimum RSRP requirement for the terminal to receive a normal paging message.

21. A terminal, characterized in that: include: a processing module, configured to determine that the terminal satisfies a first condition, where the first condition is a condition for monitoring a paging enhanced notification; The transceiver module is further configured to monitor the paging enhancement notification sent by the network device.

22. A network device, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is configured to send a paging enhancement notification to a terminal, where the paging enhancement notification is monitored by the terminal when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition is a condition for monitoring the paging enhancement notification.

23. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The communication device is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-10 and 11-20.

24. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 and 11 to 20.

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