Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device

Abstract

Provided are a wireless communication method and an apparatus. The method comprises: a terminal device determining, on the basis of first information, one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device within a first period, wherein the first information comprises one or more pieces of the following information: the type of a PO within the first period; the type of the terminal device; the type of a PEI received by the terminal device; and whether a PF within the first period is continuous.

Description

Method, terminal device and network device for wireless communication TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of communication, and more particularly, to a method, a terminal device and a network device for wireless communication. BACKGROUND

[0002] In order to save network energy, a network energy saving (NES) function is introduced in some communication systems. In a cell supporting NES configuration, a network device can send a system information block (SIB) on demand. However, a terminal device in the cell can support the NES function or can not support the NES function. In this scenario, how to design a paging mechanism to save energy consumption becomes a technical problem to be solved.

[0003] SUMMARY

[0004] The present application provides a method, a terminal device and a network device for wireless communication. The following introduces each aspect of the embodiments of the present application.

[0005] In a first aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided, comprising: determining, by a terminal device, one or more paging occasions (POs) corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information; wherein the first information comprises one or more of the following information: a type of the POs in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a paging early indication (PEI) received by the terminal device; and whether paging frames (PFs) in the first period are consecutive.

[0006] In a second aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided, comprising: determining, by a network device, one or more POs corresponding to a terminal device in a first period according to first information; wherein the first information comprises one or more of the following information: a type of the POs in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a PEI sent to the terminal device; and whether PFs in the first period are consecutive.

[0007] In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information; wherein the first information comprises one or more of the following information: a type of the POs in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a PEI received by the terminal device; and whether PFs in the first period are consecutive.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided, and the network device comprises a determination unit configured to determine one or more POs corresponding to a terminal device in a first period according to first information, wherein the first information comprises one or more of the following information: a type of the POs in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a PEI sent to the terminal device; and whether PFs in the first period are continuous.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, comprising a memory and a processor, the memory being configured to store a program, and the processor being configured to invoke the program in the memory to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0010] In a sixth aspect, an apparatus is provided, comprising a processor configured to invoke a program in a memory to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor configured to invoke a program in a memory to enable a device installed with the chip to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0012] In an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, and the computer-readable storage medium has a program stored thereon, and the program causes a computer to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0013] In a ninth aspect, a computer program product is provided, and the computer program product comprises a program, and the program causes a computer to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0014] In a tenth aspect, a computer program is provided, and the computer program causes a computer to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0015] The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application can determine one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information. When the first information comprises the type of the POs, the type of the terminal device and / or the type of the PEI, different types of terminal devices can perform paging detection on different POs respectively, so as to save energy consumption. When the first information indicates that the PFs in the first period are continuous, the network device and the terminal device can only perform sending and detection of the paging message in the time period in which the PFs are continuous, which helps to reduce the energy consumption of the terminal device and the network device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] FIG. 1 is a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application are applied.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a method for wireless communication provided by the embodiments of the present application.

[0018] Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of one possible implementation of the method shown in Fig. 2.

[0019] Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another possible implementation of the method shown in Fig. 2.

[0020] Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of yet another possible implementation of the method shown in Fig. 2.

[0021] Fig. 6 is a flow diagram of another method for wireless communication provided by embodiments of the present application.

[0022] Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal device provided by embodiments of the present application.

[0023] Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a network device provided by embodiments of the present application.

[0024] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication apparatus provided by embodiments of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The technical solutions in embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Any other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0026] The embodiments of the present application can be applied to various communication systems. For example, the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a global system of mobile communication (GSM) system, a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system, a general packet radio service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (LTE) system, an advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a new radio (NR) system, an evolved system of the NR system, an LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, an NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), a wireless local area networks (WLAN) system, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, a 5th-generation (5G) system. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to other communication systems, for example, a 6th-generation (6G) mobile communication system, or a future communication system such as a satellite communication system. The future communication system may, for example, be.

[0027] The conventional communication system supports a limited number of connections, which is easy to implement. However, with the development of communication technology, the communication system can not only support traditional cellular communication, but also support one or more types of other types of communication. For example, the communication system can support one or more of the following communications: device to device (D2D) communication, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), enhanced MTC (eMTC), vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, and vehicle to everything (V2X) communication, and the like. The embodiments of the present application can also be applied to a communication system supporting the above communication modes.

[0028] The communication system in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (DC) scenario, and a standalone (SA) network deployment scenario.

[0029] The communication system in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to unlicensed spectrum. The unlicensed spectrum can also be considered as shared spectrum. Alternatively, the communication system in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to licensed spectrum. The licensed spectrum can also be considered as dedicated spectrum.

[0030] The embodiments of the present application can be applied to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) system. As an example, the NTN system can be a 4G-based NTN system, an NR-based NTN system, an internet of things (IoT)-based NTN system, or a narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT)-based NTN system.

[0031] The communication system can include one or more terminal devices. The terminal device mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as user equipment (UE), access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user equipment, etc.

[0032] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a station (STATION, ST) in a WLAN. In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device having wireless communication function, a computing device, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a next-generation communication system (e.g., an NR system), or a terminal device in a future evolved public land mobile network (PLMN) network, etc.

[0033] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user. For example, the terminal device can be a handheld device having wireless connection function, an in-vehicle device, etc. As some specific examples, the terminal device can be a mobile phone, a Pad, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a mobile internet device (MID), a wearable device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an augmented reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in self driving, a wireless terminal in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in transportation safety, a wireless terminal in smart city, a wireless terminal in smart home, etc.

[0034] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be deployed on land. For example, the terminal device can be deployed indoors or outdoors. In some embodiments, the terminal device can be deployed on water surface, such as on a ship. In some embodiments, the terminal device can be deployed in air, such as on an airplane, a balloon, and a satellite.

[0035] In addition to the terminal device, the communication system can also include one or more network devices. The network device in the embodiments of the present application can be a device for communicating with the terminal device, which can also be referred to as an access network device or a radio access network device. The network device can be, for example, a base station. The network device in the embodiments of the present application can refer to a radio access network (RAN) node (or device) that accesses the terminal device to the wireless network. The base station can broadly cover various names in the following or be replaced by the following names, such as: Node B (NodeB), evolved Node B (eNB), next generation Node B (gNB), relay station, transmitting and receiving point (TRP), transmitting point (TP), master station (MeNB), auxiliary station (SeNB), multi-standard radio (MSR) node, home base station, network controller, access node, wireless node, access point (AP), transmission node, transceiver node, baseband unit (BBU), remote radio unit (RRU), active antenna unit (AAU), remote radio head (RRH), central unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), positioning node, etc. The base station can be a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay node, a donor node, or the like, or a combination thereof. The base station can also refer to a communication module, modem, or chip used in the aforementioned device or apparatus. The base station can also be a mobile switching center and a device that performs the function of a base station in D2D, V2X, M2M communication, a network side device in 6G network, a device that performs the function of a base station in future communication systems, etc. The base station can support networks of the same or different access technologies. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific technology and specific device form adopted by the network device.

[0036] The base station can be fixed or mobile. For example, a helicopter or a drone can be configured to act as a mobile base station, and one or more cells can move according to the location of the mobile base station. In other examples, the helicopter or the drone can be configured to act as a device that communicates with another base station.

[0037] In some deployments, the network device in the embodiments of the present application can refer to a CU or a DU, or the network device includes a CU and a DU. The gNB can also include an AAU.

[0038] By way of example and not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, a network device can have a mobile characteristic, for example, the network device can be a mobile device. In some embodiments of the present application, the network device can be a satellite, a balloon station. In some embodiments of the present application, the network device can also be a base station disposed at a location on land, water, etc.

[0039] In embodiments of the present application, a network device can serve a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) used by the cell. The cell can be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell can belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell. The small cell can include a metro cell, a micro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, etc., and these small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and low transmit power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

[0040] By way of example, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system provided in embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system 100 can include a network device 110, which can be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or a communication terminal, a terminal). The network device 110 can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area, and can communicate with terminal devices located within the coverage area.

[0041] FIG. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices. In some embodiments of the present application, the communication system 100 can include multiple network devices, and each network device can include other numbers of terminal devices within its coverage, which is not limited.

[0042] In embodiments of the present application, the communication system shown in FIG. 1 further includes a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF), and other network entities, which are not limited in embodiments of the present application.

[0043] It should be understood that the devices with communication functions in the network / system in the embodiments of the present application can be referred to as communication devices. For example, the communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1, the communication devices can include the network devices 110 and the terminal devices 120 with communication functions, and the network devices 110 and the terminal devices 120 can be the specific devices described above, which will not be described here again; the communication devices can also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as network controllers, mobile management entities, and other network entities, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0044] For ease of understanding, some related technical knowledge related to the embodiments of the present application is introduced first. The following related technologies can be combined with the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application in any way as an optional scheme, which all belong to the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application. The embodiments of the present application include at least part of the following contents.

[0045] With the development of mobile communication technology, a new generation of wireless evolution system (for example, a 5G system) improves the transmission rate of data through multiple technologies to meet the transmission demand of large data volume such as high-definition video and virtual reality. Multiple technologies such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology, non-orthogonal multiple access technology, simultaneous same frequency full duplex communication technology, new modulation technology, new coding technology, and high-order modulation technology. Through these technologies, the peak rate can reach Gbit / s.

[0046] As an example, the delay level of the air interface needs to be around 1ms to meet the real-time application of automatic driving, remote medical treatment, etc. As an example, the super large network capacity can provide the connection ability of hundreds of billions of devices, thereby meeting the communication demand of the Internet of Things. As an example, the spectral efficiency of the NR system is more than 10 times higher than that of the LTE system. Based on continuous wide area coverage and high mobility, the user's experience rate can reach 100 Mbit / s. As can be seen, the traffic density and the connection number density are greatly improved.

[0047] In addition, the improvement of system coordination and intelligence further improves the flexibility of the network. System coordination can be manifested as the coordinated networking of multi-user, multi-point, multi-antenna, and multi-camera. Based on coordination and intelligence, the network can be automatically adjusted flexibly between networks.

[0048] However, in a communication system, the power consumption of a network device (e.g., a base station) is usually high. In order to save the power consumption of the network device, the system message needs to be optimized. For example, the network device usually periodically transmits SIB1 for initial access and schedules other SIBs for terminal devices in an idle / inactive mode. However, the network device always transmits even if there is no demand from the terminal device or no terminal device camping on the cell, which results in a large power consumption. For this reason, in order to save the network energy, the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) has carried out a lot of research on on-demand SIB1 for terminal devices in an idle / inactive mode in release 18 (R18) and R19 to achieve network energy saving by reducing unnecessary SIB1 transmission and associated physical random access channel (PRACH) monitoring.

[0049] In some communication systems, the NES function is introduced based on the demand for network energy saving. In a cell supporting the NES configuration, the network device can transmit SSB with a variable period and / or transmit SIB1 on demand. However, the terminal devices in the cell can support the NES function or not. Therefore, due to the emergence of the NES cell, the terminal devices can include legacy terminal devices and terminal devices supporting the NES configuration. The legacy terminal device can also be referred to as a legacy terminal device, and the terminal device supporting the NES configuration can also be referred to as an NES terminal device.

[0050] In a cell supporting the NES configuration, how to design the paging mechanism is a problem that needs to be further studied. When the network needs to connect with the terminal device, the network initiates a paging procedure to send a paging message to the terminal device. When the terminal device in an idle mode is in a sleep state in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle or an extended DRX (eDRX) cycle, it can periodically wake up to detect whether there is a paging message.

[0051] In some scenarios, when SIB1 in the cell is transmitted on demand, how to transmit the configurations or parameters related to paging in SIB1 needs to be considered. That is, how to change the paging mechanism to support the transmission of SIB1 on demand is a research direction. Further, in order to save energy better, how to adjust the related paging mechanism based on the existing technology is also a technical difficulty that needs to be studied.

[0052] In some scenarios, the legacy terminal device needs the network device to periodically send SIB, but the terminal device supporting NES configuration does not need to periodically send SIB. The paging mechanism needs to be flexibly configured based on different types of terminal devices in the cell. When the paging mechanism considers the detection requirements of both legacy terminal devices and NES terminal devices, it helps to save energy consumption. Therefore, how to improve the paging mechanism to be compatible with legacy terminal devices and NES terminal devices, so as to save the energy consumption of terminal devices, also becomes one of the research goals.

[0053] In some scenarios, how the cell supporting NES configuration sends the paging message to increase the sleep time of the cell also needs to be considered.

[0054] In summary, in the cell supporting NES configuration, how to design the paging mechanism to save energy consumption becomes a problem to be solved.

[0055] It should be noted that the above-mentioned problem that the paging mechanism needs to be compatible with two types of terminal devices due to the difference between the legacy terminal device and the NES terminal device is only an example. The embodiments of the present application can be applied to a communication scenario in which the paging mechanism needs to be compatible with any multiple types of terminal devices.

[0056] To solve the above problem, the embodiments of the present application provide a method for wireless communication. Through the method, the terminal device can determine one or more POs that need to be detected in the first period based on the first information. When the first information is related to the type of the terminal device, the PO or the PEI, different terminal devices can determine the PO corresponding to them. After the first information indicates that the PF is continuously set, the network device and the terminal device can perform centralized paging and detection in the continuous PF, thereby achieving effective energy saving. In order to facilitate understanding, the method proposed by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with FIG. 2. The method shown in FIG. 2 is executed by the terminal device.

[0057] Referring to FIG. 2, in step S210, the terminal device determines one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in the first period according to the first information.

[0058] The terminal device can be in different states, which is not limited here. As an example, the terminal device can be in an idle state or an inactive state, and needs to detect whether there is a corresponding paging message in the first period. As an example, the terminal device can be in an active state or a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, and can determine the wake-up time and the PF / PO before entering the idle state, so as to timely receive the PEI or the paging message.

[0059] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a communication device supporting NES configuration, or a communication device with NES function. That is, the terminal device can be the NES terminal device as described above.

[0060] In some embodiments, the terminal device can be a legacy terminal device, which can also be referred to as a legacy terminal device.

[0061] The service cell corresponding to the terminal device is a first cell. The terminal device can be connected to a network device of the first cell. In other words, the cell where the terminal device is located is the first cell, or the network device corresponding to the first cell can provide services for the terminal device.

[0062] In some embodiments, the first cell can be a cell where energy saving needs to be implemented on the network side. The cell can be any of the cells as described above. The energy saving that needs to be implemented on the network side can include energy saving of the network device, or energy saving of the core network. Alternatively, the first cell can be an NES cell, or a network energy saving cell with similar functions.

[0063] As an example, for a terminal device in an idle / inactive mode, the first cell that sends SIB1 on demand is an NES cell.

[0064] The network device can be any of the access network devices as described above, or a core network device. In some embodiments, the network device can be a communication device that sends a paging message to the terminal device. The terminal device can receive the paging message sent by the network device.

[0065] In some embodiments, when there is a paging message corresponding to a terminal device, the network device can determine the PO corresponding to the terminal device according to the identity (ID) of the terminal device, to send the paging message. For the terminal device, the terminal device also needs to determine one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device, and detect the paging message on the one or more POs, to reduce unnecessary energy consumption.

[0066] Exemplarily, a paging occasion (PO) is usually a set of monitoring opportunities of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), which is composed of multiple slots, and thus can also be referred to as a paging opportunity.

[0067] Exemplarily, one PO can contain S synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), where S can be determined by ssb-PositionsInBurst in the SIB1 message. The paging message sent on each SSB can be exactly the same.

[0068] As an example, the network device can send the paging message of the terminal device by broadcasting on the corresponding PO. The terminal device can detect on the corresponding PO to determine whether there is a paging message for itself.

[0069] As an example, after determining the one or more POs that need to be detected, the terminal device can detect the paging message on the one or more POs. In other words, the one or more POs are used for the terminal device to perform paging detection.

[0070] The one or more POs determined by the terminal device are the POs corresponding to the terminal device. When the terminal device has a paging message, the network device will send the paging message on the PO corresponding to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can receive it. Therefore, the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device can also be replaced by the one or more POs that the terminal device needs to detect.

[0071] In some embodiments, the determination of the one or more POs by the terminal device means that the terminal device determines the time domain position and / or frequency domain position of the one or more POs. As an example, the frame in which the one or more POs are located can be referred to as PF. The time domain position of the one or more POs can be determined by the position parameter of the PF.

[0072] As an example, a PF can be composed of multiple POs. For example, there are Ns POs in one PF.

[0073] As an example, the position of the PO can be replaced by the position of the PF. The terminal device can determine the position of the PO after determining the position of the PF.

[0074] In some embodiments, the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device can be located in one PF, or can be located in multiple PFs. The multiple PFs can be multiple PFs in one period, or multiple PFs located in multiple periods, which are not limited here.

[0075] As an example, the PF in which the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are located will also be used by the terminal device for paging detection. Therefore, the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device can be replaced by the one or more PFs corresponding to the terminal device.

[0076] The terminal device needs to determine one or more POs corresponding to it in the first period. In some embodiments, the first period can be any one or more periods related to energy saving. If there is no PO to be detected in the first period, the terminal device can remain in a sleep state to save energy. For example, the first period can be one or more DRX periods of the terminal device. For another example, the first period can be one or more eDRX periods. In some embodiments, the first period can be one or more paging periods, so that the terminal device can periodically detect paging messages.

[0077] As an example, the first period can be one DRX period. After determining one or more POs corresponding to it in the DXR period, the terminal device can wake up before the PO to detect the paging message in the PO.

[0078] As an example, the first period can be multiple DRX periods. The terminal device can determine one or more POs corresponding to it in the multiple DRX periods, so as to better detect the paging message in the idle state or the inactive mode.

[0079] As an example, the first period can be one paging period. The paging period can be a default paging period configured by a higher layer, or a specific DRX period of the terminal device. For example, the paging period T = min (default paging period, UE specific DRX period).

[0080] As an example, the first period can be multiple default paging periods.

[0081] As an example, the first period can include one PF or a specified number of PFs.

[0082] As an example, the first period can be a specified time period. The time period can be a time period based on the NES function configuration or similar function configuration.

[0083] As an example, the first period can be any time period configured by a higher layer, which is not limited here.

[0084] In some embodiments, the position of one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in the first period can be determined according to the configuration parameters of the first period and the ID (UE ID ) of the terminal device. For example, the position of the PO corresponding to any UE in the PF can be i s = floor (UE ID / N) mod N s .

[0085] As an example, for an NES terminal device, the position of the corresponding PO in the first period or any PF in the first period can be represented as is,NES .

[0086] As an example, the position of the PO in the first period can be represented as the position of the PO in the PF. The position can be represented by an index value.

[0087] As an example, the position i of the PO in the first period can be represented as the position of the PO in the PF. s,NES The starting position of a set of PDCCH monitoring opportunities can be indicated, and the terminal device can start receiving the paging message from the i s,NES th PO continuously.

[0088] The terminal device can determine one or more POs corresponding thereto in the first period according to the first information. In some embodiments, the terminal device can determine the first information in multiple ways. For example, the first information can come from the network device. For another example, the first information can be the information of the terminal device itself. For another example, the first information can be determined according to the PEI or other similar indication information received by the network device. For another example, the first information can be determined according to the higher-layer configuration information.

[0089] In some embodiments, the first information can be carried in one or more of the following information: SIB, RRC, downlink control information (DCI).

[0090] In some embodiments, the first information can include one or more of the following information: the type of PO in the first period; the type of terminal device; the type of PEI received by the terminal device / the type of PEI sent by the network device to the terminal device; and whether the PF in the first period is continuous. In other words, the terminal device can determine the corresponding one or more POs according to any one or a combination of any multiple of the information.

[0091] It should be noted that the terminal device can determine the corresponding one or more POs based on the combination of the first information and other arbitrary information, which is not limited.

[0092] The method for the terminal device to determine the corresponding PO according to the first information will be exemplarily described below in combination with multiple embodiments.

[0093] Embodiment 1

[0094] The first information can include the type of PO in the first period and / or the type of terminal device. The PO in the first period can include at least two types of POs. The at least two types of POs can be respectively used for sending at least two types of paging messages or performing paging behavior on at least two types of terminal devices. That is, the time-frequency resources (POs) used by the network side for sending paging messages can be divided into at least two groups.

[0095] In some embodiments, the at least two types of POs can include legacy POs, POs supporting NES configuration, and POs related to other power saving configurations, without limitation.

[0096] In some embodiments, the at least two types of POs can respectively correspond to at least two types of terminal devices, or respectively correspond to at least two types of application scenarios. A terminal device can perform paging detection on a PO corresponding to its type or application scenario. For brevity, the following takes an example of POs in a first cycle including two types of POs.

[0097] As an example, the POs in the first cycle can include first type POs and second type POs. The first type POs correspond to first type terminal devices without NES function, and the second type POs correspond to second type terminal devices with NES function. For example, the first type POs are used to send paging messages to legacy terminal devices, and the second type POs are used to send paging messages to NES terminal devices. That is, when a terminal device is a legacy terminal device, one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are POs in the first type POs; when the terminal device has NES function, one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are POs in the second type POs.

[0098] As an example, the first type POs are legacy POs, and the second type POs are NES POs. When a terminal device is a legacy terminal device, paging detection can be performed on the legacy POs. When the terminal device is an NES terminal device, paging detection can be performed on the NES POs.

[0099] In some embodiments, the positions of the first type POs and the second type POs in the first cycle can be determined respectively. For example, the positions of the first type POs can be determined based on a related calculation formula; the positions of the second type POs can be designated by the system through a network device or a higher layer.

[0100] As an example, the system can identify a specific system frame number (SFN) for a specific type of terminal device. For example, the system can identify a specific SFN for NES terminal devices, and continuously allocate a plurality of PFs for NES terminal devices or continuously allocate these PFs at some regular intervals.

[0101] As an example, the system can consider configuring / indicating the starting offset of each second type PO independently for each PF. For example, the system can indicate the starting offset of each NES PO for each PF.

[0102] In some embodiments, the positions of the second type of POs in the first cycle can be determined according to the positions of the first type of POs, in which case the paging behaviors of the different types of terminal devices do not affect each other. For example, when the first type of POs are legacy POs and the second type of POs are NES POs, the NES POs can be allocated based on the time / frequency offsets of the legacy POs.

[0103] As an example, any of the second type of POs can be determined according to the position of any of the first type of POs.

[0104] As an example, any of the second type of POs can be determined according to the positions of one or more of the first type of POs adjacent to the any of the second type of POs.

[0105] As an example, in a DRX cycle, the total number of POs provided by the system for NES terminal devices can be the same as the total number of POs for legacy terminal devices, to ensure that the paging delay levels of the legacy terminal devices and the NES terminal devices are the same.

[0106] As an example, in a DRX cycle, the total number of POs provided by the system for NES terminal devices can be different from the total number of POs for legacy terminal devices, to ensure the paging requirements of the different types of terminal devices.

[0107] As an example, NES POs can exist in each PF. For example, the NES POs can use the same paging frame as the legacy POs, and the index positions of the NES POs in each PF can be set according to the same rule.

[0108] As an example, the positions of the second type of POs in the first cycle are determined according to the positions of the first type of POs and a first offset value. Optionally, the first offset value can be configured by a network device or a higher layer.

[0109] As an implementation manner, the first offset value can be provided through a SIB or a DCI.

[0110] As an example, the ID determination manners of the first type of terminal devices and the second type of terminal devices are the same, to facilitate the allocation of the first type of POs and the second type of POs through offset values. The following takes the first type of POs as legacy POs and the second type of POs as NES POs as an example, to respectively describe the position determination manners of the first type of POs and the second type of POs.

[0111] The position i of the first type of POs in any PF in the first cycle s is: i s = floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ;

[0112] The position i of the second type of POs in any PF in the first cycles,NES For: i s,NES = PO offset + floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ;

[0113] Wherein, PO offset represents a first offset value, UE ID represents an ID of a terminal device, N represents a number of PFs in a period, N s represents a number of POs in a PF. The first offset value is an offset of PO for receiving a paging by the NES terminal device compared with a conventional terminal device.

[0114] Optionally, the UE ID may be determined according to an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or a 5G S-temporary mobile subscription identifier (5G-S-TMSI).

[0115] As an example, the UE ID may be IMSI mod 1024.

[0116] As an example, if the terminal device is in an eDRX period, the UE ID may be 5G-S-TMSI mod 4096; otherwise, the UE ID may be 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024.

[0117] Optionally, any PF in a first period needs to satisfy a formula: (SFN + PF offset ) mod T = (T div N) * (UE ID mod N), wherein T represents a paging period, PF offset is a frame offset of PF.

[0118] As an example, after the terminal device calculates a PF in which the PO is located, the terminal device calculates a position i s,NES of the NES PO in the PF. The terminal device can perform paging detection according to the calculated position, and the same applies until a DCI corresponding to the terminal device is detected in the paging period. Through the above formula, the accurate positions of PF / PO corresponding to the conventional terminal device and the terminal device supporting the NES cell can be determined respectively, so that any terminal device can avoid detecting unnecessary multiple PF / PO.

[0119] For ease of understanding, a paging method coexisting with the traditional PO and NES PO is exemplarily described in combination with FIG. 3. FIG. 3 shows two DRX cycles. In the two DRX cycles, paging frames (PFs) occur periodically. In each PF, two traditional POs and one NES PO are included. As shown in FIG. 3, in each PF, after the traditional POs are determined, the NES PO can be determined according to the position and corresponding offset value of the PO adjacent thereto, or according to the position and corresponding offset value of the starting PO in the PF.

[0120] In some embodiments, the first type of PO and the second type of PO can be located in different PFs in the first cycle, respectively. That is, the system can indicate different PFs for different scenarios or different terminal devices to determine the corresponding POs. For example, the first type of PO is located in a first PF, and the second type of PO is located in a second PF.

[0121] As an example, the first PF and the second PF can be one or more PFs, respectively.

[0122] As an example, the first PF is a traditional PF, and the second PF is an NES PF. The POs located in the first PF can be used for traditional terminal devices, and the POs located in the second PF can be used for NES terminal devices. The traditional PFs are uniformly distributed in the DRX cycle, and the NES PFs can be different from the traditional PFs. In the NES cell, both traditional terminal devices and NES terminal devices can be supported. Since the NES terminal device can support different SSB cycles and on-demand SIBs, a separate PF and corresponding PO can be configured for the NES terminal device.

[0123] As an example, the system can set a PF dedicated to NES or a specific PF number for NES.

[0124] As an example, the system can indicate the PF for the first type of PO and the PF for the second type of PO through N NES One or more NES PFs are configured in a paging cycle. For example, since multiple PFs are uniformly distributed in the paging cycle, the simplest method is to configure only one PF in the paging cycle, that is, to enable N NES = 1. This can require changes to the RRC configuration to allow more values to be configured for nAndPagingFrameOffset, that is, to allow more intensive paging cycles.

[0125] As an implementation, N NES N can be extended from T / 16 to T / 32, T / 64, T / 128, T / 256. Then for a paging cycle T = 1280 ms, if N NES= T / 128, we will only have one NES PF in this cycle. Therefore, in order to adapt to the increase in the number of terminal devices that need to be paged in one PF, the number of subframes used for PO also needs to be increased, and the value range of Ns also needs to be increased.

[0126] As an example, the system can specify that the odd PF is the PF of the legacy terminal device (the first PF), and the even PF is the PF of the NES terminal device (the second PF). There are respective POs in the respective PFs. That is, any PO in the PF corresponding to the legacy terminal device belongs to the PO of the legacy terminal device, and any PO in the PF corresponding to the NES terminal device belongs to the PO of the NES terminal device.

[0127] As an example, the DCI can be configured separately for each NES PF and indicate the starting offset of the PO.

[0128] As an implementation, the first PF includes a first type of PO located at a first position, and the second PF includes a second type of PO located at a second position. The first position in the first PF is the same as the second position in the second PF, so as to facilitate the system to indicate.

[0129] As an implementation, the first PF includes a first type of PO located at a first position, and the second PF includes a second type of PO located at a second position. The first position in the first PF is different from the second position in the second PF, so as to distinguish different PFs.

[0130] As an example, the second PF can be determined according to the first PF and the second offset value. For example, the system can allocate the NES PF based on the time / frequency offset of the legacy PF. The legacy PF is uniformly distributed in the DRX cycle, so the NES PF will also be uniformly distributed in the DRX cycle, which does not affect the paging behavior of the legacy terminal device.

[0131] As an example, the first PF and the second PF can be in the same cycle or not.

[0132] As an example, the first cycle includes the first PF and the second PF. The second PF can be one or more PFs in the first cycle in addition to the first PF. For example, the legacy PF can coexist with the NES PF in the DRX cycle.

[0133] As an example, the second PF can be a PF in any period in the first set of periods. The first set of periods can be a set of multiple periods containing the second PF. The first information can be used to indicate whether the first set of periods includes the first period. That is, when different types of terminal devices correspond to different PFs respectively, the terminal device can determine whether the first period includes the second PF according to the first information. For example, for an NES terminal device, when the first information indicates that the first period includes an NES PF, the terminal device detects in the first period; and when the first information indicates that the first period does not include an NES PF, the terminal device does not detect in the first period.

[0134] As an implementation manner, when the first period is a DRX period, the system can specify information of the NES PF in each DRX period, and inform the terminal device through the first information. For example, the system can determine whether the first period includes the NES PF based on a current cell load and / or a number of NES terminal devices applying for access.

[0135] As an implementation manner, when the first period is a DRX period, the system can only configure the NES PF in a specified DRX period. That is, there is no NES PF in some DRX periods, and there is an NES PF in some DRX periods.

[0136] For ease of understanding, another paging manner in which the traditional PO and the NES PO coexist is exemplarily illustrated in combination with FIG. 4. FIG. 4 also shows two DRX periods. In the first DRX period, the traditional PF and the NES PF are included; and in the second DRX period, only the traditional PF is included. The PO in the traditional PF is a traditional PO, and the PO in the NES PF is an NES PO. As shown in FIG. 4, the position of the NES PO in the NES PF is the same as the position of the traditional PO in the traditional PF.

[0137] Embodiment 2

[0138] The first information can include the type of the terminal device. As known from the foregoing, the type of the terminal device is one of at least two types of terminal devices. For brevity, two types of terminal devices are exemplarily illustrated. The terminal devices that accept paging in the first period can be grouped based on different types. In other words, the type of the terminal device can be used to determine the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device.

[0139] In some embodiments, since the PO corresponding to the terminal device is determined according to the ID of the terminal device, different types of terminal devices can be grouped by ID. That is, the ID determination manner of different types of terminal devices is differentiated, so as to determine one or more POs corresponding to different types of terminal devices.

[0140] As an example, the ID determination manners of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device can be different. Exemplarily, when the first type of terminal device is a legacy terminal device and the second type of terminal device is an NES terminal device, the network can differentiate the ID value of the legacy terminal device and the ID value of the NES terminal device in order to simultaneously support the legacy terminal device and the terminal device supporting the NES cell. For example, the value range of the ID of the legacy terminal device is different from the value range of the ID of the NES terminal device.

[0141] As an example, the index or number of the terminal device in the plurality of terminal devices is used to determine the PF in which the one or more POs are located. Since the ID determination manners of different types of terminal devices are different, the number values of the terminal devices after the plurality of types of terminal devices accepting paging are uniformly numbered can distinguish the different types of terminal devices and determine the PF corresponding to the terminal device.

[0142] As an example, all the POs in the first period are used to send paging messages for the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device. The PF in which the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are located is determined according to the paging density in the first period and the ID of the terminal device.

[0143] As an implementation manner, the paging density can be determined according to the number of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device accepting paging in the first period.

[0144] As an implementation manner, the paging density can be determined according to the number of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device in the first period.

[0145] As an example, the PF in which the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are located can be determined according to the number or index of the terminal device among all the terminal devices accepting paging in the first period.

[0146] As an example, the PF in which the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device are located can be determined according to the paging density and the number or index of the terminal device among all the terminal devices accepting paging in the first period.

[0147] As an example, it is assumed that a group of users accepting paging in the first cell includes legacy terminal devices and NES terminal devices. The UEs id are legacy terminal devices, and the UEs NES_id are terminal devices supporting the NES cell. It is assumed that there are M1 UEs id accepting paging as legacy terminal devices, and there are M2 UEs NES_idNumber them uniformly, and the index index′ can be expressed as: index′ = 0, 1, 2, … M1 + M2 - 1.

[0148] Among them, the M1 + M2 terminal devices that receive paging can be numbered in sequence. After uniform numbering, the number of each terminal device can be determined according to the size relationship between M1 and M2. The number of terminal device i (i ∈ index′) can be determined according to the ID of terminal device i.

[0149] If M1 > M2, for the index range where index′ ≤ 2M2 - 1, the number of terminal device i can be:

[0150] For the index range where index′ ≥ 2M2, the number of terminal device i can be:

[0151] If M1 < M2, for the index range where index′ ≤ 2M1 - 1, the number of terminal device i can be:

[0152] For the index range where index′ ≥ 2M1, the number of terminal device i can be:

[0153] Let PF i correspond to the PF number of terminal device i among the M1 + M2 terminal devices; D f represents the paging density on PF, that is, the number of terminal devices allocated on each PF; D o can represent the number of terminal devices allocated on each PO.

[0154] PF i = i / D f , where

[0155] If then the paging of terminal device i is on the first paging frame; if the paging of terminal device i is on the second paging frame; if the paging of terminal device i is on the third paging frame; and so on, until the DCI of terminal device i is detected within the paging cycle. Through the above method, the accurate positions of the PFs corresponding to the traditional terminal devices and the terminal devices supporting the NES cell can be obtained respectively, thus avoiding detecting multiple unnecessary PFs.

[0156] Embodiment 3

[0157] The first information can include a type of the PEI received by the terminal device and / or a type of the terminal device. For the network device, the first information can include a type of the PEI sent to the terminal device and / or a type of the terminal device according to the first information.

[0158] It should be understood that the PEI in the embodiments of the present application can be replaced by an early paging indication (EPI).

[0159] In some embodiments, the PEI received by the terminal device can include at least two types of PEI. The at least two types of PEI can be used to indicate that at least two types of terminal devices receive the paging message respectively. That is, the PEI sent by the network side can be divided into at least two groups.

[0160] As an example, the at least two types of PEI can include a legacy PEI for a legacy terminal device and an NES PEI for an NES terminal device. For example, the PEI received by the terminal device can be a legacy PEI or an NES PEI.

[0161] As an example, when the network side sets the PEI, different types of PEI will be different in order to facilitate the terminal device to distinguish. Illustratively, the setting of the NES PEI can be different from the PEI of the legacy terminal device.

[0162] As an example, the network device can indicate different types of PEI through DCI or PEI occasion (PEI-O).

[0163] As an example, different types of PEI can have different identities, so as to determine the type of PEI according to the identity. The terminal device can determine the type of PEI according to the identity of the received PEI. The identity of the PEI can be carried in the PEI or sent before the PEI.

[0164] As an example, the type of PEI can be used by the terminal device to determine whether it needs to be woken up for paging detection.

[0165] In some embodiments, since the identification of the PEI can correspond to different types of terminal devices, the POs corresponding to different types of terminal devices can overlap, thereby saving resources. On the overlapping POs, different types of terminal devices can determine whether to be woken up based on the type of the received PEI. Exemplarily, when the PEI is a NES PEI, if the terminal device is a legacy terminal device, the PO / PF indicated by the PEI is not detected, and thus the terminal device does not need to be woken up; if the terminal device is a NES terminal device, the terminal device needs to be woken up to detect whether there is a paging message for the terminal device.

[0166] As an example, when the first type of terminal device corresponds to the first type of PO and the second type of terminal device corresponds to the second type of PO, the first type of PO and the second type of PO can all overlap or partially overlap.

[0167] As an example, if the legacy PO and the NES PO completely overlap, the ID determination manner of different types of terminal devices needs to be defined to be the same. That is, the terminal device ID allocated to the NES PO is the same as the terminal device ID allocated to the legacy PO.

[0168] As an example, when the first type of terminal device corresponds to the first type of PF and the second type of terminal device corresponds to the second type of PF, the first type of PF and the second type of PF can all overlap or partially overlap.

[0169] As an example, the NES PF / PO should overlap with the legacy PF / PO as much as possible. When the network device (for example, gNB) provides a paging message to a specific terminal device, the paging message can be sent through the overlapping POs of the legacy terminal device and the NES terminal device. Further, when the network device tries to wake up the NES terminal device, the identification of the PEI can prevent the legacy terminal device from being unnecessarily woken up.

[0170] In some embodiments, the type of the PEI sent by the network device to the terminal device can be determined based on the setting of the PEI. The NES PEI sent by the network device is different from the legacy PEI, so that when the NES terminal device needs to be woken up, the legacy terminal device will not be woken up.

[0171] Embodiment 4

[0172] The first information can include whether the PFs in the first period are continuous. If the PFs in the first period are continuous, the network device and the terminal device perform a paging behavior in the time period in which the PFs are continuous. If the PFs in the first period are uniformly distributed, the communication device performs a paging mechanism in a related manner.

[0173] In some embodiments, whether the PFs in the first period are continuous refers to whether the PFs in the first period are continuous in the time domain resource.

[0174] To save the energy of the network side, multiple PFs evenly distributed in a paging cycle can be configured as continuous or partially continuous PFs. In this scenario, the terminal device also only needs to perform paging detection in the continuous PFs, so the sleep time of the terminal device can also be increased.

[0175] In some embodiments, part or all of the PFs in the first cycle are continuous in the time domain resources. The one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device can be determined according to the time domain positions of the continuous part or all of the PFs in the first cycle.

[0176] Taking a default paging cycle of T = 128 radio frames as an example, when N = T / 16, there are only 8 paging frames every 1280 ms. If the calculation formula of the paging frame is (SFN + PF offset ) mod T = (T div N) x (UE ID mod N), the 8 paging frames are evenly distributed in the paging cycle. In this formula, due to the operation of (UE ID mod N), multiple terminal devices can be sequentially assigned to the 8 PFs according to UE ID In order to concentrate the PFs in a continuous time period, the calculation formula of the PF frame needs to be adjusted, and the PO calculation formula can remain unchanged.

[0177] As an example, when all the PFs in the first cycle are continuous in the time domain resources, all the PFs satisfy the following conditions: (SFN + PF offset ) mod T = UE ID mod N;

[0178] Wherein, SFN is the system frame number, PF offset represents the offset value of all PFs in the first cycle, and T represents the paging cycle.

[0179] If PF offset = 0, the continuous multiple PFs are located at the starting position of the first cycle. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of PF offset = 0. Wherein, T = 128 radio frames, and N = T / 16. As shown in FIG. 5, the PF frames are concentrated in the first 8 radio frames of the cycle T, and the frames thereafter do not need to be paged.

[0180] The above describes the method for determining the one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device on the terminal device side. The one or more POs are used for the network device side to send a paging message to the terminal device, so the network device side also needs to determine the one or more POs. The method for the network device to determine the one or more POs is described below in conjunction with FIG. 6. For the sake of brevity, the terms already explained in FIG. 2 will not be repeated.

[0181] Referring to FIG. 6, at step S610, the network device determines one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information. The network device is any network device or core network device corresponding to a first cell in which the terminal device is located, which will not be described herein again.

[0182] The first information can include one or more of the following information: a type of the PO in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of the PEI sent by the network device to the terminal device; and whether PFs in the first period are continuous. The first information can refer to the above-mentioned multiple embodiments respectively, which will not be described herein again.

[0183] In some embodiments, the network device determines an identity of the PEI sent to the terminal device, and then sends the PEI to the terminal device. The identity of the PEI can be used by the terminal device to determine a type of the PEI, and the type of the PEI can be used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

[0184] The above describes the method embodiments of the present application in detail in combination with FIGS. 1 to 6. The device embodiments of the present application will be described in detail in combination with FIGS. 7 to 9. It should be understood that the description of the device embodiments corresponds to the description of the method embodiments, and therefore, the parts not described in detail can refer to the method embodiments described above.

[0185] FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 900 can be any terminal device described above. The terminal device 700 shown in FIG. 7 includes a determination unit 710.

[0186] The determination unit 710 can be configured to determine one or more POs corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information. The first information includes one or more of the following information: a type of the PO in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of the PEI received by the terminal device; and whether PFs in the first period are continuous.

[0187] Optionally, the POs in the first period include first-type POs and second-type POs, and a position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to a position of the first-type PO.

[0188] Optionally, the position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to the position of the first-type PO and a first offset value.

[0189] Optionally, the second-type PO corresponds to a second-type terminal device having a network energy saving (NES) function, the first-type PO corresponds to a first-type terminal device not having the NES function, and an identification (ID) determination manner of the first-type terminal device and the second-type terminal device is the same.

[0190] Optionally, the second-type PO has a position i in any PF in the first periods,NES is: i s,NES PO offset + floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ;

[0191] wherein, PO offset denotes a first offset value, UE ID denotes an ID of the terminal device, N denotes a number of PFs in a period, N s denotes a number of POs in a PF.

[0192] Optionally, the first type of POs and the second type of POs are located in different PFs, the first type of POs are located in a first PF, and the second type of POs are located in a second PF, the second PF being one of: one or more PFs in the first period other than the first PF; PFs in any period in the first set of periods; wherein the first information is further used to indicate whether the first set of periods includes the first period.

[0193] Optionally, the first PF includes the first type of POs located at a first position, and the second PF includes the second type of POs located at a second position, the first position being the same as the second position in the first PF and the second PF.

[0194] Optionally, the terminal device has a NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second type of POs.

[0195] Optionally, the type of the terminal device is used to determine a first type of terminal device and a second type of terminal device, and the ID of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device is determined in different manners.

[0196] Optionally, all POs in the first period are used to send a paging message to the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device, and the PF in which the one or more POs are located is determined according to a paging density in the first period and the ID of the terminal device.

[0197] Optionally, the determining unit 710 is further configured to determine a type of the PEI according to the received identification of the PEI, and the type of the PEI is used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

[0198] Optionally, the type of the terminal device is used to determine a first type of terminal device and a second type of terminal device, the first type of terminal device corresponds to the first type of POs, and the second type of terminal device corresponds to the second type of POs, and the first type of POs and the second type of POs are all overlapped or partially overlapped.

[0199] Optionally, part or all of the PFs in the first period are continuous in time domain resources, and the one or more POs are determined according to time domain positions of the part or all of the PFs in the first period.

[0200] Optionally, all the PFs in the first period are continuous in time domain resources, and all the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N.

[0201] wherein SFN represents a system frame number, PF offset represents all the PFs in the first period, T represents a paging period.

[0202] Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 800 can be any of the network devices described above. The network device 800 shown in Fig. 8 includes a determining unit 810.

[0203] The determining unit 810 can be configured to determine one or more POs corresponding to a terminal device in a first period according to first information, wherein the first information includes one or more of the following: a type of the PO in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a PEI sent by the network device to the terminal device; and whether the PFs in the first period are continuous.

[0204] Optionally, the POs in the first period include first-type POs and second-type POs, and a position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to a position of the first-type PO.

[0205] Optionally, the position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to the position of the first-type PO and a first offset value.

[0206] Optionally, the second-type PO corresponds to a second-type terminal device having a network energy saving (NES) function, the first-type PO corresponds to a first-type terminal device not having the NES function, and an identification (ID) of the first-type terminal device and the second-type terminal device is determined in the same way.

[0207] Optionally, the position i s,NES of the second-type PO in any PF in the first period is: i s,NES =PO offset +floor(UE OD / N)mod N s .

[0208] wherein PO offset represents the first offset value, UE ID represents the ID of the terminal device, N represents a number of PFs in a period, and N s represents a number of POs in a PF.

[0209] Optionally, the first type of PO and the second type of PO are located in different PFs, the first type of PO is located in a first PF, and the second type of PO is located in a second PF, the second PF being one of: one or more PFs in the first cycle other than the first PF; a PF in any of the first cycle set; wherein the first information is further used to indicate whether the first cycle set includes the first cycle.

[0210] Optionally, the first PF includes the first type of PO located at a first position, and the second PF includes the second type of PO located at a second position, the first position being the same as the second position in the first PF and the second PF.

[0211] Optionally, the terminal device has the NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second type of PO.

[0212] Optionally, the type of the terminal device is used to determine the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device, and the ID of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device is determined in different manners.

[0213] Optionally, all POs in the first cycle are used to send a paging message to the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device, and the PF in which the one or more POs are located is determined according to the paging density in the first cycle and the ID of the terminal device.

[0214] Optionally, the determining unit 810 is further configured to determine the identity of the PEI sent to the terminal device, the identity of the PEI being used by the terminal device to determine the type of the PEI, and the type of the PEI being used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

[0215] Optionally, the type of the terminal device is used to determine the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device, the first type of terminal device corresponding to the first type of PO, and the second type of terminal device corresponding to the second type of PO, the first type of PO and the second type of PO being all overlapped or partially overlapped.

[0216] Optionally, part or all of the PFs in the first cycle are continuous in time domain resources, and the one or more POs are determined according to the time domain positions of the part or all of the PFs in the first cycle.

[0217] Optionally, all of the PFs in the first cycle are continuous in time domain resources, and all of the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N.

[0218] wherein SFN is a system frame number, PF offset represents an offset value of all PFs in the first cycle, and T represents a paging cycle.

[0219] FIG. 9 shows a structural schematic diagram of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. The dashed line in FIG. 9 indicates that the unit or module is optional. The apparatus 900 can be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiments. The apparatus 900 can be a chip, a terminal device or a network device.

[0220] The apparatus 900 can include one or more processors 910. The processor 910 can support the apparatus 900 to implement the method described in the foregoing method embodiments. The processor 910 can be a general processor or a dedicated processor. For example, the processor can be a central processing unit (CPU). Alternatively, the processor can also be other general processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. The general processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor.

[0221] The apparatus 900 can also include one or more memories 920. The memory 920 stores a program, which can be executed by the processor 910, so that the processor 910 performs the method described in the foregoing method embodiments. The memory 920 can be independent of the processor 910 or integrated in the processor 910.

[0222] The apparatus 900 can also include a transceiver 930. The processor 910 can communicate with other devices or chips through the transceiver 930. For example, the processor 910 can perform data transceiving with other devices or chips through the transceiver 930.

[0223] The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer readable storage medium for storing a program. The computer readable storage medium can be applied to the terminal device or the network device provided by the embodiments of the present application, and the program causes the computer to execute the method performed by the terminal device or the network device in the embodiments of the present application.

[0224] The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage that can be read by a computer and can include one or more of a volatile and / or non-volatile medium, integrated into a server, data center, etc. data storage device. The available medium can be a magnetic medium, (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid state disk (SSD)), etc.

[0225] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product. The computer program product includes a program. The computer program product can be applied to the terminal device or the network device provided by the embodiments of the present application, and the program causes the computer to execute the method performed by the terminal device or the network device in the embodiments of the present application.

[0226] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by 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 instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices. The computer instructions 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 instructions can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) mode.

[0227] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program. The computer program can be applied to the terminal device or the network device provided by the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program causes the computer to execute the method performed by the terminal or the network device in the embodiments of the present application.

[0228] The terms "system" and "network" can be used interchangeably in the present application. In addition, the terms used in the present application are only used to explain the specific embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. The terms "first", "second", "third" and "fourth" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application and the drawings are used to distinguish different objects, and are not used to describe a particular order. In addition, the terms "include" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion.

[0229] In the embodiments of the present application, the "indication" mentioned can be direct indication, or indirect indication, or can represent an associated relationship. For example, A indicates B, which can mean that B can be obtained by A directly; or A indirectly indicates B, for example, A indicates C, and B can be obtained by C; or A and B have an associated relationship.

[0230] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" can represent a direct or indirect corresponding relationship between the two, or an associated relationship between the two, or an indication and being indicated, configuration and being configured, etc.

[0231] In the embodiments of the present application, "predefined" or "preconfigured" can be realized by pre-saving corresponding codes, tables or other means for indicating related information in devices (for example, including terminal devices and network devices), and the specific implementation manner is not limited in the present application. For example, the predefinition can refer to the definition in the protocol.

[0232] In the embodiments of the present application, the "protocol" can refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, for example, can include the LTE protocol, the NR protocol and the related protocol applied to the future communication system, and the present application is not limited to this.

[0233] In the embodiments of the present application, according to A to determine B does not mean that B is determined only according to A, but B can also be determined according to A and / or other information.

[0234] In the embodiments of the present application, the term "and / or" is only a description of the associated relationship between the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this paper generally represents an "or" relationship between the front and rear associated objects.

[0235] In the embodiments of the present application, the size of the serial number of the above processes does not mean the execution order, and the execution order of the processes should be determined according to its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

[0236] In several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device and method can be implemented in other manners. For example, the embodiments of the device described above are merely schematic, and the division of the units is merely logical function division. There can be other division manners in actual implementation, for example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections between the units can be indirect couplings or communication connections through some interfaces, devices or units, and can be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0237] The units described as separate components can or can not be physically separate, and the components shown as units can or can not be physical units, i.e., can be located in one place or can be distributed on multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiments.

[0238] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application can be integrated into a processing unit, or each unit can exist physically, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit.

[0239] The above is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, which should be covered in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: Comprising: The terminal device determines one or more paging occasions PO corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information; The first information comprises one or more of the following information: The type of PO in the first period; The type of the terminal device; The type of the paging early indication PEI received by the terminal device; and Whether the paging frames PF in the first period are continuous.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The PO in the first period comprises a first type of PO and a second type of PO, and the position of the second type of PO in the first period is determined according to the position of the first type of PO.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, The position of the second type of PO in the first period is determined according to the position of the first type of PO and a first offset value.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, The second type of PO corresponds to a second type of terminal device with a network energy saving NES function, and the first type of PO corresponds to a first type of terminal device without an NES function, and the identification ID of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device is determined in the same way.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that, The second type of PO is at position i in any PF in the first cycle s,NES is: i s,NES = PO offset + floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ; wherein PO offset represents the first offset value, UE ID represents the ID of the terminal device, N represents the number of PFs in one period, N s represents the number of POs in one PF.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein, The first type of PO and the second type of PO are located in different PFs, the first type of PO is located in a first PF, and the second type of PO is located in a second PF, and the second PF is one of the following: One or more PFs in the first period except the first PF; The PF in any period in a first period set; The first information is also used to indicate whether the first period set includes the first period.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, The first PF comprises a first type of PO located at a first position, and the second PF comprises a second type of PO located at a second position, and the position of the first position in the first PF is the same as the position of the second position in the second PF.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2-7, characterized in that, The terminal device has an NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second type of PO.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine a first type of terminal device and a second type of terminal device, and the ID of the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device is determined differently.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, All POs in the first period are used to send a paging message for the first type of terminal device and the second type of terminal device, and the PF where the one or more POs are located is determined according to the paging density in the first period and the ID of the terminal device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further comprises: The terminal device determines the type of the PEI according to the identification of the received PEI, and the type of the PEI is used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine a first type of terminal device and a second type of terminal device, and the first type of terminal device corresponds to a first type of PO, and the second type of terminal device corresponds to a second type of PO, and the first type of PO and the second type of PO are all overlapped or partially overlapped.

13. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that, Part or all of the PFs in the first period are continuous in time domain resources, and the one or more POs are determined according to the time domain position of the part or all of the PFs in the first period.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, All of the PFs in the first period are consecutive in time domain resources, and the all of the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N; wherein SFN is the system frame number, PF offset denotes the offset value of the total PFs in the first period, T denotes the paging period.

15. A method for wireless communication, comprising: Comprising: The network device determines one or more paging occasions PO corresponding to the terminal device in a first period according to first information; The first information comprises one or more of the following information: a type of a PO in the first period; a type of the terminal device; a type of a paging early indication (PEI) sent by the network device to the terminal device; and whether paging frames (PFs) in the first period are continuous.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, The POs in the first period include first-type POs and second-type POs, and a position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to a position of the first-type PO.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The position of the second-type PO in the first period is determined according to the position of the first-type PO and a first offset value.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, The second-type PO corresponds to a second-type terminal device having a network energy saving (NES) function, the first-type PO corresponds to a first-type terminal device not having the NES function, and an identification (ID) of the first-type terminal device and the second-type terminal device is determined in a same manner.

19. The method of claim 17 or 18, wherein, The second type of PO is at position i in any PF in the first cycle s,NES is: i s,NES = PO offset + floor(UE OD / N) mod N s ; wherein PO offset represents the first offset value, UE ID represents the ID of the terminal device, N represents the number of PFs in one period, N s represents the number of POs in one PF.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein, The first-type PO and the second-type PO are located in different PFs, the first-type PO is located in a first PF, and the second-type PO is located in a second PF, the second PF being one of the following: one or more PFs in the first period except the first PF; a PF in any period in a first set of periods; The first information is further used to indicate whether the first set of periods includes the first period.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein, The first PF includes a first-type PO located at a first position, and the second PF includes a second-type PO located at a second position, the first position being at a same position in the first PF as the second position in the second PF.

22. The method of any one of claims 16-21, wherein, The terminal device has the NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second-type PO.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine a first-type terminal device and a second-type terminal device, and an ID of the first-type terminal device and the second-type terminal device is determined in a different manner.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein, All POs in the first period are used to send a paging message for the first-type terminal device and the second-type terminal device, and a PF in which the one or more POs are located is determined according to a paging density in the first period and the ID of the terminal device.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein, The method further includes: The network device determines an identification of a PEI sent to the terminal device, the identification of the PEI being used by the terminal device to determine a type of the PEI, and the type of the PEI being used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine a first-type terminal device and a second-type terminal device, the first-type terminal device corresponding to a first-type PO, and the second-type terminal device corresponding to a second-type PO, the first-type PO and the second-type PO being all overlapped or partially overlapped.

27. The method of any one of claims 15-26, wherein, Part or all of the PFs in the first period are continuous in a time domain resource, and the one or more POs are determined according to time domain positions of the part or all of the PFs in the first period.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein, All of the PFs in the first period are consecutive in time domain resources, and the all of the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N; wherein SFN is the system frame number, PF offset denotes the offset value of the total PFs in the first period, T denotes the paging period.

29. A terminal device, comprising: The method includes: a determining unit configured to determine, according to first information, one or more paging occasions (POs) corresponding to the terminal device in a first period; The first information includes one or more of the following: a type of a PO in the first period; a type of the terminal device; A type of a paging early indication (PEI) received by the terminal device; and Whether paging frames (PFs) in the first cycle are continuous.

30. The terminal device of claim 29, wherein, The POs in the first cycle include first type POs and second type POs, and a position of the second type POs in the first cycle is determined according to positions of the first type POs.

31. The terminal device of claim 30, wherein, The position of the second type POs in the first cycle is determined according to the positions of the first type POs and a first offset value.

32. The terminal device of claim 31, wherein, The second type POs correspond to second type terminal devices having a network energy saving (NES) function, the first type POs correspond to first type terminal devices without the NES function, and an identification (ID) determination manner of the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices is the same.

33. The terminal device of claim 31 or 32, wherein, The second type of PO is at position i in any PF in the first cycle s,NES is: i s,NES = PO offset + floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ; wherein PO offset represents the first offset value, UE ID represents the ID of the terminal device, N represents the number of PFs in one period, N s represents the number of POs in one PF.

34. The terminal device of claim 30, wherein, The first type POs and the second type POs are located in different PFs, the first type POs are located in a first PF, and the second type POs are located in a second PF, and the second PF is one of the following: One or more PFs in the first cycle except the first PF; PFs in any cycle in a first cycle set; The first information further indicates whether the first cycle set includes the first cycle.

35. The terminal device of claim 34, wherein, The first PF includes first type POs located at a first position, and the second PF includes second type POs located at a second position, and the first position in the first PF is the same as the second position in the second PF.

36. The terminal device of any one of claims 30-35, wherein, The terminal device has the NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second type POs.

37. The terminal device of claim 29, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine first type terminal devices and second type terminal devices, and an ID determination manner of the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices is different.

38. The terminal device of claim 37, wherein, All the POs in the first cycle are used to send a paging message for the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices, and a PF in which the one or more POs are located is determined according to a paging density in the first cycle and an ID of the terminal device.

39. The terminal device of claim 29, wherein, The determination unit is further configured to determine a type of the received PEI according to an identification of the PEI, and the type of the PEI is used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

40. The terminal device of claim 39, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine first type terminal devices and second type terminal devices, the first type terminal devices correspond to first type POs, and the second type terminal devices correspond to second type POs, and the first type POs and the second type POs are all overlapped or partially overlapped.

41. The terminal device of any one of claims 29-40, wherein, Part or all of the PFs in the first cycle are continuous in a time domain resource, and the one or more POs are determined according to time domain positions of the part or all of the PFs in the first cycle.

42. The terminal device of claim 41, wherein, All of the PFs in the first period are consecutive in time domain resources, and the all of the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N; wherein SFN denotes the system frame number, PF offset denotes the offset value of the total PFs in the first period, and T denotes the paging period.

43. A network device, comprising: The determination unit is configured to determine, according to first information, one or more paging occasions (POs) corresponding to a terminal device in a first cycle. The first information includes one or more of the following: A type of the POs in the first cycle; A type of the terminal device; A type of a paging early indication (PEI) sent by the network device to the terminal device; and Whether paging frames (PFs) in the first cycle are continuous. ​ 44. The network device of claim 43, wherein, The POs in the first period include first type POs and second type POs, and a position of the second type POs in the first period is determined according to a position of the first type POs.

45. The network device of claim 44, wherein, The position of the second type POs in the first period is determined according to the position of the first type POs and a first offset value.

46. The network device of claim 45, wherein, The second type POs correspond to second type terminal devices with a network energy saving (NES) function, the first type POs correspond to first type terminal devices without the NES function, and an identification (ID) of the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices is determined in a same manner.

47. The network device of claim 45 or 46, wherein, The second type of PO is at position i in any PF in the first cycle s,NES is: i s,NES = PO offset + floor(UE ID / N) mod N s ; wherein PO offset denotes the first offset value, UE ID denotes the ID of the terminal device, N denotes the number of PFs in one period, N s denotes the number of POs in one PF.

48. The network device of claim 44, wherein, The first type POs and the second type POs are located in different PFs, the first type POs are located in a first PF, and the second type POs are located in a second PF. The second PF is one of the following: one or more PFs in the first period except the first PF; a PF in any period in a first period set; 49. The network device of claim 48, wherein, The first information is further used to indicate whether the first period set includes the first period.

50. The network device of any of claims 44-49, wherein, The first PF includes first type POs located at a first position, and the second PF includes second type POs located at a second position, and the first position in the first PF is the same as the second position in the second PF.

51. The network device of claim 43, wherein, The terminal device has the NES function, and the one or more POs are POs in the second type POs.

52. The network device of claim 51, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine first type terminal devices and second type terminal devices, and an ID of the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices is determined in different manners.

53. The network device of claim 43, wherein, All the POs in the first period are used to send a paging message to the first type terminal devices and the second type terminal devices, and a PF where the one or more POs are located is determined according to a paging density in the first period and the ID of the terminal device.

54. The network device of claim 53, wherein, The determination unit is further configured to determine an identification of a PEI sent to the terminal device, the identification of the PEI is used by the terminal device to determine a type of the PEI, and the type of the PEI is used to determine whether the terminal device is woken up.

55. The network device of any of claims 43-54, wherein, The type of the terminal device is used to determine first type terminal devices and second type terminal devices, the first type terminal devices correspond to first type POs, and the second type terminal devices correspond to second type POs, and the first type POs and the second type POs are all overlapped or partially overlapped.

56. The network device of claim 55, wherein, All of the PFs in the first period are consecutive in time domain resources, and the all of the PFs satisfy the following condition: (SFN+PF offset )mod T=UE ID mod N; wherein SFN is the system frame number, PF offset denotes the offset value of the total PFs in the first period, T denotes the paging period.

57. A communications device, characterized by Part or all of the PFs in the first period are continuous in a time domain resource, and the one or more POs are determined according to time domain positions of the part or all of the PFs in the first period.

58. An apparatus, comprising: A chip including a memory and a processor, the memory is used to store a program, and the processor is used to invoke the program in the memory to execute the method in any one of claims 1-28.

59. A chip, comprising: A chip including a processor, used to invoke a program in a memory to execute the method in any one of claims 1-28. A chip including a processor, used to invoke a program in a memory, so that a device installed with the chip executes the method in any one of claims 1-28.

60. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-28.

61. A computer program product, characterised in that, A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-28.

62. A computer program characterised in that, The computer program product causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-28.

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