Paging time-domain mode adjustment method, device, storage medium, and product

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of wireless communications. Disclosed are a paging time-domain mode adjustment method, a device, a storage medium, and a product. In the method, time-domain modes of paging frames are adjusted, such that a basic paging frame and an additional paging frame are reserved in each paging cycle, wherein the basic paging frame and the additional paging frame are adjacent in the time domain; and only a small number of paging frames are reserved in each paging cycle, the first paging frame is used for a legacy UE, the remaining paging frames are used for an R19 UE, and the number of POs in the remaining paging frames is increased to provide more paging resources. Therefore, on the basis of minor adjustments performed on an existing protocol architecture, the energy saving gain of a base station is effectively increased, and the paging-related service performance of the UE is also effectively protected.

Description

Paging time-domain mode adjustment methods, devices, storage media, and products

[0001] Cross-references

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202510103922.3, filed on January 22, 2025, entitled “Paging Time Domain Mode Adjustment Method, Device, Storage Medium and Product”, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This application relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a paging time-domain mode adjustment method, device, storage medium, and product. Background Technology

[0004] Network Energy Saving (NES) is playing a positive role in improving environmental sustainability, reducing negative environmental impacts, and lowering operating costs. NES helps reduce the energy consumption burden on telecom operators and user equipment (UE), while effectively reducing environmental pollution, such as greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, 5G networks are widely used in various industries and regions. Users' demand for high-data-rate (such as Extended Reality, XR) services and applications is constantly increasing, and the requirements for transmission speed, reliability, and security in business services and applications are significantly improving. To meet these demands, telecom operators have introduced more antennas, larger bandwidths, and more frequency bands, resulting in a denser 5G network structure.

[0005] Therefore, while improving 5G network performance, operators also need new solutions to improve network energy efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impact of 5G networks. Network energy saving is one of the important areas of current standard research. Many network energy saving technologies, including time domain, power domain and time domain technologies, have been studied and applied to corresponding scenarios. Among the above technologies, general signal / channel time domain mode adjustment is becoming a current research hotspot due to its simple implementation and small impact on existing protocol architecture.

[0006] Currently, general signal / channel time-domain mode adjustment is becoming a research hotspot due to its simplicity and minimal impact on existing protocol architectures. Among current general signal / channel time-domain mode adjustment technologies, paging resource adjustment has begun to receive attention and has been studied to some extent. However, in existing research, the energy-saving gains of some solutions are relatively limited, and some solutions may affect the performance of the UE. There is still considerable room for improvement in current solutions regarding the balance between energy-saving gains and the impact on UE performance.

[0007] The above content is only used to help understand the technical solution of this application and does not represent an admission that the above content is prior art. Summary of the Invention

[0008] The main objective of this application is to provide a paging time-domain mode adjustment method, device, storage medium, and computer program product, which aims to improve the energy-saving effect of network energy-saving solutions while reducing the impact on UE performance.

[0009] To achieve the above objectives, this application proposes a paging time-domain mode adjustment method, the method comprising:

[0010] In each paging cycle of the UE, at least one paging frame that is adjacent in the time domain is set, and the system frame numbers of the paging frames that are adjacent in the time domain are consecutive.

[0011] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0012] The network device sets a first paging configuration and / or a second paging configuration for the UE.

[0013] And / or,

[0014] The network device sets a first paging frame calculation method and / or a second paging frame calculation method for the UE.

[0015] In one embodiment, the paging configuration is used to instruct the UE to configure paging-related information, and the paging frame calculation method is used to instruct the UE to calculate the system frame number of the paging frame.

[0016] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0017] Paging indication information is configured for the UE, the paging indication information being used to instruct the UE to use at least one of the first paging configuration, the second paging configuration, the first paging frame calculation method, and the second paging frame calculation method, the paging indication information being configured in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

[0018] In one embodiment, when the paging indication information is a first preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use the first paging configuration and / or the first paging frame calculation method;

[0019] When the paging indication information is a second preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use at least one of the first paging configuration, the second paging configuration, and the second paging frame calculation method.

[0020] In one embodiment, the paging indication information is also used to instruct the UE to change the paging configuration, and / or the paging frame calculation method.

[0021] In one embodiment, the first paging configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0022] Paging cycle;

[0023] Number of paging frames and paging frame offset;

[0024] Number of paging opportunities.

[0025] In one embodiment, the second paging configuration includes at least one of the following:

[0026] Paging cycle;

[0027] Number of paging frames and paging frame offset;

[0028] Additional paging frames and paging frame offset;

[0029] Number of paging opportunities;

[0030] Additional paging opportunities;

[0031] Physical random access channel resources.

[0032] In one embodiment, the unit of the paging period is a radio frame, and the configuration options for the paging period include at least one of the following:

[0033] First paging cycle preset value;

[0034] Second paging cycle preset value;

[0035] Third paging cycle preset value;

[0036] Fourth paging cycle preset value;

[0037] Fifth paging cycle preset value;

[0038] Sixth paging cycle preset value;

[0039] The preset value for the seventh paging cycle.

[0040] In one embodiment, the unit of the number of paging frames is a radio frame, and the configuration options for the number of paging frames in the paging frame number and paging frame offset include at least one of the following:

[0041] The preset value for the number of first paging frames;

[0042] Preset value for the number of second paging frames;

[0043] The preset value for the number of third paging frames;

[0044] The preset value for the number of fourth paging frames;

[0045] The preset value for the number of fifth paging frames;

[0046] Preset value for the number of sixth paging frames;

[0047] Preset value for the number of seventh paging frames;

[0048] The preset value for the number of eighth paging frames.

[0049] In one embodiment, the unit of the paging frame offset in the number of paging frames and the paging frame offset is a radio frame, and the paging frame offset is any one of the preset lower bound to the preset upper bound of the paging frame offset.

[0050] In one embodiment, the configuration options for the additional number of paging frames and the paging frame offset are the same as those for the paging frame number and paging frame offset.

[0051] In one embodiment, the configuration options for the number of paging opportunities include at least one of the following:

[0052] Number of first paging opportunities;

[0053] Number of second paging opportunities;

[0054] The third paging opportunity quantity.

[0055] In one embodiment, the unit of the number of paging opportunities is a radio frame, and the number of paging opportunities is any one of a preset lower bound to a preset upper bound.

[0056] In one embodiment, the configuration option for the additional paging timings is the same as the configuration option for the paging timings.

[0057] In one embodiment, the method for configuring the physical random access channel resources includes:

[0058] Set a physical random access channel configuration index, which is used to indicate the PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) resources that the UE can use;

[0059] And / or,

[0060] Change the parameter value of the PRACH configuration index in system information block one;

[0061] And / or,

[0062] Add an additional physical random access channel configuration index to the system information block one.

[0063] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0064] The activation and / or deactivation of the additional physical random access channel configuration index is indicated by paging related downlink control information.

[0065] In one embodiment, the activation and / or deactivation of the additional physical random access channel configuration index is indicated by the fifth bit of the short message in the paging-related downlink control information.

[0066] In one embodiment, the first paging configuration includes the current version of the paging control channel configuration, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one;

[0067] The second paging configuration includes a new version of the paging control channel configuration, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

[0068] In one embodiment, the paging frame calculation method includes:

[0069] The system frame number of the paging frame is calculated based on at least one of the paging period, the number of paging frames, the paging frame offset, and the UE identifier.

[0070] In one embodiment, the paging frame calculation method further includes:

[0071] The first paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period is equal to the product of the quotient of the paging period divided by the number of paging frames and the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames.

[0072] And / or,

[0073] The first paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset, modulo the paging period, is equal to the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames.

[0074] and,

[0075] The second paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period is equal to the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames, where the number of paging frames is the number of paging frames or the number of additional paging frames.

[0076] In one embodiment, the paging frame includes at least one basic paging frame, and the paging frames other than the basic paging frame are additional paging frames. The sum of the system frame number of the basic paging frame and the offset of the paging frame is moduloed by the paging cycle to obtain a result equal to 0.

[0077] In one embodiment, the UE includes a current version UE and a new version UE, wherein the current version UE is a UE that does not support the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the third generation partner agreement, and the new version UE is a UE that supports the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the third generation partner agreement.

[0078] In one embodiment, the basic paging frame and the additional paging frame are used by the current version UE and the new version UE;

[0079] And / or,

[0080] The basic paging frame is used by the current version of the UE, and the additional paging frame is used by the new version of the UE.

[0081] And / or,

[0082] The basic paging frame is used by the current version UE and the new version UE, and the additional paging frame is used by the new version UE.

[0083] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0084] The network device instructs the UE to determine whether the paging period is an odd or even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame;

[0085] When the paging period is an odd number of periods, the network device configures the paging frame offset to 0;

[0086] When the paging period is an even number of periods, the network device configures the paging frame offset to the number of paging frames.

[0087] In one embodiment, the network device instructing the UE to determine whether the paging period is the odd period or the even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame includes:

[0088] When the quotient of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging period modulo 2 is 0, the paging period is the odd period; when the quotient of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging period modulo 2 is 1, the paging period is the even period.

[0089] In one embodiment, the method further includes adding a new system information block, the system information block including at least one of the following:

[0090] Paging resource configuration identifier;

[0091] Physical random access channel configuration index;

[0092] Information relating paging resources to physical random access channel resources.

[0093] In one embodiment, the paging resource configuration identifier is used to indicate the sequence number of the paging resource configuration, and the association information between the paging resource and the physical random access channel resource is used to instruct the UE to select available paging resources and available physical random access channel resources.

[0094] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0095] The network device configures a new time-domain mode for monitoring the paging-related downlink control physical channel for the UE. The downlink control physical channel monitoring timing is used to instruct the UE to monitor paging-related downlink control information.

[0096] In one embodiment, the method for setting the time-domain mode of the new paging-related downlink control physical channel monitoring timing includes at least one of the following:

[0097] Establish a new set of control resources;

[0098] Establish a new search space;

[0099] Configure additional paging-related parameters.

[0100] In one embodiment, the method for setting the novel control resource set includes:

[0101] If the currently configured control resource set is the initial control resource set, then the UE is instructed to use the new search space preset table and / or the new control resource set preset table;

[0102] The temporal search method for paging-related control resource sets is adjusted based on the preset table of the novel search space and / or the preset table of the novel control resource set.

[0103] In one embodiment, the search space preset table is used to adjust the paging resource configuration of the paging search space and adjust the detection granularity of the UE;

[0104] The preset table for the control resource set is used to adjust the configuration of the control resource set and the arrangement of monitoring opportunities in the monitoring time slots.

[0105] In one embodiment, if the currently configured paging search space is the initial paging search space, then:

[0106] The monitoring time slot is changed from two consecutive time slots to one time slot;

[0107] Add a preset table for the paging search space, and / or set a new paging search space based on the preset table for the paging search space;

[0108] A search space indication parameter is added to the radio resource control set. The indication parameter is used to indicate the index of the preset table of the paging search space that the user equipment should select.

[0109] In one embodiment, the process of setting the additional paging-related parameters includes:

[0110] If the paging search space configured by the network device for the UE is not the initial paging search space, an additional paging search space configuration parameter is added to the radio resource control set so that the new version UE can perform downlink control physical channel monitoring through the configuration information in the additional paging search space configuration parameter. The additional paging search space configuration parameter is a preset integer type parameter, and the value range of the additional paging search space configuration parameter is 1-2599.

[0111] In addition, to achieve the above objectives, this application also proposes a paging time-domain mode adjustment device, the device comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being configured to implement the paging time-domain mode adjustment method as described above.

[0112] In addition, to achieve the above objectives, this application also proposes a storage medium, which is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the operation of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method described above.

[0113] In addition, to achieve the above objectives, this application also provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the paging time-domain mode adjustment method described above.

[0114] One or more technical solutions proposed in this application are mainly applied to network equipment, which communicates with user equipment. By setting at least one paging frame that is adjacent in the time domain in each paging cycle of the UE, and the system frame numbers of the adjacent paging frames are continuous, the base station network equipment has a longer sleep time in the paging process, effectively maintaining the balance between base station energy consumption and user equipment performance. While reducing energy consumption, it ensures that UE performance is not affected, thereby reducing operating costs. Attached Figure Description

[0115] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with this application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of this application.

[0116] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0117] Figure 1 is a flowchart of the paging time domain mode adjustment method provided in Embodiment 1 of this application;

[0118] Figure 2 is a flowchart of the paging time domain mode adjustment method provided in Embodiment 2 of this application;

[0119] Figure 3 is a flowchart of the paging time domain mode adjustment method provided in Embodiment 3 of this application;

[0120] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of paging frame time-domain mode adjustment provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0121] Figure 5 is a flowchart of the paging time domain mode adjustment method provided in Embodiment 4 of this application;

[0122] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the device structure of the hardware operating environment involved in the paging time domain mode adjustment method in the embodiments of this application.

[0123] The purpose, features, and advantages of this application will be further explained in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Detailed Implementation

[0124] It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of this application and are not intended to limit this application.

[0125] To better understand the technical solution of this application, a detailed description will be provided below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0126] The technical solution of this application can be applied to all 5G base stations that have network energy-saving requirements and support the general channel / signal time-domain adjustment function described in this proposal. As long as the 5G base station supports the adjustment or functional evolution of paging resources (including paging message, paging DCI (Downlink Control Information), PCCH (Paging Control Channel) configuration, etc.), this solution can be applied.

[0127] Currently, network energy saving is an important technology for reducing operator operating costs and improving environmental friendliness. It is also one of the technologies that 5G equipment needs to support and evolve in the long term. Due to the higher performance requirements of 5G networks and equipment, their energy consumption has increased significantly compared to the 4G era. Therefore, the importance of applying energy-saving technologies in 5G commercial base stations has also increased significantly. However, the application of network energy-saving technologies may lead to a decrease in indicators such as data transmission rate and communication reliability, thereby affecting UE performance and user experience. Therefore, network energy-saving technologies still need to evolve continuously, and more rigorous and reliable energy-saving technologies need to be proposed. Due to the broadcast nature of general channels / signals, they often need to be transmitted periodically, which puts the base station in a periodic wake-up / sleep state switching. Therefore, one way to reduce base station energy consumption is to adjust the time domain mode of general channels / signals as proposed in this application. By applying the technical solution of this application, the base station equipment can have a longer sleep time in the paging process, thereby improving the energy saving gain of the base station and reducing the operating cost of the base station equipment.

[0128] In light to medium load scenarios with fewer users, the paging time-domain resource adjustment scheme proposed in this application can extend the periodic sleep time of base station equipment, thereby reducing the additional energy consumption, improving the resource / energy utilization efficiency of the network, and reducing the operating cost of the base station.

[0129] In medium-to-high load scenarios with a large number of users, the energy-saving solution proposed in this application can effectively maintain the balance between base station energy consumption and user equipment performance. That is, while reducing base station energy consumption to a certain extent, it ensures that user equipment performance is not affected, thereby reducing the operating cost of the base station.

[0130] It should be noted that the executing entity in this embodiment can be a computing service device with data processing, network communication, and program execution functions, such as a tablet computer, personal computer, or mobile phone, or an electronic device capable of implementing the above functions, such as a paging time domain mode adjustment system. The following description uses a paging time domain mode adjustment system as an example to illustrate this embodiment and the subsequent embodiments.

[0131] Based on this, this application provides a paging time-domain mode adjustment method. Referring to Figure 1, Figure 1 is a flowchart of the first embodiment of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method of this application.

[0132] In this embodiment, the method is applied to a network device, which is communicatively connected to a user equipment (UE). The paging time-domain mode adjustment method includes operation S101:

[0133] Operation S101: In each paging cycle of the UE, at least one paging frame that is adjacent in the time domain is set, and the system frame numbers of the paging frames that are adjacent in the time domain are consecutive.

[0134] It should be noted that in the 5G NR system, a radio frame containing paging messages is called a PF (Paging Frame). A paging frame can contain one or more paging occasions (POs), or the start point of a specific PO. A PO can contain one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions (PDCCHMOs). Therefore, a PO can be composed of multiple time slots (such as subframes, time slots, or OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols). Paging-related DCIs (paging DCIs) can be transmitted in these time slots. UEs in the RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE states will use the DRX (Discontinuous Reception) method to receive paging messages to reduce device power consumption.

[0135] Specifically, the UE monitors a PO in each DRX cycle and obtains the paging DCI that it may contain. In multi-beam operation, the UE assumes that the same paging message and the same short message will be repeatedly transmitted in all transmitted beams; therefore, beam selection should be determined by the UE. The paging message is the same for both paging initiated by the access network and paging initiated by the core network.

[0136] For example, the paging frame and PO calculation formula used for paging may include:

[0137] The SFN (SystemFrameNumber) of a paging frame, which is also a basic PF calculation method, satisfies the following formula:

[0138] (SFN+PF_offset)modT=(TdivN)*(UE_IDmodN)

[0139] The index i_s of PO satisfies the calculation formula:

[0140] i_s = floor(UE_ID / N) mod Ns

[0141] For example, the calculation method for UE_ID includes: if the UE's operating mode is eDRX (ExtendedDRX, Extended Discontinuous Reception Mode), then:

[0142] UE_ID = 5G-S-TMSImod4096

[0143] otherwise:

[0144] UE_ID = 5G-S-TMSImod1024

[0145] Where T is the UE's DRX period, i.e., the paging period; N is the number of paging frames in a paging period, which is determined by the parameter nAndPagingFrameOffset; PF_offset is the frame number offset of the paging frame, which is determined by the parameter nAndPagingFrameOffset; Ns is the number of POs in a paging frame, which is determined by the parameter ns.

[0146] For example, the PDCCHMO used for paging is determined by the parameter pagingSearchSpace. When the SearchSpaceId configured for pagingSearchSpace is equal to 0 (SearchSpaceZero), the monitoring method of the PDCCHMO used for paging is the same as the monitoring method of the PDCCHMO obtained by SIB1 (System Information Block 1) (RMSI). In this case, the value of Ns can only be 1 or 2.

[0147] For example, when Ns=1, that is, there is only one PO in a paging frame, the PO starts from the first PDCCHMO used for paging in the paging frame.

[0148] For example, when Ns=2, that is, there are two POs in a paging frame, these two POs are located in the first half of the paging frame (i_s=0) and the second half of the paging frame (i_s=1). In order to increase the sleep time of the base station, it is possible to adjust the relevant configuration so that there is only one PO in a paging frame, or so that all the POs in a paging frame are located in the first half of the frame.

[0149] Furthermore, if the UE has obtained firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPO and nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO from higher-layer signaling, the paging frame can configure PDCCHMO based on these two parameter values ​​obtained from higher-layer signaling.

[0150] For example, when the SearchSpaceId configured for pagingSearchSpace is not equal to 0, the UE will monitor the (i_s+1)th PO based on its UE_ID. A PO is a set of S*X consecutive PDCCHMOs, where S is the number of SSBs actually transmitted, and its value can be determined according to the parameter ssb-PositionsInBurst; X is the number of PDCCHMOs corresponding to each SSB beam. If the higher layer does not configure this value, it defaults to 1. The monitoring timing of the [x*S+K]th PDCCH used for paging in the PO corresponds to the Kth transmitted SSB (SSB sequence number is K), where x = 0, 1, ..., X-1, K = 1, 2, ..., S.

[0151] Furthermore, for example, the PDCCHMO corresponding to each SSB in the PO is arranged sequentially, i.e., SSB1, SSB2, ...; SSB1, SSB2, ..., so that the MO corresponding to each SSB is evenly distributed in the PO, thereby achieving the function of beam scanning.

[0152] For example, for consecutive PDCCHMOs, referring to the existing coreset and SearchSpace configurations, the monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot of SearchSpace defines the number of coresets in an MO; duration defines the duration of the MO (slot level); and the duration of the coreset defines the duration of the coreset (symbol level). Together, they define the MO configuration in a PDCCH monitoring action.

[0153] For example, a paging frame may contain Ns*S*X PDCCHMOs. POs can be segmented based on the number of MOs, and the PO sequence number is defined using i_s. The coreset and searchspace only define the search method and the temporal arrangement / relationship of MOs, and do not define the relationship between the paging frame, POs, and MOs.

[0154] For example, in the embodiments of this application, since it is necessary to cluster paging frames together in the time domain as much as possible to increase the base station sleep time, additional paging resources (one or more additional paging frames) need to be adjacent to the first paging frame in the time domain, and the system frame numbers of paging frames that are adjacent in the time domain are consecutive.

[0155] In one feasible implementation, the paging time-domain mode adjustment method further includes operations S102 to S103:

[0156] S102: The network device sets the first paging configuration and / or the second paging configuration for the UE.

[0157] And / or,

[0158] S103: The network device sets the first paging frame calculation method and / or the second paging frame calculation method for the UE.

[0159] For example, in order to save energy consumption of base station sending paging information, the paging time domain mode can be adjusted by setting paging configuration and paging frame calculation method for UE through network equipment, thereby achieving the purpose of energy saving and consumption reduction. Setting paging configuration for UE includes setting at least one of first paging configuration and second paging configuration. Setting paging frame calculation method for UE includes setting at least one of first paging frame calculation method and second paging frame calculation method. The first paging configuration is the basic scheme. In the embodiments of this application, the following schemes are considered to set the first paging configuration to increase the base station sleep time.

[0160] A basic approach involves retaining only one paging frame within each paging cycle T, increasing the number of Page Entities (POs) in the paging frames (the number of POs to be increased can be determined based on the reduced number of paging frames), increasing the Ns value, and adjusting the corresponding parameter configurations. Since the possible values ​​for the current paging cycle T are specified by the parameter PagingCycle (32ms, 64ms, 128ms, and 256ms), and the possible values ​​for the number of paging frames N in the current paging cycle are specified by the parameter nAndPagingFrameOffset (T, 1 / 2T, 1 / 4T, 1 / 8T, and 1 / 16T), nAndPagingFrameOffset must be expanded to at least 1 / 32T, 1 / 64T, 1 / 128T, and 1 / 256T to ensure that N reaches 1 for any given paging cycle T value.

[0161] For example, another basic approach is to not reduce the number of paging frames within a paging period T, but instead cluster them at the beginning (or other position) of a paging period. The first paging frame is then used by the regular UE (the position of this paging frame can be derived from the existing paging frame calculation formula), while subsequent paging frames are used by the R19 UE. The network device can also adjust the paging frame calculation formula for the R19 UE to eliminate the time interval between paging frames and cluster paging frames within a paging period together, as follows:

[0162] (SFN+PF_offset)modT=UE_IdmodN

[0163] For example, another basic scheme is as follows: based on the existing paging frame calculation formula, UEs will be mapped to the corresponding paging frames in sequence according to their UE_ID. In order to increase the base station's sleep time, R19UE can be mapped to a set of concentrated paging frames, so that the base station can sleep during the time of the remaining paging frames (which should be sent). A group_ID can be configured for R19UE to replace UE_ID when calculating the paging frame and PO corresponding to the UE, and UEs with the same group_ID will be restricted to the same paging frame. By setting group_ID, the base station can ensure that the UE is mapped to a specific paging frame, rather than being evenly distributed throughout the entire paging period.

[0164] For example, the network device in the embodiments of this application may refer to the communication base station in the 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) and the core network (5GC). In order to further increase the sleep time of the base station and improve the corresponding operation process, this application proposes an enhanced scheme based on the above-mentioned basic schemes, namely, the network device sets a second paging configuration for the UE, and sets at least one of the first paging frame calculation method and the second paging frame calculation method for the UE.

[0165] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, only two paging frames are retained in each cycle, where the first paging frame is the basic paging frame and the second paging frame is an additional paging frame (there may be more than one; after the first paging frame is defined as the basic paging frame, all other paging frames can be additional paging frames). Additional paging configuration information is added to R19 UE (and / or ordinary UE), which can be indicated by adding the parameter PCCH-config-R19.

[0166] In one feasible implementation, the paging time-domain mode adjustment in this embodiment includes the network device setting a second paging configuration for the UE. Specifically, it can be done through an additional paging frame calculation method and additional paging configuration information to instruct the UE to locate the basic paging frame and / or additional paging frame according to the additional paging frame calculation method and additional paging configuration information. The additional paging configuration information includes the new version of the radio resource control parameters, or the additional paging resource configuration parameters added in the current version of the radio resource control parameters.

[0167] For example, the first paging configuration includes the current version of the paging control channel configuration, i.e., PCCH-Config, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one;

[0168] The second paging configuration includes the new version of the paging control channel configuration PCCH-Config-R19, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

[0169] In an optional implementation, the network device sets a second paging configuration for the UE, which can add a new version of the RRC (Radio Resource Control) parameter PCCH-config-r19, i.e., a new version of the radio resource control parameter. The RRC parameter PCCH-config-r19 is used to configure some information related to the adjustment of the time domain mode of the UE and the paging frame.

[0170] In another alternative implementation, the network device sets a second paging configuration for the UE. Additional paging resource configuration parameters can be added to the current version of the RRC parameter PCCH-config. The RRC parameter is used to configure some information related to the UE and the paging frame time-domain mode adjustment.

[0171] For example, the paging configuration is used to instruct the UE to configure paging-related information, and the paging frame calculation method is used to instruct the UE to calculate the system frame number of the paging frame.

[0172] For example, the paging time-domain mode adjustment method further includes: configuring paging indication information for the UE, wherein the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use at least one of a first paging configuration, a second paging configuration, a first paging frame calculation method, and a second paging frame calculation method, and the paging indication information is configured in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

[0173] For example, when the paging indication information is a first preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use the first paging configuration and / or the first paging frame calculation method;

[0174] When the paging indication information is a second preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use at least one of the first paging configuration, the second paging configuration, and the second paging frame calculation method.

[0175] For example, paging indication information is also used to instruct the UE to change the paging configuration and / or the paging frame calculation method.

[0176] In some embodiments of this application, a parameter can be added to DownlinkConfigCommonSIB of SIB1 to indicate the activation and deactivation of the paging power-saving adjustment mode, specifically as follows:

[0177] If NESPaging-Activation-r19 is set to 1, it indicates that the paging power-saving adjustment mode is activated. In this case, the enhanced scheme of the second paging configuration, as well as at least one of the basic paging frame calculation method and the adjusted paging frame calculation method are adopted. For example, a basic paging frame may use the basic paging frame calculation method, while an additional paging frame may use the adjusted paging frame calculation method, or both a basic paging frame and an additional paging frame may use the adjusted paging frame calculation method. If NESPaging-Activation-r19 is set to 0, it indicates that the paging power-saving adjustment mode is deactivated. In this case, the basic scheme of the first paging configuration and the basic paging frame calculation method are adopted. Alternatively, a parameter is added to DCI 1-0 to indicate the activation and deactivation of the paging power-saving adjustment mode. DCI 1-0 can be scrambled by SI-RNTI, PRNTI, or C-RNTI, and the added parameter is 1 bit.

[0178] For example, the first paging configuration includes at least one of paging period, number of paging frames and paging frame offset, and number of paging opportunities.

[0179] For example, based on the basic scheme, the enhanced scheme of this application embodiment includes at least one of the following: paging period, number of paging frames and paging frame offset, additional number of paging frames and paging frame offset, number of paging opportunities, additional number of paging opportunities, and physical random access channel resources.

[0180] For example, the unit of the paging period is a radio frame, and the paging period configuration options include a first paging period preset value, a second paging period preset value, a third paging period preset value, a fourth paging period preset value, a fifth paging period preset value, a sixth paging period preset value, and a seventh paging period preset value. The paging period configuration options include at least one of these seven preset values, namely:

[0181] PagingCycle::=ENUMERATED{rf4,rf8,rf16,rf32,rf64,rf128,rf256}

[0182] For example, the unit of the number of paging frames is a radio frame, and the configuration options for the number of paging frames in the paging frame number and paging frame offset include at least one of the following: a first preset value for the number of paging frames, a second preset value for the number of paging frames, a third preset value for the number of paging frames, a fourth preset value for the number of paging frames, a fifth preset value for the number of paging frames, a sixth preset value for the number of paging frames, a seventh preset value for the number of paging frames, and an eighth preset value for the number of paging frames. The configuration of the number of paging frames includes at least one of eight preset values, namely at least one of oneT, halfT, quarterT, oneEighthT, oneSixteenthT, oneThirtySecondT, oneSixtyFourthT, and oneHundredTwentyEighthT.

[0183] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, the network device enables ordinary UEs (i.e., current version UEs) and R19 new version UEs to use basic paging frames and additional paging frames simultaneously by setting a second paging configuration, and appropriately increases the number of POs in the paging frames.

[0184] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, by setting a second paging configuration to enable the R19UE to support at least two paging frames within a paging cycle T, one feasible option is to not adjust the parameter configuration of the basic paging frame offset nAndPagingFrameOffset, but only adjust the parameter configuration of the paging cycle defaultPagingCycle, as shown below:

[0185] PagingCycle-r19::=ENUMERATED{rf4,rf8,rf16,rf32}

[0186] For example, if the value of PagingCycle is too small, the paging period T will be too short, resulting in a reduction in the base station sleep time. Therefore, the parameter configuration of the paging period should be adjusted appropriately.

[0187] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, the R19UE is configured to support at least two paging frames within a paging period T by setting a second paging configuration. Another feasible option is to not adjust the configuration of the paging period defaultPagingCycle, but only adjust the configuration of the basic paging frame offset nAndPagingFrameOffset, as shown below:

[0188] Both of the above schemes can enable R19UE to support the configuration of at least two paging frames within a paging period T.

[0189] For example, the paging cycle parameter configuration can also be adjusted through the second paging configuration, as well as the parameter configuration of the number of paging frames and the basic paging frame offset.

[0190] For example, considering the number of R19 UEs that need to be served, it is also possible to add X paging frames after the first paging frame, making the value of X less than N-1 (the specific value of X can be determined according to the number of R19 UEs that need to be configured, and can be 0). Therefore, if there are X additional paging frames within a paging cycle T, another feasible option in a feasible enhancement scheme is to simultaneously adjust the configuration of defaultPagingCycle and nAndPagingFrameOffset. If X additional paging frames are set, then:

[0191] For example, the unit of the paging frame offset in the number of paging frames and the paging frame offset is a radio frame, and the paging frame offset is any one of the preset lower bound to the preset upper bound of the paging frame offset.

[0192] For example, the configuration options for the additional number of paging frames and the paging frame offset are the same as those for the paging frame number and paging frame offset.

[0193] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, the paging cycle parameter configuration is adjusted through the second paging configuration, and the parameter configuration of the number of paging frames and the basic paging frame offset is also adjusted. Another feasible option is to keep only 2 paging frames in each paging cycle, use one paging frame (assuming it is the first paging frame, i.e., the basic paging frame) for ordinary UEs (the position of this paging frame can be derived through the basic paging frame calculation formula), and use the second paging frame, i.e., the extra paging frame, for R19 UEs, while increasing the number of POs in the second paging frame to ensure that R19 UEs have the opportunity to receive paging information.

[0194] In some embodiments, the value of N is indicated for both the ordinary UE and the R19 UE, that is, in addition to the above-mentioned feasible enhancement scheme, an additional paging frame offset nAndPagingFrameOffset is added to another feasible option, such as adding additional-nAndPagingFrameOffset-r19, as follows:

[0195] In INTEGER(0..127), the number on the left is the lower bound of the paging frame offset, which is generally 0. The preset upper bound of the paging frame offset is the number on the right of the parentheses, which can be 1, 37, ..., 127, etc. Only R19UE can understand the additonalnAndPagingFrameOffset-r19. In order to distinguish between the N understood by ordinary UE and the N understood by R19UE, the N understood by R19UE will be represented as R19-N in the following text.

[0196] For example, the configuration option for the number of paging opportunities includes at least one of a first number of paging opportunities, a second number of paging opportunities, and a third number of paging opportunities, wherein the first number of paging opportunities is 1, the second number of paging opportunities is 2, and the third number of paging opportunities is 4.

[0197] The unit for the number of paging opportunities is a radio frame. The number of paging opportunities is any one of the preset lower bound to the preset upper bound of the number of paging opportunities. The range of values ​​formed by the lower bound and the upper bound of the number of paging opportunities is ns-r19=INTEGER(1..127).

[0198] For example, the configuration options for the number of additional paging opportunities are the same as those for the number of paging opportunities.

[0199] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, another feasible option is to increase the number of POs (Positions) Ns in the basic PF and / or the second PF for the ns value of the paging resource. For example, let Ns = (N-1) * Ns_pre, where Ns_pre is the existing Ns configuration, with values ​​{1, 2, 4}. When the number of additional PFs is X, it is also possible to increase the number of POs Ns in the basic PF and / or the additional PF, for example, let Ns = (N-1) * Ns_pre / X. Therefore, for different paging frame configurations, more PO configurations can be provided, that is, more value options can be added to ns-r19.

[0200] For example, the parameter type of ns-r19 can be set to INTEGER to add more value options. The description of ns-r19 can be: Option 1: ns-r19 is only used for ordinary PFs; Option 2: ns-r19 is only used for additional PFs; Option 3: ns-r19 is used for both ordinary and additional PFs; or, Option 4: Add additional-ns-r19 to separately indicate the number of POs in an additional PF. This parameter should not be applied to the basic PF, and its value options are the same as those for the basic PF.

[0201] For example, in this embodiment, since paging frames are clustered onto certain system frame numbers in the paging cycle, the value range of paging frame_offset can also be increased accordingly. An optional way to adjust PF_offset is as follows:

[0202] Because there is no issue of repeated paging frame temporal arrangement patterns, there are always N possible PF_offsets regardless of the specific value of N.

[0203] This embodiment provides a paging time-domain mode adjustment method. By adjusting the time-domain mode of paging frames, a basic paging frame and an additional paging frame are retained in each paging cycle. The basic paging frame and the additional paging frame are adjacent in the time domain. This ensures that only a small number of paging frames are retained in each paging cycle. The first paging frame is used by ordinary UEs, and the remaining paging frames are used by R19 UEs. The number of POs in the remaining paging frames is increased to provide more paging resources. With only minor adjustments to the existing protocol architecture, the energy-saving gain of the base station is effectively improved, while the paging-related service performance of the UE is effectively protected.

[0204] Second Embodiment

[0205] Referring to Figure 2, which is a flowchart illustrating the paging time-domain mode adjustment method according to the second embodiment, this embodiment, based on the aforementioned first embodiment, includes a method for configuring physical random access channel resources comprising:

[0206] S201, Set the Physical Random Access Channel Configuration Index. The Physical Random Access Channel Configuration Index is used to indicate the PRACH resources that the UE can use.

[0207] And / or,

[0208] S202, Change the parameter value of the PRACH configuration index in system information block one;

[0209] And / or,

[0210] S203, Add an additional physical random access channel configuration index to System Information Block 1.

[0211] For example, embodiments of this application consider that if a large number of POs are added to one or a few paging frames, it is possible for a large number of UEs to receive paging messages simultaneously within a short time interval, leading to conflicts when they accept paging and perform contention-based random access. Therefore, additional PRACH resources can be added after additional paging frames (which may be the second paging frame or a paging frame other than the second paging frame) to allow R19 UEs to have more ROs available. For example, additional PRACH configurations can be added so that the PRACH indexes contained in them point to richer PRACH resource configuration schemes.

[0212] For example, in an optional implementation, a new Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) configuration index parameter, prach-ConfigurationIndex, can be added to the new version of the Radio Resource Control (PCCHConfig) parameter R19 to directly indicate PRACH resource configuration adjustments. The PRACH configuration index is used to indicate the PRACH resources available to the UE, as follows:

[0213] For example, if the prach-ConfigurationIndex value configured in a System Information Block SIB 1 is 0, then the prach-ConfigurationIndex value configured in PCCH-Config-R19 can be set to 27 to increase the RO density.

[0214] For example, in an alternative implementation, the parameter value of the PRACH configuration index prach-ConfigurationIndex can also be adjusted in System Information Block 1, i.e., SIB1, and the system information change can be indicated in Paging DCI (Paging Downlink Control Information). It should be understood that this option will adjust the PRACH resource configuration of ordinary UEs, which may lead to access congestion.

[0215] For example, in an optional implementation, an additional PRACH configuration index parameter, additionalPrach-ConfigurationIndex-r19, can be added to System Information Block 1 (SIB1) to indicate the additional PRACH resources available to the R19 UE, as follows:

[0216] For example, the additional PRACH resources available to the R19 UE can be indicated by adding the parameter additionalPrach-ConfigurationIndex-r19 to the new version of the unlimited resource control parameter PCCH-Config-R19, as follows:

[0217] For example, methods for adjusting paging resource types available in the new version of UE include:

[0218] Add usage indication parameters to the basic paging frame. The usage indication parameters of the basic paging frame include a first indication state and a second indication state. The first indication state and the second indication state are used to indicate the paging resources available for the new version of the UE.

[0219] For example, in an alternative implementation, considering whether R19 UE can use the paging resources allocated to ordinary UEs, i.e., the first paging frame, if the base station determines whether R19 UE can use the first paging frame, an additional 1-bit parameter needs to be added to the PCCH configuration to indicate this, as follows: The basic paging frame usage indication parameter `useFirstPFForPaging-r19` is set as follows:

[0220] Specifically, if the parameter `useFirstPFForPaging-r19` is set to the first indicator state (Boolean value 1), it means that R19 UE can use the first paging frame within each paging period T. If `useFirstPFForPaging-r19` is set to the second indicator state (Boolean value 0), it means that R19 UE cannot use the first paging frame within each paging period T, that is, R19 UE cannot use the paging frame that satisfies the following formula for ordinary UEs: (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = UE_ID mod 1

[0221] For example, in this application embodiment, the paging frame calculation method includes: instructing the UE to calculate the system frame number of the paging frame based on at least one of the paging period, the number of paging frames, the paging frame offset, and the UE identifier.

[0222] In some embodiments, the paging frame calculation method specifically includes setting the first paging frame calculation method such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period is equal to the product of the quotient of the paging period divided by the number of paging frames and the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames. That is, for a normal UE, the system frame number of the paging frame is calculated as follows: (SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)

[0223] Alternatively, in an optional implementation, the first paging frame is calculated by setting the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period to be equal to the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames. That is, the UE calculates the system frame number of the paging frame as follows: (SFN+PF_offset)mod T=(UE_ID mod N).

[0224] In another optional implementation, the second paging frame calculation method can be set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset, modulo the paging period, is equal to the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames, where the number of paging frames is the total number of paging frames or the number of additional paging frames. That is, the UE calculates the system frame number of the paging frame as: (SFN + PF_offset) mod T = UE_ID mod R19 - N

[0225] If R19-N does not exist, then this value is N.

[0226] For example, in the embodiments of this application, the paging frame as described above includes at least one basic paging frame, and the paging frames other than the basic paging frame are additional paging frames. The sum of the system frame number of the basic paging frame and the paging frame offset is moduloed by the paging period to obtain a result of 0.

[0227] For example, the current version UE may be a UE that does not support the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the 3GPP; the new version UE may be a UE that supports the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the 3GPP. In some embodiments, the current version UE may be a UE that does not support the paging time domain mode adjustment function in the network power saving function of 3GPP Release 19; the new version UE may be a UE that supports the paging time domain mode adjustment function in the network power saving function of 3GPP Release 19.

[0228] Basic paging frames and additional paging frames are used by the current version of the UE and the new version of the UE; and / or, basic paging frames are used by the current version of the UE and additional paging frames are used by the new version of the UE; and / or, basic paging frames are used by the current version of the UE and the new version of the UE and additional paging frames are used by the new version of the UE.

[0229] In this embodiment, the basic paging frame and the additional paging frame can be used by the current version UE (i.e., the ordinary UE) and the new version UE (i.e., the R19 UE) in some cases. In other cases, the ordinary UE uses the basic paging frame and the R19 UE uses the additional paging frame. Or, in some cases, both the ordinary UE and the R19 UE can use the basic paging frame, but only the R19 UE can use the additional paging frame.

[0230] This embodiment, through the above-described scheme, specifically adds a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) configuration index; or adjusts the parameter value of the PRACH configuration index in System Information Block 1; or adds an additional PRACH configuration index in System Information Block 1. The additional PRACH configuration index is used to indicate the adjustment of PRACH resource configuration so that the new version UE can use additional PRACH resources. It also specifically sets a first paging frame calculation method and a second paging frame calculation method to compensate for the network equipment performance problems that may be caused by reducing the number of paging frames, ensuring the normal access of the UE, thereby effectively improving the energy saving gain of the base station, and effectively protecting the paging-related service performance of the UE.

[0231] Third Embodiment

[0232] Referring to Figure 3, which is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method of this application, this embodiment, based on the aforementioned first embodiment, further includes:

[0233] S301, The network device instructs the UE to determine whether the paging period is an odd period or an even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame;

[0234] S302, When the paging cycle is an odd number of cycles, the network device will configure the paging frame offset to 0;

[0235] S303, when the paging period is an even number of periods, the network device configures the paging frame offset to the number of paging frames.

[0236] For example, in order to extend the base station's sleep time as much as possible, the time-domain mode of the paging frame can be further adjusted based on the embodiment shown in Figure 1 (without adjusting the resource quantity configuration of paging frames, PO, and MO). The paging frames of odd-numbered periods can be clustered at the beginning of the period, and the paging frames of even-numbered periods can be clustered at the end of the period. In some embodiments, referring to Figure 4, which is a schematic diagram of the paging frame time-domain mode adjustment provided by an embodiment of this application, as shown in Figure 4, if the paging frames of odd-numbered periods and even-numbered periods are placed at the beginning and end of the period respectively, the continuous sleep time of the base station can be further increased. In order to achieve the adjustment, the PF_offset of the odd-numbered period can be set to 0, and the PF_offset of the even-numbered period can be set to X+1 (X can be 0), where X is the number of additional paging frames.

[0237] In addition, extra parameters can be added to the paging configuration to indicate the parity of the paging period. Adding extra parameters indicates the activation and deactivation of the supplementary scheme. Network devices can add extra configuration parameters in relevant configuration information such as PCCH-config to indicate whether the paging period corresponding to the system frame number of the specified paging frame is an odd period or an even period.

[0238] For example, the network device instructs the UE to determine whether the paging period is an odd or even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame, including:

[0239] When the quotient of the paging frame's system frame number and the paging period modulo 2 is 0, the paging period is an odd-numbered period; when the quotient of the paging frame's system frame number and the paging period modulo 2 is 1, the paging period is an even-numbered period.

[0240] For example, the UE can determine whether the paging period to which the paging frame belongs is an odd or even period by the parity of the system frame number of the paging frame: when (PF_offset / T)%2==0, the paging period is an even period; when (PF_offset / T)%2==1, the paging period is an odd period; or, when (PF_offset / T)%2==0, the paging period is an odd period; when (PF_offset / T)%2==1, the paging period is an even period.

[0241] In this embodiment, the paging period is further refined into odd-numbered periods and even-numbered periods, and a time-domain arrangement mode for the paging frames is designed for each period. This further optimizes the time-domain configuration mode of the paging frames, allowing paging frames in odd-numbered periods to cluster at the beginning of the period and paging frames in even-numbered periods to cluster at the end of the period. This extends the base station's sleep time as much as possible, effectively improving the base station's energy-saving gain, while also effectively protecting the UE's paging-related service performance.

[0242] Fourth embodiment

[0243] Referring to Figure 5, which is a flowchart illustrating the paging time-domain mode adjustment method according to the third embodiment, this embodiment, based on the aforementioned first embodiment, further includes S401, adding a system information block, the system information block including at least one of paging resource configuration identifier, physical random access channel configuration index, and association information between paging resources and physical random access channel resources.

[0244] For example, in another alternative implementation, it is also possible to choose not to add additional PCCH configuration, but to directly add parameters that only R19UE can understand to the existing PCCH configuration. For example, the PCCH-Config can be rewritten in the following format:

[0245] It should be understood that all newly added parameter names can be modified; this is only an illustration of the parameter format and content.

[0246] Additionally, it should be noted that if the configuration for ordinary UEs is not adjusted and they can only use the first paging frame, then ordinary UEs will still monitor subsequent paging frames (calculated by the formula) after detecting the first paging frame, even if these paging frames do not actually exist. Solutions could include, for example, setting sparser paging resources in the PCCH-Config configured for ordinary UEs.

[0247] For example, in one optional implementation, the paging time-domain mode adjustment method proposed in this application may further include the following operations:

[0248] A new system information block SIB26 is added. SIB26 includes at least one of the following: paging resource configuration identity information pagingResourceId-r19 (i.e., paging resource configuration identifier), physical random access channel PRACH configuration index, and paging resource and PRACH resource association information pagingRelationId-r19.

[0249] For example, the paging resource configuration identifier is used to indicate the sequence number of the paging resource configuration, and the association information between the paging resource and the physical random access channel resource is used to instruct the UE to select the available paging resource and the available physical random access channel resource.

[0250] For example, considering that there may be multiple options for additional paging configuration and that the corresponding PRACH configuration resources may be different for each option, it is possible to consider adding a paging identity parameter to indicate the additional paging configuration, and associating the PRACH configuration resource indication with the new paging identity parameter. A specific implementation could be, for example, adding a new system information block SIB26 and having it carry the associated information. SIB26 contains relevant information about the additional paging resources and PRACH resources, which can be used by the UE in energy-saving cells, as follows: Let SIB26 information element:

[0251] Among them, pagingRelationId-r19 is the association information between paging resources and PRACH resources, used to associate additional paging resources and PRACH resources. The UE can select the available paging resources and PRACH resources through pagingRelationId-r19. pagingResourceId-r19 is the paging resource configuration identity information, used to indicate the identity information of the paging resource configuration. By associating the corresponding paging resource (PCCH-Config-r19 or pagingSearchSpace-r19) with the paging identity information, the corresponding specific configuration can be directly indexed through the paging identity information when needed.

[0252] For example, instead of increasing the number of POs Ns in the additional paging frames (the second / xth paging frames), one can choose to increase the number of MOs per PO.

[0253] For example, when the basic paging frame is used by the current version of the UE and the additional paging frame is used by the new version of the UE, the configuration method for the paging period, the number of paging frames, and the paging frame offset includes:

[0254] Adjust the parameter configuration of the number of basic paging frames and the basic paging frame offset, and add the number of additional paging frames and the additional paging frame offset;

[0255] For example, in one feasible enhancement scheme, another feasible option is to retain only 2 paging frames in each paging cycle, use one of the paging frames (assuming it is the first paging frame, i.e., the basic paging frame) for ordinary UEs (the position of this paging frame can be derived from the original formula), and use the second paging frame, i.e. the extra paging frame, for R19 UEs, while increasing the number of POs in the second paging frame to ensure that R19 UEs have the opportunity to receive paging information.

[0256] In some embodiments, the value of N is indicated for both the ordinary UE and the R19 UE, that is, in addition to the above-mentioned feasible enhancement scheme, an additional paging frame offset nAndPagingFrameOffset is added to another feasible option, such as adding additional-nAndPagingFrameOffset-r19, as follows:

[0257] Among them, only R19UE can understand the additional-nAndPagingFrameOffset-r19.

[0258] In this embodiment, by adding parameters that only R19 UEs can understand to the existing PCCH configuration to adjust the paging frame time domain mode, adding a paging identity parameter to indicate additional paging configuration, and associating the PRACH configuration resource indication with it, the energy saving gain of the base station is effectively improved, while effectively protecting the paging-related service performance of the UE.

[0259] For example, the paging time-domain mode adjustment method further includes the network device configuring a new time-domain mode for the paging-related downlink control physical channel monitoring timing for the UE, wherein the downlink control physical channel monitoring timing is used to instruct the UE to monitor paging-related downlink control information.

[0260] For example, the network device adjusts the time-domain mode of the MO during the paging-related downlink control physical channel (PDCCH) monitoring in the PO. The first one or more paging frames within each paging period T are reserved for use by ordinary UEs without adjusting their configuration (paging frame calculation method, number of POs in the paging frame, MO configuration in the search space, etc.). The remaining paging frames are then used by R19 UEs, and their arrangement and number of POs can be adjusted. Simultaneously, the arrangement of POs or MOs within POs can be adjusted, i.e., making the POs more closely spaced, or making the MOs within the POs more closely spaced.

[0261] For example, in this embodiment, the method for setting the time-domain mode of the new paging-related downlink control physical channel monitoring timing includes setting a new control resource set, setting a new search space, and setting at least one of the following: setting additional paging-related parameters.

[0262] For example, additional coresets (i.e., new control resource sets) and SearchSpaces (i.e., new search spaces) can be designed for R19 UEs to make the temporal configuration of MO more compact, so that the POs in the paging frames used by R19 UEs are clustered at the beginning (or other parts) of the paging frames, thereby increasing the base station's sleep time in each paging cycle T.

[0263] For example, a method for setting up a novel control resource set includes:

[0264] If the currently configured control resource set is the initial control resource set, then instruct the UE to use the new search space preset table and / or the preset table of the new control resource set;

[0265] The temporal search method for paging-related control resource sets is adjusted based on the preset tables of the new search space and / or the preset tables of the new control resource sets.

[0266] For example, the search space preset table is used to adjust the paging resource configuration of the paging search space and adjust the detection granularity of the UE;

[0267] The control resource set preset table is used to adjust the configuration of the control resource set and the arrangement of monitoring times in the monitoring time slot.

[0268] For example, if the currently configured paging search space is the initial paging search space, then:

[0269] The monitoring time slot is changed from two consecutive time slots to one time slot;

[0270] Add a preset table for the paging search space, and / or set a new paging search space based on the preset table for the paging search space;

[0271] A search space indication parameter is added to the radio resource control set. The indication parameter is used to indicate the index of the preset table of paging search space that the user equipment should select.

[0272] For example, if the network device configures the control resource set coreset for the UE as the initial control resource set ControlResourceSetZero, then a new control resource set preset table is added. In an optional implementation, taking the case where the subcarrier spacing of PDCCH and SSB is 15kHz and the channel bandwidth is 3MHz or 5MHz as an example, the new control resource set is shown in Table 1 below:

[0273] Table 1 Preset Control Resource Set Table

[0274] For example, if the currently configured paging search space is set to the initial paging search space SearchSpaceZero, the UE will use the same procedure as the initial access to detect paging DCI. To make paging resource configuration more flexible, the detection granularity can be reduced, that is, adjustments can be made to the existing (Type0-PDCCH) search method, changing the monitoring time slot from two consecutive time slots to one, and defining a new SearchSpace table. For example, a preset table can be added to pagingSearchSpace, and a new parameter SearchSpacePaging-r19 can be added as the table index. This instructs the R19 UE to select the preset table with the corresponding sequence number as the paging search space configuration based on the parameter value. The specific length of this parameter is determined by the number of optional configurations in the preset table (in this scheme, it is tentatively set to 2 bits, that is, 4 preset MO optional configurations, which can be added or modified later).

[0275] Assuming that in the initial version of this new scheme, the additional tables preset for the paging search space can only be used in the FR1 scenario (the original tables can be used in the FR2 scenario), then the newly preset tables are illustrated in Table 2 below:

[0276] Table 2 Preset Table for Paging Search Space

[0277] In this table, O and M are the time-domain configuration parameters for MO, used to calculate monitoring frames and monitoring time slots; i is the SSB index, used to indicate the MO start symbol position corresponding to different SSBs. This table sets four different time-domain MO configuration schemes, allowing each monitoring time slot to contain 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 MOs respectively, thus enriching the time-domain configuration methods for MOs and adding the option to allow monitoring time slots to carry more MOs. Base stations can select a denser MO time-domain arrangement mode (such as sequence numbers 2 and 3) when needed, and appropriately increase or decrease the number of monitoring frames to adjust the overall paging resources.

[0278] For example, the process of setting additional paging-related parameters includes:

[0279] If the paging search space configured for the UE by the network device is not the initial paging search space, an additional paging search space configuration parameter is added to the radio resource control set so that the new version UE can perform downlink control physical channel monitoring through the configuration information in the additional paging search space configuration parameter. The additional paging search space configuration parameter is a preset integer type parameter, and the value range of the additional paging search space configuration parameter is 1-2599.

[0280] For example, if the paging search space configured for the UE by the network device is SearchSpaceZero, then the indicator parameter SearchSpacePaging is added to the RRC information element IE PDCCH-ConfigCommon as follows: SearchSpacePaging::=INTEGER(0..15)

[0281] The SearchSpacePaging parameter indicates the index of the preset table of the paging search space that the UE should select.

[0282] For example, the process of setting additional paging-related parameters includes:

[0283] If the paging search space configured for the UE by the network device is not the initial paging search space, then an additional paging search space configuration parameter is added to the radio resource control set so that the new version UE can perform PDCCH monitoring through the configuration information in the additional paging search space configuration parameter.

[0284] For example, if the paging search space configured for the UE by the network device is not the initial paging search space SearchSpaceZero, then an additional paging search space configuration parameter additionalPagingSearchSpace is added to the RRC information element IE PDCCH-ConfigCommon:

[0285] additionalPagingSearchSpace-r19

[0286] SearchSpaceId

[0287] If the network device configures the additional PagingSearchSpace configuration parameter for the new version UE, the new version UE can use the configuration information in additional PagingSearchSpace to perform PDCCH monitoring.

[0288] For example, a new parameter, additionalPagingSearchSpacer19, is added to PDCCH-ConfigCommon. This parameter contains additional paging search space configurations, allowing the R19 UE to obtain two search space configurations simultaneously.

[0289] `additionalPagingSearchSpace-Activation-r19` indicates the activation / deactivation of the additional paging search space. When `additionalPagingSearchSpace-Activation-r19` is set to 1, the R19 UE can use the additional paging search space configuration; when `additionalPagingSearchSpace-Activation-r19` is set to 0, the R19 UE cannot use the additional paging search space configuration. `useLegacyPagingSearchSpace-r19` indicates whether the R19 UE can use the search space configuration in `pagingSearchSpace`. When `useLegacyPagingSearchSpace-r19` is set to 1, the R19 UE can use the search space configuration in `pagingSearchSpace`; when `useLegacyPagingSearchSpace-r19` is set to 0, the R19 UE cannot use the search space configuration in `pagingSearchSpace`.

[0290] Alternatively, activation / deactivation of additional paging search space can be indicated in the Paging DCI, using spare bits in the short message to add relevant indication information.

[0291] Alternatively, you can add some parameters to the existing SearchSpace. The SearchSpace configuration after adding parameters is as follows:

[0292] In this embodiment, the temporal domain modes of PO and MO within each paging frame have been improved to make PO and MO as closely arranged as possible. Specifically, by adding coreset and SearchSpace pre-configuration tables and related processes, adding SearchSpace configuration sets, and adjusting the PDCCH search mode, the base station can obtain longer time slots and symbol-level sleep time, thereby improving energy saving gains.

[0293] It should be understood that the methods disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be applied to all 5G base stations that have network energy-saving requirements and support the general channel / signal time-domain adjustment function described in this proposal. As long as the 5G base station supports the adjustment or functional evolution of paging resources (including paging message, paging DCI, PCCH configuration, etc.), the solution can be applied.

[0294] Network energy saving is a crucial technology for reducing operator operating costs and improving environmental friendliness. It is also one of the technologies that 5G equipment needs to support and evolve over the long term. Due to the higher performance requirements of 5G networks and equipment, their energy consumption has increased significantly compared to the 4G era, thus significantly increasing the importance of applying energy-saving technologies in 5G commercial base stations. However, the application of network energy-saving technologies may lead to a decrease in data transmission rates and communication reliability, thereby affecting UE performance and user experience. Therefore, network energy-saving technologies still need continuous evolution, and more rigorous and reliable energy-saving technologies need to be proposed. Due to the broadcast nature of general channels / signals, they often need to be transmitted periodically, causing base stations to be in a periodic wake-up / sleep state switching state. Therefore, one way to reduce base station energy consumption is to adjust the time-domain mode of general channels / signals. Applying the scheme described in this proposal allows base station equipment to have a longer sleep time during the paging process, thereby increasing base station energy saving gains and reducing base station equipment operating costs.

[0295] In light to medium load scenarios with fewer users, the paging time-domain resource adjustment scheme proposed in this proposal can extend the periodic sleep time of base station equipment, thereby reducing the additional energy consumption, improving the network's resource / energy utilization efficiency, and reducing the operating cost of base stations.

[0296] In medium-to-high load scenarios with a large number of users, the energy-saving solution described in this proposal can effectively maintain the balance between base station energy consumption and user equipment performance. That is, while reducing base station energy consumption to a certain extent, it ensures that user equipment performance is not affected, thereby reducing the operating cost of the base station.

[0297] It should be noted that the above examples are only for understanding this application and do not constitute a limitation on the paging time domain mode adjustment method of this application. Any simple transformations based on this technical concept are within the protection scope of this application.

[0298] This application provides a paging time-domain mode adjustment device, which includes: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the paging time-domain mode adjustment method in the above embodiment 1.

[0299] Referring now to Figure 6, a schematic diagram of a paging time-domain mode adjustment device suitable for implementing embodiments of this application is shown. The paging time-domain mode adjustment device in embodiments of this application may include, but is not limited to, mobile terminals such as mobile phones, laptops, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), PADs (Portable Application Description), PMPs (Portable Media Players), in-vehicle terminals (e.g., in-vehicle navigation terminals), and fixed terminals such as digital TVs and desktop computers. The paging time-domain mode adjustment device shown in Figure 6 is merely an example and should not impose any limitations on the functionality and scope of use of embodiments of this application.

[0300] As shown in Figure 6, the paging time-domain mode adjustment device may include a processing unit 1001 (e.g., a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, etc.), which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in read-only memory (ROM) 1002 or a program loaded from storage device 1003 into random access memory (RAM) 1004. The RAM 1004 also stores various programs and data required for the operation of the paging time-domain mode adjustment device. The processing unit 1001, ROM 1002, and RAM 1004 are interconnected via a bus 1005. An input / output (I / O) interface 1006 is also connected to the bus. Typically, the following systems can be connected to I / O interface 1006: input devices 1007 including, for example, touchscreens, touchpads, keyboards, mice, image sensors, microphones, accelerometers, gyroscopes, etc.; output devices 1008 including, for example, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), speakers, vibrators, etc.; storage devices 1003 including, for example, magnetic tapes, hard disks, etc.; and communication devices 1009. Communication device 1009 allows the paging time-domain mode adjustment device to communicate wirelessly or wiredly with other devices to exchange data. Although paging time-domain mode adjustment devices with various systems are shown in the figures, it should be understood that it is not required to implement or possess all the systems shown. More or fewer systems may be implemented alternatively.

[0301] Specifically, according to the embodiments disclosed in this application, the processes described above with reference to the flowcharts can be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments disclosed in this application include a computer program product comprising a computer program carried on a non-volatile computer-readable medium, the computer program containing program code for performing the methods shown in the flowcharts. In such embodiments, the computer program can be downloaded and installed from a network via a communication device, or installed from storage device 1003, or installed from ROM 1002. When the computer program is executed by processing device 1001, it performs the functions defined in the methods of the embodiments disclosed in this application.

[0302] The paging time-domain mode adjustment device provided in this application adopts the paging time-domain mode adjustment method in the above embodiments. Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the paging time-domain mode adjustment device provided in this application are the same as the beneficial effects of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method provided in the above embodiments. Moreover, other technical features in the paging time-domain mode adjustment device are the same as the features disclosed in the method of the previous embodiment, and will not be described in detail here.

[0303] It should be understood that the various parts disclosed in this application can be implemented using hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the description of the above embodiments, specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics can be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.

[0304] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that cannot be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of the claims.

[0305] This application provides a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions (i.e., a computer program) stored thereon, the computer-readable program instructions being used to execute the paging time-domain mode adjustment method in the above embodiments.

[0306] The non-volatile computer-readable storage medium provided in this application can be, for example, a USB flash drive, but is not limited to electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor systems, devices, or any combination thereof. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: electrical connections with one or more wires, portable computer disks, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fibers, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, or any suitable combination thereof. In this embodiment, the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium can be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that can be used by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, system, or device. The program code contained on the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium can be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wires, optical cables, RF (Radio Frequency), etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

[0307] The aforementioned computer-readable storage medium may be included in the paging time-domain mode adjustment device; or it may exist independently and not assembled into the paging time-domain mode adjustment device.

[0308] Computer program code for performing the operations of this application can be written in one or more programming languages ​​or a combination thereof. These programming languages ​​include object-oriented programming languages—such as Java, Smalltalk, and C++—and conventional procedural programming languages—such as the "C" language or similar programming languages. The program code can be executed entirely on the user's computer, partially on the user's computer, as a standalone software package, partially on the user's computer and partially on a remote computer, or entirely on a remote computer or server. In cases involving remote computers, the remote computer can be connected to the user's computer via any type of network—including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN)—or can be connected to an external computer (e.g., via the Internet using an Internet service provider).

[0309] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of this application. In this regard, each block in a flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, segment, or portion of code containing one or more executable instructions for implementing a specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions indicated in the blocks may occur in a different order than those indicated in the drawings. For example, two consecutively indicated blocks may actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each block in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, may be implemented using a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or operation, or using a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0310] The modules described in the embodiments of this application can be implemented in software or hardware. The names of the modules do not necessarily limit the functionality of the unit itself.

[0311] The readable storage medium provided in this application is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. This non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable program instructions (i.e., a computer program) for executing the above-described paging time-domain mode adjustment method, and can solve the technical problem of paging time-domain mode adjustment. Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the computer-readable storage medium provided in this application are the same as the beneficial effects of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method provided in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0312] This application also provides a computer program product, including a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the operation of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method described above.

[0313] The computer program product provided in this application can solve the technical problem of paging time-domain mode adjustment. Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the computer program product provided in this application are the same as the beneficial effects of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method provided in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0314] The above description is only a part of the embodiments of this application and does not limit the patent scope of this application. All equivalent structural transformations made under the technical concept of this application and using the contents of the specification and drawings of this application, or direct / indirect applications in other related technical fields, are included in the patent protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A paging time-domain mode adjustment method, wherein, The method is applied to a network device that is communicatively connected to a user equipment (UE), and the method includes: In each paging cycle of the UE, at least one paging frame that is adjacent in the time domain is set, and the system frame numbers of the paging frames that are adjacent in the time domain are consecutive.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: The network device sets a first paging configuration and / or a second paging configuration for the UE. And / or, The network device sets a first paging frame calculation method and / or a second paging frame calculation method for the UE.

3. The method as described in claim 2, wherein, The paging configuration is used to instruct the UE to configure paging-related information, and the paging frame calculation method is used to instruct the UE to calculate the system frame number of the paging frame.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, The method further includes: Paging indication information is configured for the UE, the paging indication information being used to instruct the UE to use at least one of the first paging configuration, the second paging configuration, the first paging frame calculation method, and the second paging frame calculation method, the paging indication information being configured in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, When the paging indication information is a first preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use the first paging configuration and / or the first paging frame calculation method; When the paging indication information is a second preset value, the paging indication information is used to instruct the UE to use at least one of the first paging configuration, the second paging configuration, and the second paging frame calculation method.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, The paging indication information is also used to instruct the UE to change the paging configuration and / or the paging frame calculation method.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein, The first paging configuration includes at least one of the following: Paging cycle; Number of paging frames and paging frame offset; Number of paging opportunities.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein, The second paging configuration includes at least one of the following: Paging cycle; Number of paging frames and paging frame offset; Additional paging frames and paging frame offset; Number of paging opportunities; Additional paging opportunities; Physical random access channel resources.

9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein, The paging period is measured in radio frames, and the configuration options for the paging period include at least one of the following: First paging cycle preset value; Second paging cycle preset value; Third paging cycle preset value; Fourth paging cycle preset value; Fifth paging cycle preset value; Sixth paging cycle preset value; The preset value for the seventh paging cycle.

10. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein, The unit for the number of paging frames is a radio frame, and the configuration options for the number of paging frames in the number of paging frames and the paging frame offset include at least one of the following: Preset value for the number of first paging frames; Preset value for the number of second paging frames; Preset value for the number of third paging frames; The preset value for the number of fourth paging frames; The preset value for the number of fifth paging frames; Preset value for the number of sixth paging frames; Preset value for the number of seventh paging frames; The preset value for the number of eighth paging frames.

11. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein, The unit of the paging frame offset in the number of paging frames and the paging frame offset is a wireless frame, and the paging frame offset is any one of the preset lower bound to the preset upper bound of the paging frame offset.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein, The configuration options for the additional number of paging frames and the paging frame offset are the same as those for the paging frame number and paging frame offset.

13. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein, The configuration options for the number of paging opportunities include at least one of the following: Number of first paging opportunities; Number of second paging opportunities; The third paging opportunity quantity.

14. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein, The unit for the number of paging opportunities is a wireless frame, and the number of paging opportunities is any one of the preset lower bound to the preset upper bound of the number of paging opportunities.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein, The configuration options for the number of additional paging opportunities are the same as those for the number of paging opportunities.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein, The method for configuring the physical random access channel resources includes: Set a physical random access channel configuration index, which is used to indicate the PRACH resources that the UE can use; And / or, Change the parameter value of the PRACH configuration index in system information block one; And / or, Add an additional physical random access channel configuration index to the system information block one.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, The method further includes: The activation and / or deactivation of the additional physical random access channel configuration index is indicated by paging related downlink control information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein: The activation and / or deactivation of the additional physical random access channel configuration index is indicated by the fifth bit of the short message in the paging-related downlink control information.

19. The method of claim 2, wherein: The first paging configuration includes the paging control channel configuration of the current version, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one; The second paging configuration includes a new version of the paging control channel configuration, which is contained in the downlink general configuration system information block one of system information block one.

20. The method of claim 3, wherein, The paging frame calculation method includes: The system frame number of the paging frame is calculated based on at least one of the paging period, the number of paging frames, the paging frame offset, and the UE identifier.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein, The paging frame calculation method further includes: The first paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period is equal to the product of the quotient of the paging period divided by the number of paging frames and the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames. And / or, The first paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset, modulo the paging period, is equal to the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames. and, The second paging frame calculation method is set such that the sum of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging frame offset modulo the paging period is equal to the value of the UE identifier modulo the number of paging frames, where the number of paging frames is the number of paging frames or the number of additional paging frames.

22. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, 7 to 8, wherein, The paging frame includes at least one basic paging frame. The paging frames other than the basic paging frames are additional paging frames. The sum of the system frame number of the basic paging frame and the offset of the paging frame is moduloed by the paging cycle to get a result of 0.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, The UE includes the current version UE and the new version UE. The current version UE is a UE that does not support the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the third generation partner agreement, and the new version UE is a UE that supports the paging time domain mode adjustment function under the target version of the third generation partner agreement.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein: The basic paging frame and the additional paging frame are for use by the current version UE and the new version UE; And / or, The basic paging frame is used by the current version of the UE, and the additional paging frame is used by the new version of the UE. And / or, The basic paging frame is used by the current version UE and the new version UE, and the additional paging frame is used by the new version UE.

25. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, 7 to 8, wherein, The method further includes: The network device instructs the UE to determine whether the paging period is an odd or even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame; When the paging period is an odd number of periods, the network device configures the paging frame offset to 0; When the paging period is an even number of periods, the network device configures the paging frame offset to the number of paging frames.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein, The network device instructs the UE to determine whether the paging period is an odd or even period based on the system frame number of the paging frame, including: When the quotient of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging period modulo 2 is 0, the paging period is the odd period; when the quotient of the system frame number of the paging frame and the paging period modulo 2 is 1, the paging period is the even period.

27. The method of claim 4, wherein, The method further includes adding a new system information block, wherein the system information block includes at least one of the following: Paging resource configuration identifier; Physical random access channel configuration index; Information relating paging resources to physical random access channel resources.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein, The paging resource configuration identifier is used to indicate the sequence number of the paging resource configuration, and the association information between the paging resource and the physical random access channel resource is used to instruct the UE to select the available paging resource and the available physical random access channel resource.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: The network device configures a new time-domain mode for monitoring the paging-related downlink control physical channel for the UE. The downlink control physical channel monitoring timing is used to instruct the UE to monitor paging-related downlink control information.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein, The method for setting the time-domain mode of the new paging-related downlink control physical channel monitoring timing includes at least one of the following: Establish a new set of control resources; Establish a new search space; Configure additional paging-related parameters.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein, The method for setting up the new control resource set includes: If the currently configured control resource set is the initial control resource set, then the UE is instructed to use the new search space preset table and / or the new control resource set preset table; The temporal search method for paging-related control resource sets is adjusted based on the preset table of the novel search space and / or the preset table of the novel control resource set.

32. The method of claim 30 or 31, wherein: The preset search space table is used to adjust the paging resource configuration of the paging search space and adjust the detection granularity of the UE; The preset table for the control resource set is used to adjust the configuration of the control resource set and the arrangement of monitoring opportunities in the monitoring time slots.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein, If the currently configured paging search space is the initial paging search space, then: The monitoring time slot is changed from two consecutive time slots to one time slot; Add a preset table for the paging search space, and / or set a new paging search space based on the preset table for the paging search space; A search space indication parameter is added to the radio resource control set. The indication parameter is used to indicate the index of the preset table of the paging search space that the user equipment should select.

34. The method of claim 30, wherein, The process of setting the additional paging-related parameters includes: If the paging search space configured by the network device for the UE is not the initial paging search space, an additional paging search space configuration parameter is added to the radio resource control set so that the new version UE can perform downlink control physical channel monitoring through the configuration information in the additional paging search space configuration parameter. The additional paging search space configuration parameter is a preset integer type parameter, and the value range of the additional paging search space configuration parameter is 1-2599.

35. A paging time-domain mode adjustment device, wherein, The device includes: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being configured to implement the paging time-domain mode adjustment method as described in any one of claims 1-34.

36. A storage medium, wherein, The storage medium is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program is stored on the storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the operation of the paging time-domain mode adjustment method as described in any one of claims 1-34.

37. A computer program product, wherein, The computer program product includes a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the paging time-domain mode adjustment method as described in any one of claims 1-34.

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