Paging monitoring method, terminal, network device, apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a paging monitoring method, a terminal, a network device, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receiving a first PEI or a second PEI that is sent by a network device, wherein the first PEI is used for indicating monitoring information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used for indicating monitoring information for the second PO; and determining, on the basis of the first PEI or the second PEI, whether to monitor a PO corresponding to the terminal, wherein the first PO is a PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal having a PO adaptation capability.

Description

Paging monitoring method, terminal, network device, apparatus and storage medium

[0001] Cross-reference to Related Applications

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application No. 202510137170.2, filed on February 7, 2025, and entitled "Paging monitoring method, terminal, network device, apparatus and storage medium", which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and particularly relates to a paging monitoring method, a terminal, a network device, an apparatus and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0004] Paging Early Indication (PEI) mechanism refers to that a terminal attempts to receive a PEI before receiving a paging, the PEI is an additional indication before the paging, which indicates whether the terminal needs to receive the paging in the next Paging Occasion (PO), so that the terminal does not need to perform a monitoring process every Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle, and only needs to perform the indication of the PEI before the PO, if the PEI indicates that the next PO needs to be monitored, the terminal initiates a Paging Downlink Control Indication (DCI) monitoring process, otherwise the terminal does not initiate the process, and the PEI mechanism brings significant energy saving gain to the terminal.

[0005] In the related art, in order to obtain greater energy saving gain, more POs are considered to be configured in a Paging Frame (PF), in this case, the PEI mechanism needs to be enhanced. SUMMARY

[0006] The present disclosure provides a paging monitoring method, a terminal, a network device, an apparatus and a storage medium, to enhance the PEI mechanism and achieve greater energy saving gain.

[0007] In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a paging monitoring method applied to a terminal, the method comprising:

[0008] receiving a first Paging Early Indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by a network device, the first PEI being used to indicate monitoring information for a first Paging Occasion (PO) and a second PO, and the second PEI being used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO;

[0009] determine whether to listen to a PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0010] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0011] In a second aspect, the disclosure also provides a paging listening method applied to a network device, the method comprising:

[0012] determining a first PEI or a second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate listening information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate listening information for the second PO;

[0013] sending the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal;

[0014] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0015] In a third aspect, the disclosure also provides a terminal comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0016] The memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0017] receiving a first paging early indication PEI or a second PEI sent by a network device; the first PEI is used to indicate listening information for a first paging opportunity PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate listening information for the second PO;

[0018] determining whether to listen to a PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0019] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0020] In a fourth aspect, the disclosure also provides a network device comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0021] The memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transceive data under control of the processor; and the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

[0022] determining a first PEI or a second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate listening information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate listening information for the second PO;

[0023] send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal;

[0024] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0025] In a fifth aspect, the present disclosure further provides a paging monitoring apparatus, which comprises:

[0026] a receiving unit configured to receive a first paging early indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by a network device, wherein the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO;

[0027] a first determining unit configured to determine whether to monitor a PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0028] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0029] In a sixth aspect, the present disclosure further provides a paging monitoring apparatus, which comprises:

[0030] a second determining unit configured to determine the first PEI or the second PEI, wherein the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO;

[0031] a sending unit configured to send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal;

[0032] The first PO is another PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptation capability.

[0033] In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure further provides a non-transitory readable storage medium, which stores a program for causing a processor to execute the paging monitoring method according to the first aspect or the paging monitoring method according to the second aspect.

[0034] In an eighth aspect, the present disclosure further provides a communication device, which stores a program for causing the communication device to execute the paging monitoring method according to the first aspect or the paging monitoring method according to the second aspect.

[0035] Ninthly, this disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform the paging monitoring method described in the first aspect above, or to perform the paging monitoring method described in the second aspect above.

[0036] In a tenth aspect, this disclosure also provides a chip product storing a program for causing the chip product to execute the paging monitoring method described in the first aspect above, or to execute the paging monitoring method described in the second aspect above.

[0037] The paging monitoring method, terminal, network device, apparatus, and storage medium disclosed herein send a first PEI or a second PEI to the terminal through the network device. The first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO. The second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability, thereby avoiding some problems existing in the PEI mechanism of related technologies, effectively supporting the configuration of more POs in a PF, and facilitating greater energy saving gains. Attached Figure Description

[0038] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or related technologies of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or related technologies will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are some embodiments of this disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0039] Figure 1 is a schematic flowchart of one of the paging monitoring methods provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of Example 1 PO configuration provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0041] Figure 3 shows Example 1 provided by the embodiments of this disclosure, i_s number and i PO Diagram showing the correspondence between numbering systems;

[0042] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of Example 2 PO configuration provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0043] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of Example 3PO configuration provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0044] Figure 6 shows Example 3, i_s number and i, provided in the embodiments of this disclosure. PO Diagram showing the correspondence between numbering systems;

[0045] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of Example 4 PO configuration provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0046] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an example 5 PO configuration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0047] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an example 6 i_s numbering and i PO numbering correspondence relationship;

[0048] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a second flow of a paging monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0049] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0050] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0051] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a paging monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0052] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a paging monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0053] In the present disclosure, the term "and / or" is used to describe an association relationship between associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can mean that there are three cases of A alone, A and B together, and B alone. The character " / " generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after it.

[0054] In the present disclosure, the term "a plurality of" means two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0055] In the present disclosure, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchanged as appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first", "second" are usually of a kind and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more.

[0056] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0057] The related art indicates whether the terminal needs to receive a paging in the next PO through the PEI. The terminal does not need to perform a listening process every DRX cycle, but only needs to perform the indication of the PEI before the PO. If the PEI indicates that the next PO needs to be listened to, the terminal initiates a paging DCI listening process, otherwise the process will not be initiated, thereby bringing significant energy saving gain.

[0058] A prerequisite for the execution of the PEI is that the terminal needs to know its own subgroup identifier (ID). When the network side executes, the terminals in the cell are divided into several subgroups, and each subgroup is allocated a subgroup ID. The terminals in each subgroup have the same subgroup ID. In the related art, up to 8 subgroup IDs are configured for each PO. The subgroup ID of each terminal is indicated by the access and mobility management function (AMF) through non-access layer (NAS) signaling. If the AMF does not allocate a subgroup ID to a certain terminal, or if the cell only supports UE_ID based subgrouping (subgrouping based on terminal identifier), i.e., all terminals in the cell calculate the subgroup ID through their own terminal identifier, the core network does not make any allocation.

[0059] The related art uses DCI format 2_7 as the PEI, which is scrambled by PEI-RNTI. RNTI refers to radio network temporary identity (RNTI). The size of the PEI is indicated by the high-level parameter payloadSizeDCI-2_7, and the maximum is 41 bits (43 bits for unlicensed bands). The PEI includes a paging indication field and a tracking reference signal (TRS) indication field (TRS availability indication). Among them, the size of the paging indication field is determined by the number of POs indicated by the PEI and the number of subgroups corresponding to the PO. The number of POs indicated by the PEI is indicated by the parameter po-NumPerPEI, and the number of subgroups corresponding to the PO is indicated by the parameter subgroupsNumPerPO.

[0060] The network side instructs each subgroup of the po-NumPerPEI POs within a paging cycle. The terminal determines the PO number it should listen to based on its own subgroup. Within that paging cycle, the terminal only listens to one PO. Reflected in the bitwise representation, the terminal only focuses on the bit value of a specific bit corresponding to its own subgroup. If the bit value is 1, it listens to its corresponding PO; otherwise, it does not listen. In related technologies, the value range of the parameter po-NumPerPEI is [po-NumPerPEI-r17 ENUMERATED{po1,po2,po4,po8}].

[0061] In related technologies, the number of POs within a PF is determined by the N of the PCCH-Config information element (IE) in System Information Block 1 (SIB1). S Parameter configuration, N in related technologies S The maximum value is 4, meaning that a maximum of 4 POs can exist within a single PF. To achieve a denser PO configuration and thus obtain greater energy savings, one can consider configuring more POs within a single PF, i.e., increasing N. S For example, N S Expand to 16 or larger.

[0062] Introducing more POs (i.e., expanding N) into a PF (i.e., increasing N) S After that, directly reusing the existing PEI mechanism in related technologies will have some problems, such as: the existing PEI mechanism in related technologies is for N S Designed for 4, with a maximum bit count of 41 bits, denser PO configurations will lack sufficient bits to carry the monitoring instructions for these POs. Directly reusing existing PEI mechanisms in related technologies will lead to insufficient indication accuracy. Indications for additional POs need to avoid impacting legacy terminals; directly reusing existing PEI mechanisms in related technologies will cause confusion for legacy terminals. Directly reusing existing PEI mechanisms in related technologies... S This also leads to a large number of PEI transmissions, which is detrimental to energy saving. Therefore, this disclosure proposes an enhancement scheme for the PEI mechanism.

[0063] Figure 1 is a flowchart of one of the paging monitoring methods provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to a terminal. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes the following steps 101 and 102.

[0064] Step 101: Receive a first paging early indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by the network device; the first PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the first paging opportunity (PO) and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the second PO.

[0065] Step 102: Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal.

[0066] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0067] Specifically, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the network device (e.g., a base station) can send a first PEI or a second PEI to the terminal. The first PEI is used to indicate listening information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate listening information for the second PO. The second PO refers to the PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability, which can also be understood as introducing more POs (i.e., expanding N) within a PF. S After that, the additional POs (or additional POs) added relative to the legacy POs can only be monitored by terminals with PO adaptive capabilities. The first PO can also be understood as a legacy PO.

[0068] The first PO can be used by the first terminal and the second terminal to receive paging indication information, and the second PO can be used by the second terminal to receive paging indication information. The first terminal is a terminal without PO adaptive capability and can receive paging indication information in the first PO; the second terminal is a terminal with PO adaptive capability and can receive paging indication information in either the first PO or the second PO.

[0069] Before receiving a paging request, the terminal can receive a first PEI or a second PEI. Based on the bit value of a certain bit in the first PEI or the second PEI, it can determine whether it needs to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal. Thus, the terminal does not need to perform the listening process in every DRX cycle. It only needs to execute the indication of the PEI before the PO. If the PEI indicates that the next PO needs to be listened to, the terminal initiates the paging DCI listening process. Otherwise, it does not initiate the process, thus bringing significant energy-saving gains to the terminal.

[0070] The paging monitoring method provided in this embodiment sends a first PEI or a second PEI to a terminal through a network device. The first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a second PO. The second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability, thereby avoiding some problems existing in the PEI mechanism of related technologies by directly reusing it. It effectively supports configuring more POs in a PF and is conducive to obtaining greater energy saving gains.

[0071] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a tracking reference signal (TRS) indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0072] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0073] Specifically, the first PEI may include three bit fields: a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field is used to carry a monitoring indication for the first PO, the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal, and the second paging indication field is used to carry a monitoring indication for the second PO. By designing independent indication fields for the first PO and the second PO respectively, the influence of the introduction of the second PO on the indication of the first PO can be avoided.

[0074] In some embodiments, the first PEI is carried by DCI format 2_7 and includes three bit fields: a first paging indicator field, a TRS indicator field, and a second paging indicator field. The first paging indicator field carries a listening indication for the first PO and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a first PO; the TRS indicator field is located after the first paging indicator field and is used to carry an indication of the TRS signal; the second paging indicator field is located after the TRS indicator field and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a second PO.

[0075] The second PEI may include two bit fields, namely the third paging indication field and the TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry the monitoring indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry the indication for the TRS signal. The second PEI is only used to indicate the second PO and TRS. The first PO can use the existing PEI indication scheme, thereby avoiding the impact on the indication of the first PO after the introduction of the second PO.

[0076] In some embodiments, the second PEI is carried by DCI format 2_7 and includes two bit fields: a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field carries the listening indication for the second PO and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a second PO; the TRS indication field is located after the third paging indication field and is used to carry the indication for the TRS signal.

[0077] In some embodiments, determining whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal based on a first PEI or a second PEI includes:

[0078] Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine the i corresponding to the terminal. PO The value;

[0079] Based on the i corresponding to the terminal PO The value determines the target bit in the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0080] Based on the bit value of the target bit, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal;

[0081] Among them, i PO Numbers used to identify all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0082] Specifically, after receiving the first PEI or the second PEI, the terminal can first determine the i corresponding to the terminal. PO The value of i in the various embodiments of this disclosure PO This refers to the PO number within PEI. Determine i PO After that, the terminal can be based on i PO The value of the target bit in the first PEI or the second PEI can be used to determine whether it is necessary to listen to a specific bit of the PO corresponding to the terminal. For example, if the bit value of the target bit is 1, then listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal; otherwise, if it is 0, do not listen.

[0083] In this way, the terminal and the network side have a consistent understanding of the PO indicated by each bit in the first PEI or the second PEI, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the monitoring indication.

[0084] In some embodiments, after receiving the first PEI, the terminal can determine whether to listen to the first PO or the second PO based on its corresponding PO number i_s (i_s means that all POs in a PF are numbered according to their time-domain positions, that is, the index of the PO in the PF), and then calculate i. PO The value (if it is the first PO, the existing i can be used) PO (Calculation formula), then based on i PODetermine a specific bit in the first PEI, and based on that bit, determine the listening behavior for the corresponding PO within the current PF for that terminal.

[0085] In some embodiments, the terminal can determine whether to monitor the first PO or the second PO based on its corresponding PO number i_s. If it determines to monitor the second PO, the terminal receives the second PEI and calculates i_s. PO The value, and then based on i PO Determine a specific bit in the second PEI, and based on that bit, determine the monitoring behavior for the corresponding PO within the current PF for that terminal.

[0086] In some embodiments, among all the PO numbers indicated by the first PEI, the first PO takes precedence. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. One in order; or...

[0087] Of all the PO numbers indicated by the second PEI, the second PO is numbered from 0 to... Numbered sequentially;

[0088] in, Indicates the number of the first PO indicated by the first PEI. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0089] For example, for the first PEI, i PO The meaning is the numbering of all POs (including the first PO and the second PO) indicated by a PEI, where the first PO ranks first. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. This sequence ensures that the first PO has the correct order. PO We can reuse the existing i PO The calculation formula remains unaffected. Within each of the two PO types, they can be sorted sequentially according to their original PO numbering order i_s.

[0090] For example, for the second PEI, i PO The meaning is that a PEI indicates the numbers of all POs (only the second PO), where there is no first PO, and the second POs are ordered sequentially according to the original PO numbers i_s. PO From 0 to This ensures the accuracy of the monitoring instructions.

[0091] In some embodiments, i PO Determined based on the terminal identifier and the index of the PO within the paging frame PF.

[0092] Specifically, i POThis refers to the PO number within the PEI, whose value is related to both the terminal identifier (UE_ID) and the PO's index i_s within the PF. The terminal determines i_s... PO At this time, it is necessary to combine the terminal identifier of the terminal and the index of the corresponding PO in the PF to calculate in order to ensure the accuracy of the monitoring judgment.

[0093] In some embodiments, the i corresponding to the terminal PO The calculation formulas include:

[0094] Where UE_ID represents the terminal identifier, and N represents the number of PFs in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0095] For the first PEI, N S N represents the number of the first PO within a PF, and for the second PEI, N S Indicates the number of second POs within a PF;

[0096] i′_s is the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF, or a value obtained by modifying the index based on the first parameter, which includes one or more of the following:

[0097] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0098] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0099] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0100] The number of the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0101] The number of second POs within a PF.

[0102] Specifically, for the first PEI, when i PO When the corresponding PO number i_s belongs to the first PO, i PO The calculation can follow the existing calculation formula, that is... And when i PO When the corresponding PO number i_s belongs to the second PO, i PO The calculation needs to be modified based on the existing calculation formula, including changing i_s to i′_s. Change to To ensure i PO The actual meaning of this is that a PEI indicates the number of all POs, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the monitoring indication.

[0103] The following examples illustrate the solutions of this disclosure. It should be noted that, for ease of description, in the following examples, terminals with PO adaptive capability are referred to as second terminals, and terminals without PO adaptive capability are referred to as first terminals. S_1 N represents the number of first POs within a PF. S_2 N represents the number of all POs within a PF. S_3 This indicates the number of second POs within a PF.

[0104] The essence of the first PEI scheme is that the first terminal and the second terminal receive the same PEI. The first paging indication field in this PEI indicates the first PO, and the second paging indication field indicates the second PO. Therefore, the core of this scheme is that the second terminal determines the received PEI (in the case of multiple PEIs within a PF) based on its corresponding PO number i_s, and determines whether it is the first PO or the second PO. If it is the first PO, it is processed according to the existing standard protocol; if it is the second PO, i_s is determined according to the above formula. PO This allows us to determine the target bit position.

[0105] Example 1 (Scheme for the first PEI, a PEI indication across PF):

[0106] One PEI of the first terminal is associated with all POs within two PFs, and one PEI of the second terminal is associated with all POs within two PFs.

[0107] The following is based on N S_1 =4, N S_2 Taking 8 as an example, as shown in Figure 2, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of Example 1PO configuration provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted that in Figures 2 to 10, the rectangle filled with horizontal stripes represents the first PO, and the rectangle filled with diagonal stripes represents the second PO.

[0108] In Example 1, for both the first and second terminals, a PEI is associated with POs in two consecutive PFs. We will not focus on the processing within the first terminal or the processing of the first PO by the second terminal. Both can use the existing PEI mechanism. The following describes the processing of the second PO by the second terminal.

[0109] When the PO number i_s determined by the second terminal belongs to the second PO (i_s>N) S_1 The second terminal, based on the first PEI received, The value of each bit (i.e., the target bit) determines the paging instruction information. Among them, K is the total number of bits occupied by the first paging indicator field, and K is the number of subgroups of the first terminal; K TRS The TRS indicates the field size, which is configured by the SIB; i PO This is the PO number of the second PO within PEI, which can be calculated using a formula; K R19 This is the number of subgroups in the second terminal; i SG-R19 It is the subgroup ID corresponding to the second terminal.

[0110] For i PO The calculation formula, in the existing calculation formula Based on this, the value of i_s and Make modifications; the latter should be changed directly to That's sufficient, because we hope to obtain i. PO In practice, it means that a PEI indicates the numbers of all POs, with the first PO listed first. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. Within the two types of POs, the POs can be sorted sequentially according to their original PO numbering order i_s.

[0111] The modification of the value of i_s can be seen in Figure 3. Figure 3 shows the i_s number and i_s value in Example 1 provided by the embodiments of this disclosure. PO A diagram illustrating the numbering correspondence is shown in Figure 3. The upper part represents the numbering of i_s, which, according to the definition of i_s, is the sequential numbering of POs within each PF. The lower part represents the i that the scheme of this disclosure aims to calculate. PO Numbering, therefore, i PO The corresponding value of i_s in the formula is adjusted.

[0112] For the second PO within the first PF (PF1), The original i_s became For the second PO within the second PF (PF2), The original i_s became This modification satisfies i PO The practical significance of this. In calculating i... PO Then, the second terminal can determine the target bit. If the bit value of the target bit is 0, it will not listen to the corresponding PO in this PF. If the bit value of the target bit is 1, it will listen to the corresponding PO in this PF.

[0113] Example 2 (Solution for the first PEI, where there is only one PEI within a PF):

[0114] One PEI of the first terminal is associated with all first POs within the PF, and one PEI of the second terminal is associated with all POs within the PF.

[0115] The following is based on N S_1 =4, N S_2 The example is 8, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of Example 2PO configuration provided in the embodiment of this disclosure.

[0116] In Example 2, for the first terminal, one PEI is associated with all the first POs in the entire PF, and for the second terminal, one PEI is associated with all the POs in the entire PF.

[0117] When the PO number i_s determined by the second terminal belongs to the second PO (i_s>N) S_1 The second terminal, based on the first PEI received, The value of each bit (i.e., the target bit) determines the paging instruction information. At this time... The value of i_s here does not need to be adjusted because the current definition of the value of i_s is i. PO The intended practical meaning is: the numbering of all POs indicated by a PEI, where the first PO ranks first. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. Within the two types of POs, the POs can be sorted sequentially according to their original PO numbering order i_s.

[0118] Example 3 (Solution for the first PEI, where multiple PEIs exist within one PF):

[0119] One PEI of the first terminal is associated with the PO within the PF, and one PEI of the second terminal is associated with the PO within the PF.

[0120] When there are multiple candidate PEIs for a second terminal (at this time, the second paging indication field in these PEIs is not repeated), the network side must ensure that the information indicated by the first paging indication field in these PEIs is not repeated.

[0121] The following is based on N S_1 =4, N S_2 The example is 3PO, which is described using 8 as an example. As shown in Figure 5, Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the example 3PO configuration provided in the embodiment of this disclosure.

[0122] In Example 3, for both the first and second terminals, a PEI is associated with a portion of the POs within the corresponding PF. Each PEI indicates 4 POs (including the first PO and the second PO), of which there are 2 first POs. There are two second POs, so each PF has four second POs that require two PEIs to indicate them.

[0123] When the PO number i_s determined by the second terminal belongs to the second PO (i_s>N) S_1 The second terminal is primarily concerned with which PEI in the PEI-O parameter configuration it should receive. This PEI-O parameter is used to configure different PEIs (e.g., firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPEI-O). The network side can configure different PEI-O parameters for different PEIs. There may be multiple parameters in firstPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionOfPEI-O, the number of which depends on the network side configuration.

[0124] In the case of multiple PEIs, the first terminal can select the PEI number as the first one. The formula for a numbered PEI is to... The value is rounded down and then incremented by 1. For the second terminal, refer to Figure 6, which shows the example 3i_s number and i provided in this embodiment of the disclosure. PO Figure 6 shows a diagram illustrating the correspondence between the numbers. The second terminal expects to see the number (i.e., i). PO The numbering is determined by sorting the second POs sequentially according to the time domain after removing the first PO. Therefore, the selected PEI numbering formula should be determined as follows:

[0125] If the second PO corresponding to the second terminal is in the first PF, then the selected PEI number is the [number missing]. Each PEI has a unique identifier;

[0126] If the second PO corresponding to the second terminal is in the second PF, then the selected PEI number is the first. The second terminal selects a PEI number. After selecting the PEI number, the second terminal determines the first PEI to be received, and then selects the PEI number from the first PEI. The value of each bit (i.e., the target bit) determines the paging instruction information. Regarding i... PO The problem of determining i_s is that the second PO with i_s numbered 5, 6, 7, 8 should correspond to i_s. PO The numbers are 3, 4, 3, 4 (because PO5, PO6, PO7, and PO8 belong to two different PEIs, and i PO The definition is a PO number under PEI, as shown in Figure 6. At this time:

[0127] The original i_s became This modification satisfies i PO The practical significance of PEI. Id This refers to the PEI number selected by the second terminal.

[0128] After calculating i PO Then, the second terminal can determine the target bit. If the bit value of the target bit is 0, it will not listen to the corresponding PO in this PF. If the bit value of the target bit is 1, it will listen to the corresponding PO in this PF.

[0129] The biggest difference between the second PEI scheme and the first PEI scheme is that it no longer needs to consider the issues related to the first PO.

[0130] Example 4 (Second PEI scheme, for PEI indication across PF):

[0131] The second terminal's PEI is associated with all POs within two PFs. The following is based on N S_3 The example is 4, as shown in Figure 7. Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the example 4PO configuration provided in the embodiment of this disclosure.

[0132] for One PEI corresponds to two consecutive PFs. If the PO position corresponding to the second terminal is on the first PF, then the second terminal determines the position based on the (i)th PF in the received second PEI. PO ·K R19 +i SG-R19 The paging indication information is determined by the value of 10 bits (i.e., the target bit). If the PO position corresponding to the second terminal is on the second PF, then the second terminal still uses the (i)th position in the received second PEI. PO ·K R19 +i Sg-R19 The paging indication information is determined by the value of 10 bits (i.e., the target bit).

[0133] After calculating i PO Then, the second terminal can determine the target bit. If the bit value of the target bit is 0, it will not listen to the corresponding PO in this PF. If the bit value of the target bit is 1, it will listen to the corresponding PO in this PF.

[0134] Example 5 (Second PEI scheme, only one PEI within a PF):

[0135] The second terminal has one PEI associated with all POs within the PF. The following is based on N S_3 The example given is 4, as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of Example 5PO provided in the embodiment of this disclosure.

[0136] for At this time, there is only one second PEI in a PF, and the second terminal determines the (i)th PEI in the received second PEI. PO ·K R19 +i SG-R The paging indication information is determined by the value of 10 bits (i.e., the target bit).

[0137] After calculating i PO Then, the second terminal can determine the target bit. If the bit value of the target bit is 0, it will not listen to the corresponding PO in this PF. If the bit value of the target bit is 1, it will listen to the corresponding PO in this PF.

[0138] Example 6 (Second PEI scheme, multiple PEIs within one PF):

[0139] The second terminal has a PEI associated with a PO within the PF. The following is based on N S_3 The example given is 6i_s, as shown in Figure 9. Figure 9 shows the example 6i_s number and i provided in the embodiment of this disclosure. PO Diagram showing the correspondence between numbers.

[0140] for A PF contains multiple PEIs. The second terminal needs to first determine the PEI number and then receive the corresponding PEI. According to N S_3 =8, which confirms the existence of two PEIs, PEI-1 and PEI-2. Regardless of how many first POs precede the second PO, the second terminal prefers a numbering method that starts with the first second PO and sequentially numbers the second POs within the PF. Therefore, the second terminal chooses the PEI numbering as the [missing information]. Each PEI has a unique identifier.

[0141] After determining the PEI number, the second terminal uses the (i)th PEI received from the second PEI. PO ·K R19 +i SG-R19 The paging indication information is determined by the value of 10 bits (i.e., the target bit).

[0142] After calculating i PO Then, the second terminal can determine the target bit. If the bit value of the target bit is 0, it will not listen to the corresponding PO in this PF. If the bit value of the target bit is 1, it will listen to the corresponding PO in this PF.

[0143] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0144] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF and the second parameter, the number of the first PEI is determined. The second parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0145] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0146] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0147] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0148] The first PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0149] Specifically, when there are multiple PEIs within a PF, the terminal needs to first determine which PEI to receive. If there are multiple first PEIs within a PF, the terminal can determine the PEI number to be received based on i_s and one or more of the aforementioned second parameters after determining the listening PO number i_s, thus ensuring the accuracy of the listening instruction.

[0150] For example, in Example 3 mentioned above, if the second PO corresponding to the terminal is in the first PF, the formula for calculating the PEI number is: If the second PO corresponding to the terminal is in the second PF, the formula for calculating the PEI number is as follows:

[0151] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0152] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF and the third parameter, the number of the second PEI is determined. The third parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0153] The number of second POs within a PF;

[0154] The second PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0155] Specifically, in the case where there are multiple second PEIs within a PF, the terminal can determine the PEI number to be received based on i_s and one or more of the third parameters mentioned above after determining the PO number i_s, thereby receiving the PEI with that PEI number and ensuring the accuracy of the monitoring instruction.

[0156] For example, in Example 6 mentioned above, the formula for calculating the PEI number is:

[0157] Figure 10 is a second schematic flowchart of the paging monitoring method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to network devices (e.g., base stations). As shown in Figure 10, the method includes the following steps 1001 and 1002.

[0158] Step 1001: Determine the first PEI or the second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the second PO.

[0159] Step 1002: Send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal.

[0160] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0161] Specifically, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the network device can determine the first PEI or the second PEI based on the required PO monitoring information (the terminal and the network side have a consistent understanding that the PO indicated by each bit in the first PEI or the second PEI is consistent), and then send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal. The first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO. The second PO refers to the PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability, which can also be understood as introducing more POs within a PF (i.e., expanding N). S After that, the additional POs (or additional POs) added relative to the legacy POs can only be monitored by terminals with PO adaptive capabilities. The first PO can also be understood as a legacy PO.

[0162] The first PO can be used by the first terminal and the second terminal to receive paging indication information, and the second PO can be used by the second terminal to receive paging indication information. The first terminal is a terminal without PO adaptive capability and can receive paging indication information in the first PO; the second terminal is a terminal with PO adaptive capability and can receive paging indication information in either the first PO or the second PO.

[0163] Before receiving a paging request, the terminal can receive a first PEI or a second PEI. Based on the bit value of a certain bit in the first PEI or the second PEI, it can determine whether it needs to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal. Thus, the terminal does not need to perform the listening process in every DRX cycle. It only needs to execute the indication of the PEI before the PO. If the PEI indicates that the next PO needs to be listened to, the terminal initiates the paging DCI listening process. Otherwise, it does not initiate the process, thus bringing significant energy-saving gains to the terminal.

[0164] The paging monitoring method provided in this embodiment sends a first PEI or a second PEI to a terminal through a network device. The first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first PO and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a second PO. The second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability, thereby avoiding some problems existing in the PEI mechanism of related technologies by directly reusing it. It effectively supports configuring more POs in a PF and is conducive to obtaining greater energy saving gains.

[0165] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0166] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0167] Specifically, the first PEI may include three bit fields: a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field is used to carry a monitoring indication for the first PO, the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal, and the second paging indication field is used to carry a monitoring indication for the second PO. By designing independent indication fields for the first PO and the second PO respectively, the influence of the introduction of the second PO on the indication of the first PO can be avoided.

[0168] In some embodiments, the first PEI is carried by DCI format 2_7 and includes three bit fields: a first paging indicator field, a TRS indicator field, and a second paging indicator field. The first paging indicator field carries a listening indication for the first PO and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a first PO; the TRS indicator field is located after the first paging indicator field and is used to carry an indication of the TRS signal; the second paging indicator field is located after the TRS indicator field and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a second PO.

[0169] The second PEI may include two bit fields, namely the third paging indication field and the TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry the monitoring indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry the indication for the TRS signal. The second PEI is only used to indicate the second PO and TRS. The first PO can use the existing PEI indication scheme, thereby avoiding the impact on the indication of the first PO after the introduction of the second PO.

[0170] In some embodiments, the second PEI is carried by DCI format 2_7 and includes two bit fields: a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field carries the listening indication for the second PO and includes one or more blocks, each block corresponding to a second PO; the TRS indication field is located after the third paging indication field and is used to carry the indication for the TRS signal.

[0171] The methods provided in the various embodiments of this disclosure are based on the same technical concept, so the implementation of each method can be referred to each other, and repeated parts will not be described again.

[0172] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 11, the terminal includes a memory 1120, a transceiver 1110, and a processor 1100; wherein the processor 1100 and the memory 1120 may also be physically arranged separately.

[0173] The memory 1120 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 1110 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 1100.

[0174] In Figure 11, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 1100 and memory represented by memory 1120. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 1110 may be multiple components, including transmitters and receivers, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, etc. For different user equipment, user interface 1130 may also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices, including but not limited to keypads, displays, speakers, microphones, joysticks, etc.

[0175] The processor 1100 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1120 can store the data used by the processor 1100 when performing operations.

[0176] The processor 1100 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0177] The processor 1100 executes any of the methods provided in this disclosure embodiment according to the obtained executable instructions by calling a computer program stored in the memory 1120, including:

[0178] Receive a first paging early indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by a network device; the first PEI is used to indicate listening information for the first paging opportunity (PO) and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate listening information for the second PO.

[0179] Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal;

[0180] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0181] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a tracking reference signal (TRS) indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0182] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0183] In some embodiments, determining whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal based on a first PEI or a second PEI includes:

[0184] Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine the i corresponding to the terminal. PO The value;

[0185] Based on the i corresponding to the terminal PO The value determines the target bit in the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0186] Based on the bit value of the target bit, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal;

[0187] Among them, i PO Numbers used to identify all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0188] In some embodiments, among all the PO numbers indicated by the first PEI, the first PO takes precedence. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. One in order; or...

[0189] Of all the PO numbers indicated by the second PEI, the second PO is numbered from 0 to... Numbered sequentially;

[0190] in, Indicates the number of the first PO indicated by the first PEI. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0191] In some embodiments, i PO Determined based on the terminal identifier and the index of the PO within the paging frame PF.

[0192] In some embodiments, the i corresponding to the terminal PO The calculation formulas include:

[0193] Where UE_ID represents the terminal identifier, and N represents the number of PFs in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0194] For the first PEI, N S N represents the number of the first PO within a PF, and for the second PEI, N S Indicates the number of second POs within a PF;

[0195] i′_s is the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF, or a value obtained by modifying the index based on the first parameter, which includes one or more of the following:

[0196] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0197] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0198] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0199] The number of the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0200] The number of second POs within a PF.

[0201] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0202] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF and the second parameter, the number of the first PEI is determined. The second parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0203] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0204] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0205] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0206] The first PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0207] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0208] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF and the third parameter, the number of the second PEI is determined. The third parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0209] The number of second POs within a PF;

[0210] The second PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0211] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in Figure 12, the network device includes a memory 1220, a transceiver 1210, and a processor 1200; wherein the processor 1200 and the memory 1220 may also be physically arranged separately.

[0212] The memory 1220 is used to store computer programs; the transceiver 1210 is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor 1200.

[0213] In Figure 12, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 1200 and memory represented by memory 1220. The bus architecture may also link various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. A bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 1210 may be multiple elements, including transmitters and receivers, providing units for communicating with various other devices over transmission media, including wireless channels, wired channels, optical fibers, and other transmission media.

[0214] The processor 1200 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, while the memory 1220 can store the data used by the processor 1200 when performing operations.

[0215] The processor 1200 can be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA or CPLD, and the processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0216] The processor 1200 executes any of the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure according to the obtained executable instructions by calling a computer program stored in the memory 1220, including:

[0217] Determine the first PEI or the second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the second PO.

[0218] Send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal;

[0219] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0220] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0221] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0222] It should be noted that the terminals and network devices provided in this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0223] The paging monitoring device provided in the embodiments of this disclosure is described below. The paging monitoring device described below can be referred to in correspondence with the paging monitoring method described above.

[0224] Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of one of the paging and listening devices provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 13, the device includes:

[0225] The receiving unit 1310 is used to receive a first paging early indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by the network device; the first PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the first paging opportunity (PO) and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the second PO.

[0226] The first determining unit 1320 is used to determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0227] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0228] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a tracking reference signal (TRS) indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0229] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0230] In some embodiments, determining whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal based on a first PEI or a second PEI includes:

[0231] Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine the i corresponding to the terminal. PO The value;

[0232] Based on the i corresponding to the terminal PO The value determines the target bit in the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0233] Based on the bit value of the target bit, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal;

[0234] Among them, i PO Numbers used to identify all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0235] In some embodiments, among all the PO numbers indicated by the first PEI, the first PO takes precedence. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. One in order; or...

[0236] Of all the PO numbers indicated by the second PEI, the second PO is numbered from 0 to... Numbered sequentially;

[0237] in, Indicates the number of the first PO indicated by the first PEI. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

[0238] In some embodiments, i PO Determined based on the terminal identifier and the index of the PO within the paging frame PF.

[0239] In some embodiments, the i corresponding to the terminal PO The calculation formulas include:

[0240] Where UE_ID represents the terminal identifier, and N represents the number of PFs in a discontinuous reception DRX cycle. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0241] For the first PEI, N S N represents the number of the first PO within a PF, and for the second PEI, N S Indicates the number of second POs within a PF;

[0242] i′_s is the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF, or a value obtained by modifying the index based on the first parameter, which includes one or more of the following:

[0243] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0244] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0245] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0246] The number of the first PEI or the second PEI;

[0247] The number of second POs within a PF.

[0248] In some embodiments, the first determining unit 1320 is further configured to:

[0249] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF and the second parameter, the number of the first PEI is determined. The second parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0250] The number of first POs within a PF;

[0251] The number of all POs within a PF;

[0252] The first PEI indicates the number of the first PO;

[0253] The first PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0254] In some embodiments, the first determining unit 1320 is further configured to:

[0255] Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal within the PF and the third parameter, the number of the second PEI is determined. The third parameter includes one or more of the following:

[0256] The number of second POs within a PF;

[0257] The second PEI indicates the number of all POs.

[0258] Figure 14 is a second structural schematic diagram of the paging and monitoring device provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 14, the device includes:

[0259] The second determining unit 1410 is used to determine a first PEI or a second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the monitoring information for the second PO.

[0260] The sending unit 1420 is used to send a first PEI or a second PEI to the terminal;

[0261] Among them, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is the PO configured for the terminal with PO adaptive capability.

[0262] In some embodiments, the first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for a second PO; or,

[0263] The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for the TRS signal.

[0264] It should be noted that the paging and monitoring device provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0265] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of this disclosure is illustrative and only represents one logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of this disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically separately, or two or more units can be integrated into one unit. The integrated units described above can be implemented in hardware or as software functional units.

[0266] If the integrated unit is implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to related technologies, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or processor to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0267] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a processor-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the method embodiments where the execution subject is a network device.

[0268] It should be noted that the processor-readable storage medium provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0269] The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO)), optical memory (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state drive (SSD)).

[0270] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a non-transitory readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being used to cause a processor to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the above-described method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the above-described method embodiments where the subject is a network device.

[0271] The non-transiently readable storage medium provided in this embodiment can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0272] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a communication device, which stores a computer program for executing the paging monitoring method provided in the method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or executing the paging monitoring method provided in the method embodiments where the execution subject is a network device.

[0273] The communication device provided in this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effect. Therefore, the parts and beneficial effects that are the same as those in the method embodiments will not be described in detail here.

[0274] In some embodiments, this disclosure also provides a chip product storing a computer program, which is used to cause the chip product to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the above-described method embodiments where the execution subject is a terminal, or to execute the paging monitoring method provided in the above-described method embodiments where the subject is a network device.

[0275] Specifically, the chip products provided in this disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the corresponding method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. Here, the parts that are the same as those in the method embodiments and the beneficial effects will not be described in detail.

[0276] The technical solutions provided in this disclosure can be applied to a variety of systems. For example, applicable systems may include Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) systems, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems, Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) systems, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems, 5G New Radio (NR) systems and their evolved communication systems, and 6G (sixth generation mobile communication technology) systems. These systems may include terminal equipment and network equipment. The systems may also include a core network component, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GC), or a 6G core network.

[0277] The terminals disclosed in this embodiment can be devices that provide voice and / or data connectivity to users, handheld devices with wireless connectivity, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminals may differ in different systems; for example, in a 5G system, a terminal may be called User Equipment (UE). Wireless terminals can communicate with one or more core networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless terminals can be mobile terminals, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminals, for example, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and / or data with the RAN. Examples include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The wireless terminal may also be referred to as a system, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, access point, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, user agent, or user device, but is not limited to these terms in the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0278] The network device disclosed in this embodiment may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application, the base station may also be called an access point, or a device in the access network that communicates with the wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or other names. The network device may be used to exchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate the attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network equipment involved in this disclosure can be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a base station (NodeB) in Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in a next-generation 5G network architecture, a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in this disclosure. In some network structures, the network equipment may include Centralized Unit (CU) nodes and Distributed Unit (DU) nodes, and the Centralized Unit and Distributed Unit may be geographically separated.

[0279] Those skilled in the art will understand that embodiments of this disclosure can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, this disclosure can take the form of a completely hardware embodiment, a completely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, this disclosure can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage and optical storage) containing computer-usable program code.

[0280] This disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of this disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and / or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowchart illustrations and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0281] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can instruct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0282] These processor-executable instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process, such that the instructions, which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus, provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flowcharts and / or one or more block diagrams.

[0283] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this disclosure without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this disclosure and their equivalents, this disclosure is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A paging monitoring method, applied to a terminal, the method comprising: Receive a first Paging Early Indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by a network device; the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first paging opportunity (PO) and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a second PO; Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal; Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

2. The paging monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein, The first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a tracking reference signal (TRS) indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for the first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for the TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for the second PO; or, The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for a TRS signal.

3. The paging monitoring method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, The step of determining whether to monitor the PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI includes: Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine the i corresponding to the terminal. PO The value; Based on the i corresponding to the terminal PO The value is used to determine the target bit in the first PEI or the second PEI; Based on the bit value of the target bit, determine whether to monitor the PO corresponding to the terminal; Wherein, i PO Numbers used to identify all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

4. The paging monitoring method according to claim 3, wherein, Of all the PO numbers indicated by the first PEI, the first PO ranks first. The second PO accounts for the remaining positions. One in order; or... Of all the PO numbers indicated by the second PEI, the second PO is numbered from 0 to... Numbered sequentially; in, This indicates the number of first POs indicated by the first PEI. This indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI.

5. The paging monitoring method according to claim 3, wherein, The i PO Determined based on the terminal identifier and the index of the PO within the paging frame PF.

6. The paging monitoring method according to claim 5, wherein, The terminal corresponding to i PO The calculation formulas include: Wherein, UE_ID represents the terminal identifier of the terminal, and N represents the number of PFs in a discontinuous reception DRX period. Indicates the number of all POs indicated by the first PEI or the second PEI; For the first PEI, N S N represents the number of the first PO within a PF, and for the second PEI, N S Indicates the number of the second PO within a PF; i′_s is the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF, or a value obtained by modifying the index based on the first parameter, wherein the first parameter includes one or more of the following: The number of the first PO within a PF; The number of the first PO indicated by the first PEI; The number of all POs within a PF; The number of the first PEI or the second PEI; The number of second POs within a PF.

7. The paging monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF and the second parameter, the number of the first PEI is determined, wherein the second parameter includes one or more of the following: The number of the first PO within a PF; The number of all POs within a PF; The number of the first PO indicated by the first PEI; The first PEI indicates the number of all POs.

8. The paging monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein, The method further includes: Based on the index of the PO corresponding to the terminal in the PF and the third parameter, the number of the second PEI is determined, wherein the third parameter includes one or more of the following: The number of second POs within a PF; The second PEI indicates the total number of all POs.

9. A paging monitoring method, applied to a network device, the method comprising: Determine a first PEI or a second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO; Send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal; Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

10. The paging monitoring method according to claim 9, wherein, The first PEI includes a first paging indication field, a TRS indication field, and a second paging indication field. The first paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for the first PO, the TRS indication field carries an indication for a TRS signal, and the second paging indication field carries a monitoring indication for the second PO; or, The second PEI includes a third paging indication field and a TRS indication field. The third paging indication field is used to carry a listening indication for the second PO, and the TRS indication field is used to carry an indication for a TRS signal.

11. A terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory, used to store computer programs; The transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Receive a first Paging Early Indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by a network device; the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first paging opportunity (PO) and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a second PO; Based on the first PEI or the second PEI, determine whether to listen to the PO corresponding to the terminal; Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

12. A network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; Memory, used to store computer programs; The transceiver is used to send and receive data under the control of the processor; the processor is used to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations: Determine a first PEI or a second PEI; the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for the second PO; Send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal; Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

13. A paging and listening device, the device comprising: The receiving unit is configured to receive a first paging early indication (PEI) or a second PEI sent by the network device; the first PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a first paging opportunity (PO) and a second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate monitoring information for a second PO. The first determining unit is used to determine whether to monitor the PO corresponding to the terminal based on the first PEI or the second PEI. Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

14. A paging and listening device, the device comprising: The second determining unit is used to determine the first PEI or the second PEI; The first PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the first PO and the second PO, and the second PEI is used to indicate the listening information for the second PO; The sending unit is configured to send the first PEI or the second PEI to the terminal; Wherein, the first PO is any PO other than the second PO, and the second PO is a PO configured for a terminal with PO adaptive capability.

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