The invention discloses a user terminal
paging method for a
satellite-ground convergence network of a large-scale
constellation, and mainly solves the problems of low
paging success rate and large time
delay overhead in an independent ground network or a
satellite network in the prior art. According to the implementation scheme, in a
satellite-ground fusion network scene, when a calling party is a 5
G network user and a called party is a
satellite network user, the calling party queries a called management and control center in a ground
core network, the
core network forwards a
paging request to the management and control center, the management and control center queries a called satellite
location area, and a low-
orbit satellite performs paging in the satellite
location area; and when the calling party is a
satellite network user and the called party is a 5
G network user, the paging request is forwarded to a management and control center of a
satellite network through a low-
orbit satellite, the management and control center inquires a satellite
location area identifier of the called party and forwards the paging request to a ground
core network, and the
base station performs paging in the satellite location area. According to the invention, the problem of paging failure caused by network switching is reduced, the paging success rate is improved, the paging
delay and overhead are reduced, and the method can be used for satellite-ground convergence
network communication.