Core Network Paging Packet ID Allocation for Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing paging packet IDs, particularly in reducing false alarms and optimizing energy savings, as existing technologies lack a standardized approach for allocating paging packet IDs across different paging areas, leading to inconsistent strategies among base stations and increased power consumption.
Innovation Solution
The method involves a core network device allocating paging packet IDs to terminal devices based on paging area identities, allowing for flexible implementation of paging strategies within each paging area, and enabling updates to these IDs in response to changes in terminal device characteristics or load conditions, ensuring uniformity and optimal energy management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If base stations use independent paging packet ID allocation strategies, then each base station can flexibly manage paging in its area, but inconsistency arises across different base stations leading to increased false alarms and reduced energy savings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by establishing a standardized paging packet ID allocation mechanism that works across all base stations in the network. The core network device assigns paging packet IDs based on a unified principle that is consistently applied throughout the entire network, ensuring that all base stations use the same allocation strategy rather than independent approaches. This universal standardization resolves the inconsistency problem while maintaining the flexibility needed for effective paging management.
2Ease of manufacture
If paging packet IDs are allocated without standardized principles, then deployment is simpler and more adaptable, but false alarms increase and energy consumption rises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the terminal device reports its paging reception status and the core network device monitors paging effectiveness. Based on this feedback, the system can adjust paging packet ID allocations to reduce false alarms and optimize energy consumption. The feedback loop allows the network to learn from actual paging performance and refine its allocation strategies, thereby reducing unnecessary wake-ups and associated energy costs.
3Reliability
If a standardized paging packet ID allocation method is implemented, then paging consistency and energy savings are improved, but network device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces the core network device as an intermediary that handles the standardized paging packet ID allocation process. Rather than requiring each base station to implement complex allocation logic independently, the core network device serves as a central authority that assigns paging packet IDs based on standardized principles. This intermediary approach simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the complexity in one component while keeping base stations simpler and more uniform in their operation.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications. A method of allocating paging packet IDs, a terminal device, and a core network device are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, first information from a core network device, wherein the first information includes N paging packet IDs allocated for a paging area list registered by the terminal device in a core network, the paging area list comprises M paging area identities, and both M and N are positive integers.