CN112738872A

CN112738872A - Paging cycle determining method, terminal equipment, network equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112738872A
Application number: CN202011595695.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚胜
Original assignee: Guangdong Genius Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Genius Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-29
Filing date: 2020-12-29
Publication date: 2021-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-29
Also published as: CN112738872B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a paging cycle determining method, a terminal device, a network device and a storage medium, which are applied to the technical field of communication and can solve the problem of how to configure a proper paging cycle for the terminal device by the network device. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that under the condition that a terminal device is in an RRC non-connected state, a first paging cycle used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages is sent to a network device; the network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment, configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle, and sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the second paging cycle sent by the network equipment. The method is applied to a scene that the terminal equipment is in an RRC non-connected state and needs to determine the paging cycle.

Description

Paging cycle determining method, terminal equipment, network equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a paging cycle determining method, terminal equipment, network equipment and a storage medium.

Background

Currently, in the fifth generation mobile communication technology (5G), Radio Resource Control (RRC) has three states, which are respectively: RRC IDLE state (RRC-IDLE), RRC connected state (RRC-CONNETED), and RRC INACTIVE state (RRC-INACTIVE). The terminal device is in a non-connected state when not receiving the paging message, and at this time, the terminal device may detect whether there is a paging message sent by the network device according to a paging cycle configured by the network device, and if the paging cycle is long, an important paging message may be missed, and if the paging cycle is short, power consumption of the terminal device may be increased, so how the network device configures a proper paging cycle to the terminal device is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a paging cycle determining method, terminal equipment, network equipment and a storage medium, which are used for solving the problem of how to configure a proper paging cycle by the network equipment in the prior art. In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, a method for determining a paging cycle is provided, the method including: when a terminal device is in an RRC non-connected state, a first paging cycle is sent to a network device, and the first paging cycle is used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages;

and receiving a second paging cycle sent by the network equipment.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the second paging cycle sent by the network device, the method further includes:

and receiving the paging message sent by the network equipment according to the second paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before sending the first paging cycle to the network device, the method further includes:

under the condition that the terminal equipment is in an RRC connected state, receiving a first indication message sent by the network equipment, wherein the first indication message is used for indicating the terminal equipment to be switched from the RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state;

and responding to the first indication message, and switching the state of the terminal equipment to an RRC non-connected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the first indication message sent by the network device, the method further includes:

and if the paging message is not received within a second preset time length, sending a first message to the network equipment, wherein the first message is used for requesting to switch to an RRC non-connection state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

the second paging cycle comprises: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s.

In a second aspect, a method for determining a paging cycle is provided, the method comprising: receiving a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, wherein the first paging cycle is used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages;

configuring a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle;

and sending the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment.

As an optional implementation manner, in a second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, after the sending the second paging cycle to the terminal device, the method further includes:

and sending a paging message to the terminal equipment according to the second paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in a second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuring, according to the first paging cycle, a second paging cycle of the terminal device includes:

and configuring the second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the current load condition of the network equipment and the first paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in a second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before the receiving a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, the method further includes:

under the condition that the terminal equipment is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection state, detecting the condition that the network equipment sends a paging message to the terminal equipment in real time;

and sending a first indication message to the terminal equipment under the condition that the network equipment is detected not to send a paging message to the terminal equipment within a first preset time length, wherein the first indication message is used for indicating the terminal equipment to be switched from an RRC (radio resource control) connected state to an RRC unconnected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, before sending the first indication message to the terminal device, the method further includes:

and receiving a first message sent by the terminal equipment, wherein the first message is used for requesting to switch to an RRC non-connected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided, which includes: a transceiver module, configured to send a first paging cycle to a network device when a terminal device is in an RRC unconnected state, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of receiving a paging message by the terminal device;

the transceiver module is further configured to receive a second paging cycle sent by the network device.

As an optional implementation manner, in the third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a paging message sent by the network device according to the second paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in a third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a first indication message sent by the network device when the terminal device is in an RRC connected state, where the first indication message is used to indicate that the terminal device is switched from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state;

the terminal device further includes:

and the processing module is used for responding to the first indication message and switching the state of the terminal equipment to an RRC non-connected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in a third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver module is further configured to send a first message to the network device if the paging message is not received within a second preset time period, where the first message is used to request to switch to an RRC non-connected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided, the network device comprising: a transceiving module, configured to receive a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving a paging message;

a processing module, configured to configure a second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the first paging cycle;

the transceiver module is further configured to send the second paging cycle to the terminal device.

As an optional implementation manner, in the fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver module is further configured to send a paging message to the terminal device according to the second paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in a fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the processing module is further configured to configure the second paging cycle of the terminal device according to a current load condition of the network device and the first paging cycle.

As an optional implementation manner, in the fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the processing module is further configured to detect, in real time, a situation that the network device sends a paging message to the terminal device when the terminal device is in an RRC connected state;

the transceiver module is further configured to send a first indication message to the terminal device when it is detected that the network device does not send a paging message to the terminal device within a first preset time period, where the first indication message is used to indicate that the terminal device is switched from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in a fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a first message sent by the terminal device, where the first message is used to request to switch to an RRC unconnected state.

As an optional implementation manner, in the fourth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided, which includes:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute the paging cycle determination method in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention.

In a sixth aspect, a network device is provided, comprising:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute the paging cycle determination method in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention.

In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which stores a computer program, the computer program enabling a computer to execute part or all of the steps of any one of the methods of the first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, or part or all of the steps of any one of the methods of the second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. The computer readable storage medium includes a ROM/RAM, a magnetic or optical disk, or the like.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer program product, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the first aspect of embodiments of the present invention, or some or all of the steps of any of the methods of the second aspect of embodiments of the present invention.

In a ninth aspect, an application publishing platform is provided, where the application publishing platform is configured to publish a computer program product, where the computer program product, when running on a computer, causes the computer to perform part or all of the steps of any one of the methods of the first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, or part or all of the steps of any one of the methods of the second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the terminal equipment is in an RRC non-connected state, a first paging cycle is sent to the network equipment, and the first paging cycle is used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal equipment for receiving paging messages; the network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment, configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle, and sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the second paging cycle sent by the network equipment. In the technical scheme, the network device may configure a suitable second paging cycle to the terminal device according to the first paging cycle sent by the terminal device, that is, the paging cycle when the terminal device is in the RRC unconnected state is configured comprehensively according to the first paging cycle of the terminal device, so that it is ensured that the configured paging cycle is completely suitable for the current state of the terminal device, which may not affect the user of the terminal device and reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a first flowchart illustrating a paging cycle determining method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a paging cycle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a first schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a first schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device or a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first paging cycle and the second paging cycle, etc. are used to distinguish different paging cycles, rather than to describe a specific order of paging cycles.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G), RRC has two states, which are: RRC idle state and RRC connected state. With the development of communication technology, in a 5G radio link (NR) system, in order to meet new service characteristics and reduce power consumption of a User Equipment (UE), a new RRC state, RRC-INACTIVE state (RRC-INACTIVE), of the UE is defined.

For a UE in RRC inactive state, the following characteristics may be present:

(1) the mobility of the UE is achieved by cell reselection.

(2) The radio access network side of the UE has a control plane and user plane connection established to the core network (CN-NR RAN) (i.e. maintaining a user plane and control plane connection similar to LTE S1).

(3) At least one network device stores context information of an access stratum of the UE, the network device maintaining at least a control plane and a user plane connected. The UE also maintains context information for the access stratum.

(4) A Network side notification area is defined, and an NR Radio Access Network (NR RAN) may initiate sending a Paging message (Paging) to the UE, so that the Network side notification area is managed by the NR RAN, and the NR RAN knows to which Network side notification area the UE belongs.

(5) The UE monitors RAN Paging and core network Paging.

(6) The UE needs to perform RAN side notification area and cn (core network) tracking area update.

Illustratively, the RRC release message may be implemented by RRC release information in a related standard protocol, and may be modified as follows:

the Chinese meaning of the standard protocol is as follows:

the list of RRC states in the release priority r16 includes: idle, inactive, connected.

The idle, inactive and connected are all selectable items, that is, the RRC state may be one of the idle, inactive and connected.

In the protocol, inactive is the new content. The original 4G standard protocol enumerates RRC states and may include: one of idle and connected, and in the 5G standard protocol, the listing of the RRC state may include: idle, inactive and connected.

When the UE is in an RRC inactive state and an RRC idle state, the UE can save power. However, when the UE is in the RRC inactive state, the UE can be more quickly converted to the RRC connected state than when the UE is in the RRC idle state, so that the UE in the RRC inactive state can reduce the delay of sending data and meet the requirements of different services. However, when the UE is in the RRC inactive state, the requirement on the network device is higher because the network device needs to store the access layer context of the UE and maintain the connection between the radio access network side of the UE and the control plane and the user plane of the core network.

When the UE is in the RRC connected state, the network device may instruct the UE to switch to the RRC non-connected state. The RRC non-connected state includes an RRC idle state or an RRC non-active state, and is applicable in the following embodiments.

In the prior art, a terminal device detects whether a paging message sent by a network device exists according to a paging cycle configured by the network device, if the paging cycle is long, an important paging message may be missed, and if the paging cycle is short, power consumption of the terminal device may be increased, so that how the network device configures an appropriate paging cycle to the terminal device is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

In order to solve the problem of how to configure a proper paging cycle for a network device, embodiments of the present invention provide a paging cycle determining method, a terminal device, a network device, and a storage medium, which can ensure that a configured paging cycle is completely suitable for a current state of the terminal device, so that a user of the terminal device is not affected, and power consumption of the terminal device is reduced.

The network device related to the embodiment of the invention can be an access network device. The access network device may be a long-term evolution (LTE) system, a next-generation mobile communication system (NR) system, or an evolved base station (evolved Node B) in an authorized assisted access long-term evolution (LAA-LTE) system, such as an eNB or an e-NodeB) macro base station, a micro base station (also referred to as a "small base station"), a pico base station, an Access Point (AP), a Transmission Point (TP), or a new generation base station (new generation Node B, gNodeB). The network device may also be another type of network device in a future 5G communication system or a future evolved network.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, and the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or an Access Point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a PLMN network for future evolution, or a network device in an NTN network.

In this embodiment of the present invention, a network device may provide a service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (e.g., a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (e.g., a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a Small cell (Small cell), and the Small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), Micro cells (Micro cells), Pico cells (Pico cells), Femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention can be applied to various communication systems, such as: a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, an Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) System, a New Radio (NR) System, an Evolution System of an NR System, an LTE (LTE-based Access to unlicensed spectrum, an LTE-U) System on an unlicensed spectrum, an NR (NR-based Access to unlicensed spectrum, an NR-based network (UMTS-based Mobile network, UMTS) System on an unlicensed spectrum, a UMTS-based Mobile network (UMTS) System, WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a fifth Generation communication (5th-Generation, 5G) system, or other communication systems, etc.

The communication system in the embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, may also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and may also be applied to an independent (SA) networking scenario. Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present invention may be applied to an unlicensed spectrum, where the unlicensed spectrum may also be considered as a shared spectrum; alternatively, the communication system in the embodiment of the present invention may also be applied to a licensed spectrum, where the licensed spectrum may also be regarded as an unshared spectrum.

The terminal device in the embodiments of the present invention may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, a user equipment, or the like. The terminal device may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, and may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with Wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a next generation communication system, such as a terminal device in an NR Network, or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and the like.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.). In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may be a Mobile Phone (Mobile Phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal device in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), or the like.

By way of example, and not limitation, in embodiments of the present invention, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

The terminal device related to the embodiment of the present invention may be classified as a lightweight terminal device or a normal terminal device according to the magnitude, and the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention may also be referred to as a UE.

Wherein, the normal terminal device may include: a Mobile phone, a tablet Computer, a notebook Computer, an Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a netbook, a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, and other devices.

The lightweight terminal equipment can also be, among other things, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included or vehicle-mounted mobile devices that exchange voice and/or data with the radio access network. The lightweight terminal device may also be a handheld device with wireless communication functionality, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a lightweight terminal device in a future 5G network or a lightweight terminal device in a future evolved network, etc. The wearable device may be a smart watch, a smart bracelet, a watch phone, a smart foot ring, a smart earring, a smart necklace, a smart headset, or the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

The execution subject of the paging cycle determining method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the terminal device and the network device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the paging cycle determining method in the terminal device and the network device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes a terminal device and a network device as examples to exemplarily describe the paging cycle determining method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

The paging cycle determining method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to a scene that the terminal equipment is in an RRC non-connected state and needs to determine the paging cycle.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a paging cycle determining method, which may include the following steps:

101. the terminal device sends a first paging cycle to the network device.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the terminal equipment is in an RRC non-connected state, a first paging cycle is sent to the network equipment. The first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of receiving paging messages by the terminal device.

Optionally, the first paging cycle is used to indicate a history frequency of receiving the paging message by the terminal device, and specifically, the history frequency may be: the device type of the terminal device, the current scene of the terminal device, and the historical frequency value of the paging message received by the terminal device are determined. The device type of the terminal device comprises: a lightweight terminal device or a normal terminal device. The current scene of the terminal equipment comprises the following steps: night scenes, low electric field scenes, forbidden scenes, high temperature scenes, etc.

Compared with the normal terminal device, the lightweight terminal device has fewer antennas, and the lightweight terminal device has lower requirements for bandwidth and time delay compared with the normal terminal device, so different paging cycles may be required for different device types of the terminal device, for example, for the lightweight terminal device and for the normal terminal device, and the paging cycle of the lightweight terminal device may be a bit larger than that of the normal terminal device.

For example, when the terminal device is a lightweight terminal device, the terminal device may select a paging cycle of 5.12s or 10.24s to transmit to the network device.

When the terminal device is in different scenes, the requirements for receiving the paging message are different, and then the terminal device selects different paging cycles to send to the network device.

Besides common scenes, some special scenes can be preset for the terminal equipment. For example, for office workers, due to reasons such as work, during the day, during the office hours, the telephone numbers are more, the paging messages need to be received normally, and the telephone numbers are not omitted, so that the time can be set to be a common scene, and the corresponding paging cycle can be set according to the convention, such as 1.28 s; however, 23:00 at night to 6:00 at early morning, people are usually in a sleep and rest state, the time period of paging messages is small, the time period can be set as a night rest time period, and then the corresponding paging cycle can be prolonged, for example, N times of the paging cycle of a common scene, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The scene in the night rest time period is a special scene.

One or more special scenes can be preset in the terminal equipment. Optionally, the preset special scene includes at least one of the following scenes: forbidden scenes, high temperature scenes, low power scenes, arrearage scenes, night scenes.

Illustratively, when the terminal device is in a high temperature scene or a low power scene, further deterioration of the current state of the terminal device can be reduced by reducing the frequency of receiving paging messages, so the paging cycle can be extended. For example, when the terminal device is in an arrearage scenario, the terminal device cannot normally receive the paging message, so the paging cycle can be prolonged. Illustratively, the child watch is in a forbidden scene during school class, and does not support answering calls during the forbidden scene, so that the paging cycle can be prolonged, and the electric quantity of the smart watch can be saved.

For example, when the terminal device is in a nighttime scenario, the terminal device may select a paging cycle of 10.24s or 20.48s to send to the network device.

For example, when the terminal device is a lightweight terminal device and is currently in a nighttime scene, the terminal device may select a paging cycle of 20.48s or 40.96s to transmit to the network device.

The terminal equipment can also select different paging cycles to send to the network equipment according to the historical frequency value of the paging message received by the terminal equipment.

For example, when the terminal device receives the paging message 5 times in 10 minutes, the terminal device may select a paging cycle of 1.28s to transmit to the network device.

102. The network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment and configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment.

The network device may configure the second paging cycle of the terminal device through the SuspendConfig information in the existing protocol.

Illustratively, the implementation may be realized by RRC suspend config information in a related standard protocol, and the RRC suspend config information may be modified as follows:

the Chinese meaning of the standard protocol is as follows:

the RRC suspend config information includes an inactive radio network temporary identifier, a paging cycle, notification area information, a RAN-based notification area update, a timer value periodically updated by the RAN-based notification area, and a next hop link count.

Specifically, values of paging cycles are enumerated, that is, the paging cycles can be rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512 and rf 1024.

In the embodiment of the invention, rf512 and rf1024 are newly added contents. In the original standard protocol, paging cycles can be named as rf32, rf64, rf128 and rf256, and in the standard protocol, paging cycles can be named as rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512 and rf 1024.

In the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment and configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle.

Optionally, the configuring, by the network device, a second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the first paging cycle of the terminal device specifically includes: and the network equipment configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the current load condition of the network equipment and the first paging cycle of the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that the network device may also configure the second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the current load condition of the network device and the first paging cycle of the terminal device. The network device may connect to multiple terminal devices and send paging messages to the multiple terminal devices, so the network device also needs to configure a suitable second paging cycle to the terminal devices according to the current load condition of the network device. If the second paging cycle is small, when the network device pages a plurality of terminal devices, a network collision situation may be caused, and the sending and receiving of paging messages may be delayed.

In this optional implementation manner, when the network device configures an appropriate paging cycle to the terminal device, the network device may not only configure the first paging cycle of the terminal device, but also configure the current load condition of the network device, so as to avoid a situation that the current load of the network device is too large and the paging message cannot be sent in the configured paging cycle, thereby reducing the loss of the network device.

103. And the network equipment sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment.

104. And the terminal equipment receives a second paging cycle sent by the network equipment.

The embodiment of the invention provides a paging cycle determining method, wherein a terminal device sends a first paging cycle for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages to a network device under the condition that the terminal device is in an RRC (radio resource control) non-connected state; the network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment, configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle, and sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the second paging cycle sent by the network equipment. In the technical scheme, the network device may configure a suitable second paging cycle to the terminal device according to the first paging cycle sent by the terminal device, that is, the paging cycle when the terminal device is in the RRC unconnected state is configured comprehensively according to the first paging cycle of the terminal device, so that it is ensured that the configured paging cycle is completely suitable for the current state of the terminal device, which may not affect the user of the terminal device and reduce the power consumption of the terminal device.

As an optional implementation manner, after the terminal device receives the second paging cycle sent by the network device, the method further includes: the network equipment sends a paging message to the terminal equipment according to the second paging cycle; and the terminal equipment receives the paging message sent by the network equipment according to the second paging cycle.

It should be noted that, after configuring the second paging cycle for the terminal device, the network device sends a paging message to the terminal device according to the second paging cycle; after receiving the second paging cycle sent by the network device, the terminal device receives the paging message sent by the network device according to the second paging cycle.

Illustratively, assume that the network device configures the terminal device with a second paging cycle of 1.28 s. Then the network device pages the terminal device every 1.28s and the terminal device receives pages from the network device every 1.28 s. If the network device has a useful paging message at the 4.6s and needs to page the terminal device, and then the 4.6s is right between the third paging and the fourth paging, the network device will send the useful paging message to the terminal device at the fourth paging sending time, and the terminal device will receive the useful paging message at the fourth paging receiving time.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s; the second paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s.

It should be noted that the paging cycle may be a paging cycle parameter, which may specifically be represented as a time length, and is represented by rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512, and rf1024, where a unit of the paging cycle is an infinite frame, and is represented by rf, and an order of magnitude of the paging cycle is 10 ms; namely, 80ms equals 0.08s for rf8, 160ms equals 0.16s for rf16, 320ms equals 0.32s for rf32, and so on, 5120ms equals 5.12s for rf512, 10240ms equals 10.24s for rf 1024. The smaller the numerical value of the paging cycle is, the larger the power consumption of the terminal equipment and the network equipment is; the larger the value of the paging cycle is, the smaller the frequency of receiving the paging by the terminal device and the frequency of sending the paging by the network device are, i.e. the larger the delay time is.

Optionally, the paging cycle may also be set to a value less than rf8 for increasing the frequency of transmitting paging messages, such as rf4, rf 2; and can also be set to a value greater than rf1024 for reducing the frequency of transmitting paging messages, such as rf2048 and rf 4096.

Example two

As shown in fig. 2, the method for determining a paging cycle according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps:

201. the network equipment detects the condition that the network equipment sends the paging message to the terminal equipment in real time.

In the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the terminal equipment is in the RRC connection state, the network equipment can detect the condition that the network equipment sends the paging message to the terminal equipment in real time.

It should be noted that the paging message is sent from the network device to the terminal device, and the terminal device only needs to receive the paging message. The network device detects the condition that the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device in real time, that is, the network device detects whether the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device at the current moment in real time.

Optionally, the network device may detect, according to a preset period, that the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device in the preset period.

For example, assume that the preset period is 0.1 s. Then the network device may detect whether the network device sends a paging message to the terminal device after 0-0.1s at 0.1 s; similarly, the network device can detect whether the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device within 0.1s-0.2s when the network device is within 0.2 s; the network device can detect whether the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device between 0.2s and 0.3s in 0.3s, and so on.

The optional implementation mode can enable the network equipment to detect the condition that the network equipment sends the paging message to the terminal equipment according to the preset period, and continuous detection is not needed, so that the power consumption of the network equipment can be reduced.

202. The network equipment sends a first indication message to the terminal equipment.

In the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment sends a first indication message to the terminal equipment when detecting that the network equipment does not perform data interaction with the terminal equipment within a first preset time length; the first indication message is used for indicating the terminal equipment to switch from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state, wherein the RRC unconnected state comprises an RRC idle state and an RRC inactive state.

It should be noted that, if the network device detects that the network device does not perform data interaction with the terminal device within the first preset time period, the terminal device does not need to continue to maintain the RRC connected state, and at this time, the network device may send, to the terminal device, a first indication message for indicating that the terminal device is switched from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state.

For example, assume that the first preset duration is 0.5 s. When the network device detects that the distance from the last data interaction with the terminal device has been 0.5s within 0.5s, the network device does not perform data interaction with the terminal device, and then the network device can send a first indication message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can be switched to the RRC non-connected state.

Optionally, before the network device sends the first indication message to the terminal device, the method further includes: if the terminal equipment does not perform data interaction with the network equipment within a second preset time length, sending a first message to the network equipment; the network equipment receives a first message sent by the terminal equipment.

It should be noted that, if the terminal device does not perform data interaction with the network device within the second preset time period, the terminal device does not need to keep the RRC connected state, and at this time, a first message may be sent to the network device, where the first message is used to request to switch to the RRC unconnected state. After receiving the first message sent by the terminal device, the network device may send a first indication message to the terminal device, where the first indication message is used to instruct the terminal device to switch from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state.

For example, assume that the second preset duration is 0.3 s. When the terminal device detects that the distance from the last data interaction with the network device at a certain time is already 0.3s, and the terminal device does not perform data interaction with the network device within the 0.3s, the terminal device may send a first message for requesting to switch to the RRC non-connected state to the network device at this time. After receiving the first message sent by the terminal device, the network device sends a first indication message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can switch to the RRC non-connected state.

The optional implementation manner can enable the terminal device to actively request to switch to the RRC non-connected state when the preset time length is not subjected to data interaction with the network device, so that the power consumption of the terminal device is reduced.

203. The terminal equipment receives a first indication message sent by the network equipment, and switches the state of the terminal equipment to an RRC non-connected state in response to the first indication message.

In the embodiment of the invention, after receiving a first indication message sent by network equipment, terminal equipment responds to the first indication message of the network equipment and switches the state of the terminal equipment into an RRC non-connected state; wherein, the RRC non-connected state comprises an RRC idle state and an RRC non-activated state.

It should be noted that, when switching from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state, the terminal device may report auxiliary information to the network device, where the auxiliary information may include at least one of the following:

(1) the RRC state recommended by the terminal device may be identified by a number, for example, 1 indicates a recommended RRC inactive state, and 0 indicates a recommended RRC idle state.

(2) For example, the terminal device may report that the target service type is a service type such as a high-Reliable low latency Communication (URLLC) and an enhanced Mobile bandwidth (eMBB).

(3) The power of the terminal device, e.g. the terminal device may indicate a low power.

(4) The movement status of the terminal device.

Further, the auxiliary information may further include other reference information, such as a duration of an RRC inactivity timer recommended by the terminal device. When the RRC inactivity timer times out, the network device determines the RRC state of the terminal device according to the state of the network device and at least one of the above (1) to (4).

The terminal equipment can report the auxiliary information through RRC signaling, MAC layer signaling and physical layer signaling.

Further, the terminal device may also report the auxiliary information through an RRC release signaling, or, an MAC CE.

After receiving the auxiliary information reported by the terminal device, the network device may instruct the terminal device to switch to an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state according to the auxiliary information; the load condition of the network device can be considered preferentially, and the terminal device is instructed to be converted into an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state according to the auxiliary information. If the load of the network equipment is lower, the terminal equipment is determined to be converted into an RRC idle state or an RRC non-activated state according to the auxiliary information reported by the terminal equipment; if the load of the network device is high, the network device may ignore the auxiliary information reported by the terminal device, and convert the terminal device into an RRC idle state.

Then the network device sends a first indication message to the terminal device, the terminal device is indicated to be converted into an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state, and the terminal device enters the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state according to the first indication message of the network device.

204. The terminal device sends a first paging cycle to the network device.

205. The network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment and configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment.

206. And the network equipment sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment.

207. And the terminal equipment receives a second paging cycle sent by the network equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for the description of steps 204 to 207, please refer to the detailed description of steps 101 to 104 in the first embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining a paging cycle, wherein a network device can detect the condition that the network device sends a paging message to a terminal device in real time, and if the network device does not send the paging message to the terminal device within a first preset time length, the network device can send a first indication message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device responds to the first indication message and is switched to an RRC (radio resource control) non-connected state. The terminal device sends a first paging cycle to the network device when the terminal device is in the RRC unconnected state. The network equipment receives a first paging cycle sent by the terminal equipment, configures a second paging cycle of the terminal equipment according to the first paging cycle, and sends the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the second paging cycle sent by the network equipment. In the technical scheme, when the terminal device is in the connected state but does not receive the paging message, the network device may send a first indication message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device switches to the RRC non-connected state in response to the first indication message. Then, the network device configures a proper second paging cycle for the terminal device according to the first paging cycle sent by the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal equipment can be switched from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state in time, and the paging cycle configured by the network equipment is completely suitable for the current state of the terminal equipment, so that the use of the user of the terminal equipment is not influenced, and the power consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes:

a transceiving module 301, configured to send a first paging cycle to a network device when a terminal device is in an RRC unconnected state, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a history frequency of receiving a paging message by the terminal device; and a second paging cycle for receiving network device transmissions.

Optionally, the transceiver module 301 is further configured to receive a paging message sent by the network device according to the second paging cycle.

Optionally, the transceiver module 301 is further configured to receive a first indication message sent by the network device when the terminal device is in the RRC connected state, where the first indication message is used to indicate that the terminal device is switched from the RRC connected state to the RRC unconnected state.

The terminal device further includes:

a processing module 302, configured to switch a state of the terminal device to an RRC unconnected state in response to the first indication message.

Optionally, the transceiver module 301 is further configured to send a first message to the network device if the paging message is not received within the second preset time period, where the first message is used to request to switch to the RRC non-connected state.

Optionally, the first paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

the second paging cycle includes: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each module may implement the method for determining a paging cycle provided in the foregoing method embodiment, and may achieve the same technical effect, and for avoiding repetition, details are not described here again.

Example four

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, where the network device includes:

a transceiver module 401, configured to receive a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving a paging message; and for transmitting the second paging cycle to the terminal device.

A processing module 402, configured to configure a second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the first paging cycle.

Optionally, the transceiver module 401 is further configured to send a paging message to the terminal device according to the second paging cycle.

Optionally, the processing module 402 is further configured to configure a second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the current load condition of the network device and the first paging cycle.

Optionally, the processing module 402 is further configured to detect, in real time, a situation that the network device sends the paging message to the terminal device when the terminal device is in the RRC connected state.

The transceiver module 401 is further configured to send a first indication message to the terminal device when it is detected that the network device does not send a paging message to the terminal device within a first preset time period, where the first indication message is used to indicate that the terminal device is switched from an RRC connected state to an RRC unconnected state.

Optionally, the transceiver module 401 is further configured to receive a first message sent by the terminal device, where the first message is used to request to switch to the RRC non-connected state.

EXAMPLE five

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, where the terminal device may include:

a memory 501 in which executable program code is stored;

a processor 502 coupled to a memory 501;

the processor 502 calls the executable program code stored in the memory 501 to execute the paging cycle determining method executed by the terminal device in the above embodiments of the methods.

EXAMPLE six

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, where the network device may include:

a memory 601 in which executable program code is stored;

a processor 602 coupled to a memory 601;

the processor 602 calls the executable program code stored in the memory 601 to execute the paging cycle determining method executed by the network device in the above embodiments of the methods.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device or a network device, where the terminal device is taken as an example, the terminal device includes but is not limited to: a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit 701, a memory 702, an input unit 703, a display unit 704, a sensor 705, an audio circuit 706, a WiFi (wireless communication) module 707, a processor 708, a power source 709, and a camera 710. The radio frequency circuit 701 includes a receiver 7011 and a transmitter 7012. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device configuration shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The RF circuit 701 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then processes the received downlink information to the processor 708; in addition, the data for designing uplink is transmitted to the base station. In general, the RF circuit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, RF circuit 701 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communications. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to global system for mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Message Service (SMS), etc.

The memory 702 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 708 executes various functional applications and data processing of the terminal device by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 702. The memory 702 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the terminal device, and the like. Further, the memory 702 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 703 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal device. Specifically, the input unit 703 may include a touch panel 7031 and other input devices 7032. The touch panel 7031, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations performed by a user on or near the touch panel 7031 (e.g., operations performed by the user on or near the touch panel 7031 using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger, a stylus, etc.), and drive corresponding connection devices according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 7031 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 708, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 708. In addition, the touch panel 7031 can be implemented by various methods such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. The input unit 703 may include other input devices 7032 in addition to the touch panel 7031. In particular, other input devices 7032 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 704 may be used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user and various menus of the terminal device. The display unit 704 may include a display panel 7041, and optionally, the display panel 7041 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-Emitting diode (OLED), or the like. Further, the touch panel 7031 may cover the display panel 7041, and when the touch panel 7031 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 7031, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 708 to determine a touch event, and then the processor 708 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 7041 according to the touch event. Although in fig. 7, the touch panel 7031 and the display panel 7041 are two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 7031 and the display panel 7041 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device.

The terminal device may also include at least one sensor 705, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that may adjust the brightness of the display panel 7041 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that may exit the display panel 7041 and/or backlight when the terminal device is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer attitude calibration) for recognizing the attitude of the terminal device, and related functions (such as pedometer and tapping) for vibration recognition; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured in the terminal device, detailed description is omitted here. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may include an acceleration sensor, a depth sensor, a distance sensor, or the like.

The audio circuitry 706, the speaker 7061, and the microphone 7062 may provide an audio interface between the user and the terminal device. The audio circuit 706 can transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 7061, and the electrical signal is converted into a sound signal by the speaker 7061 and output; on the other hand, the microphone 7062 converts the collected sound signal into an electric signal, converts the electric signal into audio data after being received by the audio circuit 706, and outputs the audio data to the processor 708 for processing, for example, to another terminal device via the RF circuit 701, or outputs the audio data to the memory 702 for further processing.

WiFi belongs to short distance wireless transmission technology, and the terminal device can help the user send and receive e-mail, browse web page and access streaming media, etc. through the WiFi module 707, and it provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 7 shows the WiFi module 707, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the terminal device, and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 708 is a control center of the terminal device, connects various parts of the entire terminal device by various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 702 and calling data stored in the memory 702, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal device. Alternatively, processor 708 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 708 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 708.

The terminal device also includes a power source 709 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, which may preferably be logically connected to the processor 708 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. Although not shown, the terminal device may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described in detail herein.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device, a processor 708 is configured to send a first paging cycle to a network device when the terminal device is in an RRC unconnected state, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a history frequency of receiving a paging message by the terminal device;

and receiving a second paging cycle sent by the network equipment.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a network device, the processor 708 is configured to receive a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency for the terminal device to receive a paging message;

and sending the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute some or all of the steps of the method as in the above method embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer program product, wherein the computer program product, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform some or all of the steps of the method as in the above method embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide an application publishing platform, where the application publishing platform is configured to publish a computer program product, where the computer program product, when running on a computer, causes the computer to perform some or all of the steps of the method in the above method embodiments.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in this specification are exemplary and alternative embodiments, and that the acts and modules illustrated are not required in order to practice the invention.

The terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process shown in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

In various embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not imply an inevitable order of execution, and the execution order of the processes should be determined by their functions and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated units, if implemented as software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer accessible memory. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is a part of or contributes to the prior art in essence, or all or part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a memory and includes several requests for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like, and may specifically be a processor in the computer device) to execute part or all of the steps of the above-described method of each embodiment of the present invention.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by instructions associated with a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a One-time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), an Electrically Erasable rewritable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), or other Memory, a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, or a magnetic tape, Or any other medium which can be used to carry or store data and which can be read by a computer.

Claims

1. A paging cycle determination method is applied to a terminal device, and comprises the following steps:

when a terminal device is in an RRC non-connected state, a first paging cycle is sent to a network device, and the first paging cycle is used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages;

and receiving a second paging cycle sent by the network equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after receiving the second paging cycle sent by the network device, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to sending the first paging cycle to the network device, further comprising:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein before receiving the first indication message sent by the network device, further comprising:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first paging cycle comprises: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

6. A paging cycle determination method applied to a network device, the method comprising:

receiving a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, wherein the first paging cycle is used for indicating the historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving paging messages;

and sending the second paging cycle to the terminal equipment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after the sending the second paging cycle to the terminal device, further comprising:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the configuring the second paging cycle of the terminal device according to the first paging cycle comprises:

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving terminal device sends the first paging cycle before, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before sending the first indication message to the terminal device, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the first paging cycle comprises: one of 0.08s, 0.16s, 0.32s, 0.64s, 1.28s, 2.56s, 5.12s, 10.24 s;

12. A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to send a first paging cycle to a network device when a terminal device is in an RRC unconnected state, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of receiving a paging message by the terminal device;

13. A network device, comprising:

a transceiving module, configured to receive a first paging cycle sent by a terminal device, where the first paging cycle is used to indicate a historical frequency of the terminal device for receiving a paging message;

14. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: computer instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or to perform the method of any one of claims 6 to 11.