CN105828436A - Paging method, paging device, MME, base station and user equipment - Google Patents

Paging method, paging device, MME, base station and user equipment Download PDF

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CN105828436A
CN105828436A CN201510615996.1A CN201510615996A CN105828436A CN 105828436 A CN105828436 A CN 105828436A CN 201510615996 A CN201510615996 A CN 201510615996A CN 105828436 A CN105828436 A CN 105828436A
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陈宪明
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The invention provides a paging method, a paging device, an MME, a base station and user equipment. The method comprises the steps of receiving the indication information sent from a serving base station of user equipment; when the state of user equipment is in the radio resource control idle state, sending the indication information to a paging base station of the user equipment. The indication information is used for the paging base station to page the above user equipment. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the problem in the prior art that the user equipment in the idle state cannot be paged is solved. Therefore, the user equipment in the idle state can be paged.

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Paging method, device, MME, base station and subscriber equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to the communications field, in particular to a kind of paging method, device, MME, base station and subscriber equipment.
Background technology
Development along with science and technology, subscriber equipment plays the most important effect in our life, wherein, machine type communication (MachineTypeCommunication, it is called for short MTC) or machine to machine (MachinetoMachine, it being called for short M2M) subscriber equipment (UserEquipment, be called for short UE) is the main application form of present stage Internet of Things.Low-power consumption/low cost is that it can the important leverage of large-scale application.The M2M equipment disposed in the market is based primarily upon global mobile communication (GlobalSystemofMobilecommunication is called for short GSM) system.In recent years, due to Long Term Evolution (LongTermEvolution, it being called for short LTE) spectrum efficiency of system is higher, and increasing mobile operator is it has been determined that LTE is as the evolution tendency of future broadband wireless communication system, so M2M multiple types data service based on LTE is also by more attractive.
The cost of subscriber equipment (including MTCUE) is essentially from two parts: baseband processing portion and radio frequency part.For reducing the cost of MTCUE, reducing transmission bandwidth (including base band and radio frequency bandwidth) up and/or descending for UE is the very effective mode of one reducing MTCUE cost, such as, arrange that all MTCUE are up and/or downstream transmission bandwidth is only the narrow band bandwidth such as 1.4MHz (even if system bandwidth exceeds well over 1.4MHz).In addition to the method for above-mentioned fall bandwidth, in the following manner can be used for further reducing MTCUE cost: single reception antenna, the maximum transport block size (TransportBlockSize is called for short TBS) etc. launching power and minimizing of minimizing.
Owing to some MTCUE are the basement being installed in house or the position covered by aluminum window or traditional thick wall building structure, compared with normal MTCUE, these UE can experience the most serious penetration loss on radio frequency interface, thus for guaranteeing that the normal data of above-mentioned UE are transmitted, need to strengthen the covering of above-mentioned MTCUE.Wherein, the channel type strengthened includes: physical uplink or DSCH Downlink Shared Channel (PhysicalUplink/DownlinkSharedChannel, it is called for short PUSCH/PDSCH) and physical uplink or down control channel (PhysicalUplink/DownlinkControlChannel is called for short PUCCH/PDCCH) etc..Wherein, the coverage enhancement of Physical Downlink Shared Channel PDSCH includes system information block (SystemInformationBlock is called for short SIB) data, the coverage enhancement of beep-page message and the coverage enhancement of unicast service data.In order to accumulate more energy to improve covering, the method for repetition is normally used for realizing the transmission of various channel type and strengthens.
Present stage, for the paging Paging message for paging MTCUE, when UE is in radio frequency resource control (RadioResourceControl, be called for short RRC) connect Connected state time, by reporting of MTCUE ability during RRCConnected foundation, and the real-time of network is measured and/or the feedback of MTCUE after RRCConnected sets up, eNB can provide the Paging process adapting to MTCUE characteristic (whether being limited to narrow band transmission bandwidth, if work in coverage enhancement pattern and/or real-time coverage enhancement grade etc.).But, when MTCUE is in RRC free time Idle state, the context being in RRCIdle state MTCUE generally will not be stored in view of eNB, and the mobility of MTCUE and MTCUE do not retransmit any upward signal, now eNB cannot realize based on the ambulant real-time measurement of MTCUE and/or the reception of feedback, thus the characteristic of enough institute paging MTCUE cannot be obtained, ultimately result in eNB and the Paging process adapting to MTCUE characteristic cannot be provided.So far, about how Paging is in the best solution of the MTCUE under RRCIdle state.
The paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition cannot be realized present in correlation technique, the most not yet propose effective solution.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of paging method, device, MME, base station and subscriber equipment, at least to solve to realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition present in correlation technique.
According to an aspect of the invention, it is provided a kind of paging method, including: receive the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;When the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, described instruction information being sent to the paging base station of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is for subscriber equipment described in described paging base station paging.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Further, before described instruction information is sent to described paging base station, also include, receive described serving BS send be used for determine described subscriber equipment whether support ambulant mobility functions indicate information, wherein, when mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;When described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
Further, when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and during described subscriber equipment support coverage enhancement, before described instruction information is sent to described paging base station, also include, receive the mode of operation instruction information of the described subscriber equipment sent by described serving BS, wherein, described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, described mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment.
Further, when coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, described method also includes: when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, information is indicated to be sent to described paging base station the described mode of operation of described subscriber equipment, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, while sending described mode of operation instruction information to described paging base station, also the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment is sent to described paging base station, wherein, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of paging method, including: when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, the instruction information of the described subscriber equipment that reception Mobility Management Entity MME sends;According to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Further, the instruction information receiving the described subscriber equipment that described MME sends includes: received, by paging base station, the described instruction information that described MME sends, wherein, described instruction information is that the serving BS of described subscriber equipment is sent to described MME's after obtaining described instruction information, wherein, described acquisition described instruction information includes the instruction information receiving described user equipment to report and accesses, according to described subscriber equipment, the instruction information that the mode of described serving BS obtains.
Further, when mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;When described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
Further, when described subscriber equipment supports coverage enhancement and former serving BS that described paging base station is described subscriber equipment, after described paging base station receives the described instruction information that described MME sends, also include: received, by described paging base station, the mode of operation that mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or the non-covered enhancement mode instruction information for determining described subscriber equipment that described MME sends, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, described mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described mode of operation instruction information is to be sent to described MME's by the serving BS of described subscriber equipment;According to subscriber equipment described in the instruction information paging of described mode of operation.
Further, the instruction information of coverage enhancement grade of described mode of operation instruction information and described subscriber equipment is sent to described MME in the following moment by the serving BS of described subscriber equipment: after described subscriber equipment enters described wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition and before described serving BS deletes the context of described subscriber equipment.
Further, when described user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, subscriber equipment described in arrowband function instruction information paging according to described subscriber equipment includes: transmit the beep-page message for subscriber equipment described in paging in determining narrow bandwidth range, wherein, described determine that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range, or described determine that narrow bandwidth range is to be notified to the narrow bandwidth range of described subscriber equipment by predetermined signaling.
Further, described predetermined narrow bandwidth range is determined by equation below: ipaging=UE_IDmodNpaging, or,Wherein, UE_ID is the mark of described subscriber equipment, NpagingFor the number of the arrowband that can be used for subscriber equipment described in paging of network configuration, ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to described subscriber equipment, nB is the number on opportunity that can be used for paging of network configuration, and floor () is downward round numbers operation.
Further, when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and during described subscriber equipment support coverage enhancement, one below is included: successively with subscriber equipment described in non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern paging according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging, until receiving the response of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade;All the time with subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, wherein, described coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade.
Further, when all the time with subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, the repetition of the transmission being transmitted as under described non-covered enhancement mode under described coverage enhancement pattern;The sub-frame set for subscriber equipment described in paging shared by transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe for subscriber equipment described in paging shared by the transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode.
Further, the repeating of the transmission being transmitted as under described non-covered enhancement mode under described coverage enhancement pattern includes: the transmission of the paging data under described coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the transmission of the paging data under described non-covered enhancement mode, the transmission of the scheduling control information under described coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the scheduling control information transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, wherein, described scheduling control information is the control information for dispatching described paging data;And/or, the described subframe that the described sub-frame set shared by transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises shared by the transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode includes: the sub-frame set shared by paging data transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe shared by paging data transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, the sub-frame set shared by scheduling control information transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the shared subframe of the scheduling control information transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, wherein, described scheduling control information is the control information for dispatching described paging data.
Further, indicate subscriber equipment described in information paging according to described mode of operation, including: when described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern, successively according to subscriber equipment described in described mode of operation and non-covered enhancement mode paging;When described mode of operation is non-covered enhancement mode, successively according to subscriber equipment described in described mode of operation and coverage enhancement pattern paging.
Further, when according to subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, strengthen subscriber equipment described in the coverage enhancement grade paging on subscriber equipment described in grade paging or the coverage enhancement grade indicated successively and described coverage enhancement grade according to described subscriber equipment mode of operation instruction information according to maximal cover.
Further, when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and when described subscriber equipment does not supports coverage enhancement, include according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging: according to subscriber equipment described in non-covered enhancement mode paging.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of paging method, including: the instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging is sent to the serving BS of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for described serving BS by described instruction information, in order to paging base station receives described instruction information from described MME and described subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports that ambulant mobility functions indicates information.
Further, after described instruction information is sent to described serving BS, also include: when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive described paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of described subscriber equipment and described coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, described arrowband function instruction information is used for determining described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Further, when mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is the base station that described subscriber equipment is the most resident;Or, when described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
Further, the base station that described subscriber equipment is the most resident is to have the downlink reference signal of maximum around described subscriber equipment in all base stations to receive the base station of the down receiving signal energy in all base stations around the base station of power or described subscriber equipment with maximum.
Further, receive described paging base station to include according to the beep-page message of described arrowband function instruction information transmission: when described user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends in determining narrow bandwidth range, wherein, described determine that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range or the narrow bandwidth range notified by predetermined signaling.
Further, described predetermined narrow bandwidth range is determined by equation below: ipaging=UE_IDmodNpaging, or,Wherein, UE_ID is the mark of described subscriber equipment, NpagingFor the number of the arrowband that can be used for subscriber equipment described in paging of network configuration, ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to described subscriber equipment, nB is the number on opportunity that can be used for paging of network configuration, and floor () is downward round numbers operation.
Further, receive described paging base station and include one below according to the beep-page message that described coverage enhancement function instruction information sends: when coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, the downlink reference signal sent according to described paging base station determines the mode of operation of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and described downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal;The beep-page message that described paging base station sends successively is received with non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern according to the described mode of operation determined;When coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to coverage enhancement pattern;When described subscriber equipment does not supports coverage enhancement, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to non-covered enhancement mode.
Further, receive the beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to described coverage enhancement pattern to include: receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to the maximum coverage enhancement grade that described subscriber equipment is supported.
Further, when the former serving BS that described paging base station is described subscriber equipment, receive the beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to described coverage enhancement pattern to include: from the beginning of described subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade, the beep-page message that coverage enhancement grade on the coverage enhancement grade indicated according to mode of operation instruction information successively according to the coverage enhancement grade described paging base station of reception on the current coverage enhancement of described subscriber equipment and current coverage enhancement grade successively and described coverage enhancement grade sends, until being properly received described beep-page message, wherein, described subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade is to be obtained by measuring of the downlink reference signal to described former serving BS, described downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of paging equipment, including: the first receiver module, for receiving the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;First sending module, for when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, is sent to the paging base station of described subscriber equipment by described instruction information, and wherein, described instruction information is for subscriber equipment described in described paging base station paging.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of Mobility Management Entity MME, including the device described in any of the above-described item.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of paging equipment, including: the second receiver module, for when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive the instruction information of the described subscriber equipment that Mobility Management Entity MME sends;Paging module, for according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of base station, including the device described in any of the above-described item.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of paging equipment, including: the second sending module, for the instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging being sent to the serving BS of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for described serving BS by described instruction information, in order to described paging base station receives described instruction information from described MME and described subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
Further, described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Further, described device also includes: the 3rd receiver module, for when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive described paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of described subscriber equipment and described coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, described arrowband function instruction information is used for determining described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
According to a further aspect in the invention, it is provided that a kind of subscriber equipment, including the device described in any of the above-described item.
By the present invention, use the instruction information that the serving BS receiving subscriber equipment sends;When the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, described instruction information is sent to the paging base station of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is for subscriber equipment described in described paging base station paging, solve and cannot realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition present in correlation technique, and then reached to realize the effect of the paging to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition.
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Accompanying drawing described herein is used for providing a further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the part of the application, and the schematic description and description of the present invention is used for explaining the present invention, is not intended that inappropriate limitation of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the first paging method according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the second paging method according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the third paging method according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the structured flowchart of the first paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structured flowchart of Mobility Management Entity MME according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the structured flowchart of the second paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the structured flowchart of base station according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the structured flowchart of the third paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the preferred structure block diagram of the third paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention;
Figure 10 is the structured flowchart of subscriber equipment according to embodiments of the present invention;
Figure 11 be according to embodiments of the present invention one paging be in the schematic diagram of MTCUE of RRCIdle state;
Figure 12 is that UE coverage enhancement is correlated with instruction information reporting to the schematic diagram of MME by the service eNB of the UE of according to embodiments of the present invention two;
Figure 13 is that UE coverage enhancement is correlated with instruction information by the MME of according to embodiments of the present invention two, notifies to the schematic diagram of the former service eNB of above-mentioned UE;
Figure 14 is the schematic diagram that coverage enhancement according to embodiments of the present invention is transmitted as that non-covered strengthens the repetition of transmission.
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Below with reference to accompanying drawing and describe the present invention in detail in conjunction with the embodiments.It should be noted that in the case of not conflicting, the embodiment in the application and the feature in embodiment can be mutually combined.
Providing a kind of paging method in the present embodiment, Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the first paging method according to embodiments of the present invention, as it is shown in figure 1, this flow process comprises the steps:
Step S102, receives the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;
Step S104, when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, is sent to the paging base station of subscriber equipment by instruction information, and wherein, this instruction information is used for the above-mentioned subscriber equipment of paging base station paging.
Pass through above-mentioned steps, when the subscriber equipment free time, instruction this subscriber equipment of information paging sent by the serving BS of subscriber equipment received in advance can be utilized, it is achieved thereby that when subscriber equipment is in idle condition, it also is able to obtain the feature of enough subscriber equipmenies, thus improve the success rate of this subscriber equipment of paging, solve and cannot realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition present in correlation technique, and then reached to realize the effect of the paging to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition.
The type of above-mentioned instruction information can be multiple, and in an optional embodiment, above-mentioned instruction information can include at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
In an optional embodiment, before above-mentioned instruction information is sent to paging base station, also include, receive above-mentioned subscriber equipment serving BS send be used for determine this subscriber equipment whether support ambulant mobility functions indicate information, wherein, when mobility supported by subscriber equipment, paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;When subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, paging base station is the former serving BS of subscriber equipment.Such that it is able to whether support that mobility determines which base station is instruction information be sent to according to subscriber equipment.
When above-mentioned instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and during subscriber equipment support coverage enhancement, before instruction information is sent to paging base station, also include, receive the mode of operation instruction information of the subscriber equipment sent by serving BS, wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, further, when subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of subscriber equipment.
In an optional embodiment, when coverage enhancement supported by above-mentioned subscriber equipment, also include: when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, information is indicated to be sent to paging base station the mode of operation of subscriber equipment, and, when subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, while sending mode of operation instruction information to paging base station, also the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of this subscriber equipment is sent to paging base station, wherein, this paging base station is the former serving BS of subscriber equipment.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the second paging method according to embodiments of the present invention, as in figure 2 it is shown, the method comprises the steps:
Step S202, when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receives the instruction information of the subscriber equipment that Mobility Management Entity MME sends;
Step S204, according to above-mentioned instruction information calling user device.
Pass through above-mentioned steps, when the subscriber equipment free time, the instruction information calling user device sent according to MME, it is achieved thereby that when subscriber equipment is in idle condition, it also is able to obtain the feature of enough subscriber equipmenies, thus improve the success rate of this subscriber equipment of paging, solve and cannot realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition present in correlation technique, and then reached to realize the effect of the paging to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition.
The type of above-mentioned instruction information can be multiple, in an optional embodiment, above-mentioned instruction information can include at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
In an optional embodiment, the instruction information receiving the subscriber equipment that MME sends includes: received, by paging base station, the instruction information that MME sends, wherein, this instruction information is that the serving BS of subscriber equipment is sent to MME's after obtaining instruction information, wherein, this acquisition instruction information includes the instruction information receiving user equipment to report and the instruction information obtained according to the mode of subscriber equipment access service base station.
When mobility supported by above-mentioned subscriber equipment, paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;When subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, paging base station is the former serving BS of subscriber equipment.
In an optional embodiment, when above-mentioned subscriber equipment supports coverage enhancement and former serving BS that paging base station is subscriber equipment, after paging base station receives the instruction information that MME sends, also include: received, by paging base station, the mode of operation that mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or the non-covered enhancement mode instruction information for determining subscriber equipment that MME sends, and, when this subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, this mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of subscriber equipment, wherein, this mode of operation instruction information is to be sent to MME's by the serving BS of subscriber equipment;Information calling user device is indicated according to mode of operation.
Mode of operation can be indicated the instruction information of coverage enhancement grade of information and subscriber equipment to be sent to MME in the specific moment by serving BS, in an optional embodiment, mode of operation is indicated the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of information and subscriber equipment to be sent to MME by the serving BS of above-mentioned subscriber equipment in the following moment: after subscriber equipment enters wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition and before serving BS deletes the context of subscriber equipment.
In an optional embodiment, when user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, arrowband function instruction information calling user device according to subscriber equipment includes: transmit the beep-page message for calling user device in determining narrow bandwidth range, wherein, this determines that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range, or this determines that narrow bandwidth range is to be notified to the narrow bandwidth range of subscriber equipment by predetermined signaling.Wherein, above-mentioned beep-page message is actual paging data or the control message of scheduling paging data.
In an optional embodiment, above-mentioned predetermined narrow bandwidth range can be determined by equation below: ipaging=UE_IDmodNpagin,gOr,Wherein, UE_ID is the mark (for example, it may be international mobile subscriber identity that subscriber equipment is intrinsic (InternationalMobileSubscriberIdentificationNumber, referred to as IMSI)) of above-mentioned subscriber equipment, NpagingNumber for the arrowband that can be used for the above-mentioned subscriber equipment of paging of network configuration (wherein, is in non-covered to strengthen and the subscriber equipment of coverage enhancement pattern can share identical NpagingIndividual paging arrowband, or, the subscriber equipment being in non-covered enhancing and coverage enhancement pattern uses different paging arrowband set respectively, in this case, it is in the position of the arrowband of non-covered enhancement mode subscriber equipment for paging and/or number is in the position of arrowband of coverage enhancement Mode subscriber devices from paging and/or number is different), ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to above-mentioned subscriber equipment, nB be network configuration can be used for paging opportunity number (such as, in existing LTE system, at most can configure 4T paging occasion, minimum can configure T/32 paging occasion, T represents the radio frames that a paging cycle includes), floor () is downward round numbers operation.Certainly, this kind determines that mode is only a kind of example, it would however also be possible to employ other formula determines above-mentioned narrow bandwidth range.
When above-mentioned instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and during this subscriber equipment support coverage enhancement, one below is included: successively with non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern calling user device according to instruction information calling user device, until receiving the response of this subscriber equipment, wherein, coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade;All the time with coverage enhancement pattern calling user device, wherein, this coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade.
Wherein, when all the time with coverage enhancement pattern calling user device, the repetition of the transmission being transmitted as under non-covered enhancement mode under this coverage enhancement pattern;The sub-frame set for calling user device shared by transmission under coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe for calling user device shared by the transmission under non-covered enhancement mode.
In an optional embodiment, the repeating of the above-mentioned transmission being transmitted as under non-covered enhancement mode under coverage enhancement pattern may include that the transmission of the paging data under coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the transmission of the paging data under non-coverage enhancement pattern, the transmission of the scheduling control information under coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the scheduling control information transmission under non-coverage enhancement pattern, wherein, this scheduling control information is the control information for scheduling paging data;And/or, the subframe that the sub-frame set shared by transmission under coverage enhancement pattern comprises shared by the transmission under non-covered enhancement mode includes: the sub-frame set shared by paging data transmission under coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe shared by paging data transmission under non-covered enhancement mode, the sub-frame set shared by scheduling control information transmission under coverage enhancement pattern comprises the shared subframe of the scheduling control information transmission under non-covered enhancement mode, wherein, this scheduling control information is the control information for scheduling paging data.
Information calling user device is indicated according to above-mentioned mode of operation, including: when above-mentioned mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern, successively according to mode of operation and non-covered enhancement mode calling user device;When above-mentioned mode of operation is non-covered enhancement mode, successively according to mode of operation and coverage enhancement pattern calling user device.
Wherein, when according to coverage enhancement pattern calling user device, strengthen the coverage enhancement grade calling user device on grade calling user device or the coverage enhancement grade indicated successively and coverage enhancement grade according to subscriber equipment mode of operation instruction information according to maximal cover.
When instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and when subscriber equipment does not supports coverage enhancement, include according to instruction information calling user device: according to non-covered enhancement mode calling user device.
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the third paging method according to embodiments of the present invention, as it is shown on figure 3, the method comprises the steps:
Step S302, the instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging is sent to the serving BS of subscriber equipment, wherein, instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for serving BS by this instruction information, in order to paging base station receives this instruction information from MME and subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
Pass through above-mentioned steps, before subscriber equipment is in idle condition, the instruction information being used for this subscriber equipment of paging is sent to serving BS, and then sent it to MME by serving BS, this beep-page message is sent to paging base station by MME again, so that paging base station can carry out paging according to this instruction information to subscriber equipment when the subscriber equipment free time, it is achieved thereby that when subscriber equipment is in idle condition, it also is able to obtain the feature of enough subscriber equipmenies, thus improve the success rate of this subscriber equipment of paging, solve and cannot realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition present in correlation technique, and then reached to realize the effect of the paging to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition.
Above-mentioned instruction information can include at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining whether subscriber equipment supports that ambulant mobility functions indicates information.
In an optional embodiment, after instruction information is sent to serving BS, also include: when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of subscriber equipment and coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, this arrowband function instruction information is used for determining subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
When mobility supported by subscriber equipment, this paging base station is the base station that subscriber equipment is the most resident;Or, when subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, this paging base station is the former serving BS of subscriber equipment.
Wherein, the base station that above-mentioned subscriber equipment is the most resident is to have the downlink reference signal of maximum around subscriber equipment in all base stations to receive the base station of the down receiving signal energy in all base stations around the base station of power or subscriber equipment with maximum.
In an optional embodiment, receive paging base station to include according to the beep-page message of arrowband function instruction information transmission: when user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, receive the beep-page message that paging base station sends in determining narrow bandwidth range, wherein, this determines that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range or the narrow bandwidth range notified by predetermined signaling.Wherein, above-mentioned beep-page message is actual paging data or the control message of scheduling paging data.
In an optional embodiment, above-mentioned predetermined narrow bandwidth range can be determined by equation below: ipaging=UE_IDmodNpaging, or,Wherein, UE_ID is the mark (for example, it may be international mobile subscriber identity that subscriber equipment is intrinsic (InternationalMobileSubscriberIdentificationNumber, referred to as IMSI)) of above-mentioned subscriber equipment, NpagingNumber for the arrowband that can be used for the above-mentioned subscriber equipment of paging of network configuration (wherein, is in non-covered to strengthen and the subscriber equipment of coverage enhancement pattern can share identical NpagingIndividual paging arrowband, or, the subscriber equipment being in non-covered enhancing and coverage enhancement pattern uses different paging arrowband set respectively, in this case, it is in the position of the arrowband of non-covered enhancement mode subscriber equipment for paging and/or number is in the position of arrowband of coverage enhancement Mode subscriber devices from paging and/or number is different), ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to above-mentioned subscriber equipment, nB be network configuration can be used for paging opportunity number (such as, in existing LTE system, at most can configure 4T paging occasion, minimum can configure T/32 paging occasion, T represents the radio frames that a paging cycle includes), floor () is downward round numbers operation.Certainly, this kind determines that mode is only a kind of example, it would however also be possible to employ other formula determines above-mentioned narrow bandwidth range.
In an optional embodiment, receive paging base station and can include one below according to the beep-page message that coverage enhancement function instruction information sends: when coverage enhancement supported by subscriber equipment, the downlink reference signal sent according to paging base station determines the mode of operation of subscriber equipment, wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal;The beep-page message that paging base station sends successively is received with non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern according to the mode of operation determined;When coverage enhancement supported by subscriber equipment, receive the beep-page message that paging base station sends according to coverage enhancement pattern;When subscriber equipment does not supports coverage enhancement, receive the beep-page message that paging base station sends according to non-covered enhancement mode.
Wherein, the beep-page message that reception paging base station sends according to coverage enhancement pattern includes: receive the beep-page message that paging base station sends according to the maximum coverage enhancement grade that subscriber equipment is supported.
When the former serving BS that paging base station is subscriber equipment, the beep-page message that reception paging base station sends according to coverage enhancement pattern includes: from the beginning of subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade, the beep-page message that coverage enhancement grade on the coverage enhancement grade indicated according to mode of operation instruction information successively according to the coverage enhancement grade reception paging base station on the current coverage enhancement of subscriber equipment and current coverage enhancement grade successively and coverage enhancement grade sends, until being properly received beep-page message, wherein, this subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade is to be obtained by measuring of the downlink reference signal to former serving BS, this downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal.
Additionally providing a kind of paging equipment in the present embodiment, this device is used for realizing above-described embodiment and preferred implementation, has carried out repeating no more of explanation.As used below, term " module " can realize the software of predetermined function and/or the combination of hardware.Although the device described by following example preferably realizes with software, but hardware, or the realization of the combination of software and hardware also may and be contemplated.
Fig. 4 is the structured flowchart of the first paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 4, this device includes the first receiver module 42 and the first sending module 44, illustrates this device below.
First receiver module 42, for receiving the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;First sending module 44, is connected to above-mentioned first receiver module 42, for when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, instruction information is sent to the paging base station of subscriber equipment, and wherein, this instruction information is used for paging base station calling user device.
Wherein, above-mentioned instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Fig. 5 is the structured flowchart of Mobility Management Entity MME according to embodiments of the present invention, as it is shown in figure 5, this MME52 includes the first paging equipment 54 of any of the above-described.
Fig. 6 is the structured flowchart of the second paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 6, this device includes the second receiver module 62 and paging module 64, illustrates this device below.
Second receiver module 62, for when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receives the instruction information of the subscriber equipment that Mobility Management Entity MME sends;Paging module 64, is connected to above-mentioned second receiver module 62, for according to instruction information calling user device.
Wherein, above-mentioned instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Fig. 7 is the structured flowchart of base station according to embodiments of the present invention, as it is shown in fig. 7, this base station 72 includes the second paging equipment 74 of any of the above-described.
Fig. 8 is the structured flowchart of the third paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 8, this device includes the second sending module 82, illustrates this device below.
Second sending module 82, for the instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging being sent to the serving BS of subscriber equipment, wherein, instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for serving BS by this instruction information, in order to paging base station receives instruction information from this MME and subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
Wherein, above-mentioned instruction information can include at least one of: for determining whether subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;For determining the arrowband function instruction information that subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Fig. 9 is the preferred structure block diagram of the third paging equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, as it is shown in figure 9, this device is in addition to including all modules shown in Fig. 8, also includes the 3rd receiver module 92, illustrates this device below.
3rd receiver module 92, it is connected to above-mentioned second sending module 82, for when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of subscriber equipment and coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, this arrowband function instruction information is used for determining subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Figure 10 is the structured flowchart of subscriber equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, and as shown in Figure 10, this subscriber equipment 102 includes the third paging equipment 104 of any of the above-described.
Below as a example by the paging method being applied in MTC device, the present invention will be described.
At mobile management entity (MobilityManagementEntity, it is called for short MME) side, when UE (the most above-mentioned subscriber equipment) is in RRCConnected state, MME receives from least one in the instruction information of UE arrowband function, coverage enhancement and the mobility functions of the service eNB of UE;
When UE is in RRCIdle state, at least one in the arrowband function of MME notice UE and the instruction information of coverage enhancement function gives the paging eNB of UE;Wherein, the instruction information of arrowband function, coverage enhancement function and mobility functions is respectively used to determine UE whether transmission bandwidth is limited, whether supports coverage enhancement and whether support mobility.
For controlling MTC device cost, some MTCUE may be limited to narrow band transmission bandwidth;For realizing the coverage goal of extension, some MTCUE must support coverage enhancement function;May no longer move after mounting in view of some MTC device, such MTCUE supports that mobility is dispensable.By when UE is in RRCConnected state, MME is made to receive the UE arrowband function of the service eNB from UE, at least one in the instruction information of coverage enhancement and mobility functions, and when UE is in RRCIdle state, make at least one in the instruction information of MME notice UE arrowband function and coverage enhancement function to the paging eNB of UE, ensure that when UE is in RRCIdle state to a certain extent, paging eNB also is able to obtain enough UE characteristics, so that eNB can provide the Paging process adapting to MTCUE characteristic, finally improve the probability of success of Paging process;Additionally, the method avoids introduces the substantial amounts of storage overhead being in RRCIdle state MTCUE context for storage in eNB side simultaneously.
At least one in the arrowband function of notice UE and the instruction information of coverage enhancement function includes to the paging eNB of UE: when UE supports mobility, paging eNB is all eNB in the range of trace regions (TrackingArea);Otherwise, paging eNB is the former service eNB of UE.
Wherein, TrackingArea is the set of multiple adjacent eNB, and above-mentioned multiple adjacent eNB can have same or different trace regions code (TrackingAreaCode);When UE supports mobility, UE is likely located in the coverage of in above-mentioned multiple eNB, but uncertain specifically which eNB of MME, it is therefore desirable to above-mentioned multiple eNB paging UE simultaneously.Former service eNB was UE before entering RRCIdle state, provided the service eNB of service for this UE;When UE does not supports mobility, UE, by the coverage being always positioned at former service eNB, therefore has only to former service eNB paging UE.
Receive while the instruction information of the UE coverage enhancement function of service eNB, also include:
When UE supports coverage enhancement, receiving the mode of operation instruction information of the UE from service eNB, wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode;
And, when UE works in coverage enhancement pattern, receive the instruction information from the UE coverage enhancement grade servicing eNB.
When UE supports coverage enhancement, can know that UE is currently operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode by said method MME, and, if UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern, what kind of its concrete coverage enhancement grade is.
Wherein, under different coverage enhancement grades, different iterative transfer times is employed;Coverage enhancement the highest grade, and the iterative transfer times of needs is the biggest.Wherein, under maximum coverage enhancement grade, maximum iterative transfer times is employed.
Entering after RRCIdle state at UE, information above (including mode of operation and/or coverage enhancement grade) can be utilized, by MME, the paging Paging process of assisting the former service eNB offer of UE more can adapt to MTCUE characteristic.
While the instruction information of notice UE coverage enhancement function is to paging eNB, also include:
For the former service eNB of UE, when UE supports coverage enhancement, notice UE mode of operation instruction information is to eNB, and wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode;And, when UE works in coverage enhancement pattern, the instruction information of notice UE coverage enhancement grade is to eNB.
When UE supports coverage enhancement, can know that UE history is operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode by the former service eNB of said method UE, and, if UE history is to be operated in coverage enhancement pattern, what kind of the coverage enhancement grade of its concrete history is.After UE enters RRCIdle state, information above (including mode of operation and/or coverage enhancement grade) can be utilized by the former service eNB of UE, to provide paging (Paging) process that more can adapt to MTCUE characteristic.
Environmental difference in view of different eNB coverages, during moving across eNB, UE indicates information not to be very big or without reference to meaning to the reference significance of other follow-up eNB, so only indicating information to notify that to the former service eNB of UE be desirable UE mode of operation and/or coverage enhancement grade in mode of operation and/or the coverage enhancement grade of the history of an eNB.
The paging problem technical problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition cannot be realized present in solution correlation technique, the embodiment of the present invention also provides for a kind of paging method, for machine type communication MTC device, in base station eNB side, when UE is in RRCConnected state, the instruction information of UE arrowband function is sent to MME by service eNB, or, receive from least one in the instruction information of the coverage enhancement function of UE and mobility functions and send it to MME, or, receive from least one in the instruction information of the coverage enhancement function of UE and mobility functions and the instruction information of itself and UE arrowband function is sent to MME;
When UE is in RRCIdle state, paging eNB is according at least one paging UE in the instruction information from the UE arrowband function of MME and coverage enhancement function;Wherein, the instruction information of this arrowband function, coverage enhancement function and mobility functions is respectively used to determine UE whether transmission bandwidth is limited, whether supports coverage enhancement and whether support mobility.
For controlling MTC device cost, some MTCUE may be limited to narrow band transmission bandwidth;For realizing the coverage goal of extension, some MTCUE must support coverage enhancement function;May no longer move after mounting in view of some MTC device, such MTCUE supports that mobility is dispensable.By when UE is in RRCConnected state, make service eNB by UE arrowband function, at least one in the instruction information of coverage enhancement and mobility functions is sent to MME, and when UE is in RRCIdle state, make paging eNB according at least one paging UE in the instruction information from the UE arrowband function of MME and coverage enhancement function, ensure that when UE is in RRCIdle state to a certain extent, paging eNB also is able to obtain enough UE characteristics, so that paging eNB can provide the Paging process adapting to MTCUE characteristic, finally improve the probability of success of Paging process;Additionally, the method avoids introduces the substantial amounts of storage overhead being in RRCIdle state MTCUE context for storage in eNB side simultaneously.
It should be noted that, above-mentioned arrowband function need not clear and definite instruction information, i.e. service eNB need not receive the instruction information of the arrowband function from UE, because eNB can determine that UE accesses the mode of this eNB, the most whether it is the narrowband subsystem being successfully accessed this eNB according to narrow band access rule or resource, if it is, eNB is able to confirm that UE is limited to narrow band transmission bandwidth.
When UE transmission bandwidth is by limited time, and paging eNB is according to narrowband transmission mode paging UE.Wherein, narrowband transmission mode includes: Paging message is transmitted in narrow bandwidth range that is predefined or that indicated by eNB.
When UE supports mobility functions, paging eNB is in all eNB in the range of TrackingArea;Otherwise, paging eNB is the former service eNB of UE.
Wherein, TrackingArea is the set of multiple adjacent eNB, and above-mentioned multiple adjacent eNB can have same or different trace regions code (TrackingAreaCode);When UE supports mobility, UE is likely located in the coverage of in above-mentioned multiple eNB, but uncertain specifically which eNB of MME, it is therefore desirable to above-mentioned multiple eNB paging UE simultaneously.Former service eNB was UE before entering RRCIdle state, provided the service eNB of service for this UE;When UE does not supports mobility, UE, by the coverage being always positioned at former service eNB, therefore has only to former service eNB paging UE.
While the instruction information of transmission UE coverage enhancement function is to MME, also including: when UE supports coverage enhancement, sending UE mode of operation and indicate information to MME, wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode;And, when UE works in coverage enhancement pattern, send the instruction information of UE coverage enhancement grade to MME.
When UE supports coverage enhancement, can know that UE is currently operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode by said method MME, and, if UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern, what kind of its concrete coverage enhancement grade is.
Wherein, under different coverage enhancement grades, different iterative transfer times is employed;Coverage enhancement the highest grade, and the iterative transfer times of needs is the biggest.Wherein, under maximum coverage enhancement grade, maximum iterative transfer times is employed.
Entering after RRCIdle state at UE, information above (including mode of operation and/or coverage enhancement grade) can be utilized, by MME, the Paging process of assisting the former service eNB offer of UE more can adapt to MTCUE characteristic.
Service eNB can send the instruction information of mode of operation and coverage enhancement grade to MME in the following moment: after UE enters RRCIdle state and before service eNB deletes UE context.This method guarantees that and be sent to the mode of operation of MME storage and coverage enhancement class information is up-to-date and has the control overhead (avoiding repeatedly reporting of mode of operation and coverage enhancement class information) of minimum.
Information paging UE is indicated according to the UE coverage enhancement function from MME, including: when UE supports coverage enhancement function, above-mentioned paging eNB strengthens and coverage enhancement pattern paging with non-covered successively, until receiving the upstream data from UE;Wherein, paging eNB is first with non-covered enhancement mode paging X time (X is the positive integer more than or equal to 1), without receiving the upstream data from UE, then with coverage enhancement pattern paging;Wherein, it is to strengthen grade paging UE according to maximal cover all the time when paging eNB is with coverage enhancement pattern paging UE;This method guarantees that the successful of paging UE, no matter UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and when UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern, no matter the coverage enhancement grade residing for UE.
Or, all the time with coverage enhancement pattern and according to maximal cover enhancing grade paging UE;Coverage enhancement transmission mode is the repetition of non-coverage enhancement transmission, and the sub-frame set shared by coverage enhancement transmission comprises non-covered and strengthens the subframe shared by transmission.This method guarantees that the UE being in non-covered enhancement mode also is able to be properly received with the Paging data of coverage enhancement pattern transmission, finally ensure that the successful of paging UE, no matter UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and when UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern, no matter what kind of coverage enhancement grade UE is in.
Information paging UE is indicated according to the UE coverage enhancement function from MME, including: when paging eNB is UE former service eNB and UE support coverage enhancement, according to from the UE mode of operation of MME and the instruction information paging UE of coverage enhancement grade, wherein, this mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode.
When UE supports coverage enhancement, can know that UE history is operated in coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode by the former service eNB of said method UE, and, if UE history is to be operated in coverage enhancement pattern, what kind of the coverage enhancement grade of its concrete history is.After UE enters RRCIdle state, information above (including mode of operation and/or coverage enhancement grade) can be utilized by the former service eNB of UE, to provide paging (Paging) process that more can adapt to MTCUE characteristic.
Environmental difference in view of different eNB coverages, during moving across eNB, UE indicates information not to be very big or without reference to meaning to the reference significance of other follow-up eNB, so it is desirable that the most former service eNB receives UE mode of operation and/or the coverage enhancement grade instruction information from MME in mode of operation and/or the coverage enhancement grade of the history of an eNB.
UE former service eNB is successively according to the mode of operation indicated by UE mode of operation instruction information and other mode of operation paging UE, until receiving the upstream data from UE.Wherein, UE former service eNB is first with mode of operation paging Y time (Y is the positive integer more than or equal to 1) of above-mentioned instruction, without receiving the upstream data from UE, then with other mode of operation paging.Holding history mode of operation it is probably the most greatly, by preferentially avoiding unnecessary paging expense and delay to a certain extent according to history mode of operation paging UE in view of UE.
When with coverage enhancement pattern paging UE, all the time grade paging UE is strengthened according to maximal cover, or, from the beginning of the coverage enhancement grade indicated by coverage enhancement grade instruction information, attempt indicated coverage enhancement grade and all coverage enhancement grades on this coverage enhancement grade successively (such as, for any one in indicated coverage enhancement grade and all coverage enhancement grades on this coverage enhancement grade, UE former service eNB is according to this coverage enhancement grade paging Z time, wherein, Z is the positive integer more than or equal to 1, and meet Z × L=Y, wherein, L is greater than the coverage enhancement number of degrees equal to indicated coverage enhancement grade, Y is the number of times carrying out paging with coverage enhancement pattern), until receiving the upstream data from UE.If being operated in coverage enhancement pattern in view of UE, it is probably the most greatly the coverage enhancement grade keeping history, by preferentially further avoid unnecessary paging expense and delay to a certain extent according to the coverage enhancement grade paging UE of history.
Information paging UE is indicated according to the UE coverage enhancement function from MME, including: when UE does not support coverage enhancement function, paging eNB is all the time with non-covered enhancement mode paging UE.
For solve existing existence cannot realize the paging problem to the subscriber equipment being in idle condition, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of method, for machine type communication MTC device, in end side: when UE is in RRCConnected state, at least one in the instruction information of coverage enhancement and mobility functions is sent to eNB;When UE is in RRCIdle state, receive Paging message according to the degree of support of at least one in arrowband function, coverage enhancement and mobility functions;Wherein, the instruction information of this arrowband function, coverage enhancement function and mobility functions is respectively used to determine UE whether transmission bandwidth is limited, whether supports coverage enhancement and whether support mobility.
By when UE is in RRCConnected state, make UE that at least one in the instruction information of coverage enhancement and mobility functions is sent to eNB, ensure that at least one in the instruction information of above-mentioned instruction information and UE arrowband function can be transmitted to MME by eNB in time, thus ensure that when UE is in RRCIdle state to a certain extent, eNB also is able to obtain enough UE characteristics from MME, so that eNB can provide the Paging process adapting to MTCUE characteristic, finally improve the probability of success of Paging process.By when UE is in RRCIdle state, UE is made to receive Paging message according to the degree of support of at least one in arrowband function, coverage enhancement and mobility functions, ensure that UE can provide the Paging message sink process of adaptation according to self UE characteristic, finally improve the probability of success that Paging receives.
Paging message is received according to the degree of support of arrowband function, including: when UE transmission bandwidth is by limited time, and UE receives Paging message according to narrowband transmission mode.Wherein, above-mentioned narrowband transmission mode includes: Paging message is received in narrow bandwidth range that is predefined or that indicated by eNB.
Paging message is received according to the degree of support of coverage enhancement and mobility functions, including: when UE supports coverage enhancement function, UE determines current operation mode according to the downlink reference signal from eNB, and receive Paging message according to mode of operation, wherein, mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode, and downlink reference signal includes: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal.Such as, UE can obtain Reference Signal Received Power (ReferenceSignalReceivePower by the measurement of the reference signal proprietary to community, it is called for short RSRP), when above-mentioned RSRP is less than a certain thresholding, UE receives Paging message according to coverage enhancement pattern, otherwise, Paging message is received according to non-covered enhancement mode.This method guarantees that UE can select applicable mode of operation according to real-time channel circumstance.
When UE supports mobility, eNB is the eNB that UE is the most resident;Otherwise, eNB is the former service eNB of UE.Wherein, the most resident eNB be around UE, all eNB have maximum descending RSRP or one of down receiving signal energy.When UE supports mobility, eNB resident for UE is not fixing, makes UE receive the Paging message from current resident eNB, it is ensured that the receptivity of Paging message;When UE does not supports mobility, eNB resident for UE is the former service eNB of UE all the time.
When UE receives Paging message according to coverage enhancement pattern, it is to receive according to maximum coverage enhancement grade all the time.When eNB is with coverage enhancement pattern and when being according to maximum coverage enhancement grade transmission Paging message all the time, described method provides the reception mode adapting to transmission means, finally ensure that the success rate once receiving Paging message.
As the former service eNB that eNB is UE, and when receiving Paging message according to coverage enhancement pattern, from the beginning of current coverage enhancement grade, attempt current coverage enhancement grade and all coverage enhancement grades on current coverage enhancement grade successively, until being properly received Paging message.Wherein, for any one in current coverage enhancement grade and all coverage enhancement grades on current coverage enhancement grade, UE receives G time according to this coverage enhancement grade, until being properly received Paging message, wherein, G is the positive integer more than or equal to 1.
In a preferred embodiment, above-mentioned Z is much larger than G.
When eNB is with coverage enhancement pattern and from the beginning of history coverage enhancement grade, when attempting all coverage enhancement grades transmission Paging message on history coverage enhancement grade successively, described method provide the reception mode adapting to transmission means, ensure that once receiving the success rate of Paging message, paging control overhead and paging postpones the most simultaneously.Wherein, current coverage enhancement grade is to get based on to the measurement of the downlink reference signal from UE former service eNB;Such as, UE can obtain Reference Signal Received Power RSRP by the measurement of the reference signal proprietary to community, when above-mentioned RSRP is positioned at the first interval, current coverage enhancement grade is the first coverage enhancement grade, when being positioned at the second interval, current coverage enhancement grade is the second coverage enhancement grade, by that analogy.
Paging message is received according to the degree of support of coverage enhancement and mobility functions, including: when UE does not support coverage enhancement function, UE receives Paging message with non-covered enhancement mode all the time.
In the various embodiments described above, by when UE is in RRCConnected state, MME is made to receive from least one in the instruction information of UE arrowband function, coverage enhancement and the mobility functions of eNB, and, when UE is in RRCIdle state, make at least one in the instruction information of MME notice UE arrowband function and coverage enhancement function to eNB, ensure that eNB also can obtain enough UE features when UE is in RRCIdle state, finally improves the probability of success of Paging process to a certain extent.
It should be noted that during reality realizes, may not there is the instruction information of direct or clear and definite arrowband, coverage enhancement and/or mobility functions, now, above-mentioned instruction information is that the instruction information by UE type indicates indirectly;Such as, existing Rel-12 low cost (LowCost) UE type (i.e. Category0) means not support arrowband and coverage enhancement function, and may mean to support arrowband function in Rel-13 low complex degree (LowComplexity) the UE type that future introduces, and, coverage enhancement Rel-13 low complex degree UE type means to support arrowband and coverage enhancement function simultaneously.
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, the present invention will be described:
Embodiment one
Figure 11 be according to embodiments of the present invention one paging be in the schematic diagram of MTCUE of RRCIdle state.
As shown in figure 11, this paging method comprises the steps:
Step S1102, when UE is in RRCConnected state, the instruction information reporting of coverage enhancement and mobility functions is given service eNB by this UE, to indicate whether it supports coverage enhancement and mobility to service eNB.
Step S1104, receives after the instruction information of the above-mentioned coverage enhancement of UE and mobility functions at service eNB, and the instruction information of above-mentioned coverage enhancement and mobility functions and the instruction information of arrowband function are transmitted to MME by this service eNB.
Wherein, the instruction information of above-mentioned arrowband function, coverage enhancement function and mobility functions is respectively used to determine UE whether transmission bandwidth is limited, whether supports coverage enhancement and whether support mobility;And, arrowband function need not clear and definite instruction information, i.e. service eNB need not receive the instruction information of the arrowband function from UE, because eNB can determine whether UE is successfully accessed narrowband subsystem according to narrow band access rule or resource, if it is, eNB is able to confirm that UE is limited to narrow band transmission bandwidth.
Step S1106, when UE is in RRCIdle state, the arrowband of above-mentioned UE and the instruction information of coverage enhancement function are reinformed to paging eNB by MME, to indicate whether this UE supports coverage enhancement and mobility to paging eNB.
Step S1108, receives after the instruction information of the above-mentioned arrowband of MME and coverage enhancement function at paging eNB, and this paging eNB is according to the instruction above-mentioned UE of information paging of above-mentioned UE arrowband and coverage enhancement function.Wherein, when above-mentioned UE supports mobility, above-mentioned paging eNB is in all eNB in the range of trace regions (TrackingArea);Otherwise, above-mentioned paging eNB is only the former service eNB of unique above-mentioned UE.
When above-mentioned UE transmission bandwidth is by limited time, and above-mentioned paging eNB is this UE of paging (transmission Paging message) in determination narrow bandwidth range that is predefined or that indicated by eNB.
When above-mentioned UE supports coverage enhancement, imagine all paging eNB and use same operation (not differentiating between the former service eNB of this UE and other eNB in addition to above-mentioned former service eNB), the most above-mentioned paging eNB strengthens and coverage enhancement pattern paging with non-covered successively, until receiving the upstream data from above-mentioned UE;Or, all the time with coverage enhancement pattern paging;Wherein, it is to strengthen grade paging according to maximal cover all the time when above-mentioned paging eNB is with the coverage enhancement above-mentioned UE of pattern paging;And, when above-mentioned paging eNB is with coverage enhancement pattern paging all the time, coverage enhancement transmission mode is the repetition of non-coverage enhancement transmission.When above-mentioned UE does not supports coverage enhancement, the most above-mentioned paging eNB is all the time with non-covered enhancement mode paging.
Embodiment two
Figure 12 is that UE coverage enhancement is correlated with instruction information reporting to the schematic diagram of MME by the service eNB of the UE of according to embodiments of the present invention two;
As shown in figure 12, when UE is in RRCConnected state, after service eNB will be transmitted to MME from the instruction information of UE coverage enhancement function, determine whether above-mentioned UE supports coverage enhancement;If it is, service eNB continues to determine whether above-mentioned UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern.If above-mentioned UE is to be operated in coverage enhancement pattern, then service eNB carves the instruction information of the mode of operation (specially coverage enhancement pattern) transmitting above-mentioned UE and the instruction information of corresponding coverage enhancement grade to MME in follow-up timing really;Otherwise, service eNB carves the instruction information of the mode of operation (specially non-covered enhancement mode) only transmitting above-mentioned UE to MME in follow-up timing really.Wherein, the instruction information of coverage enhancement function is used for determining whether above-mentioned UE supports coverage enhancement;Mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode;Above-mentioned determine that the moment is to enter after RRCIdle state and before service eNB deletes UE context at above-mentioned UE.
Figure 13 is that UE coverage enhancement is correlated with instruction information by the MME of according to embodiments of the present invention two, notifies to the schematic diagram of the former service eNB of above-mentioned UE;As shown in figure 13, when UE is in RRCIdle state, after the instruction information of above-mentioned UE coverage enhancement function is notified to the former service eNB of above-mentioned UE by MME, determine whether above-mentioned UE supports coverage enhancement;If it is, MME continues to determine the most above-mentioned UE is operated in coverage enhancement pattern.If above-mentioned UE is previously the coverage enhancement pattern that is operated in, then MME continues the instruction information transmitting the instruction information of the mode of operation (specially coverage enhancement pattern) of above-mentioned UE and the corresponding coverage enhancement grade former service eNB to above-mentioned UE;Otherwise, MME is only to continue with the instruction information transmitting the mode of operation (specially non-covered enhancement mode) of the above-mentioned UE former service eNB to above-mentioned UE.Wherein, the instruction information of coverage enhancement function is used for determining whether above-mentioned UE supports coverage enhancement;Mode of operation is coverage enhancement or non-covered enhancement mode.
When the former service eNB of above-mentioned UE receives the instruction information that the above-mentioned UE of instruction from MME is operated in non-covered enhancement mode, mode of operation and the above-mentioned UE of coverage enhancement mode of operation paging is strengthened successively, until receiving the upstream data from above-mentioned UE with non-covered;Wherein, above-mentioned is to strengthen grade paging according to maximal cover with coverage enhancement mode of operation paging all the time.When the former service eNB of above-mentioned UE receives the instruction information that the above-mentioned UE of instruction from MME is operated in coverage enhancement pattern and corresponding coverage enhancement grade, the above-mentioned UE of mode of operation paging is strengthened successively, until receiving the upstream data from above-mentioned UE with coverage enhancement mode of operation and non-covered;Wherein, above-mentioned is from the beginning of the coverage enhancement grade indicated by above-mentioned coverage enhancement grade instruction information with coverage enhancement mode of operation paging, attempt all coverage enhancement grades on above-mentioned coverage enhancement grade successively, until maximum coverage enhancement grade or confirmation receive the upstream data from UE.
Embodiment three
Figure 14 is the schematic diagram that coverage enhancement according to embodiments of the present invention is transmitted as that non-covered strengthens the repetition of transmission, wherein, in Figure 14, (a), (b), (c) are the schematic diagram one, two, three that coverage enhancement according to embodiments of the present invention is transmitted as that non-covered strengthens the repetition of transmission respectively.
As shown in (a) in accompanying drawing 14, transmission is strengthened for non-covered, there is no any scheduling control information, also referred to as without controlling transmission;In this case, coverage enhancement transmission is that the effect of the repetition of non-coverage enhancement transmission is: coverage enhancement Paging data transmission simply non-covered strengthens the n times of Paging data transmission and repeats, and (in the present embodiment for the 5th in N number of subframe) in N number of subframe of coverage enhancement Paging data transmission is the subframe strengthening transmission for non-covered.
As shown in (b) in accompanying drawing 14, strengthening transmission for non-covered, Paging data are present in identical subframe, the most same subframe scheduling with corresponding scheduling control information;In this case, coverage enhancement transmission is that the effect of the repetition of non-coverage enhancement transmission is: the transmission of coverage enhancement Paging data is that the n times of non-coverage enhancement Paging data transmission repeat, and, the transmission of the scheduling control information of coverage enhancement is M repetition of the transmission of the scheduling control information of non-coverage enhancement, and (in the present embodiment for the 2nd in M subframe) in the M subframe of the scheduling control information transmission of coverage enhancement is the subframe of the scheduling control information transmission strengthened for non-covered, one (in the present embodiment for the 2nd in N number of subframe) in N number of subframe of coverage enhancement Paging data transmission is the subframe strengthening the transmission of Paging data for non-covered.
As shown in (c) in accompanying drawing 14, transmission is strengthened for non-covered, Paging data are present in different subframe (Paging data and number of sub frames K of corresponding scheduling control information skew are equal to 2 subframes in the present embodiment) with corresponding scheduling control information, also referred to as across subframe scheduling;nullIn this case,Coverage enhancement transmission is that the effect of the repetition of non-coverage enhancement transmission is: the transmission of coverage enhancement Paging data is that the n times of non-coverage enhancement Paging data transmission repeat,And,The scheduling control information transmission of coverage enhancement is M repetition of the scheduling control information transmission of non-coverage enhancement,And (in the present embodiment for the 2nd in M subframe) in the M subframe of the scheduling control information transmission of coverage enhancement is the subframe of the scheduling control information transmission strengthened for non-covered,One in N number of subframe of coverage enhancement Paging data transmission (is the 2nd in N number of subframe in the present embodiment,To guarantee that in above-mentioned M subframe the 2nd remains as K (equal to 2) with the skew number of sub frames of this subframe) it is the subframe strengthening the transmission of Paging data for non-covered.
It should be noted that, in the accompanying drawing 14 of the present embodiment in (c), the number of sub frames transmitting first to offset from each other of M repetition of the scheduling control information of transmission and coverage enhancement first that the n times of coverage enhancement Paging data repeat remains as K and is equal to 2 subframes, but can be not limited to this in reality;Wherein, above-mentioned N with M be greater than 1 positive integer and with maximal cover strengthen grade relevant.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step in said method can instruct related hardware by program and complete, described program can be stored in computer-readable recording medium, such as read only memory, disk or CD etc..Alternatively, all or part of step of above-described embodiment can also use one or more integrated circuit to realize, and correspondingly, each module/unit in above-described embodiment can realize to use the form of hardware, it would however also be possible to employ the form of software function module realizes.The present invention is not restricted to the combination of the hardware and software of any particular form.
The foregoing is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, be not limited to the present invention, for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various modifications and variations.All within the spirit and principles in the present invention, any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement etc. made, should be included within the scope of the present invention.

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1. a paging method, it is characterised in that including:
Receive the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;
When the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, described instruction information being sent to the paging base station of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is for subscriber equipment described in described paging base station paging.
Method the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described instruction information includes at least one of:
For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;
For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Method the most according to claim 2, it is characterised in that before described instruction information is sent to described paging base station, also include, receive described serving BS send be used for determine described subscriber equipment whether support ambulant mobility functions indicate information, wherein
When mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;
When described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
Method the most according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and during described subscriber equipment support coverage enhancement, before described instruction information is sent to described paging base station, also include, receive the mode of operation instruction information of the described subscriber equipment sent by described serving BS, wherein, described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, described mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment.
Method the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that when coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, described method also includes:
When the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, information is indicated to be sent to described paging base station the described mode of operation of described subscriber equipment, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, while sending described mode of operation instruction information to described paging base station, the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment is also sent to described paging base station, and wherein, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
6. a paging method, it is characterised in that including:
When the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive the instruction information of the described subscriber equipment that Mobility Management Entity MME sends;
According to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging.
Method the most according to claim 6, it is characterised in that
Described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
Method the most according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, the instruction information receiving the described subscriber equipment that described MME sends includes: received, by paging base station, the described instruction information that described MME sends, wherein, described instruction information is that the serving BS of described subscriber equipment is sent to described MME's after obtaining described instruction information, wherein, obtain described instruction information include receiving the instruction information of described user equipment to report and access, according to described subscriber equipment, the instruction information that the mode of described serving BS obtains.
Method the most according to claim 8, it is characterised in that
When mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is all base stations in the range of trace regions;
When described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
Method the most according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, when described subscriber equipment supports coverage enhancement and former serving BS that described paging base station is described subscriber equipment, after described paging base station receives the described instruction information that described MME sends, also include:
The mode of operation that mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or the non-covered enhancement mode instruction information for determining described subscriber equipment that described MME sends is received by described paging base station, and, when described subscriber equipment works in coverage enhancement pattern, described mode of operation instruction information also includes the instruction information of the coverage enhancement grade of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described mode of operation instruction information is to be sent to described MME's by the serving BS of described subscriber equipment;
According to subscriber equipment described in the instruction information paging of described mode of operation.
11. methods according to claim 10, it is characterised in that the instruction information of coverage enhancement grade of described mode of operation instruction information and described subscriber equipment is sent to described MME in the following moment by the serving BS of described subscriber equipment:
After described subscriber equipment enters described wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition and before described serving BS deletes the context of described subscriber equipment.
12. methods according to claim 7, it is characterised in that when described user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, include according to subscriber equipment described in the arrowband function instruction information paging of described subscriber equipment:
In determining narrow bandwidth range, transmit the beep-page message for subscriber equipment described in paging, wherein, described determine that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range, or described determine that narrow bandwidth range is to be notified to the narrow bandwidth range of described subscriber equipment by predetermined signaling.
13. methods according to claim 12, it is characterised in that described predetermined narrow bandwidth range is determined by equation below:
ipaging=UE_IDmodNpaging, or, i p a g i n g = f l o o r ( U E _ I D n B ) modN p a g i n g ;
Wherein, UE_ID is the mark of described subscriber equipment, NpagingFor the number of the arrowband that can be used for subscriber equipment described in paging of network configuration, ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to described subscriber equipment, nB is the number on opportunity that can be used for paging of network configuration, and floor () is downward round numbers operation.
14. methods according to claim 7, it is characterised in that when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and when coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, include one below according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging:
Successively with subscriber equipment described in non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern paging, until receiving the response of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade;
All the time with subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, wherein, described coverage enhancement pattern is the coverage enhancement pattern using maximal cover to strengthen grade.
15. methods according to claim 14, it is characterised in that include one below:
When all the time with subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, the repetition of the transmission being transmitted as under described non-covered enhancement mode under described coverage enhancement pattern;
The sub-frame set for subscriber equipment described in paging shared by transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe for subscriber equipment described in paging shared by the transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode.
16. methods according to claim 15, it is characterised in that
The repeating of the transmission being transmitted as under described non-covered enhancement mode under described coverage enhancement pattern includes: the transmission of the paging data under described coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the transmission of the paging data under described non-covered enhancement mode, the transmission of the scheduling control information under described coverage enhancement pattern is the repetition of the scheduling control information transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, wherein, described scheduling control information is the control information for dispatching described paging data;And/or,
The described subframe that the described sub-frame set shared by transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises shared by the transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode includes: the sub-frame set shared by paging data transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the subframe shared by paging data transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, the sub-frame set shared by scheduling control information transmission under described coverage enhancement pattern comprises the shared subframe of the scheduling control information transmission under described non-covered enhancement mode, wherein, described scheduling control information is the control information for dispatching described paging data.
17. methods according to claim 10, it is characterised in that indicate subscriber equipment described in information paging according to described mode of operation, including:
When described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern, successively according to subscriber equipment described in described mode of operation and non-covered enhancement mode paging;
When described mode of operation is non-covered enhancement mode, successively according to subscriber equipment described in described mode of operation and coverage enhancement pattern paging.
18. methods according to claim 17, it is characterized in that, when according to subscriber equipment described in coverage enhancement pattern paging, strengthen subscriber equipment described in the coverage enhancement grade paging on subscriber equipment described in grade paging or the coverage enhancement grade indicated successively and described coverage enhancement grade according to described subscriber equipment mode of operation instruction information according to maximal cover.
19. methods according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, when described instruction information includes that coverage enhancement function indicates information, and described subscriber equipment is not when supporting coverage enhancement, include according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging: according to subscriber equipment described in non-covered enhancement mode paging.
20. 1 kinds of paging methods, it is characterised in that including:
The instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging is sent to the serving BS of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for described serving BS by described instruction information, in order to paging base station receives described instruction information from described MME and described subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
21. methods according to claim 20, it is characterised in that described instruction information includes at least one of:
For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;
For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports that ambulant mobility functions indicates information.
22. methods according to claim 21, it is characterised in that after described instruction information is sent to described serving BS, also include:
When the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive described paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of described subscriber equipment and described coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, described arrowband function instruction information is used for determining described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
23. methods according to claim 22, it is characterised in that when mobility supported by described subscriber equipment, described paging base station is the base station that described subscriber equipment is the most resident;Or, when described subscriber equipment does not supports mobility, described paging base station is the former serving BS of described subscriber equipment.
24. methods according to claim 23, it is characterized in that, the most resident base station of described subscriber equipment is to have the downlink reference signal of maximum around described subscriber equipment in all base stations to receive the base station of the down receiving signal energy in all base stations around the base station of power or described subscriber equipment with maximum.
25. methods according to claim 22, it is characterised in that receive described paging base station and include according to the beep-page message of described arrowband function instruction information transmission:
When described user device transmissions Bandwidth-Constrained, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends in determining narrow bandwidth range, wherein, described determine that narrow bandwidth range is predetermined narrow bandwidth range or the narrow bandwidth range notified by predetermined signaling.
26. methods according to claim 25, it is characterised in that described predetermined narrow bandwidth range is determined by equation below:
ipaging=UE_IDmodNpaging, or, i p a g i n g = f l o o r ( U E _ I D n B ) modN p a g i n g ;
Wherein, UE_ID is the mark of described subscriber equipment, NpagingFor the number of the arrowband that can be used for subscriber equipment described in paging of network configuration, ipagingFor sending the index of the paging arrowband of beep-page message to described subscriber equipment, nB is the number on opportunity that can be used for paging of network configuration, and floor () is downward round numbers operation.
27. methods according to claim 22, it is characterised in that receive the beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to described coverage enhancement function instruction information and include one below:
When coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, the downlink reference signal sent according to described paging base station determines the mode of operation of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described mode of operation is coverage enhancement pattern or non-covered enhancement mode, and described downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal;The beep-page message that described paging base station sends successively is received with non-covered enhancement mode and coverage enhancement pattern according to the described mode of operation determined;
When coverage enhancement supported by described subscriber equipment, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to coverage enhancement pattern;
When described subscriber equipment does not supports coverage enhancement, receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to non-covered enhancement mode.
28. methods according to claim 27, it is characterised in that receive the beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to described coverage enhancement pattern and include:
Receive the described beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to the maximum coverage enhancement grade that described subscriber equipment is supported.
29. methods according to claim 27, it is characterised in that when the former serving BS that described paging base station is described subscriber equipment, receive the beep-page message that described paging base station sends according to described coverage enhancement pattern and include:
From the beginning of described subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade, the beep-page message that coverage enhancement grade on the coverage enhancement grade indicated according to mode of operation instruction information successively according to the coverage enhancement grade described paging base station of reception on the current coverage enhancement of described subscriber equipment and current coverage enhancement grade successively and described coverage enhancement grade sends, until being properly received described beep-page message, wherein, described subscriber equipment current coverage enhancement grade is to be obtained by measuring of the downlink reference signal to described former serving BS, described downlink reference signal includes at least one of: synchronizing signal, Physical Broadcast Channel, community special reference signal.
30. 1 kinds of paging equipments, it is characterised in that including:
First receiver module, for receiving the instruction information that the serving BS of subscriber equipment sends;
First sending module, for when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, is sent to the paging base station of described subscriber equipment by described instruction information, and wherein, described instruction information is for subscriber equipment described in described paging base station paging.
31. devices according to claim 30, it is characterised in that described instruction information includes at least one of:
For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;
For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
32. 1 kinds of Mobility Management Entity MME, it is characterised in that include the device according to any one of claim 30 to 31.
33. 1 kinds of paging equipments, it is characterised in that including:
Second receiver module, for when the state of subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receives the instruction information of the described subscriber equipment that Mobility Management Entity MME sends;
Paging module, for according to subscriber equipment described in described instruction information paging.
34. devices according to claim 33, it is characterised in that
Described instruction information includes at least one of: for determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement, for determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
35. 1 kinds of base stations, it is characterised in that include the device according to any one of claim 33 to 34.
36. 1 kinds of paging equipments, it is characterised in that including:
Second sending module, for the instruction information being used for carrying out subscriber equipment paging being sent to the serving BS of described subscriber equipment, wherein, described instruction information is sent to Mobility Management Entity MME for described serving BS by described instruction information, in order to described paging base station receives described instruction information from described MME and described subscriber equipment is carried out paging when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition.
37. devices according to claim 36, it is characterised in that described instruction information includes at least one of:
For determining whether described subscriber equipment supports the coverage enhancement function instruction information of coverage enhancement;
For determining the arrowband function instruction information that described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
38. according to the device described in claim 37, it is characterised in that also include:
3rd receiver module, for when the state of described subscriber equipment is wireless heterogeneous networks idle condition, receive described paging base station according in the arrowband function instruction information of described subscriber equipment and described coverage enhancement function instruction information at least one the beep-page message that sends, wherein, described arrowband function instruction information is used for determining described subscriber equipment whether transmission bandwidth is limited.
39. 1 kinds of subscriber equipmenies, it is characterised in that include the device according to any one of claim 36 to 38.
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