CN111328462A

CN111328462A - Paging processing method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN111328462A
Application number: CN202080000242.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-10
Filing date: 2020-02-10
Publication date: 2020-06-23
Also published as: WO2021159256A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a paging processing method, a paging processing device, a communication device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving beam history information from a radio access network, RAN, entity, the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for a user equipment, UE; sending a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, wherein the paging message carries the beam history information; wherein the beam history information is for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE. The embodiment of the disclosure can directly guide the paging of the UE according to the historical information of the wave beam, reduce the paging overhead, improve the paging efficiency and the success rate of paging the terminal.

Description

Paging processing method, device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a paging processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Currently, in the NR-Lite feature of R17, a lightweight User Equipment (UE) is introduced, which is intended to cope with paging of some typical application scenarios, such as factory sensors, video surveillance, or wearable scenarios.

In the existing paging mechanism, if paging is initiated by a Core Network (CN), a Radio Access Network (RAN) pages all Base Stations (BS) or cells (cell) within a Tracking Area (TA). At this time, the network side does not know the specific position of the terminal device in the cell, and needs to cover the whole cell for paging through beam scanning; specifically, the paging message is transmitted in a multi-beamforming (beamforming) manner. Thus, the network side needs to send many paging messages, and has a relatively large paging overhead.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a paging processing method, a paging processing device, communication equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a paging processing method is provided, where the method includes:

receiving beam history information from a radio access network, RAN, entity, the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for a user equipment, UE;

sending a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, wherein the paging message carries the beam history information; wherein the beam history information is for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE.

In the foregoing solution, the receiving the beam history information from the RAN entity includes:

receiving a connection release message carrying the beam history information, wherein the connection release message indicates that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

In the foregoing solution, the beam history information includes: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

In the above scheme, the beam information of the one or more beams includes at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

beam information of a communication quality best beam used by the RAN entity for the UE.

In the foregoing solution, the beam information of the one or more beams includes:

list information for a beam list; the beam list includes: selecting beam information of L beams from M beams, wherein M is a positive integer, and L is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

In the above scheme, the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

l beams of the M beams having a usage duration greater than a predetermined time threshold;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

l beams of the M beams having a number of uses greater than a predetermined threshold.

In the foregoing solution, the beam history information includes: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging processing method, wherein the method includes:

obtaining beam history information for a User Equipment (UE), the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for the UE;

sending the beam history information to a core network;

receiving a paging message from the core network for paging the UE, wherein the paging message carries the beam history information;

selecting one or more beams to page the UE according to the beam history information.

In the foregoing scheme, the sending the beam history information to a core network includes:

and sending a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network in response to determining the release of the connection between the UE and the RAN entity.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

beam information of a communication quality best beam used by the RAN entity for the UE;

list information for a beam list; the beam list includes: beam information of L beams selected from M beams, wherein M is a positive integer and L is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

In the above scheme, the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes:

a first receiving module configured to receive beam history information from a radio access network, RAN, entity, the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for a user equipment, UE;

a first sending module, configured to send a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, where the paging message carries the beam history information; wherein the beam history information is for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE.

In the foregoing scheme, the first receiving module is configured to receive a connection release message carrying the beam history information, where the connection release message indicates that a connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

In the foregoing solution, the beam history information includes: beam information of the RAN entity for the used beam or beams.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

In the foregoing scheme, the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes:

an acquisition module configured to acquire beam history information for a user equipment, UE, the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for the UE;

a second transmitting module configured to transmit the beam history information to a core network;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a paging message from the core network for paging the UE, where the paging message carries the beam history information;

a processing module configured to select one or more beams to page the UE according to the beam history information.

In the foregoing solution, the second sending module is configured to send, in response to determining that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released, a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

In the foregoing scheme, the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus includes:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the executable instruction is run, the paging processing method according to any embodiment of the disclosure is implemented.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and the executable program, when executed by a processor, implements the paging processing method according to any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the present disclosure, by receiving beam history information of a RAN entity for a UE, when a core network initiates paging, a paging message for paging the UE is sent to the RAN entity, where the paging message carries the beam history information; so that the RAN entity can select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE based on the beam history information carried in the paging message. Therefore, compared with the prior art that the whole cell is scanned by adopting a plurality of wave beams for paging, the paging overhead can be reduced, and the paging efficiency is improved.

In addition, the paging of the UE can be directly guided according to the beam history information, so that the success rate of paging the terminal can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of paging processing in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of paging processing in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of paging processing in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of paging processing in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a paging processing device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a paging processing device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a user device in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a base station in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the disclosed embodiments, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user equipments 110 and a number of base stations 120.

User device 110 may refer to, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the user equipment 110 may be internet of things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone), and a computer having the internet of things user equipment, and may be a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted device, for example. For example, a Station (STA), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access point, a remote user equipment (remote), an access user equipment (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user equipment (user equipment). Alternatively, user device 110 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 110 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system, which is also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, which is also called a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next-generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, New Generation Radio Access Network).

The base station 120 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link layer Control Protocol (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer are provided in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation manner of the base station 120.

The base station 120 and the user equipment 110 may establish a radio connection over a radio air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile communication network technology standard.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between user devices 110. Scenarios such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to vehicle) communication in vehicle networking communication (V2X).

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130.

Several base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130, respectively. The network Management device 130 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), or the like. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a paging processing method, where the method includes:

step S11, receiving beam history information from a Radio Access Network (RAN) entity, wherein the beam history information is associated with the beam use history of the RAN entity for User Equipment (UE);

step S12, sending a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, where the paging message carries the beam history information; wherein the beam history information is for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE.

The paging processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to a core network. For example, the method applies to the core network entity; e.g., Mobility Management Entity (MME) used in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), e.g., Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) Entity in a 5G Core network.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless network access network entity includes: physical entities and logical entities. For example, the radio access network entity is a base station. As another example, the radio access network entity is an access point device. For another example, the radio access network entity is a paging management entity.

In an embodiment, the UE is a lightweight UE. Here, the lightweight user equipment is a terminal having relatively low mobility or not moving. Here, the scene to which the lightweight user equipment is applied may be a factory sensor, a video monitoring, or a wearable scene.

Of course, in other embodiments, the ue may be any mobile terminal or fixed terminal, and is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the beam history information comprises: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

In some embodiments, the beam history information comprises: usage duration information indicated by the beam information.

In other embodiments, the beam history information includes: historical location information.

As such, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the beam history information may represent historical movement information of the UE, and/or may represent a duration of time that the UE dwells on the beam.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, beam history information of a RAN entity for a UE may be received through a core network, and when the core network initiates paging, a paging message for paging the UE is sent to the RAN entity, where the paging message carries the beam history information; so that the RAN entity can select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE based on the beam history information carried in the paging message. Therefore, compared with the prior art that the whole cell is scanned by adopting a plurality of wave beams for paging, the paging overhead can be reduced, and the paging efficiency is improved.

Moreover, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, for paging of some terminals with low mobility or without moving, the corresponding beam may be selected for paging by using the location information of the beam history information, which can further reduce signaling overhead and implement more accurate paging management.

Moreover, the paging cost is reduced, the paging efficiency is improved, the electric quantity consumed by the UE can be reduced, and the resources of the UE and the like are saved.

Of course, in other embodiments, the paging may also be initiated by the radio access network.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the receiving beam history information from the RAN entity includes:

step S111, receiving a connection release message carrying the beam history information, where the connection release message indicates that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the beam history information is added to the connection release information when the UE releases. For example, the base station adds the beam history information to the connection release message when the UE releases.

In an embodiment, the connection release message indicates that a previous connection between the UE and a base station has been released.

Thus, the embodiment of the present disclosure may send the connection release message carrying the beam history information by the UE to the core network for storage when the UE of the radio access network is released, so that when the core network initiates paging again, the paging message carrying the beam history information may be sent to the radio access network. Therefore, when paging is initiated later, the wireless access network can directly utilize the beam history information to page the UE, the overhead of paging signaling is reduced, and the success rate and the paging efficiency of paging the terminal are improved.

In some embodiments, the beam information of the one or more beams comprises at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

Here, the communication quality optimal beam includes at least one of:

the terminal obtains the best communication signal quality based on the beam;

the terminal has the longest stable communication time length with the base station based on the wave beam;

and the terminal establishes stable communication with the base station based on the wave beam, wherein the time length is shortest.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a corresponding beam may be selected for paging the user equipment according to beam information of a beam used by the terminal last time. Thus, paging overhead can be greatly reduced.

Or, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, according to the beam information of the beam used by the terminal and having the best communication quality, the corresponding beam may be selected to perform paging of the user equipment. Therefore, paging can be further optimized, paging overhead is greatly reduced, and communication quality is improved after the UE is paged.

Of course, in other embodiments, the beam information of the one or more beams may further include: beam information for one beam used by the RAN entity for the UE for a duration greater than a predetermined time threshold. Thus, in this embodiment, on the one hand, paging overhead can be greatly reduced, and on the other hand, paging efficiency can be improved.

Alternatively, in other embodiments, the beam information of the one or more beams may further include: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE. In this way, in this embodiment, the next paging for the terminal may be implemented based on the beam information of all the beams used by the terminal.

In still other embodiments, the beam information for the one or more beams includes:

In some embodiments, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

Here, one implementation manner of selecting the L beams with the best communication quality from the M beams is as follows: and selecting the optimal L wave beams according to the quality sequence of the communication signals of the UE on the M wave beams.

Here, one implementation of selecting L beams within a predetermined time range from the M beams is: and selecting L wave beams closest to the current time according to the sequence of the residence time of the UE on the M wave beams.

Here, another implementation manner of selecting L beams within a predetermined time range from the M beams is: and acquiring the residence time of the UE on the M wave beams, and selecting L wave beams of the residence time in the preset time range.

Here, one implementation of selecting L beams of the usage duration greater than the predetermined time threshold from the M beams is: and acquiring the residence time of the UE on the M wave beams, and selecting the L wave beams with the residence time larger than the use time of a preset time threshold.

Here, one implementation manner of selecting L beams, which are used more than a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time range, from the M beams is as follows: acquiring residence time of the UE on the M wave beams, and selecting alternative wave beams with the residence time in a preset time range; and selecting L alternative beams with the times larger than the preset times according to the times of the alternative beams in the preset time range.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the value of the best L of the communication quality may be configured based on the base station, the UE, or the operation platform.

Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, beam information of L beams with the best communication quality may be screened from M beams in one beam list, or beam information of L beams used in a predetermined time range may be screened from M beams in one beam list, or beam information of L beams used for a duration greater than a predetermined time threshold may be screened from M beams in one beam list, or beam information of L beams used for a number of times greater than a predetermined threshold in a predetermined time range may be screened from one beam is sent to the radio access network entity. Here, the M beams detect all beams for the terminal.

As such, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the beam information of the multiple beams with the best quality may be based on the beam information of the multiple beams that are used most recently, or the beam information of the multiple beams in which the terminal camps on the beams for a duration greater than a certain threshold, or the beam information of the beams in which the terminal frequently uses a frequency greater than a certain threshold within a predetermined time range; that is, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the beam information of a partial beam may be filtered, and only the beam information of possibly useful beams may be retained, so as to implement paging for the terminal based on the beam information of the useful beams. Therefore, the success rate of paging the terminal can be greatly improved, the paging overhead can be reduced, and the paging with higher efficiency is realized.

Here, it should be noted that: the following description of a method for providing paging processing is applied to a radio access network, and is similar to the above description of the paging processing method applied to a core network. For the technical details not disclosed in the embodiment of the paging processing method applied to the radio access network in the present disclosure, please refer to the description of the embodiment of the paging processing method applied in the present disclosure, which will not be elaborated herein.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a paging processing method, where the method includes:

step S21, obtaining beam history information for a user equipment UE, the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for the UE;

step S22, the beam history information is sent to a core network;

step S23, receiving a paging message from the core network for paging the UE, where the paging message carries the beam history information;

step S24, selecting one or more beams to page the UE according to the beam history information.

The paging processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to a wireless access network. For example, the method is applied to a radio access network entity, such as a base station, an access point device, or a paging management entity.

Here, one implementation of the acquiring beam history information for the UE is as follows: and the RAN entity counts the wave beam history information of the RAN entity to the UE.

Here, another implementation manner of acquiring the beam history information for the UE is as follows: the RAN entity receives beam history information for the UE sent from other RAN entities.

In this disclosure, the beam history information of the UE may be sent to a core network by a radio access network entity, and when the core network initiates paging, a paging message sent by the core network for paging the UE may be received, where the paging message carries the beam history information. As such, the radio access network may select one or more of the beams to initiate paging to the UE based on the beam history information. Therefore, compared with the prior art that the whole cell is scanned by adopting a plurality of wave beams for paging, the paging overhead can be reduced, and the paging efficiency is improved.

Of course, in other embodiments, the method may also be applied to radio access network initiated paging. For example, in some application scenarios, as the paging is initiated by the radio access network, before the step S23, the method further includes: sending a request message to the core network, wherein the request message is used for indicating the radio access network to initiate paging; the step S23 includes: and receiving a paging message which is returned by the core network based on the request message and is used for paging the UE, wherein the paging message carries the beam history information.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the step S22 includes:

step S221, in response to determining that the connection between the user equipment and the base station is released, sending a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network.

In an embodiment, the step S211 includes: and sending a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network in response to determining the release of the previous connection between the user equipment and the base station.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the connection between the terminal and the base station is released, the beam history information for the terminal may be sent to the core network for storage, so as to facilitate paging initiated by the core network or the radio access network later.

In some embodiments, the beam history information comprises: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

In some embodiments, the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

In some embodiments, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a paging processing apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a first receiving module 31 and a first transmitting module 32; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first receiving module 31 is configured to receive beam history information from a radio access network RAN entity, where the beam history information is associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for a user equipment UE;

the first sending module 32 is configured to send a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, where the paging message carries the beam history information; wherein the beam history information is for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE.

In some embodiments, the first receiving module 31 is configured to receive a connection release message carrying the beam history information, where the connection release message indicates that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

In some embodiments, the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

In some embodiments, the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a paging processing apparatus, where the apparatus includes: an obtaining module 41, a second sending module 42, a second receiving module 43, and a processing module 44; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the obtaining module 41 is configured to obtain beam history information for a user equipment UE, where the beam history information is associated with a beam usage history of the RAN entity for the UE;

the second sending module 42, configured to send the beam history information to a core network;

the second receiving module 43 is configured to receive a paging message from the core network for paging the UE, where the paging message carries the beam history information;

the processing module 44 is configured to select one or more beams to page the UE according to the beam history information.

In some embodiments, the second sending module 42 is configured to send a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network in response to determining that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

In some embodiments, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, wherein the communication device includes:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

Here, the communication device may be the radio access network RAN entity or a core network entity. For example, it may be a base station, an access point device, or a mobility management entity.

The processor may include, among other things, various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to remember the information stored thereon after a power loss to the communication device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading an executable program stored on the memory, e.g. at least one of the methods as shown in fig. 2 to 5.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a computer storage medium, which stores a computer executable program, and the executable program is executed by a processor to perform the paging processing method of the positioning in any embodiment of the disclosure. For example, at least one of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 5 is implemented.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a User Equipment (UE)800 in accordance with an example embodiment. For example, user device 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and so forth.

Referring to fig. 8, user device 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the user device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

Memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at user device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on user device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power component 806 provides power to the various components of the user device 800. Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for user device 800.

The multimedia component 808 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the user device 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the user equipment 800 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the user device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for user device 800. For example, sensor assembly 814 may detect an open/closed state of device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of user device 800, sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of user device 800 or a component of user device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with user device 800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of user device 800, and a change in the temperature of user device 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communications component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between user device 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The user equipment 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the user device 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the user device 800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in fig. 9, an embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 9, base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, e.g., applications, that are executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station, e.g., the methods shown in fig. 2-3.

The base station 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server (TM), Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of page processing, comprising:

and sending a paging message for paging the UE to the RAN entity, wherein the paging message carries the beam history information, and the beam history information is used for the RAN entity to select one or more beams to initiate paging to the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving beam history information from a Radio Access Network (RAN) entity comprises:

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the beam history information comprises: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

l beams of the M beams having a usage duration greater than a predetermined time threshold; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the beam history information comprises: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

8. A method of paging processing, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining beam history information for a User Equipment (UE), the beam history information being associated with a beam usage history for the UE;

sending the beam history information to a core network;

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting the beam history information to a core network comprises:

10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the beam history information comprises: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the beam history information comprises: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

15. A paging processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first receiving module is configured to receive a connection release message carrying the beam history information, wherein the connection release message indicates that a connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 or 16, wherein the beam history information comprises: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams of the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the beam history information comprises: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

22. A paging processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the second transmitting module is configured to transmit a release message carrying the beam history information to the core network in response to determining that the connection between the UE and the RAN entity is released.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 or 23, wherein the beam history information comprises: beam information of one or more beams used by the RAN entity for the UE.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises at least one of:

beam information of a beam that was last used by the RAN entity for the UE;

beam information of a communication quality best beam used by the RAN entity for the UE terminal.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the beam information for the one or more beams comprises:

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the L beams are:

l beams having the best communication quality among the M beams;

l beams among the M beams used within a predetermined time range;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

28. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the beam history information comprises: the beam information indicates usage duration information of the beam.

29. A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: for implementing the paging processing method of any one of claims 1 to 7, or claims 8 to 14 when executing the executable instructions.

30. A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program which, when executed by a processor, implements the page processing method of any of claims 1 to 7, or claims 8 to 14.