CN114762408B

CN114762408B - Monitoring paging method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN114762408B
Application number: CN202080085373.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李海涛; 石聪
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-05
Filing date: 2020-03-05
Publication date: 2023-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-05
Also published as: WO2021174508A1; CN114762408A

Abstract

The application relates to a method for monitoring paging, a paging method, network equipment, terminal equipment and a communication system. The method for monitoring paging comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment receives the indication information; the terminal equipment determines an SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information; wherein the determined SSB range of the listening page is all SSBs broadcast by the network device or part of all SSBs broadcast by the network device. The embodiment of the application determines the SSB range for monitoring the paging through the indication information, can reduce unnecessary paging received by the terminal equipment, reduce the probability of paging false alarm and reduce the energy consumption of the terminal equipment.

Description

Monitoring paging method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a listening paging method, a terminal device, and a network device.

Background

In the Paging (Paging) mechanism, the manner of determining the PO (Paging Occasion) of the UE (User Equipment) is related to the UE ID (identification), the PF (Paging Frame) number, the PO number, and the like. If there are more UEs in the system, when the network cannot allocate each UE to a different PO, there may be a case where multiple UEs correspond to one PO. If the network needs to page a UE on this PO, a paging false alarm may occur for other UEs corresponding to this PO. How to reduce the probability of paging false alarms is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a paging monitoring method, a paging method, terminal equipment and network equipment, which can reduce the probability of paging false alarm.

The embodiment of the application provides a method for monitoring paging, which comprises the following steps:

the terminal equipment receives the indication information;

the terminal equipment determines an SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information;

wherein the determined SSB range of the listening page is all SSBs broadcast by the network device or part of all SSBs broadcast by the network device.

The embodiment of the application provides a paging method, which comprises the following steps:

the network equipment sends the indication information to instruct the terminal equipment to determine the SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information;

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal device, which comprises:

a receiving unit for receiving the indication information;

a processing unit, configured to determine an SSB range for listening to paging according to the indication information;

An embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including:

a sending unit, configured to send indication information to instruct a terminal device to determine an SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information;

The embodiment of the application provides terminal equipment, which comprises a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory to execute the monitoring paging method.

The embodiment of the application provides a network device which comprises a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory to execute the paging method.

The embodiment of the application provides a chip for realizing the above-mentioned method for monitoring paging or paging method.

Specifically, the chip includes: and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program from the memory so that the device provided with the chip executes the paging monitoring method or the paging method.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute the above-described listening paging method or paging method.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, including computer program instructions, where the computer program instructions cause a computer to execute the above-mentioned listening paging method or paging method.

The embodiment of the application provides a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the above-mentioned listening paging method or paging method.

According to the embodiment of the application, the SSB range for monitoring the paging is determined through the indication information, so that unnecessary paging received by the terminal equipment can be reduced, the probability of paging false alarm is reduced, and the energy consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method of listening for paging in accordance with an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a stationary UE listening for pages.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a UE listening for pages with regular motion.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a paging method according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, general packet Radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, long term evolution advanced (Advanced long term evolution, LTE-a) system, new Radio (NR) system, evolution system of NR system, LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U) system over unlicensed spectrum, NR (NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum, NR-U) system over unlicensed spectrum, universal mobile communication system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, wiFi), next Generation communication (5 th-Generation, 5G) system, or other communication system, etc.

Generally, the number of connections supported by the conventional communication system is limited and easy to implement, however, as the communication technology advances, the mobile communication system will support not only conventional communication but also, for example, device-to-Device (D2D) communication, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) communication, machine type communication (Machine Type Communication, MTC), inter-vehicle (Vehicle to Vehicle, V2V) communication, and the like, to which the embodiments of the present application can also be applied.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a carrier aggregation (CarrierAggregation, CA) scenario, a dual connectivity (Dual Connectivity, DC) scenario, or a Standalone (SA) network deployment scenario.

The frequency spectrum of the application of the embodiment of the application is not limited. For example, the embodiment of the application can be applied to licensed spectrum and unlicensed spectrum.

The embodiments of the present application describe various embodiments in connection with a network device and a terminal device, wherein: a terminal device can also be called a User Equipment (UE), access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, user equipment, or the like. The terminal device may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication functionality, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, and a next generation communication system, such as a terminal device in an NR network or a terminal device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, etc.

By way of example, and not limitation, in embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a wearable device. The wearable device can also be called as a wearable intelligent device, and is a generic name for intelligently designing daily wear by applying wearable technology and developing wearable devices, such as glasses, gloves, watches, clothes, shoes and the like. The wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also can realize a powerful function through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable intelligent device includes full functionality, large size, and may not rely on the smart phone to implement complete or partial functionality, such as: smart watches or smart glasses, etc., and focus on only certain types of application functions, and need to be used in combination with other devices, such as smart phones, for example, various smart bracelets, smart jewelry, etc. for physical sign monitoring.

The network device may be a device for communicating with the mobile device, the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in WLAN, a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a base station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in LTE, or a relay station or an Access Point, or a vehicle device, a wearable device, and a network device (gNB) in NR network, or a network device in future evolved PLMN network, etc.

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

Fig. 1 illustrates one network device 110 and two terminal devices 120, alternatively, the wireless communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices 110, and each network device 110 may include other numbers of terminal devices 120 within a coverage area of the network device 110, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), an access and mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), and the like, which are not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" is herein merely an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

Paging (Paging) mainly functions to enable a network to page a UE through a Paging message (Paging message) or notify the UE of information such as system message change, earthquake tsunami, public warning, etc. through a short message (short message) in an RRC (Radio Resource Control ) IDLE or RRC INACTIVE (inactive) state of the UE. These also apply to the RRC connected state of the UE.

Paging (Paging) includes a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel ) scrambled by a P-RNTI (Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifier, paging radio network temporary identity), and a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Share Channel, physical downlink shared channel) scheduled by the PDCCH. For example, a Paging message (Paging message) may be transmitted in the PDSCH, and a short message (short message) may be 8 bits (bits) in the PDCCH.

For a UE in rrc_idle state or rrc_inactive state, since there is no other data communication between the UE and the network, the UE may discontinuously monitor a Paging (Paging) channel, i.e., employ a Paging DRX (Discontinuous Reception ) mechanism, for terminal power saving. Under Paging DRX mechanism, the UE only needs to listen to Paging during one PO in each DRX Cycle (Cycle). The PO is a series of PDCCH listening occasions, which may consist of a number of slots. The PF is also a radio frame (10 ms) that may include a plurality of POs or a start position of a plurality of POs.

The period of Paging DRX may be determined by both the common period in system broadcast and the dedicated period configured in higher layer signaling (e.g., NAS (Non-Access Stratum) signaling). The UE may take the smallest period of the two as the paging cycle (paging cycle). From a network perspective, one Paging DRX Cycle may include multiple POs. The location where the UE listens to the PO is related to the ID of the UE. For example, the PF and PO determination of a UE in a Paging DRX is as follows:

the SFN (System Frame Number ) of the PF can be determined by the following formula:

(SFN+PF_offset)mod T＝(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)

the number Index (i_s) where the PO is located in one PF is determined by the following equation:

i_s＝floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns

The main parameters in the above formula are explained as follows:

t: the UE receives the Paging DRX cycle. The network broadcasts 1 default DRX cycle, if the RRC/higher layer signaling configures a UE-specific DRX cycle for the UE, the minimum DRX cycle of the DRX cycle broadcasted by the network and the UE-specific DRX cycle configured by the RRC/higher layer signaling is used as the DRX cycle of the UE. If the RRC/higher layer signaling does not configure the UE-specific DRX cycle for the UE, the DRX cycle broadcasted by the network is taken as the DRX cycle of the UE.

N: the number of PFs included in one DRX cycle.

Ns: the number of POs included in a PF.

Pf_offset: for determining a time domain offset of the PF.

UE_ID：5G-S-TMSI mod 1024。

In the above formula, div is integer division operation (quotient taking), mod is modulo operation (remainder taking), and floor () function is "rounding down".

For a UE, according to the above formula, the position of the PF and the index (index) of the PO in a Paging DRX cycle of the UE can be obtained. The PO may consist of multiple PDCCH listening occasions (monitoring occasion). For example, one PO includes X PDCCH monitoring occasion, X being equal to the number of SSBs actually transmitted broadcast in SIB (system information block ).

After obtaining the position of the PF, index of the PO, and the number of PDCCH monitoring occasion in the PO, the UE obtains the starting position of the first PO PDCCH monitoring occasion through the relevant configuration parameters. The starting position may be configured by high-level signaling or may be derived based on a PO index. The UE may blindly check the Paging message according to the determined PO.

Unnecessary UE paging reception is reduced by designing an enhanced paging mechanism.

As can be seen from the above determination of the POs by the UE, the determination of the POs is related to the UE ID, and the PF number and the PO number. If there are more UEs in the system, when the network cannot allocate each UE to a different PO, there may be a case where multiple UEs correspond to one PO. If the network needs to page a UE on the PO, the network will repeatedly send the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCHs on S consecutive PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to the PO, where S is the number of SSBs sent by the network. That is, the network repeatedly transmits the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH through each SSB corresponding to this PO. So that all UEs mapped to this PO will receive the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH and PDSCH indicated by the PDCCH. It may cause other UEs that do not have paging messages to additionally perform blind detection, mainly including blind detection PDCCH and corresponding PDSCH. For those UEs that do not have paging messages, receipt of such an erroneous page is a paging false alarm.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of a method 200 of listening for pages in accordance with an embodiment of the present application. The method may alternatively be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least some of the following.

S210, the terminal equipment receives the indication information.

S220, the terminal equipment determines the SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, an SSB range for listening to paging according to the indication information includes:

the terminal equipment determines paging resources for monitoring paging from the two groups of paging resources according to the indication information;

the terminal device determines an SSB range for listening to the page using the determined paging resources.

Different paging resources may be preconfigured, corresponding to different SSB ranges. For example, after receiving the indication information from the network device, the terminal device may determine which paging resources to monitor for a page from the pre-configured paging resources. The determined paging resources are then used to determine the SSB range to monitor for pages.

For example, the first paging resource is used to determine that the SSB range listening for the page is all SSBs sent by the network, from SSB0 to SSB8. The second paging resource is used to determine that the SSB range of the listening page is part of SSBs, SSB2 and SSB3, of all SSBs transmitted by the network.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device may send, to the terminal device, a paging resource that may be selected by the terminal device through a configuration message. The method further comprises the steps of:

the terminal device receives first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises two groups of paging resources, and the two groups of paging resources are used by the terminal device to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the two sets of paging resources include a first paging resource and a second paging resource, where the first paging resource is used by the terminal device to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs broadcast by the network device, and the second paging resource is used by the terminal device to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to N SSBs; wherein S is the number of all SSBs broadcast by the network device, and N is less than S.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the distinguishing manner of the first paging resource and the second paging resource includes one of the following:

the PDCCH monitoring time corresponding to the first paging resource and the second paging resource is not overlapped in the time domain;

the PDCCH monitoring time corresponding to the first paging resource and the second paging resource is not overlapped on the frequency domain;

The first paging resource and the second paging resource are indicated using different P-RNTI scrambling.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the indication information includes a first SSB set and a first timer.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the terminal device enters a non-connected state and starts the first timer.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, paging resources for listening to paging from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information includes: and the terminal equipment determines the paging resource used for monitoring paging as a first paging resource under the condition that the first timer is overtime.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, paging resources for listening to paging from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information includes: and the terminal equipment determines the paging resource used for monitoring paging as a second paging resource under the condition that the first timer is running.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the indication information is carried in an RRC release message.

For example, for a stationary terminal device, if the terminal device is in a connected state, an RRC release message is received, and the indication information in the RRC release message includes a first SSB set and a first timer, the terminal device may enter a non-connected state and start the first timer. And, paging resources for listening for pages may be determined based on the state of the first timer and the first set of SSBs. If the first timer has timed out, the terminal device determines the paging resource for listening to the page as the first paging resource. If the first timer is not timed out but is running, the terminal device determines the paging resource for listening to the paging as the second paging resource.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the indication information includes a second SSB set and an update rule thereof, and a second timer.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the terminal equipment enters a non-connection state, starts the second timer, and updates the second SSB set according to the update rule.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the update law includes an update period and update content of the second SSB set. For example, the network device determines an update rule of the second SSB set according to the motion rule reported by the terminal device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, paging resources for listening to paging from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information includes: and the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource under the condition that the second timer is overtime.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, paging resources for listening to paging from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information includes: the terminal device listens for pages using a second paging resource if the second timer is running.

For example, for a terminal device with a motion rule, if the terminal device is in a connected state, an RRC release message is received, and the indication information in the RRC release message includes a second SSB set and its update rule, and a second timer, the terminal device may enter a non-connected state, and start the second timer. The terminal device may update the second SSB set according to an update rule of the second SSB set. The terminal device may also determine paging resources for listening for pages based on the state of the second timer and the second set of SSBs. If the second timer has timed out, the terminal device determines the paging resource for listening to the page as the first paging resource. If the second timer is not timed out but is running, the terminal device determines the paging resource for listening to the page as the second paging resource.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the terminal device determines to monitor paging using the first paging resource without receiving the RRC release message.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the terminal device listens for paging using the first paging resource in case that the SSB set and the timer are not included in the received RRC release message.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the SSB set includes a number of SSBs that is less than a number of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network device SIB. For example, the first SSB set includes a number of SSBs that is less than the number S of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network device SIB, and the second SSB set includes a number of SSBs that is also less than the number S of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network device SIB.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, the SSB range of listening to the paging using the determined paging resource includes: and the terminal equipment monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at the PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment under the condition of using the first paging resource to monitor paging.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, the SSB range of listening to the paging using the determined paging resource includes: and the terminal equipment monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to the SSB in the first SSB set under the condition of using the second paging resource to monitor paging, wherein the number of the SSB in the first SSB set is smaller than the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the determining, by the terminal device, the SSB range of listening to the paging using the determined paging resource includes: and the terminal equipment monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at the PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to the SSB in the second SSB set under the condition that the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the second paging resource, wherein the number of the SSB in the second SSB set is smaller than the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

the terminal equipment receives second configuration information, wherein the second configuration information is used for indicating the terminal equipment to carry out measurement reporting.

Specifically, the terminal device may receive configuration information sent by the network device and used for instructing the terminal device to perform measurement reporting. Then, the terminal device in the connected state may report its own status indication. Such as a stationary status indication or a channel measurement.

the terminal device reports a status indication in the connection status.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, reporting the status indication includes at least one of:

carrying the status indication in a measurement report;

Carrying the state indication in auxiliary information of the motion state;

the status indication is reported based on a reporting request.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the status indication reported by the terminal device that is stationary is a stationary status indication. In particular, the stationary status indication may be carried in a measurement report; carrying the stationary state indication in the auxiliary information of the motion state; or reporting the static state indication based on a reporting request of the network device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the status indication reported by the terminal device with the motion rule is a channel measurement result.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the channel measurement result includes at least one of the following motion rules:

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal device;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

Specifically, the motion law may be carried in a measurement report; carrying the motion rule in the auxiliary information of the motion state; or reporting the motion law based on a reporting request of the network equipment.

The embodiment of the application determines the SSB range for monitoring the paging through the indication information, can reduce unnecessary paging received by the terminal equipment, reduce the probability of paging false alarm and reduce the energy consumption of the terminal equipment.

The following embodiments respectively take UE with a stationary terminal device and UE with a motion rule as examples.

Example 1

For a stationary UE, the network instructs the UE to receive a first SSB set of pages (Paging) in an RRC release (release) message and configures a first timer. During the operation of the first timer, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI in a first SSB set range corresponding to the PO of the UE. And after the first timer is overtime, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI in all SSB ranges corresponding to the PO of the UE. The embodiment specifically may include the following steps:

the ue receives configuration information of the network device, e.g. configures two sets of paging resources, namely a first paging resource and a second paging resource. Specifically:

a) The paging resource can be used for the UE to receive the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI;

b) Each PO corresponds to S consecutive PDCCH listening occasions of the first paging resource and S consecutive PDCCH listening occasions in the second paging resource, respectively. Where S is the number of SSB transmissions that the network broadcasts over the SIB.

c) The two sets of paging resources have at least one of the following characteristics:

the time domain resource distinction is adopted, namely PDCCH monitoring opportunities corresponding to the first paging resource and the second paging resource are not overlapped in the time domain;

The frequency domain resource distinction is adopted, namely PDCCH monitoring opportunities corresponding to the first paging resource and the second paging resource are not overlapped on the frequency domain;

the indication is made by P-RNTI differentiation, i.e. the first paging resource and the second paging resource are scrambled using different P-RNTIs.

And 2, the UE performs measurement report to the network equipment based on the measurement configuration of the network equipment, wherein the report content comprises the SSB-based channel measurement result of the service cell.

3. The UE at rest reports a rest state indication to the network in the RRC connection state, and a specific reporting manner may be exemplified as follows:

mode 1: the UE carries a stationary status indication in the measurement report. The UE is stationary, e.g. indicated by a 1-bit indication information in the measurement report. For example, a bit of 0 indicates that the UE is stationary, or a bit of 1 indicates that the UE is stationary.

Mode 2: the network equipment configures the UE to report the auxiliary information of the motion state (such as static state, low speed, medium speed and high speed). For example, the UE reports the static status indication via a ueassistance information message.

Mode 3: the network device sends a report request to the UE, which reports a static status indication based on the request of the network device.

The UE receives an RRC release message from the network to indicate that the UE transitions from an RRC connected state to a non-connected state, e.g., an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state. The RRC release message may further include the following indication information:

A first set of SSBs indicating that the UE receives pages, the first set of SSBs including a number of SSBs less than a number of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network SIB. For example, the number of SSB transmissions of the network SIB broadcast is 8; the number of SSBs configured in the first SSB set is 2, SSB1 and SSB2, respectively.

A first timer is indicated for controlling a maximum duration for which the UE receives pages only within the first SSB set. The network device may configure the first timer according to factors such as a service initiation frequency, a service delay requirement, and the like of the UE. For example, a value of the first timer is configured to indicate a duration of the timer.

5. If the UE receives the RRC release message and the RRC release message includes a first timer indication, the UE starts a first timer.

6. The UE in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state listens to the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH on its own PO based on the configuration of the network device. Examples are as follows:

6.1 The UE determines on which set of paging resources to monitor for a page.

a) If the UE does not receive the RRC release message from the network or the UE does not include the first SSB set and the first timer configuration in the last received RRC release message, the UE listens for pages using the first paging resource.

b) If the UE includes the first SSB set and the first timer configuration in the last received RRC release message and the first timer is running, the UE listens for pages using the second paging resource.

c) If the UE includes the first SSB set and the first timer configuration in the last received RRC release message and the first timer has timed out, the UE listens for pages using the first paging resource.

6.2 the UE determines the SSB range to listen for pages.

a) If the UE monitors paging by using the first paging resource, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs broadcasted by the base station.

b) If the UE monitors paging by using the second paging resource, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to SSB in the range of the first SSB set.

In particular, the SSB range for listening to pages using the first paging resource may be predefined or configured by configuration information, e.g. comprising all SSBs broadcasted by the base station, and the SSB range for listening to pages using the second paging resource, e.g. comprising SSBs of the set of SSBs in the received RRC release message.

As shown in fig. 3, it is assumed that 3 UEs monitor for pages on the same PO for UE1, UE2 and UE3, respectively. At two paging occasions PO1 and PO2, the preconfigured paging resource 1 is paging search space configuration 1, and paging resource 2 is paging search space configuration 2. These two sets of paging resources correspond to 8 SSBs on each PO, SSB0 to SSB8, respectively.

As shown in fig. 3, UE1 reports a stationary status indication. The network device indicates the duration of the first timer T1 and that the first SSB set includes SSB2 and SSB3 through the RRC release message. The UE1 receives the RRC release message and starts the first timer T1. During the operation of T1, U1 listens to the PDCCH of the page at the PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to SSB2 and SSB3 at the first paging occasion PO 1. After the time-out of T1, U1 monitors the paging PDCCH at the second paging occasion PO2 at the PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to all 8 SSBs.

As shown in fig. 3, UE2 reports a stationary status indication. The network device indicates the duration of the first timer T2 and that the first SSB set includes SSB8 through an RRC release message. The UE2 receives the RRC release message and starts the first timer T2. During the operation of T1, U2 listens to the PDCCH of the page at the PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSB8 at the first paging occasion PO1 and the second paging occasion PO 2. After T2 times out, U2 may monitor the paging PDCCH at all 8 SSB-corresponding PDCCH monitoring occasions at the subsequent PO. The duration of the first timer T1 of the UE1 and the duration of the first timer T2 of the UE2 may be different.

As shown in fig. 3, the UE3 does not have the duration of the first timer T1 and the first SSB set in the RRC release message received. The timer is not started. At the first paging occasion PO1 and the second paging occasion PO2, U3 listens to the paging PDCCH at all 8 SSB-corresponding PDCCH listening occasions.

Example two

For regularly moving UEs, the network instructs the UE to receive the second SSB set of pages and update the rules in the RRC release message and configures a second timer. During the operation of the second timer, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI in a second SSB set range corresponding to the PO of the UE. And after the second timer is overtime, the UE monitors the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI in all SSB ranges corresponding to the PO of the UE. The embodiment specifically may include the following steps:

3. Reporting a motion rule to a network in an RRC connection state for the UE with the motion rule, specifically:

a) The reported content of the motion law may include, but is not limited to:

the location of the UE and the corresponding timestamp;

the direction of motion of the UE;

movement speed, acceleration of the UE, etc.

b) The specific reporting manner may be exemplified as follows:

mode 1: the UE reports the motion rule carried in the measurement report;

mode 2: the network equipment configures the UE to report the auxiliary information of the motion rule. For example, the UE reports the motion law through a ueassistance information message.

Mode 3: the network equipment sends a reporting request to the UE, and the UE reports the motion rule based on the request of the network equipment.

And 4, the UE receives an RRC release message from the network and indicates the UE to be converted from the RRC connection state into the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state. The RRC release message may further include the following indication information:

and indicating a second SSB set and an updating rule of paging received by the UE, wherein the number of SSBs included in the second SSB set is smaller than the number of SSB transmissions broadcasted by the network SIB. The representation of the update law of the second set of SSBs may be the update period and the update content of the set of SSBs.

A second timer is indicated for controlling the UE to receive the maximum duration of paging only within the second SSB set. The network device may configure the second timer according to factors such as the service initiation frequency of the UE, the service delay requirement, and the like.

5. If the UE receives the RRC release message and the RRC release message includes a second timer indication, the UE starts a second timer. And, the UE periodically updates the second SSB set based on the network indication.

6.1 the UE determines on which set of paging resources to monitor for pages.

a) If the UE does not receive the RRC release message from the network or the UE does not include the second SSB set and the change rule and the second timer configuration in the last received RRC release message, the UE listens for paging using the first paging resource.

b) If the UE includes a second SSB set and a change rule and a second timer configuration in the last received RRC release message and the second timer is running, the UE listens for pages using the second paging resource.

c) If the UE includes a second SSB set and a change rule and a second timer configuration in the last received RRC release message and the second timer has timed out, the UE listens for paging using the first paging resource.

6.2 The UE determines the SSB range to monitor for pages.

b) If the UE monitors paging by using the second paging resource, the UE determines a second SSB set monitored by the current PO according to a second SSB set and a change rule configured in the Release message at the last time, and monitors a PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to SSB within the range of the second SSB set.

As shown in fig. 4, assume that there are 3 UEs listening for pages on the same PO for UE1, UE2 and UE3, respectively. At two paging occasions PO1 and PO2, the preconfigured paging resource 1 is paging search space configuration 1, and paging resource 2 is paging search space configuration 2. These two sets of paging resources correspond to 8 SSBs on each PO, SSB0 to SSB8, respectively.

As shown in fig. 4, UE1 reports the UE motion law. The network device indicates the duration of the second timer T3 and that the second SSB set includes SSB2 through an RRC release message. And, the indication update rule is: the second SSB set is periodically updated with t1 as a period. The update method (pattern) is: alternately corresponding to listening on SSB2, SSB 3. The UE1 receives the RRC release message and starts the second timer T3. During the operation of T3 at the first paging occasion PO1, U1 listens to the paging PDCCH at the PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSB2. After the time-out of T3, U1 listens to the paging PDCCH at the second paging occasion PO2 at the PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to all 8 SSBs.

As shown in fig. 4, UE2 reports the law of motion. The network device indicates the duration of the second timer T4 and that the second SSB set includes SSB8 through an RRC release message. And, the indication update rule is: the second SSB set is periodically updated with t2 as a period. The update method (pattern) is: the SSB indexes are alternately monitored on the 8 SSBs in the order from the big to the small. The UE1 receives the RRC release message and starts the second timer T4. During the operation of T4, U2 listens to the PDCCH of the page at the PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSB8 at the first paging occasion PO 1. At the second paging occasion PO2, U2 listens to the paging PDCCH at the corresponding PDCCH listening occasion of SSB6 (via 2 x 2, hence from SSB8 round to SSB 6) during T4 operation. After T4 times out, U2 may monitor the paging PDCCH at all 8 SSB-corresponding PDCCH monitoring occasions at subsequent paging occasions. Wherein, the duration of the second timer T3 of the UE1 and the second timer T4 of the UE2 may be different.

As shown in fig. 4, the duration of the second timer and the second SSB set are not indicated in the RRC release message received by the UE 3. The timer is not started. At the first paging occasion PO1 and the second paging occasion PO2, U3 listens to the paging PDCCH at all 8 SSB-corresponding PDCCH listening occasions.

According to the above example, even though multiple UEs monitor for pages on the same PO, the network device may monitor for pages at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to different SSBs by sending different timers and SSB sets to different UEs. Therefore, unnecessary paging received by the UE can be reduced, the probability of paging false alarm is reduced, and the energy consumption of the UE is reduced.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a paging method 300 in accordance with one embodiment of the present application. The method may alternatively be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least some of the following.

And S310, the network equipment sends the indication information to indicate the terminal equipment to determine the SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information. Wherein the determined SSB range of the listening page is all SSBs broadcast by the network device or part of all SSBs broadcast by the network device.

Specifically, the network device sends indication information to the terminal device, the terminal device determines paging resources for monitoring paging from the two sets of paging resources according to the indication information after receiving the indication information, and determines an SSB range for monitoring paging by using the determined paging resources.

For example, the indication information in the RRC release message sent by the network device to the terminal device includes the first SSB set and the first timer, and after receiving the indication information, the terminal device enters a non-connection state and starts the first timer. And under the condition that the first timer is overtime, the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource. And under the condition that the first timer is running, the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the second paging resource.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the update law includes an update period and update content of the second SSB set.

For example, the indication information in the RRC release message sent by the network device to the terminal device includes the second SSB set and its update rule and the second timer. And the terminal equipment enters a non-connection state after receiving the indication information, starts a second timer and updates the second SSB set according to an updating rule. And if the second timer is overtime, the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource. And in the case that the second timer is running, the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the second paging resource.

Furthermore, if the network device does not send an RRC release message to the terminal device. And under the condition that the RRC release message is not received, the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource.

If the above-mentioned timer and SSB set are not present in the RRC release message sent by the network device to the terminal device. After the terminal equipment releases the message, the paging is monitored by using the first paging resource.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the SSB set includes a number of SSBs that is smaller than a number of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network device SIB.

the network device sends first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises two groups of paging resources, and the two groups of paging resources are used by the terminal device to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the two sets of paging resources include a first paging resource and a second paging resource, where the first paging resource is used by the terminal device to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs broadcasted by the network device, and the second paging resource is used by the terminal device to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to N SSBs; wherein S is the number of all SSBs broadcast by the network device, and N is less than S.

and the network equipment sends the paging at PDCCH monitoring opportunities corresponding to the S SSBs on the first paging resource under the condition that the network equipment pages the terminal equipment which monitors the paging on the first paging resource.

and the network equipment sends the paging at PDCCH monitoring opportunities corresponding to the N SSBs on the second paging resource under the condition that the network equipment pages the terminal equipment which monitors the paging on the second paging resource.

and under the condition that the network equipment pages a plurality of terminal equipment which monitors paging on the second paging resource, the network equipment sends the paging on the PDCCH monitoring opportunity corresponding to the aggregate range of the SSB corresponding to each terminal equipment of the plurality of terminal equipment which is simultaneously paged on the second paging resource.

For example: UE1 and UE2 correspond to the same PO, UE1 listens to the paging PDCCH on SSB1, and UE2 listens to the paging PDCCH on SSB 2. If the network device is currently paging only UE1, the network device sends a page at the PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSB 1. If the network device is currently paging only UE2, the network device sends a page at the PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSB 2. If the network device is currently paging UE1 and UE2 simultaneously, the network needs to send pages on PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to both SSB1 and SSB 2. For the UE, UE1 monitors the paging only on the PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to SSB1, and UE2 monitors the paging only on the PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to SSB 2.

the network equipment sends second configuration information which is used for indicating the terminal equipment to carry out measurement reporting.

the network equipment receives the state indication reported by the terminal equipment in the connection state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the reporting manner of the status indication includes at least one of the following:

carrying a status indication in the measurement report;

carrying a state indication in the auxiliary information of the motion state;

and the network equipment receives the state indication reported by the terminal equipment after sending the reporting request.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the status indication reported by the stationary terminal device is a stationary status indication. In particular, the stationary status indication may be carried in a measurement report; carrying the stationary state indication in the auxiliary information of the motion state; or reporting the static state indication based on a reporting request of the network device.

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

Specific examples of the method 300 for implementing the network device in this embodiment may be referred to the above description of the method 200 about the network device, such as a base station, and will not be repeated herein for brevity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the application. The terminal device may include:

a receiving unit 410 for receiving the indication information;

a processing unit 420, configured to determine an SSB range for listening for paging according to the indication information;

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to determine paging resources for listening to paging from the two sets of paging resources according to the indication information; an SSB range for listening for pages is determined using the determined paging resources.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to enter a disconnected state and start the first timer.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to determine the paging resource used for listening to the paging is the first paging resource if the first timer has expired.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to determine the paging resource used for listening to the paging as the second paging resource if the first timer is running.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to enter a non-connected state, start a second timer, and update the second SSB set according to an update rule.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor for a page using the first paging resource if the second timer has expired.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor for a page using the second paging resource if the second timer is running.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to determine to monitor for a page using the first paging resource if the RRC release message is not received.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor for a page using the first paging resource if the SSB set and the timer are not included in the received RRC release message.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to all SSBs broadcasted by the network device in case of monitoring the paging using the first paging resource.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to the SSB in the first SSB set in case of using the second paging resource to monitor the paging, where the number of SSBs in the first SSB set is smaller than the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processing unit 420 is further configured to monitor, in a case where the terminal device monitors the paging using the second paging resource, the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to the SSB in the second SSB set, where the number of SSBs in the second SSB set is less than the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit 410 is further configured to receive first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes two sets of paging resources, and the two sets of paging resources are used by the terminal device to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit 410 is further configured to receive second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform measurement reporting.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the terminal device further includes a reporting unit 430, configured to report the status indication in the connection status.

carrying a status indication in the measurement report;

carrying a state indication in the auxiliary information of the motion state;

and reporting the status indication based on the reporting request.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the status indication reported by the stationary terminal device is a stationary status indication.

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

It should be understood that the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the terminal device according to the embodiments of the present application are respectively for implementing a corresponding flow of the terminal device in the method 200 in fig. 2, and are not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device may include:

a sending unit 510, configured to send indication information to instruct a terminal device to determine an SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information;

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the SSB set includes a number of SSBs that is less than a number of SSB transmissions broadcast by the network device SIB.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 510 is further configured to send first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes two sets of paging resources, and the two sets of paging resources are used by the terminal device to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 510 is further configured to send, in a case of paging a terminal device that listens for paging on the first paging resource, the paging on PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to S SSBs on the first paging resource.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 510 is further configured to send the page on PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to N SSBs on the second paging resource in a case of paging the terminal device that listens for the page on the second paging resource.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 510 is further configured to send, when paging a plurality of terminal devices that monitor for paging on the second paging resource, a page on a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to a aggregate range of SSBs corresponding to each of the plurality of terminal devices that are simultaneously paged on the second paging resource.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 510 is further configured to send second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform measurement reporting.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 9, the network device further includes:

and the receiving unit 520 is configured to receive a status indication reported by the terminal device in the connection status.

carrying a status indication in the measurement report;

carrying a state indication in the auxiliary information of the motion state;

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

It should be appreciated that the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device according to the embodiments of the present application are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow of the network device in the method 300 in fig. 5, and are not repeated herein for brevity.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 600 shown in fig. 10 comprises a processor 610, from which the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in an embodiment of the application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, the communication device 600 may further comprise a memory 620. Wherein the processor 610 may call and run a computer program from the memory 620 to implement the method in an embodiment of the application.

The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610 or may be integrated into the processor 610.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and in particular, may send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. Transceiver 630 may further include antennas, the number of which may be one or more.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a network device according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method according to the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a terminal device according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the terminal device in each method according to the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip 700 shown in fig. 11 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 may call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, chip 700 may also include memory 720. Wherein the processor 710 may call and run a computer program from the memory 720 to implement the method in an embodiment of the application.

Wherein the memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710 or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may also include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to a terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip chips, or the like.

The processors mentioned above may be general purpose processors, digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGA), application specific integrated circuits (application specificintegrated circuit, ASIC) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general-purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor.

The memory mentioned above may be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (random access memory, RAM).

It should be understood that the above memory is illustrative but not restrictive, and for example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), direct RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 800 in accordance with an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 12, the communication system 800 includes a terminal device 810 and a network device 820.

Terminal device 810 may receive the indication information; and determining the SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information.

The network device 820 may send indication information to instruct the terminal device to determine the SSB range to listen for pages based on the indication information.

Wherein the SSB range determined by the terminal device 810 to listen for the page is all SSBs broadcast by the network device or part of all SSBs broadcast by the network device.

Wherein the terminal device 810 may be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above-described method, and the network device 820 may be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the above-described method. For brevity, the description is omitted here.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, produces a flow or function in accordance with embodiments of the present application, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (Digital Subscriber Line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device including one or more servers, data centers, etc. that can be integrated with the available medium. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily appreciate variations or alternatives within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method of listening for pages, comprising:

the terminal equipment receives the indication information;

wherein the determined SSB range of the listening page is all SSBs broadcast by the network device or part of SSBs in all SSBs broadcast by the network device;

The method further comprises the steps of:

the terminal equipment receives first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises two groups of paging resources, and the two groups of paging resources are used by the terminal equipment to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by a P-RNTI;

the two paging resources comprise a first paging resource and a second paging resource, wherein the first paging resource is used by the terminal equipment to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment, and the second paging resource is used by the terminal equipment to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to N SSBs; s is the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment, and N is smaller than S;

the terminal device determines an SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information, and includes:

the terminal equipment determines paging resources for monitoring paging from two groups of paging resources according to the indication information;

the terminal equipment uses the determined paging resource to determine the SSB range of the monitored paging;

wherein the distinguishing manner of the first paging resource and the second paging resource comprises one of the following steps:

the first paging resource and the second paging resource are indicated by using different P-RNTI scrambling;

wherein, the first paging resource is used for determining that the SSB range of the monitored paging is all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment, and the second paging resource is used for determining that the SSB range of the monitored paging is part of SSBs in all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication information is carried in an RRC release message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, in the case where the terminal device is stationary, the indication information includes a first SSB set and a first timer, and a number of SSBs included in the first SSB set is smaller than a number S of SSBs broadcasted by a network device.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: and the terminal equipment enters a non-connection state and starts the first timer.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the terminal device determining paging resources for listening for pages from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information comprises: and the terminal equipment determines the paging resource used for monitoring paging as a first paging resource under the condition that the first timer is overtime.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the terminal device determining paging resources for listening for pages from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information comprises: and the terminal equipment determines the paging resource used for monitoring paging as a second paging resource under the condition that the first timer is running.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein in case the terminal device is in regular motion, the indication information comprises a second set of SSBs and its update law and a second timer, the second set of SSBs comprising a number of SSBs smaller than the number S of SSBs broadcasted by the network device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: and the terminal equipment enters a non-connection state, starts the second timer and updates the second SSB set according to the updating rule.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the update law comprises an update period and update content of a second set of SSBs.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal device determining paging resources for listening for pages from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information comprises: and the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource under the condition that the second timer is overtime.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal device determining paging resources for listening for pages from two sets of paging resources according to the indication information comprises: and the terminal equipment monitors paging by using a second paging resource under the condition that the second timer is running.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: and the terminal equipment determines to monitor paging by using the first paging resource under the condition that the RRC release message is not received.

13. A method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: and the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource under the condition that the received RRC release message does not comprise the first SSB set and the first timer.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: and the terminal equipment monitors paging by using the first paging resource under the condition that the received RRC release message does not comprise the second SSB set and the second timer.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein the terminal device listens for the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to all SSBs broadcast by the network device in the case of listening for pages using the first paging resource.

16. The method of claim 6, wherein the terminal device listens to the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at a PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSBs within the first SSB set in case of listening to a page using the second paging resource, wherein a number of SSBs within the first SSB set is less than a number of all SSBs broadcast by a network device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the terminal device listens to the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at a PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to SSBs in the second SSB set, the number of SSBs in the second SSB set being less than the number of all SSBs broadcast by the network device, if the terminal device listens to pages using the second paging resource.

18. The method of any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the method further comprises:

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

and reporting a state indication by the terminal equipment in the connection state.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein reporting the status indication comprises at least one of:

Carrying the status indication in a measurement report;

carrying the state indication in auxiliary information of the motion state;

and reporting the state indication based on the reporting request.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device that is stationary is a stationary status indication.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device with motion law is a channel measurement result.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the channel measurements comprise at least one of the following laws of motion:

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

24. A paging method, comprising:

the network equipment sends indication information to indicate the terminal equipment to determine the SSB range for monitoring paging according to the indication information;

the method further comprises the steps of:

the network equipment sends first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises two groups of paging resources, and the two groups of paging resources are used by the terminal equipment to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by a P-RNTI;

the indication information is used for enabling the terminal equipment to determine paging resources used for monitoring paging from two groups of paging resources according to the indication information, and the terminal equipment uses the determined paging resources to determine an SSB range for monitoring paging;

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the indication information is carried in an RRC release message.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the indication information comprises a first SSB set and a first timer.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the indication information includes a second SSB set and its update law and a second timer.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the update law comprises an update period and update content of a second set of SSBs.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the first set of SSBs includes a number of SSBs that is less than a number of SSBs broadcast by a network device SIB.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the network equipment pages the terminal equipment which monitors paging on the first paging resource, the network equipment sends the paging on PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs on the first paging resource.

31. The method of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

and the network equipment sends paging at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to N SSBs on the second paging resource under the condition that the network equipment pages the terminal equipment which monitors the paging on the second paging resource.

32. The method of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the network equipment pages a plurality of terminal equipment which monitor paging on the second paging resource, the network equipment sends paging on the PDCCH monitoring opportunity corresponding to the aggregate range of the SSB corresponding to each terminal equipment in the plurality of terminal equipment which are simultaneously paged on the second paging resource.

33. The method of any one of claims 24 to 32, wherein the method further comprises:

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the method further comprises:

and the network equipment receives the state indication reported by the terminal equipment in the connection state.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the reporting of the status indication comprises at least one of:

Carrying the status indication in a measurement report;

carrying the state indication in auxiliary information of the motion state;

36. The method of claim 34, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device that is stationary is a stationary status indication.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device with a rule of motion is a channel measurement result.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the channel measurements comprise at least one of the following laws of motion:

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

39. A terminal device, comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving the indication information;

the receiving unit is further configured to receive first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes two sets of paging resources, and the two sets of paging resources are used by the terminal device to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI;

The two paging resources comprise a first paging resource and a second paging resource, wherein the first paging resource is used by the terminal equipment to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to S SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment, and the second paging resource is used by the terminal equipment to monitor the PDCCH scrambled by the P-RNTI at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to N SSBs; s is the number of all SSBs broadcasted by the network equipment, and N is smaller than S; the processing unit is further used for determining paging resources for monitoring paging from two groups of paging resources according to the indication information; determining an SSB range for listening to the page using the determined paging resources;

40. The terminal device of claim 39, wherein the indication information is carried in an RRC release message.

41. The terminal device of claim 40, wherein the indication information includes a first SSB set and a first timer, and wherein the number of SSBs included in the first SSB set is smaller than the number S of SSBs broadcast by the network device, in a case where the terminal device is stationary.

42. The terminal device of claim 41, wherein the processing unit is further configured to enter a non-connected state and to start the first timer.

43. The terminal device of claim 42, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine the paging resource for listening for paging as a first paging resource if the first timer has expired.

44. The terminal device of claim 42, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine a paging resource for listening for paging as a second paging resource if the first timer is running.

45. The terminal device of claim 40, wherein in case the terminal device is in regular motion, the indication information includes a second SSB set and its update rule and a second timer, and the second SSB set includes a number of SSBs smaller than a number S of SSBs broadcasted by the network device.

46. The terminal device of claim 45, wherein the processing unit is further configured to enter a non-connected state, start the second timer, and update the second SSB set according to the update law.

47. The terminal device of claim 46, wherein the update law comprises an update period and update content of the second set of SSBs.

48. The terminal device of claim 45, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor for pages using a first paging resource if the second timer has expired.

49. The terminal device of claim 45, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor for pages using a second paging resource if the second timer is running.

50. The terminal device of claim 40, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine to monitor for pages using the first paging resource if no RRC release message is received.

51. The terminal device of claim 41, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor for pages using the first paging resource if the first set of SSBs and the first timer are not included in the received RRC release message.

52. The terminal device of claim 45, the processing unit further configured to monitor for pages using the first paging resource if the second set of SSBs and the second timer are not included in the received RRC release message.

53. The terminal device of claim 43, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to all SSBs broadcast by the network device in case of monitoring pages using the first paging resource.

54. The terminal device of claim 44, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCH at a PDCCH monitoring occasion corresponding to SSBs in the first SSB set in case of monitoring pages using the second paging resource, wherein a number of SSBs in the first SSB set is less than a number of all SSBs broadcasted by a network device.

55. The terminal device of claim 49, wherein the processing unit is further configured to monitor the P-RNTI scrambled PDCCHs at PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to SSBs in the second SSB set, where the number of SSBs in the second SSB set is less than the number of all SSBs broadcast by the network device, if the terminal device listens for pages using the second paging resource.

56. The terminal device of any of claims 39 to 55, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform measurement reporting.

57. The terminal device of claim 56, wherein said terminal device further comprises:

and the reporting unit is used for reporting the state indication in the connection state.

58. The terminal device of claim 57, wherein reporting the status indication includes at least one of:

carrying the status indication in a measurement report;

carrying the state indication in auxiliary information of the motion state;

and reporting the state indication based on the reporting request.

59. The terminal device of claim 57, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device that is stationary is a stationary status indication.

60. The terminal device of claim 57, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device with motion law is a channel measurement.

61. The terminal device of claim 60, wherein the channel measurement result includes at least one of the following motion laws:

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

The movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

62. A network device, comprising:

the transmitting unit is further configured to: transmitting first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises two groups of paging resources, and the two groups of paging resources are used by the terminal equipment to monitor a PDCCH scrambled by a P-RNTI;

63. The network device of claim 62, wherein the indication information is carried in an RRC release message.

64. The network device of claim 63, wherein the indication information includes a first SSB set and a first timer.

65. The network device of claim 63, wherein the indication information includes a second SSB set and its update law and a second timer.

66. The network device of claim 65, wherein the update law comprises an update period and update content of the second set of SSBs.

67. The network device of claim 64, wherein the first set of SSBs includes a number of SSBs that is less than a number of SSBs broadcast by a network device SIB.

68. The network device of claim 62, wherein the transmitting unit is further configured to, in a case where a terminal device listening for a page on the first paging resource is paged, transmit the page on PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to S SSBs on the first paging resource.

69. The network device of claim 62, wherein the transmitting unit is further configured to, in a case of paging a terminal device listening for pages on the second paging resource, transmit pages on PDCCH listening occasions corresponding to N SSBs on the second paging resource.

70. The network device of claim 62, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send a page on a PDCCH listening occasion corresponding to a aggregate range of SSBs corresponding to each of a plurality of terminal devices simultaneously paged on the second paging resource, in a case of paging the plurality of terminal devices listening for pages on the second paging resource.

71. The network device of any one of claims 62 to 70, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send second configuration information, where the second configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform measurement reporting.

72. The network device of claim 71, wherein the network device further comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a status indication that the terminal device is reporting a connection status.

73. The network device of claim 72, wherein the reporting of the status indication comprises at least one of:

carrying the status indication in a measurement report;

carrying the state indication in auxiliary information of the motion state;

74. The network device of claim 72, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device that is stationary is a stationary status indication.

75. The network device of claim 72, wherein the status indication reported by the terminal device with motion law is a channel measurement.

76. The network device of claim 75, wherein the channel measurements comprise at least one of the following laws of motion:

the location of the terminal device and the corresponding timestamp;

the movement direction of the terminal equipment;

the movement speed and acceleration of the terminal device.

77. A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being adapted to invoke and run the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 23.

78. A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory, performing the method of any of claims 24 to 38.

79. A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 23.

80. A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method of any of claims 24 to 38.

81. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 23.

82. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 24 to 38.

83. A communication system, comprising:

terminal device for performing the method of any of claims 1 to 23;

network device for performing the method of any of claims 24 to 38.