CN116420364A

CN116420364A - Paging monitoring method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN116420364A
Application number: CN202180075023.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李海涛; 胡奕
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-25
Filing date: 2021-03-25
Publication date: 2023-07-11
Also published as: WO2022198593A1

Abstract

The application discloses a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device, paging monitoring equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: receiving first area information sent by network equipment under the condition of being in a non-connection state, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal equipment belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, and the grouping parameter distribution strategy is a strategy for distributing grouping parameters for the terminal equipment; and paging monitoring is carried out based on the first area information. The embodiment of the application can ensure the packet parameters used by the synchronization of the terminal equipment and the network side, and reduce the paging false alarm.

Description

Paging monitoring method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device, paging monitoring equipment and a storage medium.

Background

To reduce paging false positives, a paging packet mechanism is introduced. According to this mechanism, the terminal device is assigned to a specific paging packet, each paging packet corresponding to a wake-up signal.

In the current standard discussion, for a paging packet mechanism of a New Radio (NR) system, a scheme for allocating packet parameters by a network is proposed, where the scheme includes: the Core Network (CN) allocates packet parameters and the radio access Network (Radio Access Network, RAN) allocates packet parameters.

If the scheme of RAN distributing packet parameters is implemented, there is a possibility that different RANs use different packet parameter distribution strategies, resulting in confusion of packets, for example: the terminal device obtains the group identity 1 under cell 1 and then reselects to cell 2, where the terminal device still uses the group identity 1, and cell 2 considers that the terminal device actually corresponds to the group identity 2.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a paging monitoring method, a paging monitoring device, paging monitoring equipment and a storage medium. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging listening method, which is performed by a terminal device, the method including:

receiving first area information sent by network equipment under the condition of being in a non-connection state, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal equipment belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, and the grouping parameter distribution strategy is a strategy for distributing grouping parameters for the terminal equipment;

And paging monitoring is carried out based on the first area information.

receiving paging packet indication information sent by network equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by resident cells of the terminal equipment;

and paging monitoring is carried out based on the paging packet indication information.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging listening method, the method being performed by a network device, the method comprising:

and sending first area information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal equipment belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, and the grouping parameter distribution strategy is a strategy for distributing grouping parameters for the terminal equipment.

and sending paging packet indication information to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging listening device, including: a receiving module and a paging monitoring module;

the receiving module is configured to receive first area information sent by a network device when the network device is in a non-connected state, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area where a resident cell of a terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation policy, where the grouping parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating grouping parameters to the terminal device;

and the paging monitoring module is used for performing paging monitoring based on the first area information.

the receiving module is used for receiving paging packet indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment;

the paging suggestion module is used for paging monitoring based on the paging packet indication information.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging listening device, including: a transmitting module;

The sending module is configured to send first area information to a terminal device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation policy, and the grouping parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating grouping parameters to the terminal device.

the sending module is used for sending paging packet indication information to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment.

According to an aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a terminal device including a transceiver and a processor;

the transceiver is configured to receive first area information sent by a network device when the transceiver is in a non-connected state, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, where the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device;

The processor is configured to perform paging listening based on the first area information.

the transceiver is configured to receive paging packet indication information sent by a network device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by a camping cell of the terminal device;

the processor is used for paging monitoring based on the paging packet indication information.

According to one aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a network device comprising a transceiver;

the transceiver is configured to send first area information to a terminal device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, and the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device.

the transceiver is configured to send paging packet indication information to a terminal device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by a camping cell of the terminal device.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a computer readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, where the computer program is configured to be executed by a processor to implement the paging listening method at the terminal device side or implement the paging listening method at the network device side.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a chip is provided, where the chip includes a programmable logic circuit and/or program instructions, and when the chip runs, the chip is configured to implement the paging listening method on the terminal device side or implement the paging listening method on the network device side.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a computer program product or a computer program, where the computer program product or the computer program includes computer instructions, where the computer instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and a processor reads and executes the computer instructions from the computer readable storage medium, so as to implement the paging listening method at the terminal device side or implement the paging listening method at the network device side.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can bring the following beneficial effects:

The network equipment transmits the regional information of the resident cell to the terminal equipment in the resident cell, the regional information indicates the region of the resident cell to the terminal equipment, and each cell in the same region supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, so that the terminal equipment can select a paging monitoring mode according to the regional information, and the grouping parameters used by the terminal equipment and the network side are synchronous when the paging monitoring is carried out by using the grouping parameters, so that paging false alarm is reduced.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a paging listening method provided in one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a paging listening method provided in another embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a paging listening method provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a paging listening method provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a paging listening method provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a paging listening device provided in one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a paging listening device provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of a paging listening device provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of a paging listening device provided in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of the new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic diagram of a network architecture 100 according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The network architecture 100 may include: terminal device 10, access network device 20, and core network device 30.

The terminal device 10 may refer to a UE (User Equipment), an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a wireless communication device, a User agent, or a User Equipment. Alternatively, the terminal device 10 may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol ) phone, a WLL (Wireless Local Loop, wireless local loop) station, a PDA (Personal digital Assistant), a handheld device with a wireless communication function, a computing device, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in 5GS (5 th Generation System, fifth generation mobile communication system), or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN (Pub 1ic Land Mobi1e Network), or the like, which the embodiment of the present application is not limited. For convenience of description, the above-mentioned devices are collectively referred to as terminal devices. The number of terminal devices 10 is typically plural, and one or more terminal devices 10 may be distributed within a cell managed by each access network device 20.

The access network device 20 is a device deployed in the access network to provide wireless communication functionality for the terminal device 10. The access network device 20 may include various forms of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and the like. The names of access network device-capable devices may vary in systems employing different radio access technologies, for example in 5G NR systems, called gndeb or gNB. As communication technology evolves, the name "access network device" may change. For convenience of description, in the embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned devices for providing the terminal device 10 with the wireless communication function are collectively referred to as an access network device. Alternatively, a communication relationship may be established between the terminal device 10 and the core network device 30 via the access network device 20. Illustratively, in an LTE (Long Term Evolution ) system, the access network device 20 may be EUTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, evolved universal terrestrial radio network) or one or more enodebs in EUTRAN; in a 5G NR system, access network device 20 may be a RAN (Radio Access Network ) or one or more gnbs in the RAN. In the embodiments of the present application, the network device refers to the access network device 20, such as a base station, unless specifically described.

The core network device 30 is a device deployed in the core network, and functions of the core network device 30 are mainly to provide user connection, management of users, and bearer completion of services, and to provide an interface to an external network as a bearer network. For example, core network devices in the 5G NR system may include AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function ) entities, UPF (User Plane Function, user plane function) entities, SMF (Session Management Function ) entities, and the like.

In one example, the access network device 20 and the core network device 30 communicate with each other via some air interface technology, such as an NG interface in a 5G NR system. The access network device 20 and the terminal device 10 communicate with each other via some kind of air interface technology, e.g. Uu interface.

The "5G NR system" in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a 5G system or an NR system, but a person skilled in the art may understand the meaning thereof. The technical solution described in the embodiments of the present application may be applied to an LTE system, may also be applied to a 5G NR system, may also be applied to a subsequent evolution system of the 5G NR system, and may also be applied to other communication systems, such as an NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things ) system, which is not limited in this application.

Before the technical scheme of the application is described, some background knowledge related to the application is described.

The main application scenarios of 5G NR systems include eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband, enhanced mobile bandwidth), URLLC (Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication, ultra-reliable low-latency communication) and emtc (Massive Machine Type Communication, large-scale machine-like communication).

embbs still target users to obtain multimedia content, services, and data, and their demand is growing very rapidly. On the other hand, since the eMBB may be deployed in different scenarios, such as indoor, urban, rural, etc., the capability and demand of which are also relatively different, detailed analysis must be performed in connection with a specific deployment scenario, not in general. Typical applications of URLLC include industrial automation, electric automation, telemedicine operations (surgery), traffic safety assurance, etc. Typical characteristics of mctc include high connection density, small data volume, delay insensitive traffic, low cost and long life of the module, etc.

In a 5G NR network environment, for the purposes of reducing air interface signaling overhead and fast recovery of radio connections, fast recovery of data traffic, a new RRC (Radio Resource Control ) state, namely an rrc_inactive state (also referred to as an RRC INACTIVE state), is defined. This state is different from the rrc_idle state (also referred to as RRC IDLE state) and the rrc_active state (also referred to as RRC connected state).

Rrc_idle state: mobility is a UE-based cell selection reselection, paging is initiated by a CN (Core Network), and paging areas are configured by the CN. The base station side does not have a UE AS (Access Stratum) context. And, there is no RRC connection.

Rrc_connected state: there is an RRC connection and the base station and the terminal device have a UE AS context. The network side knows that the location of the terminal device is cell specific. Mobility is network-side controlled mobility. Unicast data may be transmitted between the terminal device and the base station.

Rrc_inactive state: mobility is cell selection reselection based on UE, there is a connection between CN-NRs, UE AS context exists on a certain base station, paging is triggered by RAN, paging area based on RAN is managed by RAN, network side knows UE location is based on paging area level of RAN.

Next, a Paging mechanism will be described.

The Paging main function is to enable the network device to page the terminal device through Paging message (Paging message) or notify the terminal device of system message change or earthquake tsunami/public warning information (applicable to all RRC states of the terminal device including rrc_active state) when the terminal device is in rrc_idle or rrc_inactive state.

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. The Paging message is transmitted in PDSCH, and the short message is 8 bits in PDCCH.

For the terminal device in rrc_idle state or rrc_inactive state, since there is no other data communication between the terminal device and the network device, in order to save power, the terminal device may discontinuously monitor the Paging channel, i.e. use a Paging DRX mechanism. Under Paging DRX mechanism, the terminal device only needs to perform Paging listening during one PO (Paging Occasion) within each DRX cycle (DRX cycle). The PO is a series of PDCCH listening occasions, while it may consist of multiple slots. There is also the concept of a PF (Paging Frame), which refers to a radio Frame (fixed 10 ms) that may contain a plurality of POs or be the start of a plurality of POs.

The Paging DRX cycle is determined by a default DRX cycle (default DRX cycle) in system broadcast and a dedicated cycle (UE specific DRX cycle) configured in higher layer signaling (NAS), and the minimum value of the two is the Paging DRX cycle. From the network perspective, a Paging DRX cycle may have a plurality of POs, where a terminal device listens to a PO is related to an ID (Identifier) of the terminal device. Specifically, the PF and PO determination method of a certain terminal device in a Paging DRX is as follows (TS 38.304):

The SFN (System Frame Number ) number of the PF is 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 formula:

i_s＝floor(UE_ID/N)mod Ns。

some of the parameters in the above formula are explained as follows:

t: the terminal device receives the DRX cycle of the page. The network device broadcasts 1 default DRX cycle (default DRX cycle), and if the RRC/higher layer configures a dedicated DRX cycle (UE specific DRX cycle) for the terminal device, the minimum value of the DRX cycle broadcasted by the network device and the dedicated DRX cycle configured by the RRC/higher layer is used as the DRX cycle of the terminal device. If the RRC/higher layer does not configure a dedicated DRX cycle for the terminal device, the DRX cycle broadcasted by the network device is taken as the DRX cycle of the terminal device.

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

Ns: the number of POs contained within a PF.

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

Ue_id: the ID of the terminal device, such as 5G-S-TMSI mod 1024.

For a terminal device, the position of the PF and index (number) of the PO in one Paging DRX cycle can be known according to the above formula. In TS 38.304, it is specified that a PO consists of a number of PDCCH listening occasions (monitoring occasion), one PO contains X PDCCH listening occasions, X being equal to the number of SSBs (Synchronization Signal and PBCH Block, synchronization signal blocks) actually transmitted broadcast in the MIB (Master Information Block, master system information block).

After the terminal device knows the index (number) of the PF, the PO, and the number of PDCCH listening occasions in the PO, it only needs to know the starting position of the first PDCCH listening occasion of the PO through the relevant configuration parameters, where the starting position can be obtained through a higher layer signaling configuration or based on the index of the PO. The terminal device blindly detects the paging message according to the determined PO.

Next, a description will be given of WUS (Wake Up Signal) and GWUS (Grouping Wake Up Signal, packet-based Wake Up Signal) mechanisms in the LTE system.

In order to achieve the purpose of energy saving, the LTE system introduces a wake-up signal for the terminal equipment in the RRC_IDLE state for monitoring the paging message, and the wake-up signal of the LTE system is realized in a sequential manner. The terminal equipment monitors a wake-up signal before the PO of the terminal equipment, if the wake-up signal is detected, the representative network sends a paging message on the subsequent PO, and the terminal equipment monitors the subsequent PO to check whether the paging record has the UE_ID of the terminal equipment; if the wake-up signal is not detected, the representative network does not send a paging message on the subsequent PO, and the terminal device will not monitor the subsequent PO any more, so as to achieve the purpose of saving power.

To further reduce paging false positives (paging false alarm) between terminals, LTE systems introduce a packet-based WUS mechanism, the GWUS mechanism. According to the GWUS mechanism, terminal devices are allocated to specific paging packets, which can reduce paging false positives between different paging packets.

Specifically, the LTE system supports two grouping modes, including: a packet based on the ue_id, and a packet based on paging probability. According to the paging probability-based packet, if the paging probability is determined between the terminal device and the MME (Mobility Management Entity ), and the paging probability threshold is configured as a packet basis for the current cell supporting the paging probability-based packet, the terminal device determines a first-level packet according to its own paging probability, and then the terminal device determines a second-level packet according to the UE_ID. If the current network does not support paging probability based packets, the terminal device determines paging packets directly from the ue_id.

Among the work items of R17, the 3GPP RAN will agree on a further enhancement item (RP-193239) for terminal power saving. Wherein one goal of the project is: unnecessary paging reception is reduced by designing an enhanced paging mechanism.

In the current standard discussion, there are two main schemes for paging packets of NR system, one is based on ue_id packets, and similar to LTE system, the packet calculation formula is agreed by a protocol, and the terminal device and the base station both calculate packet information according to the packet calculation formula. One is that the network assigns a group identification (grouping ID) for the terminal device to use for grouping. There are two schemes of CN allocation and RAN allocation for network allocation grouping ID. The RAN allocation may have a situation where the packet parameter allocation policies of different RANs are different, which may lead to confusion of packets under different policies, for example, a grouping ID obtained by the terminal device under cell 1, and then the terminal device reselects to cell 2, where cell 1 and cell 2 use different grouping ID allocation policies, thereby increasing paging false alarms.

Meanwhile, since the two paging packet schemes exist, different network devices (such as base stations) may support the two paging packet schemes differently for the network side. Therefore, in such a case as described above, how the terminal device performs paging listening is a problem to be solved.

According to the technical scheme, the network equipment transmits the regional information of the resident cell to the terminal equipment in the resident cell, the regional information indicates the region of the resident cell to the terminal equipment, and each cell in the same region supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, so that the terminal equipment can select a paging monitoring mode according to the regional information, and therefore the grouping parameters used by the terminal equipment and the network side are synchronous when the paging monitoring is carried out by using the grouping parameters, and paging false alarm is reduced.

According to the technical scheme, the indication information is issued to the terminal equipment in the resident cell through the network equipment, the paging grouping situation supported by the current resident cell is indicated to the terminal equipment through the indication information, so that the terminal equipment can select a proper paging monitoring mode to carry out paging monitoring based on the realization capability of the resident cell according to the indication information, and the problem that the terminal equipment does not know how to carry out paging monitoring under the condition that multiple paging monitoring modes exist is avoided.

The following describes the technical scheme of the application through several embodiments.

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart of a paging listening method according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The method can be applied to the network architecture shown in fig. 1. The method may include the following steps (210-230):

step 210, the network device sends first area information, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a camping cell of the terminal device belongs.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first area information indicates that an area to which a resident cell corresponding to the terminal device belongs is a first area, and at least one cell including the resident cell in the first area.

In the embodiment of the application, each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation policy, and the grouping parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating grouping parameters to terminal equipment.

For example, when the cell a and the cell B are in the same area and the cell a and the cell C are not in the same area, the packet parameter allocated to the terminal device by the cell a based on the packet parameter allocation policy is the packet parameter #1, the packet parameter allocated to the terminal device by the cell B based on the same packet parameter allocation policy is the packet parameter #1, and the packet parameter allocated to the terminal device by the cell C based on different packet parameter allocation policies is the packet parameter #2.

Wherein the packet parameter is a parameter configured by the network device for the terminal device, and the packet parameter is used for the terminal device to determine the paging packet. The network device allocates the packet parameters to the terminal device based on a certain packet parameter allocation policy, and specific policy contents of the packet parameter allocation policy are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Optionally, the grouping parameter is a group identification (grouping ID).

Optionally, the first area information is sent in the form of a system message. For example, the network device broadcasts a system message to the terminal devices in its serving cell, the system message including the first area information.

Step 220, the terminal device receives the first area information in the case of being in the non-connection state.

And under the condition of being in a non-connection state, the terminal equipment receives first area information issued by the network equipment, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area of a resident cell of the terminal equipment.

Optionally, the terminal device is in a non-connected state, such as: an RRC IDLE state (i.e., rrc_idle state), an RRC INACTIVE state (i.e., rrc_inactive state).

In step 230, the terminal device performs paging listening based on the first area information.

Optionally, the terminal device determines whether the packet parameters acquired by the terminal device in the connection state are valid according to the old state under the current residence cell based on the first area information, and further selects a paging monitoring mode to perform paging monitoring. Optionally, the paging monitoring mode selectable by the terminal includes: paging interception is performed by using paging packets; regular paging listening (i.e., paging listening without using paging packets) is performed.

Because the terminal equipment is in a non-connection state, the terminal equipment determines a first area to which the current resident cell belongs by receiving first area information broadcast by the network equipment, and under the condition that each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation strategy, the terminal equipment can determine whether grouping parameters acquired by the terminal equipment in the connection state are valid according to old conditions of the first area indicated in the first area information.

In summary, according to the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, the network device issues the area information of the resident cell for the terminal device in the resident cell, the area information indicates the area to which the resident cell belongs to the terminal device, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, so that the terminal device can select the paging monitoring mode according to the area information, so as to ensure that the packet parameters used by the terminal device and the network side are synchronous when the paging monitoring is performed by using the packet parameters, and reduce paging false alarm.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a paging listening method according to another embodiment of the present application is shown. The method can be applied to the network architecture shown in fig. 1. The method may include the following steps (310-350):

In step 310, in the connected state, the terminal device acquires a packet parameter, where the packet parameter corresponds to second area information, and the second area information is used to indicate a second area to which the packet parameter is applicable.

The terminal device in the CONNECTED state (i.e., rrc_connected state) acquires the packet parameter from the network device, which may be an anchor base station (anchor gNB) to which the terminal device corresponds in the inactive state, and acquires second area information related to the packet parameter.

The second area information is used for indicating a second area to which the grouping parameter is applicable. The grouping parameter is applicable to a certain area, and can be understood as: the cells under the area support the same grouping parameter allocation strategy, so that when the cells allocate grouping parameters to the terminal equipment based on the grouping parameter allocation strategy, the cells allocate the same grouping parameters to the terminal equipment, and the grouping parameters are synchronously used by the terminal equipment side and the network in the area.

Step 320, the network device sends first area information, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a camping cell of the terminal device belongs.

The description of the implementation of this step can be found in the above examples, and will not be repeated here.

In step 330, the terminal device receives the first area information in the non-connected state.

In step 340, the terminal device determines an intersection situation between the first area and the second area.

In this embodiment, after acquiring the first area information, the terminal device checks the intersection condition between the first area and the second area in combination with the second area information acquired before.

The intersection condition refers to a condition whether the first region includes the second region.

In step 350, the terminal device performs paging listening based on the intersection situation.

Based on the intersection situation, the terminal device selects whether to use the grouping parameter to determine the paging grouping corresponding to the terminal device, so as to perform paging monitoring.

Exemplary intersection situations include: the first region includes a second region. Exemplary intersection situations include: the first region does not include the second region. It is understood that in the case where the second region is a plurality of regions, the first region including the second region means that the first region includes at least one region of the second region, and the first region excluding the second region means that the first region does not include any one region of the second region.

In the case that the first area includes the second area, it means that the packet parameters acquired by the terminal device in the connected state are still valid in the current camping cell, and the terminal device determines the paging packet by using the packet parameters so as to monitor the paging advance signal and the paging occasion. In the case that the first area does not include the second area, this means that the packet parameters acquired by the terminal device in the connected state are not valid in the current camping cell, and the terminal device selects to determine the paging packet in other ways to monitor the paging advance signal and the paging occasion based on whether the current cell supports paging packets or not, or selects to monitor the paging advance signal and the paging occasion without using the paging packet.

In one example, responsive to the first region including the second region, the terminal device determines a paging packet corresponding to the terminal device using the packet parameters; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; in response to monitoring the packet paging advance signal, the terminal device monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell not supporting paging packets, the terminal device listens for a conventional paging advance signal; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In one example, in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging packets, the terminal device determines a paging packet using the terminal identity; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; in response to monitoring the packet paging advance signal, the terminal device monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

Wherein, the terminal identification may be ue_id.

The packet paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal device in the case of paging packets, and the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal device in the case of non-paging packets, and the conventional (paging) paging advance signal may be understood as a conventional paging advance signal, a general paging advance signal, or the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, in the above example, the paging advance signal includes at least one of: a wake-up signal; PEI (Paging Early Indication, paging advance indication). As communication systems evolve, there is a possibility to introduce other types of paging advance signals, which embodiments of the present application do not limit.

In summary, according to the technical solution provided in this embodiment, the packet parameters acquired by the terminal device in the connected state correspond to the second area information, and the first area information of the current residence cell is acquired in the unconnected state, so that the terminal device may determine, based on the first area information and the second area information, whether the acquired packet parameters are valid in the current residence cell according to the old state, and select an appropriate paging monitoring mode to perform paging monitoring based on the result, so as to ensure the packet parameters used by the terminal device and the network side in synchronization, and reduce paging false alarm.

Exemplary, the method shown in fig. 3 is described above with reference to fig. 4. The method can be applied to the terminal equipment shown in fig. 1. The method may include the following steps (410-440):

in step 410, the terminal device obtains the grouping parameter and the area information related to the grouping parameter.

Wherein the grouping parameter is valid within the area indicated by the area information.

Optionally, the terminal device acquires the grouping parameter when in a connection state.

Step 420, the terminal device determines whether the area information broadcasted by the camping cell contains the area information when it acquires the grouping parameter.

If the area information broadcast by the current camping cell contains the area information when the current camping cell acquires the grouping parameters, the step 430 is skipped; if the area information broadcast by the currently camping cell does not include the area information when it acquired the packet parameters, the process proceeds to step 440.

Optionally, when the terminal device is in a non-connection state, the terminal device acquires the area information broadcasted by the current cell.

The terminal device uses the packet parameters to determine a paging packet to listen for a paging advance signal, step 430.

The terminal device does not use the packet parameters to determine a paging packet to listen for a paging advance signal, step 440.

Optionally, if the current camping cell does not support the paging packet, the terminal device does not use the paging packet to monitor the paging advance signal; if the current camping cell does not support paging packets, the terminal device uses the UE_ID to determine paging packets to monitor for paging advance signals.

In an illustrative embodiment, a network device transmits first region information in the event that a camping cell supports paging packets using a packet parameter.

If the resident cell does not support paging packets by using the packet parameters, the network device does not send the first area information, and correspondingly, the terminal device will not receive the first area information, and if the terminal device does not receive the first area information, the terminal device will execute the following steps:

responding that the resident cell does not support paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

Responsive to the camping cell supporting paging packets, the terminal device determining the paging packets using the terminal identity; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to a paging packet; in response to monitoring the packet paging advance signal, the terminal device monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In this embodiment, the first area information indicates whether the resident cell supports paging packets by using the packet parameters, so as to help the terminal device determine a paging monitoring mode, and help to ensure the reliability of the paging monitoring process.

In the above-described embodiment, the area information includes at least one of the following: a region identifier; paging area identification; a radio access network area identifier; cell identification.

That is, the first area information may include: a region identifier; paging area identification; a radio access network area identifier; at least one of cell identities, second area information: may include a region identification; paging area identification; a radio access network area identifier; at least one of the cell identities.

The region information is illustratively indicated using a region identification. The first area information received by the terminal device includes: zone #1 and zone #2 indicating that the camping cell of the terminal device belongs to zone #1 and zone #2; the second area information acquired by the terminal equipment comprises: region #1, indicating that the acquired grouping parameter is applicable to region #1; the first region includes a second region and the terminal device performs paging listening using the packet parameters.

The area information is illustratively indicated using a paging area identification. The first area information received by the terminal device includes: paging area #1, indicating that the resident cell of the terminal device belongs to paging area #1; the second area information acquired by the terminal equipment comprises: paging zone #2, indicating that the packet parameters are applicable to paging zone #2; the first area does not include the second area and the terminal device does not use the packet parameters for paging listening.

The area information is illustratively indicated using a radio access network area identity. The first area information received by the terminal device includes: a radio access network area #1 indicating that a camping cell of the terminal device belongs to the radio access network area #1; the second area information acquired by the terminal equipment comprises: a radio access network area #1 indicating that the packet parameters are applicable to the radio access network area #1; the first region includes a second region and the terminal device performs paging listening using the packet parameters.

The area information is illustratively indicated using a cell identity. The first area information received by the terminal device includes: cell #1, indicating that the resident cell of the terminal equipment is cell #1; the second area information acquired by the terminal equipment comprises: cell #1, cell #2, and cell #3, indicating that the grouping parameter is applicable to cell #1, cell #2, and cell #3; the first region includes a second region and the terminal device performs paging listening using the packet parameters.

Referring to fig. 5, a flowchart of a paging listening method according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The method can be applied to the network architecture shown in fig. 1. The method may include the following steps (510-530):

step 510, the network device sends paging packet indication information, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by the camping cell of the terminal device.

Paging can be realized between the network device and the terminal device in a packet-based manner, and different paging packet schemes exist in the packets, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device indicates the paging packet situation supported by the current camping cell to the terminal device by sending paging packet indication information to the terminal device, where the paging packet situation may be that the camping cell supports paging packets (including at least one supported paging packet scheme), or may be that the camping cell does not support paging packets.

Optionally, the paging packet indication information is sent in the form of a system message. For example, the network device broadcasts a system message to the terminal devices in its serving cell, where the system message includes the paging packet indication information.

In step 520, the terminal device receives paging packet indication information.

The terminal equipment receives paging packet indication information issued by the network equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by resident cells of the terminal equipment.

Optionally, the terminal device is in an inactive state, such as: an RRC IDLE state (i.e., rrc_idle state), an RRC INACTIVE state (i.e., rrc_inactive state).

In step 530, the terminal device performs paging listening based on the paging packet indication information.

Because the paging packet indication information indicates the paging packet condition supported by the resident cell, the terminal device can select a paging monitoring mode supported by the resident cell to perform paging monitoring based on the paging packet indication information, and the paging monitoring mode can be a paging monitoring mode based on a paging packet scheme or a conventional paging monitoring mode.

In summary, the technical solution provided in this embodiment issues, through the network device, indication information for the terminal device in the camping cell, and indicates, to the terminal device, the paging packet situation supported by the current camping cell through the indication information, so that the terminal device can select, according to the indication information, an appropriate paging monitoring mode based on the implementation capability of the camping cell to perform paging monitoring, thereby avoiding the problem that the terminal device does not know how to perform paging monitoring in the case that multiple paging monitoring modes exist.

In an exemplary embodiment, the paging packet indication information includes at least one of the following information:

paging grouping scheme;

the maximum number of packets corresponding to the paging packet scheme.

That is, the paging packet indication information is used to indicate a paging packet scheme supported by the camping cell and/or indicate a maximum number of packets corresponding to the supported paging packet scheme. In the embodiment of the present application, whether the resident cell supports a certain paging grouping scheme may be understood as whether the resident cell supports determining the paging grouping according to the paging grouping scheme.

Optionally, the paging grouping scheme includes at least one of the following schemes: a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification; a second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by the network; wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets. It will be appreciated that as communication systems evolve, there are possibilities to introduce other types of paging packet schemes, which embodiments of the present application do not limit.

Optionally, the terminal identification is ue_id.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, compared to a conventional paging listening mode, the terminal device preferably uses a paging packet scheme to perform paging listening, and further, the terminal device preferably uses a second paging packet scheme to perform paging listening. See in particular the examples below.

Example 1: responding to the paging indication information to indicate that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not carried out; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In the case that the resident cell does not support to determine the paging packet by the paging packet scheme and then realize the paging monitoring, the terminal equipment uses the conventional paging monitoring mode.

Example 2: responding to the paging indication information to indicate that the resident cell supports a first paging grouping scheme and a second paging grouping scheme, and determining a paging grouping by the terminal equipment based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal; the packet parameter acquisition condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has acquired the packet parameters.

And under the condition that the resident cell supports the determination of the paging packet by the first paging packet scheme and the second paging packet scheme at the same time, so that the paging monitoring is realized, the terminal equipment adopts at least one paging packet scheme to realize the paging monitoring. The second paging grouping scheme needs that the terminal equipment obtains grouping parameters distributed by the network in advance in a connection state.

Optionally, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device has acquired the grouping parameter, and the terminal device determines the paging grouping using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number.

The terminal device may determine the first level paging packet using the terminal identification and/or the first maximum number of packets, and determine the second level paging packet under the first level paging packet using the packet parameter and/or the second maximum number of packets.

The terminal device may determine the first-level paging packet using the packet parameter and/or the second maximum packet number, and may determine the second-level paging packet under the first-level paging packet using the terminal identification and/or the first maximum packet number.

Optionally, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device has acquired the packet parameters and the terminal device determines a paging packet using at least one of the packet parameters and the second maximum number of packets.

Optionally, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the packet parameters, and the terminal device determines the paging packet using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum number of packets.

Example 3: responsive to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging grouping scheme, the terminal device determines a paging grouping using at least one of a terminal identity and a first maximum number of groupings; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; in response to monitoring the packet paging advance signal, the terminal device monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In the case that the resident cell only supports the paging monitoring in the first paging packet scheme, the terminal device determines the paging packet in the first paging packet scheme, thereby performing the paging monitoring.

Example 4: responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support a second paging grouping scheme, and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment; the packet parameter acquisition condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has acquired the packet parameters.

And under the condition that the resident cell only supports the paging monitoring by the second paging grouping scheme, the terminal equipment selects to realize the paging monitoring based on the second paging grouping scheme or realize the paging monitoring in a conventional paging monitoring mode based on whether the grouping parameters are acquired.

Optionally, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; the terminal equipment monitors a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; and responding to the terminal equipment monitoring the paging advance signal, and monitoring the paging opportunity.

Optionally, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire grouping parameters, monitors a conventional paging advance signal, and configures the paging advance signal for the terminal equipment under the condition that the conventional paging advance signal is not subjected to paging grouping; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In the above examples, the conventional (leagcy) paging advance signal may also be understood as a conventional paging advance signal, a general paging advance signal, etc., which are not limited in this embodiment.

Optionally, in the above example, the paging advance signal includes at least one of: a wake-up signal; paging advance indication. As communication systems evolve, there is a possibility to introduce other types of paging advance signals, which embodiments of the present application do not limit.

In summary, according to the technical solution provided in this embodiment, the terminal device may learn the paging packet scheme supported by the current camping cell through the paging packet indication information, select the paging packet scheme supported by the current camping cell, and determine an appropriate paging packet based on at least one paging packet scheme selected, so as to avoid the problem that the terminal device does not know how to perform paging monitoring in the case that there are multiple paging packet schemes.

Exemplary, the above method is described with reference to fig. 6. The method can be applied to the terminal equipment shown in fig. 1. The method may include the following steps (610-690):

in step 610, the terminal device reads the system message and obtains paging packet indication information of the camping cell.

The paging grouping indication information is used for indicating paging grouping conditions supported by the resident cell of the terminal equipment.

In step 620, in case the camping cell does not support any paging packet, the terminal device does not use the paging packet for paging listening.

In step 630, in the case of camping on the cell while supporting the paging packet based on the ue_id and the paging packet based on the network allocated packet parameter, the terminal device determines whether to acquire the network allocated packet parameter.

If the packet parameters allocated by the network have been obtained, the step 640 is performed; if the network assigned packet parameters are not acquired, the process proceeds to step 650.

In step 640, the terminal device determines a paging packet based on the packet parameter or based on the packet parameter and the ue_id.

In step 650, the terminal device determines a paging packet based on the ue_id.

In step 660, in case the camping cell supports paging packets based on the ue_id, but does not support paging packets based on the network allocated packet parameters, the terminal device determines paging packets based on the ue_id.

In step 670, in the case that the camping cell supports the paging packet based on the network allocated packet parameter, but does not support the paging packet based on the ue_id, the terminal device determines whether to acquire the network allocated packet parameter.

If the packet parameters allocated by the network have been obtained, the step 680 is performed; if the network assigned packet parameters are not acquired, the process proceeds to step 690.

In step 680, the terminal device determines a paging packet based on the packet parameters.

In step 690, the terminal device does not use the paging packet for paging listening.

In the embodiment of the method, the technical scheme of the application is mainly described from the interaction point of the terminal equipment and the network equipment. The steps executed by the related terminal equipment can be independently realized to be a paging monitoring method of the terminal equipment side; the steps executed by the network device can be implemented separately as a paging listening method on the network device side.

The following are device embodiments of the present application, which may be used to perform method embodiments of the present application. For details not disclosed in the device embodiments of the present application, please refer to the method embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 7, a block diagram of a paging listening device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The device has the function of realizing the method example of the terminal equipment side, and the function can be realized by hardware or can be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The device may be the terminal device described above, or may be provided in the terminal device. As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus 700 may include: a receiving module 710 and a paging listening module 720.

The receiving module 710 is configured to receive, when in a non-connected state, first area information sent by a network device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of a terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, where the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device;

the paging listening module 720 is configured to perform paging listening based on the first area information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the receiving module 710 is configured to obtain, when in a connected state, a packet parameter, where the packet parameter corresponds to second area information, and the second area information is used to indicate a second area to which the packet parameter is applicable; the paging listening module 720 is configured to determine an intersection situation between the first area and the second area; and paging monitoring is carried out based on the intersection situation.

In one example, the paging listening module 720 is configured to: determining a paging packet corresponding to the terminal equipment by using the packet parameters in response to the first area comprising the second area; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module 720 is configured to: monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area not including the second area and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module 720 is configured to: determining a paging packet using a terminal identity in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging packets; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module 720 is configured to: monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal; or, in response to not receiving the first area information and the camping cell supporting paging grouping, determining a paging grouping by using a terminal identifier; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In an exemplary embodiment, the paging advance signal includes at least one of: a wake-up signal; paging advance indication.

In an exemplary embodiment, the region information includes at least one of: a region identifier; paging area identification; a radio access network area identifier; cell identification.

Referring to fig. 8, a block diagram of a paging listening device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The device has the function of realizing the method example of the terminal equipment side, and the function can be realized by hardware or can be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The device may be the terminal device described above, or may be provided in the terminal device. As shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 800 may include: a receiving module 810 and a paging listening module 820.

The receiving module 810 is configured to receive paging packet indication information sent by a network device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by a camping cell of a terminal device;

the paging listening module 820 is configured to perform paging listening based on the paging packet indication information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the paging packet indication information includes at least one of the following information: paging grouping scheme; and the maximum grouping number corresponding to the paging grouping scheme.

In an exemplary embodiment, the paging grouping scheme includes at least one of the following schemes: a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification; a second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by a network; wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets.

In one example, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: determining a paging packet based on a packet parameter acquisition condition of the terminal device in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell supports the first paging packet scheme and the second paging packet scheme; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal; the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.

Optionally, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum grouping number.

In one example, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and performing paging monitoring based on grouping parameter acquisition conditions of the terminal equipment; the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.

Optionally, the paging listening module 820 is configured to: responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; monitoring a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; monitoring a paging opportunity in response to monitoring the paging advance signal; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter and monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In summary, according to the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, the network device issues the indication information for the terminal device in the camping cell, and the paging packet situation supported by the current camping cell is indicated to the terminal device by using the indication information, so that the terminal device can select an appropriate paging monitoring mode to perform paging monitoring based on the implementation capability of the camping cell according to the indication information, so that the problem that the terminal device does not know how to perform paging monitoring under the condition that multiple paging monitoring modes exist is avoided.

Referring to fig. 9, a block diagram of a paging listening device according to another embodiment of the present application is shown. The device has the function of realizing the method example of the network equipment side, and the function can be realized by hardware or can be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The apparatus may be the network device described above, or may be provided in the network device. As shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 900 may include: a transmitting module 910.

The sending module 910 is configured to send first area information to a terminal device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a camping cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, where the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device.

In an exemplary embodiment, in a connected state, the terminal device acquires a grouping parameter, where the grouping parameter corresponds to second area information, and the second area information is used to indicate a second area to which the grouping parameter is applicable; the terminal equipment determines an intersection situation between the first area and the second area; and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the intersection condition.

In one example, in response to the first region including the second region, the terminal device determines a paging packet corresponding to the terminal device using the packet parameter; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: in response to the first area not including the second area and the camping cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal device determines a paging grouping using a terminal identification; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal; or, in response to not receiving the first area information and the camping cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal device determines a paging grouping using a terminal identification; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

Referring to fig. 10, a block diagram of a paging listening device according to another embodiment of the present application is shown. The device has the function of realizing the method example of the network equipment side, and the function can be realized by hardware or can be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The apparatus may be the network device described above, or may be provided in the network device. As shown in fig. 10, the apparatus 1000 may include: a transmit module 1010.

The sending module 1010 is configured to send paging packet indication information to a terminal device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet situations supported by a camping cell of the terminal device.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: responding to the paging indication information to indicate that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not carried out; and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, and determining a paging grouping by the terminal equipment based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal; the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.

Optionally, the paging listening module is configured to: responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment obtains the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the packet parameters, and the terminal device determines a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum packet number.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme, the terminal device determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.

In one example, the paging listening module is configured to: responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment; the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.

Optionally, the paging listening module is configured to: responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; the terminal equipment monitors a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; in response to monitoring the paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity; or, responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter, monitors a conventional paging advance signal, and configures the paging advance signal for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.

In an exemplary embodiment, the region information includes at least one of: a region identifier; paging area identification; a radio access network area identification; cell identification.

It should be noted that, when the apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment performs the functions thereof, only the division of the respective functional modules is used as an example, in practical application, the foregoing functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules according to actual needs, that is, the content structure of the device is divided into different functional modules, so as to perform all or part of the functions described above.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 11, a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The communication device may include: a processor 1101, a receiver 1102, a transmitter 1103, a memory 1104 and a bus 1105.

The processor 1101 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 1101 executes various functional applications and information processing by running software programs and modules.

The receiver 1102 and the transmitter 1103 may be implemented as one transceiver 1106, which transceiver 1106 may be a communication chip.

The memory 1104 is connected to the processor 1101 through a bus 1105.

The memory 1104 may be used for storing a computer program, and the processor 1101 is used for executing the computer program to implement the steps executed by the terminal device in the above-described method embodiment.

Further, the memory 1104 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices including, but not limited to: RAM (Random-Access Memory) and ROM (Read-Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash Memory or other solid state Memory technology, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory), DVD (Digital Video Disc, high density digital video disc) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices.

When the communication device is implemented as a terminal device, the processor and the transceiver in the embodiments of the present application may execute steps executed by the terminal device in any of the methods shown in fig. 2 to 4, which are not described herein.

In one possible implementation, when the communication device implements the terminal device,

When the communication device is implemented as a terminal device, the processor and the transceiver in the embodiments of the present application may execute steps executed by the terminal device in any of the methods shown in fig. 5 to 6, which are not described herein.

When the communication device is implemented as a network device, the transceiver in the embodiments of the present application may execute the steps executed by the network device in any of the methods shown in fig. 2 to fig. 4, which are not described herein again.

In one possible implementation, when the communication device is implemented as a network device,

When the communication device is implemented as a network device, the transceiver in the embodiments of the present application may execute the steps executed by the network device in any of the methods shown in fig. 5 to 6, which are not described herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used for being executed by a processor of terminal equipment so as to realize the paging monitoring method at the terminal equipment side.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used for being executed by a processor of network equipment to realize the paging monitoring method at the network equipment side.

Alternatively, the computer-readable storage medium may include: ROM (Read-Only Memory), RAM (Random-Access Memory), SSD (Solid State Drives, solid State disk), optical disk, or the like. The random access memory may include ReRAM (Resistance Random Access Memory, resistive random access memory) and DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory ), among others.

The embodiment of the application also provides a chip, which comprises a programmable logic circuit and/or program instructions and is used for realizing the paging monitoring method at the terminal equipment side when the chip runs on the terminal equipment.

The embodiment of the application also provides a chip, which comprises a programmable logic circuit and/or program instructions and is used for realizing the paging monitoring method at the network equipment side when the chip runs on the network equipment.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program product or a computer program, wherein the computer program product or the computer program comprises computer instructions, the computer instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and a processor of the terminal equipment reads and executes the computer instructions from the computer readable storage medium so as to realize the paging monitoring method at the side of the terminal equipment.

The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product or a computer program, where the computer program product or the computer program includes computer instructions, where the computer instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium, and a processor of a network device reads and executes the computer instructions from the computer readable storage medium, so as to implement the paging listening method on the network device side.

It should be understood that, in the embodiments of the present application, the "indication" may be a direct indication, an indirect indication, or an indication having an association relationship. For example, a indicates B, which may mean that a indicates B directly, e.g., B may be obtained by a; it may also indicate that a indicates B indirectly, e.g. a indicates C, B may be obtained by C; it may also be indicated that there is an association between a and B.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "corresponding" may indicate that there is a direct correspondence or an indirect correspondence between the two, or may indicate that there is an association between the two, or may indicate a relationship between the two and the indicated, configured, or the like.

References herein to "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship.

In addition, the step numbers described herein are merely exemplary of one possible execution sequence among steps, and in some other embodiments, the steps may be executed out of the order of numbers, such as two differently numbered steps being executed simultaneously, or two differently numbered steps being executed in an order opposite to that shown, which is not limited by the embodiments of the present application.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in one or more of the examples described above, the functions described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, these functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the present application is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

A paging listening method, the method being performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving first area information sent by network equipment under the condition of being in a non-connection state, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal equipment belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, and the grouping parameter distribution strategy is a strategy for distributing grouping parameters for the terminal equipment;

And paging monitoring is carried out based on the first area information.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring grouping parameters under the condition of being in a connection state, wherein the grouping parameters correspond to second area information, and the second area information is used for indicating a second area to which the grouping parameters are applicable;

the paging monitoring based on the first area information includes:

determining an intersection between the first region and the second region;

and paging monitoring is carried out based on the intersection situation.
The method of claim 2, wherein the paging listening based on the intersection situation comprises:

determining a paging packet corresponding to the terminal equipment by using the packet parameters in response to the first area comprising the second area;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method of claim 2, wherein the paging listening based on the intersection situation comprises:

Monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area not including the second area and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method of claim 2, wherein the paging listening based on the intersection situation comprises:

determining a paging packet using a terminal identity in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging packets;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal;

Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

determining a paging packet using a terminal identity in response to the first region information not being received and the camping cell supporting paging packets; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the area information includes at least one of:

a region identifier;

paging area identification;

a radio access network area identifier;

cell identification.
A paging listening method, the method being performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving paging packet indication information sent by network equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by resident cells of the terminal equipment;

and paging monitoring is carried out based on the paging packet indication information.
The method of claim 9, wherein the paging packet indication information comprises at least one of:

paging grouping scheme;

and the maximum grouping number corresponding to the paging grouping scheme.
The method of claim 10, wherein the paging grouping scheme comprises at least one of the following schemes:

a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification;

a second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by a network;

wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets.
The method of claim 11, wherein the paging listening based on the paging packet indication information comprises:

monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

And responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method of claim 11, wherein the paging listening based on the paging packet indication information comprises:

determining a paging packet based on a packet parameter acquisition condition of the terminal device in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell supports the first paging packet scheme and the second paging packet scheme;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The method of claim 13, wherein the determining a paging packet based on the packet parameter acquisition situation of the terminal device comprises:

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number;

Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum grouping number.
The method of claim 11, wherein the paging listening based on the paging packet indication information comprises:

determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method of claim 11, wherein the paging listening based on the paging packet indication information comprises:

Responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and performing paging monitoring based on grouping parameter acquisition conditions of the terminal equipment;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The method of claim 16, wherein the paging listening based on the packet parameter acquisition condition comprises:

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; monitoring a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; monitoring a paging opportunity in response to monitoring the paging advance signal;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter and monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method according to any of claims 12 to 17, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
A paging listening method, the method being performed by a network device, the method comprising:

and sending first area information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first area information is used for indicating a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal equipment belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter distribution strategy, and the grouping parameter distribution strategy is a strategy for distributing grouping parameters for the terminal equipment.
The method of claim 19, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe comprises,

under the condition of being in a connection state, the terminal equipment acquires grouping parameters, wherein the grouping parameters correspond to second area information, and the second area information is used for indicating a second area to which the grouping parameters are applicable;

the terminal equipment determines an intersection situation between the first area and the second area;

and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the intersection condition.
The method of claim 20, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

The terminal equipment uses the grouping parameter to determine a paging grouping corresponding to the terminal equipment in response to the first area comprising the second area;

the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method of claim 20, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

in response to the first area not including the second area and the camping cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method of claim 20, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal device determines a paging grouping using a terminal identification;

The terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method according to any one of claims 19 to 23, wherein,

in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

in response to not receiving the first area information and the resident cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment determines paging grouping by using a terminal identification; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method of any of claims 21 to 24, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
The method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, wherein the area information comprises at least one of:

a region identifier;

paging area identification;

a radio access network area identifier;

cell identification.
A paging listening method, the method being performed by a network device, the method comprising:

and sending paging packet indication information to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment.
The method of claim 27, wherein the paging packet indication information comprises at least one of:

paging grouping scheme;

and the maximum grouping number corresponding to the paging grouping scheme.
The method of claim 28, wherein the paging grouping scheme comprises at least one of the following schemes:

a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification;

A second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by a network;

wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets.
The method of claim 29, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not carried out;

and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method of claim 29, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, and determining a paging grouping by the terminal equipment based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment;

The terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The method of claim 31, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment obtains the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the packet parameters, and the terminal device determines a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum packet number.
The method of claim 29, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme, the terminal device determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets;

the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The method of claim 29, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The method of claim 34, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; the terminal equipment monitors a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; in response to monitoring the paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity;

Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter, monitors a conventional paging advance signal, and configures the paging advance signal for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The method of any of claims 30 to 35, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
A paging listening device, the device comprising: a receiving module and a paging monitoring module;

the receiving module is configured to receive first area information sent by a network device when the network device is in a non-connected state, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area where a resident cell of a terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation policy, where the grouping parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating grouping parameters to the terminal device;

And the paging monitoring module is used for performing paging monitoring based on the first area information.
The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the device comprises a plurality of sensors,

the receiving module is configured to obtain a grouping parameter under a connection state, where the grouping parameter corresponds to second area information, and the second area information is used to indicate a second area to which the grouping parameter is applicable;

the paging monitoring module is used for determining the intersection situation between the first area and the second area; and paging monitoring is carried out based on the intersection situation.
The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

determining a paging packet corresponding to the terminal equipment by using the packet parameters in response to the first area comprising the second area;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area not including the second area and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

And responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

determining a paging packet using a terminal identity in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging packets;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 37 to 41, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal;

Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

determining a paging packet using a terminal identity in response to the first region information not being received and the camping cell supporting paging packets; monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any of claims 39 to 42, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
The apparatus of any one of claims 37 to 43, wherein the region information includes at least one of:

a region identifier;

paging area identification;

a radio access network area identifier;

cell identification.
A paging listening device, the device comprising: a receiving module and a paging monitoring module;

the receiving module is used for receiving paging packet indication information sent by the network equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment;

and the paging monitoring module is used for performing paging monitoring based on the paging packet indication information.
The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the paging packet indication information comprises at least one of:

paging grouping scheme;

and the maximum grouping number corresponding to the paging grouping scheme.
The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the paging grouping scheme comprises at least one of the following schemes:

a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification;

a second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by a network;

wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets.
The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

monitoring a conventional paging advance signal in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

And responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

determining a paging packet based on a packet parameter acquisition condition of the terminal device in response to the paging indication information indicating that the resident cell supports the first paging packet scheme and the second paging packet scheme;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number;

Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum grouping number.
The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme;

monitoring a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and responding to the monitored packet paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and performing paging monitoring based on grouping parameter acquisition conditions of the terminal equipment;

The packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The apparatus of claim 52, wherein the paging listening module is configured to:

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; monitoring a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; monitoring a paging opportunity in response to monitoring the paging advance signal;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter and monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed; and responding to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, and monitoring a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 48 to 53, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

A wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
A paging listening device, the device comprising: a transmitting module;

the sending module is configured to send first area information to a terminal device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same grouping parameter allocation policy, and the grouping parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating grouping parameters to the terminal device.
The apparatus of claim 55, wherein the device comprises,

under the condition of being in a connection state, the terminal equipment acquires grouping parameters, wherein the grouping parameters correspond to second area information, and the second area information is used for indicating a second area to which the grouping parameters are applicable;

the terminal equipment determines an intersection situation between the first area and the second area;

and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the intersection condition.
The apparatus of claim 56, wherein,

the terminal equipment uses the grouping parameter to determine a paging grouping corresponding to the terminal equipment in response to the first area comprising the second area;

The terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 56, wherein,

in response to the first area not including the second area and the camping cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not performed;

and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 56, wherein,

in response to the first region not including the second region and the camping cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal device determines a paging grouping using a terminal identification;

the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 55 to 59, wherein,

in response to the first area information not being received and the resident cell not supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; in response to monitoring the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

in response to not receiving the first area information and the resident cell supporting paging grouping, the terminal equipment determines paging grouping by using a terminal identification; the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet; and in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 57 to 60, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
The apparatus of any one of claims 55 to 61, wherein the region information includes at least one of:

a region identifier;

paging area identification;

a radio access network area identifier;

cell identification.
A paging listening device, the device comprising: a transmitting module;

the sending module is used for sending paging packet indication information to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging packet indication information is used for indicating paging packet conditions supported by a resident cell of the terminal equipment.
The apparatus of claim 63, wherein the paging packet indication information comprises at least one of:

paging grouping scheme;

and the maximum grouping number corresponding to the paging grouping scheme.
The apparatus of claim 64, wherein the paging grouping scheme comprises at least one of the following schemes:

a first paging grouping scheme, wherein the first paging grouping scheme is a scheme for paging grouping based on terminal identification;

a second paging packet scheme, which is a scheme for paging packets based on packet parameters allocated by a network;

wherein the first paging packet scheme corresponds to a first maximum number of packets and the second paging packet scheme corresponds to a second maximum number of packets.
The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the device comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate that the resident cell does not support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, the terminal equipment monitors a conventional paging advance signal, wherein the conventional paging advance signal is a paging advance signal configured for the terminal equipment under the condition that paging grouping is not carried out;

and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the device comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the first paging grouping scheme and the second paging grouping scheme, and determining a paging grouping by the terminal equipment based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment;

the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The apparatus of claim 67, wherein the device comprises,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment obtains the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the terminal identification, the grouping parameter, the first maximum grouping number and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal device does not acquire the packet parameters, and the terminal device determines a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identification and the first maximum packet number.
The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the device comprises,

in response to the paging indication information indicating that the camping cell supports the first paging packet scheme, the terminal device determining a paging packet using at least one of the terminal identity and the first maximum number of packets;

the terminal equipment monitors a packet paging advance signal corresponding to the paging packet;

And in response to the monitoring of the packet paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the packet paging advance signal.
The apparatus of claim 65, wherein the device comprises,

responding to the paging indication information to indicate the resident cell to support the second paging grouping scheme, and the terminal equipment performs paging monitoring based on the grouping parameter acquisition condition of the terminal equipment;

the packet parameter obtaining condition is used for identifying whether the terminal equipment has obtained the packet parameter.
The apparatus of claim 70, wherein the device comprises,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment acquires the grouping parameter, and determines a paging grouping by using at least one of the grouping parameter and the second maximum grouping number; the terminal equipment monitors a paging advance signal based on the paging packet; in response to monitoring the paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity;

or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,

responding to the packet parameter acquisition condition includes: the terminal equipment does not acquire the grouping parameter, monitors a conventional paging advance signal, and configures the paging advance signal for the terminal equipment under the condition that the paging grouping is not performed; and in response to the monitoring of the conventional paging advance signal, the terminal equipment monitors a paging opportunity corresponding to the conventional paging advance signal.
The apparatus of any one of claims 66 to 71, wherein the paging advance signal comprises at least one of:

a wake-up signal WUS;

the paging advance indicates PEI.
A terminal device, the terminal device comprising a transceiver and a processor;

the transceiver is configured to receive first area information sent by a network device when the transceiver is in a non-connected state, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, where the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device;

the processor is configured to perform paging listening based on the first area information.
A terminal device, the terminal device comprising a transceiver and a processor;

the transceiver is configured to receive paging packet indication information sent by a network device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by a camping cell of the terminal device;

the processor is used for paging monitoring based on the paging packet indication information.
A network device, the network device comprising a transceiver;

the transceiver is configured to send first area information to a terminal device, where the first area information is used to indicate a first area to which a resident cell of the terminal device belongs, and each cell in the same area supports the same packet parameter allocation policy, and the packet parameter allocation policy is a policy for allocating packet parameters to the terminal device.
A network device, the network device comprising a transceiver;

the transceiver is configured to send paging packet indication information to a terminal device, where the paging packet indication information is used to indicate paging packet conditions supported by a camping cell of the terminal device.
A computer readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium has stored therein a computer program for execution by a processor to implement the paging listening method of any one of claims 1 to 8, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 9 to 18, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 19 to 26, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 27 to 36.
A chip comprising programmable logic circuits and/or program instructions for implementing the paging listening method of any one of claims 1 to 8, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 9 to 18, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 19 to 26, or the paging listening method of any one of claims 27 to 36, when the chip is running.
A computer program product or computer program, characterized in that it comprises computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium, from which a processor reads and executes the computer instructions to implement the paging listening method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or the paging listening method according to any one of claims 9 to 18, or the paging listening method according to any one of claims 19 to 26, or the paging listening method according to any one of claims 27 to 36.