CN117098214A

CN117098214A - Communication method and device

Info

Publication number: CN117098214A
Application number: CN202210849322.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 窦凤辉
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-11
Filing date: 2022-07-19
Publication date: 2023-11-21

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that first request information sent by second user equipment is received by first user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information sent by a second network and used for paging the second user equipment; in response to receiving the information for paging the second user equipment sent by the second network, the first user equipment sends information for indicating the second user equipment to respond to the paging of the second network to the second user equipment; the second user equipment responds to the page of the second network. According to the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment is used for indicating the second user equipment to respond to paging, so that the second user equipment is prevented from always monitoring paging information, the second user equipment is prevented from missing paging, the energy consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

Description

Communication method and device

The present application claims priority from the chinese patent application filed at day 5 and 11 of 2022, filed with the chinese national intellectual property agency, application number 202210513569.2, application name "a method of mobility management", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a user equipment.

Background

Currently, some wearable products are capable of communicating through the carrier's communication system, such products typically having a SIM card and having a modem (modem) module. However, the modem module generally generates larger energy consumption, and the wearable product is generally compact in size, small in battery capacity and shorter in standby time in order to provide better experience for users, so how to reduce the energy consumption of the product and improve the standby time is a concern in the industry.

The prior art proposes a method for reducing the power consumption by switching off the modem module. After a user connects the mobile phone with the wearable product through a short-distance technology, a modem module of the wearable product is closed, and communication is completed by replacing the wearable product with the mobile phone; when the short-range connection of the watch to the wearable product is broken, the user may choose to use the mobile phone or the wearable product for communication.

However, the prior art is only suitable for the case that the mobile phone and the wearable product have the same number, and in this case, how to reduce the energy consumption of the wearable device when the mobile phone and the wearable device have different numbers is a problem that needs to be solved in the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a communication method which can effectively reduce the energy consumption of user equipment.

In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, applied to a first user equipment, and includes: receiving first request information sent by second user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information sent by a second network and used for paging the second user equipment; and transmitting information for indicating the second user equipment to respond to the paging of the second network to the second user equipment in response to receiving the information for paging the second user equipment transmitted by the second network.

According to the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment is used for indicating the second user equipment to respond to paging, so that the second user equipment is prevented from always monitoring paging information, the second user equipment is prevented from missing paging, the energy consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first request information includes: the identity of the second user equipment and paging parameters of the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the identifier of the second user and the paging parameter of the second user equipment can enable the first user equipment to monitor the paging object as the paging information of the second user equipment on the paging occasion of the second user equipment, so that the monitoring efficiency and accuracy of the first user equipment are improved, wherein the paging occasion of the second user equipment is determined according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment.

The paging parameters of the second user equipment may include a paging occasion and a paging frame of the second user equipment, for example.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first request information includes: and the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

In the embodiment of the application, the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell can help the first user equipment to quickly locate to the frequency point or the cell where the second user equipment resides, and the efficiency of monitoring the paging information of the paging object as the second user equipment is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first request information further includes an identifier of the second network, and if the identifier of the second network is different from the identifier of the first network, the method further includes: and sending information requesting the second user equipment to reside in a frequency point or information requesting the second user equipment to reside in a cell to the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment judges that the identification of the first network is different from the identification of the second network, and the first user equipment requests to acquire the information of the frequency point or the cell where the second user equipment resides, so that the first user equipment accurately resides in the frequency point or the cell where the second user equipment resides when monitoring the paging information of the paging object which is the second user equipment, and the monitoring efficiency is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, before receiving the first request information, the method further includes: transmitting an identification of a first network to the second user equipment, wherein the first user equipment is located in the first network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information is used for indicating that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network; or if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network, the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point and the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment sends the identifier of the first network to the second user equipment, the second user equipment determines the content of the first request information according to the identifier of the first network and the identifier of the second network, and when the identifier of the first network is identical to the identifier of the second network, the first request information can not include the information of the residing frequency point of the second user equipment and the information of the residing cell of the second user equipment, thereby saving transmission resources.

In one possible implementation, the first request information indicates in an explicit manner that the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network.

Illustratively, there is a data bit in the first request information, and if the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network, the data bit is 1; if the identity of the first network is different from the identity of the second network, the data bit is 0.

The first request information includes an indication information, and if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the indication information is Ture; if the identification of the first network is different from the identification of the second network, the indication information is False.

In one possible implementation, the first request information indicates in an implicit manner that the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network.

For example, if the first request information includes information of the second ue camping frequency point or information of the second ue camping cell, then implying that the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network; if the first request information does not include the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell, the identification of the implicit first network is the same as the identification of the second network.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first user equipment being in the first network may mean that the first user equipment is registered in the first network, and the first network may be a public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN).

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the first user equipment is in an idle state, the method further includes: if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first user equipment resides in a first frequency point or a first cell in the second network, and receives information broadcast by the second network for paging the second user equipment according to the paging parameter, wherein the first frequency point or the first cell is a frequency point or a cell capable of receiving the information for paging the second user equipment; and if the identification of the first network is the same as the identification of the second network, receiving the information for paging the second user equipment, which is broadcasted by the second network, according to the paging parameter.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first user equipment resides in a first frequency point or a first cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, so that the first user equipment can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, broadcasted by the second network, according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment. And the first user equipment is quickly positioned to a frequency point or a cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, so that the information for paging the second user equipment is ensured not to be missed.

In one possible implementation manner, the first frequency point or the first cell in the embodiment of the present application may be a frequency point or a cell where the second user equipment resides in the second network.

In a possible implementation manner, the second ue sends the tracking area list to the first ue, and the first frequency point or the first cell in the embodiment of the present application may be a frequency point or a cell in the tracking area list of the second ue.

It should be noted that, the first ue may determine the paging occasion of the second ue according to the paging parameter of the second ue, where the first ue monitors the information of paging the second ue only when the paging occasion of the second ue is. When the identifier of the first network and the identifier of the second network are different, if the paging occasion of the first user equipment conflicts with the paging occasion of the second user, namely the paging occasion of the first user equipment is the same as the paging occasion of the second user, the base station of the first user equipment and the base station of the second user equipment negotiate to enable the paging occasion of the first user equipment to be different from the paging occasion of the second user; when the identifier of the first network and the identifier of the second network are different, if the paging occasion of the first user equipment conflicts with the paging occasion of the second user, that is, the paging occasion of the first user equipment is different from the paging occasion of the second user, the base station of the first user equipment and the base station of the second user equipment negotiate to enable the paging occasion of the first user equipment to be the same as the paging occasion of the second user, wherein the base station of the first user equipment and the base station of the second user equipment are the same base station.

By negotiating paging occasions, if the identification of the first network is different from the identification of the second network, the first user equipment can monitor the information of paging the second user equipment without affecting the paging service of the first user equipment; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first user equipment can monitor and page the information of the first user equipment and the second user equipment at the same paging occasion, so that the efficiency of the first user equipment in monitoring and paging information is improved, and the influence on the service executed by the first user equipment can be reduced.

It should be noted that, in the present application, when the ue is in idle state (idle), there is no signaling connection between the ue and the network.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, the method further includes: and if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, sending second request information to the first network, wherein the second request information is used for requesting the first network to suspend sending information to the first user equipment in a first time period, and the first time period is determined according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the first user equipment is in a non-idle state and the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first user equipment enters the idle state in a first time period, and when the first user equipment enters the idle state, the first network stops sending information to the first user equipment in the first time period, so that the first user equipment can monitor the information of paging the second user equipment, wherein the first time period is the paging occasion determined according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment. When the first user equipment is not in the first time period, the first user equipment can execute other services, so that the influence on the service execution of the first user equipment is reduced.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the non-idle state refers to a connected state (connected), and when the ue is in the non-idle state, there is a signaling connection between the ue and the network.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: and if the first user equipment resides in a second frequency point or a second cell in the second network in the first time period, the second frequency point or the second cell is a frequency point or a cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, and the information for paging the second user equipment, broadcasted by the second network, is received.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment can be rapidly positioned to the frequency point or the cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment in the first time period, so that the first user equipment can be ensured to receive the information for paging the second user equipment in time.

In one possible implementation manner, the second frequency point or the second cell in the embodiment of the present application may be a frequency point or a cell where the second user equipment resides in the second network.

In a possible implementation manner, the second ue sends the tracking area list to the first ue, and the second frequency point or the second cell in the embodiment of the present application may be a frequency point or a cell in the tracking area list of the second ue.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the method further includes: judging whether the information for paging the second user equipment, which is sent by the second network, can be received according to the service executed by the first user equipment; if yes, sending first response information to the second user equipment; if not, sending second response information to the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment judges whether the information for paging the second user equipment can be received according to the executed service, so that the service executed by the first user equipment is not influenced, and the reliability of the service executed by the first user equipment is improved.

In the embodiment of the application, the first response information is used for indicating that the first user equipment can receive the information for paging the second user equipment sent by the second network, and the second response information is used for indicating that the first user equipment can not receive the information for paging the second user equipment sent by the second network.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the first request information further includes: and the tracking area list of the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment can quickly position the frequency point or the cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment according to the tracking area list of the second user equipment, and can judge whether the second user equipment needs to update the tracking area list.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the method further includes: and the first user equipment receives a first tracking area identifier broadcasted by a second network, and if the tracking area list does not comprise the first tracking area identifier, the first user equipment sends information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment can instruct the second user equipment to update the tracking area, so that the second user equipment can receive the paging information conveniently.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first tracking area identifier broadcasted by the second network refers to a tracking area identifier broadcasted by a cell under a network device in the second network.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the method further includes: and the first user equipment receives a second tracking area identifier broadcasted by the first network, and if the tracking area list does not comprise the second tracking area identifier, the first user equipment sends information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the second tracking area identifier broadcasted by the first network refers to a tracking area identifier broadcasted by a cell under a network device in the first network.

In a second aspect, a communication method is provided, applied to a second user equipment, the method comprising: transmitting first request information to first user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information which is transmitted by a second network and is used for paging second user equipment; receiving information from the first user equipment for indicating the second user equipment to respond to paging of the second network; responding to the paging of the second network.

According to the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment is requested to receive the information for paging the second user equipment through the second user equipment, so that the second user equipment is prevented from always monitoring paging information, the second user equipment is prevented from missing paging, the energy consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

Illustratively, the second user equipment responding to the page of the second network comprises: the second user equipment sends a Service Request message (Service Request) to the core network equipment (AMF), the Service Request flow is executed, and after the Service Request flow is executed, the second user equipment enters a connection state, so that a call process is executed or data receiving and transmitting are carried out.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the first request information includes: the identity of the second user equipment and paging parameters of the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the identifier of the second user and the paging parameter of the second user equipment can enable the first user equipment to monitor the paging information of the paging object as the second user equipment on the paging occasion of the second user equipment, so as to avoid missing the paging of the paging object as the second user equipment, wherein the paging occasion of the second user equipment is determined according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the first request information includes: and the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the first request information further includes an identifier of the second network, and if the identifier of the second network is different from the identifier of the first network, the method further includes: and sending the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell to the first user equipment in response to receiving the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell sent by the first user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment sends the information of the frequency point where the second user equipment resides or the information of the cell to the first user equipment, so that the first user equipment can accurately reside in the frequency point where the second user equipment resides or the cell, and the monitoring reliability is improved.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, before receiving the first request information, the method further includes: receiving an identifier of a first network sent by the first user equipment, wherein the first user equipment is positioned in the first network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information is used for indicating that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network; or if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network, the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point and the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment determines the content of the first request information according to the identification of the first network and the identification of the second network, and when the identification of the first network and the identification of the second network are the same, the first request information does not include the information of the residence frequency point of the second user equipment and the information of the residence cell of the second user equipment, thereby saving transmission resources.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first user equipment being in the first network may mean that the first user equipment is registered in the first network, and the first network may be a PLMN.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the first request information further includes: and the tracking area list of the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the tracking area list of the second user equipment can enable the first user equipment to be quickly positioned to the frequency point or the cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, and enable the first user equipment to judge whether the second user equipment needs to update the tracking area list.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, after the sending of the first request information to the first user equipment, the method further includes:

Receiving information sent by the first user equipment and used for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list; updating the tracking area list; and sending the updated tracking area list to the first user equipment.

Illustratively, the second user equipment updating the tracking area list includes: if the second user equipment is in the 5G network, i.e., the second network is a 5G network, the second user equipment sends Registration request to the second network, and the second network sends Registration accept to the second user equipment, registration accept including an updated tracking area list (TrackingArea list); if the second user equipment is in the 4G network, i.e. the second network is a 4G network, the second user equipment sends tracking area Update request to the second network and the second network sends tracking area Update accept to the second user equipment, wherein tracking area Update accept comprises an updated tracking area list.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment sends the updated tracking area list to the first user equipment, so that the first user equipment can quickly locate the frequency point or the cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, and the monitoring efficiency and the monitoring reliability are improved.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: receiving first response information from the first user equipment, wherein the first response information is used for indicating that the first user equipment can receive information sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment; the second user equipment does not receive paging information from the second network before receiving information from the first user equipment indicating that the second user equipment responds to paging of the second network.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user equipment can receive the information which is sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment and inform the second user equipment through the first response information, the second user equipment can receive the paging information of the second network after receiving the indication from the first user equipment, and the second user equipment is prevented from always monitoring the paging information, so that the second user equipment is ensured not to miss paging, the energy consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: and receiving second response information from the first user equipment, wherein the second response information is used for indicating that the first user equipment cannot receive information sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment receives the information which is sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment and is received by the first user equipment without approval, and the second user equipment continues to communicate with the second network, so that the reliability of the communication between the second user equipment and the second network is ensured.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: acquiring the position parameter and the motion parameter of the second user equipment; determining a state of the second user equipment according to the position parameter and the motion parameter; if the second user equipment is in a static state, third information is sent to the second network, wherein the third information is used for determining a first communication parameter of the second user equipment by the second network; if the second user equipment is in a non-stationary state, fourth information is sent to the second network, wherein the fourth information is used for determining second communication parameters of the second user equipment by the second network; and the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the second user equipment adopts the first communication parameter to communicate with the second network is smaller than that of the second user equipment when the second user equipment adopts the second communication parameter to communicate with the second network.

It should be noted that the location parameter is used to describe the location information of the second user equipment, and the location parameter may be, for example, a global positioning system (Global Positioning System, GPS) parameter of the second user equipment; the motion parameter is used to describe motion information of the second user device, and may be sensor data of a gravity meter, an accelerometer, etc. of the second user device, for example.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment determines the communication parameters adopted by the second user equipment according to the position parameters and the motion parameters, so that the communication parameters can be flexibly configured, unnecessary energy consumption is reduced, the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the second user equipment communicates with the second network is reduced, and the service time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: acquiring the position parameter and the motion parameter of the second user equipment; determining a state of the second user equipment according to the position parameter and the motion parameter; if the second user equipment is in a static state, fifth information is sent to a server, wherein the fifth information is used for determining a first positioning parameter of the second user equipment by the server; if the second user equipment is in a non-static state, sixth information is sent to a server, wherein the sixth information is used for determining a second positioning parameter of the second user equipment by the server; the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the server adopts the first positioning parameter to position the second user equipment is smaller than the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the server adopts the second positioning parameter to position the second user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the server determines the adopted positioning parameters according to the position parameters and the motion parameters of the second user equipment, so that the positioning parameters can be flexibly configured, unnecessary energy consumption is reduced, the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the server positions the second user equipment is reduced, and the service time of the second user equipment is prolonged.

In a third aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving first request information sent by second user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the communication device to receive information sent by a second network and used for paging the second user equipment; a processing module, configured to determine that information sent by the second network for paging the second user equipment is received; the transceiver module is further configured to send information to the second user equipment, where the information is used to instruct the second user equipment to respond to paging of the second network.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the first request information includes: the identity of the second user equipment and paging parameters of the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the first request information further includes an identification of the second user equipment and paging parameters of the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the first request information further includes an identifier of the second network, and the processing module is further configured to determine whether the identifier of the second network is the same as the identifier of the first network; and if the identifier of the second network is different from the identifier of the first network, the transceiver module is further configured to send information requesting the second user equipment to reside in the frequency point or the information requesting the second user equipment to reside in the cell to the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, before receiving the first request information, the transceiver module is further configured to send an identifier of a first network to the second user equipment, where the communication device is located; the processing module is further configured to determine whether the identifier of the second network is the same as the identifier of the first network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information is used for indicating that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network; or if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network, the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point and the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, the processing module is further configured to determine whether the communication device is in an idle state; if the communication device is in an idle state and the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the processing module is further configured to camp the communication device on a first frequency point or a first cell in the second network; the transceiver module is further configured to receive, according to the paging parameter, information broadcast by the second network for paging the second user equipment, where the first frequency point or the first cell is a frequency point or a cell that can receive the information for paging the second user equipment; and if the communication device is in an idle state and the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the transceiver module is further configured to receive the information for paging the second user equipment, which is broadcasted by the second network, according to the paging parameter.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, the processing module is further configured to determine whether the communication device is in an idle state; and if the communication device is in a non-idle state and the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the transceiver module is further configured to send first information to the first network, where the first information includes the identifier of the second user equipment, and the first information is used to instruct the second network to send the information for paging the second user equipment to the communication device.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, the processing module is further configured to determine whether the communication device is in an idle state; if the communication device is in a non-idle state and the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the transceiver module is further configured to send second request information to the first network, where the second request information is used to request the first network to suspend sending information to the communication device in a first period of time; the first time period is determined by the processing module according to paging parameters of the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the processing module is further configured to camp the communication device on a second frequency point or a second cell in the second network during the first period, where the second frequency point or the second cell is a frequency point or a cell that can receive the information for paging a second user equipment; the transceiver module is further configured to receive information broadcast by the second network for paging the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the processing module is further configured to determine, according to a service performed by the communication device, whether information sent by the second network for paging the second user equipment may be received; if yes, the transceiver module is further configured to send first response information to the second user equipment; if not, the transceiver module is further configured to send second response information to the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in certain implementations of the third aspect, the first request information further includes: and the tracking area list of the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a first tracking area identifier broadcasted by the second network; the processing module is further configured to determine whether the tracking area list includes the first tracking area identifier; and if the tracking area list does not comprise the first tracking area identifier, the transceiver module is further configured to send information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the transceiver module is further configured to receive a second tracking area identifier broadcasted by the second network; the processing module is further configured to determine whether the tracking area list includes the second tracking area identifier; and if the tracking area list does not comprise the second tracking area identifier, the transceiver module is further configured to send information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: the receiving and transmitting module is used for sending first request information to the first user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information sent by the second network and used for paging the communication device; the transceiver module is further configured to receive information from the first user equipment, where the information is used to instruct the communication device to respond to paging of the second network; and the processing module is used for responding to the paging of the second network.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementations of the fourth aspect, the first request information includes: the identity of the communication device and the paging parameters of the communication device.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the first request information further includes an identifier of the second network, and if the identifier of the second network is different from the identifier of the first network, the transceiver module is further configured to send, to the first user equipment, information of a frequency point where the communication device resides or information of a cell where the communication device resides.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementations of the fourth aspect, the first request information further includes an identification of the communication device and a paging parameter of the communication device.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, before the sending of the first request information to the first user equipment, the transceiver module is further configured to receive an identifier of a first network sent by the first user equipment, where the first user equipment is located in the first network; the processing module is further configured to determine whether the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information is used for indicating that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network; if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network; or if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network, the information of the residing frequency point of the communication device and the information of the residing cell of the communication device.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementations of the fourth aspect, the first request information further includes: a tracking area list of the communication device.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, after the sending of the first request information to the first user equipment, the transceiver module is further configured to receive information sent by the first user equipment and used to instruct the communication device to update the tracking area list; the processing module is further used for updating the tracking area list; the transceiver module is further configured to send an updated tracking area list to the first user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the transceiver module is further configured to receive first response information from the first user equipment, where the first response information is used to indicate that the first user equipment may receive information sent by the second network and used to page the communication device, and the communication device does not receive paging information from the second network before receiving information from the first user equipment and used to indicate that the communication device responds to paging of the second network.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the transceiver module is further configured to receive second response information from the first user equipment, where the second response information is used to indicate that the first user equipment may not receive information sent by the second network for paging the communication device.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the processing module is further configured to obtain a location parameter and a motion parameter of the communication device; the processing module is further used for determining the state of the communication device according to the position parameter and the motion parameter; if the communication device is in a static state, the transceiver module is further configured to send third information to the second network, where the third information is used for the second network to determine a first communication parameter of the communication device; if the communication device is in a non-stationary state, the transceiver module is further configured to send fourth information to the second network, where the fourth information is used for the second network to determine a second communication parameter of the communication device; the energy consumption of the communication device when the communication device adopts the first communication parameter to communicate with the second network is smaller than that when the communication device adopts the second communication parameter to communicate with the second network.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in certain implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the processing module is further configured to obtain a location parameter and a motion parameter of the communication device; the processing module is further used for determining the state of the communication device according to the position parameter and the motion parameter; if the communication device is in a static state, the transceiver module is further configured to send fifth information to a server, where the fifth information is used for the server to determine a first positioning parameter of the communication device; if the communication device is in a non-stationary state, the transceiver module is further configured to send sixth information to a server, where the sixth information is used by the server to determine a second positioning parameter of the communication device; the energy consumption of the communication device when the server adopts the first positioning parameter to position the communication device is smaller than the energy consumption of the communication device when the server adopts the second positioning parameter to position the communication device.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute a computer program stored in a memory to cause the communication apparatus to execute the communication method of the first aspect or the second aspect described above.

In a sixth aspect, a chip is provided, including: and a processor for calling and running a computer program from the memory, so that the communication device on which the chip system is mounted performs the communication method of the first aspect and/or the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a computer program is provided which, when executed by a communication device, implements the communication method of the first and/or second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method of the first and/or second aspects.

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method 200 according to an embodiment of the application.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method 300 according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method 400 according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a method 500 according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of a method 600 according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a communication device 10 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication device 20 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (global system of mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA) system, general packet radio service (general packet radio service, GPRS), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (universal mobile telecommunication system, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, wiMAX) communication system, fifth generation (5th generation,5G) system, new radio, NR), fixed mobile converged network system, or future sixth generation (6th generation,6G), and the like.

The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a user device, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user apparatus. The terminal device may also be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future-evolving public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN), etc., as embodiments of the application are not limited in this respect.

The network device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, where the network device may be a base station (base transceiver station, BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (global system of mobile communication, GSM) or code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), a base station (NodeB, NB) in a wideband code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA) system, an evolved base station (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, a wireless controller in a cloud wireless access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) scenario, or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network device in a 5G network, or a network device in a PLMN network of future evolution, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the idle state or the connection state refers to a connection management state of the UE, that is, whether there is a signaling connection between the UE and the network, and when the UE is in the idle state (idle), there is no signaling connection between the UE and the network; when the user equipment is in a connected state (connected), there is a signaling connection between the user equipment and the network, and the non-idle state and the connected state (connected) in the present application are equivalent. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment of the present application, both the mobile phone and the watch have communication functions, and both the mobile phone and the watch can communicate through an operator communication system, where the operator communication system includes a base station and a core network, the mobile phone and the watch have different phone numbers, and the mobile phone and the watch can be connected through a short-range technology, and the short-range technology includes bluetooth, wiFi, sidelink, and the like, for example.

In the embodiment of the application, the watch is connected with the mobile phone through the short-distance functional module, and the watch is connected with the mobile phone through a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module or D2D (digital visual interface) in a short-distance manner. The watch and the mobile phone are connected into an operator communication system through the base station. The operator core network provides services for the watch and the mobile phone, and the core network may provide call services, data service services, etc. for the watch and the mobile phone, for example.

The mobile phone can manage the watch through the server, and illustratively, the mobile phone can check the position of the watch, can configure parameters of the watch, and can manage management members of the watch. Watches, cell phones, and other devices that can manage watches all need to be registered with a server. When the mobile phone manages the watch, the mobile phone firstly sends the management command to the server, and then the server sends the management command to the watch, so that the watch is managed.

In one possible implementation, the handset becomes an administrator of the watch by scanning the two-dimensional code displayed on the watch.

It should be noted that, for convenience of description, a wristwatch with a communication function is selected as a wearable product in the embodiment of the present application, and in fact, the present application is not limited to this, and the present application is applicable to all wearable products with a communication function, and illustratively, the wearable products in the embodiment of the present application may be a wristband, smart glasses, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) product, a Virtual Reality (VR) product, an extended reality (XR) product, a Mixed Reality (MR) product, and the like with a communication function. The first network and the second network are used mainly for convenience of description

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application, it should be noted that, for convenience of description, a PLMN registered by a first user equipment is referred to as a first network, a PLMN registered by a second user equipment is referred to as a second network, and in the method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application, the first network is the same as the second network and the first user equipment is in an idle state. It should be noted that, the first network is the same as the second network and the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, see the method 300 of the present application, and the first network is different from the second network, see the method 400 and the method 500 of the present application.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the first user device is a mobile phone, and the second user device is a wearable product with a communication function.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first user equipment being in the first network may include the first user equipment being registered in the first network, and the second user equipment being in the second network may include the second user equipment being registered in the second network.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the mobility agent includes that the first user equipment receives paging information instead of the second user equipment, the first user equipment instructs the second user equipment to perform location update, and the first user equipment instructs the second user equipment to perform system update.

S210, the first user equipment and the second user equipment establish short-distance connection.

Optionally, S220, the first user equipment exchanges first information with the second user equipment, where the first information is used to indicate a PLMN registered by the user equipment.

Illustratively, the first information may include an identification of the PLMN, in particular, the identification of the PLMN may include a mobile country network code (mobile country code, MCC) and a mobile network code (mobile network code, MNC).

In one possible implementation, both the first user device and the second user device send the first information to each other. In the implementation manner, the first user equipment can actively send the first information of the first user equipment to the second user equipment, or can send the first information of the first user equipment to the second user equipment after receiving the request information of the second user equipment; the second user equipment may actively send the first information of the second user equipment to the first user equipment, or may send the first information of the second user equipment to the first user equipment after receiving the request information of the first user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the first user device and the second user device receive the first information sent from the network device, and illustratively, the first server sends the first information of the second user device to the first user device, and the first server sends the first information of the first user device to the second user device, where the first server is registered with the first user device and the second user device.

In one possible implementation manner, the second user equipment obtains the identifier of the first network in the first information sent by the first user equipment, and if the identifier of the first network is judged to be the same as the identifier of the second network, the identifier of the first network is indicated to be the same as the identifier of the second network in the first request information; if the identification of the first network is different from the identification of the second network, refer to step S520 in steps S420 and S500 in the method 400, which is not described herein.

The first request information may explicitly indicate that the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network.

Illustratively, there is a data bit in the first request information, and if the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network, the data bit is 1.

The first request message includes an indication message, and if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the indication message is a wire.

The first request information may implicitly indicate that the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network.

For example, if the first request information does not include information of the second ue camping cell or information of the second ue camping frequency point, the identity implicitly indicating the first network is the same as the identity of the second network.

In one possible implementation manner, the first user equipment acquires the identifier of the second network in the first information sent by the second user equipment, and if the first user equipment judges that the second network is the same as the first network, the first user equipment does not reply or replies the same; if the first ue determines that the second network is different from the first network, see step S520 in steps S420 and 500 in the method 400.

In this embodiment, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may learn that the first network and the second network are the same PLMN by exchanging the first information.

S230, the second user equipment sends first request information to the first user equipment, where the first request information is used to initiate a mobility agent request to the first user equipment, and the initiating the mobility agent request to the first user equipment may include: the method comprises the steps of requesting the first user equipment to receive information for paging the second user equipment, requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform location updating, and requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform system updating.

The first request information may include at least one of a first identification, a second identification, a paging parameter, and a Tracking Area (TA) list.

Wherein the first identity is an identity of the second network; the second identity is an identity of a second user equipment, which may be, for example, a serving temporary mobile subscriber identity (serving temporary mobile subscriber identity, S-TMSI); the paging parameters include Paging Occasion (PO) of the second user equipment and Paging Frame (PF) of the second user equipment; the TA list is used for notifying the second user equipment to update the TA when the first user equipment determines that the first user equipment is located outside the area described by the TA list.

For example, the area described by the TA list includes A, B, C, the first user equipment moves to the area D, where the area D does not belong to the TA list, and the first user equipment may notify the second user equipment to update the TA list, and the second user equipment adds the area D to the TA list.

It should be noted that, one or more information in the first identifier, the second identifier, the paging parameter and the TA list may be pre-stored in the first user equipment, so that no issue is required.

For example, the first ue may store the first mapping relationship, that is, one second identifier corresponds to one parameter set, where the parameter set includes one or more of the first identifier, the TA list, and the paging parameter, so that the first request information only needs to carry the second identifier.

For example, the first ue may store the second mapping relationship, that is, one TA list corresponds to one parameter set, where the parameter set includes one or more of the paging parameter and the first identifier, so long as the first request information carries the second identifier and the TA list.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first request information may be generated after the second user equipment receives the first information sent by the first user equipment; or may be generated by the second user device without exchanging the first information with the first user device.

In one possible implementation manner, the second user equipment receives the first information sent by the first user equipment, acquires the identifier of the first network from the first information, determines that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, and generates the first request information.

In one possible implementation, if the first information is not exchanged between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, the second user equipment generates first request information, where the first request information further includes a frequency point where the second user equipment resides and a cell where the second user equipment resides.

S240, after the first user equipment receives the first request information, whether to execute the mobility agent is determined according to the service condition of the first user equipment.

Specifically, when the first user equipment is currently in an idle state, the first user equipment determines to execute a mobility agent; when the first ue is in the non-idle state, the first ue needs to determine whether to execute the mobility agent according to the service executed by the foreground, and the specific content is referred to step S340 in the method 300 and will not be described herein.

It should be noted that, the case where the first ue determines not to execute the mobility agent refers to the method 600 in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the first ue is in an idle state, and the first ue executes the mobility agent, and details refer to S250-S280, which are not described herein.

S250, the first user equipment sends first response information to the second user equipment, wherein the first response information is used for indicating that the second user equipment has accepted the mobility agent request. It should be noted that, for the case that the first ue does not execute the mobility agent, refer to steps S610 to S660 in the method 600 of the present application, which are not described herein.

S260, the second user equipment is switched to a power saving mode according to the first response information.

In the embodiment of the application, compared with the normal mode, when the user equipment is in the power saving mode, the power consumption of the user equipment is lower. Illustratively, the power saving mode includes, but is not limited to: a flight mode; the modem module of the user equipment is in a low-current non-working state; the modem module of the second user equipment is in a power-off state. It should be understood that the present application is not limited to the specific embodiment of the power saving mode.

S270, the first user equipment receives second information, where the second information may include at least one of paging information, an identification of a TA to which a cell in which the first user equipment resides belongs, and system update indication information.

Specifically, in one possible implementation manner, the second information includes second paging information, the second paging information is generated by the base station according to first paging information sent by the core network to the base station, the first paging information includes an identifier of a paged device, an identifier of a paged object included in the second paging information is the same as an identifier of the paged object in the first paging information, the base station broadcasts the second paging information outwards at a paging occasion, and the paging occasion is determined according to the paged object in the first paging information.

In one possible implementation, the second information includes an identification of a TA to which the cell in which the first user equipment resides belongs, where the second information is information broadcast by a cell under a base station in the second network.

In one possible implementation, the second information includes system update indication information, where the second information is information broadcast by a cell under a base station in the second network.

S280, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment.

It should be noted that, the notification information may only instruct the second user equipment to exit the power saving mode, receive the information from the second network, and the second user equipment determines the next action according to the information from the second network, where the information from the second network may be forwarded to the second user equipment by the first user equipment through the notification information, or may be obtained by the second user equipment from the second network, which is not limited in the present application; the notification information may also indicate a next action of the second user equipment, the next action being determined from the second information.

In one possible implementation, the notification information may instruct the second user equipment to receive information from the second network, the second user equipment determining the next action based on the information from the second network.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first ue listens to the second information on the paging occasion of the second ue, where the second information includes the second paging information, and if the first ue recognizes that the second paging information includes the second identifier, the first ue sends notification information to the second ue.

The first user equipment receives second information, wherein the second information comprises identification of TA (timing advance) of the cell where the first user equipment resides, and if the first user equipment judges that the TA list in the first request information does not comprise the identification of the TA of the cell where the first user equipment resides, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment.

The first user equipment receives the second information, and if the second information comprises system update indication information, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the notification information may indicate a next action of the second user equipment.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the first ue listens to the second paging information including the second identifier, the first ue sends first notification information to the second ue, to instruct the second ue to respond to the paging.

When the first user equipment judges that the TA to which the mobile network cell provided by the base station belongs is not in the TA list in the first request information, the first user equipment sends second notification information to the second user equipment, and instructs the second user equipment to update the TA list, wherein the specific judging mode is as follows: the first user equipment reads a system message of a cell where the first user equipment resides currently, wherein the system message comprises a tracking area identifier (tracking area identity, TAI) of the cell, and when a TA list in the first request message does not comprise the TAI, the second user equipment is judged to move out of an area identified by the TA list in the first request message, so that second notification information is sent to the second user equipment.

When the first user equipment determines that the system information is changed, the first user equipment sends third notification information to the second user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to read the system information. Specifically, the first user equipment determines that the system message is changed by receiving the indication information of the network.

It should be noted that, in another possible implementation manner, when the first ue determines that the system message is changed, the first ue directly sends the updated system message to the second ue, and in this manner, the first ue does not need to send third notification information, and the second ue does not need to perform the action described in S290, that is, does not need to exit the power saving mode, and performs the action of reading the system message sent by the network, thereby saving power consumption.

S290, the second user equipment exits the power saving mode according to the notification information and executes related operations.

If the notification information only indicates that the second user equipment exits the power saving mode and receives information from the second network, wherein the information from the second network can be forwarded to the second user equipment by the first user equipment through the notification information or can be obtained by the second user equipment from the second network; and if the notification information indicates the next action of the second user equipment, the second user equipment executes related operations in the notification information.

Specifically, if the second user equipment receives the first notification information, the second user equipment responds to paging; if the second user equipment receives the second notification information, the second user equipment updates the TA list; if the second user equipment receives the third notification information, the second user equipment updates the system message.

Illustratively, the second user equipment responding to the page comprises: the second user equipment sends a Service Request message (Service Request) to the core network equipment (AMF), the Service Request flow is executed, and after the Service Request flow is executed, the second user equipment enters a connection state, so that a call process is executed or data receiving and transmitting are carried out.

Illustratively, the second user equipment updating the TA list includes: if the second ue is in the 5G network, the second ue sends Registration request to the core network, and the core network sends Registration accept to the second ue, including updated TA list in Registration accept; if the second user equipment is in the 4G network, the second user equipment sends tracking area Update request to the core network, which sends tracking area Update accept to the second user equipment, wherein tracking area Update accept comprises updated TA list.

Illustratively, the second user equipment update system message includes: the second user equipment reads the system message, thereby acquiring the updated system message.

In one possible implementation, if the notification information includes second notification information and the second user equipment updates the TA list, the second user equipment sends the updated TA list to the first user equipment, and the first user equipment monitors information of paging the second user equipment according to the updated TA list.

It should be noted that, if the first ue does not send the notification information to the second ue, the second ue maintains the power saving mode.

It should be noted that after the first user equipment and the second user equipment are disconnected, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may store the first information in a period of time, and when the first user equipment and the second user equipment establish connection again in the period of time, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may directly acquire the first information.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the paging occasion of the first user equipment and the paging occasion of the second user equipment should be guaranteed to be the same as much as possible, and the first user equipment can monitor the paging information of the paging object as the second user equipment at the same time when monitoring the paging information of the paging object as the first user equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment and the first user equipment use the communication system of the same operator. When the second network does not send information to the second user equipment, the second user equipment can be switched to a power saving mode, so that the power consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged; when the second network sends information to the second user equipment, the first user equipment is used for monitoring and notifying the second user equipment, so that the second user equipment is ensured not to miss information, and the reliability of communication is improved.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application, it should be noted that, for convenience of description, a PLMN registered by a first user equipment is referred to as a first network, a PLMN registered by a second user equipment is referred to as a second network, and in the method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application, the first network is the same as the second network and the first user equipment is in a non-idle state. It should be noted that, in the case that the first network is different from the second network, reference is made to the method 400 and the method 500 of the present application, which are not described herein.

The first user device in the embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone, and the second user device may be a wearable product with a communication function.

S310, the first user equipment and the second user equipment establish short-distance connection.

Optionally, S320, the first user equipment exchanges first information with the second user equipment, where the first information is used to represent a PLMN to which the user equipment is connected. Specific steps may be referred to step S220 in the method 200, and will not be described herein.

S330, the second user equipment sending first request information to the first user equipment, where the first request information is used to initiate a mobility agent request to the first user equipment, and the initiating the mobility agent request to the first user equipment may include: the method comprises the steps of requesting the first user equipment to receive information for paging the second user equipment, requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform location updating, and requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform system updating. The first request information includes at least one of a first identification, a second identification, a paging parameter, and a TA list. Specific steps may be referred to step S230 in the method 200, and will not be described herein.

S340, after the first user equipment receives the first request information, whether to execute the mobility agent is determined according to the service condition of the first user equipment.

Specifically, when the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, the first user equipment determines whether to execute a mobility agent according to a service executed by a foreground, and if the influence on service experience is large after the mobility agent is executed, the first user equipment determines not to execute the mobility agent; if the influence on the service experience is small after the mobility agent is executed, the first user equipment determines to execute the mobility agent.

For example, if the first ue executes a service with high requirements on latency and throughput, such as gaming, AR/VR/XR/MR, the mobility agent is not executed for the second ue, and if the service is executed to browse a web page and chat using an instant messaging tool, the mobility agent may be executed for the second ue.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application is directed to a case where the first ue is in a non-idle state and the first ue executes a mobility agent.

S350, the first user equipment sends first response information to the second user equipment, wherein the first response information is used for indicating the first user equipment to accept the mobility agent request. And if the first user equipment does not execute the mobility agent, sending second response information to the second user equipment, wherein the second response information is used for indicating that the first user equipment does not accept the mobility agent request. The first ue does not accept the mobility agent request, see steps S610-S660 in the method 600 of the present application, which are not described in detail herein.

S360, the second user equipment is switched to a power saving mode according to the first response information.

The specific content refers to step S260 in the method 200, and will not be described herein.

S370, the first user equipment sends proxy configuration information to the base station, the proxy configuration information including the identification of the second user equipment. Specifically, the proxy configuration information is used for indicating the base station, and the first user equipment requests to monitor the paging information of the second user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the first user equipment may send proxy configuration information to the base station through radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) information.

S380, the base station stores the proxy configuration information.

In one possible implementation, after the base station saves the proxy configuration information, it may explicitly or implicitly indicate to the first user equipment whether the proxy configuration information has been saved.

Whether the explicit indication agent information is stored refers to whether the base station indicates that the agent information is stored by the indication information, and illustratively, after the base station receives the agent configuration information sent by the first user information, the base station sends feedback information to the first user equipment, where the feedback information is used to indicate whether the configuration information is stored by the base station.

Implicit indication of whether the proxy information has been stored refers to the base station indicating whether the proxy information has been stored by not using the indication information, and illustratively, the base station and the first user equipment have a contract, and if the base station does not send feedback information to the first user equipment after receiving the proxy configuration information sent by the first user information, the base station indicates that the configuration information has been stored by the base station.

S390, the base station receives the first paging information sent by the core network, wherein the first paging information includes the identification of the paged device.

If the base station identifies that the identifier of the paged device in the first paging information is the same as the identifier of the second user equipment in the proxy configuration information, generating second paging information according to the first paging information and sending the second paging information to the first user equipment, wherein the identifier of the paged object included in the second paging information is the same as the identifier of the paged object in the first paging information; if the base station recognizes that the identifier of the paged equipment in the first paging information is different from the identifier of the second user equipment in the proxy configuration information, the base station does not generate the second paging information.

S3100, the first ue receives second information, where the second information may include at least one of second paging information, an identifier of a TA to which a cell in which the first ue resides belongs, and system update indication information.

Specifically, in one possible implementation manner, the first user equipment receives second information sent by the base station at paging occasion, where the second information includes second paging information, the paging occasion is determined according to paging parameters in the first request information, and an identifier of a paged object included in the second paging information is the same as an identifier of the second user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the first ue receives second information broadcasted by a cell under the base station, where the second information includes an identification of a TA to which the cell in which the first ue resides belongs.

In one possible implementation, the first user equipment receives second information broadcasted by a cell under the base station, where the second information includes system update indication information.

S3110, the first user device sends notification information to the second user device.

The first ue receives the second information, and if the second information includes the second paging information, the first ue sends notification information to the second ue.

The first user equipment receives the second information, and if the second information comprises identification information of the TA of the cell where the first user equipment resides, the first user equipment judges whether a TA list in the first request information comprises the identification of the TA of the cell where the first user equipment resides. If the first user equipment judges that the TA list in the first request information does not comprise the identification of the TA to which the cell in which the first user equipment resides belongs, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment; if the first user equipment judges that the TA list in the first request information comprises the identification of the TA to which the cell in which the first user equipment resides belongs, the first user equipment does not send notification information to the second user equipment.

The first user equipment receives the second information, and if the second information comprises system updating information, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the notification information may instruct the second user equipment to perform the next action.

The first notification information is sent to the second user equipment when the first user equipment monitors the second paging information, and the second user equipment is indicated to respond to paging.

And when the first user equipment judges that the base station is not in the TA list in the first request information, sending second notification information to the second user equipment, and indicating the second user equipment to update the TA list.

And when the first user equipment determines that the system information is changed, sending third notification information to the second user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to update the system.

It should be noted that, in another possible implementation manner, when the first ue determines that the system message is changed, the first ue directly sends the updated system message to the second ue, and in this manner, the first ue does not need to send third notification information, and the second ue does not need to perform the action described in S3120, that is, does not need to exit the power saving mode, and performs the action of reading the system message sent by the network, thereby saving power consumption.

And S3120, the second user equipment exits the power saving mode according to the notification information and executes the related operation.

If the notification information only indicates that the second user equipment exits the power saving mode, receiving information from the second network, wherein the information from the second network can be forwarded to the second user equipment by the first user equipment through the notification information or can be obtained by the second user equipment from the second network; and if the notification information indicates the next action of the second user equipment, the second user equipment executes related operations in the notification information.

In one possible implementation, if the notification information includes the second notification information, the second user equipment updates the TA list and the second user equipment sends the updated TA list, and the first user equipment monitors information of paging the second user equipment according to the updated TA list.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment and the first user equipment use the communication system of the same operator. When the second network does not send information to the second user equipment, the second user equipment can enter a power saving mode, so that the power consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged; when the second network sends information to the second user equipment, the first user equipment is used for monitoring and notifying the second user equipment, so that the second user equipment is ensured not to miss information, and the reliability of communication is improved.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method 400 according to an embodiment of the present application, it should be noted that, for convenience of description, a PLMN registered by a first user equipment is referred to as a first network, a PLMN registered by a second user equipment is referred to as a second network, in this embodiment of the present application, a first base station and a first core network are a base station and a core network of the first network, the second base station and the second core network are a base station and a core network of the second network, the first network is different from the second network, and the first user equipment is in an idle state.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first user equipment is in an idle state, and there is no information interaction with the first network, so that the first base station and the first core network are omitted in the figure.

It should be noted that, in the case where the first network is different from the second network and the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, reference is made to the method 500 of the present application, which is not described herein.

S410, the first user equipment and the second user equipment establish short-distance connection.

Optionally, S420, the first user equipment exchanges first information with the second user equipment, where the first information is used to represent a PLMN to which the user equipment is connected.

The first information may comprise an identity of the PLMN, in particular the identity of the PLMN may comprise an MCC and an MNC, for example.

In one possible implementation manner, the second user equipment obtains the identifier of the first network in the first information sent by the first user equipment, and if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the identifier of the first network is indicated to be different from the identifier of the second network in the first request information; if the identification of the first network is the same as the identification of the second network, refer to step S220 in the method 200 and step S320 in the method 300, which are not described herein.

The first request information may explicitly indicate that the identity of the first network is different from the identity of the second network.

Illustratively, there is a data bit in the first request information, and the data bit is 0 if the identity of the first network is different from the identity of the second network.

The first request message includes an indication message, and if the identification of the first network is different from the identification of the second network, the indication message is False.

The first request information may implicitly indicate that the identity of the first network is different from the identity of the second network.

For example, if the first request information includes information of a cell in which the second user equipment resides or information of a frequency point in which the second user equipment resides, the identity implicitly indicating the first network is different from the identity of the second network.

In one possible implementation manner, the first user equipment acquires the identifier of the second network in the first information sent by the second user equipment, and replies the identifier of the first network if the first user equipment judges that the second network is different from the first network; if the first ue determines that the second network is the same as the first network, refer to step S220 in the method 200 and step S320 in the method 300, which are not described herein.

In this embodiment, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may learn that the first network and the second network are different PLMNs by exchanging the first information.

S430, the second user equipment sending first request information to the first user equipment, where the first request information is used to initiate a mobility agent request to the first user equipment, and the initiating the mobility agent request to the first user equipment may include: the method comprises the steps of requesting the first user equipment to receive information for paging the second user equipment, requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform location updating, and requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform system updating. The first request information may include a first identification, a second identification, a paging parameter, a TA list, a cell in which the second user equipment resides, and a frequency point in which the second user equipment resides.

Wherein the first identity is an identity of the second network; the second identity is an identity of a second user equipment, which may be, for example, an S-TMSI; paging parameters include PO and PF; the TA list is used for notifying the second user equipment to update the TA when the first user equipment determines that the first user equipment is located outside the area described by the TA list.

It should be noted that, the first identifier, the second identifier, the paging parameter, the TA list, and one or more information in the cell and the frequency point where the second ue resides may be stored in the first ue in advance, so that the first ue does not need to issue.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first ue may store a first mapping relationship, that is, one second identifier corresponds to one parameter set, where the parameter set includes one or more of the first identifier, the TA list, the paging parameter, the cell in which the second ue resides, and the frequency point in which the second ue resides, so that the first request information only needs to carry the second identifier.

In an example, the first ue may store the second mapping relationship, that is, the TA list corresponds to a parameter set, where the parameter set includes one or more of a paging parameter, a first identifier, a cell in which the second ue resides, and a frequency point in which the second ue resides, so long as the first request information carries the second identifier and the TA list.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first request information may be generated after the second user equipment receives the first information sent by the first user equipment; or may be generated directly by the second user device without exchanging the first information with the first user device.

In one possible implementation manner, the second user equipment receives the first information sent by the first user equipment, acquires the identifier of the first network from the first information, determines that the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, and generates the first request information.

In one possible implementation, if the first information is not exchanged between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, the second user equipment directly generates the first request information.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first request information may be generated and sent at one time, or may be generated and sent multiple times, which is not limited in this aspect of the present application.

Illustratively, the dividing into multiple generation and transmission includes: the second user equipment firstly sends a first identifier, a second identifier, paging parameters and a TA list to the first user equipment, the first user equipment judges that the second user equipment is different from the first network according to the first network and the first identifier, the first user equipment sends indication information to the second user equipment to indicate a judging result, and the second user equipment sends a cell where the second user equipment resides and a frequency point where the second user equipment resides to the first user equipment according to the judging result. Wherein the indication information also indicates the first network, if possible.

S440, the first user equipment receives the first request information and then determines whether to execute the mobility agent according to the service condition of the first user equipment. Specifically, when the first user equipment is in an idle state, the first user equipment determines to execute a mobility agent; when the first ue is in the non-idle state, refer to step S540 in the method 500, which is not described herein.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the first ue is in an idle state, and the first ue executes the mobility agent.

S450, the first user equipment sends first response information to the second user equipment, wherein the first response information is used for indicating that the second user equipment has accepted the mobility agent request. The first ue does not execute the mobility agent, see steps S610-S660 in the method 600 of the present application, which are not described in detail herein.

S460, the second user equipment is switched to the power saving mode according to the first response information.

The specific content is referred to the step S260 in the method 200, and will not be described herein.

And S470, the first user equipment switches the first network into the second network according to the first request information and resides in a first frequency point or a first cell, wherein the first frequency point or the first cell is a frequency point or a cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment. The first frequency point is a frequency point where the second user equipment resides or a frequency point in a TA list of the second user equipment, and the first cell is a cell where the second user equipment resides or a cell in the TA list of the second user equipment. The first user equipment may be quickly located to a frequency point or cell that may receive information for paging the second user equipment by the first frequency point or cell.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first user equipment sends the first response information and adjusts the network configuration of the first user equipment in no time sequence, and the first response information may be sent first and then the network configuration may be adjusted, or the network configuration may be adjusted first and then the first response information may be sent, or the first response information may be sent simultaneously.

It should be noted that, the first ue switches PLMNs only when the paging occasion of the second ue is received, and camps on the first frequency point or the first cell. And when the first user equipment is not in the paging occasion of the second user equipment, the first user equipment continues to execute other services on the PLMN which is originally registered.

It should be noted that, if the paging occasion of the first user equipment is the same as the paging occasion of the second user equipment, the base station of the first user equipment negotiates the paging occasion with the base station of the second user equipment, so that the paging occasion of the first user equipment is different from the paging occasion of the second user equipment. If the base station of the first user equipment and the base station of the second user equipment fail to negotiate, the first user equipment sends indication information to the second user equipment, wherein the indication information indicates that the first user equipment does not agree to receive the information for paging the second user equipment.

In one possible implementation, the indication information may also indicate that the reason for the disagreement is paging occasion collision.

And S480, the first user equipment receives the second information. Specific steps refer to step S270 in the above method 200 of the present application, and will not be described herein again, it should be noted that, the base station in step S270 refers to the second base station in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S270 refers to the second core network in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application.

S490, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment, wherein the notification information is used for indicating the second user equipment to exit the power saving mode. For specific steps, refer to step S280 in the above method 200 of the present application, and the description is omitted herein, and it is to be noted that the base station in step S280 refers to the second base station in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S280 refers to the second core network in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application.

S4100, the second user equipment exits the power saving mode according to the notification information and executes related operations. Specific steps refer to step S290 in the above method 200 of the present application, and will not be described herein again, it should be noted that, the base station in step S290 refers to the second base station in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S290 refers to the second core network in the method 400 of the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the application, the second user equipment and the first user equipment use communication systems of different operators. When the second network does not send information to the second user equipment, the second user equipment can close part of the modules, so that the power consumption of the second user equipment is reduced, and the standby time of the second user equipment is prolonged; when the second network sends information to the second user equipment, the first user equipment is used for monitoring and notifying the second user equipment, so that the second user equipment is ensured not to miss information, and the reliability of communication is improved.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method 500 according to an embodiment of the present application, it should be noted that, for convenience of description, a PLMN registered by a first user equipment is referred to as a first network, a PLMN registered by a second user equipment is referred to as a second network, in this embodiment of the present application, a first base station and a first core network are base stations and core networks of the first network, the second base station and the second core network are base stations and core networks of the second network, the first network is different from the second network, and the first user equipment is in a non-idle state.

S510, the first user equipment and the second user equipment establish short-distance connection.

Optionally, S520, the first ue exchanges first information with the second ue, where the first information is used to indicate a PLMN to which the ue is connected, and specific steps refer to step S420 in the method 400, which is not described herein.

S530, the second user equipment sending first request information to the first user equipment, where the first request information is used to initiate a mobility agent request to the first user equipment, and the initiating the mobility agent request to the first user equipment may include: the method comprises the steps of requesting the first user equipment to receive information for paging the second user equipment, requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform location updating, and requesting the first user equipment to instruct the second user equipment to perform system updating. The specific steps refer to step S430 in the method 400, and are not described herein.

S540, the first user equipment determines whether to execute the mobility agent according to the service condition of the first user equipment and the first request information.

Specific steps refer to step S340 in the method 300, and are not described herein.

It should be appreciated that the method 500 in the embodiment of the present application is directed to the case where the first ue executes a mobility agent and is in a non-idle state.

S550, the first ue sends second request information to the second base station, where the second request information is used to request the first ue to enter an idle state in a first period, where the first period is determined according to a paging parameter of the second ue, and the first period includes a paging occasion of the second ue.

And when the first user equipment enters an idle state in a first time period, the first network stops sending information to the first user equipment in the first time period. Illustratively, the second request information is for requesting GAP information, the second request information including an identification of the second user device and second user device paging parameters.

In one possible implementation, the first user equipment may send the second request information to the second base station through RRC information.

It should be noted that, because the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, there is information interaction among the first user equipment, the first base station and the first core network.

It should be noted that, when the first user equipment is not in the first period of time, the first network may send information to the first user equipment.

S560, the first base station sends second response information to the first user equipment, wherein the second response information is used for indicating the first user equipment to enter an idle state in a first time, and the first time is determined according to paging parameters of the second user equipment. Illustratively, the second response information includes GAP information.

S570, the first user equipment sends first response information to the second user equipment, where the first response information is used to instruct the second user equipment to accept the mobility agent request. See steps S610-S660 in the method 600 of the application for the case where the first user equipment does not perform a mobility agent.

S580, the second user equipment switches to the power saving mode according to the first response information.

And S590, the first user equipment disconnects the interaction with the first base station, switches the first network into the first network according to the first request information and camps on the first frequency point or the first cell. The first frequency point is a frequency point where the second user equipment resides or a frequency point in a TA list of the second user equipment, and the first cell is a cell where the second user equipment resides or a cell in the TA list of the second user equipment. The first user equipment may be quickly located to a frequency point or cell that may receive information for paging the second user equipment by the first frequency point or cell.

In one possible implementation, the indication information also indicates that the reason for disagreement is paging occasion collision.

S5100, the first user equipment receives the second information.

For specific steps, refer to step S270 in the above method 200 of the present application, and the description is omitted herein, and it is to be noted that the base station in step S270 refers to the second base station in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S270 refers to the second core network in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application.

S5110, the first user equipment sends notification information to the second user equipment, wherein the notification information is used for indicating the second user equipment to exit the power saving mode.

For specific steps, refer to step S280 in the above method 200 of the present application, and the description is omitted herein, and it is to be noted that the base station in step S280 refers to the second base station in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S280 refers to the second core network in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application.

S5120, the second user equipment exits the power saving mode according to the notification information and executes related operations.

For specific steps, refer to step S290 in the above method 200 of the present application, and the description is omitted herein, and it is to be noted that the base station in step S290 refers to the second base station in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application, and the core network in step S290 refers to the second core network in the method 500 of the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method 600 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the embodiment of the present application is directed to a case where no mobile agent is executed, and the execution subject in the embodiment of the present application is the second ue in the above-mentioned methods 200-500.

It should be noted that, in one possible implementation manner, in the above method 200-500, if the first ue does not execute the mobility agent, the first ue indicates that the second ue does not accept the mobility agent request, and the manner in which the first ue indicates that the second ue does not accept the mobility agent request is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and illustratively, the first ue explicitly indicates the second ue by not sending information to the second ue or the first ue explicitly indicates the second ue by sending indication information to the second ue. The second ue in the above-mentioned methods 200-500 refers to the second ue in the method 600 according to the embodiment of the present application.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the mobility agent may include the first ue receiving paging information instead of the second ue, the first ue indicating that the second ue performs location update, and the first ue indicating that the second ue performs system update. In the embodiment of the application, the mobility agent mainly refers to that the first user equipment receives information for paging the second user equipment.

S610, acquiring a location parameter and a motion parameter of the second user equipment, where the location parameter is used to describe location information of the second user equipment, and the location parameter may be a global positioning system (Global Positioning System, GPS) parameter of the second user equipment; the motion parameter is used to describe motion information of the second user device, and may be sensor data of a gravity meter, an accelerometer, etc. of the second user device, for example.

S620, determining the state of the second user equipment according to the position parameter and the motion parameter.

In particular, the states of the second user equipment comprise a stationary state and a non-stationary state, wherein the stationary state comprises an absolute stationary state and a jog state.

S630, the first information is sent to the base station, and the first information is used for determining the communication parameters of the second user equipment by the base station.

The second user equipment may transmit the first information to the base station through RRC information, for example.

In one possible implementation, the first information includes a state of the second user equipment, and the base station determines the communication parameter according to the state of the second user equipment.

In another possible implementation manner, the second ue stores a first correspondence, where the first correspondence is a correspondence between state information of the second ue and a communication parameter type, and the second ue determines the communication parameter type according to the state information and sends the communication parameter type to the base station through the first information.

Specifically, if the second user equipment determines that the second user equipment is in a static state, the first information is sent to the base station, and the first information indicates the base station to be a communication parameter with the configuration type of power saving; and if the second user equipment determines that the second user equipment is in a non-static state, sending first information to the base station, wherein the first information indicates that the base station is provided with the conventional communication parameters for the configuration type.

Wherein the communication parameters include discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception, DRX) cycle, measurement list, BWP configuration.

The communication parameter with the power saving type may be a longer DRX cycle, and the measurement list includes fewer measurement targets and more power-saving BWP configuration information.

S640, the base station sends second information to the second user equipment, wherein the second information comprises communication parameters configured by the base station for the second user equipment.

And S650, transmitting third information to the server, wherein the third information is used for determining the positioning parameters of the second user equipment by the server.

The second user equipment may transmit the third information to the server through RRC information, for example.

In one possible implementation, the third information includes a state of the second user equipment, and the server determines the positioning parameter according to the state of the second user equipment.

In another possible implementation manner, the second user equipment stores a second corresponding relationship, where the second corresponding relationship is a corresponding relationship between state information of the second user equipment and a positioning parameter type, and the second user equipment determines the positioning parameter type according to the state information and sends the positioning parameter type to the server through the first information.

Specifically, if the second user equipment determines that the second user equipment is in a static state, the third information indicates the server to use the positioning parameters with the configuration type of power saving; if the second user equipment determines that the second user equipment is in a non-static state, the third information indicates the server to use the conventional positioning parameters for the configuration type of the server.

The positioning parameters comprise a positioning period and a positioning frequency.

The positioning parameter with the type of power saving can be a positioning period with longer time and a positioning frequency with fewer times.

S660, the server configures positioning parameters according to the third information.

In the embodiment of the application, the communication parameters and the positioning parameters can be set more flexibly according to the position information and the motion condition of the user equipment, and the parameters with lower power consumption are adopted in the static state, so that the standby time of the user equipment is prolonged.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, there is no time sequence relationship between steps S630-S640 and steps S650-S660, which are parallel.

It should be understood that the location information and the motion state in the embodiment of the present application are examples, and other information may be included in actual use, which is not limited by the present application. For example, the parameters may be set according to time, and the parameters with lower power consumption may be used at night when sleeping.

It should be noted that these parameters are generally related before. Illustratively, the motion state is stationary and the location information is a fixed location; during sleeping time, the motion state is static.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application is not limited to a specific manner of determining the parameters.

In one possible implementation, the mapping relationship is preconfigured in the network device or the user device, and the parameter is determined according to the mapping relationship.

In one possible implementation, this may be achieved by a neural network. The user equipment records the use conditions of the user equipment in different states before and trains the neural network model by utilizing the data, the user equipment inputs the determined position information and/or the motion state into the neural network model to obtain corresponding configuration parameters, and meanwhile, the neural network model can synchronously update and learn.

According to the foregoing method, fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a communication apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus 10 may be a user equipment (for example, the first user equipment described above) or may be a chip or a circuit, for example, a chip or a circuit that may be disposed in the user equipment. The ue may correspond to the ue in the above method.

The apparatus 10 may include a processor 11 (i.e., an example of a processing unit) and a memory 12. The memory 12 is configured to store instructions and the processor 11 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 12 to cause the apparatus 20 to implement steps performed by a user equipment (e.g., a first user equipment) in a corresponding method as in fig. 2-6.

Further, the device 10 may also include an input port 13 (i.e., one example of a communication unit) and an output port 14 (i.e., another example of a communication unit). Further, the processor 11, memory 12, input port 13 and output port 14 may communicate with each other via internal connection paths to transfer control and/or data signals. The memory 12 is used for storing a computer program, and the processor 11 may be used for calling and running the computer program from the memory 12 to control the input port 13 to receive signals and the output port 14 to send signals, so as to complete the steps of the user equipment in the method. The memory 12 may be integrated in the processor 11 or may be provided separately from the processor 11.

Alternatively, if the device 10 is a user equipment, the input port 13 is a receiver and the output port 14 is a transmitter. Wherein the receiver and the transmitter may be the same or different physical entities. Which are the same physical entities, may be collectively referred to as transceivers.

Alternatively, if the device 10 is a chip or a circuit, the input port 13 is an input interface and the output port 14 is an output interface.

As an implementation, the functions of the input port 13 and the output port 14 may be considered to be implemented by a transceiving circuit or a dedicated chip for transceiving. The processor 11 may be considered to be implemented by a dedicated processing chip, a processing circuit, a processor or a general-purpose chip.

As another implementation manner, a manner of using a general purpose computer may be considered to implement the user equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. I.e. program code that implements the functions of the processor 11, the input port 13 and the output port 14 is stored in the memory 12, and the general purpose processor implements the functions of the processor 11, the input port 13 and the output port 14 by executing the code in the memory 12.

The functions and actions of each module or unit in the above-listed communication apparatus 10 are only exemplary, and each module or unit in the communication apparatus 10 may be used to perform each action or process performed by the user equipment in the above-mentioned method 200, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

The concepts related to the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application, explanation and detailed description of the concepts related to the embodiments of the present application and other steps are referred to in the foregoing methods or descriptions related to the other embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

According to the foregoing method, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 20 may be a network device (for example, the second base station described above), or may be a chip or a circuit, for example, a chip or a circuit that may be disposed in the network device. Wherein the network device corresponds to the network device (e.g., the second base station) in the method.

The apparatus 20 may include a processor 21 (i.e., an example of a processing unit) and a memory 22. The memory 22 is configured to store instructions, and the processor 21 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 22, to cause the apparatus 20 to implement the steps performed by the network device (e.g., the second base station) in the corresponding method as described above with reference to fig. 2-6.

Further, the device 20 may also include an input port 23 (i.e., one example of a communication unit) and an output port 23 (i.e., another example of a processing unit). Still further, the processor 21, memory 22, input port 23 and output port 24 may communicate with each other via internal communication paths to communicate control and/or data signals. The memory 22 is used for storing a computer program and the processor 21 may be used to call up and run the computer program from the memory 22 to control the input 23 to receive signals and the output 24 to send signals to complete the steps of the network device of the methods 200-600 described above. The memory 22 may be integrated in the processor 21 or may be provided separately from the processor 21.

Alternatively, if the apparatus 20 is a network device, the input port 23 is a receiver and the output port 24 is a transmitter. Wherein the receiver and the transmitter may be the same or different physical entities. Which are the same physical entities, may be collectively referred to as transceivers.

Alternatively, if the device 20 is a chip or a circuit, the input port 23 is an input interface and the output port 24 is an output interface.

Alternatively, if the apparatus 20 is a chip or a circuit, the apparatus 20 may not include the memory 22, and the processor 21 may read the instructions (programs or codes) in the memory outside the chip to implement the functions of the network device in the corresponding method as shown in fig. 2-6.

As an implementation, the functions of the input port 23 and the output port 24 may be considered to be implemented by a transceiving circuit or a dedicated chip for transceiving. The processor 21 may be considered to be implemented by a dedicated processing chip, a processing circuit, a processor, or a general-purpose chip.

As another implementation manner, a manner of using a general-purpose computer may be considered to implement the network device provided by the embodiment of the present application. I.e. program code for the functions of the processor 21, the input port 23 and the output port 24 is stored in the memory, and the general purpose processor implements the functions of the processor 21, the input port 23 and the output port 24 by executing the code in the memory.

The modules or units in the communication apparatus 20 may be configured to perform the actions or processes performed by the network devices in the methods 200-600, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the embodiment of the application also provides a communication system which comprises the network equipment and one or more than one user equipment.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing the associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

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

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

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

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

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

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

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

Claims

1. A communication method applied to a first user equipment, comprising:

receiving first request information sent by second user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information sent by a second network and used for paging the second user equipment;

and transmitting information for indicating the second user equipment to respond to the paging of the second network to the second user equipment in response to receiving the information for paging the second user equipment transmitted by the second network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request information comprises:

the identity of the second user equipment and paging parameters of the second user equipment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first request information comprises:

And the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first request message further includes an identification of the second network, and wherein if the identification of the second network is different from the identification of the first network, the method further comprises:

and sending information requesting the second user equipment to reside in a frequency point or information requesting the second user equipment to reside in a cell to the second user equipment.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein prior to receiving the first request information, the method further comprises:

transmitting an identification of a first network to the second user equipment, wherein the first user equipment is located in the first network;

if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information is used for indicating that the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network;

if the identifier of the first network is the same as the identifier of the second network, the first request information further comprises the identifier of the second network; or (b)

If the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first request information further includes the identifier of the second network, the information of the second user equipment residence frequency point and the information of the second user equipment residence cell.

6. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein after said receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the first user equipment is in an idle state, the method further comprises:

if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, the first user equipment resides in a first frequency point or a first cell in the second network, and receives information broadcast by the second network for paging the second user equipment according to the paging parameter, wherein the first frequency point or the first cell is a frequency point or a cell capable of receiving the information for paging the second user equipment;

and if the identification of the first network is the same as the identification of the second network, receiving the information for paging the second user equipment, which is broadcasted by the second network, according to the paging parameter.

7. The method according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein after said receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, the method further comprises:

the identification of the first network is the same as the identification of the second network, first information is sent to the first network, the first information comprises the identification of the second user equipment, and the first information is used for indicating the second network to send the information for paging the second user equipment to the first user equipment.

8. The method according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein after said receiving the first request information sent by the second user equipment, if the first user equipment is in a non-idle state, the method further comprises:

and if the identifier of the first network is different from the identifier of the second network, sending second request information to the first network, wherein the second request information is used for requesting the first network to suspend sending information to the first user equipment in a first time period, and the first time period is determined according to the paging parameter of the second user equipment.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

and if the first user equipment resides in a second frequency point or a second cell in the second network in the first time period, the second frequency point or the second cell is a frequency point or a cell which can receive the information for paging the second user equipment, and the information for paging the second user equipment, broadcasted by the second network, is received.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Judging whether the information for paging the second user equipment, which is sent by the second network, can be received according to the service executed by the first user equipment;

if yes, sending first response information to the second user equipment;

if not, sending second response information to the second user equipment.

11. The method of any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the first request information further comprises:

and the tracking area list of the second user equipment.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein after receiving the first request information sent by the second user device, if the identity of the first network is the same as the identity of the second network, the method further comprises:

and the first user equipment receives a first tracking area identifier broadcasted by a second network, and if the tracking area list does not comprise the first tracking area identifier, the first user equipment sends information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein after the receiving the first request information sent by the second user device, if the identity of the first network is different from the identity of the second network, the method further comprises:

And the first user equipment receives a second tracking area identifier broadcasted by the first network, and if the tracking area list does not comprise the second tracking area identifier, the first user equipment sends information for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list to the second user equipment.

14. A communication method applied to a second user equipment, the method comprising:

transmitting first request information to first user equipment, wherein the first request information is used for requesting the first user equipment to receive information which is transmitted by a second network and is used for paging second user equipment;

receiving information from the first user equipment for indicating the second user equipment to respond to paging of the second network;

responding to the paging of the second network.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first request information comprises:

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first request information comprises:

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first request message further includes an identification of the second network, and wherein if the identification of the second network is different from the identification of the first network, the method further comprises:

and sending the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell to the first user equipment in response to receiving the information of the second user equipment resident frequency point or the information of the second user equipment resident cell sent by the first user equipment.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein prior to said sending the first request information to the first user device, the method further comprises:

receiving an identifier of a first network sent by the first user equipment, wherein the first user equipment is positioned in the first network;

19. The method of any of claims 14 to 18, wherein the first request information further comprises:

and the tracking area list of the second user equipment.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein after the sending the first request information to the first user device, the method further comprises:

receiving information sent by the first user equipment and used for indicating the second user equipment to update the tracking area list;

updating the tracking area list;

and sending the updated tracking area list to the first user equipment.

21. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, further comprising:

receiving first response information from the first user equipment, wherein the first response information is used for indicating the first user equipment to accept the request sent by the second user equipment for requesting the first user equipment to receive the information sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment;

In response to receiving the first response information from the first user equipment, the second user equipment pauses receiving paging information from the second network.

22. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, further comprising:

and receiving second response information from the first user equipment, wherein the second response information is used for indicating the first user equipment to refuse to accept the request sent by the second user equipment for requesting the first user equipment to receive the information sent by the second network and used for paging the second user equipment.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the position parameter and the motion parameter of the second user equipment;

determining a state of the second user equipment according to the position parameter and the motion parameter;

if the second user equipment is in a static state, third information is sent to the second network, wherein the third information is used for determining a first communication parameter of the second user equipment by the second network;

if the second user equipment is in a non-stationary state, fourth information is sent to the second network, wherein the fourth information is used for determining second communication parameters of the second user equipment by the second network;

And the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the second user equipment adopts the first communication parameter to communicate with the second network is smaller than that of the second user equipment when the second user equipment adopts the second communication parameter to communicate with the second network.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises:

if the second user equipment is in a static state, fifth information is sent to a server, wherein the fifth information is used for determining a first positioning parameter of the second user equipment by the server;

if the second user equipment is in a non-static state, sixth information is sent to a server, wherein the sixth information is used for determining a second positioning parameter of the second user equipment by the server;

the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the server adopts the first positioning parameter to position the second user equipment is smaller than the energy consumption of the second user equipment when the server adopts the second positioning parameter to position the second user equipment.

25. A communication device comprising a processor and interface circuitry for receiving signals from other communication devices than the communication device and transmitting signals from the processor to or sending signals from the processor to other communication devices than the communication device, the processor being configured to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 24.

26. A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a terminal device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 24.

27. A computer program, characterized in that it implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 24 when executed by a communication device.

28. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising:

the computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when run, causes the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 24.