WO2020088258A1 - 一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备 - Google Patents

一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备 Download PDF

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WO2020088258A1
WO2020088258A1 PCT/CN2019/111646 CN2019111646W WO2020088258A1 WO 2020088258 A1 WO2020088258 A1 WO 2020088258A1 CN 2019111646 W CN2019111646 W CN 2019111646W WO 2020088258 A1 WO2020088258 A1 WO 2020088258A1
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刘建琴
张旭
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  • This application relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a paging method, terminal equipment, and network equipment.
  • the network equipment can switch to the idle and connected user equipment (idle)
  • the user equipment (UE) sends a paging message (paging).
  • the paging process can be triggered by the core network or by the base station (eNodeB).
  • the paging message is used to send a call request to the UE in the idle state, or to notify the system information update, and notify the UE to receive the earthquake tsunami warning information (earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) and commercial mobile early warning service (commercial mobile alert system, CMAS) and other information.
  • earthquake tsunami warning information earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) and commercial mobile early warning service (commercial mobile alert system, CMAS) and other information.
  • ETWS earthquake tsunami warning information
  • CMAS commercial mobile early warning service
  • the eNodeB After receiving the paging message of the core network, the eNodeB interprets the content, obtains the tracking area identification (TAI) list (List) of the UE, and searches for the air interface in the cells belonging to the tracking area in the list call.
  • the core domain (CN) in the paging message indicates that it will not be decoded at the eNodeB, but will be delivered to the UE.
  • the eNodeB aggregates the paging messages of UEs with the same paging occasion (PO) into a paging message, and transmits them to the relevant UE through the paging channel.
  • the paging parameters are combined with its own international mobile subscriber identification number (IMSI) to calculate the paging opportunity and receive the paging message at the corresponding time.
  • IMSI international mobile subscriber identification number
  • the UE uses discontinuous reception (DRX) mode to receive paging messages irregularly.
  • DRX discontinuous reception
  • the UE In a DRX cycle, the UE only wakes up at the PO moment on the corresponding paging frame (PF) to receive the paging message.
  • PF paging frame
  • the terminal In a DRX cycle, the terminal can only receive control information at the time when the PO appears, and then receive data according to the scheduling information of the control channel, and at other times than the DRX cycle, the UE can be in a sleep state to save The purpose of power consumption.
  • the terminal only receives the paging message at the PO moment in the DRX cycle.
  • listen-before-talk LBT
  • the base station can only send a signal when the LBT is successfully executed and when the resource preemption is successful, and the result of each resource preemption is highly uncertain. Therefore, in the prior art, the semi-statically configured or implicitly determined paging occasion may fail to execute the LBT, so that the paging message cannot be sent at the previously determined PO moment, resulting in a serious reduction in the number of paging devices that the base station can actually send. Some important information carried in the paging message could not be delivered to the user in time.
  • the prior art has a problem that the paging opportunities are reduced due to the failure to perform LBT, which reduces the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • Embodiments of the present application provide a paging method, terminal equipment, and network equipment, which are used to improve the transmission efficiency of paging messages.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a paging method, including: a first terminal device determining a first paging opportunity of the first terminal device in a discontinuous reception period; when the first paging opportunity When the channel monitoring fails, the first terminal device receives the first paging message within a time window, the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging opportunity, and the time window includes at least one Call time.
  • the first terminal device may determine the first paging occasion for sending the first paging message in a discontinuous reception period, if the network device fails to actually send the seek on this first paging occasion Call message, the first paging opportunity that has not been actually used due to a failed channel interception is transferred to the next paging opportunity in a time window, and the first terminal device can use the first paging opportunity within a time window The first paging message is received at other paging occasions, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • Each paging occasion corresponds to at least one paging position in the frequency domain.
  • each paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions, and different paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • a bandwidth area may be a bandwidth part, and a bandwidth area may also be a subband, for example, the subband is a bandwidth of 20 MHz, or a bandwidth of 40 MHz, and so on.
  • these paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas in the frequency domain.
  • the first terminal device receiving the first paging message within a time window includes: the time window further includes a second paging occasion, and the first terminal device is The second paging occasion receives the first paging message.
  • the network device fails to listen to the channel on the first paging occasion, the network device determines the starting position of the time window according to the first paging occasion, and the network device can send the second paging opportunity to The first terminal device sends a first paging message.
  • the first terminal device can determine the second paging occasion within the time window, at which time the first terminal device can receive the first paging at the second paging occasion Message, thereby solving the problem that the paging message cannot be transmitted because the channel listening fails at the first paging occasion.
  • the first terminal device receiving the first paging message at the second paging occasion includes: the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions , The first terminal device receives the first paging message at a first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion is used for the second The terminal device receives the second paging message.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second terminal device can receive the second paging message at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the paging message improves the transmission efficiency of the first paging message.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index.
  • the second terminal device may determine the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion in a predefined manner.
  • the paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or the paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index can be directly defined as the second paging position.
  • the index number of the area is the largest.
  • the bandwidth area here refers to the bandwidth range occupied by signal transmission.
  • the bandwidth area may be a subband in the frequency domain. Among them, a bandwidth area may be a bandwidth part, and a bandwidth area may also be a subband.
  • the method before the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, further includes: The first terminal device receives a first reference signal sequence, and the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the network device may send a reference signal sequence before sending the first paging message at the first paging position.
  • the first terminal device may receive the first reference signal sequence .
  • the first reference signal sequence carries the indication information of the first paging message transmitted at the first paging position, and the indication information of the first paging message is used to indicate the deviation of the first paging occasion relative to the second paging occasion Shift value.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first paging message cannot be sent because the channel listening of the first paging occasion fails.
  • the first paging message is sent using the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the first terminal device parses the indication information. It can be determined that the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion corresponds to the first paging occasion.
  • the first reference signal sequence is used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the first reference signal sequence may be an initial reference signal sequence indicating the start of signal transmission.
  • the transmitted signal may be a control channel, a synchronization signal, a broadcast channel, a downlink reference signal, or any other downlink signal.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the network device to the first terminal device.
  • the network device may predefine the number of paging opportunities included in the time window, and the first terminal device may determine the number of paging opportunities included in the time window in a predefined manner.
  • the network device may also send a notification message to the first terminal device, so that the first terminal device determines the paging opportunities included in the time window according to the communication message Number.
  • an embodiment of the present application further provides a paging method, including: a network device determining a first paging occasion of a first terminal device; when the network device listens to a channel on the first paging occasion When it fails, the network device sends a first paging message within a time window, the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging opportunity, and the time window includes at least one paging opportunity.
  • the network device may determine the first paging occasion for sending the first paging message.
  • the network device may The first paging opportunity that fails to be actually used for channel monitoring fails to be transferred to the next paging opportunity in a time window, and the first terminal device can use other paging opportunities within a time window according to the first paging opportunity Up to receive the first paging message, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • each paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions, and different paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • a bandwidth area may be a bandwidth part, and a bandwidth area may also be a subband, for example, the subband is a bandwidth of 20 MHz, or a bandwidth of 40 MHz, and so on.
  • these paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas in the frequency domain.
  • the network device sending the first paging message within a time window includes: the time window further includes a second paging occasion, and the network device searches for the second The call timing sends the first paging message to the first terminal device; and, the network device sends a second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging opportunity.
  • the time window includes the first paging occasion and the second paging occasion.
  • the network device For sending a paging message to the first terminal device and the second terminal device, for example, the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the second paging occasion, and the network device sends the second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging occasion Send a second paging message.
  • the first terminal device can determine the second paging occasion within the time window, at this time the first terminal device can receive the first paging message at the second paging occasion, thereby solving the problem of the first paging occasion The failure of channel monitoring failed to transmit paging messages.
  • the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the second paging occasion; and, the network device is at the second The paging occasion sends two paging messages to the second terminal device, including: the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions, and the network device performs a first paging message corresponding to the second paging occasion. Sending the first paging message to the first terminal device at the calling position; and, the network device sends the first paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion The second paging message is described.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second terminal device can receive the second paging message at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion .
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index. You can directly define the paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or the paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index as the second paging position.
  • the index number is the largest.
  • the bandwidth area here refers to the bandwidth range occupied by signal transmission.
  • the bandwidth area may be a subband in the frequency domain.
  • the method before the network device sends the first paging message within the time window, the method further includes: the network device sending a first reference signal sequence to the first terminal device ,
  • the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate a first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first paging message cannot be sent because the channel listening of the first paging occasion fails.
  • the first paging message is sent using the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the first terminal device parses the indication information. It can be determined that the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion corresponds to the first paging occasion.
  • the first reference signal sequence is used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the first reference signal sequence may be an initial reference signal sequence indicating the start of signal transmission.
  • the transmitted signal may be a control channel, a synchronization signal, a broadcast channel, a downlink reference signal, or any other downlink signal.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the network device to the first terminal device.
  • the network device may predefine the number of paging opportunities included in the time window, and the first terminal device may determine the number of paging opportunities included in the time window in a predefined manner.
  • the network device may also send a notification message to the first terminal device, so that the first terminal device determines the paging opportunities included in the time window according to the communication message Number.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, including: a terminal device sending a first preamble to a network device K times, where the first preamble is any one that the terminal device needs to send to the network device Preamble, the K times first preamble corresponds to K downlink control information, all of the K downlink control information are scrambled using the first scrambling code value, the K is a positive integer greater than 1; the terminal In the detection time window of the downlink control information, the device receives at least one downlink control information from the K downlink control information sent by the network device according to the first scrambling code value.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information, where the downlink control information may include scheduling information of a random access response message. Since the network device uses the same first scrambling code value for scrambling, the terminal device only needs to use the same first scrambling code value to receive at least one downlink control information from the K downlink control information during this detection time window. For the terminal device, there is no need to perform multiple detection attempts on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by different RNTIs, so the detection complexity of the terminal device can be greatly reduced.
  • the K-th first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first of the K random access resources Random access resources are determined.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information for the K times of the first preamble, the K downlink control information is scrambled by the same scrambling code value, and the same scrambling code value used is expressed as the first scrambling code value.
  • the first scrambling code value is determined according to the first random access resource among the K random access resources, that is, the terminal device only needs to determine the scrambled K downlink control information according to the first random access resource.
  • the first scrambling code value does not need to calculate the scrambling code value of K downlink control information for the K random access resources corresponding to the K times of the first preamble, and the terminal device only needs to scramble multiple downlinks of the same RNTI A detection attempt by the control channel can greatly reduce the detection complexity of the terminal device.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource; or, the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal equipment.
  • the network device and the terminal device side may predefine the first random access resource, for example, the first random access resource is predetermined to be a certain random access resource among the K random access resources.
  • the terminal device may follow the predefined method Or the rule determines the first random access resource.
  • the network device may also send indication information of the first random access resource to the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines K random access resources according to the indication information The first random access resource.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K random access resources, and the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group, and the first The random access resource group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the network device may predefine the first random access resource group.
  • the random access resource information included in the first random access resource group is determined according to a pre-defined rule, and the pre-defined rule is optionally: continuous K random access resources in the time domain and / or frequency domain
  • the first random access resource group, etc. is not specifically limited here.
  • the terminal device may determine the first random access resource group in a predefined manner.
  • the network device may also send indication information of the first random access resource group to the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines the first random access according to the indication information Resource group.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, including: a network device receiving K times a first preamble sent by a terminal device, where the first preamble is any task that the terminal device needs to send to the network device A preamble, where K is a positive integer greater than 1; the network device uses the first scrambling code value to scramble K downlink control information; the network device sends the K downlink controls to the terminal device information.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information, where the downlink control information may include scheduling information of a random access response message.
  • the terminal device Since the network device uses the same first scrambling code value for scrambling, the terminal device only needs to use the same first scrambling code value to receive at least one downlink control information from the K downlink control information during this detection time window. For the terminal device, there is no need to perform multiple detection attempts on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by different RNTIs, so the detection complexity of the terminal device can be greatly reduced.
  • the K-th first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first of the K random access resources Random access resources are determined.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource; or, the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal equipment.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K random access resources, and the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group, and the first The random access resource group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a first terminal device.
  • the first terminal device includes: a processing module and a receiving module, wherein the processing module is configured to determine the first terminal in a discontinuous reception period The first paging occasion of the device; the processing module is also used to receive the first paging message within the time window through the receiving module when the channel listening on the first paging occasion fails The starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging occasion, and the time window includes: at least one paging occasion.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • the time window further includes a second paging occasion
  • the processing module is further configured to receive the first paging occasion at the second paging occasion through the receiving module.
  • a paging message A paging message.
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions
  • the processing module is further configured to correspond to the second paging occasion through the receiving module Receiving the first paging message at the first paging position of the first paging position, and the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion is used for the second terminal device to receive the second paging message.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to a bandwidth area with a minimum index or a paging position corresponding to a bandwidth area with a maximum index.
  • the processing module is further configured to receive the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion through the receiving module Previously, a first reference signal sequence was received by the receiving module, and the first reference signal sequence carried indication information, where the indication information was used to indicate the first paging location where the first paging message was located.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first reference signal sequence is used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the network device to the first terminal device.
  • the component modules of the first terminal device may also perform the steps described in the foregoing first aspect and various possible implementations. For details, see the foregoing description of the first aspect and various possible implementations. Instructions.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including: a processing module and a sending module, wherein the processing module is used to determine a first paging occasion of a first terminal device; the processing module also uses When the network device fails to listen to the channel on the first paging occasion, the first paging message is sent within the time window through the sending module, and the starting position of the time window passes through the first A paging occasion is determined, and the time window includes: at least one paging occasion.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • the time window further includes a second paging occasion
  • the processing module is further configured to send the second paging occasion to the first A terminal device sends the first paging message; and, the second paging message is sent to the second terminal device by the sending module at the second paging occasion.
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions
  • the processing module is further configured to correspond to the second paging occasion through the sending module Send the first paging message to the first terminal device at the first paging position; and send the first paging message to the first paging position at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion through the sending module
  • the second terminal device sends the second paging message.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to a bandwidth area with a minimum index or a paging position corresponding to a bandwidth area with a maximum index.
  • the processing module is further configured to send the first reference signal to the first terminal device through the sending module before sending the first paging message within the time window Sequence, the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate a first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first reference signal sequence is used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the sending module to the first terminal device of.
  • the component modules of the network device may also perform the steps described in the foregoing second aspect and various possible implementations. For details, see the preceding section on the second aspect and various possible implementations. Instructions.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, including: a processing module, a sending module, and a receiving module, wherein the processing module is configured to send the first preamble K times to the network device through the sending module,
  • the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device.
  • the K-th first preamble corresponds to K pieces of downlink control information, and the K pieces of downlink control information all use the first A scrambling code value is scrambled, and the K is a positive integer greater than 1; the processing module is further used by the receiving module in the detection time window of the downlink control information, according to the first scrambling code Value receives at least one downlink control information from the K downlink control information sent by the network device.
  • the K-th first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first of the K random access resources Random access resources are determined.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource
  • the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the K times first preamble corresponds to K random access resources, and the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group, and the first The random access resource group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the component modules of the terminal device may also perform the steps described in the foregoing third aspect and various possible implementation manners. For details, see the preceding section on the third aspect and various possible implementation manners. Instructions.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including: a processing module, a sending module, and a receiving module, wherein the processing module is configured to receive the K-time first preamble sent by the terminal device through the receiving module ,
  • the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device, the K is a positive integer greater than 1, and the processing module is configured to use the first scrambling code value pair K Scrambling downlink control information; the processing module is configured to send the K downlink control information to the terminal device through the sending module.
  • the K-th first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first of the K random access resources Random access resources are determined.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource
  • the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the K times first preamble corresponds to K random access resources, and the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group, and the first The random access resource group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the component modules of the network device may also perform the steps described in the foregoing fourth aspect and various possible implementation manners. For details, see the preceding section on the fourth aspect and various possible implementation manners. Instructions.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the second aspect above.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method described in the third aspect .
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the fourth aspect .
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect above.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the second aspect above.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the third aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product containing instructions that, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method described in the fourth aspect above.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may include entities such as terminal devices or chips.
  • the communication device includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store instructions; and the processor is used In order to execute the instructions in the memory, the communication device executes the method as described in the first aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may include entities such as network devices or chips.
  • the communication device includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store instructions; and the processor is used In order to execute the instructions in the memory, the communication device executes the method as described in the second aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may include entities such as terminal devices or chips.
  • the communication device includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store instructions; and the processor is used In order to execute the instructions in the memory, the communication device executes the method as described in the third aspect.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may include entities such as network devices or chips.
  • the communication device includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store instructions; and the processor is used In order to execute the instruction in the memory, the communication device executes the method as described in the fourth aspect.
  • the present application provides a chip system including a processor for supporting a terminal device to implement the functions related to the first aspect described above, for example, sending or processing data related to the above method And / or information.
  • the chip system further includes a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the terminal device.
  • the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
  • the present application provides a chip system including a processor for supporting a terminal device to implement the functions involved in the second aspect, for example, sending or processing data involved in the above method And / or information.
  • the chip system further includes a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network device.
  • the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
  • the present application provides a chip system, the chip system including a processor, for supporting a terminal device to implement the functions involved in the third aspect, for example, sending or processing data involved in the above method And / or information.
  • the chip system further includes a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the terminal device.
  • the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
  • the present application provides a chip system including a processor for supporting a terminal device to implement the functions involved in the fourth aspect, for example, sending or processing data involved in the above method And / or information.
  • the chip system further includes a memory, which is used to store necessary program instructions and data of the network device.
  • the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system to which a paging method according to an embodiment of the present application is applicable;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process between a network device and a first terminal device according to an embodiment of this application;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a base station sending a paging message through multiple beams according to an embodiment of the present application
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between PF and PO provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of sending a paging message through two POs within a time window provided by an embodiment of the present application
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interaction process between a network device and a terminal device according to an embodiment of this application;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a first terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of this application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of this application.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device provided by an embodiment of this application.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • Embodiments of the present application provide a paging method, terminal equipment, and network equipment, which are used to improve the transmission efficiency of paging messages.
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency division multiple access
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
  • CDMA systems can implement wireless technologies such as universal wireless terrestrial access (UTRA), CDMA2000, and so on.
  • UTRA may include wideband CDMA (Wideband CDMA, WCDMA) technology and other CDMA variant technologies.
  • CDMA2000 can cover the interim standard (IS) 2000 (IS-2000), IS-95 and IS-856 standards.
  • the TDMA system can implement wireless technologies such as the global system for mobile (GSM).
  • OFDMA system can realize such as evolved universal wireless terrestrial access (evolved UTRA, E-UTRA), ultra mobile broadband (ultra mobile broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash OFDMA And other wireless technologies.
  • UTRA and E-UTRA are UMTS and UMTS evolved versions.
  • 3GPP's long-term evolution (LTE) and various versions based on LTE evolution are new versions of UMTS that use E-UTRA.
  • the fifth generation (5Generation, abbreviation: "5G”) communication system and New Radio (NR) are the next generation communication systems under study.
  • the communication system may also be applicable to future-oriented communication technologies, and all the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are applicable.
  • the system architecture and business scenarios described in the embodiments of the present application are to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application. With the evolution of the architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication system to which a paging method according to an embodiment of the present application is applicable.
  • the communication system may be a base station access system of a 2G network (that is, the RAN includes a base station and a base station controller), or may be a base station access system of a 3G network (that is, the RAN includes a base station and an RNC), or may be 4G A base station access system of the network (that is, the RAN includes an eNB and an RNC), or may be a base station access system of a 5G network.
  • the RAN includes one or more network devices.
  • the network device may be any device with a wireless transceiver function, or a chip provided in a device with a specific wireless transceiver function.
  • the network equipment includes but is not limited to: base stations (such as base stations BS, base stations NodeB, evolving base stations eNodeB or eNB, base stations gNodeB or gNB in fifth-generation 5G communication systems, base stations in future communication systems, and connection in WiFi systems Incoming node, wireless relay node, wireless backhaul node), etc.
  • the base station may be: a macro base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a small station, a relay station, etc.
  • Multiple base stations may support one or more of the above-mentioned technology networks, or future evolution networks.
  • the core network may support one or more technologies mentioned above or a future evolution network.
  • the base station may include one or more transmission and reception points (transmission receiving points (TRP)).
  • TRP transmission receiving points
  • the network device may also be a wireless controller, a centralized unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU) in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) scenario.
  • the network device may also be a server, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device.
  • the following uses a network device as a base station as an example.
  • the multiple network devices may be base stations of the same type or base stations of different types.
  • the base station can communicate with the terminal devices 1-6, or can communicate with the terminal devices 1-6 through a relay station.
  • Terminal devices 1-6 can support communication with multiple base stations of different technologies, for example, the terminal device can support communication with base stations supporting LTE networks, can also support communication with base stations supporting 5G networks, and can also support base stations with LTE networks And the dual connection of the base station of 5G network.
  • the terminal is connected to the RAN node of the wireless network.
  • RAN nodes are: gNB, transmission reception point (TRP), evolved Node B (evolved Node B, eNB), radio network controller (radio network controller (RNC), node B (Node B, NB), base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS), home base station (eg, home evolved NodeB, or home Node B, HNB), baseband unit , BBU), or wireless fidelity (Wifi) access point (access point, AP), etc.
  • the network device may include a centralized unit (CU) node, or a distributed unit (DU) node, or a RAN device including a CU node and a DU node.
  • Terminal equipment 1-6 also known as user equipment (UE), mobile station (MS), mobile terminal (MT), terminal, etc.
  • UE user equipment
  • MS mobile station
  • MT mobile terminal
  • terminal devices are: mobile phones, tablets, laptops, PDAs, mobile Internet devices (MID), wearable devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, enhanced Augmented reality (AR) equipment, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote surgery, smart grid (smart) Wireless terminals in transportation, wireless terminals in transportation safety, wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, etc.
  • the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present application may be a low-complexity terminal device and / or a terminal device in coverage enhancement A mode.
  • the base station and UE1 to UE6 form a communication system, in which the base station sends one or more of system information, RAR messages and paging messages to one or more of UE1 to UE6
  • UE4 to UE6 also form a communication system.
  • UE5 can be implemented as the function of a base station.
  • UE5 can send one or more of system information, control information, and paging messages to UE4 and One or more UEs in UE6.
  • the paging message sent by the network device to the terminal device is carried over the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the air interface.
  • the terminal device Before receiving the paging message, the terminal device needs to first monitor the physical downlink control channel (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH), then according to whether there is a paging-radio network temporary identity (P-RNTI) carried on the PDCCH, to determine whether the network has sent a paging message to itself in this paging cycle.
  • Idle terminal devices can use discontinuous reception (DRX) to reduce power consumption and increase battery life, that is, within a DRX cycle, the terminal can only receive control at the time position where the paging occasion occurs Information, and then receive the data as needed.
  • DRX discontinuous reception
  • the terminal device can sleep at a time other than the DRX cycle to save power.
  • the DRX cycle can also be called the DRX cycle.
  • a terminal device in an idle state if it wakes up frequently to receive a paging message, it will also increase the power consumption of the terminal device, thereby failing to achieve the purpose of saving power and increasing battery life.
  • the terminal equipment monitors whether the P-RNTI is carried on the PDCCH only during the paging occasion PO on the corresponding paging frame (PF) in a DRX cycle, and then determines whether there is a bearer search on the corresponding PDSCH Call message. If the P-RNTI is carried on the PDCCH, the data on the PDSCH is received according to the parameters of the PDSCH indicated on the PDCCH; if the terminal device does not parse the P-RNTI on the PDCCH, there is no need to receive the PDSCH, and it can follow the DRX The cycle goes to sleep. Using this mechanism, in a DRX cycle, the terminal can only receive the PDCCH at the time position where the PO appears, and then receive the PDSCH as needed. At other times, you can sleep to save power.
  • PF paging frame
  • the embodiment of the present application proposes the following paging method. Please refer to FIG. 2 to provide a A schematic diagram of the interaction process between the network device and the first terminal device, the paging method provided in the embodiment of the present application mainly includes the following steps:
  • the network device determines the first paging occasion of the first terminal device.
  • the network device when the network device needs to communicate with the first terminal device, the network device first determines the first paging opportunity, which is the paging opportunity allocated to the first terminal device.
  • each paging frame includes multiple paging occasions.
  • one paging frame may include four paging occasions.
  • the network device first determines the first The terminal device monitors and receives the paging message on which paging occasion in a paging frame.
  • the first paging occasion is a paging occasion that the first terminal device can monitor and receive.
  • network devices and terminal devices can determine the candidate positions of paging occasions in the time domain according to predefined rules.
  • the network device determining the first paging occasion of the first terminal device includes:
  • the network device determines the first paging occasion of the first terminal device according to the identifier of the first terminal device.
  • the first paging opportunity may be determined by the network device according to the identifier of the first terminal device, for example, the network device determines the first paging opportunity according to the UE ID of the first terminal device. There may be multiple identifiers of the first terminal device. For example, the first paging occasion may be determined according to the international mobile subscriber identification number (IMSI) of the first terminal device.
  • IMSI international mobile subscriber identification number
  • the first terminal device determines the first paging occasion of the first terminal device in the discontinuous reception period.
  • a discontinuous reception cycle includes at least one paging frame, and each paging frame includes at least one paging occasion.
  • the first terminal device determines to go to the paging occasion of a paging frame according to a predefined rule. Attempt to detect and receive paging messages.
  • the first paging timing is determined by the first terminal device according to the paging frame and paging timing configuration provided by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the first terminal device may determine the paging message according to a predefined rule. The candidate position of the calling time in the time domain.
  • step 202, the first terminal device determining the first paging occasion of the first terminal device in the discontinuous reception period includes:
  • the first terminal device determines the first paging occasion of the first terminal device in the discontinuous reception period according to the identifier of the first terminal device.
  • the first paging opportunity may be determined by the first terminal device according to the identifier of the first terminal device, for example, the first terminal device determines the first paging opportunity according to the UE ID. There may be multiple identifiers of the first terminal device. For example, the first paging occasion may be determined according to the IMSI of the first terminal device.
  • the network device When the network device fails to listen to the channel on the first paging occasion, the network device sends the first paging message within the time window.
  • the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging occasion.
  • the time window includes at least A paging occasion.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or sent by the network device to the first terminal device.
  • the network device may predefine the number of paging occasions included in the time window, for example, a time window may include 8 paging occasions, then the first terminal device may determine the included in the time window in a predefined manner Number of paging occasions.
  • the network device may also send a notification message to the first terminal device, so that the first terminal device determines the paging opportunities included in the time window according to the communication message Number.
  • the network device after the network device determines the first paging occasion of the first terminal device, the network device performs channel monitoring before transmission on or before the first paging occasion, that is, The network device may perform LBT on or before the first paging occasion. If the channel interception succeeds, it indicates that the network device preempts the signal transmission resource, and the network device can use the resource to send the first paging message to the first terminal device. If the channel interception fails, it indicates that the network device has not preempted the signal transmission resources. In this case, the network device cannot send the first paging message at the first paging occasion.
  • the network device in the embodiment of the present application continues to try to send the first paging message within the time window determined according to the first paging occasion, thereby increasing the number of search The number of times the paging message is sent ensures the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • the time window refers to a time period or time unit including at least one paging occasion, and the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging occasion.
  • the starting position of the time window may be determined by the time domain position of the first paging occasion when channel listening fails.
  • the starting position of the time window may also be the time domain position of the first available paging opportunity after the first paging opportunity when channel listening fails. That is, the starting position of the time window may be the time domain position where the first paging occasion is located or another time domain position determined according to the first paging occasion, which is not specifically limited here.
  • the time window may include the first paging occasion and the second paging occasion, or the time window may not include the first paging occasion, and the time window includes the second paging occasion.
  • the duration of the time window may be predefined, or the network device is configured for the first terminal device.
  • the duration of the time window is less than or equal to a discontinuous reception period, and the time window is within a discontinuous reception period, and the first terminal device only needs to be within a time window within the discontinuous reception period.
  • the time window may be a time range.
  • the time window may be a time unit, a time offset length, or the number of paging occasions, which is not limited herein.
  • the time window refers to a time period or time unit including at least two paging occasions, and the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging occasion.
  • the starting position of the time window may be determined by the time domain position of the first paging occasion when channel listening fails.
  • the starting position of the time window may also be the time domain position of the first available paging opportunity after the first paging opportunity when channel listening fails. That is, the starting position of the time window may be the time domain position where the first paging occasion is located or another time domain position determined according to the first paging occasion, which is not specifically limited here.
  • the time window may include the first paging occasion and the second paging occasion, or the time window may not include the first paging occasion, and the time window includes the second paging occasion and the third paging occasion.
  • the time window may be a time range.
  • the time window may be a time unit, a time offset length, or the number of paging occasions, which is not limited herein.
  • a time window is predefined or the network device configures a time window for the first terminal device, and the time window includes at least one paging occasion.
  • channel listening on the first paging occasion fails, it can be based on The first paging occasion is shifted to the next available paging occasion within the time window, so that the next available paging occasion is used to transmit the first paging message, where the first paging message is due to channel listening A paging message that failed to be actually sent to the first terminal device.
  • An example is as follows. If the first paging occasion determined in the time domain fails to actually send the first paging message due to LBT failure, the base station may send the first paging opportunity on other available paging occasions within a time window. A paging message.
  • step 203 the network device sends the first paging message within the time window, including:
  • the time window also includes a second paging occasion, and the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the second paging occasion;
  • the network device sends a second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging occasion.
  • the time window includes the first paging occasion and the second paging occasion.
  • the network device can use the second paging occasion in the time window at the same time. For sending a paging message to the first terminal device and the second terminal device, for example, the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the second paging occasion, and the network device sends the second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging occasion Send a second paging message.
  • the first terminal device can determine the second paging occasion within the time window, at this time the first terminal device can receive the first paging message at the second paging occasion, thereby solving the problem of the first paging occasion
  • the failure of channel monitoring failed to transmit paging messages.
  • the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the second paging occasion; and, the network device sends the second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging occasion ,include:
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging locations
  • the network device sends the first paging message to the first terminal device at the first paging location corresponding to the second paging occasion, and,
  • the network device sends a second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the frequency domain corresponds to the first paging position and the second paging position, respectively.
  • the network device may search for one of the two paging positions corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the paging position (for example, the first paging position) is used to send the first paging message to the first terminal device, and the other paging position (for example, the second paging position) corresponding to the second paging occasion is used.
  • (Calling position) is used to send a second paging message to the second terminal device.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second terminal device can receive the second paging message at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion. Call message.
  • the paging method provided by the embodiments of the present application before the network device sends the first paging message within the time window, the paging method provided by the embodiments of the present application further includes:
  • the network device sends a first reference signal sequence to the first terminal device.
  • the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, which is used to indicate the first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the network device may send a reference signal sequence before sending the first paging message at the first paging position. For example, if the network device sends the first reference signal sequence, the first terminal device may receive the first reference signal sequence , The first reference signal sequence carries the indication information of the first paging message transmitted at the first paging position, and the indication information of the first paging message may be an index relative to the second paging occasion, which is resolved by the first terminal device The first reference signal sequence obtains indication information, and the first terminal device can determine the first paging position where the first paging message corresponding to the first paging occasion is located from the indication information. The first terminal device can determine the first paging position where the first paging message is located by receiving the first reference signal sequence, so that the first terminal device can detect and receive the first paging position and send it to the first terminal The first paging message for the device.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message within the time window, the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging occasion, and the time window includes at least one Paging timing.
  • the network device may determine the time window according to the first paging occasion.
  • the network device uses the next available paging occasion within the time window to send the first paging message. Therefore, The first terminal device may also determine a time window according to the first paging occasion, and try to detect and receive the first paging message within the time window. For the description of the time window, see the example in step 203 for details.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • Each paging occasion corresponds to at least one paging position in the frequency domain.
  • each paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions, and different paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • a bandwidth area may be a bandwidth part (BWP), and a bandwidth area may also be a sub-band, for example, the sub-band is 20 MHz bandwidth or 40 MHz bandwidth.
  • BWP bandwidth part
  • a bandwidth area may also be a sub-band, for example, the sub-band is 20 MHz bandwidth or 40 MHz bandwidth.
  • these paging positions occupy different bandwidth areas in the frequency domain.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message within the time window, including:
  • the time window also includes a second paging occasion, and the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the second paging occasion within the time window.
  • the second paging occasion is included in the time window.
  • the network device fails to listen to the channel on the first paging occasion, the network device determines the starting position of the time window according to the first paging occasion.
  • the network device may Within the time window, the second paging occasion sends a first paging message to the first terminal device.
  • the first terminal device can determine the second paging opportunity within the time window.
  • the first terminal device can The first paging message is received at the second paging occasion, thereby solving the problem that the paging message cannot be transmitted because the channel listening of the first paging occasion fails.
  • the second paging occasion may be a paging occasion of the second terminal device.
  • a third paging occasion for use by the first terminal device and the second terminal device may also exist in the time window, and the third paging opportunity may be a paging opportunity of the third terminal device.
  • the first terminal device may also use the third paging occasion to receive the first paging message, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • each paging occasion within the time window corresponds to multiple paging locations.
  • the first terminal device receiving the paging message at the second paging occasion within the time window includes:
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging locations
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging location corresponding to the second paging occasion
  • the second paging location corresponds to the second paging occasion It is used for the second terminal device to receive the second paging message.
  • the frequency domain corresponds to the first paging position and the second paging position, respectively.
  • the network device may search for one of the two paging positions corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the paging position (for example, the first paging position) is used to send the first paging message to the first terminal device, and the other paging position (for example, the second paging position) corresponding to the second paging occasion is used.
  • (Calling position) is used to send a second paging message to the second terminal device.
  • the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second terminal device can receive the second paging message at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion. Call message.
  • the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion may be implicitly determined, for example, the first paging position may be determined by the first terminal device according to the device identification of the first terminal device It is determined that, for example, the first terminal device determines the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion according to the UE ID, so that the first terminal device can obtain the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the second paging location is a predefined paging location.
  • the network device may determine the second paging location corresponding to the second paging occasion in a predefined manner, so that the network device may send the second paging location to the second terminal device at the second paging location corresponding to the second paging occasion Paging message, the corresponding second terminal device can receive the second paging message at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the second terminal device can receive the network through the predefined second paging position The second paging message sent by the device.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index.
  • the second terminal device may determine the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion in a predefined manner.
  • the paging position corresponding to the minimum index bandwidth area or the paging position corresponding to the maximum index bandwidth area can be directly defined as the second paging position, and the minimum index refers to the bandwidth area
  • the index number is the smallest, and the maximum index refers to the largest index number of the bandwidth area.
  • the bandwidth area here refers to the bandwidth range occupied by signal transmission.
  • the bandwidth area may be a subband in the frequency domain.
  • a bandwidth area may be a bandwidth part, and a bandwidth area may also be a subband, for example, the subband is a bandwidth of 20 MHz, or a bandwidth of 40 MHz, and so on.
  • the paging message to be transmitted corresponding to the second paging occasion is mapped to a predefined subband of at least two subbands by default.
  • the subband corresponding to the smallest index may be a predefined second paging position, or the subband corresponding to the largest index may be a predefined second paging position, etc., where the subband may be at 20 MHz
  • the integer multiple is the channel bandwidth of the smallest granularity.
  • the paging method provided by the embodiments of the present application before the first terminal device receives the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, the paging method provided by the embodiments of the present application further includes:
  • the first terminal device receives the first reference signal sequence, and the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, which is used to indicate the first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the network device may send a reference signal sequence before sending the first paging message at the first paging position. For example, if the network device sends the first reference signal sequence, the first terminal device may receive the first reference signal sequence , The first reference signal sequence carries the indication information of the first paging message transmitted at the first paging position, and the indication information of the first paging message is used to indicate the deviation of the first paging occasion relative to the second paging occasion Shift value. For example, if the second paging occasion is the current paging occasion, the indication information of the first paging message is used to indicate the offset value of the first paging occasion relative to the current paging occasion.
  • the first terminal device parses the first reference signal sequence to obtain indication information, and the first terminal device can determine the first paging location where the first paging message is located from the indication information.
  • the first terminal device can determine the first paging position where the first paging message is located by receiving the first reference signal sequence, so that the first terminal device can detect and receive the first paging message at the first paging position .
  • the first reference signal sequence may be an initial signal sequence used to identify the start of data transmission, or a demodulation reference signal sequence of a control channel, or a channel state information reference signal sequence, or a time-frequency
  • the reference signal sequence for synchronous tracking or the signal sequence for synchronization is not limited here.
  • the indication information in the first reference signal sequence is also used to indicate that the paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window. That is, the network device uses the indication information to indicate that the first paging message to be sent at the first paging position corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window, and the first paging occasion cannot transmit the first paging message because of channel failure.
  • a paging message the first paging message is sent using the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion, and the first terminal device parses the indication information to determine the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion The first paging message on corresponds to the first paging occasion.
  • the first reference signal sequence is also used to indicate the starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the first reference signal sequence may be an initial reference signal sequence that indicates the start of signal transmission.
  • the transmitted signal may be a control channel, a synchronization signal, a broadcast channel, a downlink reference signal, or any other downlink signal, which is not specifically limited here. .
  • the network device may determine the first paging occasion for sending the first paging message in a discontinuous reception period, if it is on this first paging occasion If the network device fails to actually send the paging message, the network device may transfer the first paging occasion that has not been actually used due to the failure of channel listening to the next paging occasion in a time window, and the first terminal device may The first paging occasion receives the first paging message at other paging occasions within a time window, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • the embodiments of the present application can implement the enhancement of the paging message transmission process to compensate for the problem of reduced paging opportunities due to the failure to perform LBT.
  • the network elements involved in the embodiments of the present application are a UE and a base station.
  • FIG. 3 it is a schematic diagram of a base station using multiple beams to send a paging message according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the network device needs to page the UE, because the network does not have the context information of the UE, it does not know which beam to send the paging message to the UE, so it needs to scan through multiple beams, that is, through multiple beams Send paging messages to achieve better coverage.
  • Synchronization signals (SS) in the 5G system also support multi-beam transmission to facilitate reception by UEs in the cell.
  • Multi-beam transmission of synchronization signals is achieved by defining SS burst signal sets.
  • One SS burst signal set contains one or more SS bursts, and one SS burst contains one or more SS blocks.
  • One SS block is used to carry the synchronization signal of one beam. Therefore, one SS burst signal set contains synchronization signals of the number of SS blocks in the cell.
  • the UE has only one PO in one DRX cycle period, and one PO may include a paging message under a round of beams (that is, multiple paging occasions), but in an unlicensed spectrum, due to uncertainty
  • the impact of LBT results Therefore, when the LBT result of the base station fails and resources are not preempted, some paging occasions determined semi-statically or according to predefined rules will not be sent normally, resulting in greatly reduced paging opportunities that the base station can actually send.
  • the UE obtains the DRX cycle and the configuration information for determining the PF and PO of the cell in the DRX cycle through the system message, and the configuration information can be used to determine the set of PFs in the DRX cycle and the number and position of POs in each PF.
  • the UE determines the number of PFs included in the PO burst signal set according to the set of PFs in the DRX cycle and the number and position of POs in each PF, and nB.
  • nB represents the total number of POs in a DRX cycle.
  • nB is broadcast by the network in system information broadcast (SIB) 2, its value range is 4T, 2T, T, T / 2, T / 4, T / 8, T / 16, T / 32,
  • the unit is a radio frame.
  • the UE calculates the position of the PF and PO burst that the UE needs to receive the paging message in the DRX cycle according to the UE ID, that is, different UEs calculate their respective PO bursts according to their UE IDs.
  • Nps represents the number of PO bursts in the DRX cycle
  • the number of PO bursts in the DRX cycle is 1, ..., Nps.
  • the PO set number received by the UE UE ID mod Nps.
  • FIG. 4 it is a schematic diagram of the relationship between PF and PO provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • a PO burst contains POs in two PFs, namely PF0 and PF1. Each PF contains 4 POs.
  • Nb 8
  • the UE can calculate the paging position PF by the following formula:
  • SFN is the system frame number
  • PF can be calculated by the above formula SFN mod T, for the first terminal device and the second terminal device in the foregoing embodiment
  • the respective paging positions can be calculated by the above formula. Since the value of SFN ranges from 0 to 1023, PF will appear periodically within the value range of 0 to 1023. mod means modulus calculation, / means division, and ⁇ means multiplication.
  • T is the length of the DRX cycle of the UE, indicating the length of a paging cycle, the unit is a radio frame (10ms).
  • T min (Tc, Tue), that is, take the minimum value between Tc and Tue.
  • Tc and Tue respectively represent the paging cycle set by the core network and the wireless side.
  • the paging cycle of the wireless side is less than the core network cycle, and the default is equal to the paging cycle of the wireless side.
  • This parameter is read from SIB2.
  • Tc is obtained from the paging message of SIB1.
  • N represents the number of PFs in a DRX cycle
  • N min (T, nB)
  • nB is read from SIB2
  • nB represents the total number of POs in a DRX cycle.
  • nB is broadcast by the network in SIB2.
  • the value of nB can be any of the following values: 4T, 2T, T, T / 2, T / 4, T / 8, T / 16, T / 32,
  • the unit is a radio frame, and without limitation, nB may take other values than the above.
  • the paging occasion is the subframe number corresponding to the location of the paging occasion contained in the paging frame. At this moment, it can be obtained through the correspondence between Ns and i_s.
  • Ns represents the number of POs in a PF
  • i_s represents the number of PO.
  • FDD frequency division duplexing
  • Ns max (1, nB / T), which represents the number of POs in one PF.
  • i_s floor (UE ID / N) mod Ns.
  • the following illustrates the calculation of paging frames and paging moments.
  • the location of the paging frame may be 114, 242, 370, 498, 626, 754, 882 ...
  • the second step is to confirm the paging timing. Find Ns and i_s according to the formula.
  • the position of the paging opportunity PO determined by the above formula may be invalid, and to compensate for the transmission opportunity of the PO that is invalidated by LBT and invalidated, a time window or base station may be predefined
  • the UE configures a time window.
  • this PO may be shifted to the next available paging occasion within the time window, for example, shifted to PO (j).
  • the base station succeeds in LBT on at least one subband, and time j is a paging transmission time different from time i.
  • One time window may include at least one paging occasion PO, where the at least one paging occasion refers to at least one paging occasion in the time domain by default.
  • the number of paging opportunities PO included in a paging frame is configured by the system information to the UE, and the time domain position of each PO under each number of POs is predefined in the base station and the UE side.
  • data transmission on unlicensed spectrum resources can generally occupy a larger transmission bandwidth. For example, 20MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz, 160MHz, etc.
  • the base station needs to perform LBT on multiple 20MHz subbands before data transmission.
  • data transmission can only be performed on subbands where LBT is successful.
  • the base station may succeed in LBT on multiple subbands, thereby obtaining the opportunity to transmit paging information on multiple candidate subbands.
  • the example of the subband taking the minimum channel bandwidth of 20 MHz for signal transmission in the unlicensed spectrum as an example is only an illustration.
  • the definition of the above subband may be other bandwidth values other than 20MHz, such as 40MHz, 60MHz, etc., which is not specifically limited here.
  • the PO corresponding to the time j is mapped on a certain subband of the at least two subbands by default.
  • the determined subband may be a subband corresponding to the smallest subband index among the at least two subbands.
  • the determined subband may also be a subband corresponding to the largest subband index among the at least two subbands, which is not specifically limited herein.
  • the other sub-bands in the at least two sub-bands may be allocated to other POs whose LBT has failed previously, for example, the POs at the time i in the foregoing.
  • which PO is used to transmit the remaining sub-bands can be determined according to predefined rules, such as implicit decision based on UE ID, or joint implicit decision based on UE ID and sub-band ID, which is not specifically limited here.
  • the base station carries the information of the PO transmitted on each subband through the reference signal sequence.
  • the reference signal sequence may be an initial signal sequence used for data transmission identification or a demodulation reference signal sequence of a control channel or a channel state information reference signal sequence or a synchronization type signal sequence, etc., which is not specifically limited here.
  • this indication information may refer to the paging occasion PO corresponding to the current subband as a reference point for all time domains contained in a time window
  • the relative index indication of PO relative to the current reference point For example, assuming that the number of time-domain POs contained in a time window is 3, and the paging opportunity PO corresponding to the current subband is the third PO in the time window, other POs that are transferred are relative to this reference PO
  • the relative index indicates that the value is either 1 or 2. Therefore, the reference signal sequence only needs to carry 1 bit.
  • FIG. 5 it is a schematic diagram of sending a paging message through two POs within a time window provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • paging opportunities at each moment in the frequency domain as an example of 3 subband transmission opportunities
  • all UEs are divided into 4 groups in the time domain.
  • UE0 represents the first group of UEs
  • UE1 represents the second group of UEs
  • UE2 represents the third group of UEs
  • UE3 represents the fourth group of UEs.
  • the time-domain PO position determined according to the above formula is PO 0, but PO 0 cannot be actually transmitted due to the failure of the LBT result.
  • PO 0 is transferred to PO 0 as the starting point, and 3 POs are In subband 1 in the third PO of a time window of length, the third PO moment is a PO moment for the third group of UEs, and the base station is in subband 1 and subband 2 at the third PO moment If both LBTs are successful, at this time, the PO opportunity on subband 2 defaults to the third group of UEs, so that the remaining PO opportunities on subband 1 can be transferred to the first group of UEs.
  • the network device can determine the first paging occasion for sending the first paging message in a discontinuous reception period. If the network device fails to actually send the paging message on this first paging occasion , The network device can transfer the first paging occasion that is not actually used due to the failure of channel listening to the next paging occasion in a time window, and the UE can use the other paging occasions within a time window according to the first paging occasion. The first paging message is received at the paging occasion, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the paging message.
  • the UE only needs to be woken up at some predefined moments in a DRX cycle, and enters sleep at other times in the DRX cycle.
  • the UE uses more paging opportunities in the time window Try to receive the paging message, which increases the efficiency of receiving the paging message. Therefore, the UE only needs to wake up to receive the paging message within the time window and does not need to wake up frequently outside the time window, which can save the power consumption of the UE and save power. purpose.
  • the UE uses the paging opportunity in the time window to try to receive the paging message, which increases the efficiency of receiving the paging message, and can also reduce the detection complexity of the UE.
  • the UE will only determine one of the multiple POs to receive paging messages in one DRX cycle, and in this embodiment of the present application, it is first determined according to predefined rules to use one DRX cycle for receiving the search.
  • the PO at the time of the call. If the base station fails to send the paging message at this time, the base station allows the base station to transfer the failed PO to the next PO in a time window for transmission.
  • the pre-defined paging moment PO is the starting point, and continue to search and detect paging messages on other available PO timing resources within a time window.
  • the PO timing resources available within this time window include the time domain resources for LBT success and / or the frequency domain resources for LBT success.
  • the base station indicates the paging where the paging message is transferred after the LBT failure through a reference signal sequence. position.
  • the network device for the random access process of the UE, in the prior art, determines the radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) of the downlink control channel corresponding to the random access response. For different random access channel time-frequency resources, the corresponding RNTI of the downlink control channel will also be different.
  • the UE needs to perform multiple detection attempts on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by different RNTIs, so the existing technology increases the detection complexity of the UE.
  • the network device after the same UE sends the same random access preamble based on different random access resources, the network device performs a random access response to the random access preamble sent by the UE.
  • the control channels of the random access response corresponding to the random access resources are associated with the same RNTI, so that the UE only needs to perform one detection attempt on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by the same RNTI, which greatly reduces the detection complexity of the UE.
  • FIG. 6, is a schematic diagram of an interaction process between a network device and a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the random access method provided by the embodiment of the present application mainly includes the following steps:
  • the terminal device sends K times the first preamble to the network device.
  • the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device.
  • the K times first preamble corresponds to K downlink control information, and K downlink
  • the control information is scrambled using the first scrambling code value, and K is a positive integer greater than 1.
  • the terminal device may send the same preamble to the network device multiple times, for example, the number of transmissions is represented by K, the same preamble sent is expressed as the first preamble, and the first preamble is the terminal device needs to send Give any preamble to the network device.
  • the network device needs to send K downlink control information corresponding to the K-time first preamble, the K downlink control information is scrambled with the same scrambling code value, and the same scrambling is used
  • the code value is expressed as the first scrambling code value.
  • the network device receives K first preambles sent by the terminal device.
  • the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device, and K is a positive integer greater than 1.
  • the network device for the K-time first preamble sent by the terminal device, after receiving the first preamble, the network device correspondingly sends K pieces of downlink control information.
  • the network device uses the first scrambling code value to scramble the K downlink control information.
  • the network device for the K times of the first preamble sent by the terminal device, after receiving the K times of the first preamble, the network device needs to send K pieces of downlink control information, the K pieces of downlink control information
  • the same scrambling code value is used for scrambling, and the same scrambling code value used is expressed as the first scrambling code value. Since the terminal device only needs to perform one detection attempt on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by the same RNTI, it can greatly Reduce the detection complexity of terminal equipment.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information to the terminal device.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is determined according to the first random access resource among the K random access resources.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information for the K times of the first preamble, the K downlink control information is scrambled by the same scrambling code value, and the same scrambling code value used is expressed as the first scrambling code value.
  • the value of the first scrambling code is determined according to the first random access resource among the K random access resources, that is, the terminal device only needs to determine K downlink control information for scrambling according to the first random access resource.
  • the first scrambling code value does not need to calculate the scrambling code value of K downlink control information for the K random access resources corresponding to the K times of the first preamble, and the terminal device only needs to scramble multiple downlinks of the same RNTI A detection attempt by the control channel can greatly reduce the detection complexity of the terminal device.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource; or, the first random access resource is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the network device and the terminal device side may predefine the first random access resource, for example, the first random access resource is predetermined to be a certain random access resource among the K random access resources. For example, the first random access resource among the K random access resources or the last random access resource among the K random access resources, etc., which is not specifically limited here, the terminal device may follow the predefined method Or the rule determines the first random access resource. Alternatively, after the network device determines the first random access resource, the network device may also send indication information of the first random access resource to the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines K random access resources according to the indication information The first random access resource.
  • K times the first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • K random access resources belong to the first random access resource group
  • the first random access resource group is a pre- Defined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • the network device may predefine the first random access resource group.
  • the random access resource information included in the first random access resource group is determined according to a pre-defined rule, and the pre-defined rule is optionally: continuous K random access resources in the time domain and / or frequency domain
  • the first random access resource group, etc. is not specifically limited here.
  • the terminal device may determine the first random access resource group in a predefined manner.
  • the network device may also send indication information of the first random access resource group to the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines the first random access according to the indication information Resource group.
  • the network device may directly indicate the random access resource information that constitutes the first random access resource group, such as the index number of the random access resource.
  • the network device may also indicate information such as the interval of any two consecutive random access resources constituting the first random access resource group and / or the number of random access resources constituting the first random access resource group, etc.
  • the terminal equipment there is no specific limitation here.
  • the terminal device receives at least one piece of downlink control information from the K pieces of downlink control information sent by the network device according to the first scrambling code value in the detection time window of the downlink control information.
  • the network device sends K downlink control information, where the downlink control information may include scheduling information of a random access response message. Since the network device uses the same first scrambling code value for scrambling, the terminal device only needs to use the same first scrambling code value to receive at least one downlink control information from the K downlink control information during this detection time window. For the terminal device, there is no need to perform multiple detection attempts on multiple downlink control channels scrambled by different RNTIs, so the detection complexity of the terminal device can be greatly reduced.
  • Random Access Response that is, Msg2
  • RAR Random Access Response
  • the process for the base station to send RAR to the terminal is as follows: the base station determines the RA-RNTI according to the PRACH time-frequency resource location of the preamble, and then uses a random access wireless network temporary identifier (Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RA-RNTI) Scramble the RAR, and then send the scrambled RAR and the control information of the scheduled RAR to the terminal.
  • the terminal determines the RA-RNTI according to the time-frequency resource information of the random access channel (RACH) that sends the preamble, and then demodulates and receives the RAR according to the RA-RNTI.
  • RACH random access channel
  • the terminal needs to obtain the same RA-RNTI as the base station in order to obtain the correct RAR.
  • the terminal and the base station are mainly based on the characterization time index and / or frequency domain position index used for RACH time-frequency resources, such as slot number index, OFDM symbol index, subframe number index, system frame number index, and frequency domain position index.
  • RACH resources are collectively referred to as RACH resources below.
  • the terminal device can make multiple RACH transmission attempts for the same random access preamble, because of multiple RACH The transmission corresponds to the same random access preamble. Therefore, the base station responds to each transmitted RACH resource with downlink control information scrambled by the same RNTI value.
  • the UE attempts to detect multiple copies of the same RNTI value within a detection time window At least one piece of downlink control information in the scrambled downlink control information is sufficient.
  • the RNTI scrambling may be scrambling on the CRC of the downlink control information, or may be direct scrambling on the DCI information, which is not specifically limited here.
  • multiple downlink control information of the random access response corresponds to the same RNTI value
  • the corresponding multiple RACH resources may constitute a RACH resource group
  • the random access response of the RACH resources in the same group Corresponding to the same RNTI value.
  • the same RNTI value can be obtained based on a reference RACH resource in the RACH resource group.
  • the reference RACH resource can be the first RACH resource or the last RACH resource in the RACH resource group. Specific restrictions.
  • the reference RACH resource in one RACH resource group may be predefined, or may be configured by the base station to the UE.
  • the remaining minimum system information (remaining minimum system information, RMSI) is notified to the UE.
  • the configuration method of the reference signal resource may also be other information or signaling besides RMSI.
  • OSI System Information
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the RACH resource group here can be the same as or different from the RACH resource group in the synchronization signal or broadcast channel block (Synchronization Signal / Broadcast Channel, Block, SS / BCH Block) to a set of random access opportunities (RACH Occasion, RO) mapping, such as
  • the RACH resource group may be composed of all or part of the RACH resources in the RACH resource group to which the SS / BCH Block is mapped.
  • the base station and the UE may determine the RNTI value associated with a piece of downlink control information corresponding to a RACH resource according to the following formula:
  • RA-RNTI 1 + s_id + 14 ⁇ t_id + 14 ⁇ 80 ⁇ f_id + 14 ⁇ 80 ⁇ 8 ⁇ ul_carrier_id.
  • s_id is the index number of the first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol corresponding to the RACH resource (0 ⁇ s_id ⁇ 14), and t_id is the corresponding RACH resource in a system frame
  • the index number of the first time slot (0 ⁇ t_id ⁇ 80)
  • f_id is the index number of the RACH resource in the frequency domain (0 ⁇ f_id ⁇ 8)
  • ul_carrier_id is the index of the uplink carrier used for the transmission of the RACH resource, where 0 represents the NR normal upstream carrier, and 1 represents the NR auxiliary upstream carrier.
  • the RACH resources transmitted multiple times before the random access response are associated with the same RNTI value, and the multiple RACH resources correspond to the same random access preamble, so for the UE only One random access resource among the multiple-transmitted random access resources can determine the same scrambling code value used when multiple downlink control information is scrambled, which reduces the detection complexity of the UE.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device in an embodiment of the present application.
  • the terminal device is specifically a first terminal device 700.
  • the first terminal device 700 includes a processing module 701 and a receiving module 702. among them,
  • the processing module 701 is configured to determine the first paging occasion of the first terminal device in the discontinuous reception period;
  • the processing module 701 is further configured to receive the first paging message within the time window through the receiving module 702 when the channel listening on the first paging occasion fails, the starting position of the time window Determined by the first paging occasion, the time window includes: at least one paging occasion.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • the processing module 701 is further configured to receive the first paging message through the receiving module 702 at a second paging occasion within the time window.
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions
  • the processing module 701 is further configured to use the receiving module 702
  • the first paging message is received at a paging position
  • the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion is used for the second terminal device to receive the second paging message.
  • the second paging location is a predefined paging location.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index.
  • the processing module 701 is further configured to pass the receiving module before receiving the first paging message at the first paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion.
  • the receiving module 702 receives a first reference signal sequence, where the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first reference signal sequence is also used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the network device to the first terminal device.
  • the processing module 701 is further configured to determine the first paging occasion of the first terminal device in a discontinuous reception period according to the identifier of the first terminal device.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device in an embodiment of the present application.
  • a network device 800 provided in an embodiment of the present application includes: a processing module 801 and a sending module 802, where,
  • the processing module 801 is configured to determine the first paging occasion of the first terminal device
  • the processing module 801 is further configured to send a first paging message within a time window through the sending module 802, and the starting position of the time window is determined by the first paging opportunity, and the time window includes: At least one paging occasion.
  • each paging occasion included in the time window corresponds to at least one paging location, where different paging locations occupy different bandwidth areas.
  • the time window further includes a second paging occasion
  • the processing module 801 is further configured to send the first terminal to the first terminal at the second paging occasion through the sending module 802.
  • the device sends the first paging message; and sends the second paging message to the second terminal device at the second paging occasion through the sending module.
  • the second paging occasion corresponds to at least two paging positions
  • the processing module 801 is further configured to use the sending module 802 to determine the second paging occasion Sending the first paging message to the first terminal device at a paging position; and, to the second terminal at the second paging position corresponding to the second paging occasion through the sending module The device sends the second paging message.
  • the second paging position is a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the smallest index or a paging position corresponding to the bandwidth area with the largest index.
  • the processing module 801 is further configured to send the first reference signal sequence to the first terminal device through the sending module 802 before sending the first paging message in the time window.
  • the first reference signal sequence carries indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate a first paging location where the first paging message is located.
  • the indication information is further used to indicate that the first paging message corresponds to the first paging occasion within the time window.
  • the first reference signal sequence is used to indicate starting position information of signal transmission.
  • the number of paging occasions included in the time window is predefined, or the number of paging occasions is sent by the sending module to the first terminal device.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device in an embodiment of the present application.
  • a terminal device 900 provided in an embodiment of the present application includes: a sending module 901, a receiving module 902, and a processing module 903, where,
  • the processing module 903 is configured to send the first preamble to the network device K times through the sending module 901.
  • the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K downlink control information, all of the K downlink control information are scrambled using the first scrambling code value, and the K is a positive integer greater than 1;
  • the processing module 903 is further configured to receive at least one of the K pieces of downlink control information sent by the network device according to the first scrambling code value in the detection time window of the downlink control information through the receiving module 902 A downlink control message.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first random access resource among the K random access resources definite.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource
  • the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the K times first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group
  • the first random access resources The group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device in an embodiment of the present application.
  • a network device 1000 provided in an embodiment of the present application includes: a receiving module 1001, a processing module 1002, and a sending module 1003, where,
  • the processing module 1002 is configured to receive the K-time first preamble sent by the terminal device through the receiving module 1001, where the first preamble is any preamble that the terminal device needs to send to the network device,
  • the K is a positive integer greater than 1;
  • the processing module 1002 is configured to scramble the K downlink control information using the first scrambling code value
  • the processing module 1002 is configured to send the K pieces of downlink control information to the terminal device in the time window through the sending module 1003.
  • the K-time first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the first scrambling code value is based on the first random access resource among the K random access resources definite.
  • the first random access resource is a predefined random access resource
  • the first random access resource is configured by the network device for the terminal device.
  • the K times first preamble corresponds to K random access resources
  • the K random access resources belong to a first random access resource group
  • the first random access resources The group is predefined, or the first random access resource group is configured by the network device to the terminal device.
  • An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a program, and the program executes some or all of the steps described in the foregoing method embodiments.
  • the terminal device 1100 includes:
  • the receiver 1101, the transmitter 1102, the processor 1103, and the memory 1104 (wherein the number of the processor 1103 in the terminal device 1100 may be one or more, and one processor is taken as an example in FIG. 11).
  • the receiver 1101, the transmitter 1102, the processor 1103, and the memory 1104 may be connected through a bus or in other ways. In FIG. 11, connection through a bus is used as an example.
  • the memory 1104 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor 1103. A part of the memory 1104 may further include a non-volatile random access memory (non-volatile random access memory, NVRAM).
  • the memory 1104 stores an operating system and operation instructions, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an extended set thereof, where the operation instructions may include various operation instructions for implementing various operations.
  • the operating system may include various system programs for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks.
  • the processor 1103 controls the operation of the terminal device, and the processor 1103 may also be referred to as a central processing unit (CPU).
  • CPU central processing unit
  • each component of the terminal device is coupled together through a bus system, where the bus system may include a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.
  • bus system may include a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus.
  • various buses are called bus systems in the figure.
  • the method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 1103 or implemented by the processor 1103.
  • the processor 1103 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1103 or an instruction in the form of software.
  • the aforementioned processor 1103 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or Other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or executed.
  • the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or may be executed and completed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • the software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art, such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, and registers.
  • the storage medium is located in the memory 1104, and the processor 1103 reads the information in the memory 1104, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
  • the receiver 1101 can be used to receive input digital or character information, and generate signal input related to terminal device related settings and function control.
  • the transmitter 1102 can include display devices such as a display screen, and the transmitter 1102 can be used to output numbers through an external interface Or character information.
  • the processor 1103 is configured to execute the foregoing paging method performed by the terminal device or the first terminal device.
  • the network device 1200 includes:
  • the receiver 1201, the transmitter 1202, the processor 1203, and the memory 1204 (wherein the number of the processor 1203 in the network device 1200 may be one or more, and one processor is taken as an example in FIG. 12).
  • the receiver 1201, the transmitter 1202, the processor 1203, and the memory 1204 may be connected through a bus or in other ways. In FIG. 12, connection through a bus is used as an example.
  • the memory 1204 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide instructions and data to the processor 1203. A portion of the memory 1204 may also include NVRAM.
  • the memory 1204 stores an operating system and operation instructions, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an extended set thereof, where the operation instructions may include various operation instructions for implementing various operations.
  • the operating system may include various system programs for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks.
  • the processor 1203 controls the operation of the network device, and the processor 1203 may also be referred to as a CPU.
  • the various components of the network device are coupled together through a bus system.
  • the bus system may also include a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus.
  • various buses are called bus systems in the figure.
  • the method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present application may be applied to the processor 1203 or implemented by the processor 1203.
  • the processor 1203 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1203 or an instruction in the form of software.
  • the foregoing processor 1203 may be a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware component.
  • the methods, steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or executed.
  • the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • the steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied and executed by a hardware decoding processor, or may be executed and completed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
  • the software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art, such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, and registers.
  • the storage medium is located in the memory 1204, and the processor 1203 reads the information in the memory 1204 and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
  • the processor 1203 is configured to execute the foregoing paging method performed by the network device.
  • the chip includes: a processing unit and a communication unit.
  • the processing unit may be, for example, a processor, and the communication unit may be, for example, an input / output interface, pins, or circuits.
  • the processing unit can execute the computer execution instructions stored in the storage unit, so that the chip in the terminal executes the wireless communication method of any one of the first aspect.
  • the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, etc.
  • the storage unit may also be a storage unit in the terminal outside the chip, such as a read-only memory (read -only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM), etc.
  • ROM read-only memory
  • RAM random access memory
  • the processor mentioned in any of the above can be a general-purpose central processing unit, a microprocessor, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of the program of the method of the first aspect.
  • the device embodiments described above are only schematic, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be The physical unit may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
  • the connection relationship between the modules indicates that there is a communication connection between them, which may be specifically implemented as one or more communication buses or signal lines.
  • the technical solution of the present application can essentially be embodied in the form of a software product that contributes to the existing technology, and the computer software product is stored in a readable storage medium, such as a computer floppy disk , U disk, mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk, etc., including several instructions to enable a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present application .
  • a computer device which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.
  • the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
  • the computer may be a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices.
  • the computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be from a website site, computer, server or data center Transmit to another website, computer, server or data center via wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.).
  • wired such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)
  • wireless such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be stored by a computer or a data storage device including a server, a data center, and the like integrated with one or more available media.
  • the usable medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), optical medium (eg, DVD), or semiconductor medium (eg, solid state disk (SSD)), or the like.

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本申请实施例公开了一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备,用于提高寻呼消息的传输效率。本申请实施例提供一种寻呼方法,包括:第一终端设备在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,所述第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。

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一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备
本申请要求于2018年11月2日提交中国专利局、申请号为201811302859.2、发明名称为“一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备”的中国专利申请的优先权,其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本申请涉及通信领域,尤其涉及一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备。
背景技术
在第三代合作伙伴计划(3rd generation partnership project,3GPP)中,例如在长期演进(long term evolution,LTE)系统中,网络设备可以向空闲状态(idle)和连接状态(connected)的用户设备(user equipment,UE)发送寻呼消息(paging)。寻呼过程可以由核心网触发或者由基站(eNodeB)触发,该寻呼消息用于向处于空闲态的UE发送呼叫请求,或者用于通知系统信息更新,以及通知UE接收地震海啸预警信息(earthquake and tsunami warning system,ETWS)以及商用移动预警服务(commercial mobile alert system,CMAS)等信息。
eNodeB接收到核心网的寻呼消息后,解读其中的内容,得到该UE的跟踪区域标识(tracking area identity,TAI)列表(List),并在其下属于列表中跟踪区的小区进行空口的寻呼。寻呼消息中的核心网域(CN Domain)指示不会在eNodeB解码,而是被传递到UE。eNodeB收到核心网的寻呼消息之后,将寻呼时机(paging occasion,PO)相同的UE的寻呼汇总成一条寻呼消息,通过寻呼信道传输给相关UE,UE通过系统消息收到的寻呼参数,结合自身的国际移动用户识别码(international mobile subscriber identification number,IMSI)计算寻呼时机,在相应的时间接收寻呼消息。
为了达到减少UE功耗的目的,UE使用非连续接收(discontinuous reception,DRX)模式来不定期接收寻呼消息。UE在一个DRX的周期内,只在相应的寻呼帧(paging frame,PF)上的PO时刻醒来进行寻呼消息的接收。在一个DRX周期内,终端可以只在PO出现的时间位置上去接收控制信息,然后再根据控制信道的调度信息去接收数据,而在DRX周期以外的其它时间,UE可以处于睡眠状态,以达到节省功耗的目的。
现有技术在实现过程中,终端只在DRX周期中的PO时刻接收寻呼消息。而在非授权频段中,信号在传输前,包括寻呼消息传输前需要执行先听后说(listen before talk,LBT)。即基站只有在执行LBT成功,在抢占资源成功时才能发送信号,而每次资源抢占的结果有很大的不确定性。因此,现有技术中半静态配置或隐式确定的寻呼时机可能由于执行LBT的失败,导致在先前确定的PO时刻也无法发送寻呼消息,从而造成基站实际可发送的寻呼机严重减少,而寻呼消息携带的一些重要信息未能及时传递给用户。
综上分析可知,现有技术存在由于执行LBT失败导致的寻呼机会减少的问题,降低了寻呼消息的传输效率。
发明内容
本申请实施例提供了一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备,用于提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
为解决上述技术问题,本申请实施例提供以下技术方案:
第一方面,本申请实施例提供一种寻呼方法,包括:第一终端设备在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,所述第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。在本申请实施例中,第一终端设备可以确定一个非连续接收周期中用于发送第一寻呼消息的第一寻呼时机,如果在此第一寻呼时机上网络设备未能实际发送寻呼消息,由于信道侦听失败而未能实际使用的第一寻呼时机转移到一个时间窗中的下一个寻呼时机,而第一终端设备可以根据第一寻呼时机在一个时间窗内的其他寻呼时机上来接收第一寻呼消息,从而提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。其中,每个寻呼时机在频域上对应至少一个寻呼位置。例如每个寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。其中,一个带宽区域可以是一个带宽部分,一个带宽区域也可以是一个子带,例如该子带为20MHz的带宽,或者40MHz的带宽等。对于第一寻呼时机对应的多个寻呼位置,这些寻呼位置在频域上占用不同的带宽区域。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,包括:所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息。其中,网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,网络设备根据该第一寻呼时机确定出时间窗的起始位置,网络设备可以在该时间窗内第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,相应的,第一终端设备可以在该时间窗内确定出第二寻呼时机,此时第一终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息,从而解决了因为第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法传输寻呼消息的问题。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息,包括:所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息,所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。其中,第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收第一寻呼消息,第二终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上接收第二寻呼消息,提高了第一寻呼消息的传输效率。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。第二终端设备确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置可以采用预定义的方式。其中,可以直接定义最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置为第二寻呼位置,最小索引指的是带宽区域的索引号最小,最大索引是指带宽区域的索引号最大,此处的带宽区域指的是信号传输所占用的带宽范围,带宽区域可以是频域上的子带。其中,一个带宽区域可以是一个带宽部分,一个带宽区域也可以是一个子带。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻 呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息之前,所述方法还包括:所述第一终端设备接收第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。其中,网络设备可以在第一寻呼位置上发送第一寻呼消息之前,先发送一个参考信号序列,例如网络设备发送第一参考信号序列,则第一终端设备可以接收该第一参考信号序列,第一参考信号序列携带第一寻呼位置上传输的第一寻呼消息的指示信息,此第一寻呼消息的指示信息用于指示第一寻呼时机相对于第二寻呼时机的偏移值。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。由于第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法发送第一寻呼消息,该第一寻呼消息使用了第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置来发送,第一终端设备解析该指示信息可以确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上的第一寻呼消息对应于第一寻呼时机。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。其中,第一参考信号序列可以为指示信号传输起始的初始参考信号序列,例如传输的信号可以是控制信道、同步信号、广播信道、下行参考信号或任意其他下行信号等。
在第一方面的一种可能实现中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。其中,网络设备可以预定义该时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数,第一终端设备可以按照预定义的方式确定出时间窗内的包括的寻呼时机个数。或者,网络设备在确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数之后,网络设备还可以向第一终端设备发送通知消息,以使得第一终端设备根据该通信消息确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数。
第二方面,本申请实施例还提供一种寻呼方法,包括:网络设备确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;当所述网络设备在所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。在本申请实施例中,网络设备可以确定用于发送第一寻呼消息的第一寻呼时机,如果在此第一寻呼时机上网络设备未能实际发送寻呼消息,网络设备可以将由于信道侦听失败而未能实际使用的第一寻呼时机转移到一个时间窗中的下一个寻呼时机,而第一终端设备可以根据第一寻呼时机在一个时间窗内的其他寻呼时机上来接收第一寻呼消息,从而提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。例如每个寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。其中,一个带宽区域可以是一个带宽部分,一个带宽区域也可以是一个子带,例如该子带为20MHz的带宽,或者40MHz的带宽等。对于第一寻呼时机对应的多个寻呼位置,这些寻呼位置在频域上占用不同的带宽区域。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,包括:所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。其中,在时间窗内包括第一寻呼时机和第二寻呼时机,网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,网络设备可以将该时间窗内第二寻呼时机同时用于向第一 终端设备和第二终端设备发送寻呼消息,例如网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。相应的,第一终端设备可以在该时间窗内确定出第二寻呼时机,此时第一终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息,从而解决了因为第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法传输寻呼消息的问题。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送二寻呼消息,包括:所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向所述第二终端设备发送所述第二寻呼消息。第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收第一寻呼消息,第二终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上接收第二寻呼消息。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。可以直接定义最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置为第二寻呼位置,最小索引指的是带宽区域的索引号最小,最大索引是指带宽区域的索引号最大,此处的带宽区域指的是信号传输所占用的带宽范围,带宽区域可以是频域上的子带。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,所述方法还包括:所述网络设备向所述第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。由于第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法发送第一寻呼消息,该第一寻呼消息使用了第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置来发送,第一终端设备解析该指示信息可以确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上的第一寻呼消息对应于第一寻呼时机。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。其中,第一参考信号序列可以为指示信号传输起始的初始参考信号序列,例如传输的信号可以是控制信道、同步信号、广播信道、下行参考信号或任意其他下行信号等。
在第二方面的一种可能实现中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。其中,网络设备可以预定义该时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数,第一终端设备可以按照预定义的方式确定出时间窗内的包括的寻呼时机个数。或者,网络设备在确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数之后,网络设备还可以向第一终端设备发送通知消息,以使得第一终端设备根据该通信消息确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数。
第三方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,包括:终端设备向网络设备发送K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K次第一前导码对应于K个下行控制信息,所述K个下行控制信息都采用第一扰码值进行加扰,所述K为大于1的正整数;所述终端设备在所述下行控制信息的检测时间窗中, 根据所述第一扰码值接收所述网络设备发送的K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息。在本申请实施例中,网络设备发送了K个下行控制信息,其中,该下行控制信息可以包括随机接入响应消息的调度信息。由于网络设备采用相同的第一扰码值进行加扰,因此终端设备在此检测时间窗内只需要使用相同的第一扰码值来接收K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息,对于终端设备而言,不需要对多个不同RNTI加扰的下行控制信道进行多次检测尝试,因此可以大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。其中,网络设备针对K次第一前导码发送K个下行控制信息,这K个下行控制信息由同一个扰码值来加扰,使用的同一个扰码值表示为第一扰码值。例如第一扰码值为根据K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的,即终端设备只需要根据第一随机接入资源就可以确定出用于加扰K个下行控制信息的第一扰码值,不需要针对K次第一前导码对应的K个随机接入资源分别计算K个下行控制信息的扰码值,且终端设备只需要对相同RNTI加扰的多个下行控制信道进行一次检测尝试,可大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。其中,网络设备和终端设备侧可以预定义第一随机接入资源,例如预先确定第一随机接入资源为K个随机接入资源中某个确定的随机接入资源。例如,K个随机接入资源中的第一个随机接入资源或K个随机接入资源中的最后一个随机接入资源等,这里不做具体限定,则终端设备可以按照该预定义的方式或规则确定出第一随机接入资源。或者,网络设备在确定出第一随机接入资源之后,网络设备还可以向终端设备发送第一随机接入资源的指示信息,以使得终端设备根据该指示信息确定出K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。其中,网络设备可以预定义第一随机接入资源组。例如,根据预定义的规则确定第一随机接入资源组包含的随机接入资源信息,此预定义的规则可选地为:时域上和/或频域上连续的K个随机接入资源组成第一随机接入资源组等,这里不做具体限定。则终端设备可以按照预定义的方式确定出第一随机接入资源组。或者,网络设备在确定出第一随机接入资源组之后,网络设备还可以向终端设备发送第一随机接入资源组的指示信息,以使得终端设备根据该指示信息确定出第一随机接入资源组。
第四方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,包括:网络设备接收终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K为大于1的正整数;所述网络设备使用第一扰码值对K个下行控制信息进行加扰;所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送所述K个下行控制信息。在本申请实施例中,网络设备发送了K个下行控制信息,其中,该下行控制信息可以包括随机接入响应消息的调度信息。由于网络设备采用相同的第一扰码值进行加扰,因此终端设备在此检测时间窗内只需要使用相同的第一扰码值来接收K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息,对于终端设备 而言,不需要对多个不同RNTI加扰的下行控制信道进行多次检测尝试,因此可以大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
在第四方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
在第四方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在第四方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
第五方面,本申请实施例提供一种第一终端设备,所述第一终端设备,包括:处理模块和接收模块,其中,处理模块,用于在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;所述处理模块,还用于当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,通过所述接收模块在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括:至少一个寻呼时机。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息,所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述接收模块接收第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。
在本申请的第五方面中,第一终端设备的组成模块还可以执行前述第一方面以及各种可能的实现方式中所描述的步骤,详见前述对第一方面以及各种可能的实现方式中的说明。
第六方面,本申请实施例提供一种网络设备,包括:处理模块和发送模块,其中,所述处理模块,用于确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;所述处理模块,还用于当所述网络 设备在所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,通过所述发送模块在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括:至少一个寻呼时机。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向所述第二终端设备发送所述第二寻呼消息。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述处理模块,还用于在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述发送模块向所述第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
在第六方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是所述发送模块发送给所述第一终端设备的。
在本申请的第六方面中,网络设备的组成模块还可以执行前述第二方面以及各种可能的实现方式中所描述的步骤,详见前述对第二方面以及各种可能的实现方式中的说明。
第七方面,本申请实施例提供一种终端设备,包括:处理模块、发送模块和接收模块,其中,所述处理模块,用于通过所述发送模块向网络设备发送K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K次第一前导码对应于K个下行控制信息,所述K个下行控制信息都采用第一扰码值进行加扰,所述K为大于1的正整数;所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述下行控制信息的检测时间窗中,根据所述第一扰码值接收所述网络设备发送的K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
在第器七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,
所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在本申请的第七方面中,终端设备的组成模块还可以执行前述第三方面以及各种可能的实现方式中所描述的步骤,详见前述对第三方面以及各种可能的实现方式中的说明。
第八方面,本申请实施例提供一种网络设备,包括:处理模块、发送模块和接收模块,其中,所述处理模块,用于通过所述接收模块接收终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K为大于1的正整数;所述处理模块,用于使用第一扰码值对K个下行控制信息进行加扰;所述处理模块,用于通过所述发送模块向所述终端设备发送所述K个下行控制信息。
在第八方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
在第八方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,
所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在第八方面的一种可能的实现方式中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在本申请的第八方面中,网络设备的组成模块还可以执行前述第四方面以及各种可能的实现方式中所描述的步骤,详见前述对第四方面以及各种可能的实现方式中的说明。
第九方面,本申请实施例提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第一方面所述的方法。
第十方面,本申请实施例提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第二方面所述的方法。
第十一方面,本申请实施例提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第三方面所述的方法。
第十二方面,本申请实施例提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述计算机可读存储介质中存储有指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第四方面所述的方法。
第十三方面,本申请实施例提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第一方面所述的方法。
第十四方面,本申请实施例提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第二方面所述的方法。
第十五方面,本申请实施例提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第三方面所述的方法。
第十六方面,本申请实施例提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述第四方面所述的方法。
第十七方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以包括终端设备或者芯片等实体,所述通信装置包括:处理器、存储器;所述存储器用于存储指令;所述处理器 用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,使得所述通信装置执行如前述第一方面所述的方法。
第十八方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以包括网络设备或者芯片等实体,所述通信装置包括:处理器、存储器;所述存储器用于存储指令;所述处理器用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,使得所述通信装置执行如前述第二方面所述的方法。
第十九方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以包括终端设备或者芯片等实体,所述通信装置包括:处理器、存储器;所述存储器用于存储指令;所述处理器用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,使得所述通信装置执行如前述第三方面所述的方法。
第二十方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以包括网络设备或者芯片等实体,所述通信装置包括:处理器、存储器;所述存储器用于存储指令;所述处理器用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,使得所述通信装置执行如前述第四方面所述的方法。
第二十一方面,本申请提供了一种芯片系统,该芯片系统包括处理器,用于支持终端设备实现上述第一方面中所涉及的功能,例如,发送或处理上述方法中所涉及的数据和/或信息。在一种可能的设计中,所述芯片系统还包括存储器,所述存储器,用于保存终端设备必要的程序指令和数据。该芯片系统,可以由芯片构成,也可以包括芯片和其他分立器件。
第二十二方面,本申请提供了一种芯片系统,该芯片系统包括处理器,用于支持终端设备实现上述第二方面中所涉及的功能,例如,发送或处理上述方法中所涉及的数据和/或信息。在一种可能的设计中,所述芯片系统还包括存储器,所述存储器,用于保存网络设备必要的程序指令和数据。该芯片系统,可以由芯片构成,也可以包括芯片和其他分立器件。
第二十三方面,本申请提供了一种芯片系统,该芯片系统包括处理器,用于支持终端设备实现上述第三方面中所涉及的功能,例如,发送或处理上述方法中所涉及的数据和/或信息。在一种可能的设计中,所述芯片系统还包括存储器,所述存储器,用于保存终端设备必要的程序指令和数据。该芯片系统,可以由芯片构成,也可以包括芯片和其他分立器件。
第二十四方面,本申请提供了一种芯片系统,该芯片系统包括处理器,用于支持终端设备实现上述第四方面中所涉及的功能,例如,发送或处理上述方法中所涉及的数据和/或信息。在一种可能的设计中,所述芯片系统还包括存储器,所述存储器,用于保存网络设备必要的程序指令和数据。该芯片系统,可以由芯片构成,也可以包括芯片和其他分立器件。
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图1为本申请实施例提供的一种寻呼方法所适用的通信系统的结框示意图;
图2为本申请实施例提供的一种网络设备和第一终端设备之间的交互流程示意图;
图3为本申请实施例提供的一种基站通过多波束发送寻呼消息的示意图;
图4为本申请实施例提供的一种PF和PO之间的关系示意图;
图5为本申请实施例提供的一种时间窗内通过两个PO发送寻呼消息的示意图;
图6为本申请实施例提供的一种网络设备和终端设备之间的交互流程示意图;
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本申请实施例提供了一种寻呼方法、终端设备以及网络设备,用于提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
下面结合附图,对本申请的实施例进行描述。
本申请的说明书和权利要求书及上述附图中的术语“第一”、“第二”等是用于区别类似的对象,而不必用于描述特定的顺序或先后次序。应该理解这样使用的术语在适当情况下可以互换,这仅仅是描述本申请的实施例中对相同属性的对象在描述时所采用的区分方式。此外,术语“包括”和“具有”以及他们的任何变形,意图在于覆盖不排他的包含,以便包含一系列单元的过程、方法、系统、产品或设备不必限于那些单元,而是可包括没有清楚地列出的或对于这些过程、方法、产品或设备固有的其它单元。
本申请实施例的技术方案可以应用于各种数据处理的通信系统,例如:例如码分多址(code division multiple access,CDMA)、时分多址(time division multiple access,TDMA)、频分多址(frequency division multiple access,FDMA)、正交频分多址(orthogonal frequency-division multiple access,OFDMA)、单载波频分多址(single carrier FDMA,SC-FDMA)和其它系统等。术语“系统”可以和“网络”相互替换。CDMA系统可以实现例如通用无线陆地接入(universal terrestrial radio access,UTRA),CDMA2000等无线技术。UTRA可以包括宽带CDMA(wideband CDMA,WCDMA)技术和其它CDMA变形的技术。CDMA2000可以覆盖过渡标准(interim standard,IS)2000(IS-2000),IS-95和IS-856标准。TDMA系统可以实现例如全球移动通信系统(global system for mobile communication,GSM)等无线技术。OFDMA系统可以实现诸如演进通用无线陆地接入(evolved UTRA,E-UTRA)、超级移动宽带(ultra mobile broadband,UMB)、IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi),IEEE 802.16(WiMAX),IEEE 802.20,Flash OFDMA等无线技术。UTRA和E-UTRA是UMTS以及UMTS演进版本。3GPP在长期演进(long term evolution,LTE)和基于LTE演进的各种版本是使用E-UTRA的UMTS的新版本。第五代(5Generation,简称:“5G”)通信系统、新空口(New Radio,简称“NR”)是正在研究当中的下一代通信系统。此外,所述通信系统还可以适用于面向未来的通信技术,都适用本申请实施例提供的技术方案。本申请实施例描述的系统架构以及业务场景是为了更加清楚的说明本申请实施例的技术方案,并不构成对于本申请实施例提供的技术方案的限定,本领域普通技术人员可知,随着网络架构的演变和新业务场景的出现,本申请实施例提供的技术方案对于类似的技术问题,同样适用。
图1示出了本申请实施例的一种寻呼方法所适用的通信系统的结框示意图。该通信系 统可以为2G网络的基站接入系统(即所述RAN包括基站和基站控制器),或可以为3G网络的基站接入系统(即所述RAN包括基站和RNC),或可以为4G网络的基站接入系统(即所述RAN包括eNB和RNC),或可以为5G网络的基站接入系统。
所述RAN包括一个或多个网络设备。所述网络设备可以是任意一种具有无线收发功能的设备,或,设置于具体无线收发功能的设备内的芯片。所述网络设备包括但不限于:基站(例如基站BS,基站NodeB、演进型基站eNodeB或eNB、第五代5G通信系统中的基站gNodeB或gNB、未来通信系统中的基站、WiFi系统中的接入节点、无线中继节点、无线回传节点)等。基站可以是:宏基站,微基站,微微基站,小站,中继站等。多个基站可以支持上述提及的一种或者多种技术的网络,或者未来演进网络。所述核心网可以支持上述提及一种或者多种技术的网络,或者未来演进网络。基站可以包含一个或多个共站或非共站的传输接收点(transmission receiving point,TRP)。网络设备还可以是云无线接入网络(cloud radio access network,CRAN)场景下的无线控制器、集中单元(centralized unit,CU)或者分布单元(distributed unit,DU)等。网络设备还可以是服务器,可穿戴设备,或车载设备等。以下以网络设备为基站为例进行说明。所述多个网络设备可以为同一类型的基站,也可以为不同类型的基站。基站可以与终端设备1-6进行通信,也可以通过中继站与终端设备1-6进行通信。终端设备1-6可以支持与不同技术的多个基站进行通信,例如,终端设备可以支持与支持LTE网络的基站通信,也可以支持与支持5G网络的基站通信,还可以支持与LTE网络的基站以及5G网络的基站的双连接。例如将终端接入到无线网络的RAN节点。目前,一些RAN节点的举例为:gNB、传输接收点(transmission reception point,TRP)、演进型节点B(evolved Node B,eNB)、无线网络控制器(radio network controller,RNC)、节点B(Node B,NB)、基站控制器(base station controller,BSC)、基站收发台(base transceiver station,BTS)、家庭基站(例如,home evolved NodeB,或home Node B,HNB)、基带单元(base band unit,BBU),或无线保真(wireless fidelity,Wifi)接入点(access point,AP)等。在一种网络结构中,网络设备可以包括集中单元(centralized unit,CU)节点、或分布单元(distributed unit,DU)节点、或包括CU节点和DU节点的RAN设备。
终端设备1-6,又称之为用户设备(user equipment,UE)、移动台(mobile station,MS)、移动终端(mobile terminal,MT)、终端等,是一种向用户提供语音和/或数据连通性的设备,或,设置于该设备内的芯片,例如,具有无线连接功允许的手持式设备、车载设备等。目前,一些终端设备的举例为:手机(mobile phone)、平板电脑、笔记本电脑、掌上电脑、移动互联网设备(mobile internet device,MID)、可穿戴设备,虚拟现实(virtual reality,VR)设备、增强现实(augmented reality,AR)设备、工业控制(industrial control)中的无线终端、无人驾驶(self driving)中的无线终端、远程手术(remote medical surgery)中的无线终端、智能电网(smart grid)中的无线终端、运输安全(transportation safety)中的无线终端、智慧城市(smart city)中的无线终端、智慧家庭(smart home)中的无线终端等。本申请实施例提供的终端设备可以是低复杂度终端设备和/或处于覆盖增强A模式下的终端设备。
在本申请实施例中,基站和UE1~UE6组成一个通信系统,在该通信系统中,基站发送 系统信息、RAR消息和寻呼消息中的一种或多种给UE1~UE6中的一个或多个UE,此外,UE4~UE6也组成一个通信系统,在该通信系统中,UE5可以作为基站的功能实现,UE5可以发送系统信息、控制信息和寻呼消息中的一种或多种给UE4和UE6中的一个或多个UE。
网络设备向终端设备发送的寻呼消息在空口通过物理下行共享信道(physical downlink shared channel,PDSCH)承载,在接收寻呼消息之前,终端设备需要先去监听物理下行控制信道(physical downlink control channel,PDCCH),然后根据PDCCH上是否有携带寻呼无线网络临时标识(paging-radio network tempory identity,P-RNTI),来判断网络在本次寻呼周期是否有发寻呼消息给自己。空闲态的终端设备可以使用不连续接收(discontinuous reception,DRX)功能减少功率消耗,增加电池寿命,即在一个DRX循环(cycle)周期内,终端可以只在寻呼时机出现的时间位置上去接收控制信息,然后再根据需要去接收数据,终端设备在DRX的循环周期以外的其它时间可以睡眠,以达到省电的目的,该DRX的循环周期也可以称为DRX周期。另外,对于空闲态的终端设备来说,如果总频繁的醒来去接收寻呼消息,也将导致终端设备的功耗增加,从而无法实现省电和增加电池寿命的目的。
终端设备在一个DRX的周期内,只在相应的寻呼帧(paging frame,PF)上的寻呼时机PO进行监听PDCCH上是否携带有P-RNTI,进而去判断相应的PDSCH上是否有承载寻呼消息。如果在PDCCH上携带有P-RNTI,就按照PDCCH上指示的PDSCH的参数去接收PDSCH上的数据;如果终端设备在PDCCH上未解析出P-RNTI,则无需再去接收PDSCH,就可以依照DRX周期进入休眠。利用这种机制,在一个DRX周期内,终端可以只在PO出现的时间位置上去接收PDCCH,然后再根据需要去接收PDSCH。而在其它时间可以睡眠,以达到省电的目的。
为解决现有技术中终端设备在一个DRX周期内由于执行LBT失败导致的寻呼机会减少的问题,本申请实施例提出如下的寻呼方法,请参阅图2所示,为本申请实施例提供一种的网络设备和第一终端设备之间的交互流程示意图,本申请实施例提供的寻呼方法,主要包括如下步骤:
201、网络设备确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机。
在本申请实施例中,网络设备需要和第一终端设备进行通信时,网络设备首先确定出第一寻呼时机,该第一寻呼时机是分配给第一终端设备的寻呼时机。
本申请实施例中每个寻呼帧中包括多个寻呼时机,例如一个寻呼帧中可以包括4个寻呼时机,网络设备需要和第一终端设备进行通信时,网络设备首先确定第一终端设备在一个寻呼帧中的哪个寻呼时机上做监听和寻呼消息的接收,例如第一寻呼时机是第一终端设备可以进行监听和接收的一个寻呼时机。通过寻呼帧和寻呼时机的配置,网络设备和终端设备可以按照预定义的规则确定寻呼时机在时域上的候选位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,步骤201网络设备确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机,包括:
网络设备根据第一终端设备的标识确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机。
其中,第一寻呼时机可以由网络设备根据该第一终端设备的标识来确定,例如网络设备根据第一终端设备的UE ID确定出第一寻呼时机。第一终端设备的标识可以有多种,例 如可以根据第一终端设备的国际移动用户识别码(international mobile subscriber identification number,IMSI)确定出第一寻呼时机。
202、第一终端设备在不连续接收周期内确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机。
本申请实施例中一个不连续接收周期内包括至少一个寻呼帧,每个寻呼帧中包括至少一个寻呼时机,第一终端设备根据预定义规则确定在一个寻呼帧的寻呼时机上去尝试检测和接收寻呼消息,例如第一寻呼时机是第一终端设备根据网络设备给终端设备的寻呼帧和寻呼时机配置确定出的,第一终端设备可以按照预定义的规则确定寻呼时机在时域上的候选位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,步骤202第一终端设备在不连续接收周期内确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机,包括:
第一终端设备根据第一终端设备的标识,在不连续接收周期内确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机。
其中,第一寻呼时机可以由第一终端设备根据该第一终端设备的标识来确定,例如第一终端设备根据UE ID确定出第一寻呼时机。第一终端设备的标识可以有多种,例如可以根据第一终端设备的IMSI确定出第一寻呼时机。
203、当网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,时间窗的起始位置通过第一寻呼时机确定,时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者是网络设备发送给第一终端设备的。其中,网络设备可以预定义该时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数,例如一个时间窗内可以包括8个寻呼时机,则第一终端设备可以按照预定义的方式确定出时间窗内的包括的寻呼时机个数。或者,网络设备在确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数之后,网络设备还可以向第一终端设备发送通知消息,以使得第一终端设备根据该通信消息确定出时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数。
在本申请实施例中,网络设备确定出第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机之后,网络设备在该第一寻呼时机上或该第一寻呼时机之前进行传输前的信道侦听,即网络设备可以在第一寻呼时机上或该第一寻呼时机之前进行LBT。若信道侦听成功则说明网络设备抢占到信号传输的资源,网络设备可以使用该资源向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息。若信道侦听失败则说明该网络设备没有抢占到信号传输的资源,此时网络设备不能在第一寻呼时机发送第一寻呼消息。针对网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败的情况,本申请实施例中网络设备在根据第一寻呼时机确定的时间窗内继续尝试发送第一寻呼消息,从而增加了寻呼消息的发送次数,保证了寻呼消息的传输效率。
在本申请实施例中,时间窗是指包括至少一个寻呼时机的一个时间段或者时间单元,该时间窗的起始位置通过第一寻呼时机确定。时间窗的起始位置可以由信道侦听失败时的第一寻呼时机的时域位置确定。更进一步地,时间窗的起始位置也可以是信道侦听失败时的第一寻呼时机之后的第一个可用寻呼时机的时域位置。即,时间窗的起始位置可以为第一寻呼时机所在的时域位置或根据第一寻呼时机确定的另一个时域位置,这里不做具体限定。另外,时间窗可以包括第一寻呼时机和第二寻呼时机,或者时间窗可以不包括第一寻呼时机,该时间窗包括第二寻呼时机。本申请实施例中时间窗的时长大小可以为预定义的, 或者是网络设备配置给第一终端设备的。本申请实施例中时间窗的时长大小是小于或等于一个不连续接收周期的,并且该时间窗在一个不连续接收周期内,第一终端设备只需要在不连续接收周期内的一个时间窗内唤醒,该时间窗可以是一个时间范围,例如时间窗可以是时间单元,可以是一个时间偏移长度,也可以是寻呼时机的个数等形式,此处不做限定。
在本申请实施例中,时间窗是指包括至少两个寻呼时机的一个时间段或者时间单元,该时间窗的起始位置通过第一寻呼时机确定。时间窗的起始位置可以由信道侦听失败时的第一寻呼时机的时域位置确定。更进一步地,时间窗的起始位置也可以是信道侦听失败时的第一寻呼时机之后的第一个可用寻呼时机的时域位置。即,时间窗的起始位置可以为第一寻呼时机所在的时域位置或根据第一寻呼时机确定的另一个时域位置,这里不做具体限定。另外,时间窗可以包括第一寻呼时机和第二寻呼时机,或者时间窗可以不包括第一寻呼时机,该时间窗包括第二寻呼时机和第三寻呼时机。该时间窗可以是一个时间范围,例如时间窗可以是时间单元,可以是一个时间偏移长度,也可以是寻呼时机的个数等形式,此处不做限定。
在本申请实施例中,预定义一个时间窗或网络设备为第一终端设备配置一个时间窗,时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机,当第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,可以根据第一寻呼时机在时间窗内偏移到下一个可用的寻呼时机,从而该下一个可用的寻呼时机用于传输第一寻呼消息,其中,第一寻呼消息为由于信道侦听失败而未能实际发送给第一终端设备的寻呼消息。举例说明如下,如果在时域上确定的第一寻呼时机由于LBT失败,使得第一寻呼消息未能实际发送时,基站可在一个时间窗内的其他可用的寻呼时机上发送该第一寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,步骤203网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,包括:
时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息;以及,
网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
其中,在时间窗内包括第一寻呼时机和第二寻呼时机,网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,网络设备可以将该时间窗内第二寻呼时机同时用于向第一终端设备和第二终端设备发送寻呼消息,例如网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。相应的,第一终端设备可以在该时间窗内确定出第二寻呼时机,此时第一终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息,从而解决了因为第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法传输寻呼消息的问题。
在本申请的一些实施例中,网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息;以及,网络设备在第二寻呼时机向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息,包括:
第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,网络设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,以及,
网络设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
其中,对于第二寻呼时机,在频域上分别对应第一寻呼位置和第二寻呼位置,此时网络设备可以将第二寻呼时机对应的两个寻呼位置中的其中一个寻呼位置(例如第一寻呼位置)用于向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,而将第二寻呼时机对应的两个寻呼位置中的 另一个寻呼位置(例如第二寻呼位置)用于向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。此时第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收第一寻呼消息,第二终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上接收第二寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,本申请实施例提供的寻呼方法还包括:
网络设备向第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,指示信息用于指示第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
其中,网络设备可以在第一寻呼位置上发送第一寻呼消息之前,先发送一个参考信号序列,例如网络设备发送第一参考信号序列,则第一终端设备可以接收该第一参考信号序列,第一参考信号序列携带第一寻呼位置上传输的第一寻呼消息的指示信息,此第一寻呼消息的指示信息可以为一个相对第二寻呼时机的索引,第一终端设备解析该第一参考信号序列得到指示信息,第一终端设备从该指示信息可以确定出第一寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。第一终端设备通过接收第一参考信号序列可以确定出第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置,从而第一终端设备可以检测和接收到该第一寻呼位置上发送给该第一终端设备的第一寻呼消息。
204、当第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,时间窗的起始位置通过第一寻呼时机确定,时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
在本申请实施例中,第一终端设备在确定出该第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机之后,若网络设备在第一寻呼时机上信道侦听失败时,网络设备无法在第一寻呼时机发送第一寻呼消息,此时网络设备可以根据该第一寻呼时机确定出时间窗,网络设备使用该时间窗内的下一个可用的寻呼时机来发送第一寻呼消息,因此第一终端设备也可以根据该第一寻呼时机确定出时间窗,在时间窗内尝试检测和接收第一寻呼消息。对于时间窗的说明,详见步骤203中的举例说明。
在本申请的一些实施例中,时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
其中,每个寻呼时机在频域上对应至少一个寻呼位置。例如每个寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。其中,一个带宽区域可以是一个带宽部分(bandwith part,BWP),一个带宽区域也可以是一个子带,例如该子带为20MHz的带宽,或者40MHz的带宽等。对于第一寻呼时机对应的多个寻呼位置,这些寻呼位置在频域上占用不同的带宽区域。
在本申请的一些实施例中,前述步骤204第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,包括:
时间窗内还包括第二寻呼时机,第一终端设备在时间窗内的第二寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息。
其中,在时间窗内包括第二寻呼时机,网络设备在第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,网络设备根据该第一寻呼时机确定出时间窗的起始位置,网络设备可以在该时间窗内第二寻呼时机向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,相应的,第一终端设备可以在该时间窗内确定出第二寻呼时机,此时第一终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息,从而解决 了因为第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法传输寻呼消息的问题。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第二寻呼时机可以是第二终端设备的寻呼时机。另外,时间窗内还可以存在用于第一终端设备和第二终端设备使用的第三寻呼时机,该第三寻呼时机可以是第三终端设备的寻呼时机。在本申请实施例中,第一终端设备还可以使用该第三寻呼时机接收第一寻呼消息,从而提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
进一步的,在本申请的一些实施例中,时间窗内的每个寻呼时机对应多个寻呼位置。第一终端设备在时间窗内的第二寻呼时机接收寻呼消息,包括:
第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收第一寻呼消息,第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。
其中,对于第二寻呼时机,在频域上分别对应第一寻呼位置和第二寻呼位置,此时网络设备可以将第二寻呼时机对应的两个寻呼位置中的其中一个寻呼位置(例如第一寻呼位置)用于向第一终端设备发送第一寻呼消息,而将第二寻呼时机对应的两个寻呼位置中的另一个寻呼位置(例如第二寻呼位置)用于向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。此时第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收第一寻呼消息,第二终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上接收第二寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置可以通过隐式确定,例如该第一寻呼位置可以由第一终端设备根据该第一终端设备的设备标识来确定,例如第一终端设备根据UE ID确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置,从而使得第一终端设备可以获取到第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第二寻呼位置为预定义的寻呼位置。网络设备可以按照预定义的方式来确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置,从而网络设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息,相应的第二终端设备可以在第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上接收第二寻呼消息,第二终端设备通过预定义的第二寻呼位置,可以接收到网络设备发送的第二寻呼消息。
进一步的,在本申请的一些实施例中,第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。其中,第二终端设备确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置可以采用预定义的方式。其中,预定义的方式有多种,例如可以直接定义最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置为第二寻呼位置,最小索引指的是带宽区域的索引号最小,最大索引是指带宽区域的索引号最大,此处的带宽区域指的是信号传输所占用的带宽范围,带宽区域可以是频域上的子带。其中,一个带宽区域可以是一个带宽部分,一个带宽区域也可以是一个子带,例如该子带为20MHz的带宽,或者40MHz的带宽等。举例说明如下,网络设备在第二寻呼时机上进行信道侦听成功时,该第二寻呼时机对应的待传输寻呼消息默认被映射到至少两个子带中某个预定义的子带上,例如,最小索引对应的子带可以是预定义的第二寻呼位置,或最大索引对应的子带可以是预定义的第二寻呼位置等,其中,子带可以为以20兆赫兹的整数倍为最小粒度的信道带宽。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第一终端设备在第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收 第一寻呼消息之前,本申请实施例提供的寻呼方法还包括:
第一终端设备接收第一参考信号序列,第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,指示信息用于指示第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
其中,网络设备可以在第一寻呼位置上发送第一寻呼消息之前,先发送一个参考信号序列,例如网络设备发送第一参考信号序列,则第一终端设备可以接收该第一参考信号序列,第一参考信号序列携带第一寻呼位置上传输的第一寻呼消息的指示信息,此第一寻呼消息的指示信息用于指示第一寻呼时机相对于第二寻呼时机的偏移值。例如,以第二寻呼时机为当前寻呼时机,则该第一寻呼消息的指示信息用于指示第一寻呼时机相对于当前寻呼时机的偏移值。第一终端设备解析该第一参考信号序列得到指示信息,第一终端设备从该指示信息可以确定出第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。第一终端设备通过接收第一参考信号序列可以确定出第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置,从而第一终端设备可以检测和接收到该第一寻呼位置上的第一寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第一参考信号序列可以为用于标识数据传输的起始的初始信号序列,或控制信道的解调参考信号序列,或信道状态信息参考信号序列,或时频同步跟踪参考信号序列,或同步类信号序列等,此处不做限定。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第一参考信号序列中的指示信息,还用于指示寻呼消息对应于时间窗内的第一寻呼时机。即网络设备使用该指示信息指示即将在第一寻呼位置上发送的第一寻呼消息对应于时间窗内的第一寻呼时机,由于第一寻呼时机的信道侦听失败无法发送第一寻呼消息,该第一寻呼消息使用了第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置来发送,第一终端设备解析该指示信息可以确定出第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上的第一寻呼消息对应于第一寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,第一参考信号序列,还用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。其中,第一参考信号序列可以为指示信号传输起始的初始参考信号序列,例如传输的信号可以是控制信道、同步信号、广播信道、下行参考信号或任意其他下行信号等,这里不做具体限定。
通过前述实施例的举例说明可知,在本申请实施例中,网络设备可以确定一个非连续接收周期中用于发送第一寻呼消息的第一寻呼时机,如果在此第一寻呼时机上网络设备未能实际发送寻呼消息,网络设备可以将由于信道侦听失败而未能实际使用的第一寻呼时机转移到一个时间窗中的下一个寻呼时机,而第一终端设备可以根据第一寻呼时机在一个时间窗内的其他寻呼时机上来接收第一寻呼消息,从而提高寻呼消息的传输效率。
为便于更好的理解和实施本申请实施例的上述方案,下面举例相应的应用场景来进行具体说明。
本申请实施例可以实现寻呼消息传输流程的增强,以补偿由于执行LBT失败带来的寻呼时机减少的问题。本申请实施例涉及的网元为UE和基站,如图3所示,为本申请实施例提供的一种基站通过多波束发送寻呼消息的示意图。在NR授权频段中,当网络设备需要寻呼UE时,由于网络没有UE的上下文信息,不知道需要通过什么波束为UE发送寻呼消息,因此需要通过多个波束进行扫描,即通过多个波束发送寻呼消息以达到较好的覆盖。
5G系统中的同步信号(synchronization signal,SS)也支持多波束发送,便于小区 内的UE接收。同步信号的多波束发送是通过定义SS突发信号集(burst set)实现的。一个SS突发信号集包含一个或多个SS突发,一个SS突发包含一个或多个SS块(block)。一个SS块用于承载一个波束的同步信号,因此,一个SS突发信号集包含小区内SS block个数的同步信号。
在现有技术中,UE在一个DRX循环周期中只有一个PO,其中一个PO可以包括一轮波束下的寻呼消息(即多个寻呼时机),但在非授权频谱中,由于受到不确定的LBT结果的影响。因此当基站LBT结果失败没有抢占到资源时,一些半静态或根据预定义规则决定的寻呼时机将不能正常发送,从而导致基站真正可发送的寻呼机会大大被削减。
本申请实施例中,为了实现NR非授权频谱下寻呼消息的发送,可以采用以下方式:
UE通过系统消息获得DRX周期和DRX周期内的用于确定小区的PF和PO的配置信息,通过该配置信息可以确定DRX周期内PF的集合和每个PF内PO的个数和位置。UE根据DRX周期内PF的集合和每个PF内PO的个数和位置,以及nB,确定PO突发信号集(burst set)包含的PF的个数。其中,nB表示一个DRX周期中PO的总数。nB是网络在系统消息广播(system information broadcast,SIB)2中广播的,其取值范围是4T,2T,T,T/2,T/4,T/8,T/16,T/32,单位是无线帧。
UE根据UE ID计算得到在DRX周期内UE需要接受寻呼消息的PF和PO burst set的位置,即不同的UE根据其UE ID分别计算各自的PO burst set。例如,Nps表示DRX周期内PO burst set的个数,DRX周期内的PO burst set的编号为1,…,Nps。则UE接收的PO burst set编号=UE ID mod Nps。
如图4所示,为本申请实施例提供的一种PF和PO之间的关系示意图,一个PO burst set包含两个PF中的PO,即PF0和PF1。每个PF中包含4个PO。Nb=8,若DRX周期=32,则Nps=16,UE根据自己的UE ID计算得到其接收寻呼消息的PO burst set的位置。
接下来说明UE可以通过如下公式计算出寻呼位置PF:
PF=SFN mod T=(T/N)×(UE ID mod N)。
其中,SFN是系统帧号,满足上面公式的所有SFN的值对应的无线帧都是PF,PF可以通过上述公式SFN mod T计算得到,对于前述实施例中的第一终端设备和第二终端设备在获取到各自的UE ID之后,都可以通过上述公式计算出各自的寻呼位置。由于SFN的取值范围是0~1023,所以PF会在0~1023的取值范围内周期性的出现,mod表示取模计算,/表示相除,×表示相乘。
T是UE的DRX周期长度,表示一个寻呼周期的长度,单位为无线帧(10ms)。T=min(Tc,Tue),即取Tc和Tue中间的最小值。其中Tc,Tue分别表示核心网和无线侧设置的寻呼周期,一般情况无线侧的寻呼周期小于核心网周期,默认等于无线侧寻呼周期,该参数从SIB2中读取。而Tc从SIB1的寻呼消息中获取。
N表示一个DRX周期中的PF的个数,N=min(T,nB),nB从SIB2中读取,nB表示一个DRX周期中PO的总数。nB是网络在SIB2中广播的,nB的取值可以是如下取值中的任意一种:4T,2T,T,T/2,T/4,T/8,T/16,T/32,单位是无线帧,不限定的是,nB也可以取除上述值以外的其它值。
UE ID可以包含在SIB1的寻呼消息中,通过IMSI模1024计算得到,即UE ID=IMSI mod 1024。
接下来说明寻呼时机的确认。寻呼时机是寻呼帧包含的寻呼时机所在位置对应的子帧号,该时刻可以通过Ns与i_s对应关系获取,Ns表示一个PF中的PO的个数,i_s表示在PF中的第几个PO。以频分双工(frequency division duplexing,FDD)为例,对应关系如下表1所示。
  i_s=0 i_s=1 i_s=2 i_s=3
Ns=1 Subframe 9 N/A N/A N/A
Ns=2 Subframe 4 Subframe 9 N/A N/A
Ns=4 Subframe 0 Subframe 4 Subframe 5 Subframe 9
其中,Ns=max(1,nB/T),表示一个PF中的PO的个数。
i_s=floor(UE ID/N)mod Ns。
下面举例说明寻呼帧与寻呼时刻的计算。
这里寻呼周期的默认值为128,则T=128。nB设置为T,即128,那么N=128;Ns=1.
第一步,计算寻呼帧位置。假设用户的IMSI=448835805669362,则根据公式求得。
寻呼帧位置PF=(T div N)*(UE ID mod N)=(128/128)*((448835805669362mod 1024)mod 128)=114。
则寻呼帧的位置可能出现在SFN=(128*i)+114,(其中i=0到N,但是SFN<=1024)。如,寻呼帧的位置可能为114、242、370、498、626、754、882……。
第二步,寻呼时机确认。求Ns和i_s,根据公式求得。
Ns=max(1,nB/T)=1;
i_s=floor(UE ID/N)mod Ns=floor((448835805669362mod 1024)/128)=0按照表1对应关系,Ns=1&i_s=0=>PO=9,即PO在寻呼帧的9子帧位置。
现有技术中受到LBT结果的影响,上述公式确定出的寻呼时机PO的位置有可能无效,而为补偿上述被LBT失败从而无效掉的PO的发送机会,可预定义一个时间窗或基站为UE配置一个时间窗。当根据上式确定的时刻i的PO被无效时,此PO可被偏移到时间窗内的下一个可获得的寻呼时机,例如偏移到PO(j)。对于时刻j,基站在至少一个子带上LBT成功了,且时刻j为不同于时刻i的一个寻呼发射时刻。一个时间窗可以包括至少一个寻呼时机PO,此处的至少一个寻呼时机默认指的是时域上的至少一个寻呼时机。一个寻呼帧内包括的寻呼时机PO的个数由系统信息配置给UE,而每种PO个数下各个PO的时域位置在基站和UE侧是预定义好的。
此外,考虑到非授权频谱资源上的数据传输通常可占用更大的传输带宽。例如20MHz,40MHz,80MHz,160MHz等。在大带宽场景下,基站在数据传输前需要在多个20MHz的子带上进行LBT,同样只有LBT成功的子带上才能进行数据传输。某个时刻,基站可能在多个子带上均LBT成功,从而可获得在多个候选子带上传输寻呼信息的机会。子带以非授权频谱时信号传输的最小信道带宽20MHz为例仅是一种示意。上述子带的定义可以为非20MHz的其他带宽值,例如40MHz,60MHz等,这里也不做具体限定。
在根据上式确定的PO对应的发送时刻j,如果基站在至少两个子带上LBT成功,则时 刻j对应的PO默认映射在至少两个子带中的某个确定的子带上。可选地,该确定的子带可以是该至少两个子带中对应了最小子带索引的一个子带。或,该确定的子带也可以是该至少两个子带中对应了最大子带索引的一个子带,这里不做具体限定。而所述至少两个子带中的其他子带可以分配给之前LBT失败的其他PO,例如,上述中时刻i的PO。
进一步,上述剩余子带被用来传输哪个PO可以根据预定义的规则来确定,例如根据UE ID来隐式决定,或根据UE ID和子带ID来联合隐式决定等,这里不做具体限定。
剩余子带被用来传输哪个PO也可以由基站显式指示给UE。例如,基站通过参考信号序列来携带每个子带上传输的PO的信息。可选地,此参考信号序列可以为用于数据传输识别的初始信号序列或控制信道的解调参考信号序列或信道状态信息参考信号序列或同步类信号序列等,这里不做具体限定。
为尽可能减少参考信号序列携带的信息比特数,提高参考信号序列的检测性能,此指示信息可以为以当前子带对应的寻呼时机PO为参考点,对一个时间窗内包含的所有时域PO的相对于当前参考点的相对索引指示。例如,假定一个时间窗内包含的时域PO个数为3,而当前子带对应的寻呼时机PO为时间窗内的第3个PO,则其他被转移过来的其他PO相对于此参考PO的相对索引指示值要么为1,要么为2。因此,参考信号序列所需要携带1比特即可。
如图5所示,为本申请实施例提供的一种时间窗内通过两个PO发送寻呼消息的示意图。以每个时刻的寻呼时机在频域上有3个子带(sub band)的传输机会为例,首先根据时域PF、PO的确定规则,所有的UE在时域上被分成4组,其中UE0代表第一组UE,UE1代表第二组UE,UE2代表第三组UE,而UE3代表第四组UE。对于第一组UE根据上述公式确定的时域PO位置为PO 0,但PO 0由于受到LBT结果失败的影响未能实际传输,因此,PO 0被转移到以PO 0为起点,3个PO为长度的一个时间窗的第三个PO中的子带1中,第三个PO时刻为用于第三组UE的一个PO时刻,在第三个PO时刻上基站在子带1和子带2上均LBT成功了,此时,子带2上的PO机会默认给第三组UE,从而剩余的子带1上的PO机会就可以转移给第一组UE。
通过前述的举例说明可知,网络设备可以确定一个非连续接收周期中用于发送第一寻呼消息的第一寻呼时机,如果在此第一寻呼时机上网络设备未能实际发送寻呼消息,网络设备可以将由于信道侦听失败而未能实际使用的第一寻呼时机转移到一个时间窗中的下一个寻呼时机,而UE可以根据第一寻呼时机在一个时间窗内的其他寻呼时机上来接收第一寻呼消息,从而提高寻呼消息的传输效率。另外,本申请实施例中UE只需要在一个DRX周期内的一些预定义的时刻被唤醒,而在DRX周期内的其他时刻进入休眠,本申请实施例中UE使用时间窗内更多的寻呼机会去尝试接收寻呼消息,增加了寻呼消息的接收效率,因此UE仅需在该时间窗内醒来接收寻呼消息而在时间窗外不需要频繁唤醒,可以节省UE功耗,达到省电的目的。本申请实施例中UE使用时间窗内的寻呼机会去尝试接收寻呼消息,增加了寻呼消息的接收效率,并且还可以减少UE的检测复杂度。
现有技术中,UE只会在一个DRX周期中确定多个PO中的一个PO用于接收寻呼消息,而本申请实施例中首先根据预定义的规则,确定一个DRX周期中用于接收寻呼的时刻点PO,如果在此时刻点上基站LBT失败未能实际发送寻呼消息,允许基站将LBT失败的PO转移 到一个时间窗中的下一个PO时刻点进行传输,而UE对应的以预定义的寻呼时刻点PO为起点,在一个时间窗内的其他可获得的PO时机资源上去继续搜索和检测寻呼消息。在此时间窗内可获得的PO时机资源包括LBT成功的时域资源和/或LBT成功的频域资源,基站通过一种参考信号序列来指示LBT失败后被转移的寻呼消息所在的寻呼位置。
前述实施例介绍了本申请实施例提供的一种寻呼方法,另一方面,对于UE的随机接入过程来说,在现有技术中,网络设备根据配置给UE的随机接入信道的时频资源确定随机接入响应所对应的下行控制信道的无线网络临时标识(radio network temporary identifier,RNTI),对于不同的随机接入信道的时频资源,所对应的下行控制信道的RNTI也将不同,UE需要对多个不同RNTI加扰的下行控制信道进行多次检测尝试,因此现有技术增加了UE的检测复杂度。本申请实施例中,同一个UE基于不同的随机接入资源发送相同的随机接入前导码后,网络设备对UE发送的随机接入前导码进行随机接入响应,通过将多次分别发射的随机接入资源对应的随机接入响应的控制信道关联相同的RNTI,从而UE仅需对相同RNTI加扰的多个下行控制信道进行一次检测尝试即可,极大降低了UE的检测复杂度。接下来请参阅图6所示,为本申请实施例提供的网络设备和终端设备之间的一种交互流程示意图。本申请实施例提供的随机接入方法,主要包括如下步骤:
601、终端设备向网络设备发送K次第一前导码,第一前导码为终端设备需要发送给网络设备的任一个前导码,K次第一前导码对应于K个下行控制信息,K个下行控制信息都采用第一扰码值进行加扰,K为大于1的正整数。
在本申请实施例中,终端设备可以向网络设备多次发送相同的前导码,例如发送次数用K表示,发送的同一个前导码表示为第一前导码,第一前导码为终端设备需要发送给网络设备的任一个前导码。针对终端设备的K次第一前导码,网络设备需要针对K次第一前导码对应发送K个下行控制信息,这K个下行控制信息采用相同的扰码值进行加扰,使用的同一个扰码值表示为第一扰码值。
602、网络设备接收终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,第一前导码为终端设备需要发送给网络设备的任一个前导码,K为大于1的正整数。
在本申请实施例中,针对终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,网络设备在接收到第一前导码后,对应发送K个下行控制信息。
603、网络设备使用第一扰码值对K个下行控制信息进行加扰。
在本申请实施例中,针对终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,网络设备在接收到K次发送的第一前导码之后,网络设备需要发送K个下行控制信息,这K个下行控制信息都采用相同的扰码值进行加扰,使用的同一个扰码值表示为第一扰码值,由于终端设备仅需对相同RNTI加扰的多个下行控制信道进行一次检测尝试,从而可以大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
604、网络设备向终端设备发送K个下行控制信息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,第一扰码值为根据K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
其中,网络设备针对K次第一前导码发送K个下行控制信息,这K个下行控制信息由同一个扰码值来加扰,使用的同一个扰码值表示为第一扰码值。例如第一扰码值为根据K 个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的,即终端设备只需要根据第一随机接入资源就可以确定出用于加扰K个下行控制信息的第一扰码值,不需要针对K次第一前导码对应的K个随机接入资源分别计算K个下行控制信息的扰码值,且终端设备只需要对相同RNTI加扰的多个下行控制信道进行一次检测尝试,可大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
进一步的,在本申请的一些实施例中,第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,第一随机接入资源为网络设备配置给终端设备的。
其中,网络设备和终端设备侧可以预定义第一随机接入资源,例如预先确定第一随机接入资源为K个随机接入资源中某个确定的随机接入资源。例如,K个随机接入资源中的第一个随机接入资源或K个随机接入资源中的最后一个随机接入资源等,这里不做具体限定,则终端设备可以按照该预定义的方式或规则确定出第一随机接入资源。或者,网络设备在确定出第一随机接入资源之后,网络设备还可以向终端设备发送第一随机接入资源的指示信息,以使得终端设备根据该指示信息确定出K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源。
进一步的,在本申请的一些实施例中,K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者第一随机接入资源组是网络设备配置给终端设备的。
其中,网络设备可以预定义第一随机接入资源组。例如,根据预定义的规则确定第一随机接入资源组包含的随机接入资源信息,此预定义的规则可选地为:时域上和/或频域上连续的K个随机接入资源组成第一随机接入资源组等,这里不做具体限定。则终端设备可以按照预定义的方式确定出第一随机接入资源组。或者,网络设备在确定出第一随机接入资源组之后,网络设备还可以向终端设备发送第一随机接入资源组的指示信息,以使得终端设备根据该指示信息确定出第一随机接入资源组。可选地,网络设备可直接指示组成第一随机接入资源组的随机接入资源信息,如,随机接入资源的索引号等。可选地,网络设备也可指示组成第一随机接入资源组的任意两个连续的随机接入资源的间隔和/或组成第一随机接入资源组的随机接入资源的个数等信息给终端设备,这里不做具体限定。
605、终端设备在下行控制信息的检测时间窗中,根据第一扰码值接收网络设备发送的K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息。
在本申请实施例中,网络设备发送了K个下行控制信息,其中,该下行控制信息可以包括随机接入响应消息的调度信息。由于网络设备采用相同的第一扰码值进行加扰,因此终端设备在此检测时间窗内只需要使用相同的第一扰码值来接收K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息,对于终端设备而言,不需要对多个不同RNTI加扰的下行控制信道进行多次检测尝试,因此可以大大减少终端设备的检测复杂度。
为便于更好的理解和实施本申请实施例的上述方案,下面举例相应的应用场景来进行具体说明。
竞争随机接入是指演进基站没有为UE分配专用资源,完全由UE随机发起的随机接入过程。竞争随机接入过程分四步完成,终端向基站发送前导码(即为Msg1),基站根据接收的前导码向终端发送随机接入响应(Random Access Response,RAR)(即为Msg2),然后终端与基站进行第一次上行调度传输(即为Msg3),最后基站向终端反馈竞争解决(即 为Msg4)。具体地,针对基站向终端发送RAR的过程为:基站根据发送前导码的PRACH时频资源位置确定RA-RNTI,然后采用随机接入无线网络临时标识(Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier,RA-RNTI)对RAR进行加扰,再将加扰后的RAR及其调度RAR的控制信息发送给终端。相应地,终端根据其发送前导码的随机接入信道(random access channel,RACH)的时频资源信息确定RA-RNTI,然后根据此RA-RNTI解调并接收获得RAR。由此可知,终端需要获得与基站处相同的RA-RNTI,才能获得正确的RAR。目前,终端和基站主要根据用于RACH时频资源的表征时间索引和/或频域位置索引,如时隙号索引、OFDM符号索引、子帧号索引、系统帧号索引和频域位置索引中的至少一个来确定RA-RNTI。为表述方便,下面将随机接入资源统一记为RACH资源。
在非授权频段上,为降低LBT失败带来的RACH发送机会的减少,在基站发送随机接入响应前,终端设备可针对同一个随机接入前导码进行多次RACH传输尝试,由于多次RACH传输对应了相同的随机接入前导码,因此,基站对每次传输的RACH资源响应一个相同RNTI值加扰的下行控制信息,对应地,UE在一个检测时间窗内试图检测多份相同RNTI值加扰的下行控制信息中的至少一份下行控制信息即可。这里,RNTI加扰可以是对下行控制信息的CRC的加扰,也可以是对DCI信息的直接加扰,这里不做具体限定。
在本申请的一些实施例中,随机接入响应的多个下行控制信息对应了相同RNTI值,而对应的多份RACH资源可构成一个RACH资源组,同一组内的RACH资源的随机接入响应对应了相同的RNTI值。此相同的RNTI值可以基于RACH资源组内的某一份参考RACH资源得到的,如,此参考RACH资源可以为RACH资源组内的第一份RACH资源或最后一份RACH资源等,这里不做具体限定。
在本申请的一些实施例中,一个RACH资源组内的参考RACH资源可以是预定义好的,也可以是基站配置给UE的。例如通过剩余最小系统信息(remaining minimum system information,RMSI)通知给UE的。其中,参考信号资源的配置方式也可以是除RMSI外的其他信息或信令。例如,其他系统信息(Other System Information,OSI)或无线资源控制信令(radio resource control,RRC)等,这里不做具体限定。这里的RACH资源组可以与同步信号或者广播信道块(Synchronization Signal/Broadcast Channel Block,SS/BCH Block)到一组随机接入时机(RACH Occasion,RO)映射中的RACH资源组相同或不同,如,这里的RACH资源组可以由SS/BCH Block映射到的RACH资源组中的全部或部分RACH资源组成。
在本申请的一些实施例中,基站和UE可根据下式确定一份RACH资源对应的下行控制信息关联的RNTI值:
RA-RNTI=1+s_id+14×t_id+14×80×f_id+14×80×8×ul_carrier_id。
其中,s_id是该RACH资源对应的第一个正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)符号的索引号(0≤s_id<14),t_id是该RACH资源在一个系统帧内对应的第一个时隙的索引号(0≤t_id<80),f_id是该RACH资源在频域的索引号(0≤f_id<8),ul_carrier_id是用于该RACH资源传输的上行载波的索引,其中0代表了NR正常上行载波,而1代表了NR辅助上行载波。
在本申请的前述实施例中,随机接入响应前多次发射的RACH资源关联了相同的RNTI 值,该多份RACH资源对应了相同的随机接入前导码,因此对于UE而言只需要根据多次发射的随机接入资源中的一个随机接入资源就可以确定出多个下行控制信息加扰时所使用的同一个扰码值,减少了UE的检测复杂度。
需要说明的是,对于前述的各方法实施例,为了简单描述,故将其都表述为一系列的动作组合,但是本领域技术人员应该知悉,本申请并不受所描述的动作顺序的限制,因为依据本申请,某些步骤可以采用其他顺序或者同时进行。其次,本领域技术人员也应该知悉,说明书中所描述的实施例均属于优选实施例,所涉及的动作和模块并不一定是本申请所必须的。
为便于更好的实施本申请实施例的上述方案,下面还提供用于实施上述方案的相关装置。
请参阅如图7所示,为本申请实施例中终端设备的结构示意图,所述终端设备具体为第一终端设备700,所述第一终端设备700,包括:处理模块701和接收模块702,其中,
处理模块701,用于在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
所述处理模块701,还用于当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,通过所述接收模块702在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括:至少一个寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述处理模块701,还用于通过所述接收模块702在所述时间窗内的第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块701,还用于通过所述接收模块702在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息,所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第二寻呼位置为预定义的寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述处理模块701,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述接收模块702接收第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述指示信息,还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第一参考信号序列,还用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述处理模块701,还用于根据所述第一终端设备的标识,在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机。
请参阅如图8所示,为本申请实施例中网络设备的结构示意图,本申请实施实施例提供的一种网络设备800,包括:处理模块801和发送模块802,其中,
所述处理模块801,用于确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
所述处理模块801,还用于通过所述发送模块802在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括:至少一个寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述处理模块801,还用于通过所述发送模块802在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块801,还用于通过所述发送模块802在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向所述第二终端设备发送所述第二寻呼消息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述处理模块801,还用于在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述发送模块802向所述第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是所述发送模块发送给所述第一终端设备的。
请参阅如图9所示,为本申请实施例中终端设备的结构示意图,本申请实施例提供的一种终端设备900,包括:发送模块901、接收模块902和处理模块903,其中,
所述处理模块903,用于通过所述发送模块901向网络设备发送K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K次第一前导码对应于K个下行控制信息,所述K个下行控制信息都采用第一扰码值进行加扰,所述K为大于1的正整数;
所述处理模块903,还用于通过所述接收模块902在所述下行控制信息的检测时间窗中,根据所述第一扰码值接收所述网络设备发送的K个下行控制信息中的至少一个下行控制信息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,
所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随 机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
请参阅如图10所示,为本申请实施例中终端设备的结构示意图,本申请实施例提供的一种网络设备1000,包括:接收模块1001、处理模块1002和发送模块1003,其中,
所述处理模块1002,用于通过所述接收模块1001接收终端设备发送的K次第一前导码,所述第一前导码为所述终端设备需要发送给所述网络设备的任一个前导码,所述K为大于1的正整数;
所述处理模块1002,用于使用第一扰码值对K个下行控制信息进行加扰;
所述处理模块1002,用于通过所述发送模块1003在时间窗中,向所述终端设备发送所述K个下行控制信息。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述第一扰码值为根据所述K个随机接入资源中的第一随机接入资源确定的。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述第一随机接入资源为预定义的随机接入资源;或者,
所述第一随机接入资源为所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
在本申请的一些实施例中,所述K次第一前导码对应K个随机接入资源,所述K个随机接入资源属于第一随机接入资源组,所述第一随机接入资源组为预定义的,或者所述第一随机接入资源组是所述网络设备配置给所述终端设备的。
需要说明的是,上述装置各模块/单元之间的信息交互、执行过程等内容,由于与本申请方法实施例基于同一构思,其带来的技术效果与本申请方法实施例相同,具体内容可参见本申请前述所示的方法实施例中的叙述,此处不再赘述。
本申请实施例还提供一种计算机存储介质,其中,该计算机存储介质存储有程序,该程序执行包括上述方法实施例中记载的部分或全部步骤。
接下来介绍本申请实施例提供的另一种终端设备,请参阅图11所示,终端设备1100包括:
接收器1101、发射器1102、处理器1103和存储器1104(其中终端设备1100中的处理器1103的数量可以一个或多个,图11中以一个处理器为例)。在本申请的一些实施例中,接收器1101、发射器1102、处理器1103和存储器1104可通过总线或其它方式连接,其中,图11中以通过总线连接为例。
存储器1104可以包括只读存储器和随机存取存储器,并向处理器1103提供指令和数据。存储器1104的一部分还可以包括非易失性随机存取存储器(non-volatile random access memory,NVRAM)。存储器1104存储有操作系统和操作指令、可执行模块或者数据结构,或者它们的子集,或者它们的扩展集,其中,操作指令可包括各种操作指令,用于实现各种操作。操作系统可包括各种系统程序,用于实现各种基础业务以及处理基于硬件的任务。
处理器1103控制终端设备的操作,处理器1103还可以称为中央处理单元(central processing unit,CPU)。具体的应用中,终端设备的各个组件通过总线系统耦合在一起,其中总线系统除包括数据总线之外,还可以包括电源总线、控制总线和状态信号总线等。但是为了清楚说明起见,在图中将各种总线都称为总线系统。
上述本申请实施例揭示的方法可以应用于处理器1103中,或者由处理器1103实现。处理器1103可以是一种集成电路芯片,具有信号的处理能力。在实现过程中,上述方法的各步骤可以通过处理器1103中的硬件的集成逻辑电路或者软件形式的指令完成。上述的处理器1103可以是通用处理器、数字信号处理器(digital signal processing,DSP)、专用集成电路(application specific integrated circuit,ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(field-programmable gate array,FPGA)或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件。可以实现或者执行本申请实施例中的公开的各方法、步骤及逻辑框图。通用处理器可以是微处理器或者该处理器也可以是任何常规的处理器等。结合本申请实施例所公开的方法的步骤可以直接体现为硬件译码处理器执行完成,或者用译码处理器中的硬件及软件模块组合执行完成。软件模块可以位于随机存储器,闪存、只读存储器,可编程只读存储器或者电可擦写可编程存储器、寄存器等本领域成熟的存储介质中。该存储介质位于存储器1104,处理器1103读取存储器1104中的信息,结合其硬件完成上述方法的步骤。
接收器1101可用于接收输入的数字或字符信息,以及产生与终端设备的相关设置以及功能控制有关的信号输入,发射器1102可包括显示屏等显示设备,发射器1102可用于通过外接接口输出数字或字符信息。
本申请实施例中,处理器1103,用于执行前述的终端设备或者第一终端设备执行的寻呼方法。
接下来介绍本申请实施例提供的另一种网络设备,请参阅图12所示,网络设备1200包括:
接收器1201、发射器1202、处理器1203和存储器1204(其中网络设备1200中的处理器1203的数量可以一个或多个,图12中以一个处理器为例)。在本申请的一些实施例中,接收器1201、发射器1202、处理器1203和存储器1204可通过总线或其它方式连接,其中,图12中以通过总线连接为例。
存储器1204可以包括只读存储器和随机存取存储器,并向处理器1203提供指令和数据。存储器1204的一部分还可以包括NVRAM。存储器1204存储有操作系统和操作指令、可执行模块或者数据结构,或者它们的子集,或者它们的扩展集,其中,操作指令可包括各种操作指令,用于实现各种操作。操作系统可包括各种系统程序,用于实现各种基础业务以及处理基于硬件的任务。
处理器1203控制网络设备的操作,处理器1203还可以称为CPU。具体的应用中,网络设备的各个组件通过总线系统耦合在一起,其中总线系统除包括数据总线之外,还可以包括电源总线、控制总线和状态信号总线等。但是为了清楚说明起见,在图中将各种总线都称为总线系统。
上述本申请实施例揭示的方法可以应用于处理器1203中,或者由处理器1203实现。处理器1203可以是一种集成电路芯片,具有信号的处理能力。在实现过程中,上述方法的各步骤可以通过处理器1203中的硬件的集成逻辑电路或者软件形式的指令完成。上述的处理器1203可以是通用处理器、DSP、ASIC、FPGA或者其他可编程逻辑器件、分立门或者晶体管逻辑器件、分立硬件组件。可以实现或者执行本申请实施例中的公开的各方法、步骤 及逻辑框图。通用处理器可以是微处理器或者该处理器也可以是任何常规的处理器等。结合本申请实施例所公开的方法的步骤可以直接体现为硬件译码处理器执行完成,或者用译码处理器中的硬件及软件模块组合执行完成。软件模块可以位于随机存储器,闪存、只读存储器,可编程只读存储器或者电可擦写可编程存储器、寄存器等本领域成熟的存储介质中。该存储介质位于存储器1204,处理器1203读取存储器1204中的信息,结合其硬件完成上述方法的步骤。
本申请实施例中,处理器1203,用于执行前述由网络设备执行的寻呼方法。
在另一种可能的设计中,芯片包括:处理单元和通信单元,所述处理单元例如可以是处理器,所述通信单元例如可以是输入/输出接口、管脚或电路等。该处理单元可执行存储单元存储的计算机执行指令,以使该终端内的芯片执行上述第一方面任意一项的无线通信方法。可选地,所述存储单元为所述芯片内的存储单元,如寄存器、缓存等,所述存储单元还可以是所述终端内的位于所述芯片外部的存储单元,如只读存储器(read-only memory,ROM)或可存储静态信息和指令的其他类型的静态存储设备,随机存取存储器(random access memory,RAM)等。
其中,上述任一处提到的处理器,可以是一个通用中央处理器,微处理器,ASIC,或一个或多个用于控制上述第一方面方法的程序执行的集成电路。
另外需说明的是,以上所描述的装置实施例仅仅是示意性的,其中所述作为分离部件说明的单元可以是或者也可以不是物理上分开的,作为单元显示的部件可以是或者也可以不是物理单元,即可以位于一个地方,或者也可以分布到多个网络单元上。可以根据实际的需要选择其中的部分或者全部模块来实现本实施例方案的目的。另外,本申请提供的装置实施例附图中,模块之间的连接关系表示它们之间具有通信连接,具体可以实现为一条或多条通信总线或信号线。
通过以上的实施方式的描述,所属领域的技术人员可以清楚地了解到本申请可借助软件加必需的通用硬件的方式来实现,当然也可以通过专用硬件包括专用集成电路、专用CPU、专用存储器、专用元器件等来实现。一般情况下,凡由计算机程序完成的功能都可以很容易地用相应的硬件来实现,而且,用来实现同一功能的具体硬件结构也可以是多种多样的,例如模拟电路、数字电路或专用电路等。但是,对本申请而言更多情况下软件程序实现是更佳的实施方式。基于这样的理解,本申请的技术方案本质上或者说对现有技术做出贡献的部分可以以软件产品的形式体现出来,该计算机软件产品存储在可读取的存储介质中,如计算机的软盘、U盘、移动硬盘、ROM、RAM、磁碟或者光盘等,包括若干指令用以使得一台计算机设备(可以是个人计算机,服务器,或者网络设备等)执行本申请各个实施例所述的方法。
在上述实施例中,可以全部或部分地通过软件、硬件、固件或者其任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时,可以全部或部分地以计算机程序产品的形式实现。
所述计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机指令。在计算机上加载和执行所述计算机程序指令时,全部或部分地产生按照本申请实施例所述的流程或功能。所述计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、或者其他可编程装置。所述计算机指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中,或者从一个计算机可读存储介质向另一计算机可读存储介质传 输,例如,所述计算机指令可以从一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心通过有线(例如同轴电缆、光纤、数字用户线(DSL))或无线(例如红外、无线、微波等)方式向另一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心进行传输。所述计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够存储的任何可用介质或者是包含一个或多个可用介质集成的服务器、数据中心等数据存储设备。所述可用介质可以是磁性介质,(例如,软盘、硬盘、磁带)、光介质(例如,DVD)、或者半导体介质(例如固态硬盘(solid state disk,SSD))等。

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  1. 一种寻呼方法,其特征在于,包括:
    第一终端设备在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
    当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,所述第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
  3. 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一终端设备在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,包括:
    所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息。
  4. 根据权利要求3所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息,包括:
    所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息,所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。
  5. 根据权利要求4所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
  6. 根据权利要求4至5中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一终端设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息之前,所述方法还包括:
    所述第一终端设备接收第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
  8. 根据权利要求6或7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
  9. 根据权利要求1至8中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。
  10. 一种寻呼方法,其特征在于,包括:
    网络设备确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
    当所述网络设备在所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
  12. 根据权利要求10或11所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,包括:
    所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,
    所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送二寻呼消息,包括:
    所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,
    所述网络设备在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向所述第二终端设备发送所述第二寻呼消息。
  14. 根据权利要求13所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
  15. 根据权利要求13或14所述的方法,其特征在于,所述网络设备在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,所述方法还包括:
    所述网络设备向所述第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
  16. 根据权利要求15所述的方法,其特征在于,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
  17. 根据权利要求15所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
  18. 根据权利要求10至17中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是所述网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。
  19. 一种终端设备,其特征在于,所述终端设备具体为第一终端设备,所述第一终端设备,包括:处理模块和接收模块,其中,
    处理模块,用于在不连续接收周期内确定所述第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
    所述处理模块,还用于当所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,通过所述接收模块在时间窗内接收第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
  20. 根据权利要求19所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
  21. 根据权利要求19或20所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机接收所述第一寻呼消息。
  22. 根据权利要求21所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息,所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置用于第二终端设备接收第二寻呼消息。
  23. 根据权利要求22所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
  24. 根据权利要求22至23中任一项所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述接收模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上接收所述第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述接收模块接收第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
  25. 根据权利要求24所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
  26. 根据权利要求24或25所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
  27. 根据权利要求19至26中任一项所述的终端设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是网络设备发送给所述第一终端设备的。
  28. 一种网络设备,其特征在于,包括:处理模块和发送模块,其中,
    所述处理模块,用于确定第一终端设备的第一寻呼时机;
    所述处理模块,还用于当所述网络设备在所述第一寻呼时机上的信道侦听失败时,通过所述发送模块在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息,所述时间窗的起始位置通过所述第一寻呼时机确定,所述时间窗包括至少一个寻呼时机。
  29. 根据权利要求28所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的每个寻呼时机对应至少一个寻呼位置,其中,不同的寻呼位置占用不同的带宽区域。
  30. 根据权利要求28或29所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗还包括第二寻呼时机,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机向所述第二终端设备发送第二寻呼消息。
  31. 根据权利要求30所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼时机对应至少两个寻呼位置,所述处理模块,还用于通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第一寻呼位置上向所述第一终端设备发送所述第一寻呼消息;以及,通过所述发送模块在所述第二寻呼时机对应的第二寻呼位置上向所述第二终端设备发送所述第二寻呼消息。
  32. 根据权利要求31所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第二寻呼位置为最小索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置或最大索引的带宽区域对应的寻呼位置。
  33. 根据权利要求31或32所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述处理模块,还用于在时间窗内发送第一寻呼消息之前,通过所述发送模块向所述第一终端设备发送第一参考信号序列,所述第一参考信号序列携带指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示所述第一寻呼消息所在的第一寻呼位置。
  34. 根据权利要求33所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述指示信息还用于指示所述第一寻呼消息对应于所述时间窗内的所述第一寻呼时机。
  35. 根据权利要求34所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第一参考信号序列用于指示信号发送的起始位置信息。
  36. 根据权利要求28至35中任一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述时间窗包括的寻呼时机个数是预定义的,或者所述寻呼时机个数是所述发送模块发送给所述第一终端设备的。
  37. 一种终端设备,其特征在于,所述终端设备具体为第一终端设备,所述第一终端设备,包括:处理器,存储器;所述处理器、所述存储器之间进行相互的通信;
    所述存储器用于存储指令;
    所述处理器用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,执行如权利要求1至9中任一项所述的方法。
  38. 一种网络设备,其特征在于,所述网络设备包括:处理器,存储器;所述处理器、所述存储器之间进行相互的通信;
    所述存储器用于存储指令;
    所述处理器用于执行所述存储器中的所述指令,执行如权利要求10至18中任一项所述的方法。
  39. 一种计算机可读存储介质,包括指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行如权利要求1至9中任意一项所述的方法。
  40. 一种计算机可读存储介质,包括指令,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行如权利要求10至18中任意一项所述的方法。
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