Method for determining paging area, access network node and core network node

Inventors: Hucheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Shanzhi Chen (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

H04W68/02 H04W8/08 H04W68/005 H04W76/27 H04W76/30 H04W92/10

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Patent No.: US 10,972,999
App. No.: 16/340,577
Granted: Apr 6, 2021
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for determining a paging area, an access network node and a core network node. The method for use in the access network node includes: acquiring indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for a UE; determining the paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication information; and notifying the UE of the paging area.

Claims (58)

1. A method for determining a paging area for use in an access network node, comprising:

acquiring indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for a User Equipment (UE);

determining the paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication information; and

notifying the UE of the paging area,

wherein the acquiring the indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for the UE comprises receiving the indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for the UE which is transmitted after the UE has moved beyond a current paging area;

wherein the determining the paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication information comprises:

determining whether the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state; and

when the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state, determining the paging area for the UE;

wherein the determining whether the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state comprises:

acquiring the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state in accordance with the indication information; and

determining whether the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state in accordance with the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state,

wherein the acquiring the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state in accordance with the indication information comprises:

transmitting a request to a first access network node so as to acquire the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state; or

transmitting a request to the core network node so as to acquire the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information is information about an area in which the UE is allowed to be in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state, or an indication indicating that the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the indication information is the indication indicating that the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state, the determining the paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication information comprises determining a cell-granularity-based paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication indicating that the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state; or

wherein when the indication information is the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to the in the RRC inactive state, the determining the paging area for the UE in accordance with the indication information comprises determining a cell-granularity-based paging area for the UE in accordance with the information about the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state, and the determined cell-granularity-based paging area is comprised in the area in which the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the determining the cell-granularity-based paging area for the UE comprises:

acquiring network deployment and configuration at the access network node as well as information about a mobility feature of the UE; and

determining the cell-granularity-based paging area for the UE in accordance with the network deployment and configuration as well as the information about the mobility feature of the UE;

wherein the notifying the UE of the paging area comprises directly transmitting the paging area to the UE via an air-interface message.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the acquiring the indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for the UE comprises acquiring the indication information indicating the allocation of the paging area for the UE which is transmitted by a core network node upon the receipt of a position update request from the UE.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the notifying the UE of the paging area comprises:

transmitting the paging area to the core network node so that the core network node transmits the paging area to the UE; or

directly transmitting the paging area to the UE via an air-interface message.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, when the UE is not allowed to be in the RRC inactive state, transmitting an RRC inactive state deactivation message to the core network node, so that the core network node notifies the UE that the UE is not allowed to be in the RRC inactive state any longer.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the UE is allowed to be in the RRC inactive state, subsequent to determining the paging area for the UE, the method further comprises transmitting a path switching request to the core network node, so that the core network node updates a user plane connection and a control plane connection between the access network node and the core network node for the UE.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the notifying the UE of the paging area comprises directly transmitting the paging area to the UE via an air-interface message.

10. An access network node, comprising a processor, and a memory and a transceiver connected to the processor, wherein

the memory is configured to store therein programs and data for the operation of the processor, and

the processor is configured to call and execute the programs and data stored in the memory, so as to realize a method for determining a paging area for use in the access network node, comprising: