IP Library Granted Patent US 11,516,772
Granted Patent B2
US 11,516,772 · App. 16/652,146 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Paging method, terminal and network-side device

Inventor: Li Chen (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W68/025H04W16/28H04W24/08H04W56/001H04W68/005H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,516,772
App. No.
16/652,146
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paging method, a terminal, and a network-side device are provided. The paging method includes: receiving pre-indication information transmitted by a network-side device; transmitting an uplink signal to the network-side device in a case that the pre-indication information indicates that the terminal is to be paged; and monitoring a paging of the terminal by the network-side device.

Claims (70)

1. A paging method, applied to a terminal, and comprising:

receiving pre-indication information transmitted by a network-side device;

transmitting an uplink signal to the network-side device in a case that the pre-indication information indicates that the terminal is to be paged; and

monitoring a paging of the terminal by the network-side device,

wherein the transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device comprises:

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on a reserved resource or a predefined resource; or

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on a resource indicated implicitly or explicitly in the pre-indication information; or

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on a resource indicated in downlink control information corresponding to the pre-indication information; or

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on an uplink resource corresponding to a predetermined synchronization signal block (SSB); or

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on a configured random access resource; or

transmitting the uplink signal to the network-side device on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal ID of the terminal or an ID of a terminal group to which the terminal belongs,

wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of following signals: an uplink reference signal, an uplink signal carried in a physical uplink control channel, or an uplink signal carried in a physical uplink sharing channel,

wherein in a case that the pre-indication information explicitly indicates a resource, the pre-indication information carries indication information for indicating a resource where a terminal is to transmit the uplink signal; and in a case that the pre-indication information implicitly indicates a resource, the resource implicitly indicated by the pre-indication information comprises a resource corresponding to a resource used by the pre-indication information; or,

wherein the predetermined SSB comprises one of following SSBs: a current optimal SSB, an SSB whose signal quality is higher than a predetermined threshold, an SSB closest to the pre-indication information, or an SSB that is closest to the pre-indication information and has a signal quality higher than a predetermined threshold; or,

wherein the uplink signal carries indication information that is used to indicate a resource for the network-side device to page, and/or indication information that is used to indicate a resource where the terminal monitors the paging from the network-side device.

2. The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a sequence signal, or a predefined indication signal.

3. The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device comprises:

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource indicated by indication information carried in the uplink signal; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource associated with a resource where the uplink signal is transmitted; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a configured resource; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of a terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

4. A terminal, comprising: a processor, a memory and a computer program that is stored on the memory and is executable on the processor, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is configured to: perform steps of the paging method according to claim 1 .

5. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the uplink signal implicitly or explicitly carries at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of a terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein, in a case that the uplink signal implicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs is determined based on at least one of a preamble sequence, information about a beam, a time-domain resource or a frequency-domain resource that is used by the uplink signal; or

in a case that the uplink signal explicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, the uplink signal directly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

7. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the uplink signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a sequence signal, or a predefined indication signal.

8. The terminal according to claim 4 , wherein, the monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device comprises:

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource indicated by indication information carried in the uplink signal; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource associated with a resource where the uplink signal is transmitted; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a configured resource; or

monitoring the paging of the terminal by the network-side device on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of a terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

9. The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal implicitly or explicitly carries at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of a terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

10. The paging method according to claim 9 , wherein in a case that the uplink signal implicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs is determined based on at least one of a preamble sequence, information about a beam, a time-domain resource or a frequency-domain resource that is used by the uplink signal; or

in a case that the uplink signal explicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, the uplink signal directly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

11. A paging method, applied to a network-side device, and comprising:

transmitting pre-indication information to terminals;

receiving an uplink signal transmitted by a terminal, wherein the terminal is at least one of a to-be-paged terminal indicated by the pre-indication information, or a terminal in a terminal group indicated by the pre-indication information; and

paging the terminal,

wherein the receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal comprises:

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on a reserved resource or a predefined resource; or

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on a resource indicated implicitly or explicitly in the pre-indication information; or

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on a resource indicated in downlink control information corresponding to the pre-indication information; or

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on an uplink resource corresponding to a predetermined synchronization signal block (SSB); or

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on a configured random access resource; or

receiving the uplink signal transmitted by the terminal on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal ID of the terminal or an ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs,

wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of following signals: an uplink reference signal, an uplink signal carried in a physical uplink control channel, or an uplink signal carried in a physical uplink sharing channel,

wherein in a case that the pre-indication information explicitly indicates a resource, the pre-indication information carries indication information for indicating a resource where a terminal is to transmit the uplink signal; and in a case that the pre-indication information implicitly indicates a resource, the resource implicitly indicated by the pre-indication information comprises a resource corresponding to a resource used by the pre-indication information; or,

wherein the predetermined SSB comprises one of following SSBs: a current optimal SSB, an SSB whose signal quality is higher than a predetermined threshold, an SSB closest to the pre-indication information, or an SSB that is closest to the pre-indication information and has a signal quality higher than a predetermined threshold; or,

wherein the uplink signal carries indication information that is used to indicate a resource for the network-side device to page, and/or indication information that is used to indicate a resource where the terminal monitors the paging from the network-side device.

12. The paging method according to claim 11 , wherein the uplink signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a sequence signal, or a predefined indication signal.

13. The paging method according to claim 11 , wherein the paging the terminal comprises:

paging the terminal on a resource indicated by indication information carried in the uplink signal; or

paging the terminal on a resource associated with a resource where the uplink signal is received; or

paging the terminal on a configured resource; or

paging the terminal on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs; or

paging the terminal on all or part of downlink beams based on beam sweeping.

14. A network-side device, comprising: a processor, a memory and a computer program that is stored on the memory and is executable on the processor, wherein when executing the computer program, the processor is configured to perform steps of the paging method according to claim 11 .

15. The network-side device according to claim 14 , wherein, the uplink signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a sequence signal, or a predefined indication signal.

16. The network-side device according to claim 14 , wherein, the uplink signal implicitly or explicitly carries at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

17. The network-side device according to claim 16 , wherein, in a case that the uplink signal implicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs is determined based on at least one of a preamble sequence, information about a beam, a time-domain resource or a frequency-domain resource that is used by the uplink signal; or

in a case that the uplink signal explicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, the uplink signal directly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

18. The network side device according to claim 14 , wherein, the paging the terminal comprises:

paging the terminal on a resource indicated by indication information carried in the uplink signal; or

paging the terminal on a resource associated with a resource where the uplink signal is received; or

paging the terminal on a configured resource; or

paging the terminal on a resource corresponding to at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs; or

paging the terminal on all or part of downlink beams based on beam sweeping.

19. The paging method according to claim 11 , wherein the uplink signal implicitly or explicitly carries at least one of a terminal identifier (ID) of the terminal or an ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

20. The paging method according to claim 19 , wherein in a case that the uplink signal implicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs is determined based on at least one of a preamble sequence, information about a beam, a time-domain resource or a frequency-domain resource that is used by the uplink signal; or

in a case that the uplink signal explicitly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs, the uplink signal directly carries at least one of the terminal ID of the terminal or the ID of the terminal group to which the terminal belongs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: CHEN, LI
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052258/0712 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710920159.9 · Sep 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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