Communication method and apparatus
A communication method includes: a terminal device sends, to a network side device, information indicating that a first user identity of the terminal device and a second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device; and the terminal device receives, by using the first user identity, paging information corresponding to the second user identity of the terminal device. In the method, the terminal device receives a paging-related message or paging-related information in a cell corresponding to a single user identity, to monitor paging information of a plurality of user identities of the terminal device, so that the plurality of user identities of the terminal device can be effectively paged.
1. A communication method, comprising:
sending, by a terminal device to a network side device, information indicating that a first user identity of the terminal device and a second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device; and
receiving, by the terminal device using the first user identity of the terminal device, paging information corresponding to the second user identity of the terminal device;
wherein sending the information comprises: sending first information to a first network side device, wherein the first information comprises identification information of the terminal device corresponding to the second user identity, wherein the first network side device provides a service for the first user identity of the terminal device, and a second network side device provides a service for the second user identity of the terminal device;
wherein receiving the paging information comprises:
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message is a message sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the RRC message comprises the paging information, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in a connected state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in an idle state or an inactive state; or
receiving a paging message, wherein the paging message is sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the paging message comprises the paging information, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or the inactive state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or the inactive state.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the information further comprises:
sending second information to the second network side device, wherein the second information comprises identification information of the terminal device corresponding to the first user identity.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the paging information comprises:
receiving the RRC message, wherein the RRC message is a message sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the RRC message comprises the paging information, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in a connected state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or the inactive state.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the paging information comprises:
receiving the paging message, wherein the paging message is sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the paging message comprises the paging information, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or the inactive state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or the inactive state.
5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
sending monitoring indication information to the second network side device, wherein the monitoring indication information indicates that the terminal device is to receive the paging information in a cell corresponding to the first user identity.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the paging information comprises:
an identifier of the terminal device corresponding to the second user identity.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
attempting, by the terminal device, to enter a connected state by using the second user identity.
8. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a first network side device, information indicating that a first user identity of a terminal device and a second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device, wherein the first network side device provides a service for the first user identity of the terminal device;
sending, by the first network side device to a second network side device, the information indicating that the first user identity of the terminal device and the second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device, wherein the second network side device provides a service for the second user identity of the terminal device;
receiving, by the first network side device, paging indication information from the second network side device, wherein the paging indication information indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged; and
sending, by the first network side device, a first message to indicate that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein receiving the information indicating that the first user identity of the terminal device and the second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device comprises:
receiving first information, wherein the first information comprises identification information of the terminal device corresponding to the second user identity.
10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first network side device from the second network side device, information indicating that association between the first user identity and the second user identity has been completed.
11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein both the first network side device and the second network side device are core network nodes, and wherein sending the first message comprises:
sending, by the first network side device, the first message to a first access network device to indicate that the first access network device is to send a radio resource control (RRC) message to the terminal device, wherein the RRC message is a message to be sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the RRC message indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in a connected state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in an idle state.
12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein both the first network side device and the second network side device are core network nodes, and wherein sending the first message comprises:
sending, by the first network side device, the first message to a first access network device to indicate that the first access network device is to send a first paging message to the terminal device, wherein the first paging message is a message to be sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the first paging message indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in an idle state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the idle state or an inactive state.
13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein both the first network side device and the second network side device are access network devices, and wherein sending the first message comprises:
sending, by the first network side device, a radio resource control (RRC) message to the terminal device, wherein the RRC message is a message sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the RRC message indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in a connected state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in an inactive state.
14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein both the first network side device and the second network side device are access network devices, and wherein sending the first message comprises:
sending, by the first network side device, a radio access network paging message to the terminal device, wherein the radio access network paging message is a message sent to the first user identity of the terminal device, wherein the radio access network paging message indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged, wherein the terminal device using the first user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in an inactive state, and wherein the terminal device using the second user identity corresponds to the terminal device being in the inactive state or an idle state.
15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
sending, by the first network side device, connected-state indication information to the second network side device, wherein the connected-state indication information indicates that the terminal device is in the connected state using the first user identity.
16. A communication method, comprising:
determining, by a second network side device, that a first user identity of a terminal device is associated with a second user identity of the terminal device;
determining, by the second network side device, to page the second user identity of the terminal device through a first network side device, wherein the first network side device provides a service for the first user identity of the terminal device, and the second network side device provides a service for the second user identity of the terminal device; and
sending, by the second network side device, paging indication information to the first network side device, wherein the paging indication information indicates that the second user identity is to be paged;
wherein determining that the first user identity is associated with the second user identity comprises: receiving second information, wherein the second information comprises identification information of the terminal device corresponding to the first user identity.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein determining that the first user identity is associated with the second user identity further comprises:
receiving, by the second network side device from the first network side device, information indicating that the first user identity of the terminal device and the second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device.
18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
sending, by the second network side device to the first network side device, information indicating that association between the first user identity and the second user identity has been completed.