IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,072
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,072 · App. 17/081,842 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Paging message transmission method, base station, and user equipment

Inventor: Zheng Yu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W68/02H04W68/025H04W68/08
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Patent No.
US 12,376,072
App. No.
17/081,842
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paging message transmission method, a base station, and user equipment are provided. The paging message transmission method includes determining indication information included in a first paging message, where the indication information is used to instruct user equipment UE to receive the first paging message and/or receive a second paging message, sending the first paging message including the indication information, where the first paging message is included in a first transport block, and sending the second paging message if the indication information instructs the user equipment to receive the second paging message, where the second paging message is included in a second transport block, and the second transport block and the first transport block are different transport blocks that are separately transmitted.

Claims (42)

1. A paging message sending method, comprising:

determining indication information comprised in a first message, wherein the indication information indicates whether a paging message exists, wherein the indication information indicates modulation and coding information of the paging message and time resource information of the paging message, wherein three bits in the indication information indicate an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) setting, and wherein a first bit of the three bits indicates a value indication of a paging UE sub-ID whose type is an IMSI, and wherein second bits of the three bits, other than the first bit, indicate a quantity of a paging UE ID whose type is an IMSI;

sending the first message comprising the indication information to a user equipment (UE) using physical layer signaling, wherein the first message is in a first transport block; and

sending the paging message to the UE in case of the indication information indicating that the paging message exists, wherein the paging message is in a second transport block, and wherein the second transport block and the first transport block are different transport blocks.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a format of the first message, and notifying the UE of the determined format of the first message using the indication information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information further comprises frequency resource information of the paging message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information further comprises one or more of indication information of an update of system information, indication information of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS), or indication information of a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS).

5. A paging message receiving method comprising:

obtaining indication information comprised in a first message, wherein the indication information indicates whether a paging message exists, wherein the indication information indicates modulation and coding information of the paging message and time resource information of the paging message, wherein three bits in the indication information indicate an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) setting, and wherein a first bit of the three bits indicates a value indication of a paging UE sub-ID whose type is an IMSI, and wherein second bits of the three bits, other than the first bit, indicate a quantity of a paging UE ID whose type is an IMSI;

determining, according to the indication information, whether the paging message exists, wherein the first message is in a first transport block, wherein the paging message is comprised in a second transport block, and wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are different transport blocks; and

receiving the paging message in case of the indication information indicating the paging message exists, wherein the indication information comprises modulation and coding information of the paging message, and further comprises time resource information of the paging message.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

determining a format of the first message according to the indication information.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the indication information further comprises frequency resource information of the paging message.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a size of the first message is a quantity of bits of the first message.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first message has a format indicated by the indication information and that is one of a first format or a second format different from the first format, and wherein a size of the first message indicated by the first format is the same as a size indicated by the second format.

10. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the indication information further comprises one or more of indication information of an update of system information, indication information of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS), or indication information of a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS).

11. A base station comprising:

a transmitter;

a processor;

a memory storing a program to be executed in the processor, the program comprising instructions for:

determining indication information comprised in a first message, wherein the indication information indicates whether a paging message exists, wherein the indication information indicates modulation and coding information of the paging message and time resource information of the paging message, wherein three bits in the indication information indicate an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) setting, and wherein a first bit of the three bits indicates a value indication of a paging UE sub-ID whose type is an IMSI, and wherein second bits of the three bits, other than the first bit, indicate a quantity of a paging UE ID whose type is an IMSI;

causing the transmitter to send the first message comprising the indication information to a user equipment (UE) using physical layer signaling, wherein the first message is in a first transport block; and

causing the transmitter to send the paging message to the UE in case of the indication information indicating that the paging message exists, wherein the paging message is in a second transport block, and wherein the second transport block and the first transport block are different transport blocks.

12. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the program comprises further instructions for:

determining a format of the first message; and

causing the transmitter to notify the UE of the determined format of the first message using the indication information.

13. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the indication information further comprises frequency resource information of the paging message.

14. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the indication information further comprises one or more of indication information of an update of system information, indication information of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS), or indication information of a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS).

15. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver

a processor;

a memory storing a program to be executed in the processor, the program comprising instructions for:

obtaining, through the receiver, indication information comprised in a first message, wherein the indication information indicates whether a paging message exists, wherein the indication information indicates modulation and coding information of the paging message and time resource information of the paging message, wherein the indication information is physical layer signaling, wherein three bits in the indication information indicate an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) setting, and wherein a first bit of the three bits indicates a value indication of a paging UE sub-ID whose type is an IMSI, and wherein second bits of the three bits, other than the first bit, indicate a quantity of a paging UE ID whose type is an IMSI;

determining, according to the indication information, whether the paging message exists, wherein the first message is in a first transport block, wherein the paging message is in a second transport block, and wherein the first transport block and the second transport block are different transport blocks; and

receiving, through the receiver, in case of the indication information indicating that the paging message exists, the paging message.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the program further includes instructions for determining a format of the first message according to the indication information.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the indication information further comprises frequency resource information of the paging message.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a size of the first message is a quantity of bits of the first message.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first message has a format indicated by the indication information and that is one of a first format or a second format different from the first format, and wherein a size of the first message indicated by the first format is the same as a size indicated by the second format.

20. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the indication information further comprises one or more of indication information of an update of system information, indication information of an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS), or indication information of a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS).

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15727884 · Oct 9, 2017
Continuation PCTCN2015076362 · Apr 10, 2015
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