WO2024187372A1 - 一种通信方法、装置以及可读存储介质 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to wireless communication technology, and more particularly to a communication method, device, and readable storage medium.
- Ambient Internet of Things is a type of Internet of Things. Compared with cellular-based Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) terminals, Ambient-IoT terminals are less complex and less expensive, and have lower maintenance costs. Among them, a main feature of Ambient-IoT terminals is that they have no batteries and are excited and powered by received electromagnetic signals; or, Ambient-IoT terminals have batteries with a small amount of electrical storage function, but the battery does not need to be manually charged, but can obtain a small amount of battery energy from external energy, such as by obtaining external electromagnetic waves, thermal energy, kinetic energy, etc.
- NB-IoT Narrow Band Internet of Things
- Ambient-IoT type communication networks will support a number of terminals that are several orders of magnitude higher in connection density than related IoT.
- the present disclosure provides a communication method, an apparatus, and a readable storage medium.
- the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by a network device, and the method includes:
- a paging message is sent to a user equipment, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the network device sends a paging message to the user device to inform the user device of the group identifier of the paged user device. Therefore, in the process of determining the paged user device by the group identifier, the network device can page more user devices at one time, improve the paging efficiency, and be more suitable for communication scenarios with high user device connection density.
- the group identifier includes group identifiers of different types of user equipment groups, wherein the different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes.
- the user equipment is associated with one or more group identifiers.
- the paging message includes one or more sets of paged user equipment and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each set of paged user equipment, and each set of paged user equipment is determined based on the corresponding group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group.
- each of the paged user equipment sets includes user equipment associated with group identifiers of all types of user equipment groups in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- the method further includes:
- the indication information includes the network access parameter corresponding to each of the paged user equipment sets.
- the network access parameter includes at least one of the following:
- Code domain resources of random access resources are Code domain resources of random access resources.
- the user equipment attribute is one of the following:
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment is defined by a protocol, or configured by the network device, or configured by a core network device.
- the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by a user equipment, and the method includes:
- the paging message includes a group identifier associated with a paged user equipment
- the group identifier includes group identifiers of different types of user equipment groups, wherein the different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes.
- the paging message includes one or more sets of paged user equipment and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each set of paged user equipment, and each set of paged user equipment is determined based on the corresponding group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group.
- determining whether to initiate random access according to the paging message includes:
- Each of the paged user equipment sets includes user equipment associated with group identifiers of all types of user equipment groups in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- the method further includes:
- Indication information sent by the network device is received, where the indication information is used to indicate a network access parameter of a set of user equipments being paged.
- the indication information includes the network access parameter corresponding to each of the paged user equipment sets.
- the network access parameter includes at least one of the following:
- Code domain resources of random access resources are Code domain resources of random access resources.
- determining whether to initiate random access according to the paging message includes:
- random access When random access needs to be initiated, random access is initiated according to the network access parameters corresponding to the set of paged user equipments.
- the user equipment attribute is one of the following:
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment is defined by a protocol, or configured by the network device, or configured by a core network device.
- the present disclosure provides a communication device, which can be used to execute the steps performed by a network device in the first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.
- the network device can implement the functions of the above methods in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.
- the device may include a transceiver module, wherein the transceiver module can be used to support the communication device to perform communication.
- the transceiver module is configured to send a paging message to the user equipment, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the present disclosure provides a communication device, which can be used to perform the steps performed by a user equipment in the second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect.
- the user equipment can implement each function in the above methods in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module.
- the device may include a transceiver module and a processing module coupled to each other, wherein the transceiver module can be used to support the communication device to communicate, and the processing module can be used for the communication device to perform processing operations, such as generating information/messages to be sent, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages.
- the transceiver module can be used to support the communication device to communicate
- the processing module can be used for the communication device to perform processing operations, such as generating information/messages to be sent, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages.
- the transceiver module is configured to receive a paging message sent by a network device, wherein the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment;
- a processing module is used to determine whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- the present disclosure provides a network device, comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.
- the present disclosure provides a user device, comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect.
- the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores instructions (or computer programs, programs), which, when called and executed on a computer, enable the computer to execute the above-mentioned first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect.
- the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which instructions (or computer programs, programs) are stored.
- instructions or computer programs, programs
- the computer executes the above-mentioned second aspect or any possible design of the second aspect.
- FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG2 is an interactive flow chart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG3 is a flow chart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG4 is a flow chart showing another communication method according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG5 is a flow chart showing a communication method according to another exemplary embodiment
- FIG6 is a flow chart showing a communication method according to another exemplary embodiment
- FIG7 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG8 is a block diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG9 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment
- Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a user equipment according to an exemplary embodiment.
- first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other.
- first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information.
- the words "if” and “if” as used herein may be interpreted as “at” or "when” or "in response to determination”.
- a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100, which may include a network device 101 and a user device 102.
- the user device 102 is configured to support carrier aggregation and may be connected to multiple carrier components of the network device 101, including a primary carrier component and one or more secondary carrier components.
- the application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include, but are not limited to, long-term evolution (LTE) system, LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication system, cloud radio access network (CRAN) system, future fifth-generation (5G) system, new radio (NR) communication system or future evolved public land mobile network (PLMN) system, etc.
- LTE long-term evolution
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD LTE time division duplex
- WiMAX worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- CDRF cloud radio access network
- 5G fifth-generation
- NR new radio
- PLMN future evolved public land mobile network
- the user equipment 102 shown above may be a terminal, an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station (MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless communication device, a terminal agent or a terminal device, etc.
- the user equipment 102 may have a wireless transceiver function, and it can communicate with one or more network devices of one or more communication systems (such as wireless communication) and receive network services provided by the network devices, where the network devices include but are not limited to the network device 101 shown in the figure.
- the user equipment 102 can be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.
- SIP session initiation protocol
- WLL wireless local loop
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the network device 101 may be an access network device (or access network point).
- the access network device refers to a device that provides network access functions, such as a radio access network (RAN) base station, etc.
- the network device 101 may specifically include a base station (BS), or a base station and a wireless resource management device for controlling the base station, etc.
- the network device 101 may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network, or an NR base station, etc.
- the network device 101 may be a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device.
- the network device 101 may also be a communication chip with a communication module.
- the network equipment 101 includes, but is not limited to, the next generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, the evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB) in the LTE system, the radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), the node B (node B, NB) in the WCDMA system, the wireless controller under the CRAN system, the base station controller (basestation controller, BSC), the base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS) in the GSM system or the CDMA system, the home base station (for example, home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), the baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), the transmitting and receiving point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), the transmitting point (transmitting point, TP) or the mobile switching center, etc.
- the next generation base station evolved node B, eNB
- the radio network controller radio network controller
- RNC radio network controller
- node B node B
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a method according to an exemplary embodiment.
- the interactive flow chart of the communication method is shown in FIG2 .
- the method includes steps S201 to S202. Specifically:
- Step S201 the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the user device 102 may be an Ambient IoT-based user device, or referred to as an Ambient IoT terminal.
- the connection density of Ambient IoT terminals is higher.
- the network device 101 in the Ambient-IoT type communication network needs to support connecting a larger number of user devices 102.
- the group identifier is used to identify a group of user devices 102, where the group of user devices 102 includes one or more user devices 102 such as Ambient IoT terminals.
- the group identifier includes group identifiers of different types of user equipment groups, where the different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes.
- the user equipment attributes include but are not limited to user equipment service types, location-related attributes or service providers, etc., and can refer to the description of the following embodiments.
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102 may be configured by the network device 101, or defined by a protocol, or determined by the user equipment 102 in a manner defined by a protocol.
- a single user equipment 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers, and one or more user equipments 102 paged by the network device 101 may be determined according to the group identifier in the paging message.
- the network device 101 may broadcast paging messages periodically.
- the network device 101 may send paging downlink control information (paging DCI), schedule a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through the paging DCI, and carry the paging message in the PDSCH.
- paging DCI paging downlink control information
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- paging DCI is composed of paging radio network temporary identity (Paging Radio Network Temporary Identity, P-RNTI).
- P-RNTI paging Radio Network Temporary Identity
- Step S202 the user equipment 102 receives the paging message.
- the user equipment 102 may be any user equipment 102 in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state, that is, any user equipment 102 in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state may refer to the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure in a paging scenario.
- the user equipment 102 may periodically monitor paging messages.
- the user equipment 102 learns its corresponding paging occasion (PO) according to the configuration of the network device 101, and the PO occurs periodically.
- PO paging occasion
- Each user equipment 102 corresponds to a set of periodic PO resources, or multiple user equipments 102 correspond to the same set of periodic PO resources.
- the user equipment 102 monitors whether there is a paging DCI in the PO corresponding to itself. If the paging DCI is monitored, and the information field set in the paging DCI indicates that the paging DCI schedules the PDSCH containing the paging message, the user equipment 102 can receive and demodulate the PDSCH according to the indication of the paging DCI.
- the paging message carried in the PDSCH includes the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102.
- the set information field is, for example, the Short Messages Indicator information field.
- the user equipment 102 may not receive and demodulate the PDSCH. This scenario indicates that the user equipment 102 may not have been paged.
- Step S203 The user equipment 102 determines whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- the user equipment 102 in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state may determine whether to initiate random access according to the group identifier indicated in the paging message.
- the user equipment 102 may initiate random access to enter the RRC connected state (CONNECTED) and communicate normally with the network device 101.
- the method of determining the set of user equipments to be paged according to the paging message may refer to the description of the following embodiment.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user device 102 to inform the user device of the group identifier associated with the paged user device.
- the group identifier may be a group identifier of a plurality of types of user device groups divided according to different user device attributes, so that in the process of determining the paged user device by the group identifier, the network device 101 can page the user devices 102 in more types or more dimensional user device groups at one time, thereby improving the efficiency of paging and being more suitable for communication scenarios with high connection density of the user device 102, such as connection scenarios including a plurality of user device groups of different types.
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3 , the method includes step S301, specifically:
- Step S301 the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the network device 101 may broadcast paging messages periodically.
- the network device 101 may send a paging DCI, schedule a PDSCH through the paging DCI, and carry a paging message in the PDSCH.
- the group identifier is used to identify a group of user equipment 102, where the group of user equipment 102 includes one or more user equipment 102.
- the user equipment 102 is a user equipment 102 in a high connection density scenario.
- the group identifier includes group identifiers of different types of user equipment groups, wherein the different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes.
- the network device 101 may classify the user equipment 102 according to different types of user equipment attributes.
- the user equipment group generated by classifying the user equipment 102 according to each type of user equipment attribute may include one or more user equipment groups, each of which includes at least one user equipment 102.
- the user equipment attribute is one of the following:
- the user equipment 102 is divided into different types of user equipment groups according to different types of user equipment attributes.
- the user equipment groups include a first type group, a second type group, a third type group, and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider, that is, the first type group may include multiple UE groups, and the multiple UE groups correspond to different service providers.
- Each UE group ID may represent the service provider corresponding to the UE group.
- the first type group includes UE group 1 and UE group 2, UE group 1 corresponds to the first service provider, and UE group 2 corresponds to the second service provider.
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment, that is, the second type group may include multiple UE groups, and the multiple UE groups correspond to different geographical locations.
- Each UE group ID may represent the geographical location corresponding to the UE group.
- the second type group includes UE group 3 and UE group 4, UE group 3 corresponds to the first geographical location, and UE group 4 corresponds to the second geographical location.
- the geographical location may refer to geographical areas in different ranges, or to different base station coverage areas.
- the third type of group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment, that is, the third type of group may include multiple UE groups, multiple UE groups correspond to different priorities, and each UE group ID may indicate the priority corresponding to the UE group.
- the third type of group includes UE group 5 and UE group 6, UE group 5 corresponds to the first priority, and UE group 6 corresponds to the second priority.
- the priority of the user equipment 102 may be pre-configured by the network device 101.
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type, that is, the fourth type group may include multiple UE groups, and the multiple UE groups correspond to different service types.
- Each UE group ID may represent the service type corresponding to the UE group.
- the fourth type group includes UE group 7 and UE group 8, UE group 7 corresponds to the first service type, and UE group 8 corresponds to the second service type.
- the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to illustrate rather than limit the user device attributes.
- the user device attributes may include more attributes: for example, the working environment (temperature, humidity, etc.) attributes of the user device, and for example, the moving speed attributes of the user device, etc.
- the user devices can be classified according to different types of user device attributes to generate various types of user device group divisions.
- the user equipment 102 is associated with one or more group identifiers.
- the UE group corresponding to the group identifier may be a UE group of one type among a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the multiple group identifiers may be group identifiers of different types.
- the UE groups corresponding to the multiple group identifiers associated with the user equipment 102 may be at least two types of UE groups among the first type group, the second type group, the third type group, and the fourth type group.
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102 is defined by a protocol, or configured by the network device 101, or configured by a core network device.
- the protocol may define a method or calculation method for determining a group identifier, and the user equipment 102 determines its corresponding group identifier according to the method or calculation method defined by the protocol.
- the network device 101 or the core network device configures a group identifier for the user equipment 102 .
- the core network device is connected to the user equipment 102 via the network device 101 , so the group identifier can be configured for the user equipment 102 via the network device 101 .
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user device 102 to inform the user device of the group identifier of the paged user device.
- the group identifier may be a group identifier of multiple types of user device groups divided according to different user device attributes, so that in the process of determining the paged user device by the group identifier, the network device 101 can page the user devices 102 of more types or more dimensional user device groups at one time, thereby improving the efficiency of paging and being more suitable for communication scenarios with high connection density of the user device 102, such as connection scenarios including multiple user device groups of different types.
- the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by the network device 101.
- the method includes step S301, specifically:
- Step S301 the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the paging message includes one or more paged user equipment sets and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each paged user equipment set, and each paged user equipment set is determined according to the corresponding group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group.
- the paging message may indicate the paged user equipment set in a direct or indirect manner.
- the paged user equipment set may include at least one user equipment 102 .
- the network device 101 may page one or more user equipment sets at a time, and may indicate, through a paging message, a group identifier of at least one type of UE group corresponding to each paged user equipment set.
- At least one type of UE group may be divided according to user equipment attributes.
- at least one type of user equipment group may include: at least one of a first type group, a second type group, a third type group, and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- each paged user equipment set is determined by an intersection of user equipments 102 associated with group identifiers of at least one type of corresponding user equipment group.
- each paged user equipment set includes user equipment associated with group identifiers of all types of user equipment groups in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- the network device 101 indicates the following two sets of paged user equipments through a paging message:
- Paged user equipment set 1 ⁇ first type group 0, second type group 3, third type group 1, intersection ⁇ ;
- Paged user equipment set 2 ⁇ first type group 0, third type group 4, intersection ⁇ ;
- the group identifiers of three types of UE groups associated with the paged user equipment are indicated in the paged user equipment set 1, namely, the first type group 0, the second type group 3 and the third type group 1.
- the paged user equipment set 1 also indicates the method of determining the set, namely, the intersection of the user equipment 102 associated with the group identifiers of the three types of UE groups.
- the set consisting of user devices 102 associated with the three group identifiers of the first type group 0, the second type group 3 and the third type group 1 is the paged user device set 1.
- the set consisting of user devices 102 associated with the two group identifiers of the first type group 0 and the third type group 4 is the paged user device set 2.
- the user equipment 102 For the user equipment 102, it can receive the group identifier pre-configured by the network device 101, for example:
- the group identifiers associated with UE1 include: first type group 0, second type group 3, and third type group 1;
- the group identifiers associated with UE2 include: first type group 0, second type group 3;
- the group identifiers associated with UE3 include: first type group 0, third type group 4;
- the group identifiers associated with UE4 include: first type group 0, second type group 3, and third type group 4;
- the group identifier associated with UE5 includes: first type group 0;
- the group identifiers associated with UE6 include: first type group 0, second type group 3, fourth type group 1, and third type group 4.
- the user equipment 102 associated with the three group identifiers of the first type group 0, the second type group 3 and the third type group 1, that is, the user equipment set 1 to be paged includes UE1 and UE6, so UE1 and UE6 are both paged.
- the user equipment 102 associated with the two group identifiers of the first type group 0 and the third type group 4, that is, the user equipment set 2 to be paged includes UE3, UE4 and UE6, so UE3, UE4 and UE6 are all paged.
- the network device 101 pages UE1, UE6, UE3 and UE4 through one paging message.
- each paged user equipment set is determined by a union of user equipments 102 associated with group identifiers of at least one type of corresponding user equipment group.
- each paged user equipment set includes: user equipment associated with a group identifier of any type of user equipment group in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- the network device 101 indicates the following two sets of paged user equipments through a paging message:
- Paged user equipment set 3 ⁇ second type group 1 ⁇ ;
- Paged user equipment set 4 ⁇ fourth type group 2 ⁇ ;
- the paged user equipment set 5 ⁇ first type group 0, second type group 3 ⁇ ;
- the group identifier of a type of UE group associated with the paged user equipment is indicated in the paged user equipment set 3, that is, the second type group 1
- the paged user equipment set 3 is the group identifier of the type of UE group, that is, the user equipment 102 associated with the second type group 1.
- the paged user equipment set 4 is the user equipment 102 associated with the fourth type group 2.
- the paged user equipment set 5 includes the user equipment 102 associated with the first type group 0 and the user equipment 102 associated with the second type group 3.
- the user equipment 102 For the user equipment 102, it can receive the group identifier pre-configured by the network device 101, for example:
- the group identifiers associated with UE1' include: first type group 0, second type group 1;
- the group identifier associated with UE2' includes: fourth type group 2;
- the group identifiers associated with UE3' include: second type group 2, second type group 3;
- the group identifier associated with UE4' includes: first type group 0.
- the paged user equipment set 3 includes UE1’
- the paged user equipment set 4 includes UE2’
- the paged user equipment set 5 includes UE3’ and UE4’.
- the network device 101 pages UE1’, UE2’, UE3’ and UE4’ through one paging message.
- the network device 101 can indicate the set of user devices to be paged through a paging message, so that the user device 102 can determine whether it is paged according to whether it belongs to the set of user devices to be paged, and initiate random access in time when being paged, so as to establish communication in time.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4 , the method includes step S401, specifically:
- Step S401 the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the user equipment may be associated with one or more group identifiers, and when multiple group identifiers are associated, the multiple group identifiers may not distinguish between types of user equipment attributes.
- the types of user equipment attributes corresponding to the multiple group identifiers are all service types, and the multiple group identifiers correspond to different service types.
- the user equipment may be associated with one or more group identifiers.
- the multiple group identifiers correspond to different types of user equipment attributes.
- the implementation of step S401 can refer to the description of the above embodiment, for example, refer to the implementation of step S301, which will not be repeated here.
- Step S402 the network device 101 sends indication information to the user equipment 102, where the indication information is used to indicate network access parameters of the set of user equipments being paged.
- the paged user equipment set involved in the indication information includes at least one user equipment 102 paged by the network device 101 in the paging message.
- the paged user equipment set can be determined by the group identifier indicated in the paging message.
- the implementations of steps S401 and S402 are merely illustrative and not limiting.
- the indication information may be included in a paging message, that is, the indication information is sent synchronously by sending a paging message.
- the indication information and the paging message are sent separately, for example, the network device 101 sends the indication information in a broadcasting manner.
- the user equipment 102 in the RRC idle state or inactive state can receive the indication information.
- the network device 101 may page one or more user equipment sets at a time.
- the indication information may indicate network access parameters applicable to multiple sets of paged user equipments, or configure corresponding network access parameters for each set of paged user equipments.
- the indication information includes a network access parameter corresponding to each set of paged user equipments.
- the user equipment set may be indicated by a paging message.
- the paging message may indicate at least one set of paged user equipments and at least one type of UE corresponding to each set of paged user equipments.
- the set of user equipments to be paged is determined according to the group identifier of at least one type of UE group.
- At least one type of UE group may be divided according to user equipment attributes.
- at least one type of user equipment group may include: at least one of a first type group, a second type group, a third type group, and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- each paged user equipment set may be determined by: an intersection or union of user equipments 102 associated with the group identifier of the corresponding at least one type of UE group.
- the method for determining the paged user equipment set may refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment, such as the description of the first example and the second example, and will not be repeated here.
- the network device 101 configures corresponding network access parameters for each paged user device set. For example, in combination with the first example, the network device 101 configures a first set of network access parameters for the paged user device set 1 and a second set of network access parameters for the paged user device set 2, and the first set of network access parameters is different from the second set of network access parameters.
- the network access parameter includes at least one of the following:
- Code domain resources of random access resources are Code domain resources of random access resources.
- each set of paged user equipment may be configured with a set of network access parameters, which may include the backoff duration, frequency domain position, and code domain resources.
- network access parameters may include the backoff duration, frequency domain position, and code domain resources.
- the network access parameters of different paged user equipment sets are different, which can reduce the conflict when different user equipments 102 initiate random access. Please refer to the following example description.
- two sets of paged user equipment are used as an example for description, and this example description may be referred to when there are more sets of user equipment. If the backoff durations of the paged user equipment set 1 and the paged user equipment set 2 are different, the user equipment 102 in the paged user equipment set 1 and the user equipment 102 in the paged user equipment set 2 will initiate random access within different time periods, thereby avoiding the situation where user equipment 102 belonging to different user equipment sets perform random access within the same or similar time period and cause a random access resource conflict.
- the network device 101 configures a backoff time of 0ms for the paged user equipment set 1 and a backoff time of 40ms for the paged user equipment set 2.
- the user equipment 102 in the paged user equipment set 1 does not need to back off after receiving the paging message, and selects a random access resource nearby to initiate random access.
- the user equipment 102 in the paged user equipment set 2 needs to wait for a backoff time of 40ms after receiving the paging message before selecting a random access resource to initiate random access.
- the network device 101 can configure multiple physical random access channels in the frequency domain. (Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH), if the frequency domain positions of the random access resources corresponding to the paged user equipment set 1 and the paged user equipment set 2 are different, the paged user equipment set 1 and the paged user equipment set 2 will initiate random access on PRACH corresponding to different frequency domains, thereby reducing or avoiding conflicts between user equipment 102 belonging to different user equipment sets during the random access process.
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- the network device 101 can be configured with different code domain resources.
- the preamble sets corresponding to the paged user equipment set 1 and the paged user equipment set 2 are different.
- the user equipment 102 belonging to different user equipment sets can be distinguished by different preamble codes, thereby reducing or avoiding the conflict of user equipment 102 belonging to different user equipment sets during the random access process.
- the network device 101 can configure corresponding network access parameters for different paged user equipment sets, thereby avoiding or reducing resource conflicts among user equipment 102 belonging to different user equipment sets during random access, thereby improving the efficiency and success rate of random access.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5 , the method includes steps S501 to S502, specifically:
- Step S501 User equipment 102 receives a paging message sent by network equipment 101, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the user equipment 102 may be any user equipment 102 in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state.
- the user equipment 102 obtains its corresponding PO according to the configuration of the network device 101, and the PO appears periodically.
- Each user equipment 102 corresponds to a set of periodic PO resources, or multiple user equipments 102 correspond to the same set of periodic PO resources.
- the user equipment 102 monitors whether there is a paging DCI in the PO corresponding to itself. If the paging DCI is monitored, and the information field set in the paging DCI indicates that the paging DCI schedules the PDSCH containing the paging message, the user equipment 102 can receive and demodulate the PDSCH according to the indication of the paging DCI.
- the paging message carried in the PDSCH includes the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102.
- the set information field is, for example, the Short Messages Indicator information field.
- the group identifier is used to identify a group of user equipment 102 , and one user equipment 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers.
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102 is defined by a protocol, or configured by the network device 101, or configured by a core network device.
- the group identifier includes group identifiers of different types of user equipment groups, wherein the different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes.
- the network device 101 can classify the user equipment 102 according to different types of user equipment attributes.
- the user equipment grouping generated by classifying the user equipment 102 according to each type of user equipment attribute may include one or more user equipment groups, and each device group includes at least one user equipment 102 .
- the user equipment attribute is one of the following:
- the UE group corresponding to the group identifier may be a UE group of one type among a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the multiple group identifiers may be group identifiers of different types.
- the UE groups corresponding to the multiple group identifiers associated with the user equipment 102 may be at least two types of UE groups among the first type group, the second type group, the third type group and the fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- the embodiments of the present disclosure are intended to illustrate rather than limit the user device attributes.
- the user device attributes may include more attributes: for example, the working environment (temperature, humidity, etc.) attributes of the user device, and for example, the moving speed attributes of the user device, etc.
- the user devices can be classified according to different types of user device attributes to generate various types of user device group divisions.
- Step S502 The user equipment 102 determines whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- the user equipment 102 may initiate random access to enter the RRC connected state and communicate normally with the network device 101.
- the manner of determining the set of user equipments to be paged according to the paging message may refer to the description of the aforementioned embodiment.
- the user equipment 102 receives the paging message sent by the network device 101 to obtain the group identifier associated with the paged user equipment. Therefore, in the process of determining the paged user equipment by the group identifier, the network device 101 can page more user equipment 102 at a time, improve the paging efficiency, and better adapt to the communication scenario with high connection density of the user equipment 102.
- the present disclosure embodiment provides a communication method, which is executed by the user equipment 102.
- the method includes steps S501 to S502, specifically:
- Step S501 User equipment 102 receives a paging message sent by network equipment 101, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- Step S502 The user equipment 102 determines whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- the paging message includes one or more paged user equipment sets and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each paged user equipment set, and each paged user equipment set is determined according to the corresponding group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group.
- steps S501 to S502 can refer to the description of the above embodiments.
- the network device 101 may page one or more user equipment sets at a time, and may indicate, through a paging message, a group identifier of at least one type of UE group corresponding to each paged user equipment set.
- each paged user equipment set may include at least one user equipment 102 .
- At least one type of UE group may be divided according to user equipment attributes.
- at least one type of user equipment group may include: at least one of a first type group, a second type group, a third type group, and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- each paged user equipment set is determined by an intersection of user equipments 102 associated with group identifiers of at least one type of corresponding user equipment group.
- step S502 may include step S502', specifically:
- Step S502' when the user equipment 102 belongs to any paged user equipment set, random access is initiated to the network device 101.
- Each paged user equipment set includes user equipment associated with group identifiers of all types of user equipment groups in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- each paged user equipment set is determined by a union of user equipments 102 associated with group identifiers of at least one type of corresponding user equipment group.
- each paged user equipment set includes: user equipment associated with a group identifier of any type of user equipment group in the corresponding at least one type of user equipment group.
- the user equipment 102 can determine whether it is paged according to whether it belongs to the paged user equipment set, initiate random access in time when being paged, and establish communication in time.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6 , the method includes steps S601 to S603, specifically:
- Step S601 User equipment 102 receives a paging message sent by network equipment 101, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- step S601 may refer to the implementation of step S501 and will not be described in detail here.
- Step S602 the user equipment 102 receives indication information sent by the network equipment, where the indication information is used to indicate network access parameters of the set of user equipments being paged.
- the implementations of steps S601 and S602 are merely illustrative and not limiting.
- the indication information may be included in a paging message, that is, the indication information is sent synchronously by sending a paging message.
- the indication information and the paging message are sent separately, for example, the network device 101 sends the indication information in a broadcasting manner.
- the user equipment 102 in the RRC idle state or inactive state can receive the indication information and the paging message respectively.
- the network device 101 may page multiple user equipment sets at one time, and the indication information may indicate network access parameters applicable to multiple paged user equipment sets, or configure corresponding network access parameters for each paged user equipment set.
- the indication information includes network access parameters corresponding to each set of paged user equipments.
- the implementation of this implementation may refer to the description of the above embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.
- the network access parameter includes at least one of the following:
- Code domain resources of random access resources are Code domain resources of random access resources.
- Step S603 The user equipment 102 determines whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- step S603 may refer to the implementation of step S502 or S502', which will not be repeated here.
- step S603 may include the following step S603', specifically:
- Step S603' when random access needs to be initiated, the user equipment 102 initiates random access according to the network access parameters corresponding to the set of paged user equipments to which it belongs.
- the user equipment 102 belongs to the paged user equipment set 1, random access is initiated according to the network access parameters corresponding to the paged user equipment set 1.
- the user equipment 102 belonging to different paged user equipment sets can effectively avoid or reduce random access resource conflicts during the random access initiation process.
- the network device 101 can configure corresponding network access parameters for different sets of paged user devices.
- the user device 102 needs to initiate random access, it can initiate random access according to the network access parameters corresponding to the set of paged user devices, thereby avoiding or reducing resource conflicts among user devices 102 belonging to different sets of user devices during the random access process, and improving the efficiency and success rate of random access.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the group identifier is used to identify a group of user devices 102, and the group of user devices 102 includes one or more user devices 102 such as Ambient IoT terminals.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- One user equipment 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers.
- one user equipment 102 may be associated with multiple different types of group identifiers.
- Different types of user equipment groups are divided according to different user equipment attributes, wherein the user equipment attributes include: service provider, geographical location of the user equipment, priority of the user equipment, and service type.
- the user equipment group includes a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the first type of group is divided according to service providers, and different UE group IDs may represent different service providers.
- the second type of group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment, and different UE group IDs may represent different geographical locations.
- the third type of group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment, and different UE group IDs can represent the priority corresponding to the UE group.
- the fourth type of group is divided according to service type, and different UE group IDs can represent different service types.
- the group identifier associated with the user equipment 102 may be configured through the core network device, or configured through the network device 101, or determined by the user equipment 102 according to the calculation method defined by the protocol. When the user equipment 102 is associated with multiple group identifiers, each group identifier may be determined in one of the three ways.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- One user device 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers, for example, one user device 102 may be associated with multiple different types of group identifiers. Different types of user device groups are divided according to different user device attributes.
- the user device attributes include: service provider, geographic location of the user device, priority of the user device, and service type.
- the user equipment group includes a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- the paging message includes one or more paged user equipment sets and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each paged user equipment set, and each paged user equipment set is determined according to the group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group.
- the paged user equipment set may be locked by the intersection or union of multiple types of group identifiers.
- the user equipment 102 associated with both the group ID of the first type group and the group ID of the second type group belongs to the set of user equipments to be paged.
- the user equipment 102 having the group ID of the group or the group ID of the second type group all belongs to the set of paged user equipments.
- a user device 102 is associated
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- One user device 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers, for example, one user device 102 may be associated with multiple different types of group identifiers. Different types of user device groups are divided according to different user device attributes.
- the user device attributes include: service provider, geographic location of the user device, priority of the user device, and service type.
- the user equipment group includes a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- the network device 101 can page one or more user equipment sets at a time.
- corresponding network access parameters can be configured for each user equipment set to reduce conflicts when different user equipments 102 initiate random access.
- the network access parameters include: at least one of the backoff duration of random access, the frequency domain position of random access resources, and the code domain resources of random access resources.
- the network access parameter may be a backoff duration for random access, and different sets of paged user equipment perform random access within different time periods, thereby avoiding a situation where multiple groups of paged UEs perform random access within the same or similar time periods, causing a random access resource conflict.
- the network access parameter may also be the frequency domain position of the random access resource.
- the network device 101 may configure multiple PRACHs in the frequency domain, and different user equipment sets may correspond to PRACHs in different frequency domains.
- the network access parameter may also be the code domain resource of the random access resource, and different user equipment sets correspond to different preamble sets. In this way, even if different user equipment sets conflict in the time-frequency domain resources when initiating random access, different UEs can be distinguished through different preambles, thus avoiding or reducing the conflict in the random access process.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the network device 101 may page one or more user equipment sets at one time.
- the network device 101 can configure corresponding network access parameters for each user equipment set to reduce conflicts when different user equipments 102 initiate random access.
- the network access parameters include at least one of: a backoff duration for random access, a frequency domain position of a random access resource, and a code domain resource of a random access resource.
- the network device 101 sends a paging message to the user equipment 102 , where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- a user device 102 may be associated with one or more group identifiers, for example, a user
- the device 102 is associated with multiple different types of group identifiers. Different types of user device groups are divided according to different user device attributes.
- the user device attributes include: service provider, geographical location of the user device, priority of the user device, and service type.
- the user equipment group includes a first type group, a second type group, a third type group and a fourth type group.
- the first type group is divided according to the service provider
- the second type group is divided according to the geographical location of the user equipment
- the third type group is divided according to the priority of the user equipment
- the fourth type group is divided according to the service type.
- the paging message includes one or more sets of paged user equipment and a group identifier of at least one type of user equipment group corresponding to each set of paged user equipment, and each set of paged user equipment is determined according to the group identifier of at least one type of corresponding user equipment group.
- the set of paged user equipment can be locked by the intersection or union of multiple types of group identifiers.
- the network device 101 can configure corresponding network access parameters for each user equipment set to reduce conflicts when different user equipment 102 initiate random access.
- the network access parameters include: at least one of the backoff duration of random access, the frequency domain position of random access resources, and the code domain resources of random access resources.
- User equipment 102 belonging to different sets of paged user equipment initiates random access according to the network access parameters corresponding to the set of paged user equipment.
- the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, which can have the functions of the network device 101 in the above method embodiment, and can be used to execute the steps performed by the network device 101 provided by the above method embodiment.
- the function can be implemented by hardware, or by software or hardware executing corresponding software.
- the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
- the device 700 shown in FIG7 may be used as the network device 101 involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps performed by the network device 101 in the above method embodiment.
- the device 700 may include a transceiver module 701, wherein the transceiver module 701 may be used to support the communication device to communicate, and the transceiver module 701 may have a wireless communication function, for example, being able to communicate wirelessly with other communication devices through a wireless air interface.
- the transceiver module 701 When executing the steps implemented by the network device 101, the transceiver module 701 is configured to send a paging message to the user equipment, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the communication device When the communication device is a network device 101, its structure can also be shown in Figure 8. Take the base station as an example to illustrate the structure of the communication device.
- the device 800 includes a memory 801, a processor 802, a transceiver component 803, and a power supply component 806.
- the memory 801 is coupled to the processor 802, and can be used to store the programs and data necessary for the communication device 800 to implement various functions.
- the processor 802 is configured to support the communication device 800 to perform the corresponding functions in the above method, and the functions can be implemented by calling the program stored in the memory 801.
- the transceiver component 803 can be a wireless transceiver, which can be used to support the communication device 800 to receive signaling and/or data through a wireless air interface, and send signaling and/or data.
- the transceiver component 803 may also be referred to as a transceiver unit or a communication unit.
- the transceiver component 803 may include a radio frequency component 804 and one or more antennas 805, wherein the radio frequency component 804 may be a remote radio unit (RRU), which may be used to transmit radio frequency signals and convert radio frequency signals into baseband signals, and the one or more antennas 805 may be used to transmit radio frequency signals. Radiate and receive radio frequency signals.
- RRU remote radio unit
- the processor 802 can perform baseband processing on the data to be sent, and then output the baseband signal to the RF unit.
- the RF unit performs RF processing on the baseband signal and then sends the RF signal in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna.
- the RF unit receives the RF signal through the antenna, converts the RF signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 802.
- the processor 802 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.
- the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, which may have the functions of the user equipment 102 in the above method embodiment, and may be used to execute the steps performed by the user equipment 102 provided in the above method embodiment.
- the function may be implemented by hardware, or by software or hardware executing corresponding software.
- the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
- the device 900 shown in FIG9 may be used as the user equipment 102 involved in the above method embodiment, and execute the steps performed by the user equipment 102 in the above method embodiment.
- the device 900 may include a transceiver module 901 and a processing module 902 coupled to each other, wherein the transceiver module 901 may be used to support the communication device to communicate, and the processing module 902 may be used for the communication device to perform processing operations, such as generating information/messages to be sent, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages.
- the transceiver module 901 When executing the steps implemented by the user equipment 102, the transceiver module 901 is configured to receive a paging message sent by a network device, where the paging message includes a group identifier associated with the paged user equipment.
- the processing module 902 is configured to determine whether to initiate random access according to the paging message.
- Device 1000 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.
- the device 1000 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1002 , a memory 1004 , a power component 1006 , a multimedia component 1008 , an audio component 1010 , an input/output (I/O) interface 1012 , a sensor component 1014 , and a communication component 1016 .
- the processing component 1002 generally controls the overall operation of the device 1000, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations.
- the processing component 1002 may include one or more processors 1020 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the above-described method.
- the processing component 1002 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between the processing component 1002 and other components.
- the processing component 1002 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1008 and the processing component 1002.
- the memory 1004 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the device 1000. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1000, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc.
- the memory 1004 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk.
- SRAM static random access memory
- EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
- EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
- PROM programmable read-only memory
- ROM read-only memory
- magnetic memory flash memory
- flash memory magnetic disk or optical disk.
- the power supply component 1006 provides power to the various components of the device 1000.
- the power supply component 1006 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1000.
- the multimedia component 1008 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1000 and the user.
- the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user.
- the touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation.
- the multimedia component 1008 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the device 1000 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.
- the audio component 1100 is configured to output and/or input audio signals.
- the audio component 1100 includes a microphone (MIC), and when the device 1000 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal.
- the received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 1004 or sent via the communication component 1016.
- the audio component 1100 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.
- I/O interface 1012 provides an interface between processing component 1002 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.
- the sensor assembly 1014 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the device 1000.
- the sensor assembly 1014 can detect the open/closed state of the device 1000, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 1000, the sensor assembly 1014 can also detect the position change of the device 1000 or a component of the device 1000, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 1000, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 1000, and the temperature change of the device 1000.
- the sensor assembly 1014 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact.
- the sensor assembly 1014 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications.
- the sensor assembly 1014 may also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.
- the communication component 1016 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 1000 and other devices.
- the device 1000 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof.
- the communication component 1016 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel.
- the communication component 1016 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication.
- the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.
- RFID radio frequency identification
- IrDA infrared data association
- UWB ultra-wideband
- Bluetooth Bluetooth
- the apparatus 1000 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above-mentioned method. Law.
- ASICs application specific integrated circuits
- DSPs digital signal processors
- DSPDs digital signal processing devices
- PLDs programmable logic devices
- FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
- controllers microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above-mentioned method. Law.
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 1004 including instructions, and the instructions can be executed by the processor 1020 of the device 1000 to perform the above method.
- the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, etc.
- the network device sends a paging message to the user device to inform the user device of the group identifier of the paged user device. Therefore, in the process of determining the paged user device by the group identifier, the network device can page more user devices at one time, improve the paging efficiency, and be more suitable for communication scenarios with high user device connection density.
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- 一种通信方法,被网络设备执行,所述方法包括:向用户设备发送寻呼消息,所述寻呼消息包括被寻呼的所述用户设备关联的组标识。
- 如权利要求1所述的方法,其中,所述组标识包括不同类型的用户设备组的组标识,其中,所述不同类型的用户设备组是根据不同的用户设备属性划分的。
- 如权利要求2所述的方法,其中,所述用户设备与一个或多个所述组标识关联。
- 如权利要求1至3任一项所述的方法,其中,所述寻呼消息包括一个或多个被寻呼的用户设备集合,以及每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合对应的至少一种类型用户设备组的组标识,每一个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合为:根据对应的所述至少一种类型用户设备组的组标识确定的。
- 如权利要求4所述的方法,其中,每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合包括:与对应的所述至少一种类型用户设备组中全部类型用户设备组的组标识均关联的用户设备。
- 如权利要求1至5任一项所述的方法,其中,所述方法还包括:向所述用户设备发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示被寻呼的用户设备集合的网络接入参数。
- 如权利要求6所述的方法,其中,所述指示信息包括每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合对应的所述网络接入参数。
- 如权利要求6或7所述的方法,其中,所述网络接入参数包括以下至少一项:随机接入的退避时长;随机接入资源的频域位置;随机接入资源的码域资源。
- 如权利要求2至7任一项所述的方法,其中,所述用户设备属性为以下一种:服务提供商;所述用户设备的地理位置;所述用户设备的优先级;业务类型。
- 如权利要求1至9任一项所述的方法,其中,所述用户设备关联的所述组标识为协议定义的,或者所述网络设备配置的,或者核心网设备配置的。
- 一种通信方法,被用户设备执行,所述方法包括:接收网络设备发送的寻呼消息,所述寻呼消息包括被寻呼的用户设备关联的组标识;根据所述寻呼消息确定是否发起随机接入。
- 如权利要求11所述的方法,其中,所述组标识包括不同类型的用户设备组的组标识,其中,所述不同类型的用户设备组是根据不同的用户设备属性划分的。
- 如权利要求11或12所述的方法,其中,所述寻呼消息包括一个或多个被寻呼的用户设备集合,以及每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合对应的至少一种类型的所述用户设备组的组标识,每一个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合为:根据对应的所述至少一种类型所述用户设备组的组标识确定的。
- 如权利要求13所述的方法,其中,所述根据所述寻呼消息确定是否发起随机接入,包括:在所述用户设备属于任一所述被寻呼的用户设备集合时,向所述网络设备发起随机接入;其中,每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合包括:与对应的所述至少一种类型用户设备组中全部类型用户设备组的组标识均关联的用户设备。
- 如权利要求11至14任一项所述的方法,其中,所述方法还包括:接收所述网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示被寻呼的用户设备集合的网络接入参数。
- 如权利要求15所述的方法,其中,所述指示信息包括每个所述被寻呼的用户设备集合对应的所述网络接入参数。
- 如权利要求15或16所述的方法,其中,所述网络接入参数包括以下至少一项:随机接入的退避时长;随机接入资源的频域位置;随机接入资源的码域资源。
- 如权利要求17所述的方法,其中,所述根据所述寻呼消息确定是否发起随机接入,包括:在需发起随机接入时,根据所属的所述被寻呼的用户设备集合对应的所述网络接入参数发起随机接入。
- 如权利要求12至18任一项所述的方法,其中,所述用户设备属性为以下一种:服务提供商;所述用户设备的地理位置;所述用户设备的优先级;业务类型。
- 如权利要求11至18任一项所述的方法,其中,所述用户设备关联的所述组标识为协议定义的,或者所述网络设备配置的,或者核心网设备配置的。
- 一种通信装置,被配置于网络设备,所述装置包括:收发模块,用于向用户设备发送寻呼消息,所述寻呼消息包括被寻呼的所述用户设备关联的组标识。
- 一种通信装置,被配置于用户设备,所述装置包括:收发模块,用于接收网络设备发送的寻呼消息,所述寻呼消息包括被寻呼的用户设备关联的组标识;处理模块,用于根据所述寻呼消息确定是否发起随机接入。
- 一种网络设备,包括处理器以及存储器,其中,所述存储器用于存储计算机程序;所述处理器用于执行所述计算机程序,以实现如权利要求1-10中任一项所述的方法。
- 一种用户设备,包括处理器以及存储器,其中,所述存储器用于存储计算机程序;所述处理器用于执行所述计算机程序,以实现如权利要求11-20中任一项所述的方法。
- 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,当所述指令在计算机上被调用执行时,使得所述计算机执行如权利要求1-10中任一项所述的方法。
- 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,当所述指令在计算机上被调用执行时,使得所述计算机执行如权利要求11-20中任一项所述的方法。
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