CN111448836B

CN111448836B - Paging method, paging device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN111448836B
Application number: CN202080000476.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-06
Filing date: 2020-03-06
Publication date: 2022-06-03
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-06
Also published as: CN111448836A; WO2021174554A1

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to a paging method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending, by at least a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, a paging message for the first user equipment.

Description

Paging method, paging device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, but not limited to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a paging method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Fifth Generation (5G, 5) in version R17^thGeneration) cellular mobile communication technology, research on New air interface lightweight (NR-Light, New Radio Light) is being conducted, and a New type of terminal is being introduced: a lightweight terminal.

The lightweight terminal aims to cope with scenarios except Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) of R15/R16, Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) and massive machine-type Communications (mMTC), namely, the required speed, delay, reliability and the like are all not covered by the scenarios; for example, the rate is lower than the eMBB, but higher than the mtc requirement, and the delay and reliability requirements are more relaxed than the URLLC. Three typical application scenarios of the lightweight terminal are factory sensors, video monitoring and wearable equipment.

The lightweight terminal has the following characteristics:

1. receive port (RX, Receiver) is decreased from 4 of R15 to 2 or 1;

2. bandwidth reduction, the typical bandwidth value of Frequency band (FR) 1 is 5MHz or 10MHz, and the typical bandwidth value of FR2 is 40 MHz;

3. the processing capacity is reduced; supporting a smaller Transport Block (TB) size and Downlink Control Information (DCI) size;

4. lower mobility.

In the existing paging mechanism, if a core Network initiates paging, a Radio Access Network (RAN) pages all base stations and cells (cells) within a Timing Advance (TA). Specifically, in each cell, the paging message is sent based on a beam obtained by beam forming; the network side does not know the specific location of the user equipment in the cell, and needs to cover the whole cell for paging through beam scanning. Thus, the resource consumption is large. In addition, in the NR-light deployment environment, for example, in a certain cell, the transmission of the paging message fails, and at this time, the network performs paging by using a paging repeat-cancel sending mechanism, thereby further increasing the signaling overhead of paging.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the disclosed embodiments provide a paging method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging method, wherein the method includes:

in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending, by at least a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, a paging message for the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

responding to the second user equipment in an idle state, and sending paging information to a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment;

receiving a paging response forwarded by the second user equipment through a base station;

and determining the base station forwarding the paging response as the base station connected with the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the sending the paging message by at least a base station to which the second user equipment is connected includes:

broadcasting to the first user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

sending the paging message to the second user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, so as to forward the paging message for the first user equipment on a binding connection with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the sending the paging message to the second user equipment through at least a base station to which the second user equipment is connected includes:

and sending the paging message to the second user equipment through a first type network connection at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, wherein the binding connection between the first user equipment and the second user equipment is a second type network connection, and the first type network connection is different from the second type network connection.

In one embodiment, the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: receiving binding information; the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

and sending the paging message in a serving cell where the second user equipment is located at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: receiving a paging response, forwarded by the first user equipment through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging method, where the paging method is applied to a base station, the method including:

in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending a paging message for the first user equipment at least at a serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment resides.

In one embodiment, the sending the paging message for the first user equipment at the serving cell of the base station where at least the second user equipment is camped on comprises:

broadcasting the paging message at least at the serving cell;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

sending the paging message to the second user equipment at least at the serving cell to forward the paging message for the first user equipment over a bonded connection with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, said sending said paging message to said second user equipment at least at said serving cell comprises:

sending the paging message to the second user equipment via a first type of network connection at least on the serving cell, wherein the bonding connection with the first user equipment is a second type of network connection, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the sending the paging message for the first user equipment at least at the serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment is camping comprises:

receiving the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network, wherein the paging message is sent by the core network in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

transmitting the paging message at least at the serving cell of the base station at which the second user equipment is camped.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving a paging message in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

broadcasting a paging message of the second user equipment;

receiving a paging response returned by the second user equipment based on the paging message;

reporting the paging response to the core network;

the receiving the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network comprises:

receiving the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network after the paging response is reported.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving binding information, wherein the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and responding to a core network instruction to release the network connection with the first user equipment, and sending the binding information to the core network.

In one embodiment, the binding information is received, including one of:

receiving the binding information sent by the first user, wherein the binding connection information sent by the first user contains identification information of the second user equipment;

and receiving the binding information sent by the second user, wherein the binding connection information sent by the second user comprises identification information of the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

receiving a paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment;

forwarding the paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment to a core network.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging method, where the paging method is applied to a first user equipment, the method includes:

receiving a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the receiving a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected comprises:

and receiving the paging message which is sent to the second user equipment by the base station connected with the second user equipment and forwarded by the second user equipment through the binding connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the receiving the paging message that is sent to the second user equipment by the base station connected to the second user equipment and forwarded by the second user equipment through a binding connection with the first user equipment includes:

and receiving the paging message which is sent to the second user equipment by the base station connected with the second user equipment through the first type of network connection and forwarded by the second user equipment through the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

sending binding connection information;

the binding connection information is at least used for indicating the second user equipment having a binding relationship with the first user equipment.

In an embodiment, the binding connection information includes identification information of the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: sending a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

receiving a paging message for the first user equipment from a serving cell of the base station in which the second user equipment is camped.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes: a first sending module, wherein,

the first sending module is configured to send, at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, a paging message for the first user equipment in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a second sending module, configured to send paging information to a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment in response to that the second user equipment is in an idle state;

a first receiving module configured to receive a paging response forwarded by the second user equipment through a base station;

a first determining module configured to determine the base station forwarding the paging response as a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

In one embodiment, the first sending module includes:

a first sending sub-module configured to broadcast to the first user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

a second sending submodule configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, so as to forward the paging message for the first user equipment on a binding connection with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the second sending submodule includes:

a first sending unit, configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment via a first type of network connection at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, where a binding connection between the first user equipment and the second user equipment is a second type of network connection, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a second receiving module configured to receive the binding information; the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the first sending module includes:

and a third sending submodule configured to send the paging message in a serving cell where the second user equipment is located at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a third receiving module configured to receive a paging response, forwarded by the first user equipment through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging apparatus, applied to a base station, the apparatus including: a third sending module, wherein,

the third sending module is configured to send a paging message for a first user equipment at least in a serving cell of the base station where a second user equipment resides, in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the third sending module includes:

a fourth transmission submodule configured to broadcast the paging message at least at the serving cell;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

a fifth sending submodule configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment at least in the serving cell, so as to forward the paging message for the first user equipment on a bonded connection with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the fifth sending submodule includes:

a second sending unit, configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment via a first type of network connection at least on the serving cell, where the bound connection with the first user equipment is a second type of network connection, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the third sending module includes:

a first receiving submodule configured to receive the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network, wherein the paging message is sent by the core network in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

a sixth sending submodule configured to send the paging message at least in the serving cell of the base station in which the second user equipment is camped.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a fourth receiving module configured to receive a paging message in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

a fourth sending module configured to broadcast a paging message of the second user equipment;

a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a paging response returned by the second user equipment based on the paging message;

a fifth sending module, configured to report the paging response to the core network;

a first receiving submodule comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive, from a core network, the paging message for the first user equipment after reporting the paging response.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a sixth receiving module, configured to receive binding information, where the binding information is at least used to indicate that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a sixth sending module, configured to send the binding information to a core network in response to a core network instruction to release network connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the sixth receiving module includes one of:

a second receiving submodule configured to receive the binding information sent by the first user, wherein the binding connection information sent by the first user includes identification information of the second user equipment;

a third receiving submodule configured to receive the binding information sent by the second user, where the binding connection information sent by the second user includes identification information of the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a seventh receiving module configured to receive a paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment;

a seventh sending module configured to forward the paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment to a core network.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a paging apparatus, applied to a first user equipment, the apparatus including: an eighth receiving module, wherein,

the eighth receiving module is configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the eighth receiving module includes:

a fourth receiving submodule configured to receive the paging message that is sent to the second user equipment by the base station to which the second user equipment is connected and forwarded by the second user equipment through the binding connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the fourth receiving submodule includes:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive the paging message that is sent to the second user equipment by the base station connected to the second user equipment through the first type of network connection and forwarded by the second user equipment through the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

an eighth sending module configured to send the binding connection information;

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a ninth transmitting module configured to transmit a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the eighth receiving module includes:

a fifth receiving submodule configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a serving cell of the base station in which the second user equipment is camped.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, including a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being executed by the processor, wherein the processor executes the executable program to perform the steps of the paging method according to the first, second, or third aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium having an executable program stored thereon, wherein the executable program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the paging method according to the first, second or third aspect.

In the paging method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, a core network sends, at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, a paging message for the first user equipment. Therefore, when the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship, the first user equipment and the second user equipment are in the same base station coverage range with higher probability, so that the paging message can be sent to the first user equipment through the base station connected with the second user equipment, all base stations and cells in a TA range are not adopted to send the paging message, the range of the base station sending the paging message is reduced, and the resource overhead of sending the paging message is further reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of embodiments of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure in any way.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram illustrating a paging method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram illustrating another paging method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram illustrating yet another paging method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating yet another paging method according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating yet another paging method according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating yet another method of paging in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating yet another paging method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a paging device in accordance with an example embodiment;

fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating another paging device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating yet another paging message transmission apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for paging in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of embodiments of the invention, as detailed in the following claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: several terminals 11 and several base stations 12.

Terminal 11 may refer to, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The terminal 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the terminal 11 may be an internet of things terminal, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), and a computer having the internet of things terminal, and may be a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted device, for example. For example, a Station (STA), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access node, a remote terminal (remote terminal), an access terminal (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user terminal (UE). Alternatively, the terminal 11 may be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The base station 12 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication (4G) system, which is also called a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system can be a 5G system, which is also called a New Radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next-generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, New Generation Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

The base station 12 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 12 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DU). A Protocol stack of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer is set in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit a specific implementation manner of the base station 12.

The base station 12 and the terminal 11 may establish a wireless connection over a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile cellular communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile cellular communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next generation mobile cellular communication network technology standard.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between terminals 11. Scenarios such as V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure) communication, and V2P (vehicle to vehicle) communication in vehicle networking communication (V2X).

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 13.

Several base stations 12 are connected to a network management device 13, respectively. The network Management device 13 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 13 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), or the like. The implementation form of the network management device 13 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The execution subject that this disclosed embodiment relates to includes but not limited to: wearable devices, user equipment such as terminals of mobile cellular communication networks, base stations, core networks, etc.

The application scenarios of the embodiment of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, wearable devices of lightweight terminal types such as smartwatches and bracelets, which generally maintain connection with handheld terminals such as mobile phones through bluetooth and the like. The wearable device is in a relatively fixed relation with the position of the handheld terminal of the user, and the user usually carries the wearable device and the mobile phone at the same time, and the movement of the wearable device and the mobile phone is synchronous. However, paging on the network side for the wearable device and the handset is independent. The paging overhead on the network side for two devices is also doubled with respect to one device.

As shown in fig. 2, the present exemplary embodiment provides a paging method, which may be applied to a core network of a wireless communication system, and the paging method includes:

step 201: in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending a paging message for the first user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

The first user equipment can be wearable equipment of light weight terminal types such as a smart watch and a sports bracelet, and can also be a mobile phone with less residual electricity. The second user equipment may be an eMBB terminal such as a mobile phone. Typically, lightweight terminals have fewer antennas than eMBB terminals, and their processor operating frequencies are lower than the eMBB terminal type. That is, the first user equipment has fewer antennas than the second user equipment, and the processor of the first user equipment operates at a lower frequency than the second user equipment.

The first user equipment and the second user equipment may access the core network through a base station of the cellular mobile communication network. The binding relationship between the first user equipment and the second user equipment may be the binding relationship between other types of networks, and the binding relationship between the first user equipment and the second user equipment may be established through the binding connection between other types of networks.

Here, the cellular mobile communication network may include, but is not limited to: 5G cellular mobile communication network and 4G cellular mobile communication network, etc. The Management and transmission of the paging message for the first user equipment may be performed by an Access and Mobility Management Function network element (AMF) in the 5G cellular mobile communication network, in combination with a Session Management Function network element (SMF), for example.

The network to which the first user equipment and the second user equipment are bound and the cellular mobile communication may be networks having different communication protocols, communication frequency bands, and/or power ranges. The network of bonded connections may be a wireless communication network with a smaller coverage area, and the transmission power of the wireless signals of the network of bonded connections is smaller.

The first user equipment and the second user equipment may have the capability of accessing both the cellular mobile communication network and the bound network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can be accessed to the cellular mobile communication network simultaneously, and the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through a network of binding connection. Illustratively, the first user equipment and the second user equipment can access the core network through a base station of a network such as a 4G or 5G cellular mobile communication network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can be connected through Bluetooth (BT, Bluetooth), low-power Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and the like, and a binding relationship is established.

The first user equipment may be a device in an Idle (Idle) state or the like in the cellular mobile communication network. When the first user equipment is in the idle state, the core network of the cellular mobile communication network may wake up the first user equipment by sending a paging message or the like. The base station may forward the paging message to the first user equipment, instruct the first user equipment to initiate a connection with the base station, and perform communication.

After the second user equipment accesses the cellular mobile communication network, the core network of the cellular mobile communication network may determine a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

Because the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through the second network, the core network can determine that the first user equipment and the second user equipment are close to each other, and the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a higher probability of being in the coverage range of the same base station signal.

When the core network needs to page the first user equipment, a paging message is sent to the first user equipment at least through a base station connected with the second user equipment. Compared with the situation that all base stations and cells within the TA range send paging messages without destinations, the scheme not only reduces the range of the base stations sending the paging messages, further reduces the resource overhead of sending the paging messages, but also ensures the response time of the paging messages as fast as possible.

Therefore, when the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship, the first user equipment and the second user equipment are in the coverage range of the same base station with higher probability, so that the paging message can be sent to the first user equipment through the base station connected with the second user equipment, all base stations and cells in a TA range are not adopted to send the paging message, the range of the base station sending the paging message is reduced, and the resource overhead of sending the paging message is further reduced.

In one embodiment, the paging method may include:

Here, the second user equipment may be an idle device, and in this case, the core network cannot determine a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, or a serving cell in which the second user equipment is located. Here, the cell formed by one base station may be one or more, for example, one base station may form a plurality of sector cells, or one base station may establish a plurality of cells with different frequency bands in the coverage area, and the serving cell may be one of the plurality of cells.

In one embodiment, when the core network needs to page the first user equipment, the core network may first page the second user equipment through a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment. And the core network sends the paging information of the second user equipment to a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment, and the base station in the paging area of the second user equipment broadcasts the paging information of the second user equipment.

After receiving the paging information of the second user equipment, the second user equipment may send a paging response to the selected base station. And the base station receiving the paging response forwards the paging response to the core network. The core network may determine the base station forwarding the paging response as the base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

The core network can send a paging message aiming at the first user equipment through the determined base station connected with the second user equipment;

the first user equipment may be a lightweight terminal and the second user equipment may be an eMBB terminal or the like. The lightweight terminal and the eMBB terminal may be designed differently, for example, the lightweight terminal has a smaller number of antennas and the eMBB terminal has a larger number of antennas, so that the second user equipment has a stronger wireless signal reception capability. Generally, the number of repetitions of sending the paging message to the first user equipment is greater than the number of repetitions of sending the paging message to the second user equipment, and therefore, by paging the second user equipment first to narrow the paging range, paging the first user equipment within the narrowed range can reduce the resource overhead of paging.

In one embodiment, step 201 includes, including:

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

sending the paging message to the second user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, so as to forward the paging message aiming at the first user equipment on a binding connection with the first user equipment through the second user equipment.

Here, the paging information for the first user equipment may be listened to and received by the first user equipment in a broadcast manner. The core network or the base station may set a paging identifier of the first user equipment in the paging information. When monitoring the paging message, the first user equipment receives the paging message sent to the first user equipment based on the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the paging message.

As shown in fig. 3, the paging information for the first user equipment may be sent to the second user equipment, so as to be forwarded by the second user equipment to the first user equipment through the bound connection.

When the paging information aiming at the first user equipment is sent to the second user equipment, the base station can send the paging information to the second user equipment through the connection unicast established with the second user equipment, so that the sending resources can be saved compared with the broadcast sending, meanwhile, the large-range scanning is required compared with the broadcast, and the signal interference can be reduced. The base station may also send paging information for the first user equipment to the second user equipment in a broadcast manner. The core network or the base station may set paging identities of the second user equipment and the first user equipment in the paging information. For example, the paging message may adopt a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment may be set on an outer layer, so as to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message; the paging identifier of the first user equipment may be set in the inner-layer paging content to indicate the communication device to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs. The paging message may also be arranged with two paging identifiers in sequence, where the former paging identifier is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and the latter paging identifier is used to indicate a communication device to which the paging content included in the paging message belongs.

After monitoring the paging message, the second user equipment may confirm the paging identifier included in the paging message, and if the paging identifier of the paging message is the paging identifier of the second user equipment, the second user equipment may further analyze the content carried by the paging message. And if the paging content carried by the paging message is paging the second user equipment, the second user equipment processes according to the paging content. If the paging content carried by the paging message contains the paging identifier of the first user equipment, the second user equipment may send the paging message to the first user equipment through the binding connection, and the first user equipment may send a paging response to the base station through the cellular mobile communication network based on the paging message.

The paging message received in a predetermined time, or the paging message with a predetermined structure, etc. may also be determined as the paging message that needs to be forwarded to the first user equipment, which is predetermined by the base station and the second user equipment.

Because the repetition times of sending the paging message to the first user equipment in the cellular mobile communication network is greater than the repetition times of sending the paging message to the second user equipment, the repetition times of sending the paging message aiming at the first user equipment by the base station can be reduced by identifying and forwarding the paging message by the second user, and the resource overhead of paging is reduced.

Here, the first type of network connection may be a cellular mobile communication network connection, and the second type of network connection may be a network connection having a small coverage, such as bluetooth, WiFi, or the like.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the paging method may include:

step 401: receiving binding information; the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

The core network may determine whether the first user equipment and the second user equipment are bound to be connected through a network bound to be connected based on binding information pre-stored in the core network. When the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected in a binding mode through a network of the binding connection, the paging message of the first user equipment is sent based on the paging position of the second user equipment.

Here, the binding information may be reported by the first user equipment and/or the second user equipment.

The first user equipment can send binding information to inform the base station of the binding relationship through special signaling and the like;

the second user equipment can also send binding information to inform the base station of the binding relationship through special signaling and the like;

here, the base station receiving the binding information may include: the base station where the first user equipment and/or the second user equipment historically reside may also include a base station where the second user equipment currently resides.

When the core network releases the connection of the first user equipment, the base station adds binding information into a release message of the core network; and storing by the core network.

The binding information sent by the first user equipment may only include identification information of the second user equipment, and after receiving the binding information, the core network or the base station may determine that the binding information sending end, i.e., the first user equipment, and the second user equipment identified by the identification information are in a binding relationship.

The binding information sent by the second user equipment may only include the identification information of the first user equipment, and after the core network or the base station receives the binding information, the binding information sending end, that is, the second user equipment, and the first user equipment identified by the identification information may be determined to be in a binding relationship.

The binding information sent by the first user equipment and/or the second user equipment may also include the identification information of the first user equipment and the identification information of the second user equipment, and after receiving the binding information, the core network or the base station may determine the user equipment corresponding to the two identification information as a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, step 201 may comprise:

The base station to which the second user equipment is connected may determine a serving cell in which the second user equipment is located. Since the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through the network of the binding connection, the first user equipment and the second user equipment can be considered to be in the coverage area of the same serving cell. Thus, when the first user equipment needs to be paged, a paging message may be sent to the first user equipment in the serving cell by the base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

Therefore, the range of sending the paging message to the first user equipment can be further reduced, and the resource overhead of sending the paging message is further reduced.

In one embodiment, the paging method may include: receiving a paging response, forwarded by the first user equipment through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

And after receiving the paging message, the first user equipment sends a paging response to the base station, and the paging response is forwarded to the core network by the base station.

As shown in fig. 5, the present exemplary embodiment provides a paging method, which is applied to a base station of a wireless communication system, and the paging method includes:

step 501: in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending a paging message for the first user equipment at least at a serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment resides.

The first user equipment can be wearable equipment of light weight terminal types such as a smart watch and a sports bracelet, and can also be a mobile phone with less residual electricity. The second user equipment may be an eMBB terminal such as a mobile phone. Generally, a lightweight terminal has fewer antennas than an eMBB terminal, and the processor operating frequency of the lightweight terminal is lower than the terminal type of the eMBB terminal. That is, the first user equipment has fewer antennas than the second user equipment, and the processor of the first user equipment operates at a lower frequency than the second user equipment.

The network and the cellular mobile communication in which the first user equipment and the second user equipment are bound to be connected may be networks with different communication protocols, communication frequency bands, and/or power ranges. The network of bonded connections may be a wireless communication network with a smaller coverage area, and the transmission power of the wireless signals of the network of bonded connections is smaller.

The first user equipment and the second user equipment may have the capability of accessing both the cellular mobile communication network and the bound network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can simultaneously access the cellular mobile communication network, and the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through the network of the binding connection. Illustratively, the first user equipment and the second user equipment can access the core network through a base station of a network such as a 4G or 5G cellular mobile communication network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can be connected through a network of binding connection such as Bluetooth (BT, Bluetooth), low-power-consumption Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and a binding relationship is established.

Therefore, when the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship, the first user equipment and the second user equipment are in the same base station coverage range with higher probability, so that the paging message can be sent to the first user equipment through the base station connected with the second user equipment, all base stations and cells in a TA range are not adopted to send the paging message, the range of the base station sending the paging message is reduced, and the resource overhead of sending the paging message is further reduced.

In one embodiment, step 501 may comprise:

broadcasting the paging message at least at the serving cell;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

Since the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through a short-distance network, the first user equipment and the second user equipment are located in the same serving cell with a high probability.

Here, the paging information for the first user equipment may be intercepted and received by the first user equipment in a broadcast manner in a serving cell of the second user equipment. The core network or the base station may set a paging identifier of the first user equipment in the paging information. When monitoring the paging message, the first user equipment receives the paging message sent to the first user equipment based on the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the paging message.

The paging information for the first user equipment may be sent to the second user equipment in a serving cell of the second user equipment, so that the second user equipment forwards the paging information to the first user equipment through the binding connection.

When the paging information aiming at the first user equipment is sent to the second user equipment, the base station can send the paging information to the second user equipment through the connection unicast established with the second user equipment, so that the sending resource can be saved compared with the broadcast sending, meanwhile, the large-range scanning is required compared with the broadcast, and the signal interference can be reduced. The base station may also send paging information for the first user equipment to the second user equipment in a broadcast manner. The core network or the base station may set paging identities of the second user equipment and the first user equipment in the paging information. For example, the paging message may adopt a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment may be set on an outer layer, so as to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message; the paging identifier of the first user equipment may be set in the inner-layer paging content to indicate the communication device to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs. The paging message may also be arranged with two paging identifiers in sequence, where the former paging identifier is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and the latter paging identifier is used to indicate a communication device to which the paging content included in the paging message belongs.

Here, the first type of network connection may be a wireless communication network connection having a large coverage area, and the transmission power of a wireless signal of the first type of network connection is large. The second type of network connection may be a wireless communication network connection with a smaller coverage area, and the transmission power of the wireless signal of the second type of network connection is smaller.

In one embodiment, step 501 may comprise:

Here, the base station may transmit within a serving cell of the second user for the paging message transmitted by the core network for the first user equipment.

Therefore, the range of sending the paging is narrowed, and the resource overhead of sending the paging is further reduced.

In one embodiment, the paging method may include:

broadcasting a paging message of the second user equipment;

reporting the paging response to the core network;

Here, the second user equipment may be an idle device, and in this case, the core network cannot determine a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, or a serving cell in which the second user equipment is located. Here, the cell formed by one base station may be one or more, for example, one base station may form a plurality of sectorial cells, or one base station may establish a plurality of cells with different frequency bands in the coverage area, and the serving cell may be one of the plurality of cells.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the paging method may include:

step 601: receiving binding information, wherein the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

Here, the binding information may be uplinked by the first user equipment and/or the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the paging method may include:

In one embodiment, step 402 may include one of:

In one embodiment, the paging method may include: receiving a paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment;

forwarding the paging response of the first user equipment to a core network in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

As shown in fig. 7, the present exemplary embodiment provides a paging method, applied to a first user equipment in a wireless communication system, the paging method including:

step 701: receiving a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

The first user equipment and the second user equipment may have the capability of accessing both the cellular mobile communication network and the bound network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can be accessed to the cellular mobile communication network simultaneously, and the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected through a network of binding connection. Illustratively, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may access the core network through a base station of a network, such as a 4G or 5G cellular mobile communication network. The first user equipment and the second user equipment can be connected through Bluetooth (BT, Blue Tooth), low-power-consumption Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and the like, and a binding relationship is established.

In one embodiment, step 701 may include:

The paging information for the first user equipment may be sent to the second user equipment to be forwarded by the second user equipment to the first user equipment through the bonded connection.

Here, the first type of network connection may be a cellular mobile communication network connection, and the second type of network connection may be a network connection having a small coverage such as bluetooth, WiFi, or the like.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the paging method may include:

step 801: sending binding connection information; the binding connection information is at least used for indicating the second user equipment having a binding relationship with the first user equipment.

The core network may determine whether the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected in a binding manner through the second type of network connection based on binding information pre-stored in the core network. And when the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected in a binding mode through the second type of network connection, sending a paging message of the first user equipment based on the paging position of the second user equipment.

The binding information sent by the second user equipment may only include the identification information of the first user equipment, and after the core network or the base station receives the binding information, the binding information sending end, that is, the second user equipment, and the first user equipment identified by the identification information may be determined as a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the paging method may include: sending a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, step 602 may include:

One specific example is provided below in connection with any of the embodiments described above:

1. when the wearable device is released, the base station adds the handheld terminal identification information bound by the wearable device to the release message of the core network.

2. The method comprises the steps that a base station obtains the binding relationship between wearable equipment and a handheld terminal bound with the wearable equipment;

as an embodiment, the wearable device may notify the base station of the binding relationship by notifying the identifier of the binding handheld terminal thereof through dedicated signaling;

as an embodiment, the handheld terminal may notify the base station of the binding relationship by dedicated signaling to notify the identification of the wearable device it binds to.

3. When the wearable device needs to be paged by the core network, paging can be performed based on the information of the bound handheld terminal.

4. If the wearable device-bound handheld terminal belongs to a connected state or an inactivated state, and the wearable device-bound handheld terminal is in the connected state in the view of the core network, the core network directly sends a paging message of the wearable device at a base station where the wearable device-bound handheld terminal is located. If the handheld terminal belongs to the connected state, the core network knows the base station or the cell to which the handheld terminal is connected, and can consider that the wearable device is also in the same base station or cell, so that the paging message to the wearable device can be directly initiated in the base station or cell.

5. When the wearable device needs to be paged by the core network, the paging can be performed through the information of the bound handheld terminal, the core network pages the bound handheld terminal, and then the handheld terminal informs the wearable device of the arrival of the paging.

6. For the paging for the wearable device initiated by the base station, the handheld terminal bound to the wearable device may be paged first, and then the handheld terminal notifies the wearable device of the paging. If the handheld terminal and the wearable device are in the inactive state, the access network initiates paging, and the mobile phone is paged first, which means less repetition times because the mobile phone does not need to repeatedly send paging messages.

7. The wearable device can acquire the paging indication of the handheld terminal by adopting an application layer such as Bluetooth.

8. And when the wearable equipment receives the paging message notified by the handheld terminal, the wearable equipment transmits a paging response message to the base station in an uplink mode.

9. When the wearable device needs to be paged by the core network, the paging can be performed through the information of the handheld terminal bound by the wearable device, and after the paging response of the handheld terminal is obtained, namely the specific base station of the handheld terminal is determined, the paging message for the wearable device is sent through the base station where the handheld terminal bound by the wearable device is located.

10. For paging initiated by the base station, paging can be performed through information of the handheld terminal bound by the wearable device, and after a paging response of the handheld terminal is obtained, that is, a specific base station or cell of the handheld terminal is determined, at this time, a paging message for the wearable device is directly sent through the base station where the handheld terminal bound by the wearable device is located, and/or a paging message for the wearable device is sent in the determined cell.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a paging device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 100 includes: a first transmission module 110, wherein,

the first sending module 110 is configured to, in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, send, at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, a paging message for the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 further comprises:

a second sending module 120, configured to send paging information to a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

a first receiving module 130, configured to receive a paging response forwarded by the second user equipment through a base station;

a first determining module 140 configured to determine the base station forwarding the paging response as the base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

In one embodiment, the first sending module 110 includes:

a first sending sub-module 111 configured to broadcast to the first user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

a second sending submodule 112, configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, so as to forward the paging message for the first user equipment on a binding connection with the first user equipment via the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the second sending submodule 112 includes:

a first sending unit 1121 configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment through a first type of network connection at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, where a binding connection between the first user equipment and the second user equipment is a second type of network connection, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 further comprises:

a second receiving module 150 configured to receive the binding information; the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the first sending module 110 includes:

a third sending submodule 113, configured to send the paging message in a serving cell where the second user equipment is located at least through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 further comprises:

a third receiving module 160 configured to receive a paging response, forwarded by the first user equipment through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a paging device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 10, the apparatus 200 includes: a third sending module 210, wherein,

the third sending module 210 is configured to send, at least in a serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment resides, a paging message for the first user equipment in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the third sending module 210 includes:

a fourth sending submodule 211, configured to broadcast the paging message at least in the serving cell;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

a fifth sending submodule 212, configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment at least in the serving cell, so as to forward the paging message for the first user equipment via the second user equipment on a bonded connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the fifth sending submodule 212 includes:

a second sending unit 2121 configured to send the paging message to the second user equipment via a first type of network connection at least on the serving cell, where the bonded connection with the first user equipment is a second type of network connection, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the third sending module 210 includes:

a first receiving submodule 213 configured to receive the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network, wherein the paging message is transmitted by the core network in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

a sixth sending submodule 214 configured to send the paging message at least at the serving cell of the base station at which the second user equipment is camped.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 200 further comprises:

a fourth receiving module 220, configured to receive a paging message in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

a fourth transmitting module 230 configured to broadcast a paging message of the second user equipment;

a fifth receiving module 240, configured to receive a paging response returned by the second user equipment based on the paging message;

a fifth sending module 250, configured to report the paging response to the core network;

a first receiving submodule 213, comprising:

a first receiving unit 2131, configured to receive, from a core network, the paging message for the first user equipment after reporting the paging response.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 200 further comprises:

a sixth receiving module 260, configured to receive binding information, where the binding information is at least used to indicate that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 200 further comprises:

a sixth sending module 270, configured to send the binding information to a core network in response to a core network indication to release a network connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the sixth receiving module 260 includes one of:

a second receiving submodule 261, configured to receive the binding information sent by the first user, where the binding connection information sent by the first user includes identification information of the second user equipment;

a third receiving submodule 262, configured to receive the binding information sent by the second user, where the binding connection information sent by the second user includes identification information of the second user equipment.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 200 further comprises:

a seventh receiving module 280 configured to receive a paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment;

a seventh sending module 290 configured to forward the paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment to a core network.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a paging device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 11, the apparatus 300 includes: an eighth receiving module 310, wherein,

the eighth receiving module 310 is configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the eighth receiving module 310 includes:

a fourth receiving submodule 311, configured to receive the paging message that is sent to the second user equipment by the base station to which the second user equipment is connected and is forwarded by the second user equipment through the binding connection with the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the fourth receiving submodule 311 includes:

a second receiving unit 3111, configured to receive the paging message that is sent to the second user equipment by the base station connected to the second user equipment through a first type of network connection and forwarded by the second user equipment through a second type of network connection.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 300 further comprises:

an eighth sending module 320 configured to send binding connection information;

In one embodiment, the apparatus 300 further comprises:

a ninth transmitting module 330 configured to transmit a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

In one embodiment, the eighth receiving module 310 includes:

a fifth receiving submodule 312 configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a serving cell of the base station in which the second user equipment is camped.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first transmitting module 110, the second transmitting module 120, the first receiving module 130, the first determining module 140, the second receiving module 150, the third receiving module 160, the third transmitting module 210, the fourth receiving module 220, the fourth transmitting module 230, the fifth receiving module 240, the fifth transmitting module 250, the sixth receiving module 260, the sixth transmitting module 270, the seventh receiving module 280, the seventh transmitting module 290, the eighth receiving module 310, the eighth transmitting module 320, and the ninth transmitting module 330 may be implemented by one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), baseband Processing units (BPs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), DSPs, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Complex Programmable Logic devices (cpls), and the like, The Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the general processor, the Controller, the Microcontroller (MCU), the Microprocessor (Microprocessor), or other electronic components, and may also be implemented in combination with one or more Radio Frequency (RF) antennas to perform the foregoing methods.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 3000 for paging in accordance with an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 3000 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 12, the apparatus 3000 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 3002, memory 3004, power component 3006, multimedia component 3008, audio component 3010, input/output (I/O) interface 3012, sensor component 3014, and communications component 3016.

The processing component 3002 generally controls the overall operation of the device 3000, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 3002 may include one or more processors 3020 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 3002 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 3002 and other components. For example, the processing component 3002 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 3008 and the processing component 3002.

The memory 3004 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 3000. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 3000, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 3004 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices 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 or optical disks.

The power supply component 3006 provides power to the various components of the device 3000. The power components 3006 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 3000.

The multimedia component 3008 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 3000 and a user. In some embodiments, 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 an input signal from a 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 boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, multimedia component 3008 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 3000 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. 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 3010 is configured to output and/or input an audio signal. For example, the audio component 3010 may include a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 3000 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 3004 or transmitted via the communication component 3016. In some embodiments, the audio component 3010 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 3012 provides an interface between processing component 3002 and peripheral interface modules, which may be 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 component 3014 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects to the device 3000. For example, the sensor component 3014 can detect the open/closed status of the device 3000, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the device 3000, the sensor component 3014 can also detect a change in the position of the device 3000 or a component of the device 3000, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 3000, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 3000, and a change in the temperature of the device 3000. The sensor assembly 3014 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 3014 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 3014 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 3016 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 3000 and other devices. Device 3000 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 3016 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 3016 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 3000 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, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 3004 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 3020 of the apparatus 3000 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the embodiments of the invention following, in general, the principles of the embodiments of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the embodiments of the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of embodiments of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of embodiments of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A paging method, wherein the method comprises:

in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending a paging message for the first user equipment to a base station to which the second user equipment is connected;

the first user equipment and the second user equipment simultaneously have the capability of accessing a first type of network and a second type of network bound to a second type of network, wherein the first user equipment has fewer antennas than the second user equipment has, and the processor operating frequency of the first user equipment is lower than that of the second user equipment;

the paging message is sent by the base station to the second user equipment through the first type of network connection and sent to the first user equipment through the second type of network connection;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a paging response forwarded by the base station;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the paging message adopts a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities in sequence, the former paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and the latter paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

5. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving binding information; the binding information is at least used for indicating that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

and the paging message is sent by a base station connected with the second user equipment in a service cell where the second user equipment is located.

7. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a paging response, forwarded by the first user equipment through a base station to which the second user equipment is connected, in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

8. A paging method, applied to a base station, the method comprises the following steps:

in response to determining that a first user equipment and a second user equipment have a binding relationship, sending a paging message for the first user equipment at a serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment resides;

wherein the method further comprises:

sending a paging message to the second user equipment via the first type of network connection to forward the paging message via the second type of network connection;

reporting the paging response to a core network;

receiving the paging message for the first user equipment from the core network.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the paging message adopts a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities, a first paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and a later paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the paging message is transmitted at the serving cell of the base station at which the second user equipment is camped.

13. The method of any of claims 8 to 12, wherein the method further comprises:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving binding information comprises one of:

16. The method of any of claims 8 to 12, wherein the method further comprises:

17. A paging method, applied to a first user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

wherein the first user equipment has fewer antennas than the second user equipment, the processor operating frequency of the first user equipment is lower than the processor operating frequency of the second user equipment, and the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the capability of accessing both a first type of network and a second type of network bound to a connection, the first type of network connection being different from the second type of network connection;

the method further comprises the following steps:

receiving the paging message which is sent to the second user equipment by the base station through the first type of network connection and forwarded by the second user equipment through the second type of network connection;

the base station connected with the second user equipment is used for sending paging information to the second user equipment in an idle state and receiving a paging response returned by the second user equipment.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the paging message adopts a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities, a first paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and a later paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the second type of network connection comprises: at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

21. The method of any of claims 17 to 20, wherein the method further comprises:

sending binding connection information;

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the binding connection information includes identification information of the second user equipment.

23. The method of any of claims 17 to 20, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

24. The method of any of claims 17 to 20, wherein the method further comprises:

25. An apparatus for paging, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a first sending module, configured to send a paging message for a first user equipment to a base station to which a second user equipment is connected in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

a second sending module, configured to send paging information to a base station in a paging area of the second user equipment in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

the first receiving module is configured to receive the paging response forwarded by the base station;

a first determining module configured to determine the base station forwarding the paging response as a base station to which the second user equipment is connected;

and the paging message is sent to the second user equipment by the base station through the first type of network connection and is sent to the first user equipment through the second type of network connection.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the paging message has a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities, a first paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and a later paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

29. The apparatus of any one of claims 25 to 28, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

30. The apparatus of any of claims 25 to 28, wherein the paging message is transmitted by a base station to which the second user equipment is connected at a serving cell in which the second user equipment is located.

31. The apparatus of any one of claims 25 to 28, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

32. A paging apparatus, applied to a base station, the apparatus comprising:

a sending module configured to send a paging message for a first user equipment at a serving cell of the base station where a second user equipment resides, in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

a receiving module configured to receive a paging message in response to the second user equipment being in an idle state;

the sending module is further configured to send a paging message to the second user equipment via a first type of network connection, so as to forward the paging message via a second type of network connection;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a paging response returned by the second user equipment based on the paging message;

the sending module is also configured to report the paging response to a core network;

the receiving module is further configured to receive the paging message for the first user equipment from the core network;

the first user equipment and the second user equipment simultaneously have the capability of accessing a first type of network and a second type of network bound to be connected, and the first type of network connection is different from the second type of network connection.

33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the paging message has a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

34. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities, a first paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and a later paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

36. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein,

the receiving module is further configured to receive the paging message for the first user equipment from a core network, wherein the paging message is sent by the core network in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

the sending module is further configured to send the paging message in the serving cell of the base station where the second user equipment resides.

37. The apparatus of any one of claims 32 to 36,

the receiving module is further configured to receive binding information, where the binding information is at least used to indicate that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have the binding relationship.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein,

the sending module is further configured to send the binding information to a core network in response to a core network instruction to release the network connection with the first user equipment.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the receiving module is further configured to:

receiving the binding information sent by the first user, wherein the binding connection information sent by the first user contains identification information of the second user equipment; or

40. The apparatus of any one of claims 32 to 36,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment;

the sending module is further configured to forward the paging response of the first user equipment in response to the paging message for the first user equipment to a core network.

41. A paging apparatus, applied to a first user equipment, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a base station to which a second user equipment is connected; wherein the paging message is sent by the base station by the network side in response to determining that the first user equipment and the second user equipment have a binding relationship;

the receiving module is further configured to receive the paging message that is sent by the base station to the second user equipment through the first type of network and forwarded by the second user equipment through the second type of network connection;

the base station to which the second user equipment is connected is a base station which sends paging information to the second user equipment in an idle state and receives a paging response returned by the second user equipment.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the paging message has a two-layer structure, and a paging identifier of the second user equipment is set at an outer layer for indicating an interception receiving object of the paging message; and setting the paging identifier of the first user equipment in the inner-layer paging content, wherein the paging identifier is used for indicating the communication equipment to which the paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

43. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the paging message is arranged with two paging identities, a first paging identity is used to indicate an interception receiving object of the paging message, and a later paging identity is used to indicate a communication device to which paging content contained in the paging message belongs.

44. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the second type of network connection comprises at least one of: a connection conforming to the IEEE802.11 wireless communication standard, a bluetooth low energy protocol connection, or a bluetooth protocol connection.

45. The apparatus of any one of claims 41 to 44, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a sending module configured to send binding connection information;

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the binding connection information includes identification information of the second user equipment.

47. The apparatus of any one of claims 41 to 44, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a sending module configured to send a paging response to the base station to which the second user equipment is connected in response to the paging message for the first user equipment.

48. The apparatus of any one of claims 41 to 44,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a paging message for the first user equipment from a serving cell of the base station in which the second user equipment resides.

49. A communications device comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor executes the executable program to perform the steps of the paging method of any one of claims 1 to 7, or 8 to 16, or 17 to 24.

50. A storage medium having stored thereon an executable program, wherein the executable program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the paging method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or 8 to 16, or 17 to 24.