US-12628124-B2 - Paging method and apparatus, and storage medium

US12628124B2US 12628124 B2US12628124 B2US 12628124B2US-12628124-B2

Abstract

The present application provides a paging method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: the first terminal determining a sidelink paging occasion according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor a paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed, the second terminal being a terminal that provides a relay service to the first terminal, and the paging message being a paging message from a network device for paging the first terminal; monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion. Therefore, the monitoring of the paging message from the network device by the relayed terminal (i.e., the first terminal) in the relay scenario is realized.

Inventors

Huiying Zhang

Assignees

DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220117
Priority Date: 20210325

Claims (19)

1 . A paging method applied to a first terminal, wherein the paging method comprises: determining a sidelink paging occasion according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor a paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed, the second terminal being a terminal that provides a relay service to the first terminal, and the paging message being a paging message from a network device for paging the first terminal; monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion; wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion according to the DRX mechanism, comprises: determining the sidelink paging occasion according to a first paging parameter; wherein the first paging parameter comprises at least one of a paging cycle, a number of paging frames in a single paging cycle, a first offset, or an identifier of the first terminal; the first offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to the direct communication interface.
2 . The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein the first paging parameter further comprises at least one of a second offset or an inter-interface wireless frame deviation, wherein the second offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to an air interface for communication between the network device and a terminal, and the inter-interface wireless frame deviation is a time deviation between a system frame number (SFN) of the air interface and a direct frame number (DFN) of the direct communication interface.
3 . The paging method according to claim 2 , wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion according to the first paging parameter, comprises: determining a DFN of a paging frame within the paging cycle according to the paging cycle, the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the first offset, the identifier of the first terminal, and/or at least one of the second offset or the inter-interface wireless frame deviation.
4 . The paging method according to claim 2 , wherein if a clock synchronization source of the direct communication interface is the network device, a value of the inter-interface wireless frame deviation is zero; or, if a clock synchronization source of the direct communication interface is a satellite, a value of the inter-interface wireless frame deviation is an actual value of the time deviation between the SFN of the air interface and the DFN of the direct communication interface.
5 . The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein the first paging parameter further comprises a number of paging times in a single paging cycle, and the sidelink paging occasion comprises an occasion of each paging within the paging cycle; wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion according to the first paging parameter, comprises: determining a DFN of a paging frame within the paging cycle according to the paging cycle, the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the first offset, and the identifier of the first terminal; determining a DFN corresponding to a first paging within the paging cycle according to the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the number of paging times in the single paging cycle, and the identifier of the first terminal; determining the occasion of each paging within the paging cycle according to the DEN of the paging frame within the paging cycle and the DFN corresponding to the first paging within the paging cycle.
6 . The paging method according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion, comprises: monitoring the paging message on one or more paging subchannels of the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion.
7 . The paging method according to claim 2 , further comprising: receiving a first message from the second terminal, the first message comprising the first paging parameter, and the first message being further used for indicating at least one of the following items: indicating that the sidelink paging occasion is related to the second offset, or indicating that the sidelink paging occasion is unrelated to the second offset; indicating one or more paging subchannels among multiple subchannels of the direct communication interface; wherein if the first message indicates that the sidelink paging occasion is related to the second offset, then the first paging parameter comprises the second offset, else if the first message indicates that the sidelink paging occasion is unrelated to the second offset, then the first paging parameter does not comprise the second offset.
8 . The paging method according to claim 1 , further comprising: determining an air interface paging occasion according to a second paging parameter before monitoring the paging message; transmitting a second message to the second terminal, the second message comprising the air interface paging occasion and/or the identifier of the first terminal; wherein the second paging parameter comprises at least one of a paging cycle, a number of paging frames in a single paging cycle, a number of paging times in a single paging cycle, a second offset, or the identifier of the first terminal; the second offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to an air interface for communication between the network device and a terminal, and the air interface paging occasion is an occasion for the second terminal to monitor the paging message on an air interface.
9 . A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, wherein the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program, the computer program is used for enabling a processor to execute the paging method according to claim 1 .
10 . A paging method applied to a second terminal, wherein the paging method comprises: receiving a paging message from a network device for paging a first terminal, the second terminal acting as a terminal for providing relay service to the first terminal; determining a sidelink paging occasion for the first terminal according to a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor the paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication with the second terminal is performed; transmitting the paging message to the first terminal through the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion; wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion for the first terminal according to the DTX mechanism, comprises: determining the sidelink paging occasion according to a first paging parameter; wherein the first paging parameter comprises at least one of a paging cycle, a number of paging frames in a single paging cycle, a first offset, or an identifier of the first terminal; the first offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to the direct communication interface.
11 . The paging method according to claim 10 , wherein the first paging parameter further comprises at least one of a second offset or an inter-interface wireless frame deviation, wherein the second offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to an air interface for communication between the network device and a terminal, and the inter-interface wireless frame deviation is a time deviation between an SFN of the air interface and a DFN of the direct communication interface.
12 . The paging method according to claim 11 , wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion according to the first paging parameter, comprises: determining a system frame number (DFN) of a paging frame within the paging cycle according to the paging cycle, the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the first offset, the identifier of the first terminal, and/or at least one of the second offset or the inter-interface wireless frame deviation.
13 . The paging method according to claim 10 , wherein the first paging parameter further comprises a number of paging times in a single paging cycle, and the sidelink paging occasion comprises an occasion of each paging within the paging cycle; wherein determining the sidelink paging occasion according to the first paging parameter, comprises: determining a DFN of a paging frame within the paging cycle according to the paging cycle, the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the first offset, and the identifier of the first terminal; determining a DFN corresponding to a first paging within the paging cycle according to the number of paging frames in the single paging cycle, the number of paging times in the single paging cycle, and the identifier of the first terminal; determining the occasion of each paging within the paging cycle according to the DEN of the paging frame within the paging cycle and the DFN corresponding to the first paging within the paging cycle.
14 . The paging method according to claim 10 , wherein transmitting the paging message to the first terminal through the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion, comprises: transmitting the paging message on one or more paging subchannels of the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion.
15 . The paging method according to claim 11 , further comprising: transmitting a first message to the first terminal, the first message comprising the first paging parameter, and the first message being further used for indicating at least one of the following items: indicating that the sidelink paging occasion is related to the second offset, or indicating that the sidelink paging occasion is unrelated to the second offset; indicating one or more paging subchannels among multiple subchannels of the direct communication interface; wherein if the first message indicates that the sidelink paging occasion is related to the second offset, then the first paging parameter comprises the second offset, else if the first message indicates that the sidelink paging occasion is unrelated to the second offset, then the first paging parameter does not comprise the second offset.
16 . The paging method according to claim 10 , further comprising: receiving a second message transmitted from the first terminal before receiving the paging message from the network device for paging the first terminal; determining an air interface paging occasion according to the second message; monitoring the paging message on an air interface according to the air interface paging occasion; wherein the second message comprises the air interface paging occasion and/or the identifier of the first terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is used for determining the air interface paging occasion and the sidelink paging occasion.
17 . A paging apparatus applied to the second terminal, wherein the paging apparatus comprises a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; the memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under control of the processor; the processor is configured to read the computer program from the memory and execute the method according to claim 10 .
18 . A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, wherein the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program, the computer program is used for enabling a processor to execute the paging method according to claim 10 .
19 . A paging apparatus applied to the first terminal, wherein the paging apparatus comprises a memory, a transceiver, and a processor; the memory is configured to store a computer program; the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under control of the processor; the processor is configured to read the computer program from the memory and perform the following operations: determining a sidelink paging occasion according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor a paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed, the second terminal being a terminal that provides a relay service to the first terminal, and the paging message being a paging message from a network device for paging the first terminal; monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion; wherein the processor further performs the following operations: determining the sidelink paging occasion according to a first paging parameter; wherein the first paging parameter comprises at least one of a paging cycle, a number of paging frames in a single paging cycle, a first offset, or an identifier of the first terminal; the first offset is an offset of a paging frame corresponding to the direct communication interface.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/072410, filed on Jan. 17, 2022, which claims the priority of a Chinese patent application No. 202110330530.2 and titled “PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM”, which was filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Mar. 25, 2021. The content of the above applications are incorporated into the present application by reference in their entireties. FIELD The present application relates to the field of communication, in particular, to a paging method and apparatus, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND In order to expand the coverage of a network, a terminal to a network device relay (UE-to-Network relay, hereinafter referred to as a relay) is introduced. The terminal and the network can establish a connection and exchange information with the network device through the relay. In a communication scenario without the relay, the network device can page the terminal that is in an idle state or a non-active state: correspondingly, the terminal monitors a paging message according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism, and restores the communication connection with the network device after receiving the paging message. However, there is a lack of relevant solution for how a relayed terminal monitors the paging message in the relay scenario. SUMMARY The present application provides a paging method and apparatus, and a storage medium, which are used for monitoring a paging message of a network device by a relayed terminal in a relay scenario. According to embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging method, which is applied to a first terminal and includes: determining a sidelink paging occasion according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor a paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed, the second terminal being a terminal that provides a relay service to the first terminal, and the paging message being a paging message from a network device for paging the first terminal;monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion. According to embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging method, which is applied to a second terminal and includes: receiving a paging message from a network device for paging a first terminal, the second terminal acting as a terminal for providing relay service to the first terminal;determining a sidelink paging occasion for the first terminal according to a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor the paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication with the second terminal is performed;transmitting the paging message to the first terminal through the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion. According to embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging apparatus, which is applied to an access network device and includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: the memory is configured to store a computer program;the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under control of the processor;the processor is configured to read the computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:determining a sidelink paging occasion according to a DRX mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor a paging message on a direct communication interface through which communication between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed, the second terminal being a terminal that provides a relay service to the first terminal, and the paging message is a paging message from a network device for paging the first terminal;monitoring the paging message on the direct communication interface according to the sidelink paging occasion. According to embodiments of the present application, there is provided a paging apparatus, which is applied to the second terminal and a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: the memory is configured to store a computer program;the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under control of the processor;the processor is configured to read the computer program from the memory and perform the following operations:receiving a paging message from a network device for paging a first terminal, the second terminal acting as a terminal for providing relay service to the first terminal;determining a sidelink paging occasion for the first terminal according to a DTX mechanism, the sidelink paging occasion being an occasion for the first terminal to monitor the paging message on a direct communicati