Method and apparatus for paging user equipment
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1. A method for paging a user equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a base station, at least one first paging message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the first paging message carries an identifier of a to-be-paged user equipment (UE) and coverage enhancement requirement information of the to-be-paged UE that includes a coverage enhancement level, a coverage enhancement value or a second quantity of repeated sending times;
grouping, by the base station, the to-be-paged UE in the at least one first paging message into at least two groups of to-be-paged UEs according to the coverage enhancement requirement information in the at least one first paging message;
after receiving the coverage enhancement requirement information from the MME, determining, by the base station, a first quantity of repeated sending times for sending a second paging message to the to-be-paged UE according to a maximum of the coverage enhancement requirement information in the group to which the to-be-paged UE belongs; and
sending, by the base station, the second paging message according to the first quantity of repeated sending times, wherein the second paging message carries the identifier of the to-be-paged UE.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for paging a user equipment. A paging message sent by an MME is received, where the foregoing paging message includes indication information of a UE type; a scheduling resource for sending a paging message of the foregoing UE type is determined according to the indication information of the UE type; and the paging message of the foregoing UE is sent on the scheduling resource, thereby reducing impact on a conventional type of UE that is caused by a limitation on a bandwidth of a received signal of a special type of UE.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for paging a user equipment, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a base station, at least one first paging message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the first paging message carries an identifier of a to-be-paged user equipment (UE) and coverage enhancement requirement information of the to-be-paged UE that includes a coverage enhancement level, a coverage enhancement value or a second quantity of repeated sending times; grouping, by the base station, the to-be-paged UE in the at least one first paging message into at least two groups of to-be-paged UEs according to the coverage enhancement requirement information in the at least one first paging message; after receiving the coverage enhancement requirement information from the MME, determining, by the base station, a first quantity of repeated sending times for sending a second paging message to the to-be-paged UE according to a maximum of the coverage enhancement requirement information in the group to which the to-be-paged UE belongs; and sending, by the base station, the second paging message according to the first quantity of repeated sending times, wherein the second paging message carries the identifier of the to-be-paged UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6)
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3. An apparatus for paging a user equipment comprising:
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a processor; a receiver configured to cooperate with the processor to receive at least one first paging message sent by a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the first paging message carries an identifier of a to-be-paged user equipment (UE) and coverage enhancement requirement information of the to-be-paged UE that includes a coverage enhancement level, a coverage enhancement value or a second quantity of repeated sending times; the processor configured to (a) group the to-be-paged UE in the at least one first paging message into at least two groups of to-be-paged UEs according to the coverage enhancement requirement information in the at least one first paging message, and (b) after receiving the coverage enhancement requirement information from the MME, determine a first quantity of repeated sending times for sending a second paging message to the to-be-paged UE according to a maximum of the coverage enhancement requirement information in the group to which the to-be-paged UE belongs; and a transmitter configured to cooperate with the processor to send the second paging message according to the first quantity of repeated sending times, wherein the second paging message carries the identifier of the to-be-paged UE. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor such that, when executed by the processor, the processor is configured to provide at least the following operations:
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receiving at least one first paging message that includes an identifier of a to-be-paged user equipment (UE) and coverage enhancement requirement information of the to-be-paged UE that includes a coverage enhancement level, a coverage enhancement value or a second quantity of repeated sending times; grouping the to-be-paged UE in the at least one first paging message into at least two groups of to-be-paged UEs according to the coverage enhancement requirement information in the at least one first paging message; after receiving the coverage enhancement requirement information from the MME, determining a first quantity of repeated sending times for sending a second paging message to the to-be-paged UE according to a maximum of the coverage enhancement requirement information in the group to which the to-be-paged UE belongs; and sending the second paging message according to the first quantity of repeated sending times, wherein the second paging message carries the identifier of the to-be-paged UE. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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