US 12,256,365 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Wenjie Peng, Shanghai (CN); Mingzeng Dai, Shenzhen (CN); and Rui Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,887.
Application 17/729,887 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/113497, filed on Oct. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256501 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a first network side device, information indicating that a first user identity of a terminal device and a second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device, wherein the first network side device provides a service for the first user identity of the terminal device;
sending, by the first network side device to a second network side device, the information indicating that the first user identity of the terminal device and the second user identity of the terminal device are associated with the terminal device, wherein the second network side device provides a service for the second user identity of the terminal device;
receiving, by the first network side device, paging indication information from the second network side device, wherein the paging indication information indicates that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged; and
sending, by the first network side device, a first message to indicate that the second user identity of the terminal device is to be paged.