| CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) | 16 Claims |

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1. A paging method applied to a first communication node, comprising:
determining at least one paging characteristic type according to a preset classification policy;
configuring a paging resource for each of the at least one paging characteristic type;
after configuring a paging resource for each of the at least one paging characteristic type, the method further comprising:
configuring a corresponding physical random access channel (PRACH) resource for each type of paging resource, wherein the PRACH resource is used to instruct the second communication node to initiate random access on the PRACH resource; and
broadcasting correspondence between paging characteristic types and paging resources and correspondence between paging resources and PRACH resources;
wherein configuring the paging resource for each of the at least one paging characteristic type comprises configuring a control resource set for each paging characteristic type, and configuring the control resource set for each paging characteristic type comprises configuring at least one control resource set for each paging characteristic type on the basis of a paging characteristic.
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