US 12,452,837 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Tingting Geng, Shanghai (CN); Yedan Wu, Shanghai (CN); and Le Yan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,567.
Application 17/994,567 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/094897, filed on May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010472766.5 (CN), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093240 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 8/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
generating, by a first network device, a paging message, wherein
the paging message is usable to page a terminal device,
the paging message comprises first indication information, and
the first indication information indicates that a paging range comprises
a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell, or
a terrestrial network (TN) cell, or
both the NTN cell and the TN cell; and
sending, by the first network device, the paging message to a second network device,
wherein the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the first network device, capability information of the terminal device, wherein the capability information is usable to determine whether the terminal device supports
the NTN cell, or
the TN cell, or
both the NTN cell and the TN cell.