US 12,477,513 B2
Paging methods, paging apparatuses and storage media
Xiandong Dong, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/997,395
Filed by Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/088517
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/217666, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209501 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paging method, applied to a network device, the paging method comprising:
determining downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises one or more bits of which a respective bit indicates whether there are one or more paging messages for a terminal group; and
sending the downlink control information;
wherein a number N of terminal groups is determined in one of following ways:
determining the N based on reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in a licensed spectrum;
determining the N based on reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in an unlicensed spectrum;
determining the N based on one or more reserved bits in a Short Messages information field in the downlink control information in a licensed spectrum and one or more reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in the licensed spectrum;
determining the N based on one or more reserved bits in a Short Messages information field in the downlink control information in an unlicensed spectrum and one or more reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in the unlicensed spectrum;
determining the N based on a specified number of last bits in a Short Messages information field in the downlink control information;
determining the N based on a specified number of last bits in a Short Messages information field in the downlink control information in a licensed spectrum and one or more reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in the licensed spectrum; or
determining the N based on a specified number of last bits in a Short Messages information field in the downlink control information in an unlicensed spectrum and one or more reserved bits in a last information field in the downlink control information in the unlicensed spectrum.