Method and device for facilitating transmission of access information

A method implemented at a terminal device, comprising:

• in response to detecting a system signature, detecting an occurrence indication indicating a subsequent occurrence of access information, the system signature indicating a part of the access information for use by the terminal device in accessing a network device, wherein the access information comprises an access information table that indicates a paging procedure through which the terminal device reaches the network device;
• and
• receiving the access information based on the occurrence indication,
• wherein receiving the access information based on the occurrence indication comprises:
• determining whether the occurrence indication includes an indicator as to whether the subsequent occurrence of the access information is between a current occurrence and a subsequent occurrence of the system signature, and
• causing the terminal device to be idle when the indicator indicates no occurrence of the access information between the current and subsequent occurrence occurrences.

A network device, comprising:

• a processor and a non-transitory machine readable storage medium, the non-transitory machine readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the network device to:
• generate an occurrence indication for indicating a subsequent occurrence of access information, wherein the access information comprises an access information table that indicates a paging procedure through which a terminal device reaches the network device, and where generation of the occurrence indication comprises:
• generating an indicator as to whether the subsequent occurrence of the access information is between a current occurrence and a subsequent occurrence of a system signature, and wherein receipt of the indicator of no occurrence of the access information between the current and subsequent occurrences causes the terminal device to be idle, and
• transmit the occurrence indication in association with the system signature, the system signature indicating a part of the access information for use by a terminal device in accessing the network device.

A terminal device, comprising:

• a processor and a non-transitory machine readable storage medium, the non-transitory machine readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the terminal device to:
• detect, in response to detecting a system signature, an occurrence indication indicating a subsequent occurrence of access information, the system signature indicating a part of the access information for use by the terminal device in accessing a network device, wherein the access information comprises an access information table that indicates a paging procedure through which the terminal device reaches a network device, and
• receive the access information based on the occurrence indication
• wherein receiving the access information based on the occurrence indication comprises:
• determining whether the occurrence indication includes an indicator as to whether the subsequent occurrence of the access information is between a current occurrence and a subsequent occurrence of the system signature, and
• causing the terminal device to be idle when the indicator indicates no occurrence of the access information between the current and subsequent occurrences.