# US 11,310,763 B2 · Method and device for indicating and receiving paging control information, storage medium, base station, and user equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,763 B2 - Document ID: US11310763B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/481,607 - Filed: 2018-12-27 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-03 - Assignees: Beijing Unisoc Communications Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Spreadtrum Hi-Tech Communications Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xinghang Gao; Su Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310763B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/00: Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method and a device for indicating and receiving paging control information, a storage medium, a base station, and a user equipment are provided, and the method for indicating paging control information includes: determining whether a first type of paging control information and a second type of paging control information are to be carried, wherein the first type of paging control information includes a system information update notification indicator, an ETWS notification indicator, and a CMAS notification indicator, and the second type of paging control information includes a paging message scheduling information indicator; and configuring a first predetermined bit field in DCI in accordance with a determined result, wherein the first predetermined bit field includes 2 bits. Embodiments of the present disclosure may support UEs in different states to simultaneously receive and acquire their required paging control information, which saves resources and improves paging efficiency. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for indicating paging control information, comprising: determining whether a first type of paging control information and a second type of paging control information are to be carried, wherein the first type of paging control information comprises a system information update notification indicator, an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) notification indicator, and a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS) notification indicator, and the second type of paging control information comprises a paging message scheduling information indicator; and configuring a first predetermined bit field in downlink control information (DCI) in accordance with a determined result, wherein the first predetermined bit field comprises 2 bits, wherein a first bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate whether both the first type of paging control information and the second of paging control information are carried; and based on only one of the first type of paging control information and the second type of paging control information being carried, a second bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate which paging control information is carried. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined bit field is obtained by extending a short message indicator field; or the first predetermined field comprises a downlink configuration index field; or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in the downlink configuration index field and the short message indicator field, or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in a DCI format indicator field and 1 bit in the short message indicator field. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein based on the first type of paging control information being carried, the method further comprises: configuring a second predetermined bit field in the DCI, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises N bits, wherein N>=3, and N is a positive integer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises higher N bits of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number indicator field or lower N bits of the HARQ process number indicator field. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the N bits in the second predetermined bit field are respectively configured to indicate the system information update notification indicator, the ETWS notification indicator, and the CMAS notification indicator. ### Claim 6 A method for receiving paging control information, comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI); and analyzing a predetermined bit field in the DCI, to determine whether a first type of paging control information and a second type of paging control information are carried in the DCI, wherein the first type of paging control information comprises a system information update notification indicator, an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) notification indicator, and a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS) notification indicator, the second type of paging control information comprises a paging message scheduling information indicator, and the first predetermined bit field comprises 2 bits, wherein a first bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate whether both the first type of paging control information and the second of paging control information are carried; and based on only one of the first type of paging control information and the second type of paging control information being carried, a second bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate which paging control information is carried. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the first predetermined bit field is obtained by extending a short message indicator field; or the first predetermined field comprises a downlink configuration index field; or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in the downlink configuration index field and the short message indicator field, or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in a DCI format indicator field and 1 bit in the short message indicator field. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, further comprising: based on the first type of paging control information being carried in the DCI, analyzing a second predetermined bit field, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises N bits, wherein N>=3, and N is a positive integer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises higher N bits of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number indicator field or lower N bits of the HARQ process number indicator field. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the N bits in the second predetermined bit field are respectively configured to represent the system information update notification indicator, the ETWS notification indicator, and the CMAS notification indicator. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory storage medium, storing computer instructions, wherein once the computer instructions are executed, a method for indicating paging control information is performed, wherein the method comprises: determining whether a first type of paging control information and a second type of paging control information are to be carried, wherein the first type of paging control information comprises a system information update notification indicator, an earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) notification indicator, and a commercial mobile alert service (CMAS) notification indicator, and the second type of paging control information comprises a paging message scheduling information indicator; and configuring a first predetermined bit field in downlink control information (DCI) in accordance with a determined result, wherein the first predetermined bit field comprises 2 bits, wherein a first bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate whether both the first type of paging control information and the second of paging control information are carried; and based on only one of the first type of paging control information and the second type of paging control information being carried, a second bit in the first predetermined bit field is configured to indicate which paging control information is carried. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the first predetermined bit field is obtained by extending a short message indicator field; or the first predetermined field comprises a downlink configuration index field; or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in the downlink configuration index field and the short message indicator field, or the first predetermined bit field comprises 1 bit in a DCI format indicator field and 1 bit in the short message indicator field. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein based on the first type of paging control information being carried, the method further comprises: configuring a second predetermined bit field in the DCI, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises N bits, wherein N>=3, and N is a positive integer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the second predetermined bit field comprises higher N bits of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number indicator field or lower N bits of the HARQ process number indicator field. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the N bits in the second predetermined bit field are respectively configured to indicate the system information update notification indicator, the ETWS notification indicator, and the CMAS notification indicator.