# US 11,910,355 B2 · Method and device of transmitting information and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,355 B2 - Document ID: US11910355B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/257,825 - Filed: 2018-07-04 - Published: 2021-09-23 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-04 - Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yang Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910355B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0073: {Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method of transmitting information, applicable to a base station, comprising: determining a blank resource in a preset paging downlink control information (DCI) resource; loading preset information into the blank resource to form an enhanced paging DCI; and transmitting information to user equipment (UE) through the enhanced paging DCI. A computer-readable storage medium and a base station are further provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of transmitting information, applicable to a base station, comprising: determining a blank resource in a preset paging downlink control information (DCI) resource, the preset paging DCI resource is divided into following regions: (i) an indication region, (ii) a first region for carrying direct indication short message, (iii) a second region for carrying scheduling information for user equipment (UE), and (iv) a reserved bit region, wherein the blank resource comprises at least the first region or the second region; loading preset information into the blank resource to form an enhanced paging DCI; and transmitting information to the UE through the enhanced aging DCI. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the blank resource in the preset paging DCI resource comprises: determining a paging information unit to be carried in the preset paging DCI resource; determining the first region resource for carrying direct indication short message as a first blank resource in response to determining that the paging information unit is service paging scheduling information for the UE; or determining the second region resource for carrying the service paging scheduling information for the UE as a second blank resource in response to determining that the paging information unit is the direct indication short message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to the direct indication short message being a system information update notification, loading the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI comprises: loading updated content of the system information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI; wherein the blank resource comprises the second blank resource, or a sum of the second blank resource and a preset reserved bit region resource. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein loading the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI comprises: determining a target message type according to preset reference information, wherein the preset reference information comprises at least one of: a blank resource type, or the paging information unit to be carried, wherein the target message type is a message type of the preset information to be loaded; and loading the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein loading the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI comprises: determining a size of the information to be loaded according to an available size of the blank resource; determining the preset information according to the size of the information to be loaded and the target message type; and loading the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein in response to the target message type being cell-level service information, determining the preset information according to the size of the information to be loaded and the target message type, comprises: notifying an application layer device of the size of the information to be loaded, wherein the application layer device is configured to encode the information to be loaded according to the size of the information to be loaded to generate target cell service information; and receiving the target cell service information from the application layer device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the available size of the blank resource is equal to a sum of the size of the second blank resource and the number of preset reserved bits; or, the available size of the blank resource is equal to a sum of a size of the first blank resource and the number of preset reserved bits. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein loading the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI comprises: determining a size of the information to be loaded corresponding to the target message type; determining the information to be loaded as the target preset information in response to determining that the size of the information to be loaded is not greater than an available size of the blank resource; and loading the target preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset information comprises: high-level information or cell-level service information. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executed by a processor to implement following operations: determining a blank resource in a preset paging downlink control information (DCI) resource, the preset paging DCI resource is divided into following regions: (i) an indication region, (ii) a first region for carrying direct indication short message, (iii) a second region for carrying scheduling information for user equipment (UE), and (iv) a reserved bit region, wherein the blank resource comprises at least the first region or the second region; loading preset information into the blank resource to form an enhanced paging DCI; and transmitting information to the UE through the enhanced aging DCI. ### Claim 11 A base station, comprising: a processor configured to execute processor executable instructions; and a memory, configured to store processor executable instructions, the processor executable instructions comprising: determining a blank resource in a preset paging downlink control information (DCI) resource, the preset paging DCI resource is divided into following regions: (i) an indication region, (ii) a first region for carrying direct indication short message, (iii) a second region for carrying scheduling information for user equipment (UE), and (iv) a reserved bit region, wherein the blank resource comprises at least the first region or the second region; loading preset information into the blank resource to form an enhanced paging DCI; and transmitting information to the UE through the enhanced aging DCI. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein in a case that the processor is configured to determine the blank resource in the preset paging DCI resource, the processor executable instructions further comprises: determining a paging information unit to be carried in the preset paging DCI resource; determining the first region resource for carrying direct indication short message as a first blank resource in response to the paging information unit to be carried being service paging scheduling information for the UE; or determining the second region resource for carrying the service paging scheduling information for the UE as a second blank resource in response to the paging information unit to be carried being the direct indication short message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The base station according to claim 12, wherein in a case that the processor is configured to load the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI, the processor executable instructions further comprises: determining a size of the information to be loaded according to an available size of the blank resource; determining the preset information according to the size of the information to be loaded and the target message type; and loading the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The base station according to claim 13, wherein in response to the target message type being cell-level service information, and in a case that the processor is configured to determine the preset information according to the size of the information to be loaded and the target message type, the processor executable instructions further comprises: notifying an application layer device of the size of the information to be loaded, wherein the application layer device is configured to encode the information to be loaded according to the size of the information to be loaded to generate target cell service information; and receiving the target cell service information from the application layer device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The base station according to claim 13, wherein the available size of the blank resource is equal to a sum of the size of the second blank resource and the number of preset reserved bits; or, the available size of the blank resource is equal to a sum of a size of the first blank resource and the number of preset reserved bits. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The base station according to claim 12, wherein in response to the direct indication short message being a system information update notification, and in a case that the processor is configured to load the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI, the processor executable instructions further comprises: loading updated content of the system information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI; wherein the blank resource comprises the second blank resource, or a sum of the second blank resource and a preset reserved bit region resource. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein in a case that the processor is configured to load the preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI, the processor executable instructions further comprises: determining a target message type according to preset reference information, wherein the preset reference information comprises at least one of: a blank resource type, or the paging information unit to be carried and wherein the target message type is a message type of the preset information to be loaded; and loading the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The base station according to claim 17, wherein in a case that the processor is configured to load the preset information into the blank resource according to the target message type to form the enhanced paging DCI, the processor executable instructions further comprises: determining a size of the information to be loaded corresponding to the target message type; determining the information to be loaded as the target preset information in response to the size of the information to be loaded being not greater than an available size of the blank resource; and loading the target preset information into the blank resource to form the enhanced paging DCI. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the preset information comprises: high-level information or cell-level service information.