# US 12,010,648 B2 · Method and device for paging > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,648 B2 - Document ID: US12010648B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/516,787 - Filed: 2023-11-21 - Published: 2024-03-14 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-28 - Assignees: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ling Lyu; Zheng Zhao; Zhongzhi Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010648B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a method and a device for paging. A network device sends paging indication information including identification information to a plurality of terminal devices corresponding to a same beam. A first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices determines whether it is paged by the network device according to the identification information. In response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, the first terminal device sends a paging response message to the network device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for paging, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal device, broadcast information sent by a network device, wherein the broadcast information includes paging auxiliary information, wherein the paging auxiliary information includes a parameter indicating whether the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam, wherein the parameter is set to one of a first value or a second value, the first value indicating that the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam and the second value indicating that the network device does not support group paging based on transmit beam; receiving, by the first terminal device of a plurality of terminal devices, paging indication information sent by the network device, wherein the paging indication information includes identification information of one or more terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the one or more terminal devices are paged by the network device, and the plurality of terminal devices corresponds to a first beam; determining, by the first terminal device, whether the first terminal device is paged by the network device according to the identification information; and in response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, sending, by the first terminal device, a paging response message to the network device, wherein the paging response message indicates that the first terminal device is a terminal device being paged by the network device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the paging response message includes a reported beam strength of a second beam, wherein the second beam has a strongest beam strength among a plurality of beams detected by the first terminal device at a first moment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: determining, by the first terminal device, the reported beam strength of the second beam included in the paging response message according to beam strength of the second beam detected at a second moment, beam strength of the second beam detected at the first moment, and a forgetting factor, wherein the second moment is a previous moment of the first moment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, further comprising: receiving, by the first terminal device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) sent through a target beam, wherein the target beam is determined based on the second beam. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: wherein the paging auxiliary information indicates a number of supported paging groups. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein receiving, by the first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices, the paging indication information sent by the network device, includes: in response to the paging auxiliary information indicating that the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam, receiving, by the first terminal device, the paging indication information sent by the network device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the target beam is configured for paging for different groups according to user groups, and paging information is sent to a target user group through the target beam, to page a target terminal device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein receiving, by the first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices, the paging indication information sent by the network device, includes: receiving, by the first terminal device, a paging message sent by the network device, wherein the paging message includes the paging indication information and paging resource information, and wherein the paging resource information indicates a size of a resource required by the network device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, further comprising: determining, by the first terminal device, an uplink resource according to the paging resource information; wherein in response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, sending, by the first terminal device, the paging response message to the network device, includes: sending, by the first terminal device, the paging response message to the network device, wherein the paging response message indicates the uplink resource. ### Claim 10 A method for paging, comprising: Sending, by a network device, broadcast information, wherein the broadcast information includes paging auxiliary information, wherein the paging auxiliary information includes a parameter indicating whether the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam, wherein the parameter is set to one of a first value or a second value, the first value indicating that the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam and the second value indicating that the network device does not support group paging based on transmit beam; sending, by the network device, paging indication information to a plurality of terminal devices, wherein the paging indication information includes identification information of one or more terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the one or more terminal devices are paged by the network device, and the plurality of terminal devices corresponds to a first beam; receiving, by the network device, a paging response message sent by a first terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices; and paging, by the network device, the first terminal device according to the paging response message sent by the first terminal device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the paging response message includes a reported beam strength of a second beam and a forgetting factor, wherein the forgetting factor is used to determine before-filtering beam strength of the second beam, and the second beam has a strongest beam strength among a plurality of beams detected by the first terminal device at a first moment, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the network device, a target beam matching with the first terminal device according to the reported beam strength of the second beam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: sending, by the network device, paging information for different groups to a target user group through the target beam according to user groups, to page a target terminal device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising: sending, by the network device, a PDCCH and a PDSCH to the first terminal device through the target beam. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein before sending, by the network device, the paging indication information to the plurality of terminal devices, the method further comprises: wherein the paging auxiliary information indicates a number of paging groups supported by the network device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein sending, by the network device, the paging indication information to the plurality of terminal devices, comprises: sending, by the network device, a paging message to the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the paging message includes the paging indication information and paging resource information, and wherein the paging resource information indicates a size of a resource required by the network device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the paging response message indicates an uplink resource determined according to the paging resource information. ### Claim 17 A first terminal device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory being in communication connection with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions, that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform following operations: receiving, by the first terminal device, broadcast information sent by a network device, wherein the broadcast information includes paging auxiliary information, wherein the paging auxiliary information includes a parameter indicating whether the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam, wherein the parameter is set to one of a first value or a second value, the first value indicating that the network device supports group paging based on transmit beam and the second value indicating that the network device does not support group paging based on transmit beam; receiving, by the first terminal device of a plurality of terminal devices, paging indication information sent by the network device, wherein the paging indication information includes identification information of one or more terminal devices of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the one or more terminal devices are paged by the network device, and the plurality of terminal devices corresponds to a first beam; determining, by the first terminal device, whether the first terminal device is paged by the network device according to the identification information; and in response to the first terminal device being paged by the network device, sending, by the first terminal device, a paging response message to the network device, wherein the paging response message indicates that the first terminal device is a terminal device being paged by the network device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The first terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the paging response message includes a reported beam strength of a second beam, wherein the second beam has a strongest beam strength among a plurality of beams detected by the first terminal device at a first moment. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The first terminal device according to claim 18, the operations further comprising: determining, by the first terminal device, the reported beam strength of the second beam included in the paging response message according to beam strength of the second beam detected at a second moment, beam strength of the second beam detected at the first moment, and a forgetting factor, wherein the second moment is a previous moment of the first moment. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The first terminal device according to claim 18, the operations further comprising: receiving, by the first terminal device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) sent through a target beam, wherein the target beam is determined based on the second beam.