Wireless communication method, terminal, and network device

A wireless communication method, comprising:

• sending, by a network device, a paging early indication (PEI) to a terminal, wherein the terminal belongs to a terminal group in multiple terminal groups, the PEI indicates whether at least one terminal in the terminal group is to receive paging indication information, and wherein one paging cycle comprises a plurality of paging occasion (PO) groups, each terminal group in the multiple terminal groups corresponds to a respective PO group in the plurality of PO groups, different terminal groups in the multiple terminal groups correspond to different PO groups in the plurality of PO groups, and a quantity of the multiple terminal groups is equal to a quantity of the plurality of PO groups in the one paging cycle;
• determining, by the terminal, based on the PEI, whether to monitor the PO group;
• and
• in response to determining to monitor the PO group based on the PEI, monitoring, by the terminal, the PO group to receive the paging indication information.

A terminal, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the terminal to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the terminal, a paging early indication (PEI) sent by a network device, wherein the terminal belongs to a terminal group in multiple terminal groups, the PEI indicates whether at least one terminal in the terminal group is to receive paging indication information, and wherein one paging cycle comprises a plurality of paging occasion (PO) groups, each terminal group in the multiple terminal groups corresponds to a respective PO group in the plurality of PO groups, different terminal groups in the multiple terminal groups correspond to different PO groups in the plurality of PO groups, and a quantity of the multiple terminal groups is equal to a quantity of the plurality of PO groups in the one paging cycle;
• determining, by the terminal, based on the PEI, whether to monitor the PO group;
• and
• in response to determining to monitor the PO group based on the PEI, monitoring, by the terminal, the PO group to receive the paging indication information.

A network device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the network device to perform operations comprising:
• sending, by the network device, a paging early indication (PEI) to a terminal, wherein the terminal belongs to a terminal group in multiple terminal groups, the PEI indicates whether at least one terminal in the terminal group is to receive paging indication information, and wherein one paging cycle comprises a plurality of paging occasion (PO) groups, each terminal group in the multiple terminal groups corresponds to a respective PO group in the plurality of PO groups, different terminal groups in the multiple terminal groups correspond to different PO groups in the plurality of PO groups, and a quantity of the multiple terminal groups is equal to a quantity of the plurality of PO groups in the one paging cycle;
• determining, by the terminal, based on the PEI, whether to monitor the PO group;
• and
• in response to determining to monitor the PO group based on the PEI, monitoring, by the terminal, the PO group to receive the paging indication information.