# US 12,114,288 B2 · Communication method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,288 B2 - Document ID: US12114288B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/576,395 - Filed: 2022-01-14 - Published: 2022-05-05 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-17 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Lei Chen; Xuelong Wang; Bingzhao Li; Hong Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114288B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04L 61/5053: Lease time; Renewal aspects - H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier} - H04W 8/265: {for initial activation of new user} - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04L 2101/654: International mobile subscriber identity [IMSI] numbers - 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 This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A network device pre-allocates a first identifier to a terminal device. When the terminal device has a requirement for adjusting the first identifier, the terminal device may send a first message carrying first information to the network device, to request the network device to adjust the first identifier. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, the identifier of the terminal device may be flexibly adjusted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication method, comprising: determining that a first paging occasion (PO) time domain position corresponding to a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to a second SIM card; sending a first message to a core network device, wherein the first message comprises a first offset, the first offset indicates an offset between an initial UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card and an update UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card; receiving a first reply message from the core network device; and recalculating a PO position corresponding to the second SIM card based on the first reply message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first reply message comprises information indicating that application of the first offset is accepted by the core network device; or the first reply message comprises a recommendation UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card reallocated by the core network device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first message is a registration message of the second SIM card, or the first message is a tracking area update (TAU) message. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining that a first paging occasion (PO) time domain position corresponding to a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to a second SIM card comprises: determining that the first PO time domain position partially overlaps or completely overlaps with a second PO time domain position, and a mode of a terminal device is single reception single transmission; or determining that the first PO time domain position partially overlaps or does not overlap with a second PO time domain position, and a mode of the terminal device is dual reception dual transmission. ### Claim 5 A communication method, comprising: receiving, a first message from a terminal device, wherein the first message comprises a first offset, the first offset indicates an offset between an initial UE-ID corresponding to a second SIM card of the terminal device and an update UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card of the terminal device; sending a first reply message to a terminal device, wherein the first reply message comprises information indicating that application of the first offset from the terminal device is accepted; or the first reply message comprises a recommendation UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card that is reallocated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first message is a registration message of the second SIM card, or the first message is a tracking area update (TAU) message. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first reply message is for recalculating PO position corresponding to the second SIM card. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiving a first message from a terminal device comprises: receiving a first message from a terminal device when a first PO time domain position corresponding to first SIM card of the terminal device conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to the second SIM card of the terminal device. ### Claim 9 A communications apparatus, comprising: one or more processors, and a memory configure to store program instructions; wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the communications apparatus to: determine that a first paging occasion (PO) time domain position corresponding to a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to a second SIM card; send a first message to a core network device, wherein the first message comprises a first offset, the first offset indicates an offset between an initial UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card and an update UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card; receive a first reply message from the core network device; and recalculate a PO position corresponding to the second SIM card based on the first reply message. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communications apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first reply message comprises information indicating that application of the first offset is accepted by the core network device; or the first reply message comprises a recommendation UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card reallocated by the core network device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The communications apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first message is a registration message of the second SIM card, or the first message is a tracking area update (TAU) message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The communications apparatus according to claim 9, wherein determine that a first paging occasion (PO) time domain position corresponding to a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to a second SIM card comprises: determine that the first PO time domain position partially overlaps or completely overlaps with a second PO time domain position, and a mode of the communications apparatus is single reception single transmission; or determine that the first PO time domain position partially overlaps or does not overlap with a second PO time domain position, and a mode of the communications apparatus is dual reception dual transmission. ### Claim 13 A communications apparatus, comprising: one or more processors, and a memory configure to store program instructions; wherein, when executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the communications apparatus to: receive a first message from a terminal device, wherein the first message comprises a first offset, the first offset indicates an offset between an initial UE-ID corresponding to a second SIM card of the terminal device and an update UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card of the terminal device; send a first reply message to a terminal device, wherein the first reply message comprises information indicating that application of the first offset from the terminal device is accepted; or the first reply message comprises a recommendation UE-ID corresponding to the second SIM card that is reallocated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The communications apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first message is a registration message of the second SIM card, or the first message is a tracking area update (TAU). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The communications apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first reply message is for recalculating PO position corresponding to the second SIM card. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The communications apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the receive a first message from a terminal device comprises: receive a first message from a terminal device when a first PO time domain position corresponding to first SIM card of the terminal device conflicts with a second PO time domain position corresponding to the second SIM card of the terminal device.