# US 12,604,299 B2 · Signal transmitting method and apparatus, signal receiving method and apparatus, device and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,299 B2 - Document ID: US12604299B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/271,949 - Filed: 2021-12-29 - Published: 2024-03-14 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-15 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: ZTE Corporation - Inventors: Xuan Ma; Mengzhu Chen; Jun Xu; Focai Peng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604299B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - H04W 68/025: {Indirect paging} - H04L 1/0038: {Blind format detection (for detection of modulation format H04L27/0012)} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/232: the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling - H04W 52/0229: {where the received signal is a wanted signal} - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] - H04W 76/40: for selective distribution or broadcast - 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) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - 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 Provided are a signal sending method and apparatus, a signal receiving method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The signal receiving method includes: receiving a paging early indication (PEI) signal before a paging occasion (PO), where the PEI signal is used for indicating to a user equipment (UE) whether to receive the PO in a paging cycle; and performing a predefined operation based on the PEI signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A signal receiving method, implemented by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a paging early indication (PEI) signal before a paging occasion (PO), wherein the PEI signal is used for indicating whether the UE receives the PO in a paging cycle, a time domain position of the PEI signal is determined by a distance between the PEI signal and a reference point before the PO, a position of the reference point is determined by a first higher-layer parameter, and the distance between the PEI signal and the reference point is determined by a second higher-layer parameter; and performing a predefined operation based on the PEI signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: receiving the PO; not receiving the PO; or receiving paging downlink control information (DCI). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PEI signal comprises an indication of a reference signal resource or a reference signal resource set; wherein the indication of the reference signal resource or the reference signal resource set comprises one of: whether the reference signal resource or the reference signal resource set exists; whether the UE needs to perform blind detection on the reference signal resource or the reference signal resource set; or whether the reference signal resource or the reference signal resource set is updated or activated or deactivated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a relationship between the PEI signal and the reference point comprises at least one of the following: a synchronization signal block (SSB) exists between a starting position of the PEI signal and the reference point; an SSB exists between an ending position of the PEI signal and the reference point; or an SSB exists between the PO and the reference point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising one of: in response to determining that the PEI signal is not detected on a PEI time-frequency domain resource or that no PEI detection opportunities exist in the paging cycle, receiving, by the UE, the PO; in response to determining that the PEI signal is not detected on a PEI time-frequency domain resource or that no PEI detection opportunities exist in the paging cycle, not receiving, by the UE, the PO; or in response to determining that the PEI signal is not detected on a PEI time-frequency domain resource or that no PEI detection opportunities exist in the paging cycle, whether the UE receives the PO is determined by a higher-layer parameter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: in a case where a resource overlap occurs between a PEI time-frequency resource and a non-PEI time-frequency resource, performing a predefined operation based on a resource overlap situation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein performing the predefined operation based on the resource overlap situation comprises: receiving a signal with a high priority according to predefined priorities, wherein the predefined priorities comprise at least one of the following cases: in response to determining that the PEI time-frequency resource overlaps with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) time-frequency resource, a priority of the PEI signal and a priority of a PDSCH are determined by a type of information carried by the PDSCH and a type of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) that scrambles a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for scheduling the PDSCH; or in response to determining that a resource overlap occurs between the PEI time-frequency resource and a random access response window, a priority of the PEI signal and a priority of an access response are determined by a reason for triggering the random access response window. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein in a case where the PEI signal is indicated by DCI, performing the predefined operation based on the resource overlap situation comprises at least one of: in response to determining that a resource overlap occurs between the PEI signal and at least one of another signaling or signal, monitoring the PO; or in response to determining that a resource overlap occurs between the PEI signal and at least one of another signaling or signal, determining, based on a higher-layer configuration, whether to monitor the PO. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory configured to store at least one program; wherein the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which is configured to store a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method of claim 1. ### Claim 11 A signal sending method, implemented by a base station, comprising: sending a paging early indication (PEI) signal before a paging occasion (PO), wherein the PEI signal is used for instructing a user equipment (UE) to perform a predefined operation based on the PEI signal, a time domain position of the PEI signal is determined by a distance between the PEI signal and a reference point before the PO, a position of the reference point is determined by a first higher-layer parameter, and the distance between the PEI signal and the reference point is determined by a second higher-layer parameter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: in a case where a resource overlap occurs between a PEI time-frequency resource and a non-PEI time-frequency resource, performing a predefined operation based on a resource overlap situation.