Method and apparatus for setting coverage level of terminal

A method for indicating a coverage level for a user terminal (UE), comprising:

• sending corresponding information to the user terminal, wherein the corresponding information indicates a correspondence between at least one sending resource and at least one coverage level;
• determining a coverage level of the user terminal as a first coverage level in the at least one coverage level;
• and
• sending control information to the user terminal by using a sending resource corresponding to the first coverage level, so as to instruct the user terminal to set the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level according to the corresponding information, wherein content comprised in the control information comprises information indicating an identity of the user terminal.

A method for setting a coverage level of user terminal, comprising:

• receiving control information from a communications device;
• parsing the control information to obtain content comprised in the control information;
• and
• setting, if the content comprises information for instructing to set a coverage level of the user terminal to a first coverage level in at least one coverage level, the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level.

A method for indicating a coverage level for a user terminal (UE), comprising:

• determining a coverage level of the user terminal as a first coverage level in at least one coverage level;
• and
• determining a time interval according to the first coverage level;
• receiving, at a first moment, first information sent from the user terminal;
• determining a second moment according to the first moment and the time interval;
• and
• sending second information to the user terminal at the second moment, so as to instruct the user terminal to set the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level, wherein the time interval between the second moment and the first moment is used to indicate the first coverage level.

A user terminal (UE), comprising:

• a corresponding information receiving unit, configured to receive corresponding information from a communications device, wherein the corresponding information indicates a correspondence between at least one sending resource and at least one coverage level;
• a control information receiving unit, configured to receive, from the communications device, at least one segment of control information sent by using the at least one sending resource, wherein each segment of control information in the at least one segment of control information is sent by using one sending resource in the at least one sending resource;
• a parsing module, configured to parse the at least one segment of control information to obtain content comprised in the at least one segment of control information;
• and
• a setting module, configured to:
• if content comprised in one segment of control information in the at least one segment of control information comprises information indicating an identity of the user terminal, set, according to the corresponding information, a coverage level of the user terminal to a first coverage level corresponding to a sending resource by using which the one segment of control information is sent.

A communications device, comprising:

• a corresponding information sending module, configured to send corresponding information to user terminal, wherein the corresponding information indicates a correspondence between at least one sending resource and at least one coverage level;
• a level determining module, configured to determine a coverage level of the user terminal as a first coverage level in the at least one coverage level;
• and
• a setting information sending module, configured to send control information to the user terminal by using a sending resource corresponding to the first coverage level, so as to instruct the user terminal to set the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level according to the corresponding information, wherein content comprised in the control information comprises information indicating an identity of the user terminal.

A user terminal (UE), comprising:

• a control information receiving unit, configured to receive control information from a communications device;
• a parsing module, configured to parse the control information to obtain content comprised in the control information;
• and
• a setting module, configured to:
• if the content comprises information for instructing to set a coverage level of the user terminal to a first coverage level, set the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level.

A communications device, comprising:

• a level determining module, configured to determine a coverage level of user terminal as a first coverage level in at least one coverage level;
• an interval determining module, configured to determine a time interval according to the first coverage level;
• an information receiving unit, configured to receive, at a first moment, first information sent from the user terminal;
• a moment determining module, configured to determine a second moment according to the first moment and the time interval;
• and
• a setting module, configured to send second information to the user terminal at the second moment, so as to instruct the user terminal to set the coverage level of the user terminal to the first coverage level, wherein the time interval between the second moment and the first moment is used to indicate the first coverage level.