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US 2020/0221419 A1Published application
Base station device and method for performing paging by same base station device, and terminal device and method for supporting paging by same terminal device
AssigneeSK Telecom Co., Ltd.
InventorMin Soo NA
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Abstract
Disclosed is a technology for improving paging efficiency in a communication system by implementing a new paging method (scheme) of minimizing signaling load of a radio section and accurately and rapidly performing paging without performance deterioration when paging is performed in a MIMO communication system.
Claims16
An apparatus of a Base Station (BS), the apparatus comprising:
- an identification unit configured to identify, for a terminal to be paged, a paging ID of a paging group to which the terminal to be paged belongs;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit the identified paging ID in different directions through a beam sweeping operation for transmitting beamformed signals in different directions through a plurality of antenna beams;
- and
- a paging performance unit configured to identify the terminal to be paged among terminals receiving the paging ID, based on paging-related information returned from the terminal receiving the paging ID and perform a paging procedure for the identified terminal to be paged.
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A method of performing paging by a Base Station (BS) apparatus, the method comprising:
- identifying, for a terminal to be paged, a paging ID of a paging group to which the terminal to be paged belongs;
- transmitting the identified paging ID in different directions through a beam sweeping operation for transmitting beamformed signals in different directions through a plurality of antenna beams;
- and
- identifying the terminal to be paged among terminals receiving the paging ID, based on paging-related information returned from the terminal receiving the paging ID and performing a paging procedure for the identified terminal to be paged.
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An apparatus of a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a monitoring unit configured to monitor reception of a paging ID in pre-allocated paging resources;
- and
- a paging-related information return unit configured to, when receiving the paging ID, return paging-related information indicating a specific antenna beam which the apparatus of the terminal is able to receive a downlink, thereby when the apparatus of the terminal is a terminal to be paged, a Base Station (BS) transmitting the paging ID being able to identify the apparatus of the terminal as the terminal to be paged, based on the paging-related information and perform a paging procedure for the apparatus of the terminal.
A method of supporting paging of a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
- monitoring reception of a paging ID in pre-allocated paging resources;
- and
- returning, when the paging ID is received, paging-related information indicating a specific antenna beam which the apparatus of the terminal is able to receive a downlink, thereby when the apparatus of the terminal is the terminal to be paged, a Base Station (BS) transmitting the paging ID being able to identify the apparatus of the terminal as a terminal to be paged, based on the paging-related information and perform a paging procedure for the apparatus of the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.