Method and apparatus for controlling user equipments

An apparatus for controlling User Equipments (UEs), wherein the apparatus is applicable to a communication system comprising a source cell and a destination cell, and comprises:

• a first transmitting unit, adapted to transmit signals at a first frequency, wherein:
• the first frequency is the same as a frequency of signals transmitted by a base station of the source cell, scrambling codes used for transmitting the signals at the first frequency are the same as scrambling codes of the signals transmitted by the base station of the source cell, and a Paging Indication Channel (PICH) and a Paging Channel (PCH) in the signals transmitted at the first frequency bear information for waking up a specified UE;
• a common channel in the signals transmitted at the first frequency bears information configured by the base station of the destination cell;
• and the information configured by the base station of the destination cell is designed to control the woken specified UE to perform corresponding operations,
• wherein the common channel in the signals transmitted at the first frequency bears the information configured by the base station of the destination cell by:
• including Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) modification info in a PCH on a Subordinate Common Control Physical Channel (SCCPCH) of the signals, wherein the BCCH modification info is adapted to instruct the woken specified UE to read information on a Principal Common Control Physical Channel (PCCPCH) of the signals transmitted at the first frequency;
• the BCCH on the PCCPCH of the signals bears an inter-frequency measurement threshold and neighboring cell information;
• the neighboring cell information comprises destination cell information;
• and the inter-frequency measurement threshold and the neighboring cell information are adapted to instruct the woken specified UE to perform inter-frequency measurement and reselect a destination cell indicated in the neighboring cell information.