Patent ID: 11864155
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A paging method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a paging parameter configured according to a UE category and sent by a base station, wherein
the paging parameter comprises at least one of: configuration information for scheduling paging or information about a downlink carrier for carrying the paging;
the UE category and a correspondence between the UE category and the paging parameter are received by the UE through a system information block (SIB);
wherein the information about the downlink carrier for carrying the paging comprises at least one of: a list of narrowbands capable of carrying the paging, a UE selection weight of a paging carrier, a UE selection weight of a paging narrowband, or a number of paging narrowbands;
wherein after the receiving, by the UE, the paging parameter configured according to the UE category and sent by the base station, the method further comprises:
selecting, by the UE, a paging resource according to a category of the UE and the received paging parameter and monitoring, on the paging resource by the UE, a paging message;
wherein the selecting, by the UE, the paging resource according to the category of the UE and the received paging parameter, the method further comprises:
identifying, by the UE, the category of the UE according to UE power level information or own feature information of the UE or identifying, by the UE, the category of the UE according to a UE category carried in a message present by a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the own feature information refers to whether coverage enhancement mode B (CE-ModeB) of the UE is restricted, and in response to the CE-ModeB of the UE being restricted, the category of the UE comprises a CE-ModeB restricted UE.