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

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting, by the base station, the paging resource according to the category of the to-be-paged UE and the configured paging parameter comprises:
in response to determining that the category of the to-be-paged UE is configured with the paging parameter, selecting the paging resource according to the paging parameter; or
in response to determining that the category of the to-be-paged UE is not configured with the paging parameter, selecting the paging resource according to a paging parameter corresponding to a legacy UE or according to a paging parameter that is among the configured paging parameter and that corresponds to a UE category having a coverage area greater than or equal to a smallest coverage area among the category of the to-be-paged UE, wherein the paging parameter corresponding to the legacy UE is configured according to a maximum cell coverage area.