Patent ID: 9398166
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for communicating group paging information, the method comprising: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) device, a control plane message sent by a services capability server (SCS) which includes information describing a geographical area which serves as a group paging area in which group paging is to be performed; and determining, by the RAN device, at least one cell in which the group paging is to be sent by using cell distribution and the information describing the geographical area; wherein receiving by a RAN device a control plane message sent by a SCS which includes information describing a geographical area comprises: receiving, by a radio network controller (RNC) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network, the control plane message sent by the SCS forwarded by a device in a core network via an lu interface; wherein the control plane message sent by the SCS is a paging message conforming to a control plane S1 application part (S1 AP) (RANAP) protocol.