Patent ID: 9615351
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for paging a narrowband terminal, the method comprising: determining that a paging message for paging the narrowband terminal needs to be sent; and sending a paging message comprising narrowband terminal information of the narrowband terminal to a base station, the narrowband terminal information indicating a radio capability of the narrowband terminal, and enabling the base station to transmit the paging message to the narrowband terminal in a control channel in accordance with the radio capability for the narrowband terminal to detect the paging message carried in the control channel sent by the base station; wherein the narrowband terminal information comprises the radio capability of the narrowband terminal; pre-acquiring the radio capability of the narrowband terminal; storing a correspondence between a terminal identity (ID) of the narrowband terminal and the radio capability of the narrowband terminal; and before sending the paging message, acquiring, according to the terminal ID of the narrowband terminal, the radio capability corresponding to the terminal ID from the stored correspondence, and writing the acquired radio capability into the paging message.