PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED GATEWAY

摘要

Disclosed are a paging method and apparatus for a distributed gateway. The method comprises: a gateway user plane acquiring downlink data; sending downlink data reporting information to a gateway control plane, wherein the downlink data reporting information is used to trigger the gateway control plane to send a downlink data notification to a mobility management entity, and the downlink data notification is used to trigger the mobility management entity to initiate paging to a terminal; acquiring downlink data channel information sent by the gateway control plane, wherein the downlink data channel information represents information about a downlink data channel between a base station and the gateway user plane, and the base station is a base station to which the paged terminal belongs; and forwarding the downlink data via the downlink data channel. By means of the method or apparatus of the present invention, the problem in initiating paging by a distributed gateway to a terminal can be solved.