| 摘要 |
Scheduling paging messages for devices such as coverage enhanced (CE) machine type communication (MTC) user equipment (UE), whereby: A base station (such as an eNodeB) receives, from a core network entity, a paging request for paging an MTC device. The base station determines a paging occasion for sending to said MTC device paging related information, wherein the paging occasion is defined such that it identifies a plurality of sub-frames in which the paging related information can be sent and repeated. The base station sends (and repeats, as appropriate) the paging related information in the plurality of sub-frames identified by the paging occasion. The paging messages may be transmitted over the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and scheduled via the (evolved) physical downlink control channel (E)PDCCH. The base station may send a system information block to the MTC device comprising scheduling information identifying resources to be used for the paging message. The paging related information sent may be related to a coverage enhancement level of the MTC device. |
