A communication method and a communications apparatus are disclosed to provide an implementation solution for measuring, in an idle state, a carrier. The method includes: initiating, in an idle state, measurement on one or more carriers when a volume of to-be-sent data exceeds a first threshold, or initiating measurement on one or more carriers when a paging message is received; and sending an obtained measurement result to a network device.

Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for supporting wireless device paging in a network, such as a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) (5GNR) network, etc. In various embodiments, a wireless device may determine whether to decode a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) paging message based at least in part on an indication in a received downlink control information (DCI) message.

In a communications system including a base station capable of altering a frequency bandwidth which is used for transmitting broadcast data for providing point-to-multipoint broadcasting communications service and which is used for transmitting individual communications data for providing point-to-point individual communications service, and a mobile terminal capable of altering a receivable bandwidth which is used for receiving at least the broadcast data and the individual communications data transmitted from the base station, decision processing of making a decision as to whether the mobile terminal can receive reception-desired content it desires to receive among contents provided by the broadcasting communications service is executed in accordance with a frequency occupying bandwidth used for transmitting the reception-desired content. Thus, the mobile terminal becomes able to make a decision as to whether it can receive particular E-MBMS content considering its own UE position.

There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: at a user equipment, the user equipment having a first universal subscriber identity module, USIM, associated with a first network and at least one second USIM associated with a second network, provide an indication from the at least one second USIM to the second network that paging notifications for the second network are to be provided to the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network, receive a paging notification for the second network at the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network and provide the paging notification from the first USIM to the second USIM in the user equipment.

There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: at a user equipment, the user equipment having a first universal subscriber identity module, USIM, associated with a first network and at least one second USIM associated with a second network, provide an indication from the at least one second USIM to the second network that paging notifications for the second network are to be provided to the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network, receive a paging notification for the second network at the first USIM of the user equipment via the first network and provide the paging notification from the first USIM to the second USIM in the user equipment.

A method for gateway recovery processing and device, the method comprising: a first mobility management unit receiving Packet Data Network (PDN) connection signaling, and triggering a paging procedure for a terminal; in response to determining that the paging procedure fails, the first mobility management unit setting and storing flag information, wherein the flag information is used to indicate that the PDN connection signaling is in a suspended state; and in a case where the terminal moves from a coverage area of the first mobility management unit to a coverage area of a second mobility management unit, the first mobility management unit sending the flag information to the second mobility management unit, wherein the flag information is used for the second mobility management unit to trigger a Serving Gateway (SGW) to send a bearer update request message to a PDN Gateway (PGW).

A method for gateway recovery processing and device, the method comprising: a first mobility management unit receiving Packet Data Network (PDN) connection signaling, and triggering a paging procedure for a terminal; in response to determining that the paging procedure fails, the first mobility management unit setting and storing flag information, wherein the flag information is used to indicate that the PDN connection signaling is in a suspended state; and in a case where the terminal moves from a coverage area of the first mobility management unit to a coverage area of a second mobility management unit, the first mobility management unit sending the flag information to the second mobility management unit, wherein the flag information is used for the second mobility management unit to trigger a Serving Gateway (SGW) to send a bearer update request message to a PDN Gateway (PGW).

A cell selection method includes obtaining measurement results of N cells. The cell selection method also includes obtaining cell selection assistance information. The cell selection assistance information includes identifiers of L slices corresponding to M sessions of a terminal device and slice capability information of the N cells, the slice capability information of the N cells includes identifiers of slices supported by the N cells, and M, L, and N are positive integers. The cell selection method further includes performing cell selection or cell reselection based on the measurement results of the N cells and the cell selection assistance information.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit assistance information to request changes to discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters to improve performance of the UE and its connection to a wireless network. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes detecting one or more conditions; and transmitting, in response to the detection, a request to change a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) configuration to a first network.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit assistance information to request changes to discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters to improve performance of the UE and its connection to a wireless network. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes detecting one or more conditions; and transmitting, in response to the detection, a request to change a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) configuration to a first network.