CN114827925A

CN114827925A - Equipment power saving control method, cell switching method and related device

Info

Publication number: CN114827925A
Application number: CN202110124293.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 苗润泉
Original assignee: Spreadtrum Semiconductor Nanjing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Spreadtrum Semiconductor Nanjing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-28
Filing date: 2021-01-28
Publication date: 2022-07-29
Also published as: WO2022161473A1

Abstract

The application provides a device power saving control method, a cell switching method and a related device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: when detecting that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition, the indoor enhanced access equipment sends a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity, wherein the power saving request is associated with power saving agreement response information meeting a second preset condition; and the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity and adjusts the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment into a power saving mode. The embodiment of the application improves the intelligence and efficiency of energy consumption management of the communication system equipment in an indoor service scene.

Description

Equipment power saving control method, cell switching method and related device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a device power saving control method, a cell switching method, and a related apparatus.

Background

At present, in the case that a part of indoor coverage is insufficient due to a mobile communication technology such as a New Radio (NR) of the fifth generation 5G, a method such as introducing an indoor small base station or an Access Point (AP) is considered for coverage enhancement. Such small indoor base stations or APs can be configured by an operator or purchased by a user, and use the deployed home broadband as a backhaul link, and later power supply is assumed by the user.

For some indoor environments, such as office areas or larger residential homes, multiple indoor small base stations or APs need to be deployed simultaneously to meet overall coverage requirements. Energy consumption control of an indoor small base station or AP is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an equipment power saving control method, a cell switching method and a related device, aiming to improve the intelligence and efficiency of energy consumption management of communication system equipment in an indoor service scene.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control method, including:

when detecting that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition, the indoor enhanced access equipment sends a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity, wherein the power saving request is associated with power saving agreement response information meeting a second preset condition;

and the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity and adjusts the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment into a power saving mode.

In this example, it can be seen that, when the indoor enhanced access device detects that the current device state satisfies the first preset condition, the indoor enhanced access device sends a power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity, where the power saving request is associated with a power saving agreement response message satisfying the second preset condition; and the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity and adjusts the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment into a power saving mode. Therefore, the indoor enhanced access device and the indoor wireless access management entity in the system are used as access network devices, the working mode can be interactively adjusted to be the power saving mode under the condition that the preset condition is met, and the intelligence and the efficiency of energy consumption management of the communication system devices in an indoor service scene are improved.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control method, including:

an indoor wireless access management entity receives a power saving request sent by indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access equipment detects that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition;

and the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a second preset condition is established, and sends power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

As can be seen, in this example, the indoor wireless access management entity receives a power saving request sent by the indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access device detects that a current device state meets a first preset condition; and when detecting that the second preset condition is established, the indoor wireless access management entity sends power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for the indoor enhanced access equipment to adjust the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment to a power saving mode. Therefore, the indoor enhanced access device and the indoor wireless access management entity in the system are used as access network devices, the working mode can be interactively adjusted to be the power saving mode under the condition that the preset condition is met, and the intelligence and the efficiency of energy consumption management of the communication system devices in an indoor service scene are improved.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cell handover method, including:

an indoor wireless access management entity receives cell switching information from user equipment, wherein the cell switching information indicates first indoor enhanced access equipment of an original service cell of the user equipment and second indoor enhanced access equipment of a target service cell;

the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition;

the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

As can be seen, in this example, the indoor wireless access management entity first receives cell handover information from the user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell; secondly, the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and finally, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating the target working mode. Therefore, when the system detects that the user equipment performs cell switching, the system can activate the indoor enhanced access equipment which needs to be switched to and meets the preset conditions to complete the switching process, and improve the cell switching success rate and stability while improving the intelligence of power saving control.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cell handover method, including:

the method comprises the steps that user equipment sends cell switching information to an indoor wireless access management entity, the cell switching information indicates first indoor enhanced access equipment of an original service cell and second indoor enhanced access equipment of a target service cell of the user equipment, and the cell switching information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to execute the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

As can be seen, in this example, the ue sends cell handover information to the indoor radio access management entity, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the ue and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor radio access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, wherein the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating the target working mode. Therefore, when the system detects that the user equipment performs cell switching, the system can activate the indoor enhanced access equipment which needs to be switched to and meets the preset conditions to complete the switching process, and improve the cell switching success rate and stability while improving the intelligence of power saving control.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control method, including:

an indoor wireless access management entity acquires position information of user equipment, wherein the user equipment is accessed to a first service cell of first indoor enhanced access equipment;

the indoor wireless access management entity predicts that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information;

As can be seen, in this example, the indoor wireless access management entity first obtains location information of the user equipment, and the user equipment accesses the first serving cell of the first indoor enhanced access device; secondly, the indoor wireless access management entity predicts that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first service cell to a second service cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and finally, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating the target working mode. Therefore, the indoor wireless access management entity of the system can predict the target switching cell based on the position information of the user equipment, activate the indoor enhanced access equipment of the target switching cell, improve the power saving control intelligence and improve the cell switching success rate and stability.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control device, which is applied to an indoor enhanced access apparatus, and the apparatus includes:

a sending unit, configured to send a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity when detecting that a current device state meets a first preset condition, where the power saving request is associated with a power saving agreement response message meeting a second preset condition;

a receiving unit, configured to receive the power saving agreement response message from the indoor wireless access management entity, and adjust a working mode of the indoor enhanced access device to a power saving mode.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for controlling power saving of a device, where the apparatus is applied to an indoor wireless access management entity, and the apparatus includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a power saving request sent by an indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access device detects that a current device state meets a first preset condition;

and the sending unit is used for sending power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment when detecting that a second preset condition is met, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cell switching apparatus, which is applied to an indoor radio access management entity, and the apparatus includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive cell handover information from a user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell;

the detection unit is used for detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode and meets a preset condition;

a sending unit, configured to send an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device, where the activation command is used to indicate a target operating mode.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cell switching apparatus, which is applied to a user equipment, and the apparatus includes:

a sending unit, configured to send cell handover information to an indoor wireless access management entity, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control device, which is applied to an indoor wireless access management entity, and the apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain location information of a user equipment, where the user equipment is accessed to a first serving cell of a first indoor enhanced access device;

a prediction unit, configured to predict, according to the location information, that the user equipment needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device;

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an indoor enhanced access device, a processor, a memory, and one or more programs, stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method according to the first aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an indoor radio access management entity, a processor, a memory, and one or more programs, stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs including instructions for performing the steps in the method according to the second or third aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a user equipment, a processor, a memory, and one or more programs, the one or more programs being stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program comprising instructions for performing the steps of the method according to the fourth aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an indoor wireless access management entity, a processor, a memory, and one or more programs, stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method according to the fifth aspect.

In a fifteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute instructions of the steps in the method according to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, or the fifth aspect.

In a sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to output a power saving request when detecting that a current device state meets a first preset condition, where the power saving request is used to instruct an indoor wireless access management entity to send a power saving grant response message to an indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a second preset condition is met; and acquiring the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity, and adjusting the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment to be a power saving mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip module, including a transceiver component and a chip, where the chip is configured to send a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiver component when detecting that a current device state meets a first preset condition, where the power saving request is associated with power saving agreement response information meeting a second preset condition; and receiving the power saving consent response message from the indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiving component, and adjusting the working mode of the indoor enhanced access device to be a power saving mode.

In an eighteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to acquire a power saving request sent by an indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access device detects that a current device state meets a first preset condition; and outputting power saving agreement response information when detecting that the second preset condition is established, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

In a nineteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip module, which includes a transceiver component and a chip, where the chip is configured to receive, through the transceiver component, a power saving request sent from an indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access device detects that a current device state meets a first preset condition; and when detecting that a second preset condition is established, sending power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment through the transceiving component, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

In a twentieth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to acquire cell handover information received from a user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell; detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, wherein the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and outputting an activation command, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In a twenty-first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip module, which includes a transceiver component and a chip, where the chip is configured to receive cell handover information from a user equipment through the transceiver component, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell; detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, wherein the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device through the transceiving component, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In a twenty-second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to output cell handover information, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell of the user equipment, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor radio access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

A twenty-third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip module, which includes a transceiver component and a chip, where the chip is configured to send cell handover information to an indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiver component, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell of the user equipment, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to obtain location information of a user equipment, where the user equipment accesses a first serving cell of a first indoor enhanced access device; predicting that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and outputting an activation command, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In a twenty-fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip module, including a transceiver component and a chip, where the chip is configured to obtain location information of a user equipment, and the user equipment is accessed to a first serving cell of a first indoor enhanced access device; predicting that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device through the transceiving component, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1a is an architecture diagram of a mobile communication system 10 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1b is a schematic structural diagram of an indoor enhanced access device 200 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1c is a schematic structural diagram of a 3G mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power saving of a device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a cell handover method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power saving of a device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of functional units of an apparatus power saving control device 3 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of functional units of another device power saving control apparatus 4 provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of functional units of an apparatus power saving control device 5 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of functional units of another device power saving control apparatus 6 provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of functional units of a cell switching apparatus 7 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of functional units of another cell switching apparatus 8 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a block diagram of functional units of a cell switching apparatus 9 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a block diagram of functional units of another cell switching apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a block diagram of functional units of an apparatus power saving control device 13 according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a block diagram of functional units of another device power saving control apparatus 14 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present application better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus power saving control method, a cell switching method and a related device, and the following describes the embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1a, fig. 1a is an architecture diagram of a mobile communication system 10 according to an embodiment of the present application. The mobile communication system 10 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a next Generation Evolution system based on the LTE system, such as an LTE-a (LTE-Advanced) system or a 5th Generation (5G) system (also referred to as an NR system), a next Generation Evolution system based on a 5G system, and so on. In the embodiments of the present application, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably, but those skilled in the art can understand the meaning thereof.

The mobile communication system 10 includes a user equipment UE100 on a user side, an indoor enhanced access device 200 on an access network side, an indoor wireless access management entity 300, a gateway 400, and a core network device 500 on a core network side, where the UE100 is in communication connection with the indoor enhanced access device 200, the indoor enhanced access device 200 is connected with the indoor wireless access management entity 300, the indoor wireless access management entity 300 is connected with the gateway 400, the gateway 400 is in communication connection with the core network device 500, and the core network device 500 is further connected with a data network, or the gateway 400 may also be directly connected with the data network.

The indoor enhanced access device 200 is various devices used in an indoor scenario to enhance a wireless communication coverage and communication quality, such as a 5G base station, a 5G access point AP, and the like, and is not limited herein. The base stations may include different types of macro base stations, micro base stations, relay stations, access points, and the like. In some embodiments, a base station may be referred to by those skilled in the art as a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B (NodeB), an evolved node B (eNB or eNodeB), or some other suitable terminology. Exemplarily, in a 5G system, a base station is referred to as a gNB.

Wherein UEs 100 may be dispersed throughout a mobile communication system, and each UE100 may be stationary or mobile. The UE100 may also be referred to by those skilled in the art as a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a user equipment, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. The UE100 may be a cellular phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Wireless modem, a Wireless communication device, a handheld device, a tablet, a laptop computer, a cordless telephone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, and so forth. The UE100 is capable of communicating with an access network device in a mobile communication system.

The indoor wireless access management entity 300 is configured to manage devices and/or users and/or data in a network topology of an indoor scenario, and may be an independent access network management device or may be integrated in the gateway 400, which is not limited herein.

The gateway 400 is used to assist management, network access control, charging, and the like of devices in the network topology of the indoor scenario, and is not limited to the specific details.

The core network device 500 may include, for example, Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Session Management Function (SMF), User Port Function (UPF), and other functional network elements, which are not limited uniquely.

The communication system and the service scenario described in the embodiment of the present disclosure are for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and do not constitute a limitation to the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and as a person having ordinary skill in the art knows that along with the evolution of the communication system and the appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

As shown in fig. 1b, a schematic structural diagram of an indoor enhanced access device 200, an indoor enhanced access device 200 provided in this embodiment of the present application includes a processor 210, a memory 220, a communication interface 230, and one or more programs 221, where the one or more programs 221 are stored in the memory 220 and configured to be executed by the processor 210, and the program 221 includes instructions for executing a method performed by the indoor enhanced access device in this embodiment of the present application.

Base station energy saving is always a key concern of operators, and various base station energy saving schemes are proposed in third generation 3G mobile communication systems, including introducing a base station sleep Mode (Dormant Mode), auxiliary antenna deactivation, power control, cell Discontinuous Transmission (DTX), and the like, where the sleep Mode refers to that a certain cell has no power transmission, but the cell still exists in the base station, and can be woken up and participate in cell handover when necessary, and the like. The 3G overall network architecture is as shown in fig. 1c, and includes a mobile phone, a base station NodeB and a radio network controller RNC of an access network portion, a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) of a core network portion, a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), and an internet protocol IP data network, and a plurality of base stations are controlled in a unified manner by the radio network controller RNC. The base station based on the sleep mode mainly comprises two schemes:

the first scheme is as follows: RNC triggered deactivation

The RNC controls the carrier deactivation (completely removing a cell or entering a dormant mode within a relatively slow time period), the NodeB switches off the carrier under completely controlled conditions (the RNC does not try to configure the UE for this cell), and the original UE of the cell needs to move to another cell (a different carrier of the same NodeB or a different NodeB).

Scheme II: NodeB triggered deactivation

If a certain Carrier serves as an auxiliary Carrier, the NodeB notifies the UE to stop monitoring the auxiliary Carrier by sending a High Speed-Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) command, and then closes the Carrier.

In 4G, the relevant energy saving mechanism is triggered by the neighbor cell, since the RNC is removed.

At present, in the case that a mobile communication technology such as 5G is insufficient for partial indoor coverage, a person skilled in the art also considers introducing an indoor small base station or Access Point (AP) to perform coverage enhancement. Such small indoor base stations or APs can be configured by an operator or purchased by a user, and use the deployed home broadband as a backhaul link, and later power supply is assumed by the user. For some indoor environments, such as office areas or larger residential homes, multiple indoor small base stations or APs need to be deployed simultaneously to meet overall coverage requirements. Taking a house as an example, the number of users served by different rooms in different time periods has a large difference and does not necessarily have regularity in time. Considering that the energy consumption of the indoor small base station or the AP is large, a dynamic energy-saving method is needed to save the energy consumption.

In view of the above problem, embodiments of the present application provide a device power saving control method, which is described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power saving of a device according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to the mobile communication system 10 shown in fig. 1a, including the following steps:

step 201, when detecting that the current device state satisfies a first preset condition, the indoor enhanced access device sends a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity, where the power saving request is associated with a power saving agreement response message satisfying a second preset condition.

The power saving request is used for indicating the indoor wireless access management entity to send power saving consent response information to the indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a second preset condition is met.

The indoor service scene may specifically include common scenes such as a home and an office.

Wherein the indoor enhanced access device comprises a mobile communication access network device; the device type of the mobile communication access network device comprises any one of the following types: a home access point AP, a commercial AP and a home base station.

In one possible example, if the power saving request includes a sleep request, the power saving grant response information is sleep grant response information, and the power saving mode is a sleep mode.

In this possible example, the current device state is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is requested to access, and the first preset condition is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is not requested to access within a preset time period.

The unrequested access means that no UE requests to access the indoor enhanced access equipment, and the indoor enhanced access equipment does not have any UE to reside currently.

Wherein the preset time period may be 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, etc., which is not limited herein.

In this possible example, the second preset condition is used to indicate that the association information of the indoor enhanced access device satisfies a preset dormancy constraint condition, where the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes at least one of:

firstly, the indoor enhanced access equipment sends the time interval to which the dormancy request time belongs;

the working state of other indoor enhanced access equipment managed by the indoor wireless access management entity;

network use habits of members of authorized user groups associated with the indoor enhanced access equipment; and the number of the first and second groups,

and fourthly, the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment.

For example, it is assumed that the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes r, and the second preset condition is satisfied, where a time period in which the indoor enhanced access device sends the sleep request time is a preset sleep time period.

For another example, it is assumed that the associated information of the indoor enhanced access device includes that the second preset condition is satisfied, and the second preset condition may be that one or more devices which are in a normal working state and can provide service for the user are in working states of other indoor enhanced access devices managed by the indoor wireless access management entity, where the other indoor enhanced access devices are indoor enhanced access devices other than the indoor enhanced access device initiating the power saving request.

For another example, it is assumed that the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes that the second preset condition is satisfied, and the second preset condition may be a network use habit of a member of an authorized user group associated with the indoor enhanced access device, and the indoor enhanced access device will not be used for a long period of time in the future.

For another example, it is assumed that the associated information of the indoor enhanced access device includes information of a first preset condition, and the second preset condition is that the working mode of the indoor enhanced access device cannot support the service requirement of the user equipment of the current user, such as working in a closed working mode, and all current users are no longer supported by the closed user group.

Step 202, an indoor wireless access management entity receives a power saving request sent by an indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access device detects that a current device state meets a first preset condition.

Step 203, the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a second preset condition is satisfied, and sends a power saving agreement response message to the indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving agreement response message is used to indicate a power saving mode.

The power saving agreement response message is used for indicating the indoor enhanced access equipment to adjust the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment to be a power saving mode.

Step 204, the indoor enhanced access device receives the power saving consent response message from the indoor wireless access management entity, and adjusts the working mode of the indoor enhanced access device to a power saving mode.

In one possible example, the power saving request is further used to instruct the indoor wireless access management entity to send a power saving rejection response message to the indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a second preset condition is not met; the method further comprises the following steps: the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving rejection response information from the indoor wireless access management entity; and if the indoor enhanced access equipment is not requested to access within a preset time period after receiving the power saving refusal response information, sending the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again.

Correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps: the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a second preset condition is not met, sends power saving refusing response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving refusing response information is used for the indoor enhanced access equipment not to be requested to access within a preset time period after receiving the power saving refusing response information, and sends the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again; the indoor wireless access management entity receives the power saving request sent again by the indoor enhanced access equipment.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, when detecting that the current device state satisfies the first preset condition, the indoor enhanced access device sends a power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity, where the power saving request is associated with a power saving agreement response message satisfying the second preset condition; and the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity and adjusts the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment into a power saving mode. Therefore, the indoor enhanced access device and the indoor wireless access management entity in the system are used as access network devices, the working mode can be interactively adjusted to be the power saving mode under the condition that the preset condition is met, and the intelligence and the efficiency of energy consumption management of the communication system devices in an indoor service scene are improved.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power saving of a device according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to the mobile communication system 10 shown in fig. 1a, including the following steps:

step 301, a user equipment sends cell switching information to an indoor wireless access management entity, where the cell switching information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell, and the cell switching information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode and meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

Wherein the activation command is used for instructing the second indoor enhanced access equipment to adjust from the sleep mode to a target working mode to support the user equipment to be switched from the original serving cell to the target serving cell.

Step 302, an indoor wireless access management entity receives cell handover information from a user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell.

In a specific implementation, the indoor wireless access management entity may transfer the cell handover information of the user equipment through the first indoor enhanced access device.

Step 303, the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access device is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access device meets a preset condition;

step 304, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device, where the activation command is used to indicate a target operating mode.

In one possible example, the preset condition includes at least one of: the working mode supported by the second indoor enhanced access equipment can adapt to the data transmission requirement of the user equipment; and the Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) associated with the second indoor enhanced access equipment comprises member information of the user equipment.

It can be seen that, in the present example, the existing handover procedure is that the UE measures signals of the source base station and the neighboring base station, and when a handover condition is satisfied, sends a handover request to the target base station, and the target base station gives feedback to the UE after agreeing, and the UE establishes a connection with the target base station and disconnects the connection with the source base station; in the embodiment of the application, when the UE sends the switching request, the UE firstly sends the switching request to an indoor wireless access management entity (carrying information of a switching target base station) through indoor enhanced access equipment, whether the indoor wireless access management entity agrees to judge through information such as a working mode and a closed user group, the base station is activated if the indoor wireless access management entity agrees to judge through the information, the switching information is forwarded to the target base station, and otherwise, the switching request is directly rejected.

In one possible example, the method further comprises: the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode and the second indoor enhanced access equipment does not meet the preset condition; the indoor wireless access management entity sends the target serving cell unavailable message to the first indoor enhanced access device, wherein the target serving cell unavailable message is used for indicating the first indoor enhanced access device to forward the target serving cell unavailable message to the user equipment.

Correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps: and the user equipment receives a target service cell unavailable message forwarded by the first indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the target service cell unavailable message is sent to the first indoor enhanced access equipment after the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a dormant mode and the second indoor enhanced access equipment does not meet the preset condition.

In a specific implementation, the target serving cell unavailable message is used to instruct the ue to determine whether there are other cells meeting handover conditions; if yes, continuing to execute the switching process; if not, continuing to reside in the original service cell.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, an indoor wireless access management entity first receives cell handover information from a user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell; secondly, the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and finally, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating the target working mode. Therefore, when the system detects that the user equipment performs cell switching, the system can activate the indoor enhanced access equipment which needs to be switched to and meets the preset conditions to complete the switching process, and improve the cell switching success rate and stability while improving the intelligence of power saving control.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling power saving of a device according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to the mobile communication system 10 shown in fig. 1a, including the following steps:

step 401, an indoor wireless access management entity obtains position information of user equipment, and the user equipment is accessed to a first service cell of first indoor enhanced access equipment;

step 402, the indoor wireless access management entity predicts that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device according to the location information;

step 403, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device, where the activation command is used to indicate a target operating mode.

Wherein the activation command is used for instructing the second indoor enhanced access equipment to adjust from a sleep mode to a target working mode to support the user equipment to be switched from the first serving cell to the second serving cell.

In one possible example, the predicting, by the indoor wireless access management entity according to the location information, that the user equipment needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device includes: and the indoor wireless access management entity inputs the position information into a service cell switching prediction model obtained by pre-training to obtain a prediction result of a second service cell of the user equipment which needs to be switched from the first service cell to a second indoor enhanced access device.

The serving cell handover prediction model may be a deep neural network model, and the like, which is not limited herein.

In this possible example, before the indoor radio access management entity obtains the location information of the user equipment, the method further includes: the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a target indoor enhanced access device is added into a current network topology, and sends a mode learning instruction to all indoor enhanced access devices of the current network topology, wherein the mode learning instruction is used for keeping the indoor enhanced access device in a working mode within a preset time period; the indoor wireless access management entity counts cell switching records of the user equipment in the current network topology, wherein the cell switching records comprise position information of the user equipment, an original service cell and a target service cell; and the indoor wireless access management entity trains the service cell switching prediction model according to the cell switching record.

The method for training the serving cell handover prediction model may be various, and is not limited herein.

As can be seen, in this example, the indoor wireless access management entity can intelligently predict the indoor enhanced access device of the handover target cell, and improve the intelligence of power saving control.

In one possible example, the predicting, by the indoor wireless access management entity according to the location information, that the user equipment needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device includes: the indoor wireless access management entity takes the position information as a query identifier, queries a preset switching information set, and acquires a switching cell subset corresponding to a switching area where the position information is located, wherein the switching information set comprises a corresponding relation between the switching area and the switching cell subset, and the switching cell subset comprises an originally accessed serving cell and a target accessed serving cell; and inquiring the acquired switching cell subset by using the first serving cell as an inquiry identifier, and determining a second serving cell of the second indoor enhanced access equipment to which the user equipment needs to be switched.

In this possible example, before the indoor radio access management entity obtains the location information of the user equipment, the method further includes: the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a target indoor enhanced access device is added into a current network topology, and sends a mode learning instruction to all indoor enhanced access devices of the current network topology, wherein the mode learning instruction is used for keeping the indoor enhanced access device in a working mode within a preset time period; the indoor wireless access management entity counts cell switching records of the user equipment in the current network topology, wherein the cell switching records comprise position information of the user equipment, an original service cell and a target service cell; and the indoor wireless access management entity generates or updates the switching information set according to the cell switching record.

In this example, the indoor wireless access management entity can obtain the usage habits of the user based on the historical data statistical analysis, and realize the fast and accurate power saving control by querying the mapping relationship.

In one possible example, the method further comprises: the indoor wireless access management entity sends a dormancy instruction to a third indoor enhanced access device in the current network topology, wherein the dormancy instruction is used for indicating the third indoor enhanced access device to be switched to a dormancy mode, and the third indoor enhanced access device is an indoor enhanced access device which is accessed within a continuous preset time period and is except for the indoor enhanced access device of the target serving cell to which the user equipment needs to be switched.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, an indoor wireless access management entity first obtains location information of a user equipment, and the user equipment accesses to a first serving cell of a first indoor enhanced access device; secondly, the indoor wireless access management entity predicts that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first service cell to a second service cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and finally, the indoor wireless access management entity sends an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating the target working mode. Therefore, the indoor wireless access management entity of the system can predict the target switching cell based on the position information of the user equipment, activate the indoor enhanced access equipment of the target switching cell, improve the power saving control intelligence and improve the cell switching success rate and stability.

The embodiment of the application provides a device power saving control device, which can be an indoor enhanced access device. Specifically, the device power saving control apparatus is configured to perform the steps performed by the indoor enhanced access device in the device power saving control method. The device power saving control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application may include modules corresponding to the respective steps.

In the embodiment of the present application, the functional modules of the indoor enhanced access device may be divided according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The division of the modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a possible structure of the device power saving control apparatus according to the above embodiment, in a case where each functional module is divided according to each function. As shown in fig. 5, the device power saving control apparatus 5 is applied to an indoor enhanced access device; the device comprises:

a sending unit 50, configured to send a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity when detecting that a current device state meets a first preset condition, where the power saving request is associated with power saving agreement response information meeting a second preset condition;

a receiving unit 51, configured to receive the power saving grant response message from the indoor wireless access management entity, and adjust an operating mode of the indoor enhanced access device to a power saving mode.

In one possible example, the current device status is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is requested to access, and the first preset condition is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is not requested to access within a preset time period.

In one possible example, the second preset condition is used to indicate that the association information of the indoor enhanced access device satisfies a preset dormancy constraint condition, and the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes at least one of:

the indoor enhanced access equipment sends the time interval to which the dormancy request time belongs;

network usage habits of members of an authorized user group associated with the indoor enhanced access device; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment.

In one possible example, the power saving request is further used to instruct the indoor wireless access management entity to send a power saving rejection response message to the indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a second preset condition is not met;

in a possible example, the receiving unit 51 is further configured to receive the power saving rejection response information from the indoor radio access management entity;

the sending unit 50 is further configured to send the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again if access is not requested within a preset time period after the power saving rejection response message is received.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another power saving control apparatus for devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In fig. 6, the device power saving control apparatus 6 includes: a processing module 60 and a communication module 61. The processing module 60 is used for controlling and managing actions of the device power saving control apparatus, such as steps performed by the transmitting unit 50, the receiving unit 51, and/or other processes for performing the techniques described herein. The communication module 61 is used to support the interaction between the device power saving control apparatus and other devices. As shown in fig. 6, the device power saving control apparatus may further include a storage module 62, and the storage module 62 is used for storing program codes and data of the device power saving control apparatus.

The Processing module 60 may be a Processor or a controller, and may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The communication module 61 may be a transceiver, an RF circuit or a communication interface, etc. The storage module 62 may be a memory.

All relevant contents of each scene related to the method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again. The device power saving control means 5 and the device power saving control means 6 may each execute the steps executed by the terminal in the device power saving control method shown in fig. 2.

The embodiment of the application provides a device power saving control device, which can be an indoor wireless access management entity. Specifically, the device power saving control apparatus is configured to perform the steps performed by the indoor wireless access management entity in the device power saving control method. The device power saving control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application may include modules corresponding to the respective steps.

In the embodiment of the present application, the functional modules of the indoor wireless access management entity may be divided according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The division of the modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a possible configuration of the device power saving control apparatus according to the above embodiment, in a case where each functional module is divided according to each function. As shown in fig. 7, the device power saving control apparatus 7 is applied to an indoor radio access management entity, and includes:

a receiving unit 70, configured to receive a power saving request sent by an indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving request is sent by the indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a current device state meets a first preset condition;

a sending unit 71, configured to detect that a second preset condition is met, and send power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving agreement response information is used to indicate a power saving mode.

and the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment.

In a possible example, the sending unit 71 is further configured to send, when it is detected that a second preset condition is not met, a power saving rejection response message to the indoor enhanced access device, where the power saving rejection response message is used for sending the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again when the indoor enhanced access device is not requested to access within a preset time period after receiving the power saving rejection response message;

the receiving unit 70 is further configured to receive the power saving request sent again from the indoor enhanced access device.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another power saving control apparatus for devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In fig. 8, the device power saving control apparatus 8 includes: a processing module 80 and a communication module 81. The processing module 80 is used for controlling and managing actions of the device power saving control apparatus, such as steps performed by the receiving unit 70, the transmitting unit 71, and/or other processes for performing the techniques described herein. The communication module 81 is used to support the interaction between the device power saving control apparatus and other devices. As shown in fig. 8, the device power saving control apparatus may further include a storage module 82, and the storage module 82 is used for storing program codes and data of the device power saving control apparatus.

The Processing module 80 may be a Processor or a controller, and may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The communication module 81 may be a transceiver, an RF circuit or a communication interface, etc. The storage module 82 may be a memory.

All relevant contents of each scene related to the method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again. The device power saving control means 7 and the device power saving control means 8 may each perform the steps performed by the terminal in the device power saving control method shown in fig. 3.

An embodiment of the present application provides a cell switching apparatus, which may be an indoor wireless access management entity. Specifically, the cell switching apparatus is configured to perform the steps performed by the indoor radio access management entity in the above cell switching method. The cell switching apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application may include modules corresponding to the corresponding steps.

Fig. 9 shows a possible structure diagram of the cell switching device according to the above embodiment, in the case of dividing each functional module according to each function. As shown in fig. 9, the cell switching apparatus 9 is applied to an indoor radio access management entity, and the apparatus includes:

a receiving unit 90, configured to receive cell handover information from a user equipment, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell;

a detecting unit 91, configured to detect that the second indoor enhanced access device is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access device meets a preset condition;

a sending unit 92, configured to send an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device, where the activation command is used to indicate a target operating mode.

In one possible example, the preset condition includes at least one of:

the working mode supported by the second indoor enhanced access equipment can adapt to the data transmission requirement of the user equipment; and

the closed subscriber group CSG associated with the second indoor enhanced access device includes member information of the user equipment.

In a possible example, the detecting unit 91 is further configured to detect that the second indoor enhanced access device is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access device does not satisfy the preset condition;

the sending unit 92 is further configured to send the target serving cell unavailable message to the first indoor enhanced access device, where the target serving cell unavailable message is used to instruct the first indoor enhanced access device to forward the target serving cell unavailable message to the user equipment.

In the case of using an integrated unit, a schematic structural diagram of another cell switching apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 10. In fig. 10, the cell switching apparatus 10 includes: a processing module 100 and a communication module 101. The processing module 100 is used for controlling and managing the actions of the cell switching device, such as the steps performed by the receiving unit 90, the detecting unit 91, the sending unit 92, and/or other processes for performing the techniques described herein. The communication module 101 is used to support interaction between the cell switching device and other devices. As shown in fig. 10, the cell switching apparatus may further include a storage module 102, and the storage module 102 is used for storing program codes and data of the cell switching apparatus.

The Processing module 100 may be a Processor or a controller, and may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The communication module 101 may be a transceiver, an RF circuit or a communication interface, etc. The storage module 102 may be a memory.

All relevant contents of each scene related to the method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again. The cell switching apparatus 9 and the cell switching apparatus 10 may each perform the steps performed by the terminal in the device power saving control method shown in fig. 3.

The embodiment of the application provides a cell switching device, which can be user equipment. Specifically, the cell switching apparatus is configured to perform the steps performed by the user equipment in the above cell switching method. The cell switching apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application may include modules corresponding to the corresponding steps.

In the embodiment of the present application, the user equipment may be divided into the functional modules according to the method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The division of the modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module according to each function, fig. 11 shows a possible structure diagram of the cell switching apparatus according to the above embodiment. As shown in fig. 11, a cell switching apparatus 11 is applied to a user equipment, and the apparatus includes:

a sending unit 110, configured to send cell handover information to an indoor radio access management entity, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor radio access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

In one possible example, the preset condition includes at least one of:

In one possible example, the apparatus further includes a receiving unit 111, configured to receive a target serving cell unavailable message forwarded from the first indoor enhanced access device, where the target serving cell unavailable message is sent to the first indoor enhanced access device after the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access device is in the sleep mode and the second indoor enhanced access device does not satisfy the preset condition.

In the case of using an integrated unit, a schematic structural diagram of another cell switching apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 12. In fig. 12, the cell switching apparatus 12 includes: a processing module 120 and a communication module 121. The processing module 120 is used to control and manage actions of the cell switching device, such as steps performed by the transmitting unit 110, the receiving unit 111, and/or other processes for performing the techniques described herein. The communication module 121 is used to support interaction between the cell switching device and other devices. As shown in fig. 12, the cell switching apparatus may further include a storage module 122, and the storage module 122 is used for storing program codes and data of the cell switching apparatus.

The Processing module 120 may be a Processor or a controller, and may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The communication module 121 may be a transceiver, an RF circuit or a communication interface, etc. The storage module 122 may be a memory.

All relevant contents of each scene related to the method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again. The cell switching apparatus 11 and the cell switching apparatus 12 may each perform the steps performed by the terminal in the device power saving control method shown in fig. 3.

In the case of dividing each functional module according to each function, fig. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of the device power saving control apparatus according to the above embodiment. As shown in fig. 13, the device power saving control apparatus 13 is applied to an indoor radio access management entity, and includes:

an obtaining unit 130, configured to obtain location information of a user equipment, where the user equipment is accessed to a first serving cell of a first indoor enhanced access device;

a predicting unit 131, configured to predict, according to the location information, that the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device;

a sending unit 132, configured to send an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device, where the activation command is used to indicate a target operating mode.

In a possible example, in the aspect of predicting, according to the location information, that the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device, the predicting unit 131 is specifically configured to input the location information into a serving cell handover prediction model obtained through pre-training, so as to obtain a prediction result of the second serving cell where the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to the second indoor enhanced access device.

In a possible example, before the obtaining unit 130 obtains the location information of the user equipment, the sending unit 132 is further configured to detect that a target indoor enhanced access device joins the current network topology, and send a pattern learning instruction to all indoor enhanced access devices of the current network topology, where the pattern learning instruction is used for the indoor enhanced access devices to maintain an operating mode for a preset period of time;

the apparatus further includes a counting unit 133, configured to count a cell handover record of the ue in the current network topology, where the cell handover record includes location information of the ue, an original serving cell, and a target serving cell;

the apparatus further comprises a training unit 134 for training the serving cell handover prediction model based on the cell handover record.

In a possible example, in the aspect of predicting, according to the location information, that the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device, the predicting unit 131 is specifically configured to query, with the location information as a query identifier, a preset handover information set, and obtain a handover cell subset corresponding to a handover area where the location information is located, where the handover information set includes a correspondence between the handover area and the handover cell subset, and the handover cell subset includes an originally accessed serving cell and a target accessed serving cell; and inquiring the acquired switching cell subset by using the first serving cell as an inquiry identifier, and determining a second serving cell of the second indoor enhanced access equipment to which the user equipment needs to be switched.

the counting unit 133 is further configured to count a cell handover record of the user equipment in the current network topology, where the cell handover record includes location information of the user equipment, an original serving cell, and a target serving cell;

the apparatus further comprises a generating unit 135 configured to generate or update the set of handover information according to the cell handover record.

In the case of using an integrated unit, a schematic structural diagram of another device power saving control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 14. In fig. 14, the device power saving control apparatus 14 includes: a processing module 140 and a communication module 141. The processing module 140 is used for controlling and managing actions of the device power saving control apparatus, such as steps performed by the obtaining unit 130, the predicting unit 131, the sending unit 132, the counting unit 133, the training unit 134, the generating unit 135, and/or other processes for performing the techniques described herein. The communication module 141 is used to support the interaction between the device power saving control apparatus and other devices. As shown in fig. 14, the device power saving control apparatus may further include a storage module 142, and the storage module 142 is used for storing program codes and data of the device power saving control apparatus.

The Processing module 140 may be a Processor or a controller, and may be, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The communication module 141 may be a transceiver, an RF circuit or a communication interface, etc. The storage module 142 may be a memory.

All relevant contents of each scene related to the method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again. The device power saving control means 13 and the device power saving control means 14 may each execute the steps executed by the terminal in the device power saving control method shown in fig. 3.

The embodiments of the present application provide a chip,

the chip is used for outputting a power saving request when detecting that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition, wherein the power saving request is used for indicating an indoor wireless access management entity to send power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment when detecting that a second preset condition is met; and acquiring the power saving consent response information from the indoor wireless access management entity, and adjusting the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment to be a power saving mode.

The embodiment of the application provides a chip module, which comprises a transceiver component and a chip,

the chip is used for sending a power saving request to an indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiving component when detecting that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition, wherein the power saving request is associated with power saving agreement response information meeting a second preset condition; and receiving the power saving consent response message from the indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiving component, and adjusting the working mode of the indoor enhanced access device to be a power saving mode.

The embodiments of the present application provide a chip,

the chip is used for acquiring a power saving request sent by indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access equipment detects that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition; and outputting power saving agreement response information when detecting that the second preset condition is established, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

the chip is used for receiving a power saving request sent by indoor enhanced access equipment through the transceiving component, wherein the power saving request is sent when the indoor enhanced access equipment detects that the current equipment state meets a first preset condition; and when detecting that a second preset condition is established, sending power saving agreement response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment through the transceiving component, wherein the power saving agreement response information is used for indicating a power saving mode.

The embodiments of the present application provide a chip,

the chip is used for acquiring and receiving cell switching information from user equipment, wherein the cell switching information indicates first indoor enhanced access equipment of an original service cell of the user equipment and second indoor enhanced access equipment of a target service cell; detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, wherein the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and outputting an activation command, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

the chip is used for receiving cell switching information from user equipment through the transceiving component, wherein the cell switching information indicates first indoor enhanced access equipment of an original service cell of the user equipment and second indoor enhanced access equipment of a target service cell; detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, wherein the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device through the transceiving component, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

The embodiments of the present application provide a chip,

the chip is configured to output cell handover information, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell of the user equipment, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

the chip is configured to send cell handover information to an indoor wireless access management entity through the transceiver component, where the cell handover information indicates a first indoor enhanced access device of an original serving cell of the user equipment and a second indoor enhanced access device of a target serving cell, and the cell handover information is used for the indoor wireless access management entity to perform the following operations: detecting that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode, and the second indoor enhanced access equipment meets a preset condition; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

The embodiments of the present application provide a chip,

the chip is used for acquiring the position information of user equipment, and the user equipment is accessed to a first service cell of first indoor enhanced access equipment; predicting that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and outputting an activation command, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

The embodiment of the application provides a chip module, which comprises a transceiving component and a chip,

the chip is used for acquiring the position information of user equipment, and the user equipment is accessed to a first service cell of first indoor enhanced access equipment; predicting that the user equipment needs to be switched from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of second indoor enhanced access equipment according to the position information; and sending an activation command to the second indoor enhanced access device through the transceiving component, wherein the activation command is used for indicating a target working mode.

The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product comprises one or more computer instructions or computer programs. The procedures or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are wholly or partially generated when the computer instructions or the computer program are loaded or executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire or wirelessly. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more collections of available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state disk.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, the computer program enabling a computer to execute part or all of the steps of any one of the methods described in the above method embodiments, and the computer includes an electronic device.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods as described in the above method embodiments. The computer program product may be a software installation package, the computer comprising an electronic device.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed method, apparatus and system may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative; for example, the division of the unit is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation; for example, various elements or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.

The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all changes and modifications can be made, including different combinations of functions, implementation steps, software and hardware implementations, all of which are included in the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An apparatus power saving control method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the power saving request comprises a sleep request, and the power saving grant response message is a sleep grant response message, and the power saving mode is a sleep mode.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the current device status is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is requested to access, and the first preset condition is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is not requested to access within a preset time period.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second preset condition is used to indicate that the association information of the indoor enhanced access device satisfies a preset dormancy constraint condition, and the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes at least one of the following:

and the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment.

5. The method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the power save request is further used to instruct the indoor wireless access management entity to send a power save reject response message to the indoor enhanced access device when detecting that a second preset condition is not met; the method further comprises the following steps:

the indoor enhanced access equipment receives the power saving rejection response information from the indoor wireless access management entity;

and if the indoor enhanced access equipment is not requested to access within a preset time period after receiving the power saving refusal response information, sending the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again.

6. An apparatus power saving control method, comprising:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the power saving request comprises a sleep request, and the power saving grant response message is a sleep grant response message, and the power saving mode is a sleep mode.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the current device status is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is requested to access, and the first preset condition is used to indicate that the indoor enhanced access device is not requested to access within a preset time period.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second preset condition is used to indicate that association information of the indoor enhanced access device satisfies a preset dormancy constraint condition, and the association information of the indoor enhanced access device includes at least one of:

and the working mode of the indoor enhanced access equipment.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6-9, further comprising:

the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a second preset condition is not met, sends power saving refusing response information to the indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the power saving refusing response information is used for the indoor enhanced access equipment not to be requested to access within a preset time period after receiving the power saving refusing response information, and sends the power saving request to the indoor wireless access management entity again;

the indoor wireless access management entity receives the power saving request sent again by the indoor enhanced access equipment.

11. A method of cell handover, comprising:

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of:

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a sleep mode and the second indoor enhanced access equipment does not meet the preset condition;

the indoor wireless access management entity sends the target serving cell unavailable message to the first indoor enhanced access device, wherein the target serving cell unavailable message is used for indicating the first indoor enhanced access device to forward the target serving cell unavailable message to the user equipment.

14. A method of cell handover, comprising:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of:

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and the user equipment receives a target service cell unavailable message forwarded by the first indoor enhanced access equipment, wherein the target service cell unavailable message is sent to the first indoor enhanced access equipment after the indoor wireless access management entity detects that the second indoor enhanced access equipment is in a dormant mode and the second indoor enhanced access equipment does not meet the preset condition.

17. An apparatus power saving control method, comprising:

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the predicting, by the indoor radio access management entity, that the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device according to the location information comprises:

and the indoor wireless access management entity inputs the position information into a service cell switching prediction model obtained by pre-training to obtain a prediction result of a second service cell of the user equipment which needs to be switched from the first service cell to a second indoor enhanced access device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein before the indoor radio access management entity obtains the location information of the ue, the method further comprises:

the indoor wireless access management entity detects that a target indoor enhanced access device is added into a current network topology, and sends a mode learning instruction to all indoor enhanced access devices of the current network topology, wherein the mode learning instruction is used for keeping the indoor enhanced access device in a working mode within a preset time period;

the indoor wireless access management entity counts cell switching records of the user equipment in the current network topology, wherein the cell switching records comprise position information of the user equipment, an original service cell and a target service cell;

and the indoor wireless access management entity trains the service cell switching prediction model according to the cell switching record.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the predicting, by the indoor radio access management entity, that the ue needs to be handed over from the first serving cell to a second serving cell of a second indoor enhanced access device according to the location information comprises:

the indoor wireless access management entity takes the position information as a query identifier, queries a preset switching information set, and acquires a switching cell subset corresponding to a switching area where the position information is located, wherein the switching information set comprises a corresponding relation between the switching area and the switching cell subset, and the switching cell subset comprises an originally accessed serving cell and a target accessed serving cell;

and inquiring the acquired switching cell subset by using the first serving cell as an inquiry identifier, and determining a second serving cell of the second indoor enhanced access equipment to which the user equipment needs to be switched.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein before the indoor radio access management entity obtains the location information of the ue, the method further comprises:

and the indoor wireless access management entity generates or updates the switching information set according to the cell switching record.

22. The method according to any one of claims 17-21, further comprising:

the indoor wireless access management entity sends a dormancy instruction to a third indoor enhanced access device in the current network topology, wherein the dormancy instruction is used for indicating the third indoor enhanced access device to be switched to a dormancy mode, and the third indoor enhanced access device is an indoor enhanced access device which is accessed within a continuous preset time period and is except for the indoor enhanced access device of the target serving cell to which the user equipment needs to be switched.

23. An apparatus power saving control device, applied to an indoor enhanced access device, the apparatus comprising:

24. An apparatus power saving control device applied to an indoor wireless access management entity, the apparatus comprising:

25. A cell switching apparatus applied to an indoor radio access management entity, the apparatus comprising:

26. A cell switching apparatus, applied to a user equipment, the apparatus comprising:

27. An apparatus power saving control device applied to an indoor wireless access management entity, the apparatus comprising:

28. An indoor enhanced access device comprising a processor, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the processor, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 1-5.

29. An indoor wireless access management entity, comprising a processor, a memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 6-10 or any of claims 11-13.

30. A user device comprising a processor, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 14-16.

31. An indoor wireless access management entity, comprising a processor, a memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 17-22.

32. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute instructions for the steps in the method according to any of claims 1-5 or any of claims 6-10 or any of claims 11-13 or any of claims 14-16 or any of claims 17-22.

33. A chip, characterized in that,

34. A chip module is characterized in that the chip module comprises a transceiver component and a chip,

35. A chip, characterized in that,

36. A chip module is characterized in that the chip module comprises a transceiver component and a chip,

37. A chip, characterized in that,

38. A chip module is characterized in that the chip module comprises a transceiver component and a chip,

39. A chip, characterized in that,

40. A chip module is characterized in that the chip module comprises a transceiver component and a chip,

41. A chip, characterized in that,

42. A chip module is characterized in that the chip module comprises a transceiver component and a chip,