WO2024067378A1 - Uplink resource processing methods and apparatuses, and communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are uplink resource processing methods and apparatuses, and a communication device. A method comprises: a terminal acquires a change of a network side state; and the terminal determines an uplink resource according to the change of the network side state, the network side state being associated with the uplink resource.

Description

Uplink resource processing method, device and communication equipment

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202211204237.2 filed in China on September 29, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a method, device and communication equipment for processing uplink resources.

Background technique

In the related art, the uplink resources of the terminal are configured by Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling. If the uplink resources need to be changed, the RRC needs to be reconfigured. The frequent reconfiguration of uplink resources by RRC due to frequent changes in sleep state on the network side takes a long time and has a large signaling overhead.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus and communication device for processing uplink resources, which solve the problems of long time consumption and large signaling overhead caused by frequent reconfiguration of uplink resources by RRC due to frequent changes in sleep state on the network side.

In a first aspect, a method for processing uplink resources is provided, including:

The terminal obtains changes in the network side status;

The terminal determines the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state;

The network side status is associated with uplink resources.

In a second aspect, a method for processing uplink resources is provided, including:

The network side device sends first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side state and determine the uplink resources according to the change of the network side state.

In a third aspect, a device for processing uplink resources is provided, including:

A first acquisition module is used to acquire changes in the network side status;

The first determination module is used to determine uplink resources according to the change of the network side state; wherein the network side state is associated with the uplink resources.

In a fourth aspect, a device for processing uplink resources is provided, including:

The first sending module is used to send first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side state and determine the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state.

In a fifth aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect are implemented.

In the seventh aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a computer program/program product is provided, wherein the computer program/program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, a communication system is provided, the communication system comprising a terminal and a network side device, the terminal being used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device being used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal can determine which uplink resources are available according to changes in the network side status. The terminal can directly refer to the changes in the network side status to know whether the corresponding resources are valid or invalid, thereby avoiding RRC reconfiguration and avoiding the overhead of activating and deactivating various configurations with downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI). The terminal can know which uplink resources are valid or invalid more timely and quickly, and the network side device can avoid listening to the configured grant physical uplink shared channel (Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel, CG PUSCH), scheduling request (Scheduling Request, SR) or physical random access channel (Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH) at an expired uplink resource location, thereby further achieving the purpose of energy saving.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG2 is a flowchart of a method for processing uplink resources according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG3 is a second flowchart of the method for processing uplink resources according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a device for processing uplink resources according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG5 is a second schematic diagram of the uplink resource processing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG7 is a schematic diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solution in the embodiment of the present application will be clearly described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiment of the present application. However, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field are within the scope of protection of the present application.

The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally represents that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following description, but these techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th Generation (6G) communication systems.

FIG1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to the embodiments of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 21 and a network side device 22 .

Among them, the terminal 21 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) device , robots, wearable devices (Wearable Device), vehicle user equipment (VUE), pedestrian user equipment (PUE), smart home (home appliances with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines or furniture, etc.), game consoles, personal computers (personal computers, PCs), teller machines or self-service machines and other terminal-side devices, wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. In addition to the above-mentioned terminal devices, the terminal involved in this application can also be a chip in the terminal, such as a modem chip, a system-on-chip (SoC). It should be noted that the specific type of terminal 21 is not limited in the embodiment of this application.

The network side device 22 may include access network equipment or core network equipment, wherein the access network equipment may also be referred to as wireless access network equipment, wireless access network (RAN), wireless access network function or wireless access network unit. The access network equipment may include base stations, wireless local area networks (WLAN) and wireless local area networks. Access point or WiFi node, etc., the base station can be called Node B, evolved Node B (eNB), access point, base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (Basic Service Set, BSS), Extended Service Set (Extended Service Set, ESS), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, Transmitting Receiving Point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or other suitable terms in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access and mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management function (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control function (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery function (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unifi The following are some of the functions of the present invention: (i) the NR core network device, (ii) the NR core network device, (iii) the NR core network device, and (iv) the NR core network device. The following are some of the functions of the present invention: (i) the NR core network device, (ii) the NR core network device, and (iii) the NR core network device. The following are some of the functions of the present invention: (i) the NR core network device, (iii) the NR core network device, and (iv) the NR core network device.

In scenarios where the network status changes frequently, the terminal's uplink resources may also need to be changed. For example, when the service load is low and the network enters a sleep state, it is unable to monitor and receive the uplink signals (such as configured grants (CG)/SR) of so many terminals. At this time, it is necessary to reallocate these uplink resources to the terminal. However, the transition between network status may only take a few milliseconds, and the minimum transition time between modes can even be considered negligible. If each transition requires RRC reconfiguration to reconfigure the terminal's uplink resources, the overhead is large and the delay is long.

In addition, from the perspective of the base station, there are some unknown uplink transmissions, and the base station needs to perform blind detection to receive these uplink transmissions. Considering the number of terminals and the number of candidate uplink transmissions, blind detection will lead to an increase in network power consumption. In the case that uplink resources change with the state of the network side, if the uplink transmission is blindly detected at the expired uplink resource location, the power consumption will be further increased.

In combination with the accompanying drawings, the uplink resource processing method, apparatus, communication equipment and readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail through some embodiments and their application scenarios.

Referring to FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing uplink resources, which is applied to a terminal, and the specific steps include: step 201 and step 202 .

Step 201: The terminal obtains the change of the network side status;

Step 202: The terminal determines uplink resources according to the change of the network side state; wherein the network side state is associated with the uplink resources.

It can be understood that, in step 202, the terminal can determine new uplink resources according to the change of the network side state, or can update the previous uplink resources to obtain updated uplink resources.

In one implementation of the present application, the network side state includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side; wherein each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.

The energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side may be a network side configuration or a protocol agreement. The energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies, and the network side states corresponding to different energy-saving technologies are defined as different network side energy-saving states (Network Energy Saving states, NES states). For example, relaxing the synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB) period to 40ms or 80ms can achieve the purpose of network side energy saving, so the SSB period of 40ms can be regarded as a NES state 1, and the SSB period of 80ms can be regarded as another NES state 2.

In one implementation of the present application, the terminal obtains a change in the network side state, including:

The terminal receives first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state (Network Energy Saving State, NES state) adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of relevant configuration of the network side, such as directly indicating the bandwidth part (Bandwidth Part, BWP), or directly indicating the SSB cycle, etc.; the terminal obtains the change of the network side state according to the first information.

In another implementation manner of the present application, the terminal obtains the change of the network side state, including: the terminal monitors or measures the network side state, and determines the change of the network side state according to the monitoring or measurement result.

In one implementation of the present application, the network-side related configuration includes related configurations for enabling network-side energy saving, that is, any configuration that can achieve the purpose of network-side energy saving by adjusting the configuration belongs to the network-side related configuration.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network side state includes one or more of the following combinations:

(1) Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

For example, changing from network side energy saving state (NES state) 1 to network side energy saving state (NES state) 2, that is, NES state 1→NES state 2.

(2) Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

(3) Changes in airspace-related configurations on the network side;

(4) Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

(5) Changes in power-related configurations on the network side;

(6) Changes in the configuration of the common search space;

For example, changes in pattern, period, etc.

(7) Changes in paging configuration;

(8) Changes in the configuration of discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) at the base station;

(9) Changes in the configuration of System Information (SI);

(10) Changes in the configuration of uplink (UL) resources.

For example, the changes in the period of the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and PRACH.

It can be understood that the change in the network side status may include at least two combinations of the above (1) to (10), that is, when multiple related configurations are activated together, the terminal can be triggered to determine the corresponding uplink resources. For example, "SSB configuration 1+Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration 1" can determine the physical uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH) resource 1 of the configured grant (Configured Grant, CG), that is, when the network side sends the indication "SSB configuration 1+CSI-RS configuration 1" to the UE, the UE automatically switches the CG configuration to CG PUSCH1. Similarly, "SSB configuration 2+CSI-RS configuration 2" can determine CG PUSCH resource 2.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of transmitting and receiving units (Transceiver Unit, TxRU), a change in the number of transmitting and receiving nodes (Transmission and Reception Point, TRP), and a change in the status of the transmission configuration indicator (Transmission Configuration Indicator, TCI).

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in bandwidth (Bandwidth), a change in the uplink or downlink bandwidth part (Bandwidth Part, BWP) configuration.

In one embodiment of the present application, the power-related changes on the network side include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, power spectral density (PSD) of the TxRU.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the Paging configuration includes a Paging occasion.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling related information (SchedulingInfo), the scheduling related information including at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset (offset) and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand system information (on-demand SI); a method of configuring on-demand SI; a change in the period of System Information Block (SIB) 1; configuring or not configuring SIB1.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes: at least one of the following:

(1) Changes in SSB-related attributes;

For example, SSB cycle, SSB-MTC configuration, non-cell definition (NCD)-SSB configuration.

(2) Changes in attributes related to the Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

For example, CSI-RS configuration.

In one implementation of the present application, the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) Configured Grant (CG) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resources;

(2) Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources, for example, the PRACH resources corresponding to Message 1;

(3) PUSCH resources corresponding to message A (MsgA);

(4) SR resources;

(5) Uplink wake-up signal (WUS) resources;

(6) Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the terminal determines the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state, including: when the network side state changes, the terminal updates the uplink resource configuration, so as to trigger the terminal to update the uplink resource configuration by indicating network energy saving. For example, when the network side indicates NES state1, the terminal updates the uplink resource configuration to uplink resource configuration 1, and when the network side indicates NES state2, the terminal updates the uplink resource configuration to uplink resource configuration 2.

Further, when the network side state changes and the first condition is met, the terminal updates the uplink resource configuration;

The first condition includes at least one of the following:

(1) The trend of the change of the network side status meets the target trend;

For example, the number of resources in the network-side configuration changes from a large number to a small number, or the number of resources in the network-side configuration changes from a small number to a large number; the bandwidth in the network-side configuration changes from a large bandwidth to a small bandwidth, or the bandwidth in the network-side configuration changes from a small bandwidth to a large bandwidth. For example, the number of occasions in Paging configuration 1 is greater than the number of occasions in Paging configuration 2. When the Paging configuration is switched from Paging configuration 1 to Paging configuration 2, it can be understood that the number of paging resources in the network-side configuration changes from a large number to a small number.

(2) the value of the changed network side state is less than, greater than, or equal to the first threshold value;

For example, if the SSB period after the change is greater than 80ms, the Random Access Channel (RACH) resources and/or CG resources need to be updated. For another example, when the number of CSI-RS ports is less than 8 ports, it means that the network side has entered a relatively deep sleep state. At this time, the network side cannot receive and decode so many previously configured CG PUSCHs, so the resource configuration of CG PUSCH needs to be changed.

(3) The change in the network side state is greater than or equal to a second threshold value;

For example, if the change in the number of ports is greater than 32, the SRS resources need to be updated, and more SRS are sent to facilitate measurement by the base station. It can be understood that when the change in the network side status (for example, period, number of ports, bandwidth, power, etc.) is greater than or equal to the second threshold value, the terminal can determine the uplink resources based on the association between the network side status and the uplink resources.

(4) The network side status becomes a target configuration or a target pattern.

For example, the monitoring occasion of the common search space is associated with the uplink resource configuration. When the monitoring occasion of the common search space becomes the target configuration or the target pattern, the UE needs to adjust the uplink resource to the uplink resource configuration 1.

Optionally, the target trend or the first threshold value or the second threshold value or the target configuration or the target pattern is configured by the network or agreed upon by a protocol.

In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

The terminal receives second information, where the second information is used to indicate an association relationship between the network side state and uplink resources.

That is, in this embodiment, the association between the network side status and the uplink resources can be configured by the network side, and these associations can also be modified by the network side through layer 1 (Layer 1, L1), layer 2 (Layer 2, L2) or layer 3 (Layer 3, L3) signaling.

In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

The terminal updates the association relationship between the network side state and uplink resources previously configured by the network side according to the second information.

In one embodiment of the present application, the second information includes at least one of radio resource control (RRC) layer signaling, media access control (MAC) layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.

It can be understood that in this embodiment, the network side can indicate the association between the network side status and the uplink resources to the terminal through RRC layer, MAC layer or physical layer signaling, or can also modify the previously configured association between the network side status and the uplink resources through RRC layer, MAC layer or physical layer signaling.

In one embodiment of the present application, the association between the network side state and the uplink resources may be configured on the network side. For example, a network side energy saving state related (AssociatedNESState) domain is added to the uplink resource configuration. The domain indicates which NES state the uplink resource configuration is associated with. For example, if there is a domain AssociatedNESState=NES state1 in the uplink resource configuration 1, it means that when the NES state becomes NES state1, the uplink resource configuration also needs to be changed to uplink resource configuration 1 accordingly.

It can be understood that in this embodiment, the protocol can specify the association relationship between multiple network side states and multiple sets of uplink resource configurations, that is, the uplink resource configurations and network side state changes are matched one by one according to a certain rule.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) the relationship between the network side status and the uplink resource configuration;

For example, the network side uses RRC signaling to configure NES state 1 to be associated with CG configuration (config) 1, and NES state 2 to be associated with CG config 2.

For another example, the network side uses RRC signaling to configure the SSB-Measurement Timing Configuration (MTC) with a period of 10ms and associate it with the scheduling request resource configuration (SchedulingRequestResourceConfig) with a scheduling request identifier (schedulingRequestID) = 0, and the SSB-MTC with a period of 20ms is associated with the SchedulingRequestResourceConfig with schedulingRequestID = 1.

(2) An association relationship between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration correspond to a change in the network side state; for example, multiple parameters of the SSB period may include 20ms, 40ms, and 80ms, and the multiple parameters are respectively associated with uplink resource configuration 1, uplink resource configuration 2, and uplink resource configuration 3.

According to the change of the network side state, the corresponding parameters of the uplink resources are determined. For example, for NES state 1, the parameters of the uplink resources associated with it include {SRS spatial information is CSI-RS 1, SR period = X, RACH config ID = 0}, and for NES state 2, the parameters of the uplink resources associated with it include {SRS spatial information is CSI-RS 0, SR period = Y, RACH config ID = 1}. When the network side instructs the user equipment (UE) to enter NES state 1, the UE knows that its uplink resource configuration needs to be changed to {SRS spatial information is CSI-RS 1, SR period = X, RACH config ID = 0}.

For example, there are multiple period values {20ms, 80ms, 160ms} in the CG configuration. NES state1 is associated with the CG configuration with a period of 20ms, NES state2 is associated with the CG configuration with a period of 80ms, and NES state3 is associated with the CG configuration with a period of 160ms. When the network side switches from NES state1 to NES state2, the CG period also switches from 80ms to 160ms.

(3) The association relationship between the network side state and the uplink RS or downlink RS associated with the uplink resources, or the association relationship between the network side state and the spatial relationship information (spatial relation information) associated with the uplink resources.

For example, CG PUSCH 1 performs uplink transmission based on SRS 1, and CG PUSCH 2 performs uplink transmission based on SRS 2. SRS 1 and SRS 2 are quasi-co-located (QCL) with CSI-RS of different configurations, respectively. SRS1 is configured 1 QCL with CSI-RS, and SRS2 is configured 2 QCL with CSI-RS. When the network side changes the CSI-RS related configuration, CSI-RS switches from configuration 1 to configuration 2, and the CG resources are also switched from CG PUSCH 1 to CG PUSCH 2. That is, the CG configuration that takes effect at this time can be determined according to the RS associated with the CG.

For example, the spatial relationship information of the uplink resource configuration SRS config 1 is CSI-RS 1, and the spatial relationship information of the uplink resource configuration SRS config2 is CSI-RS2. When the network side switches from CSI-RS 1 to CSI-RS 2, the SRS configuration also needs to be switched from SRS config1 to SRS config2.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes at least one of the following:

(1) the association between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration identifier;

For example, an uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level on the network side. For example, CG config 0 corresponds to the NES state with an SSB period of 20ms, and CG config 1 corresponds to the NES state with an SSB period of 40ms, or an uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep level on the network side.

(2) the relationship between the network side state and the period in the uplink resource configuration;

For example, an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level on the network side. For example, if the period of CG config 0 is 80ms and the period of CG config 1 is 20ms, then CG config 0 corresponds to the NES state of 8 ports and CG config 1 corresponds to the NES state of 16 ports; or an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep level on the network side.

(3) The relationship between the network side status and the time-frequency resource opportunities in the uplink resource configuration.

For example, the uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a deeper sleep state on the network side. For example, in the PRACH time domain resource configuration, the PRACH configuration index (prach-ConfigurationIndex) = 89 is prach-ConfigurationIndex=90 means that Msg1 can be sent more frequently in the time domain, so prach-ConfigurationIndex=89 corresponds to a state where the network side is sleeping more lightly.

For another example, an uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a lighter sleep state on the network side. For example, in the wake-up signal WUS configuration on the terminal side, if, within the same period of time, the number of WUS occasions in WUS configuration 0 is more than that in WUS configuration 1, then WUS configuration 0 corresponds to a deeper sleep state on the network side, so that the terminal has more opportunities to wake up the base station.

In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

The terminal determines the sleep depth of the network side according to the period of SSB or SSB measurement time configuration (SSB based Measurement Timing Configuration, SMTC), the number of ports opened on the network side, the number of channel state information reference signal CSI-RS ports, the number of TxRUs, the maximum transmit power of the network side, and at least one of the PSD of TxRU.

That is, in this embodiment, the sleep depth of the network side may be determined according to at least one of the following rules:

(1) According to the SSB or SMTC cycle, the smaller the SSB or SMTC cycle, the shallower the network side sleep level. For example, the NES state with an SSB cycle of 40ms has a shallower network side sleep level than the NES state with an SSB cycle of 80ms.

(2) The number of ports opened on the network side is used to determine the network side sleep level. The more ports opened on the network side, the shallower the network side sleep level.

(3) According to the number of CSI-RS ports, the more CSI-RS ports there are, the shallower the sleep level of the network side.

(4) According to the number of TxRUs, the more TxRUs there are, the shallower the sleep level of the network side.

(5) According to the maximum transmission power of the network side, the greater the maximum transmission power of the network side, the shallower the sleep level of the network side.

(6) According to the PSD of TxRU (PSD per TxRU), the larger the PSD of TxRU, the shallower the sleep level on the network side.

In one embodiment of the present application, the effective time of the uplink resource is the same as the effective time of the network side state switching; or, the effective time of the uplink resource and the effective time of the network side state switching are separated by X time units, and X is greater than or equal to zero; or, the effective time of the uplink resource is effective at the latest within Y time units after the network side state switching takes effect, and Y is greater than or equal to zero.

The time units include frames, subframes, half frames, milliseconds, seconds and the like.

In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal can determine which uplink resources are available according to changes in the network side status. The terminal directly refers to the changes in the network side status to know whether the corresponding resources are valid or invalid, avoiding RRC reconfiguration and avoiding the overhead of activating and deactivating various configurations with DCI. The terminal can know which uplink resources are valid or invalid more timely and quickly, and the network side equipment can avoid monitoring CG PUSCH, SR or PRACH at the expired uplink resource position, thereby further achieving the purpose of energy saving.

Referring to FIG. 3 , an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing uplink resources, which is applied to a network side device, and the specific steps include: Step 301 .

Step 301: The network side device sends first information, where the first information is used to indicate the network side status, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the network side related configuration, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side status and determine the uplink resource according to the change of the network side status.

In one implementation of the present application, the network side state includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side; wherein each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.

In one implementation manner of the present application, the network-side related configuration includes a related configuration for enabling energy saving on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network side state includes one or more combinations of:

(1) Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

(2) Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

(3) Changes in airspace-related configurations on the network side;

(4) Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

(5) Changes in power-related configurations on the network side;

(6) Changes in common search space configuration;

(7) Changes in Paging configuration;

(8) Changes in the DRX or DTX configuration at the base station;

(9) Changes in SI configuration;

(10) Changes in the configuration of UL resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of sending and receiving units TxRU, a change in the number of sending and receiving nodes TRP, and a change in the state of channel state information TCI;

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in bandwidth, a change in uplink or downlink partial bandwidth BWP configuration;

In one embodiment of the present application, the network-side power-related changes include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, power spectrum density PSD of TxRU. In one embodiment of the present application, the changes in the Paging configuration include Paging timing;

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling related information, the scheduling related information including at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset, and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand SI; a method of configuring on-demand SI; a change in SIB1 period; configuring or not configuring SIB 1;

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes at least one of the following:

(1) Changes in SSB-related attributes;

For example, SSB cycle, SSB-MTC configuration, NCD-SSB configuration.

(2) Changes in CSI-RS related attributes.

For example, CSI-RS configuration.

In one implementation of the present application, the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) Configure authorized PUSCH resources;

(2) PRACH resources;

(3) PUSCH resources corresponding to message A;

(4) Scheduling requested resources;

(5) Uplink wake-up signal resources;

(6) SRS resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:

The network side device sends second information, where the second information is used to indicate an association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resources.

In one implementation of the present application, the second information includes at least one of RRC layer signaling, MAC layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) the relationship between the network side status and the uplink resource configuration;

(2) an association between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration correspond to a change in the network side state;

(3) An association relationship between the network side state and an uplink RS or a downlink RS associated with an uplink resource, or an association relationship between the network side state and spatial relationship information associated with an uplink resource.

In an embodiment of the present application, the network side device indicates the network side status to the terminal, or indicates the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, so that the terminal can determine which uplink resources are available according to the change of the network side status. The terminal directly refers to the change of the network side status to know whether the corresponding resources are valid or invalid, thereby avoiding RRC reconfiguration and avoiding the overhead of activating and deactivating various configurations with DCI. The terminal can know which uplink resources are valid or invalid more promptly and quickly, and the network side device can avoid monitoring CG PUSCH, SR or PRACH at an expired uplink resource position, thereby further achieving the purpose of energy saving.

In order to facilitate understanding of the implementation of the present application, an introduction is given below in combination with Example 1 and Example 2.

Embodiment 1:

The network side configures 6 sets of CG configs through RRC. The subcarrier spacing is 15KHz, and the period (Periodicity) of CG config 0 to CG config 5 is {1,2,5,8,10}*14 [symbols] respectively.

The protocol specifies multiple NES states:

(1) The SSB period of NES state 0 is 5ms;

(2) The SSB period of NES state 1 is 20ms;

(3) The SSB period of NES state 2 is 40ms;

(4) The SSB period of NES state 3 is 80ms;

(5) The SSB period of NES state 4 is 160ms;

Example 1: Only one CG config can be active at a time, then the uplink resource configuration and network side sleep Corresponding rules for depth: The configuration with a smaller cycle corresponds to a NES state with a shallower sleep level on the network side, that is, CG config 0 corresponds to NES state 0, CG config 1 corresponds to NES state 1, CG config 2 corresponds to NES state 2, CG config 3 corresponds to NES state 3, CG config 4 corresponds to NES state 4, and there is no correspondence between CG config 5. The activation and deactivation of CG config 5 requires additional downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) to control.

When the network is in NES state 0, CG config 0 is activated, and the terminal performs unlicensed uplink transmission according to CG config 0. When the network enters NES state 3, the network sends an indication message to the terminal, indicating that the SSB period on the network is about to become 80ms (or indicating that it is about to enter NES state 3), then the terminal knows that CG config 3 is about to take effect, and the effective time is the same as the effective time of the NES state switch on the network side. This avoids the additional signaling overhead caused by CG config release and CG reconfiguration.

Example 2: There can be multiple activated CG configs on a component carrier (CC). These different CG configs can be associated with different network-side NES states through RRC configuration, such as configuring the associated NES state in the Configured Grant Config. For example, RRC configures NES state 0 to correspond to CG config 0&1, NES state 1 to correspond to CG config 2, NES state 2 to correspond to CG config 2&3, NES state 3 to correspond to CG config 3, and NES state 4 to correspond to CG config 4.

Assume that the CGs in Example 2 are all Type II CGs, that is, they will not take effect immediately after RRC configuration is completed. The activation DCI carries necessary public transmission parameters such as modulation and coding scheme (MCS), specific time and frequency resources, etc. to take effect. When the network is in NES state 0, CG config 0&1 is in effect. When the network side switches state, an indication message is sent through DCI, indicating that the network is about to switch to NES state 3. At the same time, the DCI also carries the public parameters necessary for activating CG config3, and CG config3 will take effect.

Implementation method 2:

When the network side predefines the SSB period to be 5ms, 10ms, and 20ms respectively, the associated SR configurations are SR configuration 0 and SR configuration 1 (different configurations correspond to different logical channel priorities, and SR configuration 1 corresponds to a lower data priority); when the SSB period is 40ms or 80ms, the associated SR configuration is SR configuration 1.

When the network side is in NES state 0, the SSB period is 20ms, and the SR configurations at this time are SR configuration 0 and SR configuration 1; when the network side state switches, the SSB period is relaxed, and the indication information is used to indicate that the SSB period on the terminal network side changes to 80ms. After receiving the indication information, the terminal knows that the SR configuration also needs to be updated, that is, SR configuration 0 is invalid, and only SR configuration 1 is valid.

Referring to FIG. 4 , an embodiment of the present application provides an uplink resource processing device, which is applied to a terminal. The device 400 includes:

The first acquisition module 401 is used to acquire changes in the network side status;

The first determination module 402 is used to determine uplink resources according to the change of the network side state; wherein the network side state is associated with the uplink resources.

In one implementation of the present application, the network side state includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side; wherein each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first acquisition module 401 is further used to: receive first information, where the first information is used to indicate the state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side; and obtain the change of the network side state according to the first information.

In one implementation manner of the present application, the network-side related configuration includes a related configuration for enabling energy saving on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network side state includes one or more of the following combinations:

(1) Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

(2) Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

(3) Changes in airspace-related configurations on the network side;

(4) Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

(5) Changes in power-related configurations on the network side;

(6) Changes in the configuration of the common search space;

(7) Changes in paging configuration;

(8) Changes in the DRX or DTX configuration at the base station;

(9) Changes in SI configuration;

(10) Changes in the configuration of UL resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of transmit and receive units (TxRU), a change in the number of TRPs, and a change in the TCI status.

In one implementation manner of the present application, the change in the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a bandwidth change, a change in an uplink or downlink BWP configuration.

In one embodiment of the present application, the network-side power-related changes include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, PSD of TxRU.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the Paging configuration includes a Paging opportunity.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling-related information, the scheduling-related information including at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset, and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand SI; a method of configuring on-demand SI; a change in the SIB1 period; configuring or not configuring SIB1.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes: at least one of a change in a synchronization signal block SSB related attribute and a change in a CSI-RS related attribute.

In one implementation of the present application, the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) Configure authorized PUSCH resources;

(2) PRACH resources;

(3) PUSCH resources corresponding to MsgA;

(4) Scheduling requested resources;

(5) Uplink WUS resources;

(6)SRS resources.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the first determination module 402 is further configured to: update the uplink resource configuration when the network side status changes.

Furthermore, the first determination module 402 is further configured to: update the uplink resource configuration when the network side state changes and the first condition is met;

The first condition includes at least one of the following:

(1) The trend of the change of the network side status meets the target trend;

(2) the value of the changed network side state is less than, greater than, or equal to the first threshold value;

(3) The change in the network side state is greater than or equal to a second threshold value;

(4) The network side status becomes a target configuration or a target pattern.

Optionally, the target trend or the first threshold value or the second threshold value or the target configuration or the target pattern is configured by the network or agreed upon by a protocol.

In one embodiment of the present application, the device further includes:

The first receiving module is used to receive second information, where the second information is used to indicate the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the device further includes:

An updating module is used to update the association relationship between the network side status and uplink resources previously configured on the network side according to the second information.

In one implementation of the present application, the second information includes at least one of RRC layer signaling, MAC layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side status and the uplink resources is agreed upon by a protocol.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) the relationship between the network side status and the uplink resource configuration;

(2) an association between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration correspond to a change in the network side state;

(3) An association relationship between the network side state and an uplink RS or a downlink RS associated with an uplink resource, or an association relationship between the network side state and spatial relationship information associated with an uplink resource.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes at least one of the following:

(1) the association between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration identifier;

(2) the relationship between the network side state and the period in the uplink resource configuration;

(3) The relationship between the network side status and the time-frequency resource opportunities in the uplink resource configuration.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration identifier, the uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier is associated with the network side state. The uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level, or the uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a lighter sleep level on the network side.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes the association relationship between the network side state and the period in the uplink resource configuration, an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level on the network side, or an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep level on the network side.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes the association relationship between the network side state and the time-frequency resource opportunities in the uplink resource configuration, the uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a state with a deeper level of sleep on the network side, or the uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a state with a shallower level of sleep on the network side.

In one embodiment of the present application, the device further includes:

The second determination module is used to determine the sleep depth of the network side according to at least one of the following: the period of SMTC configured by SSB or SSB measurement time, the number of ports opened on the network side, the number of channel state information reference signal CSI-RS ports, the number of TxRUs, the maximum transmit power of the network side, and the PSD of TxRU.

In one embodiment of the present application, when the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the cycle of SSB or SMTC, the smaller the cycle of SSB or SMTC, the shallower the sleep degree on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, when the degree of sleep of the network side is determined according to the number of ports opened on the network side, the more ports opened on the network side are, the shallower the sleep degree of the network side is.

In one implementation of the present application, when the degree of network side sleep is determined according to the number of CSI-RS ports, the greater the number of CSI-RS ports, the shallower the network side sleep degree.

In one implementation of the present application, when the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the number of TxRUs, the greater the number of TxRUs, the shallower the sleep degree on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, when the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the maximum transmission power on the network side, the greater the maximum transmission power on the network side, the shallower the sleep degree on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, when the degree of sleep depth of the network side is determined according to the PSD of the TxRU, the greater the PSD of the TxRU, the shallower the sleep degree of the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, the effectiveness time of the uplink resource is the same as the effectiveness time of the network side state switching.

In one implementation of the present application, there is an interval of X time units between the effectiveness time of the uplink resource and the effectiveness time of the network side state switching, where X is greater than or equal to zero.

In one implementation manner of the present application, the uplink resource takes effect at the latest within Y time units after the network side state switching takes effect, and Y is greater than or equal to zero.

The device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of Figure 2 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

Referring to FIG. 5 , an embodiment of the present application provides an uplink resource processing device, which is applied to a network side device, and the device 500 includes:

The first sending module 501 is used to send first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side state and determine the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state.

In one implementation of the present application, the network side state includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side; wherein each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.

In one implementation manner of the present application, the network-side related configuration includes a related configuration for enabling energy saving on the network side.

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the network side state includes one or more combinations of:

(1) Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

(2) Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

(3) Changes in airspace-related configurations on the network side;

(4) Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

(5) Changes in power-related configurations on the network side;

(6) Changes in common search space configuration;

(7) Changes in Paging configuration;

(8) Changes in the DRX or DTX configuration at the base station;

(9) Changes in SI configuration;

(10) Changes in the configuration of UL resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of sending and receiving units TxRU, a change in the number of sending and receiving nodes TRP, and a change in the state of channel state information TCI;

In one implementation of the present application, the change in the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in bandwidth, a change in uplink or downlink partial bandwidth BWP configuration;

In one embodiment of the present application, the network-side power-related changes include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, power spectrum density PSD of TxRU.

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the configuration of Paging includes Paging timing;

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling related information, the scheduling related information including at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset, and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand SI; a method of configuring on-demand SI; a change in SIB1 period; configuring or not configuring SIB 1;

In one embodiment of the present application, the change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes at least one of a change in an SSB-related attribute and a change in a CSI-RS-related attribute.

In one implementation of the present application, the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) Configure authorized PUSCH resources;

(2) PRACH resources;

(3) PUSCH resources corresponding to message A;

(4) Scheduling requested resources;

(5) Uplink wake-up signal resources;

(6) SRS resources.

In one embodiment of the present application, the device further includes:

The second sending module is used to send second information, where the second information is used to indicate the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resources.

In one implementation of the present application, the second information includes at least one of RRC layer signaling, MAC layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.

In one implementation of the present application, the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

(1) the relationship between the network side status and the uplink resource configuration;

(2) an association between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration correspond to a change in the network side state;

(3) An association relationship between the network side state and an uplink RS or a downlink RS associated with an uplink resource, or an association relationship between the network side state and spatial relationship information associated with an uplink resource.

The device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of Figure 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application. The terminal 600 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 601, a network module 602, an audio output unit 603, an input unit 604, a sensor 605, a display unit 606, a user input unit 607, an interface unit 608, a memory 609, and at least some of the components in the processor 610.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 600 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 610 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in FIG6 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 604 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 6041 and a microphone 6042, and the graphics processor 6041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 606 may include a display panel 6061, and the display panel 6061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 607 includes a touch panel 6071 and at least one of other input devices 6072. The touch panel 6071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 6071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 6072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the RF unit 601 can transmit the data to the processor 610 for processing; in addition, the RF unit 601 can send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the RF unit 601 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

The memory 609 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 609 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 609 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or the memory 609 may include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM) and a direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory 609 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 610 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 610 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 610.

The terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of Figure 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a structural diagram of a network side device applied in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, a communication device 700 includes: a processor 701, a transceiver 702, a memory 703 and a bus interface, wherein the processor 701 may be responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing. The memory 703 may store data used by the processor 701 when performing operations.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the communication device 700 further includes: a program stored in the memory 703 and executable on the processor 801 , and when the program is executed by the processor 701 , the steps in the method shown in FIG. 3 are implemented.

In FIG7 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking together various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 701 and memory represented by memory 703. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 702 may be a plurality of components, namely, a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium.

Optionally, as shown in FIG8, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 800, including a processor 801 and a storage The memory 802 stores programs or instructions that can be executed on the processor 801. For example, when the communication device 800 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 801 to implement the various steps of the method embodiment of Figure 2 above. When the communication device 800 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 801 to implement the various steps of the method embodiment of Figure 3 above and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method of Figure 2 or Figure 3 and the various processes of the above-mentioned embodiments are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium may be non-volatile or non-transient. The readable storage medium may include a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes shown in Figure 2 or Figure 3 and the various method embodiments mentioned above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, which is stored in a storage medium, and is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes shown in Figure 2 or Figure 3 and the various method embodiments described above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, which includes a terminal and a network side device. The terminal is used to execute the various processes as shown in Figure 3 and the various method embodiments described above, and the network side device is used to execute the various processes as shown in Figure 4 and the various method embodiments described above, and can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be noted that the scope of the method and device in the embodiment of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, or by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium. (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), including several instructions for enabling a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of the present application.

Claims (33)

1. A method for processing uplink resources, comprising:

   The terminal obtains changes in the network side status;

   The terminal determines the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state;

   The network side status is associated with uplink resources.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network side state includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side;

   Each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal obtains the change of the network side status, comprising:

   The terminal receives first information, where the first information is used to indicate an energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate a change in a relevant configuration of the network side;

   The terminal obtains the change of the network side status according to the first information.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the network-side related configuration includes a related configuration for enabling network-side energy saving.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the change in the network side state comprises one or more of the following combinations:

   Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

   Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

   Changes in airspace-related configuration on the network side;

   Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

   Changes in power-related configuration on the network side;

   Changes to the common search space configuration;

   Changes in Paging configuration;

   Changes in the configuration of discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) at the base station;

   Changes in configuration of system information SI;

   Changes in the configuration of uplink UL resources.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of transmitting and receiving units TxRU, a change in the number of transmitting and receiving nodes TRP, and a change in the state of a transmission configuration indication TCI;

   and / or,

   The change of the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change of bandwidth, a change of uplink or downlink bandwidth part BWP configuration;

   and / or,

   The network-side power-related changes include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, power spectrum density PSD of TxRU.
7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the change in the configuration of Paging includes Paging timing;

   and / or,

   The change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling related information, the scheduling related information includes at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand system information on-demand SI; a method for configuring on-demand SI; a change in the period of system information block SIB1; configuring or not configuring SIB 1;

   and / or,

   The change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes: at least one of a change in a synchronization signal block SSB related attribute and a change in a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS related attribute.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink resource comprises at least one of the following:

   Configure authorized physical uplink shared channel PUSCH resources;

   Physical random access channel PRACH resources;

   PUSCH resources corresponding to message A;

   Scheduling request resources;

   Uplink wake-up signal WUS resource;

   Sounding Reference Signal SRS resources.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal determines the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state, comprising:

   When the network side state changes and the first condition is met, the terminal updates the uplink resource configuration;

   The first condition includes at least one of the following:

   The trend of the change of the network side state meets the target trend;

   The value of the changed network side state is less than or greater than or equal to the first threshold value;

   The change amount of the network side state is greater than or equal to the second threshold value;

   The network side state becomes the target configuration or target mode pattern.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

    The terminal receives second information, where the second information is used to indicate an association relationship between the network side state and uplink resources.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

    The terminal updates the association relationship between the network side state and uplink resources previously configured by the network side according to the second information.
12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the second information includes at least one of radio resource control (RRC) layer signaling, media access control (MAC) layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the association between the network side status and the uplink resources is agreed upon by protocol.
14. The method according to claim 10 or 13, wherein the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

    The association relationship between the network side status and uplink resource configuration;

    The association relationship between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration corresponds to a change in the network side state;

    The association relationship between the network side state and the uplink RS or downlink RS associated with the uplink resource, or the association relationship between the network side state and the spatial relationship information associated with the uplink resource.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes at least one of the following:

    The association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration identifier;

    The association relationship between the network side state and the period in the uplink resource configuration;

    The association between the network side status and the time-frequency resource opportunity in the uplink resource configuration.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein, in the case where the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration identifier, the uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level on the network side, or the uplink resource configuration with a smaller identifier corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep level on the network side;

    or,

    In the case where the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes an association relationship between the network side state and a period in the uplink resource configuration, an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep degree on the network side, or an uplink resource configuration with a larger period corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep degree on the network side;

    or,

    In the case where the association between the network side state and the uplink resource configuration includes the association between the network side state and the time-frequency resource opportunities in the uplink resource configuration, the uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a state with a deeper sleep level on the network side, or the uplink resource configuration with fewer time-frequency resource opportunities corresponds to a state with a shallower sleep level on the network side.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

    The terminal determines the depth of sleep on the network side according to the period of SMTC configured by SSB or SSB measurement time, the number of ports opened on the network side, the number of channel state information reference signal CSI-RS ports, the number of TxRUs, the maximum transmit power on the network side, and at least one of the PSD of TxRU.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein, in the case where the degree of network side sleep depth is determined according to the period of SSB or SMTC, the smaller the period of SSB or SMTC, the shallower the network side sleep degree;

    or,

    In the case where the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the number of ports opened on the network side, the more ports opened on the network side, the shallower the degree of sleep on the network side;

    or,

    In the case where the degree of network side sleep is determined according to the number of CSI-RS ports, the more CSI-RS ports there are, the shallower the network side sleep degree is;

    or,

    In the case where the degree of network side sleep is determined according to the number of TxRUs, the greater the number of TxRUs, the shallower the network side sleep degree;

    or,

    In the case where the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the maximum transmission power on the network side, the greater the maximum transmission power on the network side, the shallower the degree of sleep on the network side;

    or,

    When the degree of sleep on the network side is determined according to the PSD of the TxRU, the greater the PSD of the TxRU, the shallower the sleep degree on the network side.
19. The method according to claim 1, wherein

    The effective time of the uplink resource is the same as the effective time of the network side state switching;

    or,

    There is a time interval of X time units between the effective time of the uplink resource and the effective time of the network side state switching, where X is greater than or equal to zero;

    or,

    The uplink resource takes effect at the latest within Y time units after the network side state switching takes effect, where Y is greater than or equal to zero.
20. A method for processing uplink resources, comprising:

    The network side device sends first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side state and determine the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the network side status includes an energy-saving state or energy-saving mode of the network side; wherein each energy-saving state or energy-saving mode corresponds to one or more network energy-saving technologies.
22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the network-side related configuration includes a related configuration for enabling network-side energy saving.
23. The method according to any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein the change in the network side state comprises one or more combinations of:

    Changes in energy-saving state on the network side;

    Changes in the configuration of relevant reference signals on the network side;

    Changes in airspace-related configuration on the network side;

    Changes in frequency domain related configurations;

    Changes in power-related configuration on the network side;

    Changes in common search space configuration;

    Changes in Paging configuration;

    Changes in DRX or DTX configuration at the base station;

    Changes in SI configuration;

    Changes in the configuration of UL resources.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the change in the network-side airspace-related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change in the number of ports, a change in the number of transmitting and receiving units TxRU, a change in the number of transmitting and receiving nodes TRP, and a change in the state of channel state information TCI;

    and / or,

    The change of the frequency domain related configuration includes at least one of the following: a change of bandwidth, a change of uplink or downlink partial bandwidth BWP configuration;

    and / or,

    The network-side power-related changes include at least one of the following: maximum transmit power, power spectrum density PSD of TxRU.
25. The method according to claim 23, wherein the change in the configuration of Paging includes Paging timing;

    and / or,

    The change in the configuration of the SI includes at least one of the following: scheduling related information, the scheduling related information includes at least one of a scheduling period, a scheduling offset, and a scheduling quantity; configuring or not configuring on-demand SI; a method of configuring on-demand SI; a change in the SIB1 period; configuring or not configuring SIB 1;

    and / or,

    The change in the network-side related reference signal configuration includes at least one of a change in an SSB related attribute and a change in a CSI-RS related attribute.
26. The method according to claim 20, wherein the uplink resource comprises at least one of the following:

    Configure authorized PUSCH resources;

    PRACH resources;

    PUSCH resources corresponding to message A;

    Scheduling request resources;

    Uplink wake-up signal resources;

    SRS resources.
27. The method according to claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

    The network side device sends second information, where the second information is used to indicate an association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resources.
28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the second information includes at least one of RRC layer signaling, MAC layer signaling, and physical layer signaling.
29. The method according to claim 27, wherein the association relationship between the network side state and the uplink resource includes at least one of the following:

    The association relationship between the network side status and uplink resource configuration;

    The association relationship between the network side state and multiple parameters in the uplink resource configuration, wherein one or more parameters in the uplink resource configuration correspond to a change in the network side state;

    The association relationship between the network side state and the uplink RS or downlink RS associated with the uplink resource, or the association relationship between the network side state and the spatial relationship information associated with the uplink resource.
30. A device for processing uplink resources, comprising:

    A first acquisition module is used to acquire changes in the network side status;

    The first determination module is used to determine uplink resources according to the change of the network side state; wherein the network side state is associated with the uplink resources.
31. A device for processing uplink resources, comprising:

    The first sending module is used to send first information, where the first information is used to indicate the energy-saving state adopted by the network side, or the first information is used to indicate the change of the relevant configuration of the network side, wherein the first information is used to assist the terminal to determine the change of the network side state and determine the uplink resource according to the change of the network side state.
32. A communication device comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 29.
33. A readable storage medium storing a program or instruction, wherein the program or instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 29.