WO2024078492A1

WO2024078492A1 - Communication state configuration method, and user equipment (ue) and network-side device

Info

Publication number: WO2024078492A1
Application number: PCT/CN2023/123767
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘进华
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2022-10-13
Filing date: 2023-10-10
Publication date: 2024-04-18
Also published as: CN117939686A

Abstract

The present application belongs to the field of communications. Disclosed are a communication state configuration method, and a user equipment (UE) and a network-side device. The communication state configuration method in the embodiments of the present application comprises: a user equipment (UE) receiving first configuration information, which is sent by a network-side device, wherein the UE is a UE which is powered on the basis of energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state comprises at least one of the following: an available communication state, an unavailable communication state or a partially available communication state; the available communication state is a state in which the UE normally communicates with the network-side device; the unavailable communication state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network-side device; and the partially available communication state is a state in which the UE performs some communication flows with the network-side device.

Description

Communication status configuration method, user equipment UE and network side equipment

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202211256169.4 filed in China on October 13, 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 communication status configuration method, a user equipment UE, and a network side device.

Background technique

Currently, when the available power of the energy-harvesting UE (EH-UE) is too low to maintain communication with the network-side equipment, the EH-UE needs to switch to the energy harvesting state.

However, when the EH-UE is in the energy collection state, the energy collected from the environment needs to be converted into electrical energy and stored in the energy unit through the energy collection unit. Therefore, after the state ends, the EH-UE can use the electrical energy stored in the energy storage unit through the communication function unit to communicate with the network side device. Therefore, if the EH-UE is in the energy collection state, the network side device cannot clearly know the current communication state of the EH-UE, which may cause the network side device to initiate paging to the EH-UE when it cannot communicate, thereby wasting paging resources. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method to clarify the communication state of the EH-UE.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a communication status configuration method, a user equipment UE, and a network side device, which can clarify the communication status of the UE.

In a first aspect, a communication status configuration method is provided, which is applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes:

The UE receives first configuration information sent by a network side device; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

In a second aspect, a communication state configuration device is provided, the device comprising: a receiving module; the receiving module is used to receive first configuration information sent by a network side device; the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of a user equipment UE; the UE is a UE powered by energy collection; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; The communication partial reachable state is the state of a part of the communication process between the UE and the network side device.

According to a third aspect, a communication status configuration method is provided, which is applied to a network side device, and the method includes: the network side device sends first configuration information to a UE; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

In a fourth aspect, a communication status configuration device is provided, which includes: a sending device; a sending device, used to send first configuration information to a UE; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with a network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

In a fifth aspect, a UE is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be executed on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

In a sixth aspect, a UE is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to receive first configuration information sent by a network side device.

In the seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores programs or instructions that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used to send first configuration information to a UE.

In a ninth aspect, a communication status configuration system is provided, including: a UE and a network side device, wherein the UE can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

In the tenth 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 are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented.

In the eleventh 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 method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the third aspect.

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

In an embodiment of the present application, a UE may receive first configuration information sent by a network side device; the UE is an EH-UE, and the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE; wherein the first communication state may include at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process. Since the UE can receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device for configuring the first communication state, the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information, thereby avoiding the problem of abnormal communication interruption that may occur in the UE and reducing the delay of data transmission, and since the UE can receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device for configuring the first communication state and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, thereby avoiding initiating paging to the UE when the UE is in a state in which it cannot communicate, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an EH-UE provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication status configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication reachable state configuration and state switching provided in an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication unreachable state configuration and state switching provided in an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication partial reachable state configuration and state switching provided in an embodiment of the present application;

7 is a configuration diagram of a first configuration information including at least one semi-static communication reachable window and at least one semi-static communication unreachable window provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG8 is a second flowchart of a communication status configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication status configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG10 is a second structural diagram of a communication status configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a user equipment provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a UE provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a network-side device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are 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 this field belong to the scope of protection of this 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 terms are used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the ^6th Generation (6G) communication system.

FIG1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. The terminal 11 may 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, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (a home appliance with wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a TV, a washing machine or furniture, etc.), a game console, a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a teller machine or a self-service machine and other terminal side devices, and the wearable device includes: a smart watch, a smart bracelet, a smart headset, a smart glasses, a smart jewelry (smart bracelet, a smart bracelet, a smart ring, a smart necklace, a smart anklet, a smart anklet, etc.), a smart wristband, a smart clothing, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device 12 may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access point or a WiFi node, etc. The base station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmitting and receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable one 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 embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is introduced as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

At present, low-cost UE, such as NB-IoT terminals, can be widely used in various communication occasions with low data rate and low communication frequency. NB-IoT technology can be used for shared bicycle tracking and control, electricity meter/water meter information transmission, environmental monitoring and livestock tracking, etc. However, the existing NB-IoT terminals need to be equipped with battery power supply to be used normally. Therefore, the use of battery-powered NB-IoT terminals in some occasions may be subject to some restrictions; for example, high temperature and high humidity environment is not suitable for chemical battery power supply; or, if the NB-IoT terminal is used for environmental monitoring communication in remote places, the cost of replacing the battery or interruption after the battery life expires is high. Therefore, in these scenarios, collecting energy from the environment and supplying the NB-IoT communication module can circumvent the limitations brought by the use of batteries.

FIG2 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of an EH-UE. As shown in FIG2 , the EH-UE includes: an energy collection unit, an energy storage unit, and a communication function unit. The energy collection unit can convert the energy collected from the environment into electrical energy and store it in the energy storage unit, while the communication function unit uses the electrical energy stored in the energy storage unit to communicate with the network device.

However, when the available power of the EH-UE is too low to maintain communication with the base station and switches to the energy collection state, since the EH-UE is in a communication unreachable state during this period, if there is no clear set of switching processes and mechanisms between the EH-UE's communication reachable state and the communication unreachable state, the network-side equipment, such as the base station, will not be able to clearly know the current communication state of the EH-UE. This may result in: the base station initiating paging to the EH-UE when it is in a communication unreachable state, thereby wasting a large amount of paging resources; or when the EH-UE is in the communication process, if it switches to a communication unreachable state, it will cause abnormal communication interruption, that is, service interruption. In this way, the communication unreachable state is a new problem generated by the EH-UE. To solve this problem, it is necessary to introduce a new signaling process in the air interface and define related EH-UE behaviors.

The configuration provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below through some embodiments and their application scenarios in combination with the accompanying drawings.

The present application embodiment provides a communication status configuration method, and Figure 3 shows a flow chart of a communication status configuration method provided by the present application embodiment, which can be applied to electronic devices. As shown in Figure 3, the communication status configuration method provided by the present application embodiment may include the following step 201.

Step 201: UE receives first configuration information sent by a network side device.

Among them, the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

The embodiment of the present application provides a communication state configuration method, wherein a UE may receive first configuration information sent by a network side device; the UE is an EH-UE, and the first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE; wherein the first A communication state may include at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process. Since the UE can receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device for configuring the first communication state, and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the communication state of the UE is properly configured, so that the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information, thereby avoiding the problem of abnormal communication interruption that may occur in the UE, reducing the delay of data transmission, and since the UE can receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device for configuring the first communication state, and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, thereby avoiding initiating paging to the UE when the UE is in a state in which it cannot communicate, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; and the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

It should be noted that the communication reachable state (i.e., reachable state) means that the EH-UE can communicate with the network side equipment (e.g., base station) like a normal UE, including accepting the scheduling of the base station and performing relevant data and signaling transmission and reception, radio link quality monitoring and neighbor cell measurement in the Radio Resource Control Connected (RRC_Connected) state; receiving system messages, radio channel quality monitoring of the resident cell, neighbor cell monitoring, receiving paging messages in the RRC Idle/Inactive (RRC_Idle/Inactive) state, and initiating a random access procedure normally after receiving a paging message. If the UE is in the RRC_Connected state and is configured with uplink pre-configured transmission permissions or semi-static downlink allocations, and these uplink pre-configured transmission permissions or semi-static downlink allocations are in a suspended state, the UE cancels the suspended state of these uplink pre-configured transmission permissions or semi-static downlink allocations when entering the communication reachable state, that is, the UE can use these uplink pre-configured transmission permissions to send data or needs to receive data based on these semi-static downlink allocations.

The communication unreachable state (i.e., the unreachable state) means that the UE cannot receive and send data and information normally with the network side equipment (e.g., the base station), or cannot perform measurements of the cell and neighboring cells, or cannot maintain synchronization with the serving cell. If the UE is in the RRC_Connected state and is configured with uplink pre-configured transmission permissions or semi-static downlink allocations, then when the UE enters the communication unreachable state, these uplink pre-configured transmission permissions or semi-static downlink allocations are suspended, that is, the UE cannot use these uplink pre-configured transmission permissions to send data or receive data based on these semi-static downlink allocations.

The communication partially reachable state (i.e., partially reachable state) is between the communication reachable state and the communication unreachable state, and there may be one or more communication states, which means that the UE can complete some functions of ordinary UE but not all, such as limited uplink transmission and limited downlink reception, including but not limited to any of the following:

Example 1: A UE in RRC_Idle/Inactive state supports one or more of the following functions:

(1) Maintain synchronization with the serving cell;

(2) receiving some information sent by the base station, such as system information and paging information;

(3) Conduct wireless quality monitoring in this cell;

(4) Conduct neighboring cell measurements;

(5) receiving wake-up information, etc.

One or more of the following features are not supported:

(1) Receiving business data (such as short messages);

(2) Uplink data transmission;

(3) Random access;

Example 2: A UE in the RRC_Connected state can perform normal downlink reception, but only supports limited uplink transmission. For example, it is limited to sending uplink SRs triggered by certain logical channels, or sending Radio Link Control (RLC)/Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) control information and Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback information corresponding to downlink data reception.

It should be noted that the communication state described in the embodiments of the present application can be described by other terms:

Exemplarily, the communication reachable state can be described as any of the following: reachable state, on state, communication on state, non-charging state; the communication unreachable state can be described as any of the following: unreachable state, off state, communication off state, charging state; the communication partially reachable state can be described as any of the following: partially reachable state, partially communication on state, communication partially communication on state, flexible charging state, etc. All of them are within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that UE can perform energy harvesting when it is in the communication unreachable state or the communication partially reachable state. Therefore, the communication unreachable state and the communication partially reachable state can also belong to the energy harvesting state. For example, the communication partially reachable state can become the partial energy harvesting state (Partly Energy Harvesting State), and the communication unreachable state can become the full energy harvesting state (Fully Energy Harvesting State).

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication reachable state; after the above step 201, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following step 301.

Step 301: The UE transmits information with a network-side device within a communication reachable window.

In an embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE can enter a communication reachable state according to at least one communication reachable window in the first configuration information, thereby transmitting information with a network side device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the network side device may configure one or more semi-static communication state configurations and communication state switching mechanisms for the UE.

For example, FIG4 shows a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication reachability state configuration and state switching. As shown in FIG4, the network side device can configure a periodic communication reachability window for the UE, which can be configured using parameters such as the time offset of the first communication reachability window relative to the reference time, the communication reachability window length, and the period of the communication reachability window. Within each communication reachability window, the network side device and the UE can communicate as needed. For the UE, the UE It is necessary to ensure that the stored power is sufficient to maintain the communication state within each communication window; outside the communication reachable window, the UE can perform energy collection and power storage.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the network side device may provide one or more configurations for the UE in the RRC_Connected state: semi-static communication reachable configurations, one or more semi-static communication unreachable configurations, one or more semi-static communication partially reachable RRC configurations, and then activate one or more of them using a physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) or a media access control layer control element (Media Access Control Control Element, MAC CE).

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in the RRC_Connected state, or when the UE is released to the RRC_Idle/Inactive state, the network side device provides the UE with one or more configurations used in RRC_Idle/Inactive through dedicated signaling or system messages: semi-static communication reachable configurations, one or more semi-static communication unreachable configurations, and one or more semi-static communication partially reachable RRC configurations, and the UE activates and uses one or more of the configurations according to a predetermined rule. Thus, when the network side device needs to page the UE, the serving base station determines the state of the UE according to the same predetermined rule, and sends a paging message to the UE when the UE is in a communication reachable state. Correspondingly, the UE monitors the paging message when it is reachable.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following step 401.

Step 401: When the target condition is met, the UE initiates a communication process outside the communication reachable window.

The target conditions include at least one of the following:

The UE requirement of the UE is to transmit uplink data and the amount of power stored in the UE is higher than a preset threshold;

The UE determines that it can transmit information with the network-side device within the subsequent communication reachable window;

The UE has a pre-configured uplink data transmission grant available.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the UE may determine whether a communication process can be initiated outside of the open communication reachable window based on network configuration or protocol definition.

Exemplarily, when the network-side device configures the semi-static communication reachable window configuration, it can configure the UE behavior outside the communication reachable window. If the UE generates uplink data and the stored power is higher than a threshold, or the UE determines that it will not affect the subsequent communication behavior of the reachable window, it can trigger the SR procedure and request to send uplink data; or, if an available pre-configured uplink transmission license is configured, the UE can also directly use the uplink pre-configured uplink transmission license for uplink data transmission.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, and at least one communication unreachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication unreachable state.

Figure 5 shows a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication unreachable state configuration and state switching. As shown in Figure 5, the network side device can configure a periodic communication unreachable window for the UE, which can be configured using parameters such as the time offset of the first communication unreachable window relative to the reference time, the communication unreachable window length, and the period of the communication unreachable window. In each communication unreachable window, the UE can collect and store power. Within the communication unreachable window, the UE can collect energy and store power; outside the communication unreachable window, the UE needs to ensure that its communication is reachable or the communication is not available. Points can be reached.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication part reachable window, and at least one communication part reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication part reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication part reachable state.

FIG6 shows a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication partial reachable state configuration and state switching. As shown in FIG6, the network side device can configure a periodic communication partial reachable window for the UE, which can be configured using parameters such as the time offset of the first communication partial reachable window relative to the reference time, the communication partial reachable window length, and the period of the communication partial reachable window. Within each partial reachable window, the UE can collect and store power. Outside the communication partial reachable window, the UE needs to ensure that its communication is reachable or partially reachable.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, Figure 7 shows a configuration diagram in which the first configuration information includes at least one semi-static communication reachable window and at least one semi-static communication unreachable window. As shown in Figure 7, the network side device can configure the UE with a composite semi-static configuration of multiple types of status windows including a reachable status window, an unreachable status window, and a partially reachable status window.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in a communication unreachable state, or when the UE is in a state other than a communication partially reachable state, the UE communicates normally with the network side device.

Optionally, after the above step 201, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 501.

Step 501: The UE enters a first communication state according to first configuration information.

In an embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE may enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the network side device may actively configure the UE to enter a first communication state for a period of time.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state.

The above step 501 can be specifically implemented through the following step 501a.

Step 501a: The UE switches from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

In an embodiment of the present application, since the first configuration information includes the switching mechanism information of the first communication state, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE can execute the switching of the communication state according to the switching mechanism information in the first configuration information, that is, switch from the second communication state to the first communication state.

Exemplarily, when the network side device releases the switching of the UE in RRC_Connected state to the RRC_Idle/Inactive state, the configuration of the UE switching between the above states can be carried in the release message, which is used to configure the UE to transition to the RRC_Idle/Inactive state, determine the communication reachable state, the communication unreachable state or the communication partially reachable state in the RRC_Idle/Inactive state, and the switching between different states.

For example, the network side device preconfigures the periodic switching of the UE in the RRC_Connected state between the communication reachable state and any other state, such as: semi-static communication reachable state, semi-static communication unreachable state, and semi-static communication partially reachable state. Since the UE consumes more power when in the communication reachable state, and the UE In any other state, some power is collected and stored so that the UE can remain in the RRC_Connected state for a longer period of time.

Exemplarily, during the time period when the UE in RRC_Connected state temporarily has no uplink or downlink data transmission, the network side device configures the UE in the communication reachable state to enter the communication unreachable state through proprietary signaling (for example: RRC, MAC CE or PDCCH). When the communication unreachable state or the communication partially reachable state ends, the UE returns to the communication reachable state.

Exemplarily, the network side device sends notification information (eg, PDCCH, WUS signal, etc.) to the UE in the partially reachable communication state to notify the UE to switch to the reachable communication state so as to send data information to the UE.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the network side device can pre-configure one or more status configurations, including a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, and one or more communication partially reachable states, and then the network side device can use the status configuration number to configure the UE status.

Optionally, before the above step 201, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 601.

Step 601: UE sends request information to a network side device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to a target communication state.

In an embodiment of the present application, if the UE needs to switch the communication state, it can send a request message to the network side device to request the network side device to configure the state switching information, so that the UE can switch the communication state to the target communication state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, if the UE needs to perform a communication state switch, it can send a request message to a network side device, so that the network side device can send target communication state configuration information to the UE according to the UE's request information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in the RRC_Connected state, the UE may request a network side device configuration state switch.

Exemplarily, if the UE is currently in a communication reachable state, it can send a request message to the network side device, so that the network side device can configure the UE to any communication partially reachable state or communication unreachable state after receiving the request message.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may also send an enabling configuration to the UE to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the request information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the switching mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

The UE switches from a communication reachable state to a communication unreachable state;

The UE switches from the communication reachable state to the communication partially reachable state;

The UE switches from a partially reachable state to an unreachable state;

The UE switches from the partially reachable communication state to the reachable communication state;

The UE switches from a partially reachable state to an unreachable state;

The UE switches from a communication unreachable state to a communication reachable state;

The UE switches from the communication unreachable state to the communication partially reachable state;

The UE switches from one communication reachable state to another communication reachable state;

The UE switches from one communication partial reachable state to another communication partial reachable state.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following steps 701 and 702.

Step 701: After the UE enters the first communication state, the UE sends report information to a network side device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state.

In an embodiment of the present application, after the UE enters the first communication state, if the UE needs to switch the communication state, it can send report information to the network side device to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state, so that the UE can switch the communication state after receiving the confirmation information sent by the network side device.

Exemplarily, when a UE in RRC_Connected is in a communication reachable state, it sends report information to a network side device to report to the network side device that it needs to switch to a communication unreachable state, any partially communication reachable state, semi-static communication reachable, semi-static communication unreachable or semi-static partially communication reachable state, so that the network side device obtains auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch states. Therefore, the UE can switch to the target state after receiving the confirmation information sent by the network side device according to the report message.

Exemplarily, when a UE in RRC_Connected determines to leave a communication unreachable state, it sends a report message to a network side device to inform the network side device that it needs to switch to a communication reachable state or another communication partially reachable state, thereby allowing the network side device to obtain auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch states. Therefore, the UE can switch to the target state after receiving the confirmation information sent by the network side device based on the report message.

Step 702: After receiving the configuration information or confirmation information of the communication state switching sent by the network side device, the UE switches the first communication state to the target communication state.

In this embodiment of the present application, the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

UE power information;

Configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use;

at least one switching parameter information between communication states;

The target communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, after the UE sends a report message to the network side device and receives configuration information or confirmation information of the communication state switching sent by the network side device, the communication state switching is performed, that is, the first communication state is switched to the target communication state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the auxiliary information in the embodiment of the present application includes the power information of the UE, the UE inclination At least one of the at least one communication state configuration information used and the switching parameter information between the multiple target communication states.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, at least one of the switching parameter information between multiple target communication states may be at least one of the following: state parameter information of a partially reachable state; state parameter information of a partially reachable state; state parameter information of a reachable state; indication information of a partially reachable state; indication information of an unreachable state; indication information of a reachable state; time offset and duration information of at least one partially reachable window; offset and duration information of at least one unreachable window; time offset and duration information of at least one reachable state window; period information of at least one partially reachable window; period information of at least one unreachable window; period information of at least one reachable state window.

Optionally, before "UE sends report information to the network side device" in the above step 701, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following step 801.

Step 801: UE receives enabling configuration information sent by a network side device.

In the embodiment of the present application, the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send report information.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following step 11.

Step 11: When the first condition is met, the UE sends communication reachable indication information to the network side device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the communication reachable indication information is used to indicate that the current communication state of the UE is a communication reachable state, and the communication reachable indication information may include time information of the communication reachable state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first condition may include at least one of the following:

The remaining power of the UE is higher than the preset power threshold;

The duration of the UE's communication reachable state is higher than the preset threshold.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following step 12.

Step 12: When the second condition is met, the UE sends communication unreachable indication information to the network side device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the communication unreachable indication information is used to indicate that the current communication state of the UE is a communication reachable state, and the communication unreachable indication information may include time information of the communication unreachable state and time information of the next communication reachable state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second condition may include at least one of the following:

The remaining power of the UE is lower than the preset power threshold;

The duration of the UE's communication reachable state is lower than the preset threshold.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the UE may send indication information to the network side device through an RRC message or a MAC CE message.

The embodiment of the present application provides a communication status configuration method, and Figure 8 shows a flow chart of a communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application, which can be applied to a network side device. As shown in Figure 8, the communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following step 901.

Step 901: A network side device sends first configuration information to a user equipment UE.

The UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE. state; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and at least one communication reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication reachable state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication part reachable window; at least one communication part reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication part reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication part reachable state.

Optionally, before the above step 901, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 1001.

Step 1001: The network side device receives request information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to the target communication state.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes the following steps 1101 and 1102.

Step 1101: The network side device receives report information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state;

Step 1102: The network side device sends communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information to the UE.

The auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

UE power information;

at least one switching parameter information between communication states;

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the configuration information of at least one communication state includes at least one of the following:

Status parameter information of the reachable state of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable state;

State parameter information of communication reachable state;

Indicative information of the reachability status of the communication part;

Indication information of communication unreachable state;

Indication information of communication reachability status;

Time offset and duration information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

offset and duration information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window;

Periodic information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

Periodic information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Periodic information of at least one communication reachable state window.

Optionally, before the above step 1101, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 1201.

Step 1201: The network side device sends enabling configuration information to the UE.

In an embodiment of the present application, the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send report information.

An embodiment of the present application provides a communication status configuration method, in which a network side device can send first configuration information to a user equipment UE. Wherein, the UE is a UE powered by energy collection; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process. Since the network side device can configure or pre-configure the first configuration information for the UE, the UE configures the communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information. Therefore, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication state of the UE, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by initiating paging to the UE that cannot transmit data.

The communication state configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a communication state configuration device. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication state configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the communication state configuration device executing the communication state configuration method as an example.

The communication status configuration device in the embodiment of the present application can be a UE, such as a UE with an operating system, or a component in the UE, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The UE can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. Exemplarily, the UE can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

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

Fig. 9 shows a possible structural diagram of a communication status configuration device involved in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 9 , the communication status configuration device 40 may include: a receiving module 41 .

Among them, the receiving module 41 is used to receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the user equipment UE; the UE is a UE powered by energy collection; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device. The state of the network side device communicating; the communication partial reachable state is the state of a part of the communication process between the UE and the network side device.

An embodiment of the present application provides a communication status configuration device. Since the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication status sent by the network side device, the UE can configure the current communication status according to the first configuration information. Therefore, the problem of abnormal communication interruption that may occur in the UE is avoided, and the delay of data transmission is reduced. Moreover, since the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication status sent by the network side device and configure the communication status according to the first configuration information, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication status of the UE. Therefore, it is avoided to initiate paging to the UE when the UE is in a state where it is unable to communicate, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

In a possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, which is periodic or non-periodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication reachable state; the communication state configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes: a transmission module. The transmission module is used to transmit information between the network side device and the network side device within the communication reachable window after the receiving module receives the configuration information sent by the network side device.

In one possible implementation, the communication status configuration device provided by the embodiment of the present application also includes: an initiating module; an initiating module, used to initiate a communication process outside the communication reachable window when the target conditions are met; wherein the target conditions include at least one of the following: the UE requirement of the UE is to transmit uplink data and the power stored in the UE is higher than a preset threshold; the UE determines to transmit information with the network side device within the subsequent communication reachable window; the UE has an available pre-configured uplink data transmission license.

In a possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, and the at least one communication unreachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication unreachable state.

In one possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication part reachable window; the at least one communication part reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication part reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication part reachable state.

In a possible implementation, when the UE is in a communication unreachable state, or when the UE is in a state other than a communication partially reachable state, the UE communicates normally with the network side device.

In a possible implementation, the communication status configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes: an entry module; the entry module is used to enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information after the receiving module 41 receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device.

In a possible implementation, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state; and the entry module is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

In one possible implementation, the communication status configuration device provided by the embodiment of the present application also includes: a sending module; a sending module, used to send request information to the network side device before the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, and the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to the target communication state.

In one possible implementation, the above-mentioned switching mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of the following: the UE switches from a communication reachable state to a communication unreachable state; the UE switches from a communication reachable state to a partially communication reachable state; the UE switches from a partially communication reachable state to a communication unreachable state; the UE switches from a partially communication reachable state to a communication reachable state; the UE switches from an unreachable state to a communication reachable state; the UE switches from a communication unreachable state to a partially communication reachable state; the UE switches from one communication reachable state to another communication reachable state; the UE switches from one partially communication reachable state to another partially communication reachable state.

In a possible implementation, the communication state configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application also includes: a sending module and a switching module; the sending module is used to send report information to the network side device after the entry module enters the first communication state, and the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state. The switching module is used to switch the first communication state to the target communication state after receiving the communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information sent by the network side device; the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: UE power information; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of the following: communication unreachable state, communication reachable state, and communication unreachable state.

In one possible implementation, the configuration information of at least one of the above-mentioned communication states includes at least one of the following: state parameter information of a communication partially reachable state; state parameter information of a communication unreachable state; state parameter information of a communication reachable state; indication information of a communication partially reachable state; indication information of an communication unreachable state; indication information of a communication reachable state; time offset and duration information of at least one communication partially reachable window; offset and duration information of at least one communication unreachable window; time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window; period information of at least one communication partially reachable window; period information of at least one communication unreachable window; period information of at least one communication reachable state window.

In a possible implementation, the receiving module 41 is further configured to receive enabling configuration information sent by the network side device before the sending module sends the auxiliary information to the network side device, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

Fig. 10 shows a possible structural diagram of a communication status configuration device involved in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 10 , the communication status configuration device 50 may include: a sending module 51 .

Among them, the sending module 51 is used to send the first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

The embodiment of the present application provides a communication status configuration device. Since the network side device can configure or pre-configure the first configuration information for the UE, the UE configures the communication status according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information. Therefore, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication status of the UE. This avoids the problem of wasting resources due to initiating paging to UEs that cannot transmit data.

In a possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in a communication reachable state.

In one possible implementation, the communication status configuration device provided in an embodiment of the present application also includes: a receiving module; a receiving module, which is used to receive request information sent by the UE before the sending module 51 sends the first configuration information to the UE, and the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to the target communication state.

In a possible implementation, the communication state configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: a receiving module; the receiving module is used to receive the report information sent by the UE, and the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state. A sending module 51 is used to send communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information to the UE; the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: UE power information; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of the following: communication unreachable state, communication reachable state, and communication unreachable state.

In a possible implementation, the sending module 51 is further configured to send enabling configuration information to the UE before the receiving module receives the report information sent by the UE, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

The communication status configuration device in the embodiment of the present application can be a network side device, such as a network side device with an operating system, or a component in the network side device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. Exemplarily, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The communication status configuration device provided in the embodiment of the present application can realize the above-mentioned communication status configuration method embodiment. The various processes are now implemented and the same technical effect is achieved. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

Optionally, as shown in FIG11, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, including a processor 6001 and a memory 6002, wherein the memory 6002 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 6001. For example, when the communication device 600 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 6001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned communication status configuration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 600 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 6001 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned communication status configuration method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a UE, including a processor and a communication interface, the processor is used to receive first configuration information sent by a network side device. The UE embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned UE side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a UE implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The UE 100 includes but is not limited to at least some of the components including a radio frequency unit 101 , a network module 102 , an audio output unit 103 , an input unit 104 , a sensor 105 , a display unit 106 , a user input unit 107 , an interface unit 108 , a memory 109 and a processor 110 .

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 100 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 110 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. The UE structure shown in FIG12 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 104 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 processes the image data of the static picture or video obtained by the image capture device (such as a camera) in the video capture mode or the image capture mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and at least one of other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, 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 101 can transmit the data to the processor 110 for processing; in addition, the RF unit 101 can send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the RF unit 101 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

The memory 109 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 109 can mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area can 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 109 may include a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory, or the memory 109 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. Among them, the nonvolatile 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 109 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 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 110.

Among them, the radio frequency unit 101 is used to receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

An embodiment of the present application provides a UE. Since the UE can receive first configuration information for configuring a first communication state sent by a network side device, the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information. Therefore, the problem of abnormal communication interruption that may occur in the UE is avoided, and the delay of data transmission is reduced. Moreover, since the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side device and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE. Therefore, it is avoided to initiate paging to the UE when the UE is in a state where it is unable to communicate, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is also used to initiate a communication process outside the communication reachable window when a target condition is met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of the following: the UE requirement of the UE is to transmit uplink data and the power stored in the UE is higher than a preset threshold; the UE determines to transmit information with the network side device within a subsequent communication reachable window; the UE has an available pre-configured uplink data transmission license.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to enter a first communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state; the processor 110 is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is further used to send a request message to the network side device before receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side device, and the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to a target communication state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is used to send report information to the network side device after entering the first communication state, and the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state. The processor 110 is used to switch the first communication state to the target communication state after receiving the communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information sent by the network side device; the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: UE power information; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of the following: communication unreachable state, communication reachable state, communication unreachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is further used to receive enabling configuration information sent by the network side device before sending auxiliary information to the network side device, and the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send report information.

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

The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to send first configuration information to a user equipment UE; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy collection; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process. This network side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

Specifically, the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device. As shown in FIG13, the network side device 900 includes: an antenna 91, a radio frequency device 92, a baseband device 93, a processor 94 and a memory 95. The antenna 91 is connected to the radio frequency device 92. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 92 receives information through the antenna 91 and sends the received information to the baseband device 93 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 93 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 92. The radio frequency device 92 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 91.

The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 93, which includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 93 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are arranged, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13 , one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 95 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 95 to execute the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network side device may also include a network interface 96, which is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 900 of the embodiment of the present invention also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 95 and executable on the processor 94. The processor 94 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 95 to execute the methods executed by the modules shown in Figure 13 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

Among them, the processor 94 is used to send the first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting; the first configuration information is used to configure the first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device; the communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device; the communication partially reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device for a part of the communication process.

An embodiment of the present application provides a network side device. Since the network side device can configure or pre-configure first configuration information for the UE, the UE configures the communication status according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information. Therefore, the network side device can decide whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication status of the UE, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by initiating paging to the UE that cannot transmit data.

Optionally, the processor 94 is used to receive request information sent by the UE before sending the first configuration information to the UE, where the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to a target communication state.

Optionally, the processor 94 is used to receive report information sent by the UE, and the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state. The processor 94 is also used to send communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information to the UE; the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: UE power information; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of the following: communication unreachable state, communication reachable state, and communication unreachable state.

Optionally, the processor 94 is further configured to send enabling configuration information to the UE before receiving the report information sent by the UE, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

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, each process of the above-mentioned communication status configuration method embodiment is 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 includes 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.

The present application embodiment further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the above communication status configuration method The various processes of the embodiments can achieve the same technical effect, and will not be described again here to avoid repetition.

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 embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program/program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned communication status configuration method embodiment, 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 communication status configuration system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the communication status configuration method described above, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the communication status configuration method described above.

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-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an 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, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a 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

A communication status configuration method, the method comprising:

The user equipment UE receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device;

Wherein, the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting;

The first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE;

The first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state;

The communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device;

The communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device;

The communication partial reachable state is a state in which the UE performs a part of the communication process with the network side device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication reachable state;

After the UE receives the configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

The UE transmits information with a network-side device within the communication reachable window.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

The UE initiates a communication process outside the communication reachable window when a target condition is met;

The target condition includes at least one of the following:

The UE requirement of the UE is to transmit uplink data and the amount of power stored in the UE is higher than a preset threshold;

The UE determines that it can transmit information with the network side device within a subsequent communication reachable window;

The UE has an available pre-configured uplink data transmission grant.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, and the at least one communication unreachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication unreachable state.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication part reachable window; the at least one communication part reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; and the communication part reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication part reachable state.
According to the method according to claim 1, when the UE is in a communication unreachable state, or when the UE is in a state other than a communication partially reachable state, the UE can communicate normally with the network side device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein after the UE receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further comprises:

The UE enters the first communication state according to the first configuration information.
The method according to claim 7, wherein the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state;

The UE entering the first communication state according to the first configuration information includes:

The UE switches from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.
The method according to claim 8, wherein, before the UE receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further comprises:

The UE sends request information to the network side device, where the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to a target communication state.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the switching mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

The UE switches from the communication reachable state to the communication unreachable state;

The UE switches from the communication reachable state to the communication partially reachable state;

The UE switches from the partially reachable communication state to the unreachable communication state;

The UE switches from the partially reachable communication state to the reachable communication state;

The UE switches from the communication unreachable state to the communication reachable state;

The UE switches from the communication unreachable state to the communication partially reachable state;

The UE switches from one communication reachable state to another communication reachable state;

The UE switches from one communication partial reachable state to another communication partial reachable state.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

After the UE enters the first communication state, the UE sends report information to the network side device, where the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state;

After receiving the communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information sent by the network side device, the UE switches the first communication state to the target communication state;

The auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

The power information of the UE;

Configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use;

at least one switching parameter information between communication states;

The target communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.
The method according to claim 11, wherein

The configuration information of the at least one communication state includes at least one of the following:

Status parameter information of the reachable state of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable state;

State parameter information of communication reachable state;

Indicative information of the reachability status of the communication part;

Indication information of communication unreachable state;

Indication information of communication reachability status;

Time offset and duration information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

offset and duration information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window;

Periodic information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

Periodic information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Periodic information of at least one communication reachable state window.
The method according to claim 11, wherein, before the UE sends the report information to the network side device, the method further comprises:

The UE receives the enabling configuration information sent by the network side device, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.
A communication status configuration method, the method comprising:

First configuration information sent by the network side device to the user equipment UE;

Wherein, the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting;

The first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE;

The first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state;

The communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device;

The communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device;

The communication partial reachable state is a state in which the UE performs a part of the communication process with the network side device.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication reachable state.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, and the at least one communication unreachable window is periodic or non-periodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication unreachable state.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication part reachable window; the at least one communication part reachable window is periodic or non-periodic; and the communication part reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication part reachable state.
The method according to claim 14, wherein, before the network side device sends the first configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

The network side device receives request information sent by the UE, where the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to a target communication state.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

The network side device receives the report information sent by the UE, and the report information is used to report to the network side The device provides auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state;

The network side device sends communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information to the UE;

The auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

The power information of the UE;

Configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use;

at least one switching parameter information between communication states;

The target communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.
The method according to claim 19, wherein

The configuration information of the at least one communication state includes at least one of the following:

Status parameter information of the reachable state of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable state;

State parameter information of communication reachable state;

Indicative information of the reachability status of the communication part;

Indication information of communication unreachable state;

Indication information of communication reachability status;

Time offset and duration information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

offset and duration information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window;

Periodic information of a reachable window of at least one communication part;

Periodic information of at least one communication unreachable window;

Periodic information of at least one communication reachable state window.
The method according to claim 19, wherein, before the network side device receives the report information sent by the UE, the method further comprises:

The network side device sends enabling configuration information to the UE, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.
A communication status configuration device, the device comprising: a receiving module;

The receiving module is used to receive the first configuration information sent by the network side device;

The first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of a user equipment UE;

The UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting;

The first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state;

The communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device;

The communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device;

The communication part reachable state is a part of the communication process between the UE and the network side device. state.
The device according to claim 22, wherein the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachable window is used to configure the UE to be in the communication reachable state; the device further includes: a transmission module;

The transmission module is used to transmit information with the network side device within the communication reachable window after the receiving module receives the configuration information sent by the network side device.
The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the apparatus further comprises: an entry module;

The entry module is used to enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information after the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state;

The entry module is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.
The device according to claim 25, wherein the device further comprises: a sending module;

The sending module is used to send request information to the network side device before the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, and the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to a target communication state.
The device according to claim 26, wherein the device further comprises: a sending module and a switching module;

The sending module is used to send report information to the network side device after the entry module enters the first communication state, wherein the report information is used to provide the network side device with auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state;

The switching module is configured to switch the first communication state to a target communication state after receiving the communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information sent by the network side device;

The auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

The power information of the UE;

Configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use;

at least one switching parameter information between communication states;

The target communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.
A communication status configuration device, the device comprising: a sending module;

The sending module is used to send first configuration information to the user equipment UE;

Wherein, the UE is a UE powered by energy harvesting;

The first configuration information is used to configure a first communication state of the UE;

The first communication state includes at least one of the following: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state;

The communication reachable state is a state in which the UE communicates normally with the network side device;

The communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side device;

The communication partial reachable state is the state of a part of the communication process between the UE and the network side device.
A user equipment UE comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the communication status configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 13 are implemented.
A network side device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the communication status configuration method as described in any one of claims 14 to 21 are implemented.