CN109429218B - User equipment, configuration method thereof, network side equipment and computer readable medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
A user equipment and a configuration method thereof, a network side device and a computer readable medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: judging whether the power saving mode of the user equipment needs to be configured or not between two processing procedures capable of sending the PSM activating request; when determining that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment, sending a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment; receiving a message characterizing acceptance of configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment. By adopting the scheme, the configuration success rate of the PSM of the user equipment can be improved, the signaling interaction in the configuration process of the PSM is reduced, and the configuration efficiency is improved.
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Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to user equipment, a configuration method thereof, network side equipment and a computer readable medium.
Background
With the continuous enrichment of User Equipment (UE) functions, the standby time of the UE is shorter and shorter. In order to avoid the short standby time of the ue as much as possible, a Power Saving Mode (PSM) application is used. Also, the Network side Device (NW) may configure PSM for the UE only when the user equipment sends a request to activate PSM to the NW. Generally, the UE will send a request to the NW to activate PSM via an attach request message, tracking area update request message, or routing area update request message.
If the NW needs to reconfigure the PSM for the UE between two processes that can send an activate PSM request, i.e. between two attachments, two tracking area updates, or two routing area updates. At present, the NW needs to initiate a procedure of releasing the current connection state of the attach, tracking area, or routing area to the UE, and after the current connection state between the NW and the UE is released, when the UE sends an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, or a routing area update request message to the NW again, the NW may initiate a request for activating the PSM again at the same time, and finally, the NW reconfigures the PSM to the UE.
However, the above method for configuring the PSM of the ue has the problems that the PSM may not be configured, signaling interaction of the PSM configuration process is excessive, and efficiency is low.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention solves the problems of improving the success rate of the configuration of the PSM of the user equipment, reducing the signaling interaction in the configuration process of the PSM and improving the configuration efficiency.
In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring a user equipment, where the method includes: judging whether the power saving mode needs to be configured for the user equipment or not between two processing processes capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode; when determining that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment, sending a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment; receiving a message characterizing acceptance of configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment.
Optionally, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is: an access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode or a non-access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode.
Optionally, before the sending the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, the method further includes: confirming that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state.
Optionally, before the determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment, the method further includes: confirming that the user equipment supports a power saving mode.
Optionally, the user equipment is confirmed to support a power saving mode by at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
Optionally, the processing procedure capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device, which includes a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer instruction capable of running on the processor, and the processor executes any of the above steps of the configuration method for a user equipment when executing the computer instruction.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed, perform any of the method steps described above.
The embodiment of the invention provides a configuration method of user equipment, which comprises the following steps: detecting whether a message including configuration information of a power saving mode is received between two processes in which a request for activating the power saving mode can be transmitted; when the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received, judging whether to accept the configuration of the power saving mode; when the configuration of the power saving mode is determined to be accepted, sending a message representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted to a network side device.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and when determining to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected to a network side device, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
Optionally, in a process of sending a request for activating a power saving mode at a time before detecting whether the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received, the network side device is indicated to support the power saving mode.
Optionally, the network side device is indicated with at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
Optionally, the processing procedure capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a network side device, where the network side device includes: a first judging unit adapted to judge whether or not a power saving mode needs to be configured for the user equipment between two processes of sending a request for activating the power saving mode; a transmitting unit adapted to transmit a message including configuration information of a power saving mode to a user equipment when it is determined that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed for the user equipment; a receiving unit adapted to receive a message characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment.
Optionally, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is: an access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode or a non-access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode.
Optionally, the network side device further includes: a first confirming unit adapted to confirm that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state before the transmitting of the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment.
Optionally, the network side device further includes: a second confirming unit adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode before the determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment.
Optionally, the second confirming unit is adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode by at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
Optionally, the processing procedure capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, where the user equipment includes: a detection unit adapted to detect whether a message including configuration information of a power saving mode is received between two processes in which a request for activating the power saving mode can be transmitted; a second judging unit adapted to judge whether to accept the configuration of the power saving mode when the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received; a configuration unit adapted to send a message characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode to a network side device when it is determined that the acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted.
Optionally, the configuration unit is further adapted to: and when determining to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected to a network side device, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
Optionally, the user equipment further includes: an indicating unit, adapted to indicate to the network side device that the network side device supports the power saving mode itself in a process of sending an active power saving mode request before the detection of whether the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received.
Optionally, the indicating unit is adapted to indicate, to the network side device, its own power saving mode by using at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
Optionally, the processing procedure capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, which includes a memory and a processor, where the memory stores computer instructions capable of running on the processor, and the processor executes the computer instructions to perform the steps of any one of the above-mentioned user equipment configuration methods.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed, perform any of the method steps described above.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:
in the above-described scheme, between the two processes of sending the request for activating the power saving mode, when the NW needs to reconfigure the power saving mode for the UE, the NW directly sends the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode to the UE, so that the UE can determine that the NW needs to reconfigure the power saving mode for itself when receiving the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode. It can be seen that the procedure of the power saving mode configuration need not be limited by whether the UE includes a request to activate the power saving mode when sending the attach request message, the tracking area update request message, or the routing area update request message to the NW again, and therefore the configuration success rate of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the NW, the power saving mode does not need to be configured after the signaling is initiated additionally and the current connection state is released from the UE, so the signaling interaction in the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
Further, after the user equipment is confirmed to be in a communication-capable state, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is sent to the user equipment, so that repeated sending caused by the fact that the user equipment cannot receive the message can be avoided, and signaling interaction in the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced.
Further, after confirming that the user equipment supports the power saving mode, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is sent to the user equipment, so that the pertinence of the configuration of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be improved.
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Fig. 1 is a signaling interaction diagram of a current PSM configuration method;
fig. 2 is a flowchart of a configuration method of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a flowchart of a configuration method of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a signaling interaction diagram of a method for configuring a ue in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a signaling interaction diagram of a method for configuring a ue in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention.
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As above, only when a User Equipment (UE) sends a request for activating a Power Saving Mode (PSM) to a Network side Device (NW), the NW can configure the Power Saving Mode for the UE. Also, the UE will typically send a request to the NW to activate PSM via an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, or a routing area update request message. Taking an attach request message as an example, fig. 1 shows a signaling interaction diagram of a current configuration method of PSM, as shown in fig. 1, and step S11: the UE sends an attach request message to the NW, including a request for PSM configuration. Step S12: upon determining to receive the request of the UE, the NW replies an attach receipt message to the UE and includes the PSM configuration in the attach receipt message. Step S13: and the UE and the NW complete the establishment of the attachment connection through multiple interactions.
If the NW needs to reconfigure the PSM for the UE between two processes that can send an activate PSM request, i.e. between two attachments, two tracking area updates, or two routing area updates. At present, the NW needs to initiate a procedure of releasing the current connection state of the attach, tracking area, or routing area to the UE, and after the current connection state between the NW and the UE is released, when the UE sends an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, or a routing area update request message to the NW again, the NW may initiate a request for activating the PSM again at the same time, and finally, the NW reconfigures the PSM to the UE.
However, the above method for configuring the PSM of the ue has the problems that the PSM may not be configured, signaling interaction of the PSM configuration process is excessive, and efficiency is low.
In order to solve the above problem, in the embodiment of the present invention, between two processing procedures that can send a PSM activation request, when needing to reconfigure the PSM for the UE, the NW directly sends a message including the configuration information of the PSM to the UE, so that the UE can determine that the NW needs to configure the PSM for itself when receiving the message including the configuration information of the PSM. It can be seen that the PSM configuration procedure need not be limited by whether the UE includes a request to activate PSM when sending the attach request message, the tracking area update request message, or the routing area update request message to the NW again, and thus the configuration success rate of the PSM of the user equipment can be improved. Moreover, for the NW, the PSM configuration does not need to be performed after the signaling is initiated additionally and the current connection state is released from the UE, so signaling interaction in the PSM configuration process of the UE can be reduced and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a configuration method of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2, the method may be implemented according to the following flows:
step S21: between two processes of sending request for activating power saving mode, judging whether configuration of power saving mode is needed for user equipment.
Since the ue may send the request for activating the power saving mode to the network side device through the attach request message, the tracking area update request message, or the routing area update request message, in a specific implementation, the processing procedure capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode may include: an attachment establishment procedure, a tracking area update procedure or a routing area update procedure. The processing procedure between two processes capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode is specifically referred to as between two attach establishment procedures, or referred to as between two tracking area update procedures, or referred to as between two routing area update procedures. And, after the attachment establishment procedure is finished, the attachment establishment procedure is not followed by another attachment establishment procedure, but is followed by a tracking area update procedure or a routing area update procedure according to the difference of the communication system in which the user equipment resides.
When it is determined that the configuration of the power saving mode for the user equipment is required, performing step S22; otherwise, the flow ends.
Step S22: transmitting a message including configuration information of a power saving mode to the user equipment.
In implementations, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode may be in various forms. For example, the message including the configuration information of the power save mode may be an Access Stratum (AS) message including the configuration information of the power save mode. For another example, the message including the configuration information of the power save mode may be a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message including the configuration information of the power save mode.
It should be noted that the configuration information of the power saving mode may be sent through an AS/NAS message that already exists currently, or may be sent through a message that defines a new message. For example, a new NAS message may be defined to configure the configuration information parameters of the power saving mode from the network side device to the user equipment on the NAS level. For another example, some existing AS messages, such AS RRC connection reconfiguration messages, may also be used to send the configuration information of the power saving mode, so that the access stratum on the user equipment side may pass the received information to the upper layer for later use. And, when the ue performs reconfiguration, the ue needs to be in RRC connected mode, because the ue needs to confirm to the network side device whether the new configuration is already used.
In order to avoid repeated transmission due to the fact that the user equipment cannot receive the message and reduce signaling interaction in the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment, in a specific implementation, before the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is transmitted to the user equipment, the user equipment can be confirmed to be in a communication-capable state. In other words, the PSM may be configured for the ue by the network side device only on the premise that the ue is confirmed to be in the communication capable state. And, before the ue enters the PSM sleep mode or when the ue wakes up from the PSM sleep mode to transmit some Mobile On-line (MO), the ue is in a communication capable state.
In the specific implementation, before determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment, it can be confirmed that the user equipment supports the power saving mode, so that the pertinence of the configuration of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be improved.
In a specific implementation, the ue may confirm that the ue supports the power saving mode through a plurality of messages, for example, an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message, or a combination of any two or more of the above messages. And, the user equipment may indicate that the network side equipment itself supports the power saving mode when sending the last attach request message, the tracking area update request message, or the routing area update request message.
Step S23: receiving a message characterizing acceptance of configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment.
In an implementation, after receiving a message indicating that the user equipment accepts the configuration of the power saving mode, it may be confirmed that the user equipment has used the configured power saving mode.
At present, a network side device needs to first release a connection state of a user device, and then expects the user device to initiate a request for activating a power saving mode when sending a request message for establishing the connection state to the network side device next time, and finally, the network side device reconfigures the power saving mode to the user device.
In the embodiment of the invention, between two processing processes of sending the request for activating the power saving mode, when the power saving mode configuration needs to be carried out on the user equipment again, the network side equipment directly sends the message comprising the configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can determine that the network side equipment needs to carry out the power saving mode configuration on the user equipment when receiving the message comprising the configuration information of the power saving mode. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the attach request message, the tracking area update request message or the routing area update request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand and implement the present invention, fig. 3 illustrates a configuration method of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention, which is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3, and the method may include the following processes:
step S31: between processes in which an active power saving mode request can be transmitted twice, it is detected whether a message including configuration information of a power saving mode is received.
Since the network side device only configures the power saving mode for the user equipment supporting the power saving mode function, in order to avoid the waste of signaling, in a specific implementation, in a process of sending a request for activating the power saving mode before detecting whether a message including configuration information of the power saving mode is received, the network side device may be indicated to support the power saving mode itself. Specifically, the network-side device may be indicated with at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message. For example, the user equipment indicates the self-supporting power saving mode to the network side device while sending the attach request message, the tracking area update request message or the routing area update request message to the network side device at time t 1. The attachment, tracking area update or routing area update is completed at time (t1+ Δ t). Then the user equipment may start detecting whether a message including configuration information of the power saving mode is received at time (t1+ Δ t).
In a specific implementation, the process of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
When the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received, performing step S32; otherwise, step S31 is repeatedly executed.
Step S32: determining whether to accept configuration of the power saving mode.
When it is determined that the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted, performing step S33; otherwise, step S34 is executed.
Step S33: sending a message to a network side device characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode.
Step S34: and sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is refused to the network side equipment, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
In a specific implementation, when the user equipment determines to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, a message indicating that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected may be sent to the network side equipment, and the previously configured power saving mode is stopped from being used. After that, the user equipment may use a normal Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration, such as using a paging configuration. The network side device may configure the normal DRX configuration to the user equipment through a system message or in an LTE system using a system message block 2(SIB 2).
To sum up, the ue of the embodiment of the present invention detects whether a message including configuration information of a power saving mode is received between two processing procedures capable of sending a request for activating the power saving mode, and further sends a message representing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode to a network side device when detecting that the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received and determining that the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the attach request message, the tracking area update request message or the routing area update request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand and implement the present invention, fig. 4 shows a signaling interaction diagram of a method for configuring a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention, and in fig. 4, a detailed description is given below to a specific configuration process of the user equipment with reference to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 4, the configuration process is implemented according to the following steps:
step S41: the user equipment is in RRC connected mode.
Step S42: the user equipment sends an attachment request to the network side equipment, wherein the attachment request comprises power saving mode configuration request information.
Step S43: the network side device replies an attach accept including a power saving mode configuration to the user equipment.
Step S44: the network side device replies an attach accept to the user device.
Step S45: and the user equipment replies the attachment completion to the network side equipment.
Step S46: when the network side equipment confirms that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be carried out on the user equipment, the AS/NAS information comprising the configuration information of the power saving mode is sent to the user equipment.
Step S47: the user equipment replies to the AS/NAS message confirming that the new power saving mode configuration has been used.
Since the network side equipment needs to confirm that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state, the network side equipment can perform signaling interaction with the user equipment. Therefore, in the implementation, the following process may be further included: step S48: and releasing the RRC connection. Step S49: an RRC connection is established. Further, step S46 and step S47 are executed.
As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, between two attach establishment processes, when power saving mode configuration needs to be performed on the user equipment again, the network side device directly sends a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, and when the user equipment receives the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode, it can be determined that the network side device needs to perform power saving mode configuration on itself. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the attach request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand and implement the present invention, fig. 5 shows a signaling interaction diagram of a method for configuring a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, a detailed description will be given of a specific configuration process of the user equipment, as shown in fig. 5, the configuration process is implemented according to the following steps:
step S51: the user equipment is in RRC connected mode.
Step S52: user equipment sends a tracking area updating/routing area updating request to network side equipment, wherein the tracking area updating or routing area updating request comprises power saving mode configuration request information.
Step S53: the network side device replies a tracking area update/routing area update acceptance including the power saving mode configuration to the user equipment.
Step S54: and the network side equipment replies tracking area updating/routing area updating acceptance to the user equipment.
Step S55: and the user equipment replies the completion of the tracking area update/routing area update to the network side equipment.
Step S56: when the network side equipment confirms that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be carried out on the user equipment, the AS/NAS information comprising the configuration information of the power saving mode is sent to the user equipment.
Step S57: the user equipment replies to the AS/NAS message confirming that the new power saving mode configuration has been used.
Since the network side equipment needs to confirm that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state, the network side equipment can perform signaling interaction with the user equipment. Therefore, in the implementation, the following process may be further included: step S58: and releasing the RRC connection. Step S59: an RRC connection is established. Further, step S56 and step S57 are executed.
As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, between two tracking area update or routing area update processes, when power saving mode configuration needs to be performed on the user equipment again, the network side device directly sends a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, and when the user equipment receives the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode, it can be determined that the network side device needs to perform power saving mode configuration on itself. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the tracking area update or routing area update request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand and implement the present invention, fig. 6 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, the network-side device may include: a first determining unit 61, a transmitting unit 62 and a receiving unit 63, wherein:
a first judging unit 61 adapted to judge whether or not the configuration of the power saving mode is required for the user equipment between two processes in which the request for activating the power saving mode can be transmitted;
a transmitting unit 62 adapted to transmit a message including configuration information of a power saving mode to a user equipment when it is determined that the configuration of the power saving mode is required for the user equipment;
a receiving unit 63 adapted to receive a message characterizing that the user equipment accepts the configuration of the power saving mode.
In a specific implementation, the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is: an access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode or a non-access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode.
In a specific implementation, the network side device may further include: a first confirming unit (not shown) adapted to confirm that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state before the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is transmitted to the user equipment.
In a specific implementation, the network side device may further include: a second confirming unit (not shown) adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode before the determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode for the user equipment is required.
In a specific implementation, the second confirming unit is adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode by at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
In a specific implementation, the process of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
To sum up, between two processing procedures that can send requests for activating the power saving mode, when the first determining unit determines that the power saving mode configuration needs to be performed again on the user equipment, the sending unit directly sends a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can determine that the network side equipment needs to perform the power saving mode configuration on itself when receiving the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the attach request message, the tracking area update request message or the routing area update request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand and implement the present invention, fig. 7 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment in an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the user equipment may include: a detection unit 71, a second determination unit 72, and a configuration unit 73, wherein:
a detection unit 71 adapted to detect whether a message including configuration information of the power saving mode is received between two processes in which a request for activating the power saving mode can be transmitted;
a second judging unit 72 adapted to judge whether to accept the configuration of the power saving mode when the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received;
a configuration unit 73 adapted to send a message to a network side device characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode, when it is determined to accept the configuration of the power saving mode.
In a specific implementation, the configuration unit 73 is further adapted to: and when determining to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected to a network side device, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
In a specific implementation, the user equipment may further include: an indicating unit (not shown) adapted to indicate to the network side device that the network side device supports the power saving mode itself in the process of sending the power saving mode activation request once before detecting whether the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received.
In a specific implementation, the indicating unit is adapted to indicate, to the network side device, its own support power saving mode by using at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
In a specific implementation, the process of sending the request for activating the power saving mode includes: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
To sum up, the detecting unit 71 of the embodiment of the present invention detects whether a message including configuration information of a power saving mode is received between two processing procedures capable of sending a request for activating the power saving mode, and further, when it detects that the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received and the second judging unit 72 determines to accept the configuration of the power saving mode, the configuring unit 73 sends a message representing to accept the configuration of the power saving mode to a network side device. Therefore, the power saving mode configuration process is not limited to whether the user equipment includes a request for activating the power saving mode when the user equipment sends the attach request message, the tracking area update request message or the routing area update request message to the network side equipment again, so that the power saving mode configuration success rate of the user equipment can be improved. In addition, for the network side equipment, the configuration of the power saving mode is not required to be carried out after the signaling is additionally initiated and the current connection state of the user equipment is released, so the signaling interaction of the configuration process of the power saving mode of the user equipment can be reduced, and the configuration efficiency can be improved.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network-side device, which includes a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer instruction capable of being executed on the processor, and when the processor executes the computer instruction, the method for configuring a user equipment provided in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention is executed, which may specifically refer to fig. 2.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment, which includes a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer instruction that can be executed on the processor, and when the processor executes the computer instruction, the steps of the configuration method of the user equipment provided in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention may be executed, and specifically refer to fig. 3.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer instruction is stored, which is suitable for running on a network-side device, and when the computer instruction runs, the steps of the configuration method of the user equipment provided in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention are executed, which may be specifically shown in fig. 2.
Another computer-readable storage medium is further provided, where a computer instruction is stored, and is adapted to run on a user equipment, and when the computer instruction runs, the method for configuring the user equipment provided in the foregoing embodiment of the present invention is executed, and specifically, refer to fig. 3.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks, and the like.
Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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1. A method for configuring a user equipment, comprising:
judging whether the power saving mode needs to be configured for the user equipment or not between two processing processes capable of sending the request for activating the power saving mode;
when determining that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be carried out on the user equipment, sending a message including configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment without being limited by whether the user equipment sends a request for activating the power saving mode to the network side equipment again;
receiving a message characterizing acceptance of configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment.
2. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is:
an access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode or a non-access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode.
3. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 1, wherein before the sending the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment, further comprising:
confirming that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein before the determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode is required for the user equipment, the method further comprises:
confirming that the user equipment supports a power saving mode.
5. The method of configuring a user equipment according to claim 4, wherein the user equipment is confirmed to support a power saving mode by at least one of:
an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
6. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 1, wherein the process of sending the request for activating the power saving mode comprises:
attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
7. A method for configuring a user equipment, comprising:
detecting whether a message including configuration information of the power saving mode is received between two processing procedures capable of sending requests for activating the power saving mode, wherein the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is not limited by whether the user equipment sends the requests for activating the power saving mode to the network side equipment again;
when the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received, judging whether to accept the configuration of the power saving mode;
when the configuration of the power saving mode is determined to be accepted, sending a message representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted to a network side device.
8. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 7, further comprising:
and when determining to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected to a network side device, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
9. The method for configuring user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the network side device is indicated to support its own power saving mode in a process of sending an active power saving mode request once before the detection of whether the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received.
10. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 9, wherein the network side device is indicated with at least one of the following messages:
an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
11. The method for configuring a user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the process of sending the request for activating the power saving mode comprises:
attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
12. A network-side device, comprising:
a first judging unit adapted to judge whether or not a power saving mode needs to be configured for the user equipment between two processes of sending a request for activating the power saving mode;
a transmitting unit adapted to transmit a message including configuration information of a power saving mode to a user equipment without being limited by whether the user equipment transmits a request for activating the power saving mode to a network side device again, when it is determined that the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed for the user equipment;
a receiving unit adapted to receive a message characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode by the user equipment.
13. The network-side device of claim 12, wherein the message including configuration information of the power saving mode is: an access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode or a non-access stratum message including configuration information of the power saving mode.
14. The network-side device of claim 12, further comprising: a first confirming unit adapted to confirm that the user equipment is in a communication-capable state before the transmitting of the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode to the user equipment.
15. The network-side device of claim 12 or 14, further comprising: a second confirming unit adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode before the determining whether the configuration of the power saving mode needs to be performed on the user equipment.
16. The network side device of claim 15, wherein the second confirming unit is adapted to confirm that the user equipment supports the power saving mode through at least one of the following messages:
an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
17. The network-side device of claim 12, wherein the process of sending the request for activating the power-saving mode comprises: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
18. A user device, comprising:
a detecting unit adapted to detect whether a message including configuration information of the power saving mode is received between two processes in which a request for activating the power saving mode can be transmitted, the reception of the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode being not limited by whether the user equipment transmits the request for activating the power saving mode to the network-side device again;
a second judging unit adapted to judge whether to accept the configuration of the power saving mode when the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received;
a configuration unit adapted to send a message characterizing acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode to a network side device when it is determined that the acceptance of the configuration of the power saving mode is accepted.
19. The user equipment of claim 18, wherein the configuration unit is further adapted to: and when determining to reject the configuration of the power saving mode, sending a message for representing that the configuration of the power saving mode is rejected to a network side device, and stopping using the previously configured power saving mode.
20. The user equipment of claim 18, further comprising: an indicating unit, adapted to indicate to the network side device that the network side device supports the power saving mode itself in a process of sending an active power saving mode request before the detection of whether the message including the configuration information of the power saving mode is received.
21. The user equipment according to claim 20, wherein the indicating unit is adapted to indicate to the network side equipment its own support power saving mode using at least one of the following messages: an attach request message, a tracking area update request message, a routing area update request message.
22. The user equipment of claim 18, wherein the process of sending an active power save mode request comprises: attach, tracking area update, or routing area update procedures.
23. A network side device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores computer instructions capable of running on the processor, and wherein the processor executes the computer instructions to perform the steps of the configuration method of the user equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
24. A user equipment comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having stored thereon computer instructions executable on the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the computer instructions, performs the steps of the method of configuring a user equipment according to any one of claims 7 to 11.
25. A computer readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer instructions when executed perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 6.
26. A computer readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon for performing the steps of the method of any of claims 7 to 11 when the computer instructions are executed.
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