CN110012538B

CN110012538B - Management method and terminal for scheduling-free resources

Info

Publication number: CN110012538B
Application number: CN201810008819.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 岳然; 杨晓东
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-01-04
Filing date: 2018-01-04
Publication date: 2021-11-05
Anticipated expiration: 2038-01-04
Also published as: CN110012538A

Abstract

The invention provides a scheduling-free resource management method and a terminal, wherein the scheduling-free resource management method comprises the following steps: when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from a first state to a second state, according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, executing the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activated/deactivated state, and the other is a new state. The method and the device provided by the invention provide guarantee for the consistency of the communication system.

Description

Management method and terminal for scheduling-free resources

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and a terminal for managing a scheduling free (GF) resource.

Background

A Long Term Evolution (LTE) system introduces a Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, where a terminal (User Equipment, UE) performs connection communication with a network through multiple cells (cells), one of the cells is a Primary cell (Pcell), and the other cells are Secondary cells (scells). The Scell has an activated (active) state and a deactivated (inactive) state, and the Pcell has no deactivated state and keeps the activated state all the time.

In order to reduce the delay, the delay is large when the Scell is switched from the deactivated state to the activated state, and a New state (New fast Scell activation state/Scell New state) is introduced by a 5G New wireless (NR) system, and the New state currently has common knowledge about the following:

no physical layer (L1) signaling is introduced for state transitions;

reporting a periodic Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) only based on a Cell Reference Signal (CRS);

a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is not monitored.

Note that the new state is only a relative description used to distinguish the activated state from the deactivated state, and those skilled in the art will understand that the new state may be referred to as the third state, or other words understood by those skilled in the art, and the words are not intended to limit the meaning of the words themselves.

That is, the Scell may transition from a deactivated state to a new state and then from the new state to an activated state, or the Scell may transition from an activated state to a new state and then from the new state to a deactivated state.

The NR system supports a scheduling free (grant free) transmission method to reduce signaling interaction flows, ensure low latency requirements, and enable the terminal to perform data transmission on scheduling free resources. Currently, it is not further clear how to manage the configuration of the scheduling-free resource when the state of the SCell is a new state or when transitioning between a new state and an activated/deactivated state.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a terminal for managing scheduling-free resources, which address a problem of how to manage configuration of scheduling-free resources when a state of an SCell is a new state or is switched between a new state and an activated/deactivated state.

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a scheduling-free resource management method, applied to a terminal, including: when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from a first state to a second state, according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, executing the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activated/deactivated state, and the other is a third state.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a scheduling-free resource management method, applied to a terminal, including: when the initial state of the secondary cell of the terminal is a third state, performing management of configuration of scheduling-free resources, where the management of the configuration of scheduling-free resources includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: an execution module, configured to, when a secondary cell of the terminal transitions from a first state to a second state, execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activated/deactivated state, and the other is a third state.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: an execution module, configured to execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource when an initial state of a secondary cell of the terminal is a third state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method for managing a non-scheduled resource.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the steps of the scheduling-free resource management method described above.

Thus, the embodiment of the invention provides a management method and a corresponding device for scheduling-free resource configuration when the state of the secondary cell is a new state or the secondary cell is switched between the new state and an activation/deactivation state, and guarantees the consistency of a communication system.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a network system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applicable;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for scheduling-free resource management according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a MAC CE structure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of yet another MAC CE;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method for managing scheduling-free resources according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments of the invention, are within the scope of the invention. In the description and in the claims "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a network system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applicable, and as shown in fig. 1, the network system includes a User terminal 11 and a base station 12, where the User terminal 11 may be a User Equipment (UE), for example: the terminal side Device may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), or a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), and it should be noted that the specific type of the user terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. The base station 12 may be a base station of 5G and later versions (e.g., a gNB, a 5G NR NB), or a base station in other communication systems, or referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, or other words in the field, and as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to a specific technical word, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, only the 5G base station is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station 12 is not limited.

It should be noted that the communication device in the embodiment of the present invention may be the user terminal 11 or may be the base station 12, and the specific functions of the communication device will be described in detail through the following embodiments.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a management method of scheduling-free resources according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the management method of scheduling-free resources is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

step 21: when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from a first state to a second state, according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, executing the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; one of the first state and the second state is an Activation (Activation)/Deactivation (Deactivation) state, and the other is a new state (new fast SCell Activation state/SCell new state), or referred to as a third state, and hereinafter referred to as new state, however, those skilled in the art will understand that the vocabulary itself does not constitute a limitation.

In the embodiment of the invention, a management method for scheduling-free resource configuration when a secondary cell is switched between a new state and an activated/deactivated state is provided, and the consistency of a communication system is guaranteed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the Scheduling-free resource may include at least one of a Scheduling-free resource of type I (type 1) and a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS), where the SPS may also be referred to as a Scheduling-free resource of type II.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the first state to the second state, the method includes:

(1) when the terminal modifies the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state; or

(2) The terminal receives an indication which is sent by a network side and used for converting the state of the secondary cell into the second state, but the state of the secondary cell is not modified from the first state to the second state; or

(3) And triggering an indication for converting the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state by a preset timer of the terminal, but not modifying the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state.

Wherein, in the step (2), the network side device may send an instruction to convert the state of the secondary cell into the second state through a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). The format of the MAC CE may be as shown in fig. 3 or as shown in fig. 4.

The preset timer in (3) is a timer maintained by the terminal, and the initial value of the timer may be the same for all secondary cells of the terminal. And if the value of the timer is configured to be preset time, triggering an indication for switching the secondary cell from the first state to the second state according to the preset time configured by the timer. The preset time can be set according to needs. For example, if the current state of a secondary cell of the terminal is an active state, and the terminal does not receive data or a PDCCH message on the secondary cell within a preset time configured by the timer, the timer triggers an indication to switch the secondary cell from the active state to the new state.

That is, when the secondary cell is switched from the first state to the second state, the influence caused by the time delay in the state switching process can be overcome without being limited to when the state of the secondary cell is changed from the first state to the second state (i.e., (1) above, and the secondary cell has entered the second state), and also including when the state of the secondary cell is about to be switched from the first state to the second state (i.e., (2) and (3) above).

In this embodiment of the present invention, the step of performing management of scheduling-free resource configuration according to whether the secondary cell has the scheduling-free resource configuration in the first state includes:

when the secondary cell has a configuration of scheduling-free resources in the first state, performing management of the configuration of scheduling-free resources, the management of the configuration of scheduling-free resources including: maintaining or clearing the configuration of the scheduling-free resource; and/or

When the secondary cell does not have the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, performing management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state.

That is, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the first state or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, when the secondary cell transitions from the first state to the second state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state may be maintained or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state may be cleared. If the scheduling-free resource is not configured and maintained in the first state by the secondary cell, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured in the second state, or the scheduling-free resource may be prohibited from being configured in the second state.

For example, when the first state is an active state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal transitions from the active state to the new state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the active state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource may be maintained, or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource may be cleared.

When the first state is an activated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the activated state to the new state, if the scheduling-free resource is configured in the activated state by the secondary cell, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be cleared.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell maintains the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource is cleared.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell maintains the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be cleared.

When the first state is an activated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the activated state to the new state, if the secondary cell is not configured with the scheduling-free resource in the activated state, the secondary cell in the new state may be allowed to be configured with the scheduling-free resource, or the scheduling-free resource in the new state is prohibited to be configured.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell does not maintain the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, or the scheduling-free resource is prohibited to be configured in the new state.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell does not maintain the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the secondary cell in the new state may be prohibited from configuring the scheduling-free resource.

When the first state is a new state and the second state is an activated state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the new state to the activated state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the new state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource is cleared.

When the first state is a new state and the second state is a deactivated state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the new state to the deactivated state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the new state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource is cleared.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, if the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling free resource in the first state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the first state to the second state, the configuration of the scheduling free resource is maintained, and after a preset time period, the configuration of the scheduling free resource may be cleared.

If the configuration of the scheduling-free resource is cleared in the second state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the second state may be allowed, or the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the second state may be prohibited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes maintaining the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, in this case, the maintained scheduling-free resource may be in an activated state, and the terminal may use the scheduling-free resource, or the maintained scheduling-free resource may be in an inactivated state, and the terminal may not use the scheduling-free resource. The non-scheduling resource is configured to be inactive, which means that the non-scheduling resource is suspended from the perspective of the MAC layer of the terminal, and the terminal cannot use the non-scheduling resource directly yet

For example, when the first state is an active state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the active state to the new state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the active state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource may be maintained, and the terminal may not use the scheduling-free resource if the scheduling-free resource is in an inactive state.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an inactivated state, and the terminal cannot use the scheduling-free resource.

When the first state is a new state and the second state is an activated state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the new state to the activated state, if the secondary cell configures or maintains the scheduling-free resource in the new state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an inactivated state, and the terminal cannot immediately use the scheduling-free resource. In this case, SPS resources are typically targeted.

When the first state is a new state and the second state is a deactivated state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the new state to the deactivated state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the new state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an inactivated state, and the terminal cannot use the scheduling-free resource.

When the first state is an activated state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the activated state to the new state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the activated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in the activated state and can be used by the terminal.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an activated state, and the terminal can use the scheduling-free resource.

When the first state is a new state and the second state is an activated state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the new state to the activated state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the new state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be maintained, and the terminal can use the scheduling-free resource. In this case, resources are not scheduled for type1 in one example.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the first state is an activated/deactivated state, and the second state is a new state, after the step of maintaining the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, the method may further include:

configuring the scheduling-free resource to be active when the secondary cell is switched from a new state to an active state.

That is, when the secondary cell transitions from the activated/deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling free resource in the activated/deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling free resource may be maintained, and the terminal does not use the scheduling free resource in the inactivated state. When the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the activated state again, the scheduling-free resource is in the activated state, and the terminal can use the scheduling-free resource, or after receiving an indication from the network side, the scheduling-free resource is configured to be activated, and the terminal can use the scheduling-free resource. That is, the scheduling free resource is not available when the secondary cell is in the new state, but is available when transitioning from the new state to the active state.

For example, when the first state is an active state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the active state to the new state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the active state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource may be maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an inactive state and may not be used, and when the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the active state, the terminal may use the scheduling-free resource.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource can be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in an inactivated state and cannot be used, and when the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the activated state, the terminal can use the scheduling-free resource.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the first state is a new state and the second state is an activated state, after the step of maintaining the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, the method further includes:

and when the terminal receives an instruction of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side, configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated, and using the scheduling-free resource by the terminal.

That is, when the secondary cell transitions from the new state to the active state, if the secondary cell configures the scheduling-free resource in the new state or maintains the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, the configuration of the scheduling-free resource may be continuously maintained, and the scheduling-free resource is in the inactive state and may not be used. And when the terminal receives the instruction of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by the network side, configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated. That is, the scheduling-free resource is not available when the secondary cell transitions from the new state to the active state, but is available after receiving the activation indication.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes allowing the scheduling-free resource to be configured for the secondary cell in the second state, after the step of performing the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, the method may further include:

and the terminal receives scheduling-free resources configured for the secondary cell.

For example, when the secondary cell of the terminal transitions from the active state to the new state, if the scheduling-free resource is not configured in the secondary cell in the active state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal receives the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell.

The first state is a deactivated state, the second state is a new state, when an auxiliary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the auxiliary cell does not keep the configuration of scheduling-free resources in the deactivated state, the scheduling-free resources can be allowed to be configured for the auxiliary cell in the new state, and when the auxiliary cell is in the new state, the terminal receives the scheduling-free resources configured for the auxiliary cell.

In the second state, the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell may be in an activated state or in an inactivated state.

For example, when the first state is an active state and the second state is a new state, when a secondary cell of the terminal transitions from the active state to the new state, if the secondary cell is not configured with a scheduling-free resource in the active state, the terminal may be allowed to configure the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal receives the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, and the scheduling-free resource is an inactive resource, that is, the configured scheduling-free resource is not available when the secondary cell is in the new state.

When the first state is a deactivated state, the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell does not maintain the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal may receive the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, and the scheduling-free resource is an inactivated resource, that is, when the secondary cell is in the new state, the configured scheduling-free resource is unavailable.

When the first state is an activated state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the activated state to the new state, if the secondary cell is not configured with the scheduling-free resource in the activated state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal receives the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, and configures the scheduling-free resource to be activated, that is, the secondary cell is in the new state, and the configured scheduling-free resource may be used.

When the first state is a deactivated state, the second state is a new state, and when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell does not maintain the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal may receive the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, and configure the scheduling-free resource to be activated, that is, when the secondary cell is in the new state, the configured scheduling-free resource may be used.

Optionally, when the first state is an activated/deactivated state and the second state is a new state, the configuring, by the terminal, the scheduling-free resource, and after the step of configuring, by the terminal, the scheduling-free resource as an inactivated resource, may further include:

configuring the scheduling-free resource to be active when the secondary cell is switched from a new state to an active state; or

And when the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the activated state and receives an indication of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side, configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated.

For example, when the first state is an active state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the active state to the new state, if the secondary cell is not configured with the scheduling-free resource in the active state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal receives the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, where the scheduling-free resource is an inactive resource, that is, when the secondary cell is in the new state, the configured scheduling-free resource is not available. And when the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the activated state, the terminal configures the scheduling-free resource to be activated, and the scheduling-free resource configuration is available.

When the first state is a deactivated state and the second state is a new state, when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from the deactivated state to the new state, if the secondary cell does not maintain the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the deactivated state, the scheduling-free resource may be allowed to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, and when the secondary cell is in the new state, the terminal may receive the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, where the scheduling-free resource is an inactive resource, that is, when the secondary cell is in the new state, the configured scheduling-free resource is unavailable. And when the secondary cell is switched from the new state to the activated state, the terminal configures the scheduling-free resource to be activated.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the second state is a new state and the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the step of performing the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes:

and when the terminal receives the instruction of configuring the scheduling-free resource sent by the network side, ignoring the instruction of configuring the scheduling-free resource.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method for managing scheduling-free resources according to a second embodiment of the present invention, where the method for managing scheduling-free resources is applied to a terminal, and includes:

step 51: when the initial state of the secondary cell of the terminal is a new state, performing management of configuration of scheduling-free resources, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resources comprises: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the new state.

In the embodiment of the invention, a management method for scheduling-free resource configuration when the initial state of the secondary cell is a new state is provided, and the consistency of a communication system is guaranteed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the scheduling-free resource may include at least one of a scheduling-free resource and a semi-persistent scheduling resource of type I.

Further, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the management of the configuration of the scheduling free resource includes allowing the configuration of the scheduling free resource for the secondary cell in the new state, the method may further include:

The scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell may be in an activated state or an inactivated state.

Further, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the step of receiving, by the terminal, the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, the method may further include:

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the new state, the step of performing the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes:

Based on the same inventive concept, please refer to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention, where the terminal 60 includes:

a first executing module 61, configured to, when a secondary cell of the terminal transitions from a first state to a second state, execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activated/deactivated state, and the other is a new state.

The scheduling-free resource may include at least one of a scheduling-free resource of type I and a semi-persistent scheduling resource.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first executing module 61 may include:

a first performing submodule (not shown) configured to perform management of configuration of a scheduling free resource when the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling free resource in the first state, the management of configuration of the scheduling free resource including: maintaining or clearing the configuration of the scheduling-free resource; and/or

A second performing submodule (not shown in the figure), configured to perform management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource when the secondary cell does not have the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes maintaining the configuration of the scheduling-free resource.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first state is an activated/deactivated state, the second state is a third state, and the terminal further includes:

a first configuration module, configured to configure the scheduling-free resource as active when the secondary cell transitions from the third state to the active state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first state is a new state, the second state is an activated state, and the terminal may further include:

and the second configuration module is used for configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated when the terminal receives an instruction of activating the scheduling-free resource, which is sent by a network side.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes allowing the scheduling-free resource to be configured for the secondary cell in the second state, the terminal may further include:

a receiving module, configured to receive scheduling-free resources configured for the secondary cell.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first state is an activated/deactivated state, and the second state is a new state, where the terminal may further include:

a third configuring module, configured to configure the scheduling-free resource to be activated when the secondary cell is switched from a third state to an activated state; or

A fourth configuration module, configured to configure the scheduling-free resource for activation when the secondary cell is switched from the third state to the active state and receives an indication of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the second state is a new state, and the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the first executing module 61 is further configured to ignore the instruction of configuring the scheduling-free resource when receiving the instruction of configuring the scheduling-free resource sent by the network side.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, where the terminal 60 includes:

a second executing module 71, configured to, when the initial state of the secondary cell of the terminal is a new state, execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource, where the management of configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the new state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes allowing the scheduling-free resource to be configured for the secondary cell in the new state, the terminal may further include:

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may further include:

a first configuration module, configured to configure the scheduling-free resource to be active when the secondary cell is switched from a third state to an active state; or

And a second configuration module, configured to configure the scheduling-free resource for activation when the secondary cell is switched from the third state to the active state and receives an indication of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the new state, the second executing module is further configured to ignore the instruction for configuring the scheduling-free resource when receiving the instruction for configuring the scheduling-free resource sent by the network side.

The invention also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the computer program realizes the steps of the scheduling-free resource management method when being executed by the processor.

The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the above scheduling-free resource management method. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The terminal in the embodiments of the present invention may be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal, and the wireless terminal may be a device providing voice and/or other service data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. A wireless terminal, which may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile telephone (or "cellular" telephone) and a computer having a mobile terminal, e.g., a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile device, may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and may exchange language and/or data with the RAN. For example, devices such as Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are used. A wireless Terminal may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Terminal (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), and a Terminal (User Device or User Equipment), which are not limited herein.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the mobile terminal 80 includes but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 81, network module 82, audio output unit 83, input unit 84, sensor 85, display unit 86, user input unit 87, interface unit 88, memory 89, processor 810, and power supply 811. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mobile terminal architecture illustrated in fig. 8 is not intended to be limiting of mobile terminals, and that a mobile terminal may include more or fewer components than those illustrated, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 810 is configured to, when a secondary cell of the terminal transitions from a first state to a second state, perform management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state; wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activated/deactivated state, and the other is a new state.

Or, the processor 810 is configured to, when the initial state of the secondary cell of the terminal is a new state, perform management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource, where the management of configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the new state.

In the embodiment of the invention, a management method for scheduling-free resource configuration when the state of the secondary cell is a new state or the secondary cell is switched between the new state and an activation/deactivation state is provided, and the consistency of a communication system is guaranteed.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 81 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message sending and receiving process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 810; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, the radio frequency unit 81 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 81 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The mobile terminal provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 82, such as to assist the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 83 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 81 or the network module 82 or stored in the memory 89 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 83 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 80 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 83 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 84 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input Unit 84 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 841 and a microphone 842, the Graphics processor 841 Processing image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing apparatus (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 86. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 841 may be stored in the memory 89 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 81 or the network module 82. The microphone 842 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 81 in case of the phone call mode.

The mobile terminal 80 also includes at least one sensor 85, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 861 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 861 and/or the backlight when the mobile terminal 80 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of the mobile terminal (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 85 may also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 86 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 86 may include a Display panel 861, and the Display panel 861 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 87 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 87 includes a touch panel 871 and other input devices 872. The touch panel 871, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 871 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 871 using a finger, a stylus, or any suitable object or accessory). The touch panel 871 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 810, receives a command from the processor 810, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 871 can be implemented by various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 87 may include other input devices 872 in addition to the touch panel 871. Specifically, the other input devices 872 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 are not described in detail herein.

Further, the touch panel 871 can be overlaid on the display panel 861, and when the touch panel 871 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 871, the touch panel 871 is transmitted to the processor 810 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 810 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 861 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 871 and the display panel 861 are shown in fig. 8 as two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 871 and the display panel 861 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, which is not limited herein.

The interface unit 88 is an interface for connecting an external device to the mobile terminal 80. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 88 may be used to receive input from external devices (e.g., data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 80 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 80 and external devices.

The memory 89 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 89 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 89 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 810 is a control center of the mobile terminal, connects various parts of the entire mobile terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 89 and calling data stored in the memory 89, thereby integrally monitoring the mobile terminal. Processor 810 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 810 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 810.

The mobile terminal 80 may also include a power supply 811 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and the power supply 811 may be logically coupled to the processor 810 via a power management system that may be used to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption.

In addition, the mobile terminal 80 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and thus, the detailed description thereof is omitted.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A scheduling-free resource management method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the secondary cell of the terminal is switched from a first state to a second state, according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, executing the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, wherein the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state;

wherein one of the first state and the second state is an activation/deactivation state, and the other is a third state; the third state is a new state new fast SCell activation state/SCell new state different from the activated state and the deactivated state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of switching the secondary cell of the terminal from the first state to the second state comprises:

when the terminal modifies the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state; or

The terminal receives an indication sent by a network side and used for converting the state of the secondary cell into the second state, and the state of the secondary cell is not changed from the first state to the second state; or

And triggering an indication for converting the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state by a preset timer of the terminal, wherein the state of the secondary cell is not modified from the first state to the second state.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing management of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the non-scheduled resource in the first state comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the managing of the configuration of the exempt scheduling resource comprises maintaining the configuration of the exempt scheduling resource.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first state is an activated/deactivated state, the second state is a third state, and the step of maintaining the configuration of the scheduling-free resource further comprises:

configuring the scheduling-free resource to be active when the secondary cell is switched from the third state to the active state.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first state is a third state, the second state is an active state, and the step of maintaining the configuration of the non-scheduled resource further comprises:

and when the terminal receives an instruction of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side, configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein when the managing of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource comprises allowing the configuration of the non-scheduled resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the step of performing the managing of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource further comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first state is an activated/deactivated state, the second state is a third state, and after the step of the terminal receiving the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, the method further comprises:

configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated when the secondary cell is switched from the third state to the activated state; or

And when the secondary cell is switched from the third state to the activated state and receives an indication of activating the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side, configuring the scheduling-free resource to be activated.

9. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the second state is a third state and the management of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource comprises prohibiting the configuration of the non-scheduled resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the step of performing the management of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource comprises:

10. A method for managing scheduling free resources according to any of claims 1-9, wherein said scheduling free resources comprise at least one of scheduling free resources of type1 and semi-persistent scheduling resources.

11. A scheduling-free resource management method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the initial state of the secondary cell of the terminal is a third state, performing management of configuration of scheduling-free resources, where the management of the configuration of scheduling-free resources includes: allowing or prohibiting configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in a third state; the third state is a new state new fast SCell activation state/SCell new state different from the activated state and the deactivated state.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein when the managing of the configuration of the non-scheduled resource comprises allowing the configuration of the non-scheduled resource for the secondary cell in the third state, the method further comprises:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein after the step of the terminal receiving the scheduling-free resource configured for the secondary cell, the method further comprises:

14. The method of claim 11, wherein when the managing of the non-scheduled resource configuration comprises prohibiting the non-scheduled resource configuration for the secondary cell in the third state; the step of performing management of the configuration of the schedule-free resource comprises:

15. A terminal, comprising:

a first executing module, configured to, when a secondary cell of the terminal transitions from a first state to a second state, execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource according to whether the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: maintaining the configuration of scheduling-free resources, clearing the configuration of scheduling-free resources, allowing the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state, and forbidding at least one of the configuration of scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state;

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the transition of the secondary cell of the terminal from the first state to the second state comprises:

The terminal receives an indication which is sent by a network side and used for converting the state of the secondary cell into the second state, but the state of the secondary cell is not modified from the first state to the second state; or

And triggering an indication for converting the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state by a preset timer of the terminal, but not modifying the state of the secondary cell from the first state to the second state.

17. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the first execution module comprises:

a first performing submodule, configured to perform management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource when the secondary cell has the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, where the management of configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: maintaining or clearing the configuration of the scheduling-free resource; and/or

A second performing submodule, configured to, when the secondary cell does not have the configuration of the scheduling-free resource in the first state, perform management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: and allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the second state.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the management of the configuration of the schedule-exempt resources comprises maintaining the configuration of the schedule-exempt resources.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the first state is an activated/deactivated state, wherein the second state is a third state, and wherein the terminal further comprises:

20. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the first state is a third state and the second state is an active state, the terminal further comprising:

21. The terminal according to claim 17, wherein when the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes allowing the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the terminal further comprises:

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the first state is an activated/deactivated state, and wherein the second state is a third state, the terminal further comprising:

23. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein when the second state is a third state and the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the second state, the first executing module is further configured to ignore the indication of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource when receiving an indication of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource sent by a network side.

24. The terminal according to any of claims 15-23, wherein the scheduling free resources comprise at least one of scheduling free resources of type1 and semi-persistent scheduling resources.

25. A terminal, comprising:

a second executing module, configured to execute management of configuration of a scheduling-free resource when an initial state of a secondary cell of the terminal is a third state, where the management of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource includes: allowing or forbidding to configure scheduling-free resources for the secondary cell in the third state; the third state is a new state new fast SCell activation state/SCell new state different from the activated state and the deactivated state.

26. The terminal according to claim 25, wherein when the managing of the configuration of the scheduling-free resource comprises allowing the configuration of the scheduling-free resource for the secondary cell in the third state, the terminal further comprises:

27. The terminal of claim 26, further comprising:

28. The terminal of claim 25, wherein when the management of the configuration of the non-scheduling resource includes prohibiting the configuration of the non-scheduling resource for the secondary cell in the third state, the second performing module is further configured to ignore the indication of the configuration of the non-scheduling resource when receiving an indication of the configuration of the non-scheduling resource sent by a network side.

29. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method for scheduling-free resource management of any of claims 1 to 14.

30. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it has stored thereon a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for management of exempt scheduling resources of any of claims 1 to 14.