CN110418433B

CN110418433B - Method and device for reducing data receiving time delay

Info

Publication number: CN110418433B
Application number: CN201810853387.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 庞高昆; 庄宏成; 方平
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-26
Filing date: 2018-07-30
Publication date: 2021-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-30
Also published as: CN110418433A

Abstract

The method comprises the steps that a communication device sends a request message to a network device, the network device can send a first message to the communication device after receiving the request message, the first message is used for determining and prolonging the time length of the communication device in an active state during DRX, the communication device prolongs the active state after receiving the first message, so that the communication device can request to prolong the time length of the communication device in the active state and prolong the active state after receiving the first message sent by the network device, and the transmission delay of the user device in the active state in a DRX transmission mode is lower than that of the user device in a sleep state, so that the method reduces the transmission delay by prolonging the time length of the communication device in the active state.

Description

Method and device for reducing data receiving time delay

The present application claims priority from a chinese patent application filed by the chinese patent office on 26/4/2018 under application number 201810387682.4 entitled "a method for reducing data transmission latency", which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for reducing data reception delay.

Background

In the field of mobile communications, Discontinuous Reception (DRX) refers to a working mode of a communication device such as a User Equipment (UE) or a base station that saves power consumption of the UE, taking the UE as an example, in the DRX mode, the UE is alternately in an active state and a sleep state, and the UE turns on a receiver only in the active state to monitor and receive downlink data and signaling, and turns off the receiver to stop receiving the downlink data and the signaling when in the sleep state, so that transmission delay when the UE is in the active state is lower than transmission delay when the UE is in the sleep state.

In the current DRX scheme, a base station sends a DXR parameter to a communication device managed by the base station to configure a duration that the communication device is in a sleep state and a duration that the communication device is in an active state, and once the communication device receives the DRX parameter configured by the base station and executes DRX according to the DRX parameter, the communication device cannot actively request to extend the active state to reduce transmission delay.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a method and a device for reducing data receiving time delay, which are used for solving the technical problem that the conventional communication equipment cannot actively request to prolong an active state or stop executing DRX so as to reduce transmission time delay.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reducing data reception delay, where a communication device sends a request message to a network device, where the request message is used for the network device to determine to send a first message to the communication device, so that the network device may send the first message to the communication device after receiving the request message, where the first message is used for the communication device to determine an extended activation state, and the communication device extends the activation state after receiving the first message.

By adopting the method, the communication equipment such as the UE can request the network equipment to prolong the time length in the activated state, and the activated state is prolonged after the first message sent by the network equipment is received.

In one possible design, the communication device may send a request message to the network device before determining that the duration timer and/or the inactivity timer maintained by the communication device is timed out, so as to avoid that the communication device enters a sleep state due to the timed-out of the duration timer and the inactivity timer, and increase the transmission delay; in implementation, the communication device may send the request message to the network device when determining that the self-maintained inactivity timer is in a timed state or not, and determining that the self-maintained persistence timer is not overtime; the communication device may also send a request message to the network device upon determining that the self-maintained keep-alive timer is in or out of the timed state and that the self-maintained inactivity timer is not expired.

In one possible design, the communication device may send a request message to the network device after determining to enter a low latency scenario and/or use a low latency service, so as to avoid an increase in power consumption caused by the communication device extending an active state when not in the low latency scenario or not using the low latency service.

In one possible design, the communication device may send a scheduling request SR to the network device, and after receiving the scheduling request, the network device may send a PDCCH scheduling signaling to the communication device, so as to restart an inactive state timer of the communication device, and after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling sent by the network device, the communication device restarts the inactive state timer to prolong an active state. In implementation, after sending the PDCCH scheduling signaling to the communication device, the network device may restart the non-active state timer of the communication device that is maintained by the network device, and consider that the communication device is in an active state before the non-active state timer times out, so that the network device may immediately perform downlink transmission to the communication device after receiving downlink data that needs to be sent to the communication device.

In one possible design, if the communication device performs DRX according to the first DRX parameter before sending the request message, the communication device may carry second DRX parameter information in the request message, which is used to request the network device to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device.

In an implementation, the network device may carry, in the first message, information indicating that it is agreed to configure the second DRX parameter for the communication device, so that the communication device may perform DRX according to the second DRX parameter information after receiving the first message, where the second DRX parameter information may include one of the following information: information indicating that the communication apparatus does not perform DRX, indicating that the communication apparatus does not enter a sleep state within a long DRX cycle, indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0: information indicating a length of the long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information. By adopting the above mode, after the communication equipment receives the first message, the DRX can not be executed according to the first DRX parameter information any more, and the DRX can be executed according to the second DRX parameter information, so that the extension of the active state can be realized.

In addition, in an implementation, the network device may carry third DRX parameter information in the first message, so that the communication device may perform DRX according to the third DRX parameter information after receiving the first message, where the third DRX parameter information may include one of the following information: information indicating that the communication apparatus does not perform DRX, indicating that the communication apparatus does not enter a sleep state within a long DRX cycle, indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0: information indicating a length of the long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information. By adopting the above mode, after receiving the first message, the communication device does not execute DRX according to the first DRX parameter information any more, and executes DRX according to the third DRX parameter information, thereby realizing the extension of the active state.

In one possible design, a request message sent by a communication device to a network device may carry information indicating that DRX discontinuous reception capability of the communication device is not supported by DRX, the network device may send, after receiving the request message, a first message specifically used for instructing the communication device not to perform DRX to the communication device, and the communication device may not enter a sleep state from an active state after receiving the first message. In implementation, the request message sent by the communication device to the network device may be a registration request message for implementing re-registration of the communication device, and the communication device informs the network device of information that the communication device does not support DRX through the registration request. In implementation, the request message may include a DRX command medium access control element, where the corresponding bit of the element is 0.

In a possible design, before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, it may be further determined that a time interval from the previous sending of the first registration request by the communication device reaches a preset time duration, for example, the preset time duration may be 24 hours, so as to prevent the communication device from performing the registration process frequently.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for reducing data reception delay, including the following steps: the communication equipment executes DRX according to first discontinuous reception DRX parameter information configured by the network equipment; the communication equipment sends a Scheduling Request (SR) to the network equipment for multiple times within a first time length, wherein a time interval between any two times of continuous SR sending is determined according to a value of the non-activated state timer, and the SR is used for requesting uplink resources; after receiving the SR, the network equipment sends a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling to the communication equipment; after receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling, the communication equipment starts or restarts the timing of the non-activated state timer, wherein the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for indicating uplink resources.

In one possible design, the time intervals between any two consecutive SR transmissions are preset durations, and the communication device transmits the scheduling request SR to the network device multiple times within a first duration, including: the communication equipment sends a scheduling request SR to the network equipment every other preset time length in the first time length.

In one possible design, the transmission time interval is less than a maximum timing represented by a value of an inactivity timer maintained by the communications device; or, the sending time interval is greater than the maximum timing, the preset duration is less than N times of the maximum timing, and N is 3, 2 or 1.5.

In one possible design, before the communication device sends the scheduling request SR to the network device multiple times within the first duration, the method further includes: the communication device determines to enter a low latency scenario and/or the communication device determines to use a low latency service.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, where the communication device has a function of implementing a behavior of the communication device in the method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect. The functions can be realized by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software, or by a combination of hardware and software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-described functions.

The communication device for reducing data receiving time delay provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a processor and a transmitter; the transmitter is used for sending a request message to the network equipment, wherein the request message is used for the network equipment to determine to send a first message to the communication equipment, and the first message is used for the communication equipment to determine to prolong the duration of the activation state of the Discontinuous Reception (DRX); and the processor is used for prolonging the time length in the activated state after the communication equipment receives the first message.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device has not expired; or determining that an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device has not expired; or determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device has not timed out and determining that an inactive state timer maintained by the communication device has not timed out; or determining that the inactivity timer maintained by the communication device is not in a timed state and determining that the continuous timer maintained by the communication device is not overtime; or determining that the inactivity timer maintained by the communication equipment is in a timed state and determining that the continuous timer maintained by the communication equipment is not overtime; or determining that the continuous timer maintained by the communication equipment is not in a timing state and determining that the non-activated state timer maintained by the communication equipment is not overtime; or determining that a continuous timer maintained by the communication equipment is in a timing state and determining that an inactive state timer maintained by the communication equipment is not overtime; the value of the continuous timer is used for indicating the shortest duration of the communication equipment which is kept in the activated state after entering the activated state, and the value of the non-activated state timer is used for indicating the duration of the communication equipment which is kept in the activated state after receiving the physical downlink control channel PDCCH dispatching signaling.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: determining that the communication device enters a low-latency scenario, and/or determining that the communication device uses a low-latency service.

In one possible design, the request message is a scheduling request SR, and the first message includes PDCCH scheduling signaling, where the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for the communication device to determine timing for resetting the inactivity timer; if the inactivity timer maintained by the communication device is not in the time-keeping state, the processor is specifically configured to: starting the timing of the non-activated state timer, and keeping the activated state before the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime; if the inactivity timer maintained by the communication device is in the time-keeping state, the processor is specifically configured to: restarting the timing of the non-activated state timer, and keeping the activated state before the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime; the value of the inactive state timer is used for indicating the duration of the communication equipment maintaining the active state after receiving the physical downlink control channel PDCCH dispatching signaling.

In one possible design, the communication device further includes a receiver: the receiver is used for receiving the first discontinuous reception DRX parameter information; the processor is further configured to: executing DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, the first message is specifically configured to indicate that the network device agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, and the processor is specifically configured to: prolonging the time length in the activated state according to the second DRX parameter information; wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device is not dormant for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the communications device further includes a receiver configured to receive first discontinuous reception, DRX, parameter information; the processor is further configured to: executing DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure second DRX parameter information for the communication device, where the first message includes third DRX parameter information, and the processor is specifically configured to: the communication equipment prolongs the time length in the activated state according to the third DRX parameter information; wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device is not dormant for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the request message is specifically used to indicate that the DRX discontinuous reception capability of the communication device is not DRX supported; the first message is specifically used to instruct the communication device not to perform DRX; the processor is specifically configured to: the communication device is maintained in an active state.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: determining a transmission time for transmitting a first registration request, wherein the first registration request is a registration request transmitted by a transmitter before transmitting a request message, and the DRX capacity of the communication equipment indicated by the first registration request is different from the DRX capacity of the communication equipment indicated by the request message; and determining that the time interval from the sending time reaches a preset time length.

In one possible design, the request message includes a DRX command medium access control element, and a bit corresponding to the DRX command medium access control element is 0.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, where the network device has a function of implementing a behavior of the network device in the method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect. The functions can be realized by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software, or by a combination of software and hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-described functions.

The network equipment provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a receiver and a transmitter; the receiver is used for receiving a request message, wherein the request message is used for determining that a network device sends a first message to a communication device, and the first message is used for determining that the communication device prolongs the duration of the activation state of the Discontinuous Reception (DRX); a transmitter for transmitting the first message to the communication device.

In one possible design, the request message is a scheduling request SR, the first message is PDCCH information, the PDCCH information is used to instruct the communication device to start timing of an inactive state timer maintained by the communication device, and a value of the inactive state timer is used to instruct the communication device to maintain an active state duration after receiving a PDCCH scheduling signaling of the physical downlink control channel.

In one possible design, the network device further includes a processor; if the inactive state timer maintained by the network equipment is not in a timing state, the processor is used for enabling the inactive state timer to start timing and starting the communication equipment to be in an active state when the timing of the inactive state timer is overtime; if the inactive state timer maintained by the network device is in a timing state, the processor is configured to restart the inactive state timer, and start the communication device in an active state when the inactive state timer times out.

In one possible design, the transmitter is further configured to: sending first DRX parameter information to the communication equipment, wherein the first DRX parameter information is used for indicating the communication equipment to execute DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically used for requesting the network device to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, and the first message is specifically used for indicating that the network device agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device; wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device does not enter a sleep state for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the transmitter is further configured to: sending first DRX parameter information to the communication equipment, wherein the first DRX parameter information is used for indicating the communication equipment to execute DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically used for requesting the network device to configure second DRX parameter information for the communication device, the first message includes third DRX parameter information, and the first message is specifically used for instructing the communication device to execute DRX according to the third DRX parameter information; wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device does not enter a sleep state for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the request message is specifically used to indicate that the DRX discontinuous reception capability of the communication device is not DRX supported, and the first message is specifically used to instruct the communication device not to perform DRX.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions that, when executed, may cause a first device or a second device to perform functions involved in any one of the possible designs of the method embodiments, the method embodiments of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, which, when executed by a computer, may enable a first device or a second device to perform functions involved in any one of the possible designs of the method embodiments, the method embodiments of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, this application provides a chip, which may be coupled to a transceiver, and configured to enable a first device or a second device to implement functions involved in any one possible design of method embodiments and method embodiments described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a new air interface scene architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a DRX cycle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of another method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of another method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of another method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of another communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following explains the words that the present application relates to or may relate to:

1. at least one means one, or more than one, i.e., including one, two, three, and more than one.

2. The carrying may mean that a certain message is used to carry certain information or data, or that a certain message is composed of certain information and signaling.

According to the method, the user equipment sends a request message to the network equipment, and the request message is used for determining that the first message is sent to the user equipment after the network equipment receives the request message, so that the user equipment can prolong the active state after receiving the first message, the active state of the UE during DRX transmission is prolonged, and the transmission delay of the DRX transmission is reduced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, a communication system provided in the embodiment of the present application is introduced, then a sending end device and a user device provided in the embodiment of the present application are introduced, respectively, and finally a method for controlling data transmission provided in the embodiment of the present application is introduced.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a wireless communication system 100 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the wireless communication system 100 includes a communication device 101 and a network device 102.

The wireless communication system 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, the following communication systems: global system for mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) IS-95, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), time division duplex-long term evolution (TDD LTE), frequency division duplex-long term evolution (frequency division multiple access, FDD), long term evolution-enhanced (long term evolution-advanced, LTE-variant), personal hand-held telephone system (WiFi-5), wireless communication system (WiFi-5, and WiFi-5, a fifth generation mobile communication system) or a New Radio (NR) communication system, etc.

The communication device 101 may be a user equipment UE, for example, a terminal (terminal), a Mobile Station (MS), a mobile terminal (mobile terminal), and the like, which is capable of communicating with network-side devices of one or more communication systems and accepting network services provided by the network-side devices, including but not limited to the illustrated network-side device 102. The UE in the embodiments of the present application may be, for example, a mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), a computer with a mobile terminal, etc., and may also be a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile device. The UE may also be a communication chip having a communication module. In the implementation of the present application, the communication device 101 may also be a communication device such as a base station or a relay station managed by the network device 102, which can receive DRX parameter information transmitted by the network device 102 and perform DRX according to the DRX parameter information.

The network side device 102 may include a base station, or include a base station and a radio resource management device for controlling the base station, and the base station may be a relay station (relay device), an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a base station in a future 5G network or a base station in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network, for example, a new air interface base station, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

It should be understood that the wireless communication system 100 described above can be applied to NR scenarios, as shown in fig. 2, where the NR scenario can include a Core network 201 of NR, such as a New Radio access technology Core (NR _ New rat-Core), and the NR scenario can also include an access network 202 of a New air interface. In the NR scenario, functional entities for implementing the method for reducing data reception delay according to the embodiment of the present application are network equipment and user equipment in the NR scenario. Specifically, the communication device 101 according to the embodiment of the present application may include a user equipment, such as the user equipment 203, connected to a network device connected to the new air interface access network 202, where the user equipment 203 is connected to the network device 204 through a wireless link, and the network device 204 may be a network device in the new air interface access network 202; the communication device 101 according to the embodiment of the present application may further include a user equipment connected to the relay, such as the user equipment 205, where the user equipment 205 is connected to the relay device 206, and the relay device 206 is connected to the network device 204 through a relay link. The network device 102 according to this embodiment of the present application may be a network device 204 in the new air interface access network 202, or may be a relay device 206 connected to the network device 204. If the network device 204 is regarded as the network device 102 according to the embodiment of the present application, the activated state of the relay device 206 may be extended according to the method for reducing the data reception delay according to the embodiment of the present application, and the relay device 206 may be regarded as the communication device 101 according to the embodiment of the present application in implementation. In a specific implementation, the communication device 101 may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart car, a sensing device, an Internet of things (IOT) device, a CPE, etc., a relay station, and so on.

For another example, the wireless communication system 100 may be applied to an LTE scenario, where the LTE scenario may include a Core network of an LTE air interface, such as a radio access technology Core (RAT-Core), and the LTE scenario may further include an access network of the LTE air interface. In an LTE scenario, functional entities for implementing the method for reducing data reception delay according to the embodiment of the present application are network equipment in the LTE scenario and user equipment connected to the network equipment in an LTE air interface access network. Specifically, the user equipment 102 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be any one or a combination of several of an eNB, a new radio base station (new radio eNB), a transmission point and reception point (TRP), a macro base station, a micro base station, a high frequency base station, an LTE macro base station or micro base station, a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point (access point), a WLAN group leader (GO), and the like, for example, the network equipment may be an eNB, and the eNB completes a function related to the network equipment in the present invention, or the network equipment may be a combination of the eNB and the TRP, for example, the eNB completes a resource configuration function of the network equipment in the present invention, and the TRP completes a sending and receiving function of the network equipment in the present invention, which the present invention is not limited thereto; at this time, the communication device 101 may connect with the network device 102, and accept a communication device configured with DRX by the network device 102, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart car, a sensing device, an IOT device, a CPE, and the like, a relay station, and the like.

Exemplarily, taking UE as an example, a communication device 101 provided in the embodiment of the present application may have a structure as shown in fig. 3, where the UE may be a UE supporting 5G and/or 4G communication. As shown in fig. 3, the communication device 101 may include a processor 301, a transceiver 302. The processor 301 may be configured to implement, by the communication device 101, the steps involved in the communication device 101 in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, for example, may be configured to extend a duration that the communication device 101 is in an active state; the transceiver 302 may be coupled with the antenna 303 for supporting the interaction of the communication device 101, for example, for the communication device 101 to send a request message to the network device 102 and for the communication device 101 to receive a first message sent by the network device 102. Illustratively, the communication device 101 may further include a memory 304, in which computer programs and instructions are stored, and the memory 304 may be coupled with the processor 301 and/or the transceiver 302, for supporting the processor 301 to call the computer programs and instructions in the memory 304 to implement the steps involved in the communication device 101 in the method provided by the embodiment of the present application; in addition, the memory 304 may also be used for storing data related to embodiments of the method of the present application, for example, for storing data and instructions necessary for supporting the transceiver 302 to implement the interaction.

Illustratively, the network device 102 provided in the embodiments of the present application may have a structure as shown in fig. 4. According to fig. 4, the network device 102 may include a processor 401, a transceiver 402. The processor 401 may be configured to enable the network device 102 to implement the steps involved in the network device 102 in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, for example, may be configured to prolong the generation, by the network device 102, of the first message that needs to be sent to the communication device 101; the transceiver 402 may be coupled with an antenna 403 for supporting interaction with the network device 102, e.g., for the network device 102 to receive a request message sent by the communication device 101 and for the network device 102 to send a first message to the communication device 101. Illustratively, the network device 102 may also include other interfaces 404 for enabling the network device 102 to interact via wires, for example, the other interfaces 404 may be fiber optic link interfaces, ethernet interfaces, copper wire interfaces, and the like. Illustratively, the network device 102 may further include a memory 405, in which computer programs and instructions may be stored, the memory 405 may be coupled with the processor 401, the transceiver 402 and the other interface 404, and is used for supporting the processor 401 to call the computer programs and instructions in the memory 403 to implement the steps involved in the network device 102 in the method provided by the embodiment of the present application; in addition, the memory 405 may also be used for storing data related to embodiments of the methods of the present application, for example, for storing data and instructions necessary to enable the transceiver 402 and/or other interfaces 404 to interact.

The following describes a DRX manner performed by the communication device 101, taking the communication device 101 as an example: when performing DRX, the UE needs to configure a value of an on duration timer (on duration timer) maintained by the UE according to DRX parameter information sent by the network side device 102 (for example, the value of the on duration timer in the DRX parameter information is 100, and the UE may configure the on duration timer according to the DRX parameter information and make it execute a maximum timing of 100 milliseconds) and a value of an inactive state timer (DRX inactivity timer), where the values of the on duration timer and the inactive state timer may be indicated by a slot (slot) or a symbol (symbol) number; the value of the duration timer may be used to indicate the shortest duration for the communication device to remain in the active state after entering the active state, and the value of the inactivity timer may be used to indicate the duration for the communication device to remain in the active state after receiving a scheduling signaling of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) each time; when the UE performs DRX according to the DRX parameter information, the schematic diagram of the DRX cycle is as shown in fig. 5, when performing DRX, the UE turns on the receiver only at necessary time to enter an active state to receive downlink data and signaling, and turns off the receiver at other time to enter a sleep state to stop receiving downlink data and signaling to save power consumption of the UE. DRX is divided into idle DRX and connected DRX. C-DRX (C-DRX, namely connected DRX, is DRX in RRC connected state) refers to DRX characteristics of UE in RRC connected state, the C-DRX is realized by monitoring PDCCH, the UE (although in connected state) can enter a sleep state periodically according to the DRX, and meanwhile, the base station considers that the UE is in the sleep state; the base station does not schedule data for the UE in the sleep state, and the UE in the sleep state does not receive the PDCCH; (including voice traffic, the UE will also perform DRX); the base station only sends a PDCCH to the UE for scheduling when the UE is in an activated state (including the time indicated by the on Duration Timer, which is defined as a wake-up window), and the UE also receives the PDCCH sent by the base station in the wake-up window; in the Long DRX cycle window, except the on Duration Timer, the UE is in a sleep state, and the base station does not send the PDCCH to the UE for scheduling; in the DRX long cycle, except for the time indicated by the on duration tier, the UE may be in a sleep state, and if the UE transmits an SR in the long cycle, the UE may be in an awake state. When the UE enters the activation state each time, starting the timing of a continuous timer, wherein the UE is kept in the activation state before the timing of the continuous timer is overtime (the overtime means that the counting of the timer reaches a value configured for the UE), so that the UE can receive downlink data and signaling; when the continuous timer times out, the UE determines whether the inactive state timer is in a timing state, if the inactive state timer is not in the timing state (not starting timing or timed out), the UE may end the active state and enter a sleep state of DRX, and if the inactive state timer is still in the timing state, the UE still needs to remain in the active state until the timing of the inactive state timer times out, where the inactive state timer works according to a principle that the UE in the active state starts the timing of the inactive state timer each time it receives a PDCCH scheduling signaling (or restarts the timing of the inactive state timer, that is, the inactive state timer in the timing state is restarted).

For example, the UE may configure the persistence timer according to the number of timeslots or the number of symbols configured by the network side device 102, for example, the number of timeslots configured by the network device 102 for the persistence timer of the UE is 10, and assuming that the timeslot length of the partial Bandwidth (BWP) currently activated by the UE 102 is 1 millisecond (ms), the duration of the persistence timer, which is actually required to be executed after the timeout of the timing, is 1 ms; if the UE101 starts the duration timer, and the duration timer expires after counting for 10ms, it indicates that the UE has monitored 10 timeslots of the currently activated BWP; for another example, the number of symbols configured by the network device 102 for the duration timer of the UE is 10, the slot length of the BWP currently activated by the UE is 1ms, if the slot length of the BWP is seven times of the symbol length, that is, the symbol length of the BWP is 0.143ms, the actual time duration from the time counting of the duration timer to the time counting timeout is 1.43ms, and if the duration timer expires after performing the time counting of 1.43ms, it indicates that the UE has monitored 10 symbols. In implementation, the configuration of the inactivity timer may refer to the above-exemplified configuration of the persistence timer.

If the communication device 101 is a UE, a method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application may include the steps shown in fig. 6:

step S101: the UE sends a request message to the network equipment 102, wherein the request message is used for the network equipment 102 to determine to send a first message to the UE, and the first message is used for the UE to determine to prolong the time length of the UE in an active state when the DRX is received discontinuously;

step S102: network device 102 receives a request message sent by a UE;

step S103: network device 102 sends a first message to the UE:

step S104: and after the UE receives the first message, prolonging the time length of the UE in the activated state.

By adopting the method, the UE can actively send the request message to request to prolong the activation state during the DRX, and after receiving the first message sent by the network equipment 102, the UE can prolong the duration of the activation state with lower transmission delay, thereby reducing the transmission delay of the UE.

In the implementation of step S104, the extension of the active state of the UE may be implemented by starting or restarting (resetting) the timing of an inactive state timer of the UE, specifically, if the current inactive state timer of the UE is in a timing state, the UE may reset the inactive state timer, and restart the timing of the inactive state timer; if the current inactivity timer of the UE is not in the working state, the UE may start timing by the inactivity timer.

According to the above scheme, the transmission delay of the UE can be reduced but the power consumption of the UE can be increased, and it can be determined that the UE enters a low-delay scenario and/or that the UE uses a low-delay service before the UE performs the steps shown in S101, so that the increase of the power consumption of the UE caused by the reduction of the data reception delay time length by the method for reducing the data reception delay described in the present application performed under the condition that the UE does not enter the low-delay scenario and does not use the low-delay service can be avoided. It should be noted that the low latency scenario herein includes, but is not limited to, application scenarios where the UE enters into a red packet, snatchs a train ticket, plays an online game, etc., and in this scenario, the UE needs to be in a low transmission latency state for a long time; low latency services include, but are not limited to, calls used by UEs, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), or ultra-reliable low latency Communication (URLLC).

It should be understood that the UE in step S101 sends a request message to the network device 102, including but not limited to one or more of the following: the UE sends a request message to the network device 102 and the request message is successfully sent; the UE prepares to send a request message to the network device 102, the request message not yet being successfully sent; the UE has triggered the sending of the request message, which has not been successfully sent.

For example, before step S101, the UE may receive DRX parameter information configured for the UE by the network device 102, and perform DRX according to the DRX parameter information. Specifically, the network device 102 may send first DRX parameter information to the UE, where the UE configures at least one of the following according to the first DRX parameter information: a long DRX cycle (long DRX cycle), an inactive state Timer, a short cycle Timer (DRX short cycle Timer), a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) loop time (RTT) Timer (HARQ RTT Timer), a retransmission Timer (DRX retransmission Timer), and an On Duration Timer.

In implementation, the UE may further perform the step shown in S101 before determining that the persistent timer and/or the inactive state timer maintained by the UE is expired, so as to avoid that the UE enters the sleep state due to the expiration of the persistent timer and the inactive state timer before the active state is extended according to the methods shown in steps S101 to S104.

Specifically, before step S101, the UE may determine that a persistent timer maintained by itself has not expired, and/or determine that an inactive state timer maintained by itself has not expired; or, the UE may further execute the step shown in S101 when determining that the persistent timer maintained by the UE is in the time keeping state or not in the time keeping state and determining that the inactivity timer maintained by the UE is not overtime; alternatively, the UE may further execute the step shown in S101 when the inactivity timer maintained by the UE is in the time counting state or not in the time counting state, and it is determined that the continuous timer maintained by the UE is not timed out.

It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the UE to perform the step shown in S101 after determining that the persistent timer and/or the inactive state timer maintained by the UE expires, for example, the UE may perform the step shown in S101 to reduce the transmission delay even if the UE has determined that the persistent timer and the inactive state timer expire. For example, after the persistence timer expires, in a case that it is determined that the duration that the persistence timer has expired is less than N times of the timing duration represented by the value configured for the persistence timer by the UE, the UE may perform the step shown in S101, where N may be 3, 2, or 1.5; after the inactivity timer, the UE may also execute the step S101 when determining that the time length that the inactivity timer has timed out is less than N times of the timing time length represented by the value configured for the inactivity timer by the UE, where N may be 3, 2, or 1.5. In the above manner, even if the duration timer and/or the inactivity timer expires, the UE may still be in the active state for a period of time after performing the steps shown in S101 to S104, so as to reduce the transmission delay.

For example, in the implementation of step S101, when sending the request message to the network device 102, the UE may generate uplink data through a higher layer (e.g., through an application layer), and trigger a modem (modem) module of the UE to send the request message based on the generated uplink data; alternatively, the UE may trigger the modem module to send the request message through an Application Processor (AP) module; alternatively, the user equipment may directly transmit the request message through the modem module. In implementation, the UE may also trigger the SR to transmit by transmitting an IP (internet protocol) packet to the designated 1 or more servers.

In the implementation of step S101, the request message sent by the UE to the network device 102 is a Scheduling Request (SR), the SR may be used to request an uplink resource, where the uplink resource may be used for the UE to send uplink data, after receiving the SR, the network device 102 may send a PDCCH scheduling signaling to the UE, where the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used to indicate the uplink resource to the UE, and after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling, the UE may restart the timing of the inactive status timer, so as to extend the timing duration of the inactive status timer and keep the active status before the timing of the active status timer expires.

As shown in fig. 7, a method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

step 701: the network device 102 sends first DRX information to the UE; the first DRX information is used for configuring the UE to execute DRX;

step 702: after receiving the first DRX parameter information sent by the network device 102, the UE executes DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

step 703: the UE determines to enter a low-delay scene and/or determines to use a low-delay service; for example, after receiving downlink red packet data, the UE may determine to enter a low-delay red packet robbing scenario; the low-delay service may be a call service, etc.;

step 704: the UE determines that the timing of a self-maintained continuous timer and/or an inactive state timer is not overtime;

step 705: the UE sends an SR to the network device 102;

step 706: after receiving the SR sent by the UE, the network device 102 sends a PDCCH scheduling signaling to the UE, and starts or restarts the inactive state timer maintained by the network device 102, and before the time of the inactive state timer maintained by the network device 102 expires, the network device 102 determines that the UE is in an active state;

step 707: after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling sent by the network device 102, the UE starts or restarts the timing of the inactive state timer, and keeps the active state before the timing of the inactive state timer is over time, and then ends the process.

By adopting the method, the UE can actively request the network device 102 to send the PDCCH scheduling signaling to the UE to indicate uplink resources by sending the SR to the network device 102, the UE can start (or restart) the timing of its own non-active state timer to extend the active state after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling, so as to avoid that the UE enters the DRX sleep state and cannot receive downlink data in a low-delay scenario and/or cannot use a low-delay service, and the network device 102 can also start (or restart) the timing of the non-active state timer after sending the PDCCH scheduling signaling to the UE.

In the implementation of step S101, the UE may further carry second DRX parameter information in the request message sent to the network device 102, where the second DRX parameter information is different from the first DRX parameter information previously received by the UE, so that, in step S103, the network device 102 may send a first message to the UE to indicate that the network device 102 agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the UE, for example, the first message may carry a specific bit, and the UE may perform DRX according to the second DRX parameter information after receiving the first message carrying the specific bit; alternatively, the network device 102 may also carry the second DRX parameter information in the first message to indicate that the UE is agreeable to configure the second DRX parameter information; in an implementation, the first message sent by the network device 102 to the UE may be a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message;

wherein the second DRX parameter information may indicate that the UE is no longer in the sleep state and thus the UE may remain in the active state without entering the sleep state, for example, the second DRX parameter information may include at least one of: information for indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism, information for indicating that the UE does not enter a sleep mode within a long DRX cycle, and information for indicating that the long DRX cycle is set to 0; wherein the information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism may include time information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism, for example, information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism, including information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism within 60 minutes;

the second DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to perform a shorter long DRX cycle (long DRX cycle), for example, the second DRX parameter information carries information for indicating the length of the long DRX cycle, which is smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information;

the second DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to perform a longer short DRX cycle (short DRX cycle), for example, the second DRX parameter information carries information for indicating the length of the short DRX cycle, which is greater than the length of the short DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information;

in addition, the second DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to increase a maximum timing of the on-duration timer and/or to increase a maximum timing of the inactive state timer. For example, the second DRX parameter information carries information indicating a value of an on duration timer, which is greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; the second DRX parameter information may also carry information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, which is greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In another implementation, after the UE sends the second DRX parameter information to the network device 102, if the network device 102 indicates that the UE configures the second DRX parameter information differently, the network device 102 may further configure a new DRX parameter information for the UE and instruct the UE to perform DRX according to the new DRX parameter information through the first message, so as to extend the active state of the UE, where the new DRX parameter information configured for the UE by the network device 102 is different from the second DRX parameter information. Specifically, in S103, the network device 102 may carry the third DRX parameter information in the first message, so that the UE performs DRX according to the third DRX parameter information after receiving the first message. In an implementation, the first message sent by the network device 102 to the UE may be an RRC message.

Wherein the third DRX parameter information may indicate that the UE is no longer in the sleep state and thus the UE may remain in the active state without entering the sleep state, for example, the third DRX parameter information may include at least one of: information for indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism, information for indicating that the UE does not enter a sleep mode within a long DRX cycle, and information for indicating that the long DRX cycle is set to 0; wherein the information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism may include time information indicating that the UE does not use the DRX mechanism;

the third DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to perform a shorter long DRX cycle, for example, the third DRX parameter information carries information for indicating the length of the long DRX cycle, which is smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information;

the third DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to perform a longer short DRX cycle, for example, the third DRX parameter information carries information for indicating the length of the short DRX cycle, and the length of the short DRX cycle is greater than the length of the short DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information;

in addition, the third DRX parameter information may also instruct the UE to increase a maximum timing of the on-duration timer and/or to increase a maximum timing of the inactive state timer. For example, the third DRX parameter information carries information indicating a value of an on duration timer, which is greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; the third DRX parameter information may also carry information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, which is greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

As shown in fig. 8, a method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

step 801: the network device 102 sends first DRX information to the UE; the first DRX information is used for configuring the UE to execute DRX;

step 802: after receiving the first DRX parameter information, the UE executes DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

step 803: the UE determines to enter a low-delay scene and/or determines to use a low-delay service; for example, after receiving downlink red packet data, the UE may determine to enter a low-delay red packet robbing scenario; the low-delay service may be a call service, etc.;

step 804: the UE determines that the timing of a self-maintained continuous timer and/or an inactive state timer is not overtime;

step 805: the UE sends a request message to the network equipment 102, wherein the request message carries second DRX parameter information;

step 806: after receiving the request message sent by the UE, the network device 102 sends a first message to the UE; in an implementation, the first message may be used to indicate that the network device 102 agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the UE, or the first message may carry third DRX parameter information configured for the UE by the network device 102;

step 807: after receiving the first message sent by the network device 102, the UE executes DRX according to the second DRX parameter information; or the UE executes DRX according to the third DRX parameter information carried in the first message.

By adopting the method, the UE can request the network equipment 102 to configure the second DRX parameter information for the period so as to reduce the time length of the data receiving time delay, the network equipment 102 can send the first message indicating the agreement to the UE, and can also carry the third DRX parameter information configured for the UE in the first message, and the UE can execute the DRX according to the second DRX parameter information or the third DRX parameter information so as to realize the extension of the activation state.

In another implementation manner of step S101, the UE may further notify the network device 102 that the DRX capability of the UE is not DRX-supported through a request message sent to the network device 102, for example, the UE sends a request message indicating that the DRX capability of the UE is not DRX-supported to the network device 102, so that the UE may no longer enter the sleep state from the active state according to a first message sent by the network device 102, the first message may be used to instruct the UE not to perform DRX, and meanwhile, the network device 101 may determine that the UE does not enter the sleep state after sending the first message to the UE, so that the network device 102 may perform downlink transmission to the UE after receiving downlink data that needs to be sent to the UE, so that it is no longer necessary to wait for the UE to enter the active state from the sleep state, and transmission delay is reduced.

Specifically, the request message sent by the UE to the network device 102 may be a registration request for accessing the network by the UE, where the registration request may carry information indicating that the DRX capability of the UE does not support DRX; the first message sent by the network device 102 may specifically be used to instruct the UE not to configure at least one of the following: a long DRX cycle, an on duration timer, an inactive state timer, a short cycle timer, a hybrid automatic repeat request loop back time timer, or a retransmission timer. In an implementation, in the registration request sent by the network device 102, a bit position corresponding to a DRX command media access control element (DRX command MAC control element) may be set to 0 to indicate that the DRX capability of the UE does not support DRX.

For example, before the UE sends the above registration request to the network device 102, it may further determine that a time interval from a sending time of a first registration request has reached a preset duration, where the first registration request is a registration request sent by the UE before, and a DRX capability of the UE indicated by the first registration request is different from a DRX capability indicated by the registration request sent by the UE to the network device 102 in step S101, for example, the first registration request may carry information indicating that the UE supports DRX. For example, the preset duration may be set to 24 hours, or 60 minutes, or ten minutes to avoid frequently modifying the DRX capability of the UE.

As shown in fig. 9, a method for reducing data reception delay according to an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

step 901: the UE sends a first registration request to the network equipment 102, wherein the first registration request carries information indicating that the UE supports DRX; in implementations, the UE may determine and record a time at which to send the first registration request;

step 902: after the registration of the UE is completed, the network device 102 sends first DRX information to the UE; the first DRX information is used for configuring the UE to execute DRX;

step 903: after receiving the first DRX parameter information, the UE executes DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

step 904: the UE determines to enter a low-delay scene and/or determines to use a low-delay service; for example, after receiving downlink red packet data, the UE may determine to enter a low-delay red packet robbing scenario; the low-delay service may be a call service, etc.;

step 905: the UE determines that the timing of a self-maintained continuous timer and/or an inactive state timer is not overtime;

step 906: the UE sends a registration request to the network equipment 102, wherein the registration request carries information indicating that the UE does not support DRX;

step 907: after receiving a registration request sent by the UE, the network device 102 sends a first message to the UE, the first message being used for indicating that the UE does not execute DRX;

step 908: after receiving the first message sent by the network device 102, the UE does not enter the sleep state any more.

By adopting the method, the UE can request the network equipment 102 to perform the UE re-registration, and the UE is indicated not to execute the DRX by re-registering another network equipment 102, so that the UE does not enter the sleep state from the active state any more, and the extension of the active state is realized.

In another method for reducing data reception delay provided in this embodiment, a UE performing DRX according to first discontinuous reception DRX parameter information configured by a network device sends a scheduling request SR to the network device 102 multiple times within a preset first duration to request the network device 102 to configure an uplink resource for the UE, where a time interval between any two consecutive times of sending the SRs is determined according to a value of an inactive state timer, the network device sends a PDCCH scheduling signaling to the UE after receiving the SR each time, the UE starts or restarts an inactive state timer maintained by the UE after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling each time, and the UE is kept in an active state before the time of the inactive state timer expires; in an implementation, the network device 102 may also start or restart the timing of the inactivity timer maintained by itself after each PDCCH scheduling signaling is sent, and determine that the UE is in the active state before the timing of the inactivity timer is expired. For example, the first duration may be a preset duration, for example, 1000ms, 60 minutes, and the like, and may be determined according to a low-latency scenario entered by the communication device or a latency requirement of the executed low-latency service.

In implementation, after determining to enter a low latency scenario and/or use a low latency service, the communication device may send a scheduling request SR to the network device 102 multiple times within a preset first duration, so as to save power consumption of the communication device.

In an implementation, the time interval may be determined according to a maximum timing of the inactivity timer, and the time interval may be different between any two transmissions of the SR. For example, if the maximum count of the inactivity timer is 100 (the unit may be s seconds, ms milliseconds, or subframe, or slot, or symbol), we take ms as an example, such as: the UE may send the SR once within the first time duration after a time of about 100ms, for example, the UE may send one SR after a time of 130 (i.e., 100+30) ms, and send the next SR after a time of 70 (i.e., 100-30) ms; for another example: the UE may transmit one SR after 120 (i.e., 100+20) ms, or may transmit one SR after 80 (i.e., 100-20) ms.

In another embodiment, the time interval may be smaller than the maximum timing of the inactivity timer, for example, the maximum timing of the inactivity timer is 100ms, and the UE may transmit an SR in a time interval smaller than 100ms, for example, the time interval is 80 or 90ms, so that the UE may not enter the sleep state, or may be in the sleep state for a shorter time.

In another embodiment, the time interval may also be greater than or equal to the maximum count of the inactivity timer. For example, the time interval may be greater than a maximum timing of an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device and less than N times the maximum timing, where N is 3, 2, or 1.5.

For example, if the maximum timing of the inactivity timer is 100ms, the UE may wait for a time interval greater than 100ms and less than 300ms to send one SR each time; alternatively, the UE waits for a time interval greater than 100ms and less than 150ms at a time to transmit one SR. Therefore, the UE may stay awake for a period of time within the DRX long cycle (excluding the time indicated by the on duration timer) to reduce the reception delay of the UE, otherwise, the UE stays in the sleep state for the DRX long cycle (excluding the time indicated by the on duration timer).

In a possible implementation manner, the time intervals between any two consecutive transmissions of the SR by the communication device are all preset durations, so that the communication device can transmit the scheduling request SR to the network device every other preset duration within the first duration, for example, if the maximum timing of the inactive state timer is 100ms, the preset duration can be 80ms, so that the communication device can transmit one SR every 80ms within the first duration.

Illustratively, the embodiment of the present application further provides a method for extending a wake-up state, which is applied to a user equipment, and includes:

the user equipment judges whether the on duration timer and/or the inactivity timer activity timer is overtime or before or after the overtime;

the user equipment sends a scheduling request SR to network equipment, the persistent timer and/or the active timer are configured for the user equipment by the network equipment, the user equipment receives PDCCH physical downlink control channel information sent by the network equipment, and the user equipment restarts the active timer; the user equipment is in an awake state within the time indicated by the activity timer and waits for receiving PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) information sent by the base station; or the like, or, alternatively,

the user equipment initiates a registration process to the network equipment, modifies the capability of the UE, and sets the DRX capability as unsupported.

Illustratively, the sending, by the user equipment, the scheduling request to the network equipment includes:

if the activity timer of the user equipment is not counting time, the user equipment sends a scheduling request before or after the timeout of the continuous timer; or the like, or, alternatively,

if the activity timer of the user equipment is counting time, the user equipment sends a scheduling request before the activity timer is overtime or after the activity timer is overtime;

the high level of the user equipment generates uplink data and triggers the modem module to send the scheduling request;

or the AP application processor module of the user equipment triggers the modem module to send the scheduling request;

or the modem module of the user equipment directly sends the scheduling request;

illustratively, the ue determines to enter a low latency mode, or sends a scheduling request to the network device when the ue uses a low latency service.

the user equipment receives first DRX discontinuous reception parameter information configured by network equipment, and sends a request message to the network equipment, wherein the request message is used for requesting second DRX parameter information;

the time that the user equipment is in an active state under the condition of using the second DRX parameter information is longer than the time that the user equipment is in the active state under the condition of using the first DRX parameter information;

illustratively, the second DRX parameter information indicates at least one of the following information:

not using the DRX mechanism, or a time when the DRX mechanism is not used, or the user equipment is not dormant for a Long DRX Cycle of a Long DRX Cycle, or the Long DRX Cycle is set to 0, or a Long DRX Cycle smaller than the Long DRX Cycle in the first DRX parameter information, or an activity Timer larger than an inactivity Timer in the first DRX parameter information, or a duration Timer larger than an onduration Timer in the first DRX parameter information, or a DRX Short Cycle Timer smaller than a DRX Short Cycle Timer in the first DRX parameter information.

Illustratively, the user equipment sends a request message to the network equipment, and the upper layer of the user equipment generates uplink data to trigger the modem module to send the request message;

or, the AP application processor module of the user equipment triggers the modem module to send the request message;

or the modem module of the user equipment directly sends the request message;

illustratively, the ue determines to enter a low latency mode, or sends the request message to the network device when the ue uses a low latency service.

Illustratively, a method for prolonging a wake-up state is applied to a network device, and comprises:

the network equipment receives a request message sent by the user equipment, wherein the request message is used for requesting second DRX parameter information, and the network equipment sends a response message to the user equipment;

the response message indicates that the base station agrees to the second DRX parameter information, or,

the response message carries third DRX parameter information, and the third DRX parameter information is different from the second DRX parameter information;

illustratively, the third DRX parameter information is different from at least one of a Long DRX Cycle, an On Duration Timer, a DRX Inactivity Timer activity Timer, a DRX Short Timer Short Cycle Timer, a HARQ RTT Timer hybrid automatic repeat request loop Timer, a DRX-retransmission Timer, and the like in the second DRX parameter information.

Illustratively, a method for prolonging a wake-up state is applied to a user equipment, and comprises:

the user equipment initiates a second registration process, DRX capacity is set as non-support, the DRX capacity setting in the second registration process is different from the DRX capacity setting in the first registration process, and the first registration process is initiated before the second registration process.

Exemplarily, the DRX capability is set to not support, including:

setting the bit position corresponding to the Long DRX cycle DRX command MAC control element as 0;

illustratively, the ue determines to enter a low latency mode, or, in a case that the ue uses a low latency service, the ue initiates a second registration procedure, and the DRX capability is set as unsupported.

For example, the ue determines that the second registration procedure is initiated before or after the on duration timer and/or the inactivity timer expires.

Based on the same concept as the method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, which is used for implementing the method in the embodiment of the present application. The communication device may have a structure as shown in fig. 3, with the behavior functions of the communication device in the above-described method embodiment.

Fig. 10 shows a simplified schematic diagram of another possible design structure of the communication device involved in the above-described embodiment. The communication device 1000 includes a transmitter 1001, a receiver 1002, a processor 1003, a memory 1004, and a modem processor 1005.

The transmitter 1001 may be configured to send a request message to a network device, where the request message is used for the network device to determine to send a first message to a communication device, and the first message is used for the communication device to determine to extend a duration of an active state of DRX discontinuous reception;

the processor 1003 is configured to extend the active duration after the communication device receives the first message.

In one possible design, the processor 1003 may also be configured to:

determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communications device 1000 has not expired; or

Determining that an inactivity timer maintained by the communications device 1000 has not expired; or

Determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device 1000 has not expired and determining that an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device 1000 has not expired; or

Determining that an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is not in a timed state and determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is not expired; or

Determining that an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is in a timed state and determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device 1000 has not expired; or

Determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is not in a timed state and determining that an inactive state timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is not expired; or

Determining that a persistence timer maintained by the communication device 1000 is in a timed state and determining that an inactive state timer maintained by the communication device 1000 has not expired;

the maximum timing of the continuous timer is used to indicate the shortest time length for the communication device 1000 to remain in the active state after entering the active state, and the maximum timing of the inactive state timer is used to indicate the time length for the communication device 1000 to remain in the active state after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling of the physical downlink control channel.

In one possible design, the processor 1003 is further configured to: a determination is made that the communication device 1000 enters a low latency scenario and/or that the communication device 1000 uses a low latency service.

In one possible design, the request message is a scheduling request SR, and the first message includes PDCCH scheduling signaling, where the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used to instruct the communication device to reset the timing of the inactivity timer;

if the inactive state timer maintained by the communication device 1000 itself is not in the timing state, the processor 1003 is specifically configured to: starting the timing of the non-activated state timer, and keeping the activated state before the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime;

if the inactive state timer maintained by the communication device 1000 itself is in the time counting state, the processor 1003 is specifically configured to: restarting the timing of the non-activated state timer, and keeping the activated state before the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime;

the maximum timing of the inactivity timer is used to indicate a duration of the communication device 1000 maintaining the active state after receiving the PDCCH scheduling signaling.

In one possible design, the receiver 1002 is configured to receive first DRX parameter information;

the processor 1003 is further configured to: executing DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device 1000, the first message is specifically configured to indicate that the network device agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, and the processor 1003 is specifically configured to: prolonging the time length in the activated state according to the second DRX parameter information;

wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

information indicating that the communications device 10001000 does not use the DRX mechanism; or

Information indicating that the communication device 1000 is not asleep for the long DRX cycle; or

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

Information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or

Information for indicating a maximum timing of an inactivity timer, the maximum timing of the inactivity timer being greater than the maximum timing of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or

Information indicating a maximum timing of an on-duration timer, the maximum timing of the on-duration timer being greater than the maximum timing of the on-duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or

Information indicating a maximum timing of a short cycle timer, the maximum timing of the short cycle timer being smaller than the maximum timing of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the receiver 1002 is configured to receive first DRX parameter information; the processor 1003 is further configured to: executing DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device 1000, where the first message includes the third DRX parameter information, and the processor 1003 is specifically configured to: the communication device 1000 extends the duration of being in the active state according to the third DRX parameter information;

wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

information indicating that the communications device 1000 does not use the DRX mechanism; or

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

In one possible design, the request message is specifically used to indicate that the DRX discontinuous reception capability of the communication device 1000 is not DRX supported; the first message is specifically used to instruct the communication device 1000 not to perform DRX;

the processor 1003 is specifically configured to: keeping the communication device 1000 in an active state.

In one possible design, the processor 1003 is further configured to: it is determined that a time interval from a transmission time of a first registration request, which is a registration request transmitted by the transmitter 1001 before transmitting the request message, has reached a preset duration, the DRX capability of the communication apparatus 1000 indicated by the first registration request being different from the DRX capability of the communication apparatus 1000 indicated by the request message.

Illustratively, when sending a request message to a network device, the communication device 1000 may generate uplink data through a higher layer (e.g., through an application layer), and trigger the modem processor 1005 of the communication device 1000 to send the request message based on the generated uplink data; alternatively, communications device 1000 may trigger modem processor 1005 to transmit a request message via application processor or processor 1003; alternatively, communication device 1000 may transmit the request message directly through modem processor 1005.

Illustratively, the transmitter 1001 may condition (e.g., convert to analog, filter, amplify, and upconvert, etc.) the output samples to generate an uplink signal when transmitting the message, which may be transmitted via an antenna to the network device as described in the embodiments above. On the downlink, the antenna may receive the downlink signal transmitted by the network device in the above embodiments. Receiver 1002 conditions (e.g., filters, amplifies, frequency downconverts, and digitizes, etc.) the received downlink signal from the antenna and provides input samples. Wherein the encoder receives traffic data and signaling messages to be transmitted on the uplink and processes (e.g., formats, encodes, and interleaves) the traffic data and signaling messages. The modulator further processes (e.g., symbol maps and modulates) the encoded traffic data and signaling messages and provides output samples. A demodulator processes (e.g., demodulates) the input samples and provides symbol estimates. The decoder processes (e.g., deinterleaves and decodes) the symbol estimates and provides decoded data and signaling messages that are sent to the communication device 1000. The encoder, modulator, demodulator, and decoder may be implemented by a combined modem processor 1005. These elements are processed in accordance with the radio access technology employed by the radio access network (e.g., the access technologies of LTE and other evolved systems).

According to another communication device for reducing data reception delay provided in this embodiment of the application, the processor 1003 may further be configured to execute DRX according to first DRX parameter information configured by a network device;

the transmitter 1001 may further be configured to transmit a scheduling request SR to the network device multiple times within the first duration, where a time interval between any two consecutive transmissions of the SR is determined according to a value of the inactivity timer, and the SR is used to request an uplink resource;

the processor 1003 may be configured to start or restart timing of the inactive state timer after the communication device 1000 receives a PDCCH scheduling signaling, where the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used to indicate an uplink resource.

Illustratively, the time interval between any two consecutive SR transmissions is a preset duration, and the transmitter 1001 is configured to transmit the scheduling request SR to the network device multiple times within a first duration, and includes:

the transmitter 1001 transmits a scheduling request SR to the network device every preset duration within the first duration.

Illustratively, the transmission time interval is less than a maximum timing represented by a value of an inactivity timer maintained by the communication device; or, the sending time interval is greater than the maximum timing, the preset duration is less than N times of the maximum timing, and N is 3, 2 or 1.5.

For example, the processor 1003 may be further configured to determine that the communication device 1000 enters a low latency scenario and/or determine that the communication device 1000 uses a low latency service before the transmitter 1001 transmits the scheduling request SR to the network device for a plurality of times within the first duration.

Based on the same concept as the method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, which is used for implementing the method of the embodiment of the present application. The network device may have a structure as shown in fig. 4, and has the behavior function of the network device in the above method embodiment.

Fig. 11 shows a simplified schematic diagram of another possible design structure of the network device involved in the above-described embodiment. The network device 1100 includes a transmitter 1101, a receiver 1102, a processor 1103, a memory 1104, and a modem processor 1105.

Wherein the receiver 1102 is configured to receive a request message, where the request message is used for the network device 1100 to determine to send a first message to the communication device, and the first message is used for the communication device to determine to extend the duration of the active state of the DRX; a transmitter 1101 for transmitting the first message to the communication device.

In one possible design, the request message is a scheduling request SR, the first message is PDCCH information, the PDCCH information is used to instruct the communication device to start timing of an inactive state timer maintained by the communication device, and a maximum timing of the inactive state timer is used to instruct the communication device to keep a duration of an active state after receiving a PDCCH scheduling signaling of the physical downlink control channel.

In one possible design, the network device 1100 also includes a processor 1103; if the inactivity timer maintained by the network device 1100 is not in the time-keeping state, the processor 1103 is configured to enable the inactivity timer to start time-keeping, and start the communication device in the active state when the time-keeping of the inactivity timer is overtime; if the inactivity timer maintained by the network device 1100 is in the time-keeping state, the processor 1103 is configured to restart the inactivity timer, and start the communication device in the active state when the inactivity timer times out.

In one possible design, the transmitter 1101 is further configured to transmit first DRX parameter information to the communication apparatus, the first DRX parameter information being configured to instruct the communication apparatus to perform DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device 1100 to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, and the first message is specifically configured to indicate that the network device 1100 agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device; wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device does not enter a sleep state for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information for indicating a maximum timing of an inactivity timer, the maximum timing of the inactivity timer being greater than the maximum timing of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a maximum timing of an on-duration timer, the maximum timing of the on-duration timer being greater than the maximum timing of the on-duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a maximum timing of a short cycle timer, the maximum timing of the short cycle timer being smaller than the maximum timing of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

In one possible design, the transmitter 1101 is further configured to transmit first DRX parameter information to the communication apparatus, the first DRX parameter information being configured to instruct the communication apparatus to perform DRX according to the first DRX parameter information; the request message is specifically configured to request the network device 1100 to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device, the first message includes third DRX parameter information, and the first message is specifically configured to instruct the communication device to execute DRX according to the third DRX parameter information; wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of: information indicating that the communication device does not use the DRX mechanism; or information indicating that the communication device does not enter a sleep state for a long DRX cycle; or information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or information indicating a length of a long DRX cycle, the length of the long DRX cycle being smaller than the length of the long DRX cycle indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information for indicating a maximum timing of an inactivity timer, the maximum timing of the inactivity timer being greater than the maximum timing of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a maximum timing of an on-duration timer, the maximum timing of the on-duration timer being greater than the maximum timing of the on-duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or information indicating a maximum timing of a short cycle timer, the maximum timing of the short cycle timer being smaller than the maximum timing of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

Illustratively, the transmitter 1101 may condition (e.g., convert to analog, filter, amplify, and upconvert, etc.) the output samples to generate an uplink signal when transmitting the message, which may be transmitted via an antenna to the communication device as described in the embodiments above. On the downlink, the antenna may receive the downlink signal transmitted by the communication device in the above-described embodiments. Receiver 1102 conditions (e.g., filters, amplifies, frequency downconverts, and digitizes, etc.) the received downlink signal from the antenna and provides input samples. Wherein the encoder receives traffic data and signaling messages to be transmitted on the uplink and processes (e.g., formats, encodes, and interleaves) the traffic data and signaling messages. The modulator further processes (e.g., symbol maps and modulates) the encoded traffic data and signaling messages and provides output samples. A demodulator processes (e.g., demodulates) the input samples and provides symbol estimates. The decoder processes (e.g., deinterleaves and decodes) the symbol estimates and provides decoded data and signaling messages that are sent to network device 1100. The encoder, modulator, demodulator, and decoder may be implemented by a combined modem processor 1105. These elements are processed in accordance with the radio access technology employed by the radio access network (e.g., the access technologies of LTE and other evolved systems).

In another network device for reducing data reception delay provided in this embodiment of the present application, the transmitter 1101 may be further configured to send first DRX parameter information to the communication device, where the communication device executes DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

the receiver 1102 is further configured to receive a scheduling request SR, where the SR is used to request uplink resources, and the SR is sent by the communication device multiple times within the first time period;

the transmitter 1101 may be further configured to send a physical downlink control channel PDCCH scheduling signaling to the communication device, where the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used to indicate an uplink resource.

Based on the same concept as the method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which some instructions are stored, and when the instructions are called to execute, the instructions may cause the first device or the second device to execute the functions involved in any one of the possible designs of the method embodiment and the method embodiment. In the embodiment of the present application, the readable storage medium is not limited, and may be, for example, a RAM (random-access memory), a ROM (read-only memory), and the like.

Based on the same concept as the method embodiments, the present application further provides a computer program product, which when executed by a computer, can enable the first device or the second device to perform the functions involved in any one of the possible designs of the method embodiments and the method embodiments.

Based on the same concept as the method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which can be coupled to a transceiver, and is used for a first device or a second device to implement the functions involved in any one of the possible designs of the method embodiment and the method embodiment.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While some possible embodiments of the present application have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including the embodiments of the application and all alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. A method for reducing data reception latency, comprising:

a communication device sends a request message to a network device, wherein the request message is used for the network device to determine to send a first message to the communication device, the first message is used for the communication device to determine to prolong the duration of an active state of Discontinuous Reception (DRX), the request message is a Scheduling Request (SR), the SR is used for requesting uplink resources, the first message comprises a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling, and the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for indicating the uplink resources;

and after receiving the first message, the communication equipment prolongs the time length in the activated state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, further comprising:

the communication equipment determines that a sustained timer maintained by the communication equipment is not overtime, wherein the value of the sustained timer is used for indicating the shortest duration of the communication equipment which is kept in an activated state after entering the activated state; or

The communication equipment determines that a non-activated state timer maintained by the communication equipment is not overtime, wherein the value of the non-activated state timer is used for indicating the duration of the activated state of the communication equipment after receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling; or

The communication equipment determines that a self-maintained continuous timer is not overtime and determines that a self-maintained non-activated state timer is not overtime; or

The communication equipment determines that a self-maintained non-activated state timer is not in a timing state and determines that a self-maintained continuous timer is not overtime; or

The communication equipment determines that a self-maintained non-activated state timer is in a timing state and determines that a self-maintained continuous timer is not overtime; or

The communication equipment determines that a self-maintained continuous timer is not in a timing state and determines that a self-maintained non-activated state timer is not overtime; or

The communication device determines that a self-maintained persistent timer is in a timed state and determines that a self-maintained inactive state timer has not timed out.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, the method further comprises:

the communication device determines to enter a low latency scenario and/or the communication device determines to use a low latency service.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein extending the length of time the communication device is active comprises:

if the non-activated state timer maintained by the communication equipment is not in a timing state, the communication equipment enables the non-activated state timer to start timing, and keeps an activated state before the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime; or

If the inactive state timer maintained by the communication equipment is in a timing state, the communication equipment enables the inactive state timer to restart timing, and keeps an active state before the timing of the inactive state timer is overtime.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein extending the duration of the active state by the communication device comprises:

6. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, the method further comprises:

the communication equipment receives first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameter information;

the communication equipment executes DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure second DRX parameter information for the communication device, and the first message is specifically configured to indicate that the network device agrees to configure the second DRX parameter information for the communication device;

the communication device extends the time length in the activated state, and comprises:

the communication equipment prolongs the time length in an activated state according to the second DRX parameter information;

wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

information indicating that the communication device does not use a DRX mechanism; or

Information for instructing the communication device not to enter a sleep mode for a long DRX cycle; or

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

Information indicating a value of an inactivity timer, the value of the inactivity timer being greater than the value of the inactivity timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or

Information indicating a value of an on duration timer, the value of the on duration timer being greater than the value of the on duration timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information; or

Information indicating a value of a short cycle timer, the value of the short cycle timer being smaller than the value of the short cycle timer indicated by the first DRX parameter information.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, further comprising:

wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

8. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, the method further comprises:

the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure second DRX parameter information for the communication device, where the first message includes third DRX parameter information, and the third DRX parameter information is determined according to the second DRX parameter information;

the communication equipment prolongs the time length in an activated state according to the third DRX parameter information;

wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

9. The method of claim 3, wherein before the communication device sends the request message to the network device, further comprising:

wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

10. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the request message is specifically used to indicate that the DRX Discontinuous Reception (DRX) capability of the communication device is not DRX supported;

the first message is specifically configured to instruct the communication device not to perform DRX;

the communication device does not enter a sleep state from an active state.

11. The method according to claim 3, wherein the request message is specifically used to indicate that the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) capability of the communication device is not DRX-supported;

the communication device does not enter a sleep state from an active state.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication device, prior to sending the request message, further comprises:

the communication equipment determines that a time interval from a sending time of sending a first registration request reaches a preset time length, the first registration request is a registration request sent by the communication equipment before sending the request message, and DRX capacity of the communication equipment indicated by the first registration request is different from DRX capacity of the communication equipment indicated by the request message.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the communication device, prior to sending the request message, further comprises:

14. The method according to any of claims 11-13, wherein the request message includes a DRX command medium access control element, and the bit corresponding to the element is 0.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the request message includes a DRX command medium access control element, and wherein the element has a bit of 0.

16. A method for reducing data reception latency, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a network device receives a request message, wherein the request message is used for the network device to determine to send a first message to a communication device, the first message is used for the communication device to determine to prolong the duration of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) activation state, the request message is a Scheduling Request (SR), the SR is used for requesting uplink resources, the first message comprises a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling, and the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for indicating the uplink resources;

the network device sends the first message to the communication device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first message is used to instruct the communication device to start a self-maintained inactivity timer, and a value of the inactivity timer is used to instruct the communication device to maintain an active duration after receiving a PDCCH scheduling signaling.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein after the network device sends the first message to the communication device if the inactivity timer maintained by the network device is not in a timed state, further comprising:

the network equipment enables the non-activated state timer to start timing, and starts the communication equipment to be in an activated state when the timing of the non-activated state timer is overtime; or

If the inactivity timer maintained by the network device is in a timing state, after the network device sends the first message to the communication device, the method further includes:

the network device restarts the inactive state timer and starts the communication device in an active state when the inactive state timer expires.

19. The method according to any of claims 16-18, wherein before the network device receives the request message, further comprising:

the network equipment sends first DRX parameter information to the communication equipment, wherein the first DRX parameter information is used for instructing the communication equipment to execute DRX according to the first DRX parameter information;

wherein the second DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

Information for instructing the communication device not to enter a sleep state for a long DRX cycle; or

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

20. The method according to any of claims 16-18, wherein before the network device receives the request message, further comprising:

the request message is specifically configured to request the network device to configure second DRX parameter information for the communication device, where the first message includes third DRX parameter information, and the first message is specifically configured to instruct the communication device to perform DRX according to the third DRX parameter information, where the third DRX parameter information is determined according to the second DRX parameter information;

wherein the third DRX parameter information includes at least one of:

Information indicating that the length of the long DRX cycle is set to 0; or

21. The method according to any of claims 16-18, wherein said request message is specifically for indicating that discontinuous reception, DRX, capability of said communication device is not DRX supported, and wherein said first message is specifically for instructing said communication device not to perform DRX.

22. A method for reducing data reception latency, comprising:

the communication equipment executes DRX according to first discontinuous reception DRX parameter information configured by the network equipment;

the method comprises the steps that a communication device sends a Scheduling Request (SR) to a network device for multiple times within a first duration, wherein a time interval between any two times of continuous sending of the SR is determined according to a numerical value of an inactive state timer, and the SR is used for requesting uplink resources;

after receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling, the communication equipment starts or restarts the timing of the non-activated state timer, wherein the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for indicating uplink resources.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the time interval between any two consecutive transmissions of the SR is a preset duration, and the communication device transmits the scheduling request SR to the network device multiple times within the first duration, including:

and the communication equipment sends a scheduling request SR to network equipment every other preset time length in the first time length.

24. The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein the transmission time interval is less than a maximum timing represented by a value of an inactivity timer maintained by the communications device; or

And the time interval between any two times of continuous sending of the SR is preset time length, the sending time interval is greater than the maximum timing, the preset time length is less than N times of the maximum timing, and N is 3, 2 or 1.5.

25. The method according to claim 22 or 23, wherein before the communication device transmits the scheduling request SR to the network device a plurality of times within the first duration, the method further comprises:

26. The method of claim 24, wherein before the communication device sends the scheduling request SR to the network device a plurality of times within the first duration, the method further comprises:

27. A method for reducing data reception latency, comprising:

the network equipment sends first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameter information to communication equipment, wherein the first DRX parameter information is used for the communication equipment to execute DRX;

the network equipment receives a Scheduling Request (SR), wherein the SR is used for requesting uplink resources, and the SR is sent by the communication equipment for multiple times in a first time length;

and the network equipment sends a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling signaling to the communication equipment, wherein the PDCCH scheduling signaling is used for indicating uplink resources.

28. A communication device for reducing data reception latency, wherein the communication device is configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-15 and 22-26.

29. A network device for reducing data reception latency, wherein the network device is configured to perform the method of any of claims 16-21, 27.