CN111491399A

CN111491399A - Discontinuous transmission processing method, terminal equipment and network equipment

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Publication number: CN111491399A
Application number: CN201910087751.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 苗金华; 皮埃尔; 梁靖
Original assignee: 电信科学技术研究院有限公司
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-29
Filing date: 2019-01-29
Publication date: 2020-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-29
Also published as: CN111491399B

Abstract

The invention discloses a processing method of discontinuous transmission, terminal equipment and network equipment, which are used for providing a processing method capable of sending data in DRX sleep time and saving energy consumption of the terminal equipment. The method for processing discontinuous transmission is applied to terminal equipment, and comprises the following steps: receiving a first message sent by network equipment, wherein the first message is used for indicating whether terminal equipment can send first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state; determining whether to transmit the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message.

Description

Discontinuous transmission processing method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for processing discontinuous transmission, a terminal device, and a network device.

Background

In order to achieve the purpose of saving power for the terminal device, in the fourth and fifth generation mobile communication systems, a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mechanism is introduced, that is, the terminal device periodically enters a sleep state at some time, does not listen to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and wakes up from the sleep state when the PDCCH needs to be listened, so that the terminal device achieves the purpose of saving power.

The DRX one cycle comprises a DRX active time and a DRX sleep time, the terminal device monitors the PDCCH during the active time of the DRX, but does not monitor the PDCCH during the DRX sleep time, and enters the sleep time. The longer the sleep time of DRX, the lower the power consumption of the terminal device, but the delay of the corresponding traffic transmission will also increase.

Currently, in a New Radio (NR) system, uplink data, especially uplink configuration authorization data, is supported to be transmitted during DRX sleep time, but if service transmission with relaxed delay requirement is also transmitted during DRX sleep time, the energy consumption of the terminal device may be increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a processing method of discontinuous transmission, a terminal device and a network device, and is used for providing a processing method which can not only send data in DRX sleep time, but also can save energy consumption of the terminal device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing discontinuous transmission, where the method is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes:

receiving a first message sent by network equipment, wherein the first message is used for indicating whether terminal equipment can send first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

determining whether to transmit the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message.

Optionally, determining whether to send data in the current DRX sleep state according to the first message includes:

if it is determined that an energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data meets a preset condition, determining to send the first data in the DRX sleep state, where the preset condition includes at least one of:

the maximum value of the continuous lengths of the Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs) in the logical channel configuration parameters is smaller than a first threshold value;

the sub-carrier bandwidth SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is larger than a second threshold value;

the order of the Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) in the logical channel configuration parameter is smaller than a third threshold;

the logical channel configuration parameter indicates that the terminal device can use dual connectivity;

the logical channel configuration parameter indicates a logical channel usage configuration authorization type 1 corresponding to the first data.

Optionally, the first data is a scheduling request SR, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data includes:

a logical channel that triggers the SR, or a logical channel corresponding to the SR.

Optionally, the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is notified through radio resource control RRC signaling.

Optionally, the first data is data carried on an authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data includes:

and the terminal equipment sends the logic channel corresponding to the first data on the configuration authorized resource.

Optionally, the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is a predefined value, or the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is carried in a radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

if it is determined that an energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and it is determined that the trigger reason of the random access channel RACH is that the terminal equipment is in order to acquire uplink synchronization, it is determined that the first data is not transmitted in the DRX sleep state; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the terminal equipment is determined to need to execute energy-saving operation according to the first message and the terminal equipment requests the residual broadcast information, determining not to send the first data in the DRX sleep state.

Optionally, the first data includes a random access preamble.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing discontinuous transmission, where the method is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

determining a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to first data to be sent by a terminal device; the logical channel configuration parameter is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment can send the first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

sending a first message to the terminal equipment; wherein the first message is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment executes energy-saving operation.

Optionally, the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is notified through RRC signaling.

Optionally, if the first message indicates that the terminal device executes an energy saving operation and indicates that the terminal device sends the first data in the DRX sleep state, it is determined that a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data to be sent by the terminal device meets at least one of the following preset conditions:

the maximum value of the continuous lengths of the PUSCHs in the logical channel configuration parameters is smaller than a first threshold value;

SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is larger than a second threshold value;

the order of the MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is smaller than a third threshold value;

the logical channel configuration parameter indicates that the terminal equipment can use dual connection currently;

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes:

a memory to store instructions;

a processor for reading the instructions in the memory, performing the following processes:

determining whether to transmit the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message;

a transceiver for transceiving information under the control of the processor.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

if it is determined that an energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data meets a preset condition, determining to send the first data in the DRX sleep state, where the preset condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the first data includes a random access preamble.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, where the network device includes:

a memory to store instructions;

sending a first message to the terminal equipment; the first message is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment executes energy-saving operation or not;

a transceiver for transceiving information under the control of the processor.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

if the first message indicates the terminal device to execute energy-saving operation and indicates the terminal device to send the first data in the DRX sleep state, determining that a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data to be sent by the terminal device meets at least one of the following preset conditions:

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message sent by a network device, where the first message is used to indicate whether a terminal device can send first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether to send the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message.

Optionally, the determining unit is specifically configured to:

Optionally, the first data includes a random access preamble.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, where the network device includes:

the device comprises a determining unit, a sending unit and a receiving unit, wherein the determining unit is used for determining a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to first data to be sent by a terminal device; the logical channel configuration parameter is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment can send the first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

a sending unit, configured to send a first message to the terminal device; wherein the first message is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment executes energy-saving operation.

Optionally, the determining unit is specifically configured to:

In a seventh aspect, this application embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to any one of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In this embodiment, the network device may send a first message to the terminal device to instruct the terminal device to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state or in the next DRX active state, so that for a service transmission with a higher delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, and for a service transmission with a lower delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the next DRX active state, so as to achieve the purpose of saving energy consumption for the terminal device.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a format of discontinuous reception according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a processing method of discontinuous reception according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is another schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

Hereinafter, some terms in the embodiments of the present application are explained to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

The discontinuous reception processing method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a wireless communication system, for example, a 5G system, but applicable communication systems include, but are not limited to, the 5G system or an Evolution system thereof, other Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based systems, DFT-S-OFDM (DFT-Spread OFDM) based systems, Evolved long Term Evolution (Evolved L ong Term Evolution, e L TE) based systems, new network equipment systems, and the like.

It should be noted that the above communication system may include a plurality of Terminal devices, and the Network Device may communicate with the plurality of Terminal devices (transmit signaling or transmit data), the Terminal Device according to the embodiments of the present application may be a Device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a User, a handheld Device having a Wireless connection function, or other processing Device connected to a Wireless modem, the Wireless User Device may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), the Terminal Device may be a Mobile Terminal, such as a Mobile phone (or a "cellular" phone) and a computer having a Mobile Terminal, such as a portable, pocket, handheld, computer-mounted or vehicle-mounted Mobile Device, which exchanges language and/or data with the Radio Access Network, such as a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless local loop (Wireless L, a Wireless local area Network (wlan) L, a W LL, a Wireless local Station (Station), a Remote Access Point (Station), a Remote Terminal Device (Station), a Remote Access Point (Station), a Wireless Access Terminal Device, a Wireless Access Network, a Wireless Access Terminal Device, a Wireless Access Terminal (Station, a Wireless Access Terminal Device, a Wireless Access Terminal Station, a Wireless Terminal Device, a Wireless Access Terminal Station, a Wireless Access Network, a Wireless Access Station, a Wireless Terminal Station, a Wireless Access Terminal Device, a Wireless Terminal Station, a Wireless Access Station.

For example, the network device may be a network device in a 5G System, such as a Next generation Base Station (Next generation Node B, gNB), a Base Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Base Station (BTS) in a Base Transceiver Station (GSM) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, NodeB, WCDMA), a Base Station (evolved Node B, or eNB) in L TE, or may be a network device for converting received air frames and IP packets into each other, which is a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the Access network.

Having described some of the concepts related to the embodiments of the present application, the background of the embodiments of the present application is described below.

In order to achieve the purpose of saving energy of the terminal device, in the fourth generation and fifth generation mobile communication systems, a DRX mechanism is introduced, that is, the terminal device periodically enters a sleep state at some time, does not monitor the PDCCH, and wakes up from the sleep state when the PDCCH needs to be monitored, so that the terminal device achieves the purpose of saving energy.

The DRX mechanism is implemented differently in idle and connected states, and relatively speaking, the DRX mechanism in connected state is as shown in fig. 1: the period of time marked "On Duration" is the time when the terminal device monitors the downlink PDCCH subframe, and during this period of time, the terminal device is in the awake state, wherein "On Duration" is referred to as the activation time of DRX in the embodiment of the present application. While the period of time identified as "Opportunity for DRX" is the DRX sleep time, i.e. the time when the terminal device goes to sleep without monitoring PDCCH subframes for power saving. As can be seen from fig. 1, the longer the DRX sleep time is, the lower the power consumption of the terminal device is, but the delay of the corresponding traffic transmission will increase.

Currently, in the NR system, data transmission during DRX sleep time is supported, but if traffic transmission with relaxed delay requirements is also in DRX sleep, the energy consumption of the terminal device is increased.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing discontinuous reception, in which a network device may send a first message to a terminal device to instruct the terminal device to send first data in a current DRX sleep state or send the first data in a next DRX active state, so that for a service transmission with a higher delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, and for a service transmission with a lower delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the next DRX active state, so as to achieve an objective of saving energy consumption for the terminal device.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the invention provides a method for processing discontinuous transmission, and a flow of the method is described as follows. Since the discontinuous transmission processing method involves an interactive process between the network device and the terminal device, in the following description of the flow, the processes executed by the network device and the terminal device will be described together.

S201, the network equipment determines a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to first data to be sent by the terminal equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device instructs the terminal device to send the first data in the current DRX sleep time or in the next DRX active time based on the requirements of the terminal device, such as time delay for sending the first data, so as to save the energy consumption of the terminal device as much as possible.

In a possible implementation manner, the first data includes a Scheduling Request (SR), and may also include data that is sent by the terminal device on the configuration grant resource. Correspondingly, if the first data is an SR, the logical channel corresponding to the first data may be a logical channel in which the terminal device triggers the SR, or may be a logical channel corresponding to the SR. And if the first data is data sent by the terminal device on the configuration authorized resource, the logical channel corresponding to the first data is the logical channel corresponding to the terminal device sending the first data on the configuration authorized resource. For example, when the network device determines a logical channel corresponding to the first data, the network device obtains the first data sent by the terminal device on the configuration authorized resource, and then determines the logical channel corresponding to the first data.

The logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data to be sent by the terminal device may include at least one of the following parameters:

(1) a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

(2) subcarrier bandwidth (SCS);

(3) modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS);

(4) the network equipment informs the terminal equipment whether to use the parameters of the double connection;

(5) the network device notifies whether the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the parameter of the configuration authorization type 1, wherein the logical channel corresponding to the first data can use the configuration authorization type 1 or the configuration authorization type 2, sometimes the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorization type 1, and sometimes the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorization type 2.

S202, the network equipment sends a first message to the terminal equipment, and then the terminal equipment receives the first message from the network equipment.

The network device determines the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data, and may send a first message to the terminal device to indicate whether the terminal device performs power saving operation, or may also understand that the network device indicates whether the terminal device sends the first data in the DRX sleep state, that is, indicates whether the terminal device sends the first data in the current DRX sleep state or delays to the next DRX active state to send the first data.

In a possible embodiment, if the first data is an SR, the first message may be configured for each SR, that is, the logical channel configuration parameters of the first data are notified by RRC signaling, or may also be understood as the logical channel configuration parameters triggering the SR or the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the SR are notified by RRC signaling.

In a possible implementation manner, the first message sent by the network device carries the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data, or the first message may be a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data, where the logical channel configuration parameter is carried in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling sent by the network device to the terminal device.

S203, the terminal device determines whether to send the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message from the network device.

The network device indicates whether the terminal device executes the energy-saving operation through the first message, and indicates whether the terminal device sends the first data in the current DRX sleep state or sends the first data in the next DRX active state through the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data. First, the terminal device parses the first message, and if it is determined that the power saving operation needs to be performed according to the first message, further, the terminal device may determine whether to transmit the first data in the current DRX sleep state.

Specifically, the terminal device may determine to transmit the first data in the current DRX sleep state if it is determined that the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data satisfies at least one preset condition, and otherwise, delay transmission of the first data, that is, transmit the first data in the next DRX active state.

In a possible embodiment, the first preset condition is: the maximum value of the continuous lengths of the PUSCHs in the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data is smaller than a first threshold value.

The second preset condition is as follows: the SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is larger than a second threshold value.

The third preset condition is: the order of the MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is smaller than a third threshold.

The fourth preset condition is: the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data indicates that the terminal device can use dual connectivity.

The fifth preset condition is as follows: the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data indicates a logical channel usage configuration authorization type 1 corresponding to the first data.

In a possible implementation manner, the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold may be respectively predetermined between the terminal device and the network device, that is, predefined values, or may be notified to the terminal device by the network device. For example, the network device sends an RRC signaling to the terminal device, where the RRC signaling carries the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold. Or, the first message sent by the network device to the terminal device carries the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold. The RRC signaling or the first message sent by the network device to the terminal device may further carry a first threshold if the logical channel configuration parameter is PUSCH, may also carry a second threshold if the logical channel configuration parameter is SCS, and may also carry a third threshold if the logical channel configuration parameter is MCS.

In this embodiment of the present application, as long as the terminal device determines that the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data meets at least one of the above five preset conditions, it may determine to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, send the first data in the next DRX active state, so as to achieve the purpose of saving energy consumption by the terminal device.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the application, the logical channel corresponding to the first data may use configuration authorization type 1, and may also use configuration authorization type 2. If the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorization type 1, the transmission Resource of the terminal device is configured by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling on the network side, the RRC signaling configures a physical layer transmission parameter such as a frequency domain position, an antenna port number, a precoding layer number, and an MCS while configuring a Resource position, and the terminal device can send data on the Resource configured by the RRC signaling after receiving the RRC signaling.

If the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorization type 2, the transmission Resource of the terminal device is also configured by the network side through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, but the RRC signaling does not configure the physical layer transmission parameter. After receiving the RRC signaling, the terminal device needs to wait for Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a physical layer to activate a resource configured by the RRC signaling, and then sends data on the activated resource. Or, deactivating the resource configured by the RRC signaling according to the DCI, and stopping, by the terminal device, data transmission on the deactivated resource.

In the long Term Evolution (L ong Term Evolution, L TE) system, only the configuration authorization type 1 exists, so the DRX active state and the configuration authorization resource are matched, while in the NR system, the configuration authorization type 1 and the configuration authorization type 2 exist, so the DRX active state and the configuration authorization resource are not matched, and the DRX sleep state can also configure the authorization resource, so in the NR system, the terminal device can transmit data in the DRX sleep state.

In a possible embodiment, if the terminal device determines that the power saving operation needs to be performed according to the first message, a trigger reason of a Random Access Channel (RACH) may be determined, so as to determine whether to transmit the first data in the current DRX sleep state according to the trigger reason of the RACH.

Specifically, if the terminal device determines that the trigger reason of the RACH is that the terminal device is to acquire uplink synchronization, it determines that the first data is not sent in the current DRX sleep state, and delays sending the first data in the next DRX active state, for example, the terminal device determines that the random access preamble is not sent in the current DRX sleep state.

Or, if it is determined that the trigger reason of the RACH is that the terminal device requests the remaining broadcast information, it is determined that the first data is not transmitted in the current DRX sleep state, and the transmission of the first data in the next DRX active state is delayed, for example, the terminal device determines that the random access preamble is not transmitted in the current DRX sleep state.

For convenience of understanding, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are described below and in specific embodiments.

In the first embodiment, if the first data sent by the terminal device is an SR, the network device determines that a logical channel corresponding to the first data is a logical channel for the terminal device to trigger the SR or a logical channel corresponding to the SR. The network equipment sends a first message to the terminal equipment to indicate whether the terminal equipment sends the SR in the DRX sleep state.

And the terminal equipment receives the first message, analyzes the first message, and if the terminal equipment determines that the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message, the terminal equipment further judges the indication of the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data so as to determine whether to send the SR in the current DRX sleep state.

For example, if the terminal device determines that the maximum value of the duration lengths of the PUSCHs in the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data is smaller than a first threshold, the terminal device determines to transmit the SR in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines to transmit the SR in the next DRX active state. Or after the SR is triggered, in the DRX sleep state, if the maximum value of the persistent lengths of the PUSCH is smaller than the first threshold, the terminal device performs the transmission of the SR, otherwise, the terminal device transmits the SR in the next DRX active state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is greater than the second threshold, and then the terminal device determines that the SR can be sent in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the SR is sent in the next DRX active state. After the SR triggering, in the DRX sleep state, if the SCS is larger than the second threshold value, the terminal equipment executes the SR transmission, otherwise, the terminal equipment transmits the SR in the next DRX activation state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the order of the MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is smaller than a third threshold, and then the terminal device determines that the SR can be sent in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the SR is sent in the next DRX active state. After the SR is triggered, in the DRX sleep state, if the order of the MCS is smaller than the third threshold, the terminal device performs the SR transmission, otherwise, the terminal device transmits the SR in the next DRX active state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data indicates that the terminal device can use dual connectivity, and then the terminal device determines that the SR can be sent in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the SR is sent in the next DRX active state. After the SR is triggered, in the DRX sleep state, if the terminal device can use dual connectivity, the terminal device performs transmission of the SR, otherwise the terminal device transmits the SR in the next DRX active state.

Or, when the terminal device determines that the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data indicates that the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorization type 1, the terminal device determines that the SR can be sent in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the SR is sent in the next DRX active state. After the SR is triggered, in a DRX sleep state, if the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration grant type 1, the terminal device performs the SR transmission, otherwise, the terminal device transmits the SR in the next DRX active state.

As an example, the first embodiment only takes the logic channel configuration parameter satisfying one preset condition, and the logic channel configuration parameter actually satisfies at least one preset condition, which is not described herein again.

In the second embodiment, the first data sent by the terminal device is data sent by the terminal device on the configuration authorized resource, and the network device determines that the logical channel corresponding to the first data is a logical channel through which the terminal device sends data on the configuration authorized resource. The network equipment sends a first message to the terminal equipment to indicate whether the terminal equipment sends first data carried on the configuration authorized resources in the DRX sleep state.

The terminal equipment receives the first message, analyzes the first message, and if the terminal equipment determines that the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message, the terminal equipment further judges an indication in a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data so as to determine whether the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource is sent in a DRX sleep state.

For example, if the terminal device determines that the maximum value of the duration lengths of the PUSCHs in the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data is smaller than a first threshold, the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration grant resources in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration grant resources in the next DRX active state. Or, in the DRX sleep state, there is first data transmission carried on the configuration granted resource, and the maximum value of the persistent length of the PUSCH is smaller than the first threshold, and the terminal device performs transmission of the first data carried on the configuration granted resource, otherwise, the terminal device transmits the first data carried on the configuration granted resource in the next DRX active state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is greater than the second threshold, then the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration granted resource in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration granted resource in the next DRX active state. In the DRX sleep state, first data transmission carried on the configuration authorized resource exists, if SCS is larger than a second threshold value, the terminal equipment executes the transmission of the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource, otherwise, the terminal equipment transmits the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the next DRX active state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the order of the MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is smaller than a third threshold, then the terminal device determines that the first data carried on the configuration grant resource can be sent in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the first data carried on the configuration grant resource is sent in the next DRX active state. And in the DRX sleep state, first data carried on the configuration authorized resource is sent, if the order of the MCS is smaller than a third threshold value, the terminal equipment executes the sending of the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource, otherwise, the terminal equipment sends the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the next DRX active state.

Or, the terminal device determines that the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data indicates that the terminal device can use dual connectivity, and then the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the next DRX active state. In the DRX sleep state, there is first data transmission carried on the configuration authorized resource, and if the terminal equipment can use the dual connection, the terminal equipment executes the transmission of the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource, otherwise the terminal equipment transmits the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the next DRX active state.

Or, when the terminal device determines that the logical channel corresponding to the first data in the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data indicates that the logical channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration grant type 1, the terminal device determines to send the data carried on the configuration grant resource in the current DRX sleep state, otherwise, the terminal device determines to send the first data carried on the configuration grant resource in the next DRX active state. And in the DRX sleep state, first data carried on the configuration authorized resource is sent, and if a logic channel corresponding to the first data uses the configuration authorized type 1, the terminal equipment executes the sending of the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource, otherwise, the terminal equipment sends the first data carried on the configuration authorized resource in the next DRX activation state.

As described in the second embodiment, the logical channel configuration parameter only satisfies one preset condition, and the logical channel configuration parameter actually satisfies at least one preset condition, which is not described herein again.

And thirdly, the terminal equipment determines that the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message from the network equipment, and then can determine the trigger reason of the random access process. For example, if the terminal device determines that the trigger reason of the RACH is that the terminal device is to acquire uplink synchronization, it is determined that the first data, for example, the random access preamble, is not transmitted in the current DRX sleep state. Or, if the terminal device determines that the trigger reason of the RACH is that the terminal device requests the remaining broadcast information, it determines that the first data, for example, the random access preamble, is not transmitted in the current DRX sleep state.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device may send a first message to the terminal device to instruct the terminal device to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state or in the next DRX active state, so that for a service transmission with a higher delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, and for a service transmission with a lower delay requirement, the terminal device may be instructed to send the first data in the next DRX active state, so as to achieve the purpose of saving energy consumption for the terminal device.

The device provided by the embodiment of the application is described in the following with the accompanying drawings of the specification.

Referring to fig. 3, based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes a memory 301, a processor 302, and a transceiver 303. The memory 301 and the transceiver 303 may be connected to the processor 302 through a bus interface (fig. 3 is taken as an example), or may be connected to the processor 302 through a dedicated connection line. The transceiver 303 is used for transceiving information under the control of the processor 302. The memory 301 may be used to store programs, among other things. The processor 302 may be configured to read the program in the memory 301 and execute the following processes:

receiving a first message sent by network equipment, wherein the first message of a logical channel corresponding to first data is used for indicating whether terminal equipment can send the first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

and determining whether to transmit the first data of the logical channel corresponding to the first data in the DRX sleep state or not according to the first message.

Optionally, the processor 302 is specifically configured to:

if it is determined that the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message of the logical channel corresponding to the first data, and the configuration parameter of the logical channel corresponding to the first data meets a preset condition, determining to send the first data in the DRX sleep state, where the preset condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

the subcarrier bandwidth SCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is larger than a second threshold value;

the order of the modulation coding scheme MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is smaller than a third threshold;

the logical channel configuration parameter indicates that the logical channel corresponding to the first data can use dual connection;

Optionally, the logical channel configuration parameter of the first data is notified through RRC signaling.

Optionally, the first data is data carried on the authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data includes:

and the terminal equipment sends a logic channel corresponding to the first data on the configuration authorized resource.

Optionally, the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is a predefined value, or the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is carried in a radio resource control RRC signaling.

Optionally, the processor 302 is specifically configured to:

if the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the trigger reason of the RACH is determined to be that the terminal equipment is used for acquiring uplink synchronization, determining that the first data is not sent in the DRX sleep state; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the power saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the terminal equipment requests the residual broadcast information, determining not to send the first data in the DRX sleep state.

Optionally, the first data includes a random access preamble.

Wherein in fig. 3 the bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 302, and various circuits of memory, represented by memory 301, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 303 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 302 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 301 may store data used by the processor 302 in performing operations.

Referring to fig. 4, based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes a receiving unit 401 and a determining unit 402, where the receiving unit 401 is configured to receive a first message sent by a network device, where the first message is used to indicate whether the terminal device can send first data in a DRX sleep state; the determining unit 402 is configured to determine whether to transmit the first data in the DRX sleep state according to the first message.

Optionally, the determining unit 402 is specifically configured to:

if it is determined that the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data meets a preset condition, determining to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, where the preset condition includes at least one of the following conditions:

Optionally, the determining unit 402 is specifically configured to:

if the energy-saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the trigger reason of the random access channel RACH is determined to be that the terminal equipment aims to acquire uplink synchronization, determining that the first data is not sent in the current DRX sleep state; or the like, or, alternatively,

and if the power saving operation needs to be executed according to the first message and the terminal equipment requests the residual broadcast information, determining not to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state.

Optionally, the first data includes a random access preamble.

The entity devices of the receiving unit 401 and the determining unit 402 in the terminal device may correspond to the processor 302 or the transceiver 303 in fig. 3, and the terminal device may be configured to execute the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and therefore, for functions and the like that can be realized by each functional module of the terminal device, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment of the present application, which is not repeated herein.

Referring to fig. 5, based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which includes a memory 501, a processor 502 and a transceiver 503. The memory 501 and the transceiver 503 may be connected to the processor 502 through a bus interface (fig. 5 is taken as an example), or may be connected to the processor 502 through a dedicated connection line. The transceiver 503 transmits and receives information under the control of the processor 502.

The memory 501 may be used to store programs, among other things. The processor 502 may be configured to read the program in the memory 501 and execute the following processes:

determining a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to first data to be sent by a terminal device; the logical channel configuration parameter is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment can send first data in the current Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state;

sending a first message to the terminal equipment; the first message is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment executes the energy-saving operation or not.

Optionally, the processor 502 is specifically configured to:

if the first message indicates the terminal device to execute the energy-saving operation and indicates the terminal device to send the first data in the current DRX sleep state, determining that a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data to be sent by the terminal device meets at least one of the following preset conditions:

the order of the MCS in the logical channel configuration parameter is smaller than a third threshold;

the logical channel configuration parameter indicates that the terminal equipment can use double connection currently;

Where in fig. 5 the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, in particular one or more processors represented by processor 502 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 501 are linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 503 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 502 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 501 may store data used by the processor 502 in performing operations.

Referring to fig. 6, based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, which includes a determining unit 601 and a sending unit 602, where the determining unit 601 is configured to determine a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to first data to be sent by a terminal device; the logical channel configuration parameter is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment can send first data in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) sleep state; the sending unit 602 is configured to send a first message to a terminal device; the first message is used for indicating whether the terminal equipment executes the energy-saving operation or not.

Optionally, the determining unit 601 is specifically configured to:

The entity device corresponding to the determining unit 601 and the sending unit 602 in the network device may be the processor 502 or the transceiver 503 in fig. 5, and the network device may be configured to execute the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and therefore, for functions and the like that can be realized by each functional module of the network device, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment of the present application, which is not repeated herein.

Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium, which stores computer instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In particular implementations, the computer-readable storage medium includes: various storage media capable of storing program codes, such as a Universal Serial Bus flash drive (USB), a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, and an optical disk.

In the embodiments of the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the described unit or division of units is only one division of logical functions, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical or other form.

The functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be a separate physical module.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, all or part of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device, such as a personal computer, a server, or a network device, or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a universal serial bus flash drive (usb flash drive), a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above embodiments are only used to describe the technical solutions of the present application in detail, but the above embodiments are only used to help understanding the method of the embodiments of the present application, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. Modifications and substitutions that may be readily apparent to those skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A processing method of discontinuous transmission is applied to terminal equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to transmit data in a current DRX sleep state according to the first message comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first data is a Scheduling Request (SR), and the logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is signaled through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first data is data carried on an authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

6. The method of any of claims 2-5, wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is a predefined value, or wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is carried in RRC signaling.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to transmit data in a DRX sleep state based on the first message comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first data comprises a random access preamble.

9. A processing method of discontinuous transmission is applied to network equipment, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first data is a scheduling request SR, and the logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first data is data carried on an authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data are signaled through RRC signaling.

13. The method according to any of claims 9-12, wherein if the first message indicates that the terminal device performs power saving operation and indicates that the terminal device transmits the first data in the DRX sleep state, it is determined that a logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data to be transmitted by the terminal device satisfies at least one of the following preset conditions:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is a predefined value, or wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is carried in RRC signaling.

15. A terminal device, comprising:

a memory to store instructions;

a transceiver for transceiving information under the control of the processor.

16. The terminal device of claim 15, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

17. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the first data is a scheduling request SR, and the logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

18. The terminal device of claim 17, wherein the logical channel configuration parameter corresponding to the first data is signaled through RRC signaling.

19. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the first data is data carried on an authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data includes:

20. The terminal device of any of claims 16-19, wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is a predefined value, or wherein the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold is carried in radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

21. The terminal device of claim 15, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

22. The terminal device of claim 21, wherein the first data comprises a random access preamble.

23. A terminal device, comprising:

24. A network device, comprising:

a memory to store instructions;

a transceiver for transceiving information under the control of the processor.

25. The network device of claim 24, wherein the first data is a Scheduling Request (SR), and wherein a logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

26. The network device of claim 24, wherein the first data is data carried on an authorized configuration resource, and a logical channel corresponding to the first data comprises:

27. The network device of claim 25, wherein the logical channel configuration parameters corresponding to the first data are signaled through RRC signaling.

28. The network device of any one of claims 24-27, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

29. The network device of claim 28, wherein the first threshold, second threshold, or third threshold is a predefined value or is carried in RRC signaling.

30. A network device, comprising:

31. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-8 or 9-14.