CN111869247A

CN111869247A - Window configuration method and device, terminal and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111869247A
Application number: CN201880091248.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石聪; 杨宁; 史志华; 徐伟杰; 贺传峰
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-30
Filing date: 2018-10-30
Publication date: 2020-10-30
Also published as: WO2020087313A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a window configuration method and device, a terminal and network equipment, and the method comprises the following steps: a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

Description

Window configuration method and device, terminal and network equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of mobile communication, in particular to a window configuration method and device, a terminal and network equipment.

Background

In a New Radio-Unlicensed spectrum (NR-U), due to channel uncertainty, when a network sends a System Information (SI) message, it may happen that an SI window (SI window) corresponding to the SI message is occupied by other systems, and in this case, the network can only wait until the SI window corresponding to the next period of the SI message to send the corresponding SI message, and the transmission opportunity of the SI message is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a window configuration method and device, a terminal and network equipment.

The window configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:

a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

The window configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

a first configuration unit, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

a configuration unit, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

The terminal provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing computer programs, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer programs stored in the memory to execute the window configuration method.

The network equipment provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing computer programs, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer programs stored in the memory to execute the window configuration method.

The chip provided by the embodiment of the application is used for realizing the window configuration method.

Specifically, the chip includes: and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program from the memory so that the device provided with the chip executes the window configuration method.

The computer-readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application is used for storing a computer program, and the computer program enables a computer to execute the window configuration method.

The computer program product provided by the embodiment of the application comprises computer program instructions, and the computer program instructions enable a computer to execute the window configuration method.

The computer program provided by the embodiment of the present application, when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the window configuration method described above.

By the technical scheme, in the NR-U, the transmission opportunity of the SI message is improved by overlapping the time windows of the SI message or increasing the number of the time windows of the SI message in one period.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a time window;

fig. 3 is a first flowchart illustrating a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a second flowchart illustrating a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5(a) is a first schematic diagram of a time window provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5(b) is a second schematic diagram of a time window provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5(c) is a third schematic diagram of a time window provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a third schematic flowchart of a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a fourth flowchart illustrating a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a first schematic structural component diagram of a window arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a window arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a window arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a window arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) System, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication System, or a 5G System.

Illustratively, a communication system 100 applied in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, a terminal). Network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminals located within the coverage area. Optionally, the Network device 110 may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in a WCDMA system, an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN), or may be a Network device in a Mobile switching center, a relay Station, an Access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, a Network-side device in a 5G Network, or a Network device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, or the like.

The communication system 100 further comprises at least one terminal 120 located within the coverage area of the network device 110. As used herein, "terminal" includes, but is not limited to, connection via a wireline, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a Digital cable, a direct cable connection; and/or another data connection/network; and/or via a Wireless interface, e.g., to a cellular Network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television Network such as a DVB-H Network, a satellite Network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and/or means of another terminal arranged to receive/transmit communication signals; and/or Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A terminal that is arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal", or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; personal Communications Systems (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephones with data processing, facsimile, and data Communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A terminal can refer to an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, User terminal, wireless communication device, User agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device having Wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal in a 5G network, or a terminal in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

Optionally, a Device to Device (D2D) communication may be performed between the terminals 120.

Alternatively, the 5G system or the 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or an NR network.

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminals, and optionally, the communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices and may include other numbers of terminals within the coverage of each network device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal 120 having a communication function, and the network device 110 and the terminal 120 may be the specific devices described above and are not described again here; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as other network entities, for example, a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

In order to facilitate understanding of technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following describes related arts related to the embodiments of the present application.

The System messages are divided into Master Information Blocks (MIB) and System Information Blocks (SIBs). The MIB is transmitted on a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), which is a dedicated Channel, at a fixed period. The MIB contains necessary information for the UE to demodulate the SIB1, such as control channel information (PDCCH-ConfigSIB1) for demodulating SIB 1.

The SIB1 contains the necessary information for the UE to receive other SIBs (SIBs other than SIB1), such as: mapping relationship of SIBs to SI message, transmission period of SI message, length of SI window, etc. The period of SIB1 is 160ms but may have different repetition (repetition) in one period, which may be different according to the reuse pattern of the synchronization signal Block (SS/PBCH Block, SSB) and the control resource set (CORESET).

Other SIBs are in SI messages, i.e. other SIBs are included in a SI message transmitted together, a SI message may include one or more other SIBs, and the SI message is transmitted in a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). SIBs included in one SI message have the same transmission period (i.e., SIBs having the same transmission period may be transmitted in one SI message). Further, each SI message is periodically transmitted in one SI window, and different SI messages have SI windows of the same length. Each SI message is associated with a SI window, and different SI windows do not overlap. One schematic diagram is shown in fig. 2, which assumes that there are two SI messages, wherein the transmission period of SI message1 is 80ms, and the transmission period of SI message2 is 160 ms. SI message1 corresponds to SI window1, and SI message2 corresponds to SI window 2.

In the NR-U, due to the uncertainty of the channel, the network may occupy the corresponding SI window when sending the SI message by other systems, and in this case, the network may only wait until the SI window corresponding to the next period of the SI message can send the corresponding SI message.

Fig. 3 is a first schematic flowchart of a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 3, the window configuration method includes the following steps:

step 301: a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal can be any equipment capable of communicating with a network, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device and the like.

In this embodiment of the application, the terminal acquires the first configuration information from a network device, and the network device may be a base station, for example, an NR base station (i.e., a gNB) or an LTE base station (i.e., an eNB). In one example, the terminal receives a SIB1 transmitted by a base station, the SIB1 including the first configuration information. In another example, the terminal receives an RRC message sent by a base station, where the RRC message includes the first configuration information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

Here, SIBs included in the first SI message and SIBs included in the second SI message may be determined by SIB1, where SIB1 includes information necessary for the terminal to receive other SIBs (SIBs other than SIB1), such as: mapping relationship of SIBs to SI message, transmission period of SI message, length of SI window, etc.

In this embodiment, each SI message is associated with a time window (i.e., an SI window), the first SI message is associated with a first time window, the second SI message is associated with a second time window, the first SI message is transmitted in the first time window according to a first transmission cycle, and the second SI message is transmitted in the second time window according to a second transmission cycle. It is noted that the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping area. The different overlapping cases of the first time window and the second time window are described below.

The first condition is as follows: the first time window and the second time window all overlap.

In a case where the first time window and the second time window are all overlapped, there are two kinds of SI message transmission in an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the overlapping area can simultaneously transmit the first SI message and the second SI message; or, 2) the overlapping area is only capable of transmitting the first SI message. Based thereon, the terminal determines whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message, or is used for transmitting only the first SI message.

Specifically, the overlapping area corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message; the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.

For example: referring to fig. 5(a), the transmission cycle of the SI message1(SI1) is 80ms, and the transmission cycle of the SI message2(SI2) is 160 ms. SI1 is associated with SI window1, SI2 is associated with SI window2, SI window1 and SI window2 all overlap, and the SI window after the overlap may be configured by the network.

For the network side: the network device transmits SI1 and SI2 in an overlapping area corresponding to an 80ms period and corresponding to a 160ms period; the network device sends SI1 only in the overlap region corresponding to the 80ms period and not to the 160ms period.

For the terminal side: the terminal judges whether to include SI1 and SI2 or only SI1 in the overlapping area. Specifically, the terminal listens to SI1 and SI2 in an overlapping area corresponding to an 80ms period and corresponding to a 160ms period; the terminal listens only to SI1 in the overlapping region corresponding to the 80ms period and not to the 160ms period.

In this embodiment, if the overlapping area simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message, there may be two methods to distinguish different SI messages:

the method comprises the following steps: and the terminal receives a downlink control channel, and determines whether the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message based on the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel.

Further, if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is a first SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message; and if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is a second SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.

For example: the network device may configure different SI-RNTIs to correspond to different SI messages, such as SI-RNTI1 for SI1 and SI-RNTI2 for SI 2. The terminal demodulates the PDCCH with a different SI-RNTI to obtain a different SI message, such as: if the PDCCH is successfully demodulated by using the SI-RNTI1, the SI message scheduled by the PDCCH is SI 1; if the PDCCH demodulation is successful by using the SI-RNTI2, the SI message scheduled by the PDCCH is SI 2.

The second method comprises the following steps: the terminal receives Downlink Control Information (DCI), and determines whether a system message scheduled by the Downlink Control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message based on a first Information field in the DCI.

For example: the network device may add an information field (i.e. a first information field) in the DCI, where the information field is used to indicate whether the SI message scheduled by the current DCI is SI1 or SI 2. After receiving the DCI, the terminal determines whether the SI message scheduled by the current DCI is SI1 or SI2 based on the information field.

Case two: the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.

In the case that the first time window and the second time window partially overlap, there are two types of SI message transmission in the overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the overlapping region can transmit the first SI message and the second SI message simultaneously; or, 2) the overlapping area is only capable of transmitting the first SI message. Based thereon, the terminal determines whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message, or is used for transmitting only the first SI message. There are two kinds of SI message transmission in the non-overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the non-overlapping region can only transmit the first SI message; or, 2) the non-overlapping region is only capable of transmitting the second SI message. Based thereon, the terminal determines whether a non-overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window is for transmitting the first SI message or the second SI message.

Specifically, the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message. The overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message. The non-overlapping area corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping area belongs to the first time window, and is only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping area belongs to the second time window. The non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.

For example: referring to fig. 5(b), the transmission cycle of the SI message1(SI1) is 80ms, and the transmission cycle of the SI message2(SI2) is 160 ms. SI1 is associated with SI window1, SI2 is associated with SI window2, and SI window1 and SI window2 partially overlap.

For the network side: the network device transmits SI1 and SI2 in an overlapping area corresponding to an 80ms period and corresponding to a 160ms period; the network device sends SI1 only in the overlap region corresponding to the 80ms period and not to the 160ms period. The network device sends SI1 only in non-overlapping areas belonging to SI window1 corresponding to 80ms periods and corresponding to 160ms periods; the network device sends SI2 only in non-overlapping areas belonging to SI window2 corresponding to 80ms periods and corresponding to 160ms periods. The network device sends only SI1 in non-overlapping areas belonging to SI window1 that correspond to 80ms periods and do not correspond to 160ms periods; the network device does not send any SI in the non-overlapping region belonging to the SI window2 corresponding to the 80ms period and corresponding to the 160ms period.

For the terminal side: the terminal judges whether to include SI1 and SI2 or only SI1 in the overlapping area. Specifically, the terminal listens to SI1 and SI2 in an overlapping area corresponding to an 80ms period and corresponding to a 160ms period; the terminal listens only to SI1 in the overlapping region corresponding to the 80ms period and not to the 160ms period. The terminal determines whether to include only SI1 or only SI2 in the non-overlapping area. Specifically, the terminal listens to the SI1 in the non-overlapping area belonging to the SI window1 corresponding to the 80ms period and corresponding to the 160ms period, and the terminal listens to the SI2 in the non-overlapping area belonging to the SI window2 corresponding to the 80ms period and corresponding to the 160ms period. The terminal listens to the SI1 in the non-overlapping region belonging to the SI window1 corresponding to the 80ms period and not corresponding to the 160ms period, and the terminal does not listen to any SI in the non-overlapping region belonging to the SI window2 corresponding to the 80ms period and not corresponding to the 160ms period.

The second method comprises the following steps: the terminal receives DCI, and determines whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message based on a first information field in the DCI.

It should be noted that, the above technical solution in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking two SI messages as an example, and is not limited to this, the technical solution in the embodiment of the present application may also be applied to the case of more than three SI messages, and the time windows of a greater number of SI messages may also be overlapped according to the technical solution in the embodiment of the present application, so as to achieve the effect of increasing the transmission opportunities of SI messages.

Fig. 4 is a second flowchart of a window configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 4, the window configuration method includes the following steps:

step 401: a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

Here, SIBs included in the first SI message may be determined by SIB1, where SIB1 includes information necessary for the terminal to receive other SIBs (SIBs other than SIB1), such as: mapping relationship of SIBs to SI message, transmission period of SI message, length of SI window, etc.

In this embodiment, each SI message is associated with a time window (i.e., an SI window), the first SI message is associated with a first time window, the first SI message is transmitted in the first time window according to a first transmission period, and the number of the first time windows in the first transmission period is increased, so as to increase the transmission opportunity of the first SI message.

For the network side: after performing Listen Before Talk (LBT), the network device selects one SI window to send the SI message in the first transmission cycle (the network side does not necessarily need to send the SI message on all SI windows). Since the number of SI windows in the first transmission period is large, the transmission opportunity of the SI message can be increased.

For the terminal side: and after the terminal receives the first SI message in one first time window in the first transmission period, stopping detecting the first SI message in other first time windows in the first transmission period. Here, after a certain SI window receives a corresponding SI message, other SI windows of the SI message in the same period are not detected, so that power can be saved.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information further includes a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple; wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area. Further, the first time window and the second time window are different in length; or the lengths of the first time window and the second time window are the same. For example: when the windows are not overlapped, the window lengths of the SI windows corresponding to different SI messages may also be different, for example, the window length may be longer for a higher priority SI message, so that there are more transmission opportunities.

For example: referring to fig. 5(c), the transmission cycle of the SI message1(SI1) is 80ms, and the transmission cycle of the SI message2(SI2) is 160 ms. SI1 is associated with SI window1, SI2 is associated with SI window2, the number of SI windows 1 in an 80ms transmission period is 3, and the number of SI windows 2 in a 160ms transmission period is 3. The position of the SI window may be flexibly configured within one period, for example, the SI windows corresponding to SI1 and SI2 may cross each other, or the windows corresponding to SI1 may group each other.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a third method for configuring a window according to an embodiment of the present application, where as shown in fig. 6, the method for configuring a window includes the following steps:

step 601: the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

In this embodiment, the network device may be a base station, such as an NR base station (i.e., a gNB) or an LTE base station (i.e., an eNB). In one example, the base station transmits a SIB1 to the terminal, the SIB1 including the first configuration information. In another example, the base station sends an RRC message to the terminal, the RRC message including the first configuration information.

In a case where the first time window and the second time window are all overlapped, there are two kinds of SI message transmission in an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the overlapping area can simultaneously transmit the first SI message and the second SI message; or, 2) the overlapping area is only capable of transmitting the first SI message.

the method comprises the following steps: the network equipment configures a first SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the first SI message, and configures a second SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the second SI message; the first SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message, and the second SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.

The second method comprises the following steps: the network device carries a first information field in the DCI, where the first information field is used to indicate whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message.

Case two: the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.

In the case that the first time window and the second time window partially overlap, there are two types of SI message transmission in the overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the overlapping region can transmit the first SI message and the second SI message simultaneously; or, 2) the overlapping area is only capable of transmitting the first SI message. There are two kinds of SI message transmission in the non-overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window, 1) the non-overlapping region can only transmit the first SI message; or, 2) non-overlapping regions are only capable of transmitting the second SI message.

Fig. 7 is a fourth schematic flowchart of a window configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 7, the window configuration method includes the following steps:

step 701: the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural composition diagram of a window configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a terminal, and as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit 801, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

In an embodiment, the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping region comprising:

the first time window and the second time window all overlap; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit 802; in the case where the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the first determining unit 802 is configured to determine whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message or is only used for transmitting the first SI message.

In an embodiment, the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit 802; in the case where the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the first determining unit 802, configured to determine whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message, or is used for transmitting only the first SI message;

the first determining unit 802 is configured to determine whether a non-overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message or the second SI message.

In an embodiment, the non-overlapping area corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping area belongs to the first time window, and is only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping area belongs to the second time window;

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a second determination unit 803; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second determining unit 803 is configured to receive a downlink control channel, and determine whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message based on the SI-RNTI that is used to scramble the downlink control channel.

In an embodiment, the second determining unit 803 is configured to:

if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is the first SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message;

and if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is a second SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.

the second determining unit 803 is configured to receive DCI, and determine whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message based on a first information field in the DCI.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the related description of the window configuring apparatus in the embodiments of the present application can be understood by referring to the related description of the window configuring method in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural component diagram of a window configuration apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a terminal, and as shown in fig. 9, the apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit 901, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a receiving unit 902, configured to stop, after receiving the first SI message in one first time window in the first transmission cycle, performing detection on the first SI message in other first time windows in the first transmission cycle.

In an embodiment, the first configuration information further includes a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple;

wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area.

In one embodiment, the first time window and the second time window are different in length; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a third window configuration apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a network device, and as shown in fig. 10, the apparatus includes:

a first configuration unit 1001, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.

In an embodiment, in case the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

In an embodiment, in case the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle, the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window;

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a second configuration unit 1002; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second configuration unit 1002 is configured to configure a first SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the first SI message, and configure a second SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the second SI message;

the first SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message, and the second SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.

the second configuring unit 1002 is configured to carry a first information field in the DCI, where the first information field is used to indicate whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth window configuration apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application, where the apparatus is applied to a network device, and as shown in fig. 11, the apparatus includes:

a configuration unit 1101, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device may be a terminal or a network device, such as a base station, and the communication device 600 shown in fig. 12 includes a processor 610, and the processor 610 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 12, the communication device 600 may further include a memory 620. From the memory 620, the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610, or may be integrated into the processor 610.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 12, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. The transceiver 630 may further include one or more antennas.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may specifically be a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may specifically be a mobile terminal/terminal according to this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal in each method according to this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip of an embodiment of the present application. The chip 700 shown in fig. 13 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 13, the chip 700 may further include a memory 720. From the memory 720, the processor 710 can call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710, or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data transmitted by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to the other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement a corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, no further description is given here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

Fig. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 900 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 14, the communication system 900 includes a terminal 910 and a network device 920.

The terminal 910 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the terminal in the foregoing method, and the network device 920 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the network device in the foregoing method, which is not described herein again for brevity.

It should be understood that the processor of the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The Processor may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link SDRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting illustrations, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing the computer program.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program enables the computer to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising computer program instructions.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute corresponding processes implemented by the network device in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal in the embodiment of the present application, and the computer program instructions enable the computer to execute the corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal in the methods in the embodiment of the present application, which are not described herein again for brevity.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to the mobile terminal/terminal in the embodiment of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute the corresponding process implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or 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, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method of window configuration, the method comprising:

a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first System Information (SI) message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping region comprising:

the first time window and the second time window all overlap; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.
The method of claim 2, wherein, where the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the terminal determines whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message or is used for transmitting only the first SI message.
The method of claim 3, wherein,

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The method of claim 2, wherein, if the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the terminal determining whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message or only for transmitting the first SI message;

the terminal determines whether a non-overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window is for transmission of the first SI message or the second SI message.
The method of claim 5, wherein,

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The method of claim 5 or 6,

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle, the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window;

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.
The method of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein, if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

and the terminal receives a downlink control channel, and determines whether the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message based on the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel.
The method of claim 8, wherein,

if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is the first SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message;

and if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is a second SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.
The method of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein, if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

and the terminal receives Downlink Control Information (DCI), and determines whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message based on a first information domain in the DCI.
A method of window configuration, the method comprising:

a terminal acquires first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.
The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

and after the terminal receives the first SI message in one first time window in the first transmission period, stopping detecting the first SI message in other first time windows in the first transmission period.
The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the first configuration information further comprises a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple;

wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area.
The method of claim 13, wherein,

the first time window and the second time window are different in length; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.
A method of window configuration, the method comprising:

the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.
The method of claim 15, wherein the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping region comprising:

the first time window and the second time window all overlap; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.
The method of claim 16, wherein, where the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The method of claim 16, wherein, if the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The method of claim 16 or 18, wherein, in case the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle, the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window;

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.
The method of any of claims 15 to 19, wherein, if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the network equipment configures a first SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the first SI message, and configures a second SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the second SI message;

the first SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message, and the second SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.
The method of any of claims 15 to 19, wherein, if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the network device carries a first information field in the DCI, where the first information field is used to indicate whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message.
A method of window configuration, the method comprising:

the network equipment sends first configuration information to a terminal, wherein the first configuration information at least comprises a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.
The method of claim 22, wherein the first configuration information further comprises a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple;

wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area.
The method of claim 23, wherein,

the first time window and the second time window are different in length; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.
A window configuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.
The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping region comprising:

the first time window and the second time window all overlap; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.
The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit; in the case where the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the first determining unit is configured to determine whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message or is used for transmitting only the first SI message.
The apparatus of claim 27, wherein,

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit; in the case where the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the first determining unit is configured to determine whether an overlapping area of the first time window and the second time window is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message or is used for transmitting only the first SI message;

the terminal determines whether a non-overlapping region of the first time window and the second time window is for transmission of the first SI message or the second SI message.
The apparatus of claim 29, wherein,

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The apparatus of claim 29 or 30,

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle, the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window;

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.
The apparatus of any one of claims 25 to 31, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second determination unit; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second determining unit is configured to receive a downlink control channel, and determine whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message based on an SI-RNTI that scrambles the downlink control channel.
The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the second determining unit is configured to:

if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is the first SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message;

and if the SI-RNTI for scrambling the downlink control channel is a second SI-RNTI, determining that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.
The apparatus of any one of claims 25 to 31, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second determination unit; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second determining unit is configured to receive DCI, and determine whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping region is the first SI message or the second SI message based on a first information field in the DCI.
A window configuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.
The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to stop performing detection on the first SI message in other first time windows in the first transmission cycle after receiving the first SI message in one first time window in the first transmission cycle.
The apparatus of claim 35 or 36, wherein the first configuration information further comprises a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple;

wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area.
The apparatus of claim 37, wherein,

the first time window and the second time window are different in length; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.
A window configuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a first configuration unit, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message and a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window and the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, the first and second time windows having an overlap region.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the first time window and the second time window have an overlapping region comprising:

the first time window and the second time window all overlap; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window partially overlap.
The apparatus of claim 40, wherein, if the first time window and the second time window all overlap:

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The apparatus of claim 40, wherein, if the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and corresponding to the second transmission period is used for transmitting the first SI message and the second SI message;

the overlap region corresponding to the first transmission period and not corresponding to the second transmission period is used only for transmitting the first SI message.
The apparatus of claim 40 or 42, wherein, if the first time window and the second time window partially overlap:

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and corresponding to the second transmission cycle, the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and the non-overlapping region being only used for transmitting the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window;

the non-overlapping region corresponding to the first transmission cycle and not corresponding to the second transmission cycle is configured to transmit only the first SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the first time window, and not to transmit the first SI message and the second SI message if the non-overlapping region belongs to the second time window.
The apparatus of any one of claims 39 to 43, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second configuration unit; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second configuration unit is configured to configure a first SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the first SI message, and configure a second SI-RNTI for scrambling a downlink control channel corresponding to the second SI message;

the first SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message, and the second SI-RNTI is used for the terminal to determine that the system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the second SI message.
The apparatus of any one of claims 39 to 43, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a second configuration unit; if the overlapping region simultaneously transmits the first SI message and the second SI message:

the second configuration unit is configured to carry a first information field in the DCI, where the first information field is used to indicate whether a system message scheduled by the downlink control channel in the overlapping area is the first SI message or the second SI message.
A window configuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a configuration unit, configured to send first configuration information to a terminal, where the first configuration information at least includes a first transmission period of a first SI message; wherein the first SI message is transmitted in a first time window, and the number of the first time window in the first transmission period is multiple.
The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the first configuration information further comprises a second transmission period of a second SI message; wherein the second SI message is transmitted in a second time window, and the number of the second time window in the second transmission period is multiple;

wherein the first time window and the second time window have no overlapping area.
The apparatus of claim 47, wherein,

the first time window and the second time window are different in length; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the first time window and the second time window are the same length.
A terminal, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10, or to perform the method of any of claims 11 to 14.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 21, or to perform the method of any of claims 22 to 24.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any of claims 1 to 10, or the method of any of claims 11 to 14.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any of claims 15 to 21, or the method of any of claims 22 to 24.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 10 or the method of any one of claims 11 to 14.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 21 or the method of any of claims 22 to 24.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10, or the method of any of claims 11 to 14.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 21, or the method of any of claims 22 to 24.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 10, or the method of any one of claims 11 to 14.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 15 to 21, or the method of any one of claims 22 to 24.