Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method and a device for configuring CDRX parameters, which can not only ensure the performance of a terminal, but also improve the power consumption of the terminal.
In order to solve the above technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide the following technical solutions:
the embodiment of the invention provides a method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to network side equipment and comprises the following steps:
and sending configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters to a terminal, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long cycle deviation value.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length of receiving all SRS resources).
Optionally, the method further comprises:
and adopting a downlink forming coefficient calculated by the SRS sending data which is completely received at the last time to carry out Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the activation period timer duration is equal to max (a configuration value, a duration between the first SRS resource and the start of the SRS resource is received).
Optionally, the method further comprises:
before all SRS resources are received, precoding matrix indication PMI information is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding;
and after all SRS resources are received, channel state information CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
judging whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime;
if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding;
if all SRS resources can not be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the network side device configuration or protocol agreement.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a terminal and comprises:
receiving configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters of network side equipment, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long period offset value;
and monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) according to the configuration information.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a network side device, and includes:
and the sending module is used for sending configuration information of the discontinuous reception DRX parameters to the terminal, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long period offset value.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length of all SRS resources received).
Optionally, the sending module is further configured to perform PDSCH transmission on a physical downlink shared channel by using a downlink forming coefficient calculated from the SRS round-sending data received last time completely.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length between the first SRS resource and the starting point of the SRS resource is received).
Optionally, the sending module is further configured to perform channel estimation, scheduling, and decoding by using precoding matrix indicator PMI information before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, channel state information CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the sending module is further configured to determine whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer expires; if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding; if all SRS resources cannot be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the network side device configuration or protocol agreement.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a configuration device for discontinuously receiving CDRX parameters in a connection state, which is applied to network side equipment and comprises a processor and a transceiver,
the transceiver is used for sending configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters to a terminal, and the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long cycle deviation value.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length of all SRS resources received).
Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to perform PDSCH transmission on a physical downlink shared channel using a downlink forming coefficient calculated from the last completely received SRS transmission data.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length between the first SRS resource and the starting point of the SRS resource is received).
Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to perform channel estimation, scheduling, and decoding by using precoding matrix indicator PMI information before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, channel State Information (CSI) is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the transceiver is further configured to determine whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer expires; if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding; if all SRS resources cannot be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the network side device configuration or protocol agreement.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:
a receiving module, configured to receive configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX parameter of a network side device, where the configuration information at least includes an active period timer duration and a DRX long cycle offset value;
and the monitoring module is used for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) according to the configuration information.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connection state, which is applied to a terminal and comprises a processor and a transceiver,
the transceiver is used for receiving configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters of network side equipment, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long cycle deviation value;
and the processor is used for monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) according to the configuration information.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, including: the apparatus comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps in the method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state as described above.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps in the method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state are implemented as described above.
The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
in the above scheme, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource condition, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the following detailed description will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the invention can be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In the description and in the claims "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects.
The techniques described herein are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, and may also be used for various wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. CDMA systems may implement Radio technologies such as CDMA2000, universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), and so on. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) and other CDMA variants. TDMA systems may implement radio technologies such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM). The OFDMA system may implement radio technologies such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, flash-OFDM, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are parts of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). LTE and higher LTE (e.g., LTE-A) are new UMTS releases that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "third Generation Partnership project" (3 rd Generation Partnership project,3 GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "third generation partnership project 2" (3 GPP 2). The techniques described herein may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes the NR system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, although the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications.
The following description provides examples, and does not limit the scope, applicability, or configuration set forth in the claims. Changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements discussed without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Various examples may omit, substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. For example, the described methods may be performed in an order different than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.
The embodiment of the invention provides a CDRX parameter configuration method and a CDRX parameter configuration device, which can not only ensure the performance of a terminal, but also improve the power consumption of the terminal.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a network side device, and as shown in fig. 3, the method includes:
step 101: and sending configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters to a terminal, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long cycle deviation value.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the duration of the active period timer and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the duration of the active period timer and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource, and reduce the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the activation period timer duration is equal to max (a configuration value, a duration of completing all SRS resource reception), that is, a maximum value of the configuration value and the duration of completing all SRS resource reception.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
and adopting a downlink forming coefficient calculated by the SRS sending data which is completely received at the last time to carry out Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the activation period timer duration is equal to max (a configured value, a duration between the completion of receiving the first SRS resource and the start of the SRS resource), that is, a maximum value between the configured value and the duration between the completion of receiving the first SRS resource and the start of the SRS resource.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
before all SRS resources are received, precoding matrix indication PMI information is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding;
and after all SRS resources are received, channel State Information (CSI) is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
judging whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime;
if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding;
if all SRS resources can not be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the network side device configuration or protocol agreement.
In a specific embodiment, taking network side equipment as an example of a base station, SRS antenna transmit resource set aggregation configuration, and the receiving and transmitting capabilities of a terminal are as follows: t = R/1T2R/1T4R/2T4R, and for a 1T4R terminal, the base station configures 4 SRS resource sets for the terminal to be used for acquiring downlink CSI. According to a preset resource allocation rule, a base station firstly judges whether DRX is started or not, when DRX is configured, the position of an SRS resource allocated to the same terminal is as close as possible, and the base station transmits the SRS resource in the same time slot or an adjacent time slot according to the current time slot ratio and the terminal capacity requirement. When the DRX characteristic is not configured, the resource location of SRS transmission may be randomly configured.
As shown in fig. 6, in the present embodiment, a DRX long cycle offset value DRX-LongCycleStartOffset is configured as a starting point of an SRS resource; the duration of the activation period timer on duration timer is equal to the maximum of a configuration value and the duration of all SRS resources received, wherein the configuration value can be configured by the base station or agreed in advance by a protocol.
When data is transmitted, channel reciprocity is utilized, a base station calculates and obtains a downlink forming coefficient by adopting SRS sending data which is completely received at the last time to carry out PDSCH transmission, a terminal carries out CQI/RI/PMI measurement and channel estimation by utilizing CSI information, and Demodulation and decoding are carried out by combining with a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS).
In another specific embodiment, taking a network side device as a base station as an example, the resource positions sent by the SRS antenna are randomly configured, and as shown in fig. 7, drx-LongCycleStartOffset is configured as a starting point of the SRS resource; the duration of the duration timer is equal to the maximum value of the configuration value and the starting point of the SRS and the first SRS resource after being received, wherein the configuration value can be configured by the base station or agreed in advance by a protocol.
When data is transmitted, the PMI information is adopted for scheduling and decoding before the complete SRS resource is received, and the downlink forming coefficient is switched to decode the information after the SRS resource exists.
In another embodiment, taking a network side device as a base station as an example, the resource positions sent by the SRS antenna are randomly configured, and as shown in fig. 8, drx-LongCycleStartOffset is configured as a starting point of the SRS resource; the duration of the duration timer is equal to a configuration value, wherein the configuration value can be configured by the base station or agreed in advance by a protocol.
And the base station judges whether all SRS resources can be received within the onduration timer, if so, the data transmission adopts CSI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding, and if not, the base station adopts PMI information to carry out scheduling and decoding before the complete SRS resources are received, and switches to CSI information decoding after the SRS resources are received.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, where the device is applied to a network side device, and as shown in fig. 4, the device includes:
a sending module 21, configured to send configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX parameter to a terminal, where the configuration information at least includes an active period timer duration and a DRX long cycle offset value.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource condition, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length of receiving all SRS resources).
Optionally, the sending module 21 is further configured to perform PDSCH transmission on a physical downlink shared channel by using a downlink forming coefficient calculated by the last completely received SRS transmission data.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the activation period timer duration is equal to max (a configuration value, a duration between the first SRS resource and the start of the SRS resource is received).
Optionally, the sending module 21 is further configured to perform channel estimation, scheduling, and decoding by using precoding matrix indicator PMI information before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, channel State Information (CSI) is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the sending module 21 is further configured to determine whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer expires; if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding; if all SRS resources cannot be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the network side device configuration or protocol agreement.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a network side device, as shown in fig. 5, and includes a processor 31 and a transceiver 32,
the transceiver 32 is configured to send configuration information of DRX parameters to a terminal, where the configuration information at least includes an active period timer duration and a DRX long cycle offset value.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource condition, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the time length of the activation period timer is equal to max (a configuration value, the time length of all SRS resources received).
Optionally, the transceiver 32 is further configured to perform PDSCH transmission on a physical downlink shared channel by using a downlink forming coefficient calculated by SRS round transmission data received last time completely.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the activation period timer duration is equal to max (a configuration value, a duration between the first SRS resource and the start of the SRS resource is received).
Optionally, the transceiver 32 is further configured to perform channel estimation, scheduling, and decoding by using precoding matrix indicator PMI information before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, channel State Information (CSI) is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the DRX long cycle offset value is equal to a starting point of a configured sounding reference signal, SRS, resource;
the duration of the activation period timer is equal to a configuration value.
Optionally, the transceiver 32 is further configured to determine whether all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer expires; if all SRS resources can be received before the activation period timer is overtime, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding; if all SRS resources cannot be received before the activation period timer is overtime, adopting PMI information to carry out channel estimation, scheduling and decoding before all SRS resources are received; and after all SRS resources are received, CSI is adopted for channel estimation, scheduling and decoding.
Optionally, the configuration value is the configuration of the network side device or a protocol agreement.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, where the method is applied to a terminal, and as shown in fig. 9, the method includes:
step 401: receiving configuration information of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters of network side equipment, wherein the configuration information at least comprises the duration of an active period timer and a DRX long period deviation value;
step 402: and monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) according to the configuration information.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource condition, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, where the device is applied to a terminal, and as shown in fig. 10, the device includes:
a receiving module 51, configured to receive configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX parameter of a network side device, where the configuration information at least includes an active period timer duration and a DRX long cycle offset value;
and a monitoring module 52, configured to monitor a physical downlink control channel PDCCH according to the configuration information.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the active period timer duration and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource condition, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state, which is applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 11, and includes a processor 61 and a transceiver 62,
the transceiver 62 is configured to receive configuration information of a discontinuous reception DRX parameter of a network side device, where the configuration information at least includes an active period timer duration and a DRX long cycle offset value;
the processor 61 is configured to monitor a physical downlink control channel PDCCH according to the configuration information.
In this embodiment, the network side device sends configuration information of the DRX parameters to the terminal, where the configuration information at least includes the duration of the active period timer and the DRX long cycle offset value, so that the network side device can configure the duration of the active period timer and the DRX long cycle offset value according to the SRS resource, and reduce the power consumption of the terminal while considering the network performance.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication device, including: the apparatus comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps in the method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state as described above.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps in the method for configuring discontinuous reception CDRX parameters in a connected state are implemented as described above.
It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the Processing units may be implemented within one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units configured to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.
For a software implementation, the techniques described herein may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software codes may be stored in a memory and executed by a processor. The memory may be implemented within the processor or external to the processor.
The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.
As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, terminal devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable terminal to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable terminal provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including the preferred embodiment and all changes and modifications that fall within the true scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
It is further noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrases "comprising one of 8230; \8230;" 8230; "does not exclude the presence of additional like elements in a process, method, article, or terminal device that comprises the element.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.