CN112970293B

CN112970293B - DRX operation method and related equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112970293B
Application number: CN201980073571.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石聪
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-30
Filing date: 2019-04-30
Publication date: 2022-07-08
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-30
Also published as: CN112970293A; WO2020220361A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a DRX operation method and related equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that UE monitors a WUS on a PDCCH in a WUS occasion, the WUS occasion is located before a DRX on duration following the WUS occasion, and the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started in a first time duration following the WUS occasion; and if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase. By adopting the embodiment of the application, the power consumption of the equipment can be reduced.

Description

DRX operation method and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a DRX operation method and related devices.

Background

In a New Radio (NR) of a fifth Generation mobile communication technology (5th-Generation, 5G), a network device may configure a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) function for a User Equipment (UE), so that the UE may monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) discontinuously, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing power consumption of the device. In the existing NR DRX mechanism, the UE needs to start a DRX-on Duration Timer (Timer) every DRX cycle (cycle). In practical systems, a network device may schedule a certain UE frequently for a period of time, or may not schedule the certain UE for a relatively long period of time, in which case the device power consumption is increased based on the existing NR DRX mechanism.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a DRX operation method and related equipment, which are used for reducing the power consumption of the equipment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a DRX operation method, which is applied to a UE, and the method includes:

monitoring a WUS on a PDCCH in a WUS event, wherein the WUS event is positioned before a subsequent DRX on duration of the WUS event, and the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started in a first time duration subsequent to the WUS event;

and if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a DRX operation method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes:

sending RRC configuration information to UE, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX related parameter configuration and WUS ocaseconfig, the DRX related parameter configuration comprises a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS ocaseconfig comprises a WUS ocaseperiod and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from the WUS ocaseinitiating Time to the DRX-on duration initiating Time, and the WUS ocaseperiod is integral multiple of the DRX cycle;

transmitting a WUS on the PDCCH, the WUS being used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started within a first time period after the WUS occasting.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a DRX operation apparatus, applied to a user equipment, where the apparatus includes a processing unit and a communication unit, where:

the processing unit is used for monitoring the WUS on the PDCCH through the communication unit in the WUS event, the WUS event is positioned before the next DRX on duration, and the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started in the first time duration after the WUS event; and if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a DRX operation apparatus, applied to a network device, where the apparatus includes a processing unit and a communication unit, where:

the processing unit is configured to send RRC configuration information to the UE through the communication unit, where the RRC configuration information includes DRX-related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX-related parameter configuration includes a DRX cycle and a DRX-activation period on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration includes a WUS event cycle and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from a WUS event starting Time to a DRX on duration starting Time, and the WUS event cycle is an integer multiple of the DRX cycle; and sending the WUS on the PDCCH through the communication unit, wherein the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started within a first time length after the WUS event.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication device comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more transceivers, and one or more programs stored in the memories and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps of the method according to the first or second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute some or all of the steps described in the method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps described in the method according to the first or second aspect. The computer program product may be a software installation package.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, the UE monitors the WUS on the PDCCH in the WUS occasion, the WUS occasion is located before the subsequent DRX on duration, the WUS is configured to instruct to start or not start the DRX-on duration Timer in the first duration subsequent to the WUS occasion, and if the UE monitors the WUS, the UE starts or does not start the DRX-on duration Timer based on the WUS, so that the DRX-on duration Timer is started when needed, and further, the power consumption of the device is reduced.

These and other aspects of the present application will be more readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

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

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3A is a flowchart illustrating another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of a WUS configuration provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3C is a diagram illustrating a DRX operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4A is a flowchart illustrating another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4B is a diagram illustrating another DRX operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4C is a diagram illustrating another DRX operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4D is a diagram illustrating another DRX operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4E is a diagram illustrating another DRX operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a DRX operating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The terminology used in the description of the embodiments section of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments of the present application only and is not intended to be limiting of the present application. The terms "first," "second," "third," and "fourth," etc. in the description and claims of this application and in the accompanying drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. The terms "first," "mth," "w-th," and "k-th," etc. in the description and claims of this application and the accompanying drawings are used to describe a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

Fig. 1 shows a wireless communication system to which the present application relates. The wireless communication system is not limited to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, and may be a 5G system, an NR system, a Machine to Machine (M2M) system, or the like that is evolved in the future. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system 100 may include: network device 101 and UE 102. Wherein: the network device 101 may be a base station, and the base station may be configured to communicate with one or more user equipments, and may also be configured to communicate with one or more base stations having a function of part of the user equipments (for example, communication between a macro base station and a micro base station, such as an access point). The Base Station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) system, an evolved Node B (eNB) in an LTE system, and a Base Station in a 5G system or a new air interface (NR) system. In addition, the base station may also be an Access Point (AP), a transmission node (Trans TRP), a Central Unit (CU), or other network entity, and may include some or all of the functions of the above network entities. The UEs 102 may be distributed throughout the wireless communication system 100 and may be stationary or mobile. In some embodiments of the present application, the UE102 may be a mobile device, a mobile station (mobile station), a mobile unit (mobile unit), an M2M terminal, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a user agent, a mobile client, and the like. In particular, the network device 101 may be configured to communicate with the UE102 over the wireless interface 103 under control of a network device controller (not shown). In some embodiments, the network device controller may be part of the core network or may be integrated into the network device 101.

It should be noted that the wireless communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 is only for more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation to the present application, and as a person having ordinary skill in the art knows, the technical solution provided in the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems as the network architecture evolves and new service scenarios emerge.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method includes the following steps:

step 201: the UE monitors a WUS on a PDCCH within a Wake-up Signal (WUS) transmission period (event), the WUS event is located before a subsequent DRX on duration, and the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started within a first time duration subsequent to the WUS event.

The DRX-on duration Timer is periodically started to operate, and during the DRX-on duration Timer operation period, the UE is in an active period, and the UE may monitor and receive a scheduling signaling (such as a PDCCH) from a network device, thereby performing normal service data transceiving.

The WUS occasion and the first duration are configured for the UE by the network equipment.

The first duration of the UE activation or deactivation of the DRX-on duration Timer indicated by the WUS may be expressed by an absolute duration (e.g., expressed by an absolute duration in ms, etc.), or may be expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle (e.g., expressed by 4 cycles, etc.).

Step 202: and if the WUS is monitored, the UE starts or does not start the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

Specifically, if the UE monitors the WUS, the UE starts or does not start the DRX-on duration Timer based on the monitored WUS within a first time duration subsequent to the WUS occasion. If the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is not started in the first time length after the WUS event, the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer in the first time length after the WUS event; and if the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started in the first time length after the WUS event, the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer in the first time length after the WUS event.

Referring to fig. 3A, fig. 3A is a schematic flowchart of another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method includes the following steps:

step 301: the UE monitors the WUS on the PDCCH in the WUS event, the WUS event is positioned before the subsequent DRX on duration, and the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is not started in the first time duration subsequent to the WUS event.

Step 302: and if the WUS is monitored, the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

Step 303: and if the WUS cannot be monitored, the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer.

In an implementation manner of the present application, before step 301, the method further includes:

receiving RRC configuration information from a network device, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX-related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX-related parameter configuration comprises a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration comprises a WUS event period and a WUS Time Offset (Time Offset), the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from a WUS event starting Time to a DRX-on duration starting Time (shown in figure 3B), and the WUS event period is integral multiple of the DRX cycle.

The DRX cycle includes a long DRX cycle and a short DRX cycle, and the network device may configure one WUS event cycle for each of the long DRX cycle and the short DRX cycle (i.e., configure a value that is an integer multiple of the DRX cycle). When the UE is switched from the long DRX cycle to the short DRX cycle, the UE restarts the WUS occase cycle under the short DRX cycle. When the UE is switched from the short DRX cycle to the long DRX cycle, the UE restarts the WUS occase cycle under the long DRX cycle.

In one implementation of the present application, before each WUS occase arrives, the method further includes:

the UE determines whether WUS monitoring within an upcoming WUS occast is required;

if it is determined that WUS monitoring is required within the upcoming WUS occase, the UE monitors the WUS within the upcoming WUS occase.

Further, under fifth and sixth conditions, determining that a WUS needs to be listened for within an upcoming WUS occase; the fifth condition includes the WUS indicating that a first duration of not starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed in absolute duration; or the WUS indicates that a first duration of a non-starting DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle, and the current DRX cycle of the UE is the first DRX cycle or the current DRX cycle of the UE is the same as the duration of the last DRX cycle; the sixth condition includes the UE not receiving a WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

Further, a need to monitor WUS within an upcoming WUS occasion is determined under a seventh condition that includes the WUS indicating a first duration of not starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle, and a current DRX cycle of the UE is different in duration from a previous DRX cycle.

For example, the WUS is used to instruct the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer for a subsequent period of time, and the UE receives the network RRC configuration information: DRX-related parameter configuration (e.g., DRX cycles (including long DRX cycles and short DRX cycles), DRX-on duration Timer, etc.) and WUS occasion configuration (e.g., WUS occasion is one-to-one with DRX on duration (i.e., WUS duration equals DRX cycles), and WUS occasion starts before DRX on duration WUS Time Offset). As shown in fig. 3C, the UE does not receive a WUS at the 1 st WUS occasion, and therefore the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the 1 st DRX cycle. The UE receives the WUS in the 2 nd WUS occasion, the WUS indicates that the duration of the UE sleep is 4 cycles, and the UE is short DRX cycles from the 2 nd DRX cycle to the 4 th DRX cycle, so that the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer in the 2 nd DRX cycle, the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 4 th DRX cycle, and the UE does not need to monitor the WUS in the 3 rd WUS occasion and the 4 th WUS occasion. The UE switches from short DRX cycle to long DRX cycle in 5th DRX cycle, so the UE needs to monitor WUS in 5th WUS occase. The UE receives a WUS in the 5th WUS occasion, the WUS indicates that the duration of UE sleep is 1 cycle, so the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer in the 5th DRX cycle. The UE does not receive the UWS in both the 6 th WUS occasion and the 7 th WUS occasion, so the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer in both the 6 th DRX cycle and the 7 th DRX cycle.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, if the network device predicts that the UE will not be scheduled for a subsequent period of time, the network device sends a WUS to the UE before the DRX on duration, and instructs the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer for the period of time (possibly 1 or more DRX cycles), so that the UE remains in the sleep state for the period of time, thereby further reducing the power consumption of the device. If the UE does not receive the WUS, the UE normally starts a DRX-on duration Timer no matter the network equipment does not send the WUS to the UE or the network equipment sends the WUS to the UE and the UE does not detect the WUS, and in the mode, the UE fails to detect the WUS and loses some power saving gain (power saving gain), but does not influence the PDCCH/PDSCH that the UE receives network scheduling and has no influence on link performance.

Referring to fig. 4A, fig. 4A is a schematic flowchart of another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method includes the following steps:

step 401: the UE monitors the WUS on the PDCCH in the WUS event, the WUS event is positioned before the subsequent DRX on duration, and the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started in the first time duration subsequent to the WUS event.

Step 402: and if the WUS is monitored, the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

Step 403: if the WUS is not monitored, and first indication information indicates that the UE does not intermittently start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH during a sleep period, the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer, and the first indication information is from network equipment.

Step 404: if the WUS is not monitored, and the first indication information indicates that the UE starts a DRX-on Timer at intervals during the continuous sleep period to monitor the PDCCH, the UE determines whether to start the DRX-on Timer before the starting time of the DRX-on.

Step 405: and if the DRX-on duration Timer is determined to be started, the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration.

Step 406: and if the DRX-on duration Timer is determined not to be started, the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the UE maintains a first counter or maintains a first Timer, and the UE further maintains a first state variable, where the first state variable is used to indicate whether to wake up the UE to start a DRX-on duration Timer when the WUS is not monitored;

determining to start the DRX-on duration Timer under a first condition, where the first condition includes that a value of the first counter is equal to a first threshold, or the first Timer has timed out, a timing duration of the first Timer is a second threshold, the first threshold is a maximum consecutive number of times that the network device configures for the UE and allows the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, and the second threshold is a maximum time that the network device configures for the UE and allows the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer;

the method further comprises the following steps: and when the value of the first state variable is the third threshold value, the first state variable is used for indicating that the UE is awakened to start the DRX-on Timer under the condition that the WUS is not monitored.

Wherein, the first counter is used for recording the times that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer continuously. The initial value of the first counter is 0.

Wherein, the first Timer is used for recording the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer continuously.

The first threshold and the second threshold may be configured by the network device to the UE through RRC signaling.

The third threshold may be represented by true, 1, or other values.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the DRX-on duration Timer is determined to be started under a second condition, where the second condition includes that the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE receives, in a last DRX-on duration, a PDCCH that is sent by the network device and used for scheduling the UE.

In an implementation manner of the present application, under a third condition, it is determined not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, where the third condition includes that a value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE does not receive a PDCCH, which is sent by the network device and used for scheduling the UE, in a last DRX-on duration;

the method further comprises the following steps: and when the DRX-on duration Timer is not started at the starting time of the DRX-on duration, the UE sets the value of the first state variable as a fourth threshold, and when the value of the state variable is the fourth threshold, the UE is used for indicating that the UE is not awakened to start the DRX-on duration Timer under the condition that the UE cannot monitor the WUS.

The fourth threshold may be denoted by false, may be denoted by 0, or may be denoted by another value.

In an implementation manner of the present application, under a fourth condition, determining not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, the fourth condition includes:

the value of the first counter is less than the first threshold or the first timer has not timed out (i.e., has not exceeded a second threshold);

and the value of the first state variable is the fourth threshold.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the update condition of the first counter includes that the UE does not start a DRX-on Timer at a current mth DRX on start time, where m is greater than 1.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the reset condition of the first counter includes that the UE does not start the DRX-on Timer at the w-1 th DRX on duration start time, and the UE starts the DRX-on Timer at the w-1 th DRX on duration start time, where w is greater than 1.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the starting or restarting condition of the first Timer includes that the UE does not start a DRX-on Timer at a first DRX-on start time; or, the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, and the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, wherein k is greater than 1.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the stop condition of the first Timer includes that the first Timer is running, and the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at a current h-th DRX on duration start time, where h is greater than 1.

In an implementation manner of the present application, before step 401, the method further includes:

receiving RRC configuration information from a network device, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX-related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX-related parameter configuration comprises a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration comprises a WUS event period and a WUS Time Offset (Time Offset), the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from the WUS event starting Time to the DRX-on duration starting Time (shown in figure 3B), and the WUS event period is integral multiple of the DRX cycle.

the UE determines whether WUS monitoring is required within an upcoming WUS occast;

Further, under an eighth condition and a ninth condition, determining that a WUS needs to be listened for within an upcoming WUS occase;

the eighth condition comprises the first duration that the WUS indicates to start the DRX-on duration Timer being expressed in absolute duration; or the WUS indicates that a first duration for starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of DRX cycles, and the current DRX cycle of the UE is the first DRX cycle or the duration of the current DRX cycle of the UE is the same as the duration of the last DRX cycle;

the ninth condition comprises the UE not receiving a WUS; or the time for starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or, the time for starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration start time.

Further, a need to monitor a WUS within an upcoming WUS occasion is determined under a tenth condition that includes the WUS indicating that a first duration to start a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle, and a current DRX cycle of the UE is different in duration from a previous DRX cycle.

For example, the WUS is used to instruct the UE to start the DRX-on duration Timer normally for a subsequent period of time, while the network does not allow the UE to start the DRX-on duration Timer at intervals during the continuous sleep period. The information that the UE receives the network RRC configuration comprises the following information: DRX-related parameter configuration (e.g., DRX cycles (including long DRX cycles and short DRX cycles), DRX-on duration Timer, etc.) and WUS occasion configuration (e.g., WUS occasion is one-to-one with DRX on duration (i.e., WUS duration equals DRX cycles), and WUS occasion starts before DRX on duration WUS Time Offset). As shown in fig. 4B, the UE does not receive a WUS at the 1 st WUS occasion, and therefore the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the 1 st DRX cycle. The UE receives the WUS in the 2 nd WUS occasion, the WUS indicates that the duration of the wake up of the UE is 4 cycles, and the UE is short DRX cycles from the 2 nd DRX cycle to the 4 th DRX cycle, so that the UE normally starts a DRX-on duration Timer in the 2 nd DRX cycle, the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 4 th DRX cycle, and the UE does not need to monitor the WUS in the 3 rd WUS occasion and the 4 th WUS occasion. The UE switches from short DRX cycle to long DRX cycle in 5th DRX cycle, so the UE needs to monitor WUS in 5th WUS occase. The UE receives a WUS at the 5th WUS occasion, the WUS indicates that the duration of the UE wake up is 1 cycle, so the UE normally starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the 5th DRX cycle. The UE does not receive a WUS at the 6 th WUS occasion, so the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the 6 th DRX cycle. The UE receives a WUS at the 7 th WUS occasion, the WUS indicates that the duration of the UE wake up is 1 cycle, so the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the 7 th DRX cycle.

For another example, the WUS may be used to instruct the UE to start the DRX-on duration Timer normally for a subsequent period of time, while the network may allow the UE to start the DRX-on duration Timer at intervals during a continuous sleep period. The information that the UE receives the network RRC configuration comprises the following information: DRX-related parameter configuration (e.g., DRX cycle (including long DRX cycle and short DRX cycle), DRX-on duration Timer, etc.), WUS event configuration (e.g., WUS event corresponds to DRX on duration one-to-one (i.e., WUS period equals DRX cycle), and WUS event starts before DRX on duration) and maximum Time for which the UE is allowed to continue sleep: the second threshold is 2DRX cycle. The first state variable is initialized, i.e. the value of the first state variable equals the fourth threshold value.

The UE does not receive a WUS at the 1 st WUS occasion, so the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer at the 1 st DRX cycle. Meanwhile, the UE starts a first timer at the 1 st DRX on duration start time. The UE receives a WUS in the 2 nd WUS occast, the WUS indicates that the time length of the UE awakening is 3 cycles, and the UE is short DRX cycle from the 2 nd DRX cycle to the 4 th DRX cycle, therefore, the UE normally starts a DRX-on duration Timer in the 2 nd DRX cycle, the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 4 th DRX cycle, and the UE does not need to monitor the WUS again in the 3 rd WUS occast and the 4 th WUS occast. Meanwhile, the UE stops the first timer at the 2 nd DRX on duration start time. The UE does not receive WUS for 3 consecutive WUS ocsashes from the 5th WUS ocsase, so the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the 5th DRX cycle and the 6 th DRX cycle. Meanwhile, the UE starts a first timer at the 5th DRX on duration start time. And the UE judges that the first Timer is overtime at the starting moment of the 7 th DRX on duration, so that the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at 7 DRX cycles. Meanwhile, the UE stops the first timer at the 7 th DRX on duration start time, and sets the value of the first state variable to a third threshold value. At the 8 th DRX on duration start time, the UE determines whether to start the DRX-on duration Timer at the 8 th DRX cycle according to the case that the UE receives the WUS at the 8 th WUS occasion and in combination with the case that the UE receives the PDCCH during the 7 th DRX cycle, and specifically there are 3 possible cases as follows:

1) as shown in fig. 4C, the UE receives a WUS at the 8 th WUS occasion, which indicates that the UE wakes up for 2 cycles, so the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer normally at both the 8 th DRX cycle and the 9 th DRX cycle, and the UE does not need to monitor the wake up signal again at the 9 th WUS occasion. Meanwhile, the UE sets the value of the first state variable as a fourth threshold value at the 8 th DRX on duration starting time.

2) As shown in fig. 4D, the UE still does not receive a WUS in the 8 th WUS occasion, and the UE does not receive a PDCCH indicating scheduling of uplink or downlink transmission for the UE during the 7 th DRX cycle, so the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer in the 8 th DRX cycle. And simultaneously, the UE starts a first timer at the 8 th DRX on duration starting time and sets the value of the first state variable as a fourth threshold value. Subsequently, the UE still does not receive a WUS at the 9 th WUS occasion, and therefore the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the 9 th DRX cycle either.

3) As shown in fig. 4E, the UE still does not receive a WUS in the 8 th WUS occasion, and the UE receives a PDCCH indicating that the UE is scheduled to transmit uplink or downlink during the 7 th DRX cycle, so the UE continues to normally start the DRX-on duration Timer in the 8 th DRX cycle. Subsequently, the UE still does not receive the WUS in the 9 th WUS occasion, and the UE does not receive the PDCCH indicating scheduling of uplink or downlink transmission for the UE during the 8 th DRX cycle, so the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer in the 9 th DRX cycle. Meanwhile, the UE starts a first timer at the 9 th DRX on duration start time, and sets the value of the first state variable to a fourth threshold.

It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present application, if the network device predicts that the UE will be scheduled for a subsequent period of time, the network device sends a WUS to the UE before the DRX ON duration, instructing the UE to start the DRX-ON duration Timer normally for the period of time (possibly 1 or more DRX cycles). If the UE does not receive the WUS, whether the UE starts a drx-onDurationTimer is determined according to the actual situation, and the condition that the UE is dropped due to the fact that the UE fails to receive a PDCCH/PDSCH scheduled by a network for a long time because the UE fails to detect the WUS can be avoided.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another DRX operation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the method includes the following steps:

step 501: network equipment sends RRC configuration information to UE, the RRC configuration information includes DRX related parameter configuration and WUS ocasement configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration includes DRX cycle and DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS ocasement configuration includes WUS ocasement period and WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is the Time advance Offset from WUS ocasement starting Time to DRX-on duration starting Time, and the WUS ocasement period is the integral multiple of DRX cycle.

The DRX cycle includes a long DRX cycle and a short DRX cycle, and the network device may configure one WUS event cycle for each of the long DRX cycle and the short DRX cycle (i.e., configure a value that is an integer multiple of the DRX cycle). And when the UE is switched from the long DRX cycle to the short DRX cycle, the UE restarts the WUS occupation cycle under the short DRX cycle. When the UE is switched from the short DRX cycle to the long DRX cycle, the UE restarts the WUS occase cycle under the long DRX cycle.

Step 502: the network device sends a WUS on the PDCCH, and the WUS is used for indicating that the DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started within a first time length after the WUS event.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the method further includes:

the network equipment sends first indication information to the UE, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the UE to not start a DRX-on duration Timer at intervals during the continuous sleep period to monitor the PDCCH.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the first indication information is used to instruct the UE to start a DRX-on duration Timer at intervals during a continuous sleep period to monitor a PDCCH.

Specifically, the network device may use one bit field of the first indication information to indicate whether the UE is allowed to periodically start the DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH during the continuous sleep period. The method specifically comprises the following steps: different values of 0 and 1 for the Bit field are used to indicate disallowance and allowance; or whether the Bit field exists or not is used for indicating that the existence indicates permission and the nonexistence indicates non-permission.

In an implementation manner of the present application, the network device configures a first threshold or a second threshold for the UE, where the first threshold is a maximum number of consecutive times that the network device configures for the UE and allows the UE not to start a DRX-on duration Timer, and the second threshold is a maximum time that the network device configures for the UE and allows the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer.

Wherein the first threshold and the second threshold may be configured by the network device to the UE through RRC signaling.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, the UE may know each WUS occasion, each DRX cycle, and DRX-on Timer through RRC configuration information sent by the network device, and then monitor the WUS sent by the network device on the PDCCH in each WUS occasion, and further start or not start the DRX-on Timer based on the WUS, so that the DRX-on Timer is started when needed, and further, the power consumption of the device is reduced.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application, including: one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more transceivers, and one or more programs; the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors;

in a first embodiment, the communication device 600 is a user device, the program comprising instructions for:

Further, the WUS is configured to instruct not to start a DRX-on duration Timer for the first duration subsequent to the WUS occase, the program comprising instructions further configured to: and if the WUS is not monitored, starting the DRX-on duration Timer.

Further, the WUS is configured to instruct the start of a DRX-on duration Timer within the first duration following the WUS occase, the program comprising instructions further configured to: if the WUS is not monitored, and first indication information indicates that the UE does not intermittently start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH during the continuous sleep period, the DRX-on duration Timer is not started, and the first indication information is from network equipment.

Further, the program includes instructions for performing the steps of:

if the WUS is not monitored and the first indication information indicates that the UE intermittently starts a DRX-on Timer to monitor the PDCCH during the continuous sleep period, determining whether to start the DRX-on Timer before the starting time of the DRX-on duration;

if the starting of the DRX-on duration Timer is determined, starting the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration;

and if the DRX-on duration Timer is determined not to be started, not starting the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration.

Further, the UE maintains a first counter or a first Timer, and the UE also maintains a first state variable, where the first state variable is used to indicate whether to wake up the UE to start a DRX-on duration Timer when the WUS is not monitored;

determining to start the DRX-on duration Timer under a first condition, where the first condition includes that a value of the first counter is equal to a first threshold, or the first Timer has timed out, a timing duration of the first Timer is a second threshold, the first threshold is a maximum consecutive number of times that the network device configures the UE to allow the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, and the second threshold is a maximum time that the network device configures the UE to allow the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer;

the program includes instructions for performing the steps of: and when the value of the first state variable is the third threshold value, the first state variable is used for indicating that the UE is awakened to start the DRX-on Timer under the condition that the WUS is not monitored.

Further, under a second condition, determining to start the DRX-on duration Timer, where the second condition includes that the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE receives, in a last DRX-on duration, a PDCCH that is sent by the network device and used for scheduling the UE.

Further, under a third condition, determining not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, where the third condition includes that the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE does not receive a PDCCH sent by the network device for scheduling the UE in a last DRX-on duration time;

the program includes instructions for performing the further steps of: and when the DRX-on duration Timer is not started at the starting time of the DRX-on duration, setting the value of the first state variable as a fourth threshold, and when the value of the state variable is the fourth threshold, indicating that the UE is not awakened to start the DRX-on duration Timer under the condition that the UE cannot monitor the WUS.

Further, determining not to start the DRX-on duration Timer under a fourth condition comprising:

the value of the first counter is less than the first threshold or the first timer has not timed out;

and the value of the first state variable is the fourth threshold.

Further, the updating condition of the first counter includes that the UE does not start a DRX-on Timer at the current mth DRX on duration start time, where m is greater than 1.

Further, the reset condition of the first counter includes that the UE does not start the DRX-on Timer at the w-1 th DRX on duration start time, and the UE starts the DRX-on Timer at the w-1 th DRX on duration start time, where w is greater than 1.

Further, the starting or restarting condition of the first Timer includes that the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer at a first DRX-on duration start time; or, the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, and the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, wherein k is larger than 1.

Further, the stop condition of the first Timer includes that the first Timer is running, and the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at a current h-th DRX on duration start time, where h is greater than 1.

Further, before monitoring for WUS on the PDCCH within WUS occase, the program includes instructions for performing the following steps:

receiving RRC configuration information from a network device, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration comprises a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration comprises a WUS event period and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is from WUS event starting Time to DRX-on duration starting Time, and the WUS event period is integral multiple of the DRX cycle.

Further, before each WUS occasion arrives, the program includes instructions for further performing the steps of:

determining whether a WUS needs to be listened to within an upcoming WUS occase;

if it is determined that WUS needs to be listened to within the upcoming WUS occase, the WUS is listened to within the upcoming WUS occase.

Further, under fifth and sixth conditions, determining that a WUS needs to be listened for within an upcoming WUS occase;

the fifth condition includes the WUS indicating that a first duration of not starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed in absolute duration; or the WUS indicates that a first duration of a non-starting DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle, and the current DRX cycle of the UE is the first DRX cycle or the current DRX cycle of the UE is the same as the duration of the last DRX cycle;

the sixth condition comprises the UE not receiving a WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

In a second embodiment, the communication device 600 is a network device, the program comprising instructions for:

sending RRC configuration information to UE, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration comprises a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration comprises a WUS event cycle and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is from the WUS event starting Time to the DRX-on duration starting Time, and the WUS event cycle is integral multiple of the DRX cycle;

Further, the program includes instructions for performing the steps of:

sending first indication information to the UE, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the UE not to intermittently start a DRX-on Timer to monitor a PDCCH during the continuous sleep.

Further, the first indication information is used to indicate the UE to start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH at intervals during the continuous sleep period.

Further, the network device configures a first threshold or a second threshold to the UE, where the first threshold is a maximum number of consecutive times that the network device configures to the UE and allows the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer, and the second threshold is a maximum time that the network device configures to the UE and allows the UE not to start the DRX-on duration Timer.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation manner of the content described in this embodiment may refer to the above method, and will not be described here.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a DRX operation apparatus 700 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the DRX operation apparatus 700 includes a processing unit 701, a communication unit 702, and a storage unit 703, where:

in the first embodiment, the DRX operating apparatus 700 is applied to a user equipment, and the processing unit 701 is configured to monitor a WUS on a PDCCH through the communication unit 702 within a WUS occasion that precedes a subsequent DRX on duration, where the WUS occasion is configured to instruct a DRX-on duration Timer to be started or not to be started within a first duration subsequent to the WUS occasion; and if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase.

Further, the WUS is configured to instruct not to start a DRX-on duration Timer within the first duration following the WUS occase, and the processing unit 701 is further configured to start the DRX-on duration Timer if the WUS is not monitored.

Further, the WUS is configured to instruct to start a DRX-on duration Timer within the first duration after the WUS occase, and the processing unit 701 is further configured to not start the DRX-on duration Timer if the WUS is not monitored and the first indication information indicates that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH at intervals during the continuous sleep period, where the first indication information is from a network device.

Further, the processing unit 701 is further configured to determine whether to start a DRX-on duration Timer before the DRX-on duration start time if the WUS is not monitored and the first indication information indicates that the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH at intervals during a continuous sleep period; if the starting of the DRX-on duration Timer is determined, starting the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration; and if the DRX-on duration Timer is determined not to be started, not starting the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration.

the processing unit 701 is further configured to set a value of the first state variable to a third threshold when the DRX-on duration Timer is started at the DRX-on duration start time, where the first state variable is used to instruct, when the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, to wake up the UE to start the DRX-on duration Timer under the condition that the WUS is not monitored.

the processing unit 701 is further configured to set a value of the first state variable to a fourth threshold when the DRX on duration Timer is not started at the DRX on duration start time, and instruct the UE not to wake up to start the DRX-on duration Timer when the value of the state variable is the fourth threshold.

and the value of the first state variable is the fourth threshold.

Further, the resetting condition of the first counter includes that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the w-1 th DRX on duration start time, and the UE starts the DRX-on duration Timer at the w-th DRX on duration start time, where w is greater than 1.

Further, the starting or restarting condition of the first Timer includes that the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer at a first DRX-on duration start time; or, the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, and the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, wherein k is greater than 1.

Further, before monitoring the WUS on the PDCCH in the WUS event, the processing unit 701 is further configured to receive RRC configuration information from the network device through the communication unit 702, where the RRC configuration information includes a DRX related parameter configuration and a WUS event configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration includes a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration includes a WUS event cycle and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from a WUS event start Time to a DRX event start Time, and the WUS event cycle is an integer multiple of the DRX cycle.

Further, before each WUS occase arrives, the processing unit 701 is further configured to determine whether a WUS needs to be listened to within the upcoming WUS occase; if it is determined that WUS needs to be listened to within the upcoming WUS occase, the WUS is listened to within the upcoming WUS occase.

the sixth condition includes the UE not receiving a WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

Further, under an eighth condition and a ninth condition, determining that the WUS needs to be listened to within the upcoming WUS occase;

the eighth condition includes that a first duration for which the WUS indicates to start the DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by an absolute duration; or the WUS indicates that a first duration for starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of DRX cycles, and the current DRX cycle of the UE is the first DRX cycle or the duration of the current DRX cycle of the UE is the same as the duration of the last DRX cycle;

In the second embodiment, the DRX operating apparatus 700 is applied to a network device, and the processing unit 701 is configured to send, to a UE via the communication unit 702, RRC configuration information that includes a DRX-related parameter configuration and a WUS event configuration, where the DRX-related parameter configuration includes a DRX cycle and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration includes a WUS event cycle and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is from a WUS event start Time to a DRX on duration start Time, and the WUS event cycle is an integral multiple of the DRX cycle; the WUS is transmitted on the PDCCH through the communication unit 702, and indicates whether to start or not start the DRX-on duration Timer for a first duration following the WUS event.

Further, the processing unit 701 is further configured to send, to the UE through a communication unit 702, first indication information, where the first indication information is used to instruct the UE to not periodically start a DRX-on duration Timer during the continuous sleep period to monitor the PDCCH.

Further, the network device configures a first threshold or a second threshold to the UE, where the first threshold is a maximum number of consecutive times that the network device configures to the UE and allows the UE not to start a DRX-on duration Timer, and the second threshold is a maximum time that the network device configures to the UE and allows the UE not to start a DRX-on duration Timer.

When the processing unit 701 is a processor, the communication unit 702 is a transceiver, and the storage unit 703 is a memory, the DRX operation apparatus 700 according to the embodiment of the present application may be a communication device shown in fig. 6.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, where the computer program makes a computer perform some or all of the steps described in the above method embodiments for a user equipment or a network device.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps described in the method above for a user equipment or a network device. The computer program product may be a software installation package.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware or by executing software instructions by a processor. The software instructions may be comprised of corresponding software modules that may be stored in Random Access Memory (RAM), flash Memory, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a compact disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. Additionally, the ASIC may reside in an access network device, a target network device, or a core network device. Of course, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in an access network device, a target network device, or a core network device.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in one or more of the examples described above, the functionality described in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented, in whole or in part, by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The above-mentioned embodiments, objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application are further described in detail, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements and the like made on the basis of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application should be included in the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation method applied to a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

monitoring a WUS on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH in a WUS sending period occase of wakeup information, wherein the WUS occase is positioned before a subsequent DRX activation period on, and the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started in a first time period subsequent to the WUS occase;

if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occase;

before each WUS occasion comes, the method further comprises: determining whether a WUS needs to be listened to within an upcoming WUS occase; monitoring the WUS in the upcoming WUS occase if the WUS needs to be monitored in the upcoming WUS occase; wherein, under a sixth condition, it is determined that WUS needs to be monitored within an upcoming WUS occase, the sixth condition including that the UE does not receive WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the WUS is configured to indicate that a DRX-on duration Timer is not to be started for the first duration subsequent to the WUS occase, the method further comprising: and if the WUS is not monitored, starting the DRX-on duration Timer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the WUS is configured to indicate that a DRX-on duration Timer is to be started within the first duration following the WUS occase, the method further comprising: if the WUS is not monitored, and first indication information indicates that the UE does not intermittently start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor the PDCCH during the continuous sleep period, the DRX-on duration Timer is not started, and the first indication information is from network equipment.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the DRX-on duration Timer is determined to be started, starting the DRX-on duration Timer at the starting time of the DRX-on duration;

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the UE maintains a first counter or a first Timer, wherein the UE further maintains a first state variable indicating whether to wake up the UE to start a DRX-on duration Timer if no WUS is monitored;

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the DRX-on duration Timer is determined to be started under a second condition, the second condition comprises that the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE receives a PDCCH sent by the network device for scheduling the UE within a last DRX-on duration.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the DRX-on duration Timer is determined not to be started under a third condition, the third condition comprises that the value of the first state variable is the third threshold, and the UE does not receive a PDCCH sent by the network device for scheduling the UE within a last DRX-on duration time;

the method further comprises the following steps: and when the DRX-on duration Timer is not started at the starting time of the DRX-on duration, setting the value of the first state variable as a fourth threshold, and when the value of the state variable is the fourth threshold, indicating that the UE is not awakened to start the DRX-on duration Timer under the condition that the UE cannot monitor the WUS.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the DRX-on duration Timer is determined not to be started under a fourth condition comprising:

and the value of the first state variable is the fourth threshold.

9. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the updating condition of the first counter comprises that the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer at the current mth DRX-on duration starting time, and m is greater than 1.

10. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the reset condition of the first counter comprises that the UE does not start DRX-on Timer at w-1 DRX-on start time, and the UE starts DRX-on Timer at w DRX-on start time, w is greater than 1.

11. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the start or restart condition of the first Timer comprises that the UE does not start a DRX-on duration Timer at a first DRX-on duration start time; or, the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, and the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer at the k-1 th DRX-on duration starting time, wherein k is greater than 1.

12. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the stop condition of the first Timer comprises that the first Timer is running and the UE starts a DRX-on duration Timer at the current h-th DRX-on duration start time, wherein h is greater than 1.

13. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein prior to monitoring WUS on the PDCCH during WUS occase, the method further comprises:

receiving wireless resource control (RRC) configuration information from network equipment, wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX related parameter configuration and WUS event configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration comprises a DRX period and a DRX-on duration Timer, the WUS event configuration comprises a WUS event period and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS event Offset is a Time advance Offset from the WUS event starting Time to the DRX-on duration starting Time, and the WUS event period is integral multiple of the DRX period.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein under a fifth condition, determining that a WUS needs to be listened to within an upcoming WUS occase;

the fifth condition includes the WUS indicating that a first duration of not starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed in absolute duration; or the first duration of the UE indicating that the UE does not start the DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of DRX cycles, and the current DRX cycle of the UE is the first DRX cycle or the current DRX cycle of the UE is the same as the duration of the last DRX cycle.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein determining that a WUS needs to be monitored for an upcoming WUS occasion under a seventh condition comprises the WUS indicating that a first duration of a DRX-on duration Timer is not enabled is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle and the UE current DRX cycle is different from a previous DRX cycle.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein under an eighth condition and a ninth condition, determining that a WUS needs to be listened to within an upcoming WUS occast;

17. The method of claim 13 wherein determining that a WUS needs to be monitored for an upcoming WUS occasion is under a tenth condition that includes the WUS indicating that a first duration for starting a DRX-on duration Timer is expressed by a multiple of a DRX cycle and that the UE's current DRX cycle is different from a previous DRX cycle.

18. A Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation method applied to a network device, the method comprising:

sending Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration information to User Equipment (UE), wherein the RRC configuration information comprises DRX related parameter configuration and wakeup information WUS sending period occast configuration, the DRX related parameter configuration comprises a DRX period cycle and a DRX-activation period on duration Timer, the WUS occast configuration comprises a WUS occast period and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from the WUS occast starting Time to the DRX on duration starting Time, and the WUS occast period is integral multiple of the DRX period;

transmitting a WUS on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration timer is started or not started in a first time length after the WUS occasion so that the UE determines whether the WUS needs to be monitored in the upcoming WUS occasion before each WUS occasion arrives; monitoring the WUS in the upcoming WUS occase if the WUS needs to be monitored in the upcoming WUS occase; wherein, under a sixth condition, it is determined that WUS needs to be monitored within an upcoming WUS occase, the sixth condition including that the UE does not receive WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer, which is indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE, does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the network equipment sends first indication information to the UE, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the UE to not intermittently start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor a PDCCH during the continuous sleep period.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate to the UE to periodically start a DRX-on duration Timer to monitor PDCCH during a continuous sleep period.

21. The method according to any of claims 18-20, wherein said network device configures said UE with a first threshold value or with a second threshold value, said first threshold value being the maximum number of consecutive times said network device configures said UE to allow said UE not to start DRX-on duration Timer, said second threshold value being the maximum time said network device configures said UE to allow said UE not to start DRX-on duration Timer.

22. A discontinuous reception, DRX, operating apparatus, applied to a user equipment, UE, the apparatus comprising a processing unit and a communication unit, wherein:

the processing unit is used for monitoring a WUS on a physical downlink control channel PDCCH through the communication unit in a WUS sending period occase of wakeup information, the WUS occase is positioned before a subsequent DRX activation period on duration, and the WUS is used for indicating that a DRX-on duration Timer is started or not started in a first time duration subsequent to the WUS occase; if the WUS is monitored, starting or not starting the DRX-on duration Timer in a first time length subsequent to the WUS occast;

the processing unit is further configured to determine whether a WUS needs to be listened for within an upcoming WUS occase before each WUS occase arrives; monitoring the WUS in an upcoming WUS occase through the communication unit if the WUS needs to be monitored in the upcoming WUS occase is determined; wherein, under a sixth condition, it is determined that WUS needs to be monitored within an upcoming WUS occase, the sixth condition including that the UE does not receive WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

23. A discontinuous reception, DRX, operation apparatus, applied to a network device, the apparatus comprising a processing unit and a communication unit, wherein:

the processing unit is configured to send radio resource control RRC configuration information to a user equipment UE through the communication unit, where the RRC configuration information includes DRX-related parameter configuration and wakeup information WUS transmission Time configuration, the DRX-related parameter configuration includes a DRX cycle and a DRX-activation period on duration Timer, the WUS-event configuration includes a WUS-event cycle and a WUS Time Offset, the WUS Time Offset is a Time advance Offset from a WUS-event starting Time to a DRX-event starting Time, and the WUS-event cycle is an integral multiple of the DRX cycle; transmitting, by the communication unit, a WUS on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the WUS being used to instruct that a DRX-on duration timer is started or not started within a first duration following a WUS event, so that the UE determines whether the WUS needs to be monitored within an upcoming WUS event before each WUS event; monitoring the WUS in the upcoming WUS occase if the WUS needs to be monitored in the upcoming WUS occase; wherein, under a sixth condition, it is determined that WUS needs to be monitored within an upcoming WUS occase, the sixth condition including that the UE does not receive WUS; or the time that the UE does not start the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time is before the current DRX-on Duration starting time; or the time for not starting the DRX-on Duration Timer indicated by the WUS received last time by the UE does not include the current DRX-on Duration starting time.

24. A communication device comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more transceivers, and one or more programs stored in the memories and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 1-17, or the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 18-21.

25. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute instructions of the steps in the method according to any one of claims 1-17 or the computer program causes a computer to execute instructions of the steps in the method according to any one of claims 18-21.