CN114271021B

CN114271021B - Method and apparatus for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception duration timer

Info

Publication number: CN114271021B
Application number: CN201980099495.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石聪
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-01
Filing date: 2019-11-01
Publication date: 2024-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-01
Also published as: CN114271021A; WO2021082012A1

Abstract

The application provides a method and a device for determining a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer, which can further save electric quantity of terminal equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment; the terminal equipment acquires wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating the receiving position of a wake-up signal; and the terminal equipment monitors the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

Description

Method and apparatus for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception duration timer

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timer.

Background

For power saving purposes, discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception, DRX) is introduced, i.e. the terminal device only needs to listen to the physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) during the active period and does not need to listen to the PDCCH during the inactive period. However, the network device may not send the PDCCH to the terminal device during the activation period, but the terminal device still needs to monitor the PDCCH during the activation period, which may cause waste of power of the terminal device. Therefore, how to further save the power of the terminal device is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a method and equipment for determining the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer, which can further save the electric quantity of terminal equipment.

In a first aspect, a method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timer is provided, comprising: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment; the terminal equipment acquires wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating the receiving position of a wake-up signal; and the terminal equipment monitors the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

In a second aspect, a method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timer is provided, comprising: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX; the terminal equipment acquires first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, and the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX; and the terminal equipment determines the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of other DRX in the next DRX period according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX periods and/or other DRX in M DRX periods, wherein the next DRX period is a DRX period adjacent to the N DRX periods and the M DRX periods, the other DRX is a DRX except the first DRX in at least two sets, and M, N is a positive integer.

In a third aspect, a method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timer is provided, comprising: the network equipment sends configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment; the network device sends a wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, wherein the wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a wake-up signal, and the wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

In a fourth aspect, a method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timer is provided, comprising: the network equipment sends configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX; the network device sends a first wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX, states of the first DRX in N DRX periods and/or other DRX in M DRX periods are used for determining the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in a next DRX period by the terminal device, the next DRX period is a DRX period adjacent to the N DRX periods and the M DRX periods, and other DRXs are DRXs except the first DRX in at least two sets, and M, N is a positive integer.

A fifth aspect provides a terminal device for performing the method of any one of the first aspect, the second aspect or each implementation thereof.

Specifically, the terminal device comprises functional modules for performing the method in any of the above first aspect, second aspect or implementations thereof.

A sixth aspect provides a network device for performing the method of any one of the above third aspect, fourth aspect or implementations thereof.

In particular, the network device comprises functional modules for performing the method in any of the above third aspect, fourth aspect or implementations thereof.

In a seventh aspect, a terminal device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing a computer program, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory and executing the method in any one of the first aspect, the second aspect or each implementation manner thereof.

In an eighth aspect, a network device is provided that includes a processor and a memory. The memory is for storing a computer program and the processor is for calling and running the computer program stored in the memory for performing the method of any of the above third aspect, fourth aspect or implementations thereof.

A ninth aspect provides an apparatus for implementing the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects or each implementation thereof.

Specifically, the device comprises: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a device in which the apparatus is installed to perform the method as in any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof described above.

In a tenth aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided for storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the above first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of the first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of the above-described first to fourth aspects or implementations thereof.

Based on the above technical solution, in the case that multiple sets of DRX are configured, the terminal device may configure to receive the wake-up signal according to the WUS parameter, and determine whether to start the discontinuous reception duration timer in the active period according to the wake-up signal, instead of starting the discontinuous reception duration timer in each active period, so that the electric quantity of the terminal device can be further saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application apply.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a DRX cycle provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a start-up state of a drx-onDurationTimer according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 6 are schematic diagrams of a method for indicating a start-up state of a drx-onduration timer by WUS according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a start-up state of a drx-onDurationTimer according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a method for indicating a start-up state of drx-onDurationTimer by WUS according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 and 10 are schematic block diagrams of terminal devices provided in embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 11 and 12 are schematic block diagrams of network devices provided in embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of an apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system 100 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, the terminal device 110 is connected to a first network device 130 in a first communication system and a second network device 120 in a second communication system, for example, the first network device 130 is a network device in long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), and the second network device 120 is a network device in a New Radio (NR).

Wherein the first network device 130 and the second network device 120 may include a plurality of cells.

It should be understood that fig. 1 is an example of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application, and that the embodiment of the present application is not limited to that shown in fig. 1.

As an example, a communication system to which embodiments of the present application are adapted may include at least a plurality of network devices under the first communication system and/or a plurality of network devices under the second communication system.

For example, the system 100 shown in fig. 1 may include one primary network device under a first communication system and at least one secondary network device under a second communication system. At least one auxiliary network device is connected to the one main network device, respectively, to form multiple connections, and is connected to the terminal device 110, respectively, to provide services thereto. Specifically, the terminal device 110 may establish a connection through both the primary network device and the secondary network device.

Optionally, the connection established between the terminal device 110 and the primary network device is a primary connection, and the connection established between the terminal device 110 and the secondary network device is a secondary connection. The control signaling of the terminal device 110 may be transmitted through the primary connection, while the data of the terminal device 110 may be transmitted through both the primary connection and the secondary connection, or may be transmitted through only the secondary connection.

As yet another example, the first communication system and the second communication system in the embodiments of the present application are different, but specific categories of the first communication system and the second communication system are not limited.

For example, the first communication system and the second communication system may be various communication systems, such as: global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) system, wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, general packet radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system, LTE time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), and the like.

The primary network device and the secondary network device may be any access network device.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the access network device may be a base station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM) or code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), a base station (NodeB, NB) in a wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) system, or an evolved base station (Evolutional Node B, eNB or eNodeB) in a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system.

Optionally, the access network device may also be a next generation radio access network (Next Generation Radio Access Network, NG RAN), or a base station (gNB) in an NR system, or a radio controller in a cloud radio access network (Cloud Radio Access Network, CRAN), or the access network device may be a relay station, an access point, an on-board device, a wearable device, or a network device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN), etc.

In the system 100 shown in fig. 1, the first network device 130 is taken as a primary network device, and the second network device 120 is taken as an auxiliary network device.

The first network device 130 may be an LTE network device and the second network device 120 may be an NR network device. Or the first network device 130 may be an NR network device and the second network device 120 may be an LTE network device. Or both the first network device 130 and the second network device 120 may be NR network devices. Or the first network device 130 may be a GSM network device, a CDMA network device, etc., and the second network device 120 may be a GSM network device, a CDMA network device, etc. Or the first network device 130 may be a macro base station (Macrocell), the second network device 120 may be a micro cell base station (Microcell), a pico cell base station (Picocell), or a femto cell base station (Femtocell), etc.

Alternatively, the terminal device 110 may be any terminal device, and the terminal device 110 includes, but is not limited to:

via a wireline connection, such as via a public-switched telephone network (Public S witched Telephone Networks, PSTN), a digital subscriber line (Digital Subscriber Line, DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection; and/or another data connection/network; and/or via a wireless interface, e.g., for a cellular network, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and/or means of the other terminal device arranged to receive/transmit communication signals; and/or internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) devices. Terminal devices arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as "wireless communication terminals", "wireless terminals" or "mobile terminals". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellites or cellular telephones; a personal communications system (Personal Communications System, PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; a PDA that can include a radiotelephone, pager, internet/intranet access, web browser, organizer, calendar, and/or a global positioning system (Global Positioning System, GPS) receiver; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A terminal device may refer to an access terminal, user Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably herein.

In long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), the concept of discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception, DRX) is proposed. Specifically, the main idea of DRX is: the network can configure the terminal to wake up (DRX ON) at the predicted time of the network, and the terminal monitors the downlink control channel; at the same time, the network can also configure the terminal to sleep (DRX OFF) at a time predicted by the network, i.e., the terminal device does not need to monitor the downlink control channel. Thus, if the network device 120 has data to transmit to the terminal device 110, the network device 120 can schedule the terminal device 110 during the time when the terminal device 110 is in DRX ON, and reduce terminal power consumption due to radio frequency shutdown during DRC OFF time.

In particular, a media access control (media access control, MAC) entity (entity) may configure DRX functionality by a radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) for controlling the terminal to monitor the behavior of the downlink transmission.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, a DRX cycle (cycle) configured by a network device for a terminal device consists of an active period (On Duration) and a sleep period (Opportunity for DRX). For the case of the terminal device configured with the DRX function in the RRC connected (RRC connected) mode, the terminal device may monitor and receive the PDCCH during an Active Time (Active Time); and does not receive the PDCCH within a Non Active Time to reduce power consumption.

The duration of the active period may be controlled by a DRX-on duration timer (DRX-onduration timer) and a DRX-off duration timer (DRX-incaactyitytimer). Wherein the DRX-duration timer is also referred to as DRX-active phase timer. The inactivity timer is also referred to as an inactivity timer. Specifically, when a DRX-on duration timer (DRX-onduration timer) expires, if no other timer is running, the active period ends. The terminal device can prolong the duration of the activation period by starting or restarting the drx-InactvityTimer.

The terminal device may start the DRX-incavitytimer when receiving the PDCCH, so that the time of the DRX activation period may be prolonged with the start of the DRX-onduration timer. Of course, the terminal device may also restart the DRX-inactivity timer when it receives the PDCCH and has currently started the DRX-inactivity timer.

The terminal device can switch the DRX period to the DRX period with longer period after the DRX-InactityTimer is overtime, so that the power consumption of the terminal device can be saved.

In the communication system, the system can configure the DRX short period and/or the DRX long period for the terminal equipment according to different service scenes. If the terminal device currently uses the DRX short period, the time interval for the terminal device to enter the next activation period from the current activation period is short. If the terminal device currently uses the DRX long period, the time interval for the terminal device to enter the next activation period from the current activation period is longer.

For example, when voice over internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) traffic (voice over internet protocol, VOIP) is performed, the voice codec typically transmits a VOIP packet for 20ms, so that a DRX short cycle with a length of 20ms can be configured; whereas a longer silence period during a voice call may configure a DRX long cycle.

The terminal device may determine, according to the current DRX cycle, a time for starting DRX-onDurationTimer, which is specifically as follows:

if the terminal device is in the DRX short period, the time for starting the DRX-ondurationTimer needs to be satisfied: [ (sfn×10) +subframe number ] module = (DRX-startup cycle) (formula 1), wherein module represents a modulo operation, SFN represents a frame number for starting DRX-onduration timer, subframe number represents a subframe number for starting DRX-onduration timer, DRX-startup cycle represents a cycle duration of a DRX short cycle, and DRX-startup offset represents a subframe offset for starting DRX-onduration timer.

If the terminal device is in DRX long period, the time for starting DRX-ondurationTimer needs to be satisfied: [ (sfn×10) +subframe number ] module (DRX-LongCycle) =drx-StartOffset (formula 2), wherein module represents a modulo operation, SFN represents a frame number for starting DRX-onduration timer, subframe number represents a subframe number for starting DRX-onduration timer, DRX-LongCycle represents a cycle duration of a DRX long cycle, and DRX-StartOffset represents a subframe offset.

In existing mechanisms, the DRX long cycle is the default configuration and the DRX short cycle is the optional configuration. The network device may configure only one DRX long cycle to the terminal device, but not configure the DRX short cycle; or the network device may also configure the terminal device with both the DRX long cycle and the DRX short cycle. The DRX long cycle and the DRX short cycle are opposite as long as the period time of the DRX long cycle is longer than the period time of the DRX short cycle.

If the terminal device is configured with both the DRX long period and the DRX short period, the terminal device may switch between the DRX long period and the DRX short period, and specific switching conditions will be described below.

In the existing protocol, if the terminal device is currently in the DRX long cycle, the terminal device may switch to the DRX short cycle after the DRX-inactivity timer times out, or after receiving a DRX MAC Control Element (CE) sent by the network device. If the terminal device is currently in the DRX short cycle, the terminal device may switch to the DRX long cycle after the DRX-short cycle timer times out, or after long DRX command MAC CE sent by the network device is received.

The conditions for starting or restarting the drx-InactvityTimer are as follows: if the terminal receives a PDCCH indicating the initial downlink or uplink transmission, the terminal starts or restarts the drx-InactivityTimer.

The conditions for starting and stopping drx-retransmission timerdl of the terminal are as follows:

when the terminal receives a PDCCH indicating downlink transmission or when the terminal receives a MAC protocol data unit (protocol data unit, PDU) on the configured downlink grant resource, the terminal stops the drx-retransmission timer dl corresponding to the hybrid automatic repeat request (hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ) process. After completing the transmission fed back by the HARQ process for this downlink transmission, the terminal starts the drx-HARQ-Round Trip Time (RTT) -timer dl corresponding to the HARQ process.

If a timer drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL corresponding to a certain HARQ of the terminal is timed out and the decoding of downlink data transmitted using the HARQ process is unsuccessful, the terminal starts drx-retransmission TimerDL corresponding to the HARQ process.

The conditions for starting and stopping drx-retransmission timer UL are as follows:

when the terminal receives a PDCCH indicating uplink transmission or when the terminal transmits a MAC PDU on the configured uplink grant resource, the terminal stops the drx-retransmission timer UL corresponding to the HARQ process. After completing the first repetition transmission (repetition) of the physical uplink shared channel (physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH), the terminal starts the drx-HARQ-RTT-timer ul corresponding to the HARQ process.

If the corresponding timer drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL of a certain HARQ of the terminal is overtime, the terminal starts the corresponding drx-retransmission TimerUL of the HARQ process.

For the purpose of power saving, the DRX described above is introduced, i.e. the terminal device only needs to monitor PDCCH during active period and not during inactive period. However, the network device may not send the PDCCH to the terminal device during the active period, i.e. the terminal device may not receive the PDCCH during the active period, but the terminal device still needs to monitor the PDCCH during the active period, which may cause waste of power of the terminal device.

To solve this problem, a wake-up signal (WUS) is introduced, that is, the terminal device may listen to WUS before the active period and determine whether a subsequent persistence timer needs to be started based on the content of the WUS indication. If the WUS indicates that the terminal device wakes up, the terminal device may start a duration timer in a subsequent DRX cycle and monitor a PDCCH transmitted by the network device; if the WUS indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the terminal equipment does not start a continuous timer in the subsequent DRX period, so that the purpose of saving power is achieved.

Based on the current NR standard, each medium access control (media access control, MAC) entity may correspond to a set of DRX configurations, i.e. the network device may configure only one WUS parameter configuration to the terminal device, wherein the WUS parameter configuration may be used to indicate a reception occasion of WUS, the terminal device may receive WUS based on the WUS parameter configuration, and the received WUS may be used to indicate a start state of the DRX in an active period.

Regarding WUS, the following conclusions are drawn in the current protocol:

1. WUS is based on PDCCH design;

2. for the UE configured with WUS, the UE listens to WUS at WUS listening occasions (monitoring occasion) located before each drx-onduration timer start-up occasion, and determines whether to start the drx-onduration timer at the subsequent drx-onduration timer start-up occasion according to WUS indication;

3. WUS applies only to DRX long periods (long DRX cycles);

4. each MAC entity corresponds to one WUS configuration and WUS is configured only on a primary cell (PCell) or a primary secondary cell (primary secondary cell, spCell).

In addition, an enhancement method in a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario is proposed, where one MAC entity may configure multiple sets of DRX schemes, i.e. DRX reception modes corresponding to different carriers may be different.

For this enhanced approach, there is currently no clear approach to how WUS can be configured and used in multiple sets of DRX configurations.

The embodiment of the application provides a method for determining the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer, which can provide a method for configuring and using WUS for terminal equipment in a scene of multiple sets of DRX. As shown in fig. 3, the method includes steps S310 to S330.

S310, the terminal equipment acquires at least two sets of DRX configuration information, wherein the at least two sets of DRX configuration information correspond to one MAC entity of the terminal equipment.

The configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX may be sent to the terminal device by the network device or may be preconfigured in the terminal device. For a device-to-device (D2D) scenario, the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX may also be sent to the terminal device by other terminal devices.

Generally, a terminal device corresponds to only one MAC entity, but for a dual-connection scenario, a terminal device may correspond to two MAC entities, and the embodiments of the present application are mainly described with respect to one MAC entity.

The configuration information of the DRX may include a cycle length of the DRX, a DRX duration timer, and the like. The configuration information of the DRX may include at least configuration information of a DRX long cycle, such as a cycle length of the DRX long cycle and a duration of the duration timer. Of course, in some cases, the configuration information of DRX may also include configuration information of DRX short cycle.

The configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX may be obtained through DRX parameter configuration. For example, the terminal device may receive a DRX parameter configuration sent by the network device, which may be used to indicate configuration information for the at least two sets of DRX.

Each set of DRX in the at least two sets of DRX comprises independent configuration information, and the configuration information of different DRX can be the same or different.

For example, the two sets of DRX include DRX-1 and DRX-2, the cycle length of the DRX long cycle of DRX-1 is X, the duration of the DRX continuous timer is a, the cycle length of the DRX long cycle of DRX-2 is Y, and the duration of the DRX continuous timer is b, wherein X and Y may be equal or unequal, and a and b may be equal or unequal. In addition, DRX-1 may include configuration information of a DRX short period, and DRX-2 may not include configuration information of a DRX short period.

S320, the terminal equipment acquires WUS parameter configuration, wherein the WUS parameter configuration is used for indicating the receiving position of the wake-up signal.

S330, the terminal equipment monitors a wake-up signal according to the WUS parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of at least two sets of discontinuous reception continuous timers (DRX).

The WUS parameter configuration may be used to instruct the terminal device to listen for a time domain location and/or a frequency domain location of the wake-up signal. For example, the WUS parameter configuration may be used to instruct the terminal device to listen for a wake-up signal on m symbols prior to each set of DRX cycles.

The wake-up signal monitored by the terminal device on m symbols before the nth DRX cycle may be used to indicate the start state of the continuous timer of the nth DRX cycle, where n and m are both positive integers.

For example, a wake-up signal that the terminal device listens to before the 1 st DRX cycle may be used to indicate the start state of the duration timer of the terminal device at the 1 st DRX cycle.

The start state of the persistence timer may include start or no start. If the wake-up signal indicates the terminal equipment to wake up, the terminal equipment starts a continuous timer and monitors PDCCH in the running process of the continuous timer; if the wake-up signal indicates that the terminal equipment is not waken up, the terminal equipment can not start the continuous timer, so that the purpose of saving electricity can be achieved.

For the case that one MAC entity configures multiple sets of DRX, the network device may configure one WUS parameter configuration for one MAC entity, or the network device may also configure one WUS parameter configuration for one set of DRX, and different DRX may correspond to different WUS parameter configurations.

One WUS parameter configuration may be used to indicate the reception location of one wake-up signal and different WUS parameter configurations may be used to indicate the reception location of different wake-up signals. If the network device configures the terminal device with a plurality of WUS parameter configurations, the terminal device may receive a plurality of wake-up signals according to the plurality of WUS parameter configurations.

The following description is made for different cases.

Taking one configuration of a MAC entity corresponding to one wake-up signal parameter as an example, the terminal device may monitor the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, where the monitored wake-up signal may be used to indicate the start state of DRX-onduration timer of all DRX of the multiple sets of DRX.

In this case, the duration of the DRX cycles of the multiple sets of DRX may be equal, so that the DRX cycle of one set of DRX may better correspond to the DRX cycles of other DRX, and the start states of all DRX-onduration timers may be more accurately indicated by a wake-up signal.

For example, the wake-up signal may include first information, where the first information may be used to indicate a start-up state of DRX-onduration timer of at least two sets of DRX, and this mode is referred to as mode 1 in the embodiment of the present application.

In this case, the DRX-onduration timer of the at least two sets of DRX is the same on state. If the first information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, the starting states of the DRX-onduration timer of the at least two sets of DRX are both starting DRX-onduration timer. If the first information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the starting states of the DRX-onduration timer of the at least two sets of DRX are all not starting DRX-onduration timer.

Assuming that the at least two sets of DRX include a first DRX and a second DRX, the network device configures only one set of wake-up signal parameter configuration, namely a first wake-up signal parameter configuration, for the terminal device, and the terminal device can receive the first wake-up signal according to the first wake-up signal parameter configuration. The first wake-up signal may be used to indicate a start-up state of a DRX-onduration timer of the first DRX and the second DRX.

The first wake-up signal may include first information, and if the first information indicates that the terminal device wakes up, the terminal device may start DRX-onduration timer of the first DRX and the second DRX; if the first information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the terminal equipment does not start the DRX-ondurationTimer of the first DRX and does not start the DRX-ondurationTimer of the second DRX.

Mode 1, the network device may configure a WUS parameter configuration for a MAC entity, the terminal device may receive a wake-up signal based on the WUS parameter configuration, the received wake-up signal may be used to indicate a start-up state of all DRX in the active period, and the start-up state of all DRX in the active period is the same.

This approach does not require further enhancements to the standardized WUS involvement in the current protocol, and WUS overhead signaling is small.

The specific process is as follows:

the terminal device may receive RRC configuration information sent by the network device, where the RRC configuration information may be used to configure relevant parameters of DRX, relevant parameters of a secondary cell (Scell), relevant parameters of WUS, and so on.

The configuration information of each set of DRX in the configuration information of at least two sets of DRX at least comprises a long DRX cycle, a DRX-onduration timer and the like.

Preferably, the long DRX cycles corresponding to the at least two sets of DRX are equal, so that the DRX cycle of one set of DRX can better correspond to the DRX cycles of other DRX, and the starting state of multiple sets of DRX in the active period can be controlled more accurately through one WUS.

The SCell configuration parameter may include at least one SCell.

The primary cell and each SCell respectively correspond to one of the configured sets of DRX masters. For example, PCell 1 may correspond to a default DRX, such as DRX 1; the DRX to which each SCell corresponds may be indicated by display signaling, as may be indicated by one configuration parameter in the SCell configuration.

It is understood that the multiple sets of DRX in the embodiments of the present application may be understood as multiple sets of DRX, or multiple sets of DRX groups.

The WUS parameter configuration may be configured on a Pcell, and WUS monitoring occasion may be located before the long DRX cycle in the time domain.

The UE monitors WUS on the WUS monitoring occasion based on network configuration, and decides the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer at the starting time DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent long DRX cycle for all DRX according to the monitoring and receiving conditions of the WUS.

If the terminal device listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE wakes up, the starting state of the UE at the subsequent DRX-onduration timer starting time DRX-onduration timer is to start DRX-onduration timer for all DRX.

If the terminal device listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE does not wake up, the UE does not start DRX-onduration timer at the start state of the subsequent DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration timer.

In this case, the WUS may indicate whether UE wakeup is required by one bit. For example, when the value of the bit is 0, it indicates that the UE is not awake, and when the value of the bit is 1, it indicates that the UE is awake.

The UE not monitoring WUS may indicate that the terminal device wakes up, or may indicate that the terminal device does not wake up, which may be set according to the specific situation.

The scheme of the embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 4.

The UE receives RRC configuration information sent by the network device, specifically as follows:

1) DRX configuration: 2 sets of DRX are configured for the UE, DRX 1 and DRX 2 respectively. The configuration parameters of each set of DRX at least comprise long DRX cycle and DRX-onduration timer, and the lengths of the DRX-onduration timer corresponding to DRX 1 and DRX 2 are equal.

2) Serving cell configuration: the PCell of the UE is Cell 0, and 3 scells are configured for the UE, respectively Cell 1, cell 2, and Cell 3. Here, cell 0 and Cell 1 correspond to an operation frequency band 1 (frequency range 1, FR 1), and Cell 2 and Cell 3 correspond to FR 2.

3) Correspondence between serving cell and DRX: configuring cells cell 0 and cell 1 on FR1 to correspond to DRX 1; the cells cell 2 and cell 3 on FR2 correspond to DRX 2.

4) WUS monitoring occasion configuration: WUS monitoring occasion is disposed on cell 0.

As shown in fig. 4, the UE detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before the 1 st DRX cycle, the 4 th DRX cycle, and the 5 th DRX cycle, and these WUS indicate that the UE wakes up, and for DRX 1 and DRX 2, the start state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration timer of the 4 th DRX cycle and the 5 th DRX cycle is to start DRX-onduration timer.

The UE detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before the 2 nd DRX cycle, the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 6 th DRX cycle, and these WUS indicate that the UE is not awake, and for DRX 1 and DRX 2, the start state of the UE at the DRX-onDuration Timer start time DRX-onDuration Timer of the 2 nd DRX cycle, the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 6 th DRX cycle is to start DRX-onDuration Timer.

The wake-up signal may include at least two pieces of information, where the at least two pieces of information may be used to indicate the start-up states of the DRX-onduration timer of the at least two sets of DRX, which in this embodiment of the present application is referred to as mode 2.

Since there are at least two pieces of information for indicating the start-up states of the DRX-onduration timer of at least two sets of DRX, the start-up states of the DRX-onduration timer of each set of DRX may be indicated by one piece of information, and thus the start-up states of the DRX-onduration timer of each set of DRX may be the same or different.

Assuming that the at least two sets of DRX include a third DRX and a fourth DRX, the network device configures one WUS parameter configuration, i.e. a second WUS parameter configuration, for one MAC entity of the terminal device, which second WUS parameter configuration may be used to indicate the reception location of the second wake-up signal. The terminal device may monitor a second wake-up signal at the corresponding receiving location according to the second WUS parameter configuration. The second wake-up signal includes second information and third information, where the second information may be used to indicate a start-up state of the DRX-onduration timer of the third DRX, and the third information may be used to indicate a start-up state of the DRX-onduration timer of the fourth DRX.

The second wake-up signal may use two bits to indicate the second information and the third information, respectively, assuming that bit 0 is used to indicate the second information and bit 1 is used to indicate the third information.

For example, when the value of the first two bits of the second wake-up signal received by the terminal device is 01, it may indicate that the UE is not awake for the third DRX; for the fourth DRX, the UE wakes up. The terminal device may not start the DRX-onduration timer of the third DRX but start the DRX-onduration timer of the fourth DRX in the subsequent DRX cycle. When the value of the first two bits of the second wake-up signal received by the terminal equipment is 10, the UE can be waken up aiming at the third DRX; for the fourth DRX, the UE does not wake up. Therefore, the terminal device may start the DRX-onduration timer of the third DRX in the subsequent DRX cycle, and not start the DRX-onduration timer of the fourth DRX. When the value of the first two bits of the second wake-up signal received by the terminal equipment is 00, the third DRX can be indicated, and the UE is not waken up; for the fourth DRX, the UE does not wake up. The terminal device may therefore not start the DRX-onduration timer of the third DRX and not start the DRX-onduration timer of the fourth DRX in the subsequent DRX cycle. When the value of the first two bits of the second wake-up signal received by the terminal equipment is 11, the UE may indicate that the UE wakes up for the third DRX; for the fourth DRX, the UE wakes up. The terminal device may thus start both the DRX-onduration timer of the third DRX and the fourth DRX in the subsequent DRX cycle.

Mode 2, the network device may configure a WUS parameter configuration for a MAC entity, the terminal device may receive a wake-up signal based on the WUS parameter configuration, where the received wake-up signal may be used to indicate a start-up state of all DRX in an active period, and the start-up states of all DRX in the active period may be the same or different.

This approach requires further enhancements based on the standardized WUS involvement in the current protocol, with more flexibility in implementation and greater power saving (power saving) gains.

The specific process is as follows:

the terminal device may receive RRC configuration information sent by the network device, where the RRC configuration information may be used to configure relevant parameters of DRX, relevant parameters of Scell, relevant parameters of WUS, and so on.

The SCell configuration parameter may include at least one SCell.

The UE listens for WUS on WUS listening occasions based on the network configuration. There may be a special bit (bit) field in the payload of WUS to indicate whether the at least two sets of DRX are to start DRX-onduration timer at the DRX-onduration timer start time of the following long DRX cycle.

For example, if the network supports the maximum configuration of N (N > 1) sets of DRX, N bits are reserved in the WUS payload for wake-up indication, wherein each bit field corresponds to 1 set of DRX indication, namely wake-up indication of each set of DRX is realized in a Bitmap mode. For each set of DRX, the UE determines the starting state of the UE at the starting time DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent long DRX cycle according to the wake-up instruction for the DRX group in the detected WUS payload.

If the UE listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE is to wake up for the DRX group, the starting state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer starting time DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent DRX cycle is to start DRX-onduration timer.

If the UE listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE does not wake up for the DRX, the UE does not start the DRX-onduration timer for the DRX at the DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration timer start state of the subsequent DRX cycle.

The scheme of the embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 5.

2) Serving cell configuration: the PCell of the UE is Cell 0, and 3 scells are configured for the UE, respectively Cell 1, cell 2, and Cell 3. Among them, cell 0 and Cell 1 correspond to FR1, and Cell 2 and Cell 3 correspond to FR 2.

As shown in fig. 4, the UE detects WUS at WUS monitoringoccasion before the 1 st DRX cycle, and the WUS indicates that the UE wakes up for both DRX 1 and DRX2, and for DRX 1 and DRX2, the start state of the DRX-onDuration Timer of the UE at 1 st DRX cycle is to start the DRX-onDuration Timer.

The UE detects WUS before WUS monitoring occasion of the 2 nd DRX cycle, and the WUS indicates that the UE does not wake up for DRX 1 and wakes up for DRX2, and if the UE starts at the DRX-onduration timer start time of the 2 nd DRX cycle of DRX 1, the start state of DRX-onduration timer is the DRX-onduration timer start time of the 2 nd DRX cycle of DRX2, which is not started DRX-onDurationTimer, UE.

The UE may continue to detect WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before each subsequent DRX cycle and determine the start state of the DRX group at the DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent long DRX cycle according to the wake-up indication for each DRX group in WUS payload. As shown in fig. 5, a detailed description thereof is omitted.

Taking one set of DRX corresponding to one wake-up signal parameter configuration as an example, for a case that one MAC entity corresponds to at least two sets of DRX, the network device may configure at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations for the terminal device, where the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations may correspond to at least two sets of DRX one to one, i.e. one wake-up signal parameter configuration corresponds to one set of DRX. This mode is referred to as mode 3 in the present embodiment.

Because the starting state of a set of DRX-onduration timer is indicated by an independent wake-up signal, the lengths of DRX periods corresponding to different DRX may be equal or different, and the wake-up states of different DRX may be the same or different.

Assuming that the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations include a third wake-up signal parameter configuration and a fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, the at least two sets of DRX may include a fifth DRX and a sixth DRX, wherein the fifth DRX corresponds to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration and the sixth DRX corresponds to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration.

The terminal equipment can receive a third wake-up signal according to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the third wake-up signal can be used for indicating the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer of the fifth DRX; the terminal device may also receive a fourth wake-up signal according to a fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, where the fourth wake-up signal may be used to indicate a start-up state of a DRX-onduration timer of the sixth DRX.

If the third wake-up signal indicates that the terminal device wakes up, the terminal device may start DRX-onDurationTimer of the fifth DRX; if the third wake-up signal indicates that the terminal device does not wake up, the terminal device may not start the DRX-onduration timer of the fifth DRX. If the fourth wake-up signal indicates that the terminal device wakes up, the terminal device may start DRX-onDurationTimer of the sixth DRX; if the fourth wake-up signal indicates that the terminal device is not awake, the terminal device may not start the DRX-onduration timer of the sixth DRX.

Mode 3, the network device may configure one WUS parameter configuration for a set of DRX, where WUS corresponding to each set of DRX may be used to indicate a start state of DRX-onduration timer.

The method does not need to be further enhanced based on the standardized WUS design in the current protocol, the implementation process is more active, the power saving gain is large, and more electric quantity can be saved.

The specific process is as follows:

Preferably, the long DRX cycles corresponding to the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

The SCell configuration parameter may include at least one SCell.

WUS monitoring occasion configuration: one corresponding WUS monitoring occasion is configured for each set of DRX.

For the frequency domain configuration of WUS monitoring occasion, the specific manner may be: (1) WUS monitoring occasion are configured on the corresponding SCell, with WUS on the SCell corresponding to the SCell's corresponding DRX. (2) WUS is configured on SpCell, and a search space (search space) of WUS has a correspondence with DRX.

Based on network configuration, for each set of DRX, the UE monitors WUS on WUS monitoring occasion monitoring occasions corresponding to the DRX, and determines the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer at the starting moment of the DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent long DRX cycle according to the monitoring and receiving conditions of the WUS.

If the UE listens to and detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion corresponding to the DRX and the WUS indicates that the UE wakes up, for the DRX, the UE starts the DRX-onduration timer at a subsequent DRX-onduration timer start time.

If the UE listens to and detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion corresponding to the DRX and the WUS indicates that the UE does not wake up, for the DRX, the UE starts the DRX-onduration timer at a subsequent DRX-onduration timer start time, where the start state of the DRX-onduration timer is not started.

A scheme of an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 6.

4) WUS monitoring occasion configuration: WUS monitoring occasion for DRX 1 and DRX 2, respectively.

For DRX 1:

the UE detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before the 1 st DRX cycle, the 4 th DRX cycle and the 5 th DRX cycle, and the WUS indicates the UE to wake up, the UE starts at the DRX-onduration timer start time of the 1 st DRX cycle, the 4 th DRX cycle and the 5 th DRX cycle, and the start state of the DRX-onduration timer is to start the DRX-onduration timer.

The UE detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before the 2 nd, 3 rd and 6 th DRX cycles and the WUS indicates that the UE is not awake, and the UE starts at the DRX-onduration timer start time of the 2 nd, 3 rd and 6 th DRX cycles of DRX group 1, and the start state of the DRX-onduration timer is not to start the DRX-onduration timer.

For DRX 2:

the UE detects WUS at WUS monitoring occasion located before the 1 st, 2 nd, 4 th and 6 th DRX cycles, and the WUS indicates that the UE wakes up, and the start state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer start times DRX-onduration timer of the 1 st, 2 nd, 4 th and 6 th DRX cycles of DRX 2 is to start DRX-onduration timer.

The UE detects WUS in WUS monitoringoccasion before the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 5 th DRX cycle, and the WUS indicates that the UE is not awake, and the UE is not started in the start state of DRX-onduration timer at the DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration times of the 3 rd DRX cycle and the 5 th DRX cycle of DRX 2.

The embodiment of the application also provides another method for determining the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer, which can provide a method for configuring and using WUS for terminal equipment under the scene of multiple sets of DRX. As shown in fig. 7, the method includes steps S710 to S730. The corresponding technical features in the method may be referred to the description above and will not be repeated in order to avoid redundancy. This method may be referred to as mode 4 in embodiments of the present application.

S710, the terminal equipment acquires configuration information of at least two sets of DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to one MAC entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX.

S720, the terminal equipment acquires first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, and the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX.

S730, the terminal equipment determines the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of other DRX in a next DRX period according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX periods and/or other DRX in M DRX periods, wherein the next DRX period is a DRX period adjacent to the N DRX periods and the M DRX periods, the other DRX is a DRX except the first DRX in at least two sets, and M, N is a positive integer.

In this method, the network device may configure one WUS parameter configuration for one MAC entity of the terminal device, i.e. the network device configures only one WUS parameter configuration for multiple sets of DRX. The wake-up signal received according to the WUS parameter configuration may be used to indicate the active state of the DRX-onduration timer of one of the sets of DRX (e.g. the first DRX), and the active state of the remaining DRX may be determined according to the active states of the first DRX and the other DRX.

The method for determining the starting state of the drx-onduration timer does not need to further enhance the WUS design standardized by the current protocol, is flexible to realize, and has small WUS signaling overhead.

The M cycles are M DRX cycles before the next DRX cycle, and the N cycles are N DRX cycles before the next DRX cycle. If the terminal device needs to determine the starting state of the 6 th DRX cycle, the terminal device may determine according to the state of M DRX cycles of the first DRX before the 6 th DRX cycle and/or the state of N DRX cycles of other DRX before the 6 th DRX cycle.

The network device may determine the start-up state of the DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the state of the first DRX in the N DRX cycles. For example, if the terminal device receives the PDCCH sent by the network device in N periods of the first DRX, which indicates that the amount of data that the terminal device needs to transmit currently is large, the terminal device may turn on the DRX-onduration timer of other DRX. For another example, if the terminal device does not receive the PDCCH sent by the network device in N periods of the first DRX, it indicates that the amount of data that the terminal device needs to transmit at present is relatively small, and the terminal device may not turn on the DRX-onduration timer of other DRX.

As an example, the DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX may be determined according to whether the first DRX starts the DRX-onduration timer within N DRX cycles. Since whether the first DRX starts the DRX-onduration timer is indicated by the network device, if the network device indicates that the first DRX starts the DRX-onduration timer, the network device is more likely to send the PDCCH to the terminal device, and if the network device indicates that the first DRX does not start the DRX-onduration timer, the network device does not need to send the PDCCH to the terminal device at present, so that the current data amount of the terminal device can be reflected by the state of the first DRX, and the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer of other DRXs is determined by the state of the first DRX in a more accurate manner.

If the terminal equipment starts the continuous timer in at least P periods of N DRX periods of the first DRX, the terminal equipment determines that the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is awakened, N is more than or equal to P, otherwise, the terminal equipment determines that the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is not started.

As a preferred implementation manner, the p=n, N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles, that is, if the terminal device starts the DRX-onDuration Timer in each of the consecutive N DRX cycles of the first DRX, the terminal device may determine that the start state of the DRX-onDuration Timer of the other DRX is the start DRX-onDuration Timer, otherwise, the terminal device may determine that the start state of the DRX-onDuration Timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is the start-non DRX-onDuration Timer.

As another example, the terminal device may also receive PDCCHs indicating uplink or downlink scheduling according to at least P DRX cycles of the N DRX cycles of the first DRX, and then the terminal device may determine that the start state of the DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is started, or the terminal device may determine that the start state of the DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is not started.

As yet another example, the terminal device may also determine the start-up state of the DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the states of the other DRX in M DRX cycles. For example, if the other DRX is awake in the start state of M DRX cycles and the terminal device does not receive the PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least Q DRX cycles of the M DRX cycles, the terminal device determines that the DRX-onduration timer start state of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is not started, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the DRX-onduration timer start state of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is started.

As a preferred implementation manner, q=m, where M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles, that is, if other DRX is awake in the active state of consecutive M DRX cycles and the terminal device does not receive a PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in the M DRX cycles, the terminal device determines that the active state of DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is not active DRX-onduration timer, otherwise, the terminal device determines that the active state of DRX-onduration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle is active DRX-onduration timer.

The values of M for different DRX configurations are the same or different; and/or, the values of N of different DRX configurations are the same or different.

For example, the at least two sets of DRX may include a second DRX for which N may be 3, M may be 5, and a third DRX for which N may be 4, M may be 8, in addition to the first DRX.

The second DRX may determine the active state of the DRX-onduration timer of the next DRX cycle according to the active state of the first DRX for 3 DRX cycles in succession and/or the active state of the other DRX for 5 DRX cycles in succession. The third DRX may determine the active state of the DRX-onduration timer of the next DRX cycle according to the active state of the first DRX for 4 DRX cycles in succession and/or the active state of the other DRX for 8 DRX cycles in succession.

The terminal equipment can determine the DRX-onDurationTimer starting state of other DRX in the next DRX period only according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX periods; or the terminal device may determine the DRX-onduration timer starting state of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle only according to the states of the other DRX in M DRX cycles, or the terminal device may determine the DRX-onduration timer starting state of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the states of the first DRX in N DRX cycles and the states of the other DRX in M continuous DRX cycles at the same time, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The initial start-up state of other DRX may or may not be started. The initial starting state of other DRX may be configured by the network device to the terminal device through RRC signaling, or may be predefined in the terminal device.

Mode 4 for the case where one MAC entity corresponds to at least 2 sets of DRX, one set of DRX of the at least two sets of DRX may be primary DRX, and other DRX except primary DRX may be referred to as secondary DRX. The network device may configure a WUS parameter configuration for a MAC entity, which WUS may be used to indicate the start-up state of the DRX-onduration timer of the primary DRX. For each secondary DRX, the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer of the UE in the DRX can be determined according to the primary DRX of the UE and the activity of the UE in the secondary DRX.

This approach does not require further enhancements based on standardized WUS designs in current protocols, and the implementation process is flexible and WUS signaling overhead is small.

The specific process is as follows:

The configuration information of each set of DRX in the configuration information of at least two sets of DRX at least comprises a long DRX cycle, a DRX-onDuration Timer and the like. One of the at least two sets of DRX is primary DRX, and the rest is secondary DRX.

The SCell configuration parameter may include at least one SCell.

The primary cell and each SCell respectively correspond to one of the configured sets of DRX masters. For example, the PCell may correspond to one primary DRX; the DRX to which each SCell corresponds may be indicated by display signaling, as may be indicated by one configuration parameter in the SCell configuration.

WUS monitoring occasion configuration: WUS monitoring occasion is configured on the PCell, WUS monitoring occasion is located temporally before the long DRX cycle.

For primary DRX, the UE monitors WUS at WUS monitoring occasion based on network configuration, and determines the starting state of the DRX-onduration timer at the starting time DRX-onduration timer of the subsequent long DRX cycle for primary DRX according to the monitoring and receiving conditions of WUS:

If the UE listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE wakes up, for primary DRX, the UE starts the DRX-onduration timer at a subsequent DRX-onduration timer start time DRX-onduration timer start state.

If the UE listens to and detects WUS and the WUS indicates that the UE does not wake up, for primary DRX, the UE does not start DRX-onduration timer at the start state of DRX-onduration timer at the subsequent DRX-onduration timer start time.

For each secondary DRX, an awake state is set, which is determined as follows:

initial wake-up state: the initial awake state of the secondary DRX may be configured to wake up or not wake up by RRC. Or determined in a predefined manner.

Trigger condition for transition from non-awake state to awake:

if the UE starts the DRX-onduration timer in all DRX cycles in the continuous M DRX cycles or the continuous activetimer of the primary DRX, and the wake-up state of the UE for the secondary DRX is not wake-up in the continuous M DRX cycles or the continuous activetimer, the wake-up state of the UE for the secondary DRX is set to be wake-up.

If the UE receives PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in all DRX cycles in the continuous M DRX cycles or the continuous active timer of the primary DRX, and the UE is not awakened in the awakening state of the secondary DRX in the continuous M DRX cycles or the continuous active timer, the awakening state of the UE for the secondary DRX is set to be awakened.

M or active time in the above method may be configured by the network RRC, and M or active time may be the same value that is common to all secondary DRX group, or may be configured differently for different second DRX.

Trigger condition for transition of wake state from wake to not wake: if the UE starts the DRX-onduration timer in all DRX cycles in the time of the second DRX consecutive N DRX cycles or the consecutive inactive timer, and the UE does not receive the PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in the time of the consecutive N DRX cycles or the consecutive inactive timer, the wake-up state of the UE for the second DRX is set to be not wake-up.

The N or inactive timer is configured by the network RRC, and the N or inactive timer may be the same value common to all secondary DRX, or may be configured with different values for different secondary DRX.

For each secondary DRX, the starting state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer starting time DRX-onduration timer of each long DRX cycle is determined according to the wake-up state of the UE at the secondary DRX.

If the wake-up state of the UE in the secondary DRX is wake-up, the start-up state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer start-up time DRX-onduration timer of the current long DRX cycle is start DRX-onduration timer.

If the UE is not awakened in the awakening state of the secondary DRX, the starting state of the UE at the DRX-onduration timer starting time DRX-onduration timer of the current long DRX cycle is not started.

A scheme of an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 8.

1) DRX configuration: 2 sets of DRX are configured for the UE, DRX 1 and DRX 2 respectively. The configuration parameters of each set of DRX at least comprise long DRX cycle, DRX-onduration timer, wherein DRX 1 is primary DRX, and DRX 2 is secondary DRX.

5) For DRX 2, activetimer and inactivatetimer are configured.

For DRX 1, the UE monitors WUS at WUS monitoring occasion before each DRX cycle, and determines the starting state of the UE at the starting time DRX-ondurationTimer of the subsequent DRX cycle according to the WUS indication.

For DRX 2:

and when the initial wake-up state of the UE is wake-up, the UE starts the DRX-onDurationTimer in both the 1 st DRX cycle and the 2 nd DRX cycle.

Since the UE does not receive PDCCH on both cell 2 and cell 3 in the first 2 DRX cycles, an inactive timer timeout causes the UE to transition to not wake up in the awake state of DRX 2.

The UE does not start DRX-onduration timer in the following 3 rd DRX cycle, 4 th DRX cycle and 5 th DRX cycle.

Since for DRX 1, the UE starts DRX-onduration timer in both the 3 rd DRX cycle, 4 th DRX cycle and 5 th DRX cycle, and the active timer times out to cause the UE to transition to awake in the awake state of DRX 2.

The UE starts DRX-onduration timer at the 6 th DRX cycle that follows.

Having described in detail the method for determining discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) continuous timers according to embodiments of the present application above, the apparatus according to embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to fig. 9 to 15, and technical features described in the method embodiments are applicable to the following apparatus embodiments.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the terminal device may be any of the terminal devices described above. The terminal device 900 of fig. 9 comprises a processing unit 910, wherein:

a processing unit 910, configured to perform the following operations: acquiring configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment; acquiring wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating the receiving position of a wake-up signal; and according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, monitoring the wake-up signal, wherein the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

Optionally, the one MAC entity is configured corresponding to one wake-up signal parameter, and the wake-up signal includes first information, where the first information is used to indicate a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

Optionally, the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same.

Optionally, the processing unit 910 is configured to: acquiring a first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal; and monitoring the first wake-up signal according to the first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal comprises the first information, and the first information is used for indicating the starting states of the discontinuous reception timers of the first DRX and the second DRX.

Optionally, the processing unit 910 is configured to: if the first information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, starting discontinuous reception timers of the first DRX and the second DRX; and/or if the first information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, not starting discontinuous reception timers of the first DRX and the second DRX.

Optionally, the one MAC entity is configured corresponding to one wake-up signal parameter, and the wake-up signal includes at least two pieces of information, where the at least two pieces of information are respectively used to indicate a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

Optionally, the starting states of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same, or the starting states of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX are different.

Optionally, the processing unit 910 is configured to: acquiring second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a second wake-up signal; and monitoring the second wake-up signal according to the second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal comprises second information and third information, the second information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the third DRX, and the third information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX.

Optionally, the processing unit 910 is configured to: if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, the third information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is started, and a discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX is started; and/or if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, the third information indicates that the terminal equipment does not wake up, starting a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX, and not starting the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX; and/or if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the third information indicates that the terminal equipment is awakened, the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is not started, and the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX is started, and/or if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is not started, and the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX is not started.

Optionally, the DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

Optionally, the processing unit 910 is configured to: and acquiring at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

Optionally, the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations include a third wake-up signal parameter configuration and a fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, the at least two sets of DRX include a fifth DRX and a fifth DRX, the fifth DRX corresponds to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, the sixth DRX corresponds to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, and the processing unit 910 is configured to: monitoring a third wake-up signal according to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the third wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fifth DRX; and according to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, monitoring a fourth wake-up signal, wherein the fourth wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the sixth DRX.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the terminal device may be any of the terminal devices described above. Terminal device 1000 of fig. 10 comprises a processing unit 1010, wherein:

A processing unit 1010 for performing the following operations: acquiring configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX; acquiring a first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, and the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX; and determining the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX periods and/or other DRX in M DRX periods, wherein the next DRX period is a DRX period adjacent to the N DRX periods and the M DRX periods, the other DRX is a DRX except the first DRX in at least two sets, and M, N is a positive integer.

Optionally, the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX is determined according to whether the discontinuous reception continuous timer is started in N DRX cycles by the first DRX.

Optionally, the processing unit 1010 is configured to: if the terminal equipment starts the discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of the N DRX periods of the first DRX, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is started, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

Optionally, the processing unit 1010 is configured to: and if the terminal equipment receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods of the first DRX, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is started, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

Optionally, the processing unit 1010 is configured to: if the starting state of the other DRX in M DRX periods is wake-up and the terminal equipment does not receive PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least Q DRX periods in the M DRX periods, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is not started, wherein M is more than or equal to Q.

Optionally, the M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles, and/or the N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles.

Optionally, the values of M for different DRX configurations are the same or different, and/or the values of N for different DRX configurations are the same or different.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application, which may be any of the network devices described above. The network device 1100 of fig. 11 comprises a communication unit 1110, wherein:

A communication unit 1110, configured to send configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to a terminal device, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to one medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device.

The communication unit 1110 is further configured to send a wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, where the wake-up signal parameter configuration is used to indicate a reception location of a wake-up signal, and the wake-up signal is used to indicate a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX.

Optionally, the DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

Optionally, the communication unit 1110 is configured to: and sending at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations to the terminal equipment, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present application, which may be any of the network devices described above. The network device 1200 of fig. 12 includes a communication unit 1210, wherein:

a communication unit 1210, configured to send configuration information of at least two sets of DRX to a terminal device, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to one medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device, and the at least two sets of DRX include a first DRX.

The communication unit 1210 is further configured to send a first wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, where the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used to indicate a reception location of a first wake-up signal, the first wake-up signal is used to indicate a start state of a discontinuous reception duration timer of the first DRX, a state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles and/or other DRX in M DRX cycles is used by the terminal device to determine a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in a next DRX cycle, the next DRX cycle is a DRX cycle adjacent to the N DRX cycles and the M DRX cycles, and the other DRX is a DRX other than the first DRX in the at least two sets, and M, N is a positive integer.

Optionally, the state of the first DRX within N DRX cycles includes at least one of the following: whether the first DRX starts a discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, and whether the first DRX receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

Optionally, the states of the other DRX within M DRX cycles include: and whether PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling is received or not is judged in at least Q DRX periods of the M DRX periods by other DRX periods, wherein M is more than or equal to Q.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the communication module may be a communication interface or transceiver, or an input/output interface of a communication chip or a system on a chip. The determination module may be one or more processors.

Fig. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 1300 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communications device 1300 shown in fig. 13 includes a processor 1310, from which the processor 1310 may call and run a computer program to implement the methods in embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 13, the communications device 1300 may also include a memory 1320. Wherein the processor 1310 may call and run a computer program from the memory 1320 to implement the methods in embodiments of the present application.

Wherein the memory 1320 may be a separate device from the processor 1310 or may be integrated into the processor 1310.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 13, the communication device 1300 may further include a transceiver 1330, and the processor 1310 may control the transceiver 1330 to communicate with other devices, and in particular, may send information or data to other devices, or receive information or data sent by other devices.

The transceiver 1330 may include, among other things, a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 1330 may further include antennas, the number of which may be one or more.

Optionally, the communication device 1300 may be a network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1300 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 1300 may be a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 1300 may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of an apparatus of an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 1400 shown in fig. 14 includes a processor 1410, and the processor 1410 may call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 14, the apparatus 1400 may further include a memory 1420. Wherein the processor 1410 may invoke and run a computer program from the memory 1420 to implement the method in the embodiments of the present application.

Wherein the memory 1420 may be a separate device from the processor 1410 or may be integrated into the processor 1410.

Optionally, the apparatus 1400 may also include an input interface 1430. Wherein the processor 1410 may control the input interface 1430 to communicate with other devices or apparatuses, in particular, may obtain information or data sent by other devices or apparatuses.

Optionally, the apparatus 1400 may also include an output interface 1440. Wherein processor 1410 may control the output interface 1440 to communicate with other devices or apparatuses, in particular, may output information or data to other devices or apparatuses.

Optionally, the apparatus may be applied to a network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the apparatus may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiments of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the apparatus may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, and the apparatus may implement a corresponding flow implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

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

Fig. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 1500 provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 15, the communication system 1500 includes a terminal device 1510 and a network device 1520.

The terminal device 1510 may be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the terminal device in the above method, and the network device 1520 may be used to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the network device in the above method, which are not described herein for brevity.

It should be appreciated that the processor of an embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in software form. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be embodied directly in hardware, in a decoded processor, or in a combination of hardware and software modules in a decoded processor. The software modules may be located in a random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory, or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. as well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory and, in combination with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method.

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

It should be understood that the above memory is exemplary but not limiting, and for example, the memory in the embodiments of the present application may be Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), direct RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program.

Optionally, the computer readable storage medium may be applied to a network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program causes a computer to execute a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiments of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the computer readable storage medium may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program causes a computer to execute a corresponding procedure implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in each method of the embodiments of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

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

Optionally, the computer program product may be applied to a network device in the embodiments of the present application, and the computer program instructions cause the computer to execute corresponding flows implemented by the network device in the methods in the embodiments of the present application, which are not described herein for brevity.

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

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer program.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to a network device in the embodiments of the present application, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute a corresponding flow implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiments of the present application, which is not described herein for brevity.

Optionally, the computer program may be applied to a mobile terminal/terminal device in the embodiments of the present application, where the computer program when run on a computer causes the computer to execute corresponding processes implemented by the mobile terminal/terminal device in the methods in the embodiments of the present application, and for brevity, will not be described herein.

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

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

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

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

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

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. For such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in essence or in a part contributing to the prior art or in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) duration timer, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment;

the terminal equipment acquires wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the wake-up signal parameter configuration is at least used for indicating the frequency domain receiving position of a wake-up signal;

the terminal equipment monitors the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX,

the terminal device obtains wake-up signal parameter configuration, including:

the terminal equipment acquires at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations, and the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one MAC entity is configured with respect to one wake-up signal parameter, and wherein the wake-up signal includes at least two pieces of information respectively indicating a start state of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) duration timers of the at least two sets.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same, or,

the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are different.

4. A method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the at least two sets of DRX comprise a third DRX and a fourth DRX, and the terminal device obtains a wake-up signal parameter configuration, comprising:

the terminal equipment acquires second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating the receiving position of a second wake-up signal;

the terminal equipment monitors the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, and comprises the following steps:

the terminal equipment monitors the second wake-up signal according to the second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal comprises second information and third information, the second information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the third DRX, and the third information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, the terminal equipment starts a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX and starts a discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment does not wake up, the terminal equipment starts a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX and does not start the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment is awakened, the terminal equipment does not start the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX, and starts the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX, and/or,

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the terminal equipment does not start the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX and does not start the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX.

6. A method according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations comprise a third wake-up signal parameter configuration and a fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the at least two sets of DRX comprise a fifth DRX and a sixth DRX, wherein the fifth DRX corresponds to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the sixth DRX corresponds to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the terminal device listens for the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, comprising:

the terminal equipment monitors the third wake-up signal according to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the third wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fifth DRX;

and the terminal equipment monitors a fourth wake-up signal according to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the fourth wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the sixth DRX.

8. A method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) duration timer, comprising:

The method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX;

the terminal equipment acquires first wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, and the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX;

the terminal equipment determines the starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of other DRX in the next DRX period according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX periods and/or other DRX in M DRX periods, wherein the next DRX period is a DRX period adjacent to the N DRX periods and the M DRX periods, the other DRX is a DRX except the first DRX in at least two sets of DRX, M, N is a positive integer,

the terminal device obtains a first wake-up signal parameter configuration, including:

the terminal equipment acquires at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations, and the at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer for the other DRX is determined according to whether the first DRX starts the discontinuous reception duration timer for N DRX cycles.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the terminal device determining the start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles, comprises:

if the terminal equipment starts the discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of the N DRX periods of the first DRX, the terminal equipment determines that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX periods is the starting state, and N is more than or equal to P.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining, by the terminal device, the start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles, comprises:

if the terminal equipment receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods of the first DRX, the terminal equipment determines that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of other DRX periods in the next DRX period is started, and N is more than or equal to P.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal device determining the starting state of the discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle according to the state of the other DRX in M DRX cycles, comprises:

if the starting state of the other DRX in M DRX periods is wake-up and the terminal equipment does not receive PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least Q DRX periods in the M DRX periods, the terminal equipment determines that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is not started, and M is more than or equal to Q.

13. The method according to any of claims 8-9, wherein the M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles and/or the N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles.

14. The method according to any of claims 8-9, wherein the values of M for different DRX configurations are the same or different and/or the values of N for different DRX configurations are the same or different.

15. A method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) duration timer, comprising:

the network equipment sends configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment;

The network device sends a wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, the wake-up signal parameter configuration is at least used for indicating the frequency domain receiving position of a wake-up signal, the wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX,

the network device sends wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, including:

the network device sends at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations to the terminal device, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one MAC entity is configured with respect to one wakeup signal parameter, and wherein the wakeup signal includes at least two pieces of information that are respectively used to indicate a start state of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) duration timers of the at least two sets.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same, or,

18. The method according to any of claims 15-17, wherein the DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

19. A method for determining a start state of a discontinuous reception (discontinuous reception) duration timer, comprising:

the network equipment sends configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a Media Access Control (MAC) entity of the terminal equipment, and the at least two sets of DRX comprise a first DRX;

the network device sends a first wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a first wake-up signal, the first wake-up signal is used for indicating a starting state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX, the state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles and/or other DRX in M DRX cycles is used for the terminal device to determine the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX cycle, the next DRX cycle is a DRX cycle adjacent to the N DRX cycles and the M DRX cycles, the other DRX is a DRX except the first DRX in at least two sets, M, N is a positive integer,

the network device sends a first wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, including:

The network device sends at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations to the terminal device, wherein the at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer for the other DRX is determined according to whether the first DRX starts the discontinuous reception duration timer for N DRX cycles.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the state of the first DRX within N DRX cycles comprises at least one of: whether the first DRX starts a discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, and whether the first DRX receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

22. The method according to any of claims 19-20, wherein the state of the other DRX within M DRX cycles comprises: and whether PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling is received or not is judged in at least Q DRX periods of the M DRX periods by other DRX periods, wherein M is more than or equal to Q.

23. The method according to any of claims 19-20, wherein the M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles and/or the N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles.

24. The method according to any of claims 19-20, wherein the values of M for different DRX configurations are the same or different and/or the values of N for different DRX configurations are the same or different.

25. A terminal device, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to obtain configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device;

the processing unit is further configured to obtain a wake-up signal parameter configuration, where the wake-up signal parameter configuration is at least used to indicate a frequency domain receiving position of a wake-up signal;

the processing unit is further configured to monitor the wake-up signal according to the wake-up signal parameter configuration, where the wake-up signal is used to indicate a start state of the discontinuous reception continuous timers of the at least two sets of DRX,

wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

and acquiring at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

26. The terminal device of claim 25, wherein the one MAC entity is configured with respect to one wake-up signal parameter, and wherein the wake-up signal includes at least two pieces of information respectively indicating a start state of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) duration timers of the at least two sets.

27. The terminal device of claim 26, wherein the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same, or,

28. Terminal device according to claim 26 or 27, characterized in that,

the at least two sets of DRX's include a third DRX and a fourth DRX; and is also provided with

The processing unit is used for:

acquiring second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal parameter configuration is used for indicating a receiving position of a second wake-up signal;

and monitoring the second wake-up signal according to the second wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the second wake-up signal comprises second information and third information, the second information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the third DRX, and the third information is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX.

29. The terminal device of claim 28, wherein the processing unit is configured to:

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, the third information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is started, and a discontinuous reception timer of the fourth DRX is started; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment wakes up, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment does not wake up, starting a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX, and not starting the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, and the third information indicates that the terminal equipment is awakened, the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is not started, and the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX is started, and/or,

and if the second information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the third information indicates that the terminal equipment is not awakened, the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the third DRX is not started, and the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fourth DRX is not started.

30. The terminal device according to any of claims 25-27, wherein the DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

31. The terminal device of claim 25, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations comprise a third wake-up signal parameter configuration and a fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the at least two sets of DRX comprise a fifth DRX and a sixth DRX, the fifth DRX corresponding to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration and the sixth DRX corresponding to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, and wherein the processing unit is configured to:

monitoring a third wake-up signal according to the third wake-up signal parameter configuration, wherein the third wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the fifth DRX;

and according to the fourth wake-up signal parameter configuration, monitoring a fourth wake-up signal, wherein the fourth wake-up signal is used for indicating the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the sixth DRX.

32. A terminal device, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to obtain configuration information of at least two sets of DRX, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device, and the at least two sets of DRX include a first DRX;

The processing unit is further configured to obtain a first wake-up signal parameter configuration, where the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is used to indicate a receiving location of a first wake-up signal, and the first wake-up signal is used to indicate a start state of a discontinuous reception continuous timer of the first DRX;

the processing unit is further configured to determine, according to the state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles and/or the state of other DRX in M DRX cycles, a start state of a discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in a next DRX cycle, where the next DRX cycle is a DRX cycle adjacent to the N DRX cycles and the M DRX cycles, the other DRX is a DRX other than the first DRX in the at least two sets of DRX, M, N is a positive integer,

wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

and acquiring at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations, wherein the at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

33. The terminal device of claim 32, wherein the start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer for the other DRX is determined according to whether the first DRX starts the discontinuous reception duration timer within N DRX cycles.

34. The terminal device according to claim 32 or 33, wherein the processing unit is configured to:

if the terminal equipment starts the discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of the N DRX periods of the first DRX, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is started, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

35. The terminal device of claim 32, wherein the processing unit is configured to:

and if the terminal equipment receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods of the first DRX, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is started, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

36. The terminal device of claim 32, wherein the processing unit is configured to:

if the starting state of the other DRX in M DRX periods is wake-up and the terminal equipment does not receive PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least Q DRX periods in the M DRX periods, determining that the starting state of the discontinuous reception continuous timer of the other DRX in the next DRX period is not started, wherein M is more than or equal to Q.

37. The terminal device according to any of claims 32-33, wherein the M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles and/or the N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles.

38. The terminal device according to any of claims 32-33, characterized in that the values of M of different DRX configurations are the same or different and/or the values of N of different DRX configurations are the same or different.

39. A network device, comprising:

a communication unit, configured to send configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to a terminal device, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device;

the communication unit is further configured to send a wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, where the wake-up signal parameter configuration is at least used to indicate a frequency domain reception position of a wake-up signal, the wake-up signal is used to indicate a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX,

wherein the communication unit is further configured to:

and sending at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations to the terminal equipment, wherein the at least two wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

40. The network device of claim 39, wherein the one MAC entity is configured with respect to one wakeup signal parameter, the wakeup signal including at least two pieces of information that are respectively used to indicate a start state of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) on duration timers of the at least two sets.

41. The network device of claim 40, wherein the start states of the discontinuous reception duration timers of the at least two sets of DRX are the same, or,

42. The network device of any of claims 39-41, wherein DRX cycles of the at least two sets of DRX are equal.

43. A network device, comprising:

a communication unit, configured to send configuration information of at least two sets of discontinuous reception DRX to a terminal device, where the configuration information of the at least two sets of DRX corresponds to a medium access control MAC entity of the terminal device, and the at least two sets of DRX include a first DRX;

the communication unit is further configured to send a first wake-up signal parameter configuration to the terminal device, where the first wake-up signal parameter configuration is configured to indicate a reception location of a first wake-up signal, where the first wake-up signal is configured to indicate a start state of a discontinuous reception duration timer of the first DRX, where a state of the first DRX in N DRX cycles and/or other DRX in M DRX cycles is used by the terminal device to determine a start state of the discontinuous reception duration timer of the other DRX in a next DRX cycle, where the next DRX cycle is a DRX cycle adjacent to the N DRX cycles and the M DRX cycles, where the other DRX is a DRX other than the first DRX in the at least two sets, where M, N is a positive integer,

Wherein the communication unit is further configured to:

and sending at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations to the terminal equipment, wherein the at least two first wake-up signal parameter configurations are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least two sets of DRX.

44. The network device of claim 43, wherein the state of the first DRX within N DRX cycles comprises at least one of: whether the first DRX starts a discontinuous reception continuous timer in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, and whether the first DRX receives a physical downlink control channel PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling in at least P DRX periods of N DRX periods or not, wherein N is more than or equal to P.

45. The network device of claim 43 or 44, wherein the states of the other DRX within M DRX cycles comprise: and whether PDCCH indicating uplink or downlink scheduling is received or not is judged in at least Q DRX periods of the M DRX periods by other DRX periods, wherein M is more than or equal to Q.

46. The network device of any of claims 43-44, wherein the M DRX cycles are consecutive M DRX cycles and/or the N DRX cycles are consecutive N DRX cycles.

47. The network device according to any of claims 43-44, characterized in that the values of M of different DRX configurations are the same or different and/or the values of N of different DRX configurations are the same or different.

48. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor, a memory and a transceiver, the memory being for storing a computer program, the processor being for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 7.

49. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor, a memory and a transceiver, the memory for storing a computer program, the processor for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 8 to 14.

50. A network device, comprising:

a processor, a memory and a transceiver, the memory for storing a computer program, the processor for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 18.

51. A network device, comprising:

A processor, a memory and a transceiver, the memory for storing a computer program, the processor for invoking and running the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 19 to 24.

52. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a chip-mounted device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

53. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a chip-mounted device to perform the method of any of claims 8 to 14.

54. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a chip-mounted device to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 18.

55. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a chip-mounted device to perform the method of any of claims 19 to 24.

56. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

57. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 8 to 14.

58. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 15 to 18.

59. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 19 to 24.

60. A communication system comprising a terminal device according to any of claims 25 to 31.

61. A communication system comprising a terminal device according to any of claims 32 to 38.

62. A communication system comprising a network device as claimed in any one of claims 39 to 42.

63. A communication system comprising a network device as claimed in any one of claims 43 to 47.