CN115334618A

CN115334618A - Information processing method and device and readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN115334618A
Application number: CN202110506378.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 傅婧; 皮埃尔; 许萌
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-10
Filing date: 2021-05-10
Publication date: 2022-11-11

Abstract

The application discloses an information processing method, an information processing device and a readable storage medium, which relate to the technical field of communication and aim to reduce power consumption of a terminal configured with eDRX. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in paging information or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation; the terminal is configured with eDRX. The embodiment of the application can reduce the power consumption of the terminal configured with the eDRX.

Description

Information processing method and device and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method and apparatus, and a readable storage medium.

Background

The present industry discusses introducing a relatively long DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle, i.e. eDRX (Extended DRX). The Extended DRX cycle can be Extended to 10485.76s, so as to reduce the cycle/number of paging listening by a terminal (or User Equipment) configured with eDRX. The terminal configured with eDRX monitors Paging according to eDRX cycles (cycles) when receiving Paging, that is, in each eDRX cycle, monitors Paging in a manner of original DRX within a certain PTW (Paging Time Window).

However, there is no specific implementation scheme in the prior art for how to reduce power consumption of a terminal configured with eDRX.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an information processing method, an information processing device and a readable storage medium, so as to reduce power consumption of a terminal configured with eDRX.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in paging messages or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein the first information includes proprietary Indication information, and the proprietary Indication information is included in a PDCCH (Physical downlink control channel) for scheduling the Paging message, or the proprietary Indication information is included in a PEI (Paging Early Indication) for waking up the terminal.

Wherein the proprietary indication information is used for indicating any one of the following items:

the paging message sent by the network equipment comprises paging of a terminal configured with eDRX;

the paging message sent by the network equipment does not include paging of the terminal configured with eDRX.

Wherein the first Information includes a pilot Signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, and the pilot Signal includes at least one of a TRS (Tracking Reference Signal) and a CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal).

Wherein the first information further comprises at least one or more of configuration information of the pilot signal, update indication information of the pilot signal, and available indication information of the pilot signal;

the update indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information is updated immediately, or indicating that the configuration information is updated from the next system message modification period;

the available indication information is used for indicating whether the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available or not, or indicating whether the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available or not;

the target paging message is a preset number of paging messages sent by the network device after the network device sends the available indication information.

Wherein the available indication information is further used for indicating information of available target configurations in the configuration information of the pilot signals.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing method, including:

a terminal receives first information sent by network equipment, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in a paging message or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation;

the terminal determines whether to monitor paging according to the first information, or the terminal executes the target operation according to the first information;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein, the terminal determines whether to monitor paging according to the first information, including:

and when the first information indicates that the paging message comprises paging of the terminal configured with the eDRX, the terminal executes a wake-up operation and monitors the paging message of the network equipment.

The first information comprises pilot signals for terminals configuring eDRX, the first information comprises configuration information of the pilot signals, updating indication information of the pilot signals, and at least one or more of available indication information of the pilot signals.

Wherein, when the first information includes configuration information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

and the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation according to the configuration information of the pilot signal.

Wherein, when the first information includes update indication information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

and the terminal immediately acquires the update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update indication information of the pilot signal and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information, or the terminal starts to acquire the update configuration information of the pilot signal from the next system message update period according to the update indication information of the pilot signal and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information.

Wherein, when the first information includes available indication information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the terminal performs time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message when receiving the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message;

Wherein, when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal;

the terminal executes the target operation according to the first information, and the target operation comprises the following steps:

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration in the current paging time window according to the information of the available target configuration; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration corresponding to the target paging message according to the available target configuration information when receiving the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a network device, and includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in a paging message or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein the first information includes a dedicated indication information included in a PDCCH for scheduling the paging message, or the dedicated indication information is included in a PEI for waking up the terminal.

Wherein the first information comprises a pilot signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, and the pilot signal comprises at least one of a tracking reference signal TRS and a channel state information reference symbol CSI-RS.

Wherein, when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, applied to a terminal, and including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following:

receiving first information sent by a network device, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in a paging message or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation;

determining whether to monitor paging according to the first information, or executing the target operation according to the first information;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operations:

and when the first information indicates that the paging message comprises paging of the terminal configured with the eDRX, executing a wakeup operation and monitoring the paging message of the network equipment.

Wherein the first information comprises pilot signals of a terminal configured with eDRX, the first information comprises configuration information of the pilot signals, updating indication information of the pilot signals, and at least one or more of available indication information of the pilot signals; the processor is used for reading the computer program in the memory and executing the following operations:

when the first information comprises the configuration information of the pilot signal, executing time-frequency tracking operation according to the configuration information of the pilot signal;

when the first information comprises update indication information of the pilot signal, immediately acquiring update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, and updating the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information, or acquiring the update configuration information of the pilot signal from the next system message update period according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, and updating the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information;

when the first information comprises available indication information of the pilot signal, if the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window; if the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, when the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message is received, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message;

Wherein, when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal; the processor is used for reading the computer program in the memory and executing the following operations:

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration in the current paging time window according to the available target configuration information; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, and when the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message is received, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration corresponding to the target paging message according to the available target configuration information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a network device, and includes:

a sending unit, configured to send first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate whether paging of the terminal is included in a paging message, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to execute a target operation;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate whether a paging message includes a page for the terminal, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to perform a target operation;

the processing unit is used for determining whether to monitor paging according to the first information or executing the target operation according to the first information;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program is executed by a processor, the method implements the steps in the information processing method described above.

In the embodiment of the application, for a terminal configured with eDRX, a network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate whether paging for the terminal is included in a paging message, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to execute a target operation, so that the number of times that the terminal receives unnecessary paging or the target operation is executed quickly can be reduced, and power consumption of the terminal configured with eDRX is further reduced.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an information processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a second flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a third flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a fourth flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is one of the structural diagrams of an information processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a second structural diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a third structural diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a fourth block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the embodiment of the present application, the term "and/or" describes an association relationship of associated objects, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" means two or more, and other terms are similar thereto.

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

The embodiment of the application provides an information processing method, an information processing device and a readable storage medium, which are used for reducing the power consumption of a terminal configured with eDRX.

The method and the device are based on the same application concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not repeated.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a flowchart of an information processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the method includes the following steps:

step 101, a network device sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging information comprises paging of the terminal, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation; the terminal is configured with eDRX.

In the embodiment of the application, the network device may determine the time for sending the first information to the terminal according to its own needs. For example, the network device may send the first information to the terminal when the terminal needs to be paged or triggered to perform the target operation.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first information includes proprietary indication information included in a PDCCH for scheduling the paging message or included in PEI for waking up the terminal. Wherein the proprietary indication information is used for indicating any one of the following items: the paging message sent by the network equipment comprises paging of a terminal configured with eDRX; the paging message sent by the network equipment does not include paging of the terminal configured with eDRX. Further, when the dedicated indication information is used to indicate that the paging message sent by the network device includes a page for a terminal configured with eDRX, the dedicated indication information may further indicate that the paging message sent by the network device includes only a page for a terminal configured with eDRX, so as to further reduce power consumption of the UE and achieve an energy saving effect.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first information includes a pilot signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, wherein the pilot signal includes at least one of a TRS and a CSI-RS. That is, the pilot signal is a dedicated pilot signal belonging to a terminal configured with eDRX, and thus, the terminal configured with eDRX may perform a target operation based on information related to the pilot signal after receiving the pilot signal. The target operation comprises the operations of time-frequency tracking, measurement and the like based on the configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS; or receiving the configuration of the TRS/CSI-RS updated according to the updated configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS sent by the network equipment, and the like.

In addition, the first information further includes at least one or more of configuration information of the pilot signal, update indication information of the pilot signal, and availability indication information of the pilot signal.

Wherein the configuration information of the pilot signal may include a plurality of configurations. The update indication information is used to indicate that the configuration information is updated immediately, or indicate that the configuration information is updated from the next system message modification period. Wherein the updating immediately may refer to updating immediately after receiving the update indication message.

the available indication information is used for indicating whether the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available or not, or indicating whether the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available or not; the target paging message is a preset number of paging messages sent by the network device after the network device sends the available indication information. The value of the preset number is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and can be configured in advance or agreed by a protocol.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the available configuration information of the pilot signals in two adjacent paging time windows is the same, the network device may further send indication information to the terminal, where the indication information indicates that the configuration information of the pilot signal available in the current paging time window is the same as the configuration information of the pilot signal available in the previous paging time window; or, the network device does not send the indication information, but implicitly indicates that the configuration information of the available pilot signals in two adjacent paging time windows is the same by adopting the way that the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the current paging time window is the same as the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the previous paging time window under the condition that the indication information is not sent.

Furthermore, when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal. The target configuration is one or more of a plurality of configurations included in configuration information of the pilot signal.

For example, the availability indication information may include a first portion and a second portion, or only the first portion. If the availability indication information includes only the first portion, then indicating whether configuration information for pilot signals within the current paging time window is available via the first portion. If the available indication information includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is used for indicating whether the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, and the second portion is used for indicating the information of the target configuration available in the configuration information of the pilot signal when the first portion indicates that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available.

In the embodiment of the present application, the pilot signal may also be updated according to different configuration information of the pilot signal, specific meaning of the available indication information, and the like. For example, assuming that the configuration information of the pilot signal is changed after the first transmission of the pilot signal, the pilot signal transmitted subsequently may be different from the pilot signal transmitted first. For another example, when the network device transmits the availability indication information of the pilot signal, if the availability indication information is used to indicate that the configuration information of the pilot signal is not available in the current paging time window, the network device may also not transmit the pilot signal.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart of an information processing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the method includes the following steps:

step 201, a terminal receives first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate whether a paging message includes a page for the terminal, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to execute a target operation. The terminal is configured with eDRX.

Step 202, the terminal determines whether to monitor paging according to the first information, or the terminal executes the target operation according to the first information;

in this step, when the first information is used to indicate whether paging for the terminal is included in a paging message, the determining, by the terminal according to the first information, whether to monitor paging includes: and when the first information indicates that the paging message comprises paging of the terminal configured with the eDRX, the terminal executes a wake-up operation and monitors the paging message of the network equipment.

As described above, the first information includes a pilot signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, wherein the pilot signal includes at least one of a TRS and a CSI-RS. That is, the pilot signal belongs to a dedicated pilot signal of the terminal in which the eDRX is configured, and thus, the terminal in which the eDRX is configured may perform a target operation based on the related information of the pilot signal after receiving the pilot signal. The target operation comprises operations of time-frequency tracking, measurement and the like based on the configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS; or receiving the configuration of the TRS/CSI-RS updated according to the updated configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS sent by the network equipment, and the like. Furthermore, the first information further includes at least one of the following information: configuration information of the pilot signal, update indication information of the pilot signal, and availability indication information of the pilot signal.

The terminal may perform different target operations in conjunction with different content included in the first information.

Specifically, when the first information includes configuration information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs a time-frequency tracking operation according to the configuration information of the pilot signal.

When the first information includes the update indication information of the pilot signal, the terminal immediately acquires the update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update indication information of the pilot signal and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information, or the terminal starts to acquire the update configuration information of the pilot signal from the next system message update period according to the update indication information of the pilot signal and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information.

When the first information comprises the availability indication information of the pilot signal, if the availability indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the terminal performs time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window; and if the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message when receiving the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message.

If the terminal receives indication information of the network device indicating that the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the current paging time window is the same as that of the previous paging time window, the terminal may determine that the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the adjacent two paging time windows is the same, and thus, the terminal may continue to use the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the previous paging time window in the current paging time window. Or, if the network device adopts the implicit indication mode and the terminal does not receive the indication information, the terminal may determine that the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the two adjacent paging time windows is the same, and therefore, the terminal may continue to use the configuration information of the available pilot signals in the previous paging time window in the current paging time window.

Furthermore, when the first information includes available indication information of the pilot signal and when the available indication information is also used for indicating information of an available target configuration in configuration information of the pilot signal, if the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal is available in a current paging time window, the terminal performs a time-frequency tracking operation with the target configuration in the current paging time window according to the information of the available target configuration; and if the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, the terminal executes time-frequency tracking operation by utilizing the target configuration corresponding to the target paging message according to the available target configuration information when receiving the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message. The target paging message is a preset number of paging messages sent by the network device after the network device sends the available indication information. The value of the preset number is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and can be configured in advance or agreed by a protocol.

Hereinafter, the implementation process of the information processing method according to the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to specific embodiments.

In the embodiment of the present application, the power consumption of the terminal configured with eDRX may be reduced in the following two ways:

one way is to set a specific indication information for indicating whether paging for the terminal configured with eDRX is included in the paging message.

Alternatively, a pilot signal is set, which is a proprietary pilot signal belonging to a terminal configured with eDRX. Therefore, after receiving the pilot signal, the terminal configured with eDRX performs operations of time-frequency tracking, measurement, updating configuration information of the pilot signal, and the like based on the pilot signal.

In one embodiment below, the network device sets a dedicated indication information dedicated to paging terminals configured with eDRX. As shown in fig. 3, an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present application may include:

step 301, the network device carries the proprietary indication information when sending the PDCCH for scheduling paging messages or when sending the PEI for waking up the terminal configured with eDRX.

The exclusive indication information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal configured with the eDRX is included in the paging message.

Step 302, when receiving the PDCCH or the PEI, the terminal determines whether to wake up according to the carried proprietary indication information and the configuration information of the DRX of the terminal itself, so as to determine whether to monitor a paging message sent by the network device.

For example, if the terminal is a terminal configured with eDRX, the terminal may receive dedicated indication information carried in a PDCCH or PEI sent by a network device, and when it is determined that a paging message sent by the network device is indicated by the dedicated indication information to include a page for the terminal configured with eDRX, perform a wake-up operation to monitor the paging message sent by the network device and determine whether to be paged;

for example, if the terminal is a terminal configured with eDRX, the terminal may receive dedicated indication information carried in a PDCCH or a PEI sent by a network device, and when it is determined that a paging message sent by the network device is indicated by the dedicated indication information and does not include a page for the terminal configured with eDRX, it is determined that it is not necessary to monitor the paging message sent by the network device, and it is also not necessary to perform a wake-up operation, thereby reducing power consumption of the UE and achieving an energy saving effect.

In the embodiment of the present application, "including a page to a terminal configured with eDRX" may be understood as including only a page to a terminal configured with eDRX, and may also be understood as including a page to another terminal in addition to a page to a terminal configured with eDRX. For a terminal which is not configured with the eDRX, if it is determined that the dedicated indication information is used to indicate that the paging message sent by the network device only includes a page for the terminal which is configured with the eDRX, the terminal which is not configured with the eDRX may determine that the paging message sent by the network device does not need to be monitored, and thus, the terminal does not need to perform a wake-up operation, thereby reducing power consumption and achieving an energy saving effect.

In an embodiment of the present application, a pilot signal dedicated for a terminal configured with eDRX is set to better adapt to a paging cycle and a TRS/CSI-RS configuration update mode of the terminal configured with eDRX, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal configured with eDRX during operations such as time-frequency tracking. Therefore, the terminal configured with the eDRX can quickly perform operations such as time-frequency tracking and the like based on the configuration information of the pilot signal, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE in a more targeted manner. As shown in fig. 4, the information processing method according to the embodiment of the present application may include:

step 401, the network device sends a pilot signal dedicated for the terminal configured with eDRX to the terminal configured with eDRX. As previously described, the pilot signal may be a TRS/CSI-RS.

Meanwhile, the network device may also send information related to the pilot signal, including configuration information, update indication information, availability indication information, and the like.

Specifically, the network device may place the configuration information of the pilot signal in the same SIB for broadcasting as the configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS valid for the DRX UE, or may place the pilot signal in the SIB for broadcasting separately.

Wherein the update indication information indicates whether the configuration information (such as the configuration information of the TRS/CSI-RS) of the terminal configured with the eDRX is updated. For example, the network device may send the update indication Information through the PEI or include the update indication Information in a DCI (Downlink Control Information) corresponding to the paging message, where the update indication Information is used to indicate that the TRS/CSI-RS configuration of the terminal configured with the eDRX is updated. Meanwhile, the network device transmits the updated TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the terminal configured with eDRX from the next system message update period.

Optionally, the network device may also start to transmit the updated TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the eDRX-configured terminal immediately (i.e., at the current system message update period).

The network device may separately transmit availability indication information indicating whether a TRS/CSI-RS configuration for a terminal configured with eDRX is available.

For example, the available indication information indicates whether a TRS/CSI-RS configuration for a terminal configured with eDRX is available within a current PTW (Paging Time Window); further, which TRS/CSI-RS resources are available (e.g., which specific TRS/CSI-RS configurations are available) may also be indicated. Further, the network device may send an indication to indicate that an available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the current PTW is the same as an available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the previous PTW; or the network device may not send the available indication, but implicitly indicate the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the current PTW, which is the same as the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the previous PTW.

For another example, the available indication information indicates that the terminal monitors n paging messages (n ≧ 1,n is an integer, configurable or predefined by a protocol) after the available indication information, and whether a TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the terminal configured with eDRX is available. Further, the availability indication information may indicate which TRS/CSI-RS resources are available.

Step 402, the terminal receives a pilot signal sent by the network device, and performs a correlation operation based on the pilot signal, which mainly includes:

(1) And the terminal monitors the TRS/CSI-RS according to the obtained effective TRS/CSI-RS configuration aiming at the terminal configured with the eDRX, so that the time-frequency tracking operation is accelerated. If the update indication information indicates that update occurs, the terminal configured with eDRX needs to acquire an updated TRS/CSI-RS configuration after receiving the pilot signal.

(2) And the terminal monitors PEI or a DCI indication included in the paging message and finds that the TRS/CSI-RS configuration of the terminal specially used for configuring the eDRX is updated, and the terminal configured with the eDRX starts to acquire the updated TRS/CSI-RS configuration of the terminal used for configuring the eDRX from the next system message updating period. Or, the terminal immediately acquires the updated TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the terminal configured with the eDRX by reading the system message.

(3) If the available indication information indicates that the TRS/CSI-RS configuration in the current PTW is unavailable, the terminal configured with the eDRX does not use the TRS/CSI-RS configuration for operations such as time-frequency tracking and the like when receiving PEI or paging in the current PTW; and if the available indication information indicates that the TRS/CSI-RS configuration corresponding to the target paging message is available, the terminal configured with the eDRX uses the corresponding TRS/CSI-RS configuration for operations such as time-frequency tracking and the like when receiving the PEI or paging corresponding to the target paging message. The target paging message is a preset number of paging messages sent by the network device after sending the available indication information, the preset number is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and the preset number may be preset or agreed by a protocol.

Further, if the terminal receives an indication sent by the network device to indicate an available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the current PTW, the terminal may continue to use the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the previous paging time window in the current paging time window, which is the same as the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the eDRX terminal in the previous PTW. Or, if the terminal does not receive the indication, that is, the network device indicates, in an implicit manner, the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for configuring the eDRX terminal in the current PTW, which is the same as the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration for the eDRX terminal in the previous PTW, the terminal may continue to use the available TRS/CSI-RS configuration in the previous paging time window in the current paging time window.

By using the scheme of the embodiment of the application, the number of times that the terminal receives unnecessary paging can be reduced or target operation can be rapidly executed, so that the power consumption of the terminal configured with eDRX can be reduced.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, particularly 5G systems. For example, the applicable system may be a global system for mobile communication (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, an LTE-a (long term evolution) system, a universal mobile system (universal mobile telecommunications system, UMTS), a universal internet Access (WiMAX) system, a New Radio Network (NR) system, etc. These various systems include terminal devices and network devices. The System may further include a core network portion, such as an Evolved Packet System (EPS), a 5G System (5 GS), and the like.

The terminal device referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or another processing device connected to a wireless modem. In different systems, the names of the terminal devices may be different, for example, in a 5G system, the terminal device may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE). A wireless terminal device, which may be a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone (or called a "cellular" phone) and a computer having a mobile terminal device, for example, a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included or vehicle-mounted mobile device, may communicate with one or more Core Networks (CNs) via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and may exchange languages and/or data with the RAN. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile), a remote station (remote station), an access point (access point), a remote terminal device (remote terminal), an access terminal device (access terminal), a user terminal device (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), and a user device (user device), which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, and the base station may include a plurality of cells for providing services to a terminal. A base station may also be referred to as an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or by other names, depending on the particular application. The network device may be configured to exchange received air frames and Internet Protocol (IP) packets with one another as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communications network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB) or an e-NodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) System, a 5G Base Station (gNB) in a 5G network architecture (next generation System), a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay Node (relay Node), a Home Base Station (femto), a pico Base Station (pico), and the like, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In some network configurations, a network device may include Centralized Unit (CU) nodes and Distributed Unit (DU) nodes, which may also be geographically separated.

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission may be performed between the network device and the terminal device by using one or more antennas, where the MIMO transmission may be Single User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO). According to the form and the number of the root antenna combination, the MIMO transmission can be 2D-MIMO, 3D-MIMO, FD-MIMO or massive-MIMO, and can also be diversity transmission, precoding transmission, beamforming transmission, etc.

As shown in fig. 5, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a network device, includes: the processor 500, which is used to read the program in the memory 520, executes the following processes:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

A transceiver 510 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 500.

Wherein in fig. 5, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 500, and various circuits, represented by memory 520, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 510 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 500 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 520 may store data used by the processor 500 in performing operations.

The processor 510 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and may also have a multi-core architecture.

The processor 500 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 520 may store data used by the processor 500 in performing operations.

the paging message sent by the network equipment does not include paging of the terminal configured with the eDRX.

It should be noted that the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted here.

As shown in fig. 6, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a terminal, includes: the processor 600, which is used to read the program in the memory 620, executes the following processes:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

A transceiver 610 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 600.

Where in fig. 6, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits being linked together, particularly one or more processors represented by processor 600 and memory represented by memory 620. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 610 may be a plurality of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. For different user devices, the user interface 630 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with a desired device externally, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.

The processor 600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 620 may store data used by the processor 600 in performing operations.

The processor 610 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and may also have a multi-core architecture.

The processor is used for executing any one of the methods provided by the embodiment of the application according to the obtained executable instructions by calling the computer program stored in the memory. The processor and memory may also be physically separated.

The processor 600 is further adapted to read the program and perform the following steps:

The first information comprises pilot signals for terminals configured with eDRX, the first information comprises configuration information of the pilot signals, updating indication information of the pilot signals, and at least one or more of available indication information of the pilot signals.

and when the first information comprises the configuration information of the pilot signal, executing time-frequency tracking operation according to the configuration information of the pilot signal.

when the first information comprises the update indication information of the pilot signal, according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, immediately acquiring the update configuration information of the pilot signal, and updating the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information, or, according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, starting to acquire the update configuration information of the pilot signal from the next system message update period, and updating the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information.

The available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available; the processor 600 is further configured to read the program and execute the following steps:

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration in the current paging time window according to the information of the available target configuration; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, and when the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message is received, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration corresponding to the target paging message according to the available target configuration information.

As shown in fig. 7, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a network device, includes:

a sending unit 701, configured to send first information to a terminal, where the first information is used to indicate whether a paging message includes a page for the terminal, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to perform a target operation;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein the first information comprises a pilot signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, and the pilot signal comprises at least one of a TRS and a CSI-RS.

It should be noted that the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted here.

As shown in fig. 8, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to a terminal, includes:

a receiving unit 801, configured to receive first information sent by a network device, where the first information is used to indicate whether a paging message includes a page for the terminal, or the first information is used to trigger the terminal to execute a target operation; a processing unit 802, configured to determine whether to monitor paging according to the first information, or execute the target operation according to the first information; the terminal is configured with eDRX.

Wherein the processing unit 802 is configured to, when the first information indicates that the paging message includes a page for a terminal configured with eDRX, perform a wake-up operation, and monitor the paging message of the network device.

The first information comprises pilot signals for terminals configured with eDRX, the first information comprises configuration information of the pilot signals, updating indication information of the pilot signals, and at least one or more of available indication information of the pilot signals;

the processing unit 802 is configured to, when the first information includes configuration information of the pilot signal, perform a time-frequency tracking operation according to the configuration information of the pilot signal;

the processing unit 802 is configured to, when the first information includes update indication information of the pilot signal, immediately acquire update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, and update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information, or, according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, acquire update configuration information of the pilot signal from a next system message update period, and update configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information;

the processing unit 802 is configured to, when the first information includes available indication information of the pilot signal, perform a time-frequency tracking operation using configuration information of the pilot signal in a current paging time window when the available indication information indicates that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, and when the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message is received, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message; the target paging message is a preset number of paging messages sent by the network device after the network device sends the available indication information.

The available indication information is also used for indicating the information of the available target configuration in the configuration information of the pilot signal when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available; the processing unit 802 is configured to, when the available indication information is used to indicate that configuration information of the pilot signal in a current paging time window is available, perform a time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration in the current paging time window according to information of the available target configuration; when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, and when the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message is received, performing time-frequency tracking operation by using the target configuration corresponding to the target paging message according to the information of the available target configuration.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the unit is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and when the actual implementation is realized, another division manner may be provided. In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may also be implemented in the form of a software functional unit.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where a program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the program implements the processes of the above-mentioned information processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted here. The readable storage medium may be any available medium or data storage device that can be accessed by a processor, including but not limited to magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), optical memory (e.g., CD, DVD, BD, HVD, etc.), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid State Disk (SSD)), etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a … …" does not exclude the presence of another identical element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. With such an understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the methods according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment sends first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating whether paging of the terminal is included in paging information or not, or the first information is used for triggering the terminal to execute target operation;

the terminal is configured with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises a dedicated indication information, and wherein the dedicated indication information is included in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for scheduling the paging message, or wherein the dedicated indication information is included in a paging advanced indication (PEI) for waking up the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the proprietary indication information is used to indicate any one of:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises a pilot signal for a terminal configured with eDRX, and wherein the pilot signal comprises at least one of a tracking reference signal, TRS, and a channel state information reference symbol, CSI-RS.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first information further comprises: at least one or more of configuration information of the pilot signal, update indication information of the pilot signal, and available indication information of the pilot signal;

the update indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information is updated immediately or indicating that the configuration information is updated from the next system message modification period;

6. The method of claim 5, wherein when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the available indication information is further used for indicating information of the target configuration available in the configuration information of the pilot signal.

7. An information processing method characterized by comprising:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal determines whether to listen for pages according to the first information, comprising:

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first information comprises pilot signals for terminals configured with eDRX, and wherein the first information comprises configuration information of the pilot signals, update indication information of the pilot signals, and at least one or more of available indication information of the pilot signals.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein when the first information includes configuration information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein when the first information includes the update indication information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

the terminal immediately acquires the updating configuration information of the pilot signal according to the updating indication information of the pilot signal and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the updating configuration information;

or, the terminal starts to acquire the update configuration information of the pilot signal from the next system message update period according to the update indication information of the pilot signal, and updates the configuration information of the pilot signal according to the update configuration information.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein when the first information includes the availability indication information of the pilot signal, the terminal performs the target operation according to the first information, including:

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window is available, the terminal performs time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal in the current paging time window;

when the available indication information is used for indicating that the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message is available, when the terminal receives the target paging message or the PEI corresponding to the target paging message, the terminal executes a time-frequency tracking operation by using the configuration information of the pilot signal corresponding to the target paging message;

13. The method of claim 9, wherein when the available indication information indicates that the configuration information of the pilot signal is available in the current paging time window, the available indication information is further used for indicating information of the target configuration available in the configuration information of the pilot signal;

14. An information processing apparatus applied to a network device, comprising a memory, a transceiver, a processor:

a memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transceiving data under the control of the processor; a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first information comprises a proprietary indication information included in a PDCCH used for scheduling the paging message, or wherein the proprietary indication information is included in a PEI used for waking up the terminal.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the proprietary indication information is used to indicate any one of:

17. An information processing apparatus applied to a terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following:

19. An information processing apparatus applied to a network device, comprising:

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

20. An information processing apparatus applied to a terminal, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to determine whether to monitor paging according to the first information, or execute the target operation according to the first information;

the terminal is configured with eDRX.

21. A processor-readable storage medium, characterized in that the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program for causing a processor to execute an information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6; alternatively, the computer program is for causing the processor to execute the information processing method of any one of claims 7 to 13.