CN115553001A

CN115553001A - DRX (discontinuous reception) cycle processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN115553001A
Application number: CN202180000556.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-24
Filing date: 2021-02-24
Publication date: 2022-12-30
Also published as: WO2022178728A1

Abstract

A DRX period processing method, device, communication equipment and storage medium; the DRX period processing method comprises the following steps: from among a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, a DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is determined. Compared with the method that the shortest DRX period is always selected as the DRX period of the non-connected UE, the method can monitor the paging message on the basis of the more dense times.

Description

DRX (discontinuous reception) cycle processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to, but not limited to, the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium for processing discontinuous reception DRX.

Background

Currently, when a User Equipment (UE) in a non-connected state listens for a paging message, the listening is usually performed with a shortest cycle (cycle). For example, for a UE in a Radio Resource Control (Radio Resource Control) idle state (idle) to simultaneously monitor a Core Network (CN) paging and a system message update, a monitoring period configured is usually the minimum of a specific Discontinuous Reception (DRX) period and a default (default) DRX period. As another example, for a UE in an RRC inactive state (inactive) to simultaneously monitor CN paging and Radio Access Network (RAN) paging, the monitoring period is typically configured to be a minimum of a specific DRX cycle, a default DRX cycle, and a RAN paging cycle. Thus, the UE is supposed to listen for a relatively dense number of times, and although the UE may miss possible paging messages as little as possible, it is very disadvantageous for the power saving consideration of the terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a DRX cycle processing method, a DRX cycle processing device, communication equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a DRX cycle processing method is provided, which is applied to a UE, and includes:

from the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, a DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is determined.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a DRX cycle processing apparatus, applied to a UE, including:

a processing module configured to determine a DRX cycle of a non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the method is used for running the executable instructions, the method for processing the DRX period of any embodiment of the disclosure is realized.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable programs, and when executed by a processor, the computer storage medium implements the DRX processing method according to any embodiment of the present disclosure.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE may be dynamically determined from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE; in this way, compared with the method that the shortest DRX cycle is always selected as the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE, the paging message does not need to be monitored on a relatively dense basis, so that power saving considerations of the terminal can be greatly reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of embodiments of the disclosure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a DRX cycle processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a UE in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a base station in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the embodiments of the disclosure, as detailed in the claims that follow.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the disclosed embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" \8230; "or" when 8230; \8230; "or" in response to a determination ", depending on the context.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of user equipments 110 and a number of base stations 120.

User device 110 may refer to, among other things, a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The user equipment 110 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and the user equipment 110 may be an internet of things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), and a computer having the internet of things user equipment, and may be a fixed, portable, pocket, handheld, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted device, for example. For example, a Station (Station), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber Station (subscriber Station), a mobile Station (mobile), a remote Station (remote Station), an access point (ap), a remote user equipment (remote), an access user equipment (access terminal), a user equipment (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment (user device), or a user equipment (user equipment). Alternatively, user device 110 may also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user device 110 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a vehicle computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device externally connected to the vehicle computer. Alternatively, the user device 110 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein, the wireless communication system may be the fourth generation mobile communication technology (4 g) system, which is also called Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, which is also called a new air interface system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of a 5G system. Among them, the Access Network in the 5G system may be referred to as a New Generation-Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).

The base station 120 may be an evolved node b (eNB) used in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link layer Control Protocol (RLC) layer, and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer are provided in the central unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is disposed in the distribution unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation manner of the base station 120.

The base station 120 and the user equipment 110 may establish a radio connection over a radio air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is based on a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or the wireless air interface is based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G technology standard of a next generation mobile communication network.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between the user equipment 110. Such as vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle to roadside device (V2I) communication, vehicle to vehicle (V2P) communication, and the like in vehicle to electronic communication (V2X).

Here, the above-described user equipment may be regarded as terminal equipment of the following embodiments.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130.

Several base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130, respectively. The network Management device 130 may be a Core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network Management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Alternatively, the Network management device may also be other core Network devices, such as a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Public Data Network GateWay (PGW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), for example. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, a DRX cycle configured by a UE is partially explained:

in one embodiment, in response to the UE being in an RRC idle state, the UE needs to monitor CN paging and system messages simultaneously; the paging cycle typically configured for the UE is the minimum of the UE's specific cycle and the default DRX cycle. In an application scenario, if the specific period of the UE meets the delay requirement, the paging period configured by the UE is still the minimum value of the specific period of the UE and the default DRX period; wherein the minimum value of the default period is smaller with respect to the specific period of the UE. The specific periodicity of the UE here is non-access stratum (NAS) configured. Thus, in this embodiment, the UE listens for a relatively dense number of times, which is very disadvantageous for power saving considerations of the UE.

In another embodiment, in response to the UE being in the RRC inactive state, the RRC inactive state UE needs to listen to CN paging and RAN paging at the same time. In an application scenario, if CN paging is only used when the network side and the UE are not matched; for example, the context is lost on the network side, which assumes that the UE is in RRC idle state, and then initiates CN paging. In another application scenario, if the UE is in inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) cell reselection, the UE returns to the RRC idle state in advance. In these application scenarios, the RRC inactive UE needs to monitor CN paging and RAN paging at the same time; the paging cycle normally configured for the UE at this time is the minimum of the UE-specific cycle, the RAN paging cycle, and the default DRX cycle. Thus, in this embodiment, the UE is also listening for a relatively dense number of times, which is very disadvantageous for power saving of the UE.

In some application scenarios, for paging messages initiated by a base station and the like, such as updating of system messages and RAN paging, the base station may predict when the paging messages arrive; therefore, the UE does not necessarily need to monitor according to the minimum DRX cycle, and the paging requirement of the UE can be met.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S21: from the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, a DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is determined.

The DRX processing method in the embodiment of the disclosure can be applied to the UE, and the UE can be various mobile terminals or fixed terminals. For example, the UE may be, but is not limited to, a cell phone, a computer, a server, a wearable device, a game control platform, a multimedia device, or the like.

The UE herein includes a non-connected UE. In one embodiment, the non-connected state UE includes an RRC idle state UE and/or an RRC inactive state UE.

In some embodiments, the plurality of DRX cycles for the non-connected UE includes, but is not limited to, at least one of: UE specific cycle, default DRX cycle, RAN paging cycle. In one embodiment, the specific period is a period of the NAS layer configuration. In one embodiment, the default DRX cycle is a DRX cycle stored in the UE by default or a DRX cycle configured by the base station.

Of course, in other embodiments, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE may also be any other implementable determined cycle. For example, the DRX cycle may be preconfigured by the UE, or may be a DRX cycle that the UE has historically used, or the like.

In one embodiment, the DRX cycle is used for paging listening for non-connected UEs.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the non-connected UE determines a DRX cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE; in this way, compared with the method that the shortest DRX period is always selected as the DRX period of the non-connected UE, the paging message does not need to be monitored on the basis of a relatively dense number of times, and therefore the power saving consideration of the terminal can be greatly reduced.

The method for processing the DRX period, which is applied to the UE, of the embodiment of the present disclosure may include: from the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is dynamically determined.

In one embodiment, the step S21 includes: from the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is dynamically determined.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE can be dynamically determined, different configurations of the DRX cycle can be implemented according to different application scenarios of the non-connected UE, and flexible configuration of the DRX cycle can be implemented on the premise of meeting service requirement configuration of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments, the dynamic determination of the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE may be, but is not limited to: and dynamically determining the DRX period of the non-connected UE according to at least one of the service condition of the non-connected UE, the current electric quantity of the non-connected UE and the current data quantity to be sent of the non-connected UE.

For example, if the traffic of the non-connected UE is relatively large and/or the traffic is relatively important, it is determined that the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is relatively small, and if the traffic of the non-connected UE is relatively small and/or the traffic is relatively unimportant, it is determined that the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is relatively large. In this embodiment, the traffic volume and/or the traffic importance of the non-connected UE is inversely related to the dynamically determined size of the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE.

Illustratively, if the electric quantity of the non-connected UE is greater than the first electric quantity value, the dynamically determined DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is smaller than the first value; if the electric quantity of the non-connected UE is smaller than the second electric quantity value, the DRX period of the non-connected UE which is dynamically determined is larger than the second value; wherein the first electric quantity value is greater than the second electric quantity value; the first value is less than the second value.

Illustratively, if the current data volume to be sent of the non-connected UE is greater than the first data volume, the dynamically determined DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is smaller than a third value; if the current data volume to be sent of the non-connected UE is smaller than the second data volume, dynamically determining that the DRX period of the non-connected UE is larger than a fourth numerical value; wherein the first data volume is greater than the second data volume; the third value is less than the fourth value.

It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed alone or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in the related art.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S31: and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period according to the plurality of DRX periods of the UE in the non-connection state.

In one embodiment, the first cycle may be an initial DRX cycle before the non-connected UE initiates a DRX cycle switch, and the second cycle may be a target DRX cycle after the non-connected UE initiates the DRX cycle switch.

Of course, in other embodiments, the first period and the second period may be periods of the non-connected UE at any two times, and only the first period and the second period need to be different.

In one embodiment, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is dynamically determined, including but not limited to at least one of: the method comprises the steps of determining a first period of the UE in the non-connection state, determining a second period of the UE in the non-connection state, and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period.

In an embodiment, the step S21 may include: and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period according to the plurality of DRX periods of the UE in the non-connection state.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the connected UE may switch the first cycle to the second cycle according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the unconnected UE, so as to implement dynamic determination of the unconnected UE. Therefore, the embodiment of the disclosure can satisfy the dynamic determination of the DRX period of the monitoring paging in more application scenes of the non-connected UE.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S41: and switching the first period of the non-connected UE to the second period in response to receiving the switching command.

In one embodiment, the handover command is used to instruct the non-connected UE to perform DRX cycle handover. Thus, the embodiments of the present disclosure directly perform DRX cycle switching based on the switching command.

In another embodiment, the handover command carries a paging message or an indication message of paging advance. Thus, the embodiment of the disclosure can perform DRX cycle switching in advance when a paging message arrives, so as to meet the requirement that the non-connected UE monitors paging.

In another embodiment, the handover command carries a message related to the power saving signal configuration. Thus, the embodiments of the present disclosure can perform DRX cycle switching based on the power saving signal, so as to further save power consumption of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments, the handover command, further carries, but is not limited to, at least one of:

a second period;

the effective time of the second period;

the effective duration of the second period.

The switching command can be issued by the network side; for example, the information may be issued to any network side device. For example, in an application scenario, the handover command is issued by the base station; for another example, in another application scenario, the handover command is issued by a device in the radio access network; for another example, in another application scenario, the handover command is issued by a device in the core network; and so on.

In this way, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE may determine, based on the handover command directly, the second cycle after the DRX cycle handover occurs, the effective time of the second cycle after the DRX cycle handover occurs, and/or the effective duration of the second cycle. In this way, more accurate DRX cycle switching can be achieved.

In one embodiment, the handover command may be sent within a predetermined time range before the base station or RAN determines to send the paging message for the network side. Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE can switch the DRX cycle in time to monitor paging as much as possible.

In an embodiment, the switching the first period of the UE in the non-connected state to the second period in step S31 may include: and switching the first period of the non-connected UE to the second period in response to receiving the switching command.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE may receive the switching command, and switch the first cycle to the second cycle, so as to dynamically determine the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE. Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, different DRX cycles can be determined to monitor paging based on different application scenarios of the non-connected UE, so that the power consumption of the UE can be saved while the monitoring requirement is met.

In one embodiment, the handover command may be carried in physical layer signaling or RRC layer signaling.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to UE and can comprise the following steps: and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period in response to receiving the physical layer signaling carrying the switching command.

In one embodiment, physical layer signaling, comprises: and paging downlink control signaling DCI, wherein the paging DCI also carries indication information, and the indication information is used for indicating paging advance or configuring a power saving signal.

In one embodiment, the indication information carried in the Paging DCI may be a Paging Early Indication (PEI).

Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first period of the non-connected UE may be switched to the second period by the non-connected UE receiving the physical layer signaling carrying the handover command. For example, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is dynamically switched upon receiving the paging DCI; in this way, the DRX cycle can be updated in advance before the paging message comes, so that the non-connected UE can listen to possible paging and further save power consumption of the non-connected UE.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period in response to receiving the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling carrying the switching command.

In one embodiment, the RRC layer signaling includes: a paging message.

Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first period of the non-connected UE may be switched to the second period by the non-connected UE receiving the RRC layer signaling carrying the handover command. For example, the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE is dynamically switched upon receiving the paging message; as such, the DRX cycle may be updated before the paging message comes, so that the non-connected UE can hear possible paging and further save power consumption of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first period may be the first period in step S31, and the second period may be the second period in step S31, which is not described herein again.

In some embodiments, the step S41 includes one of:

switching a first period of the non-connected UE to a second period in response to receiving a physical layer signaling carrying a switching command;

and switching the first period of the UE in the non-connection state to the second period in response to receiving the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling carrying the switching command.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S51: determining a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first period may be the first period in step S31, and is not described herein again.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: determining a first cycle of the non-connected state UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected state UE based on a pre-agreed protocol.

In one embodiment, the idle UE refers to an RRC idle UE, and the inactive UE refers to an RRC inactive UE.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and in response to the non-connected UE being the idle UE, determining a first cycle of the idle UE based on the specific cycle of the idle UE and the maximum value of the default DRX cycle.

Wherein the specific period of the idle-state UE is a period configured by a non-access stratum (NAS).

In one embodiment, the first period of the idle-state UE may be: a specific period of the idle-state UE and a maximum value of a default DRX period. In another embodiment, the first period of the idle-state UE may be: and the value is different from the maximum value of the idle UE specific cycle and the default DRX cycle by a preset value.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first cycle of the idle-state UE may be determined according to the specific cycle of the idle-state UE and the maximum value of the default DRX cycle, so that it may be determined that the DRX cycles of the idle-state UE are relatively large, and the paging frequency of the idle-state UE is reduced. Therefore, the power consumption of the idle-state UE can be saved.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and in response to the fact that the non-connected state UE is the idle state UE, determining a first period of the idle state UE based on the specific period of the idle state UE.

Wherein, the specific period of the idle-state UE is a period of NAS configuration.

In one embodiment, the first period of the idle state UE is a specific period of the idle state UE.

In another embodiment, the first period of the idle UE is: a value different from a specific period of the idle-state UE by a predetermined value.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first cycle of the idle-state UE may be directly determined according to the specific cycle of the idle-state UE, so that it may be determined that the DRX cycle of the idle-state UE is relatively large, and the paging frequency of the idle-state UE is reduced. Therefore, the power consumption of the idle-state UE can be saved.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to UE and can comprise the following steps: in response to the non-connected state UE being the non-active state UE, determining a first cycle of the non-active state UE based on a specific cycle of the non-active state UE, a radio access network RAN paging cycle, and a maximum value of a default DRX cycle.

The specific period of the inactive state UE is a period of NAS configuration.

In one embodiment, the first period of the inactive UE is: a specific period of the inactive UE, a RAN paging period, and a maximum value of a default DRX period. In another embodiment, the first period of the inactive UE is: the maximum value of the specific period of the UE in the inactive state, the RAN paging period and the default DRX period is different from the maximum value of the specific period of the UE in the inactive state, the RAN paging period and the default DRX period by a preset value.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first cycle of the inactive UE may be determined according to the specific cycle of the inactive UE, the RAN paging cycle, and the maximum value of the default DRX cycle, so that it may be determined that the DRX cycle of the inactive UE is relatively large, and the number of paging times of the idle UE is reduced. Thus, the embodiment of the disclosure can save the power consumption of the inactive UE.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to UE and can comprise the following steps: in response to the fact that the UE in the non-connection state is the UE in the non-activation state, the first period of the UE in the non-activation state is determined based on the specific period of the UE in the non-activation state, or the first period of the UE in the non-activation state is determined based on the RAN paging period.

The specific period of the inactive state UE is a period of NAS configuration.

In one embodiment, the first period of the inactive UE is a specific period of the inactive UE. In another embodiment, the first period of the inactive UE is: the specific period of the UE in the inactive state is different from a value of a predetermined value.

In one embodiment, the first cycle for the inactive UE is a RAN paging cycle. In another embodiment, the first period of the inactive UE is: differing from the RAN paging cycle by a predetermined value.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first cycle of the inactive UE can be directly determined according to the specific cycle of the inactive UE, so that it can be determined that the DRX cycle of the inactive UE is relatively large, and further the paging frequency of the inactive UE is reduced; this can save power consumption of the inactive UE. Or the first cycle of the inactive UE may be determined directly according to the RAN paging cycle of the inactive UE, so that the cycle of the RAN sending the paging message may be satisfied on the premise that the DRX cycle of the inactive UE is relatively large, and the paging frequency of the inactive UE may be reduced, that is, the power consumption of the inactive UE may be saved, and the paging message sent by the RAN may be monitored as much as possible.

Of course, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, for example, if the UE is an idle UE, the first period determined by the idle UE may be a minimum value based on the specific period of the idle UE and the default DRX period, or may be a value between the specific period of the idle UE and the default DRX period. For another example, if the UE is an inactive UE, the first period determined by the inactive UE may be a minimum value of a specific period of the inactive UE, a RAN paging period, and a default DRX period, or may be a value between the minimum value and a maximum value of the specific period of the inactive UE, the RAN paging period, and the default DRX period. Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE may also use a relatively compromised DRX cycle to monitor paging, so as to adapt to dynamic determination of the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE with frequent data transmission and reception.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: determining a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on the network notification.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include one of the following:

determining a first period of a non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of a first period;

determining a first period of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; the dedicated signaling carries configuration parameters of a first period.

The configuration parameters of the first period here may be: a first period. Here, the configuration parameter of the first cycle may be any parameter that can be used to indicate the first cycle.

In one embodiment, the dedicated signaling includes: and the radio resource control RRC releasing information carries the first period. Thus, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the UE disconnects, the first period carrying the non-connected UE may be based on the RRC release message, so that the non-connected UE may listen based on the first period.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first cycle of the non-connected UE may be directly determined through a network notification or the like received by the non-connected UE, for example, the first cycle of the non-connected UE before initiating the DRX cycle switching may be directly determined through received broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling or the like. Therefore, the method can adapt to more application scenes dynamically determined by the DRX periods of the non-connected UE; moreover, the power consumption of monitoring by the UE in the non-connection state can be saved.

In some embodiments, the step S21 includes: and determining a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments, the first cycle of the non-connected UE is determined from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE, including but not limited to one of:

determining a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-agreement convention;

determining a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on the network notification.

In some embodiments, the first cycle of the non-connected state UE is determined from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected state UE based on a pre-agreed convention, including but not limited to one of:

in response to the fact that the non-connected UE is in an idle state, determining a first cycle of the idle state UE based on a specific cycle of the idle state UE and the maximum value of a default DRX cycle;

in response to the fact that the non-connected state UE is an idle state UE, determining a first period of the idle state UE based on a specific period of the idle state UE;

in response to the fact that the non-connection state UE is the non-activation state UE, determining a first period of the non-activation state UE based on the specific period of the non-activation state UE, a radio access network RAN paging period and the maximum value of a default DRX period;

in response to that the non-connected UE is the non-activated UE, determining a first period of the non-activated UE based on a specific period of the non-activated UE, or determining the first period of the non-activated UE based on a RAN paging period;

the specific period of the idle state UE or the specific period of the inactive state UE is a NAS configuration period.

In some embodiments, the first period of the non-connected UE is determined from a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on the network notification, including but not limited to one of:

determining a first period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of a first period;

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S61, according to a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connection state UE, determining a second period of the non-connection state UE.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second period may be the second period in step S31, and is not described herein again.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and determining a second period of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on the pre-protocol convention.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and in response to the non-connected UE being the idle UE, determining a second cycle of the idle UE based on the specific cycle of the idle UE and the minimum value of the default DRX cycle.

In one embodiment, the second period of the idle UE may be: a specific period of idle UE and a minimum value of default DRX period. In another embodiment, the second period of the idle UE may be: and the minimum value of the specific period and the default period of the idle state UE is different from the minimum value of the specific period and the default period by a value of a preset value.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second cycle of the idle-state UE may be determined according to the specific cycle of the idle-state UE and the minimum value of the default DRX cycle; therefore, the second period after the idle-state UE initiates the DRX period switching is determined to be relatively smaller, and the paging times of the idle-state UE are denser. In this way, the idle-state UE can listen to the paging message as much as possible; and the DRX period can be switched to a relatively small DRX period when the DRX period is required to be switched, so that the power consumption of the UE in a non-connection state is saved.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and in response to the fact that the UE in the non-connection state is the UE in the non-activation state, determining a second period of the UE in the non-activation state based on the specific period of the UE in the non-activation state, the RAN paging period and the minimum value of the default DRX period.

The specific period of the inactive state UE is a period of NAS configuration.

In one embodiment, the second period of the inactive UE may be: a specific period of the inactive UE, a RAN paging period, and a default DRX period. In another embodiment, the second period of the inactive UE may be: and the difference between the minimum value of the specific cycle of the UE in the inactive state, the RAN paging cycle and the default DRX cycle is a value of a preset value.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second cycle of the inactive UE may be determined according to the minimum of the specific cycle of the inactive UE, the RAN paging cycle, and the default DRX cycle; therefore, the second period after the UE in the non-activated state initiates the DRX period switching word is determined to be relatively smaller, and the paging times of the UE in the idle state are further enabled to be relatively dense. In this way, the idle-state UE can listen to the paging message as much as possible; and the DRX period can be switched to a relatively small DRX period when the DRX period is required to be switched, so that the power consumption of the UE in a non-connection state is saved.

in response to receiving the handover command again, determining that a second period of the non-connected UE is a first period before the last handover command;

or,

and in response to the re-reception of the handover command, determining the second cycle of the non-connected UE as a third DRX cycle based on the third DRX cycle carried in the re-received handover command.

In one embodiment, receiving the handover command again may carry the first cycle, or carry the third cycle. In one embodiment, the first period is different from the third period.

In an embodiment, according to a predetermined protocol, if the non-connected UE receives the handover command again, it may be determined that the second period of the non-connected UE is a defined period before the previous handover command.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE may determine the second period of the non-connected UE based on the re-received handover command. For example, according to the first cycle or a new DRX cycle (for example, a third cycle) carried in the received handover command again, a second cycle after the non-connected UE initiates DRX cycle handover is determined; for another example, according to the received handover command again, it is directly determined that the second cycle after the non-connected UE initiates the DRX cycle handover is the first cycle before the last handover command. Therefore, the embodiment of the disclosure can determine the second period after the connected UE initiates DRX cycle switching according to different application scenarios of the non-connected UE, thereby determining the diversity of the second period of the non-connected UE. And the DRX period can be switched to a relatively small DRX period when the DRX period is required to be switched, so that the power consumption of the UE in a non-connection state is saved.

The method for processing the DRX cycle of the embodiment of the disclosure is applied to UE and can comprise the following steps: and determining a second period of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on the network notification.

The method for processing the DRX cycle, which is provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, is applied to the UE and can comprise one of the following steps:

determining a second period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of a second period;

determining a second period of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; the dedicated signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period.

The configuration parameters of the second period here may be: and a second period. Here, the configuration parameter of the second period may be any parameter that can be used to indicate the second period.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second cycle of the non-connected UE may be directly determined through a network notification or the like received by the non-connected UE, for example, the second cycle of the non-connected UE after initiating the DRX cycle switching may be directly determined through received broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling or the like. Therefore, the method can adapt to more application scenes dynamically determined by the DRX periods of the non-connected UE; moreover, the power consumption of monitoring by the UE in the non-connection state can be saved.

In other embodiments, at any time after the non-connected UE receives the handover command, the second period of the non-connected UE may also be updated based on a network notification, such as received broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling.

In some embodiments, the step S21 includes: and determining a second period of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE.

In some embodiments, the second period of the non-connected UE is determined according to a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE, including but not limited to one of:

determining a second cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a predetermined protocol agreement;

and determining a second period of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on the network notification.

In some embodiments, the second periodicity of the non-connected UE is determined from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention, including but not limited to one of:

in response to the non-connected UE being in an idle state, determining a second cycle of the idle state UE based on the specific cycle of the idle state UE and the minimum value of the default DRX cycle; the specific period of the idle UE is a period configured by a non-access stratum (NAS);

responding to the fact that the UE in the non-connection state is the UE in the non-activation state, and determining a second period of the UE in the non-activation state based on the specific period of the UE in the non-activation state, a RAN paging period and a default DRX period minimum value; the specific period of the UE in the inactive state is a period configured by a non-access stratum (NAS);

and responding to the re-received switching command, and determining the second cycle of the non-connected UE as the third DRX cycle based on the third DRX cycle carried in the re-received switching command.

In some embodiments, the second period of the non-connected UE is determined based on the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on the network notification, including but not limited to one of:

determining a second period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; wherein, the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period;

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S71: the mode of effectiveness of the second period is determined.

The DRX cycle processing method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include but is not limited to one of the following:

determining an effective mode of a second period based on a pre-agreement;

and determining the effective mode of the second period according to the effective time and/or the effective duration indicated in the switching command.

In one embodiment, the effective manner of determining the second period may be: the effective time of the second period is determined. In another embodiment, the effective manner for determining the second period may be: the effective duration of the second period is determined. The effective time of the second cycle here may be: the start time of validation of the second cycle. The effective duration of the second period here may be: the starting time and the ending time of the second period; and/or the effective duration of the second period may be: the duration between the start time and the end time of the second period.

Of course, in other embodiments, the effective way to determine the second period may be: determining whether the second period takes effect immediately or determining the effective end time of the second period; and so on.

The DRX cycle processing method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include, but is not limited to, one of the following:

in response to receiving the handover command, determining that a second period is beginning to take effect;

it is determined that the second cycle starts to take effect at the start time of the next Modification cycle (Modification cycle).

In one embodiment, the modification period is determined based on a default DRX period of the non-connected UE. For example, the modification period may be greater than or equal to the default DRX period, or may be an integer multiple of the default DRX period. Of course, in other embodiments, the modification period may be other values.

In one embodiment, the modification period may be a network-side configured period. The modification period here may be larger than the period of sending the system message; for example, the system message may be sent one or more times during a modification period.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the unconnected state may agree on an effective manner of the second cycle according to a predetermined protocol. For example, it may be agreed that the non-connected UE determines that the second period starts to take effect upon receiving the handover command; in this way, the second period can be made to take effect immediately. As another example, it may be agreed that the second periodicity starts to take effect at the start time of the next modification period, etc. Therefore, the effective starting time of the second period can be accurately determined.

The DRX cycle processing method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

determining the effective time of the second period based on the effective time indicated in the switching command;

and determining the effective time length of the second period based on the effective time length indicated in the switching command.

In one embodiment, the validation time is carried in the handover command. In another embodiment, the handover command carries a relevant parameter indicating the effective time.

In one embodiment, the validation duration is carried in the handover command. In another embodiment, the handover command carries a relevant parameter indicating the effective duration.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected state may determine the effective manner of the second period based on the received handover command, for example, if the handover command received by the non-connected state UE carries effective time, the effective time of the second period may be directly determined based on the effective time carried in the handover command; for another example, if the switch command received in the non-connected state carries an effective duration, the effective duration of the second period may be directly determined based on the effective duration carried in the switch command. Thus, the embodiment of the present disclosure may accurately determine the effective time and/or the effective duration of the second period, so that the non-connected UE may monitor using the appropriate DRX.

determining the effective time length of the second period as the effective time indicated by the next switching command;

responding to the switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current DRX period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the ending time of the current DRX period;

responding to the switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current modification period, and determining the effective duration of the second period as the ending time of the current modification period;

and in response to the switching command indicating that the effective duration is the next modification period, determining the effective duration of the second period as the end time of the next modification period.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-connected UE may determine the effective duration of the second period based on the effective duration indicated in the received handover command.

For example, once the non-connected UE receives the handover command, it determines that the effective duration of the second period continues until the effective duration indicated in the handover command is received next time; in this way, the non-connected UE can continue to use the second cycle as the DRX cycle for listening for pages and the like until the next handover name is not received.

For another example, if the non-connected UE receives the handover command, if it is determined that the effective duration indicated in the handover command is the current DRX cycle (e.g., the current DRX cycle may be a second cycle determined after the non-connected UE initiates DRX handover), the non-connected UE only takes effect in the current DRX cycle.

If the effective time length indicated in the switching command is the current modification period, determining that the effective time length of the second period can last to the end time of the current modification period; or, the non-connected UE receives the handover command, and if the effective duration indicated in the handover command is the next modification period, determines that the effective duration of the second period may last to the end of the next modification period. Of course, in other examples, the non-connected UE receives the handover command, and if the effective duration indicated in the handover command is that the instruction lasts to the nth modification period; determining that the effective duration of the second period can last to the end time of the nth modification period; where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Of course, in other embodiments, the switching command may also indicate that the effective time is at any other time and/or any time period is the effective duration, and the effective time and/or the effective duration are not specifically limited herein.

Thus, the embodiment of the present disclosure may determine the effective time and/or the effective duration of the second period according to different effective times and/or effective durations and the like indicated in the handover command, so that the dynamic determination of the second period of the non-connected UE may be adapted to more application scenarios.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a DRX cycle processing method, applied to a UE, including:

step S81: and reporting auxiliary information of the UE, wherein the auxiliary information is used for indicating whether the UE supports dynamic determination of the DRX period.

In one embodiment, the assistance information is used to indicate whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycles while in the non-connected state. In another embodiment, the assistance information is used to indicate whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycles while in the idle state. In yet another embodiment, the assistance information is used to indicate whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycles while in an inactive state.

In one embodiment, the dynamic determination of the DRX cycle includes, but is not limited to, at least one of: the method comprises the steps of determining a first period, determining a second period and switching from the first period to the second period. The first period here may be a period before the UE initiates the DRX cycle switching, and the second period here may be a period after the UE initiates the DRX cycle switching.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the UE may report its own auxiliary information, so that the network side knows whether the UE can support dynamically determining the DRX cycle of the UE.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and reporting the auxiliary information to the base station.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and reporting a UE radio paging message (UE-radio ranging info) carrying the auxiliary information to a base station, wherein a UE-radio ranging info field is carried in the UE capability reporting message. In this way, the base station may know whether the UE supports the capability of dynamically determining the DRX cycle by carrying the assistance message in the existing radio paging message in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and reporting the auxiliary information to a core network.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a UE, and may include: and reporting a UE capability information message (UE capability info notification) carrying the auxiliary information to the core network. In this way, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the auxiliary message may be carried in the capability information of the UE, so that the core network knows whether the UE supports the capability of dynamically determining the DRX cycle.

For example, the UE assistance information may be sent to the core network through the base station. For example, the UE auxiliary information is carried in the UE capability information, and the base station sends the UE capability information message to the core network. For another example, the UE auxiliary information may also be carried in a UE release message, and the base station sends the UE release message to the core network.

In some embodiments, the assistance message is carried in a paging message sent by the core network to the RAN for the non-connected UE to determine whether to support the dynamic determination of the DRX cycle. For example, the core network carries the UE's assistance information in the paging message sent by the RAN, so that the assistance information can be used for the UE's subsequent dynamic determination of DRX cycle.

As shown in fig. 9, an apparatus for processing a DRX cycle is provided, where the apparatus is applied to a UE, and includes:

a processing module 41 configured to determine a DRX cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of discontinuous reception DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

The method for processing the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following steps: a processing module 41 configured to dynamically determine a DRX cycle of a non-connected UE from a plurality of discontinuous reception DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a switching unit 411 configured to switch the first cycle of the non-connected UE to the second cycle according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a switching unit 411 configured to switch the first period of the non-connected UE to the second period in response to receiving the switching command.

In one embodiment, the handover command is carried in physical layer signaling or RRC layer signaling.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a switching unit 411, configured to switch a first period of the non-connected UE to a second period in response to receiving a physical layer signaling carrying a switching command; or, the switching unit 411 is configured to switch the first period of the non-connected UE to the second period in response to receiving the radio resource control RRC layer signaling carrying the switching command.

In some embodiments, physical layer signaling, comprises: and paging downlink control signaling DCI, wherein the paging DCI also carries indication information, and the indication information is used for indicating paging advance or configuring a power saving signal.

In some embodiments, the RRC layer signaling, includes: a paging message.

In some embodiments, the handover command further carries at least one of:

a second period;

the effective time of the second period;

the effective duration of the second period.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-agreed convention.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being an idle UE, a first cycle of the idle UE based on a specific cycle of the idle UE and a maximum value of a default DRX cycle; the specific period of the idle-state UE is a period configured by a non-access stratum (NAS).

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being an idle UE, a first period of the idle UE based on a specific period of the idle UE; the specific period of the idle-state UE is a period of non-access stratum NAS configuration.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412, configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being a non-active UE, a first cycle of the non-active UE based on a specific cycle of the non-active UE, a radio access network RAN paging cycle, and a maximum value of a default DRX cycle; the specific period of the inactive UE is a period configured by the NAS.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412, configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being a non-active UE, a first cycle of the non-active UE based on a specific cycle of the non-active UE, or determine the first cycle of the non-active UE based on a RAN paging cycle; the specific period of the inactive UE is a period configured by the NAS.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a first period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of a first period; alternatively, the determining unit 412 is configured to determine a first periodicity for the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; the dedicated signaling carries configuration parameters of a first period.

In some embodiments, the dedicated signaling comprises: and the radio resource control RRC releasing information carries the first period.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a second period of the non-connected UE according to the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a second cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412, configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being an idle UE, a second cycle of the idle UE based on the specific cycle of the idle UE and the minimum value of the default DRX cycle; the specific period of the idle-state UE is a period configured by a non-access stratum (NAS).

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412, configured to determine, in response to the non-connected UE being an inactive UE, a second cycle of the inactive UE based on the specific cycle of the inactive UE, the RAN paging cycle, and a default DRX cycle minimum value; the specific period of the inactive UE is a period configured by the NAS.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine, in response to receiving the handover command again, that the second period of the non-connected UE is the first period before the last handover command; or, the determining unit 412 is configured to, in response to receiving the handover command again, determine the second cycle of the non-connected UE as the third DRX cycle based on the third DRX cycle carried in the received handover command again.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine a second period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; wherein, the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period; alternatively, the determining unit 412 is configured to determine the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; the dedicated signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine an effective manner of the second periodicity.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: and the determining unit is configured to determine the effective mode of the second period based on the pre-agreement.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine that the second period starts to take effect in response to receiving the handover command; alternatively, the determining unit 412 is configured to determine that the second period starts to take effect at the start time of the next modification period.

In one embodiment, the modification period is determined based on a default DRX period of the non-connected UE.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to determine an effective time of the second period based on the effective time indicated in the handover command; alternatively, the determining unit 412 is configured to determine the effective duration of the second period based on the effective duration indicated in the handover command.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a processing module 41; the processing module 41 may include: a determining unit 412 configured to at least one of:

responding to the switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current modification period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the end time of the current modification period;

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a sending module 42 configured to report the auxiliary information of the UE, wherein the auxiliary information is used for indicating whether the UE supports the dynamic determination of the DRX cycle.

In some embodiments, the assistance information is used to indicate one of:

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of a DRX period in a non-connected state;

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of a DRX period in an idle state;

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycle when in the inactive state.

The processing device for the DRX cycle provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a sending module 42 configured to report the auxiliary information to the base station.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: the sending module 42 is configured to send a UE radio paging message (UE-radio ranging info) carrying the auxiliary information, which is reported to the base station, where the UE-radio ranging info field is carried in the UE capability reporting message.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: a sending module 42 configured to report the auxiliary information to the core network.

The processing apparatus for DRX cycle provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, applied to a UE, may include: and reporting a UE capability information message (UE capability info notification) carrying the auxiliary information to the core network.

In some embodiments, the assistance message is carried in a paging message sent by the core network to the RAN for the non-connected UE to determine whether to support the dynamic determination of the DRX cycle.

It should be noted that, as can be understood by those skilled in the art, the apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented alone, or may be implemented together with some apparatuses in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some apparatuses in the related art.

With regard to the apparatus in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be described in detail here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the method is used for executing the executable instructions, the method for processing the DRX period of any embodiment of the disclosure is realized.

In one embodiment, the communication device may be a UE.

The processor may include various types of storage media, non-transitory computer storage media, that can continue to remember to store information thereon after power is removed from the user device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like for reading an executable program stored on the memory, e.g. at least one of the methods as shown in fig. 2 to 8.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer storage medium storing a computer executable program, which when executed by a processor implements the DRX cycle processing method according to any of the embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, at least one of the methods shown in fig. 2-8.

With regard to the apparatus or the storage medium in the above-described embodiments, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and will not be described in detail here.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a user device 800 according to an example embodiment. For example, user device 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user device, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and so forth.

Referring to fig. 10, user device 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the user device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the user device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on user device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power component 806 provides power to the various components of the user device 800. Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for user device 800.

The multimedia component 808 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the user device 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the user equipment 800 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the user device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

Sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for user device 800. For example, sensor assembly 814 may detect an open/closed state of device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of user device 800, sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of user device 800 or a component of user device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with user device 800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of user device 800, and a change in the temperature of user device 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communications component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between user device 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The user equipment 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the user device 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the user device 800 to perform the above method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to fig. 11, base station 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, such as applications, that are executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the base station, e.g., the methods shown in fig. 4-10.

The base station 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the base station 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server (TM), mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

A processing method of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle is applied to User Equipment (UE), and comprises the following steps:

determining a DRX cycle of a non-connected UE from a plurality of discontinuous reception DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

and switching the first period of the non-connection state UE to the second period according to the plurality of DRX periods of the non-connection state UE.
The method of claim 2, wherein the switching the first periodicity for the non-connected state UE to the second periodicity comprises:

switching the first periodicity of the non-connected UE to the second periodicity in response to receiving a switch command.
The method of claim 3, wherein the handover command is carried in physical layer signaling or Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling.
The method of claim 4, wherein the physical layer signaling comprises:

the method comprises the following steps of paging a downlink control signaling DCI, wherein the paging DCI also carries indication information, and the indication information is used for indicating paging advance or configuring a power saving signal.
The method of claim 4, wherein the RRC layer signaling comprises:

a paging message.
The method according to any of claims 3 to 6, wherein the handover command further carries at least one of:

the second period;

an effective time of the second period;

an effective duration of the second period.
The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE from the plurality of discontinuous reception, DRX, cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

determining the first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The method of claim 8, wherein the determining the first cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

determining the first cycle of the non-connected state UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected state UE based on a pre-protocol convention.
The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the first cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention comprises one of:

in response to the non-connected state UE being an idle state UE, determining the first cycle of the idle state UE based on a specific cycle of the idle state UE and a maximum value of a default DRX cycle;

in response to the non-connected state UE being an idle state UE, determining the first period of the idle state UE based on a specific period of the idle state UE;

in response to the non-connected UE being a non-active UE, determining the first cycle of the non-active UE based on a specific cycle of the non-active UE, a Radio Access Network (RAN) paging cycle, and a maximum value of a default DRX cycle;

in response to the non-connected state UE being a non-active state UE, determining the first period of the non-active state UE based on a specific period of the non-active state UE, or determining the first period of the non-active state UE based on a RAN paging period.
The method of claim 10, wherein the specific periodicity for the idle state UE or the specific periodicity for the inactive state UE is a period of a non-access stratum, NAS, configuration.
The method of claim 8, wherein the determining the first cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

determining the first periodicity of the non-connected UE based on received broadcast signaling; wherein the broadcast signaling carries the configuration parameters of the first period;

or,

determining the first periodicity for the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; wherein the dedicated signaling carries the configuration parameter of the first period.
The method of claim 12, wherein the dedicated signaling comprises:

and a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message, wherein the first period is carried in the RRC release message.
The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the DRX cycle of the non-connected UE from a plurality of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

and determining the second period of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE.
The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

determining the second period of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX periods of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention.
The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on multiple DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention comprises one of:

in response to the non-connected state UE being an idle state UE, determining the second cycle of the idle state UE based on a specific cycle of the idle state UE and a minimum value of a default DRX cycle;

in response to the non-connected UE being a non-active UE, determining the second period of the non-active UE based on a minimum of a specific period of the non-active UE, a RAN paging period, and a default DRX period.
The method of claim 16, wherein the specific periodicity for the idle state UE or the specific periodicity for the inactive state UE is a period of a non-access stratum, NAS, configuration.
The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention comprises:

in response to receiving the handover command again, determining that the second period of the non-connected UE is the first period before the last handover command;

or,

and responding to the re-received switching command, and determining that the second cycle of the non-connected UE is the third DRX cycle based on the third DRX cycle carried in the re-received switching command.
The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE from a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE comprises:

determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; wherein the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period;

determining the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; wherein the dedicated signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period.
The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining an effective mode of the second period.
The method of claim 20, wherein said determining the manner in which the second periodicity is effective comprises:

and determining the effective mode of the second period based on the pre-agreement.
The method of claim 21, wherein said determining said second periodic validation pattern based on pre-agreed agreements comprises one of:

in response to receiving a handover command, determining that the second period starts to take effect;

determining that the second period starts to take effect at a start time of a next modification period.
The method of any of claims 20-22, wherein the determining the manner in which the second periodicity is effective comprises at least one of:

determining an effective time of the second period based on the effective time indicated in the handover command;

and determining the effective duration of the second period based on the effective duration indicated in the switching command.
The method of claim 23, wherein the determining the effective duration of the second period based on the effective duration indicated in the handover command comprises one of:

determining the effective duration of the second period as the effective duration indicated by the next switching command;

responding to the switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current DRX period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the ending time of the current DRX period;

responding to a switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current modification period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the ending time of the current modification period;

and in response to the switching command indicating that the effective duration is the next modification period, determining the effective duration of the second period as the end time of the next modification period.
The method of any of claims 1 to 24, further comprising:

reporting auxiliary information of the UE, wherein the auxiliary information is used for indicating whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX period.
The method of claim 25, wherein the assistance information is used to indicate one of:

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycle while in a non-connected state,

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycle when in an idle state,

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycle when in an inactive state.
The method of claim 26, wherein the reporting the UE assistance information comprises:

and reporting the auxiliary information to a base station or a core network.
The method of claim 25, wherein the assistance message is for carrying in a paging message sent by a core network to a RAN for the non-connected UE to determine whether to support dynamic determination of DRX cycle.
A processing device for Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle, applied to a User Equipment (UE), comprises:

a processing module configured to determine a DRX cycle of a non-connected UE from a plurality of discontinuous reception DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the processing module comprises:

a switching unit configured to switch the first cycle of the non-connected UE to the second cycle according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The apparatus of claim 30, wherein,

the switching unit is configured to switch the first period of the non-connected UE to the second period in response to receiving a switch command.
The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the handover command is carried in physical layer signaling or Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling.
The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the physical layer signaling comprises:

the method comprises the following steps of paging a downlink control signaling DCI, wherein the paging DCI also carries indication information, and the indication information is used for indicating paging advance or configuring a power saving signal.
The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the RRC layer signaling comprises:

a paging message.
The apparatus of any of claims 31 to 34, wherein the handover command further carries at least one of:

the second period;

an effective time of the second period;

an effective duration of the second period.
The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the processing module comprises:

a determining unit configured to determine the first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The apparatus of claim 36, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine the first cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-protocol convention.
The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the determination unit is configured to one of:

in response to the non-connected state UE being an idle state UE, determining the first cycle of the idle state UE based on a maximum value of a specific cycle of the idle state UE and a default DRX cycle;

in response to the non-connected state UE being an idle state UE, determining the first period of the idle state UE based on a specific period of the idle state UE;

in response to the non-connected state UE being a non-active state UE, determining the first period of the non-active state UE based on a specific period of the non-active state UE, a Radio Access Network (RAN) paging period, and a maximum value of a default DRX period;

in response to the non-connected state UE being a non-active state UE, determining the first period of the non-active state UE based on a specific period of the non-active state UE, or determining the first period of the non-active state UE based on a RAN paging period.
The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the particular periodicity for the idle state UE or the particular periodicity for the inactive state UE is a periodicity for a non-access stratum, NAS, configuration.
The apparatus of claim 36, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine the first period of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; wherein the broadcast signaling carries the configuration parameters of the first period;

or,

the determining unit configured to determine the first periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; wherein the dedicated signaling carries the configuration parameter of the first period.
The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the dedicated signaling comprises:

and a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message, wherein the first period is carried in the RRC release message.
The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the processing module comprises:

a determining unit configured to determine the second cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE.
The apparatus of claim 42, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine the second cycle of the non-connected UE according to a plurality of DRX cycles of the non-connected UE based on a pre-agreed protocol.
The apparatus of claim 43, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine the second cycle of the idle-state UE based on a specific cycle of the idle-state UE and a minimum value of a default DRX cycle in response to the non-connected-state UE being an idle-state UE;

the determining unit is configured to determine the second cycle of the non-active UE based on a minimum value of a specific cycle of the non-active UE, a RAN paging cycle, and a default DRX cycle, in response to the non-connected UE being a non-active UE.
The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the particular periodicity for the idle state UE or the particular periodicity for the inactive state UE is a period of a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration.
The apparatus of claim 43, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine, in response to receiving the handover command again, that the second cycle of the non-connected UE is the first cycle before the last handover command;

or,

the determining unit is configured to determine, in response to receiving the handover command again, based on a third DRX cycle carried in the received handover command again, that the second cycle of the non-connected UE is the third DRX cycle.
The apparatus of claim 42, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received broadcast signaling; wherein the broadcast signaling carries configuration parameters of the second period;

or,

the determining unit is configured to determine the second periodicity of the non-connected UE based on the received dedicated signaling; wherein the dedicated signaling carries the configuration parameters of the second period.
The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the processing module comprises:

a determination unit configured to determine an effective manner of the second period.
The apparatus of claim 48, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine an effective mode of the second period based on a predetermined agreement.
The apparatus of claim 49, wherein,

the determining unit is configured to determine that the second period starts to take effect in response to receiving a handover command;

the determining unit is configured to determine that the second period starts to take effect at a start time of a next modification period.
The apparatus of any one of claims 48 to 50,

the determining unit is configured to determine an effective time of the second period based on an effective time indicated in a handover command;

or,

the determining unit is configured to determine the effective duration of the second period based on the effective duration indicated in the handover command.
The apparatus of claim 51, wherein the determination unit is configured to at least one of:

determining the effective duration of the second period as the effective duration indicated by the next switching command;

responding to the switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current DRX period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the ending time of the current DRX period;

responding to a switching command to indicate that the effective duration is the current modification period, and determining that the effective duration of the second period is the ending time of the current modification period;

and in response to the switching command indicating that the effective duration is the next modification period, determining that the effective duration of the second period is the end time of the next modification period.
The apparatus of any one of claims 29 to 52, further comprising:

a sending module configured to report auxiliary information of the UE, wherein the auxiliary information is used to indicate whether the UE supports dynamic determination of a DRX cycle.
The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the assistance information is to indicate one of:

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of DRX cycle when in a non-connected state;

whether the UE supports dynamic determination of a DRX cycle in an idle state;

a dynamic determination to indicate whether the UE supports DRX cycle while in an inactive state.
The apparatus of claim 58, wherein,

the sending module is configured to report the auxiliary information to a base station or a core network.
The apparatus of claim 53, wherein,

the auxiliary message is used for being carried in a paging message sent by a core network to a RAN, so that the non-connected UE determines whether to support dynamic determination of a DRX cycle.
A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises:

a processor;

a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: when the executable instructions are executed, the processing method for discontinuous reception DRX according to any one of claims 1 to 28 is implemented.
A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, which when executed by a processor, implements the method for processing discontinuous reception, DRX, according to any one of claims 1 to 28.