CN116438827A

CN116438827A - Method and device for sending or processing closing notification and readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN116438827A
Application number: CN202180003875.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付婷
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-12
Filing date: 2021-11-12
Publication date: 2023-07-14
Also published as: WO2023082201A1

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method, a device and a readable storage medium for sending or processing a closing notification, which are applied to the technical field of wireless communication, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a closing notification sent by network equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating closing of an object to be closed; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier wave, and the measurement of the object to be closed is stopped or not performed. In the method, the network equipment sends the closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can acquire the object to be closed, and the measurement of the object to be closed is stopped or not, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user equipment and saving the energy consumption of the user equipment.

Description

Method and device for sending or processing closing notification and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a readable storage medium for sending or processing a shutdown notification.

Background

In a wireless communication protocol, a base station configures a periodic beam measurement for a connected UE (User Equipment) to evaluate channel quality of the UE under each beam, so as to select an appropriate beam as a transmit beam in due course. The ue needs to measure the configured multiple reference signals (each with its corresponding beam) according to the base station requirements.

How to avoid unnecessary measurements performed by the user equipment is a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and readable storage medium for sending or processing a shutdown notification.

In a first aspect, there is provided a method of handling a shutdown notification, the method being performed by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving a closing notification sent by network equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating closing of an object to be closed; the object to be turned off is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier, and,

and stopping performing or not performing the measurement of the object to be closed.

In the method, the network equipment sends the closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can acquire the object to be closed, and the measurement of the object to be closed is stopped or not, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user equipment and saving the energy consumption of the user equipment.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

and stopping reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the measurement includes at least one of:

CQI，PMI，CRI，SSBRI，LI，RI，L1-RSRP，L1-SINR。

in some possible implementations, the off notification is an off beam notification; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam.

In some possible implementations, the close beam notification includes an index of the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible implementations, the SSB beam to be turned off is an SSB beam that transmits the off beam notification.

In some possible embodiments, the measurement of the object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) related to an index Quasi Co-Location (QCL) type D of the SSB beam to be closed;

and measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the close notification is a close carrier notification, where the object to be closed is a carrier.

In some possible embodiments, the shutdown carrier notification includes an index of the carrier to be shutdown.

In some possible embodiments, the carrier to be turned off is a carrier transmitting the turn-off beam notification.

Measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.

In a second aspect, there is provided a method of sending a shutdown notification, the method performed by a network device, comprising:

and sending a closing notification to user equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating to close an object to be closed, the object to be closed is a synchronous signal block SSB wave beam or a carrier wave, and the closing notification is also used for indicating the user equipment to stop executing or not executing the measurement of the object to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the closing notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed.

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL type D relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

And measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus may be adapted to perform the steps performed by the user equipment in the first aspect or any of the possible designs of the first aspect. The user equipment may implement the functions in the methods described above in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or both.

When the communication device of the third aspect is implemented by a software module, the communication device may comprise a transceiver module, wherein the transceiver module may be used to support the communication device to communicate.

When the steps of the first aspect are executed, a transceiver module is configured to receive a closing notification sent by a network device, where the closing notification is used to indicate to close an object to be closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or carrier; and the processing module is used for stopping executing or not executing the measurement of the object to be closed.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication means may be arranged to perform the steps performed by the network device in the second aspect or any of the possible designs of the second aspect described above. The network device may implement the functions of the methods described above in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or both.

When the communication device according to the fourth aspect is implemented by a software module, the communication device may comprise a transceiver module, wherein the transceiver module may be used to support the communication device to communicate.

And when the steps in the second aspect are executed, the transceiver module is configured to send a closing notification to the user equipment, where the closing notification is used to instruct closing of an object to be closed, the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier wave, and the closing notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop executing or not executing measurement on the object to be closed.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing a computer program; the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device comprising a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing a computer program; the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions (or computer programs, programs) which when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the possible designs of the first aspect or the first aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions (or computer programs, programs) which when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the possible designs of the second aspect or the second aspect described above.

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 the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the embodiments of the disclosure and not to limit the embodiments of the disclosure unduly. In the drawings:

the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the disclosure.

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another method of transmitting a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another method of transmitting a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method of transmitting a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating another method of transmitting a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating another method of transmitting a shutdown notification in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for receiving a shutdown notification according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus for receiving a shutdown notification according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus for sending a close notification according to an example embodiment;

fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus for transmitting a closure notification according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be further described with reference to the drawings and detailed description.

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

As shown in fig. 1, a method for transmitting a shutdown notification provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a wireless communication system 100, which may include, but is not limited to, a network device 101 and a user device 102. User equipment 102 is configured to support carrier aggregation, and user equipment 102 may be connected to multiple carrier elements of network equipment 101, including one primary carrier element and one or more secondary carrier elements.

It should be appreciated that the above wireless communication system 100 is applicable to both low frequency and high frequency scenarios. Application scenarios of the wireless communication system 100 include, but are not limited to, long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (time division duplex, TDD) systems, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (worldwide interoperability for micro wave access, wiMAX) communication systems, cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) systems, future fifth Generation (5 th-Generation, 5G) systems, new Radio (NR) communication systems, or future evolved public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) systems, and the like.

The user equipment 102 shown above may be a User Equipment (UE), a terminal, an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a Mobile Station (MS), a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile terminal (mobile terminal), a wireless communication device, a terminal proxy, a user equipment, or the like. The user device 102 may be provided with wireless transceiver functionality capable of communicating (e.g., wirelessly communicating) with one or more network devices 101 of one or more communication systems and receiving network services provided by the network devices 101, where the network devices 101 include, but are not limited to, the illustrated base stations.

The user device 102 may be, among other things, a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant) personal digital assistant, a PDA) device, a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, a user device in a future 5G network or a user device in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

The network device 101 may be an access network device (or access network site). The access network device refers to a device that provides a network access function, such as a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) base station, etc. The network device may specifically include a Base Station (BS) device, or include a base station device, a radio resource management device for controlling the base station device, and the like. The network device may also include a relay station (relay device), an access point, a base station in a future 5G network, a base station in a future evolved PLMN network, or an NR base station, etc. The network device may be a wearable device or an in-vehicle device. The network device may also be a communication chip with a communication module.

For example, network device 101 includes, but is not limited to: a next generation base station (gnodeB, gNB) in 5G, an evolved node B (eNB) in LTE system, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a Node B (NB) in WCDMA system, a radio controller under CRAN system, a base station controller (basestation controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS) in GSM system or CDMA system, a home base station (e.g., home evolved nodeB, or home node B, HNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a transmission point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), a transmission point (transmitting point, TP), a mobile switching center, or the like.

If the pilot to be measured configured by the network device 101 for the user device 102 includes the pilot to be turned off, the user device may perform unnecessary measurement, which increases the power consumption of the user device.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for transmitting a closing notification. Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, as shown in fig. 2, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

in step S201, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, where the closing notification is used to instruct to close an object to be closed, where the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier wave, and the closing notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop executing or not executing measurement on the object to be closed.

Step S202, the user equipment 102 receives a closing notification sent by the network equipment 101, where the closing notification is used to indicate closing of an object to be closed; and stopping performing or not performing the measurement of the object to be closed.

Step S203, stopping performing or not performing the measurement of the object to be closed.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows the object to be closed, and stops executing or does not execute the measurement on the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user device 102 and saving energy consumption of the user device 102.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device 102. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, as shown in FIG. 3, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

step S301, receiving a closing notification sent by a network device, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating closing an object to be closed;

step S302, stopping performing or not performing the measurement of the object to be closed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device 102. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, as shown in FIG. 4, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

And step S303, stopping reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the measurement results include at least one of:

channel quality indication (Channel Quality Indicator, CQI), precoding matrix indication (precoding matrix indicator, PMI), CSI-RS resource indication (CSI-RS resource indicator, CRI), SS/PBCH block resource indication (SS/PBCH Block Resource indicator, SSBRI), layer indication (layer indicator, LI), rank indication (rank indicator, RI), layer 1 reference signal received energy (layer 1-reference signal receiver power, L1-RSRP), layer 1 reference signal-to-noise ratio (layer 1-signal interference and noise ratio, L1-SINR).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows an object to be closed, and stops executing or not executing measurement on the object to be closed, and stops reporting or not reporting a corresponding measurement result, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation and reporting operation of the user device 102, and saving energy consumption of the user device 102.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows the object to be closed, and the user device may stop executing or not executing the measurement on the object to be closed, but may still execute the measurement, but stop reporting or not reporting the corresponding measurement result, thereby avoiding the reporting operation of the user device 102 and saving the energy consumption of the user device 102.

The description of the object to be measured and the measurement result has been described in the foregoing embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device 102. The method comprises the following steps:

in step S301a, a beam closing notification sent by the network device is received, where the beam closing notification is used to instruct to close a synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed.

Step S302a, stopping performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, the measurement of the object to be closed includes at least one of:

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS) having a QCL type D relation with an index of an SSB beam to be turned off;

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a beam closing notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows that the object to be closed is the SSB beam, and stops executing or does not execute the measurement of the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user device 102 and saving energy consumption of the user device 102.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device 102. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, as shown in FIG. 5, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

in step S301b, a closed beam notification sent by the network device is received, where the closed beam notification includes an index of an SSB beam to be closed.

Step S302b, stopping performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be turned off.

In some possible embodiments, the method further comprises:

and step S302b, stopping reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the SSB beam to be closed.

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL type D relation with an index of an SSB beam to be closed;

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the closed SSB beam is indicated in such a way that the index of the SSB beam to be closed is included in the closed beam notification.

in step S301c, a closed beam notification sent by the network device is received, where the SSB beam to be closed is the SSB beam transmitting the closed beam notification.

Step S302c, stopping performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be turned off.

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the SSB beam transmitting the closed beam notification is determined as the SSB beam to be closed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device 102. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a shutdown notification, as shown in FIG. 6, according to an exemplary embodiment, the method comprising:

in step S301d, a closed carrier notification sent by the network device is received, where the closed beam notification is used to instruct to close a carrier to be closed.

Step S302d, stopping to perform or not performing measurement on the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible embodiments, the measurement of the carrier to be turned off includes at least one of:

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off are measured.

In some possible implementations, one carrier corresponds to multiple SSB beams.

In some possible implementations, all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off are SSBs corresponding to all SSB carriers on the carrier to be turned off.

In some possible implementations, all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off are CSI-RSs corresponding to all SSB carriers on the carrier to be turned off.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a carrier shutdown notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows the carrier to be shutdown, and stops executing or does not execute the measurement of the carrier to be shutdown, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user device 102 and saving energy consumption of the user device 102.

in step S301d, a closed carrier notification sent by the network device is received, where the closed beam notification includes an index of a carrier to be closed.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off are measured.

step S301d, receiving a closed carrier notification sent by the network device, where the carrier to be closed is the carrier transmitting the closed beam notification.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

All CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off are measured.

The disclosed embodiments provide a method of sending a shutdown notification, the method being performed by a network device 101, fig. 7 being a flowchart illustrating a method of sending a shutdown notification, according to an example embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the method comprising:

s701, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, where the closing notification is used to instruct closing of an object to be closed, so that the user device stops performing or does not perform measurement on the object to be closed, where the object to be closed may be a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier wave.

Optionally, the closing notification may further cause the user equipment to stop reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed. The description of the object to be measured and the measurement result of the object to be closed is described in detail in the description of the user equipment, and is not described in detail herein.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of sending a shutdown notification, the method performed by a network device 101, the method comprising:

the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device, where the closing notification is used to instruct to close the object to be closed, so that the user device stops reporting or does not report the measurement result of the object to be closed, where the object to be closed may be a synchronization signal block SSB beam or a carrier wave.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, so that the user device 102 knows the object to be closed, and stops reporting or does not report the measurement result of the object to be closed, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user device 102 and saving energy consumption of the user device 102.

S701a, the network device 101 sends a closing notification to the user device 102, where the closing notification is used to instruct closing of an object to be closed, the closing notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop executing or not executing measurement on the object to be closed, and the closing notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop reporting or not reporting a measurement result of the object to be closed.

s701b, the network device 101 sends a close beam notification to the user device 102, where the close beam notification is used to instruct to close the SSB beam of the synchronization signal block to be closed, and the close beam notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the closed beam notification is further used to instruct the user equipment to stop reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the SSB beam to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the measurement of the SSB beam to be turned off includes at least one of:

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

s701c, the network device 101 sends a closed beam notification to the user device 102, where the closed beam notification includes an index of the SSB beam to be closed, and the closed beam notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be closed.

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

s701d, the network device 101 sends a closed beam notification to the user device 102, where the SSB beam to be closed is the SSB beam transmitting the closed beam notification, and the closed beam notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop performing or not performing measurement on the SSB beam to be closed.

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

s701e, the network device 101 sends a closed carrier notification to the user device 102, where the closed beam notification is used to instruct to close a carrier to be closed, and the closed carrier notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop performing or not performing measurement on the carrier to be closed.

In some possible embodiments, the closed beam notification is further used to instruct the ue to stop reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the carrier to be closed.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.

s701f, the network device 101 sends a closed carrier notification to the user device 102, where the closed carrier notification includes an index of a carrier to be closed, and the closed carrier notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop performing or not performing measurement on the carrier to be closed.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.

s701g, the network device 101 sends a closed carrier notification to the user device 102, where the carrier to be closed is the carrier transmitting the closed beam notification, and the closed carrier notification is further used to instruct the user device to stop executing or not executing measurement on the carrier to be closed.

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a communication apparatus, which may have the functions of the user equipment 102 in the above method embodiments, and is configured to perform the steps performed by the user equipment 102 provided in the above embodiments. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In one possible implementation, the communication apparatus 800 shown in fig. 8 may be used as the user equipment 102 according to the above-described method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the user equipment 102 in the above-described method embodiment. As shown in fig. 8, the communication device 800 may include a transceiver module 801. The transceiver module 801 may be used to support communication by the communication device 800, and the transceiver module 801 may be provided with a wireless communication function, for example, to enable wireless communication with other communication devices via a wireless air interface.

The transceiver module 801 is configured to receive a shutdown notification sent by the network device when performing the steps performed by the user device 102, where the shutdown notification is used to instruct to shutdown the object to be shutdown; a processing module 802, configured to stop performing or not performing measurement on the object to be closed.

When the communication device is a user equipment 102, its structure may also be as shown in fig. 9. The apparatus 900 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to fig. 9, apparatus 900 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 902, a memory 904, a power component 906, a multimedia component 908, an audio component 910, an input/output (I/O) interface 912, a sensor component 914, and a communication component 916.

The processing component 902 generally controls overall operations of the apparatus 900, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 902 may include one or more processors 620 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 902 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 902 and other components. For example, the processing component 902 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 908 and the processing component 902.

The memory 904 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 900, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 904 may be implemented by any type of volatile or nonvolatile memory device or combination thereof, 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 disk.

The power supply component 906 provides power to the various components of the device 900. Power supply components 906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for device 900.

The multimedia component 908 comprises a screen between the device 900 and the user that provides an output interface. 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 input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or sliding action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or sliding operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 908 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 900 is in an operational mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 910 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 910 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 900 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 904 or transmitted via the communication component 916. In some embodiments, the audio component 910 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 912 provides an interface between the processing component 902 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 914 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 900. For example, the sensor assembly 914 may detect the on/off state of the device 900, the relative positioning of the components, such as the display and keypad of the apparatus 900, the sensor assembly 914 may also detect the change in position of the apparatus 900 or one component of the apparatus 900, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 900, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 900, and the change in temperature of the apparatus 900. The sensor assembly 914 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 914 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 914 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 916 is configured to facilitate communication between the apparatus 900 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 900 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 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, apparatus 900 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, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the methods described above.

Based on the same concept as the above method embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a communication apparatus that may have the function of the network device 101 in the above method embodiments and is used to perform the steps performed by the network device 101 provided in the above embodiments. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by software or hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication apparatus 1000 as shown in fig. 10 may be used as the network device 101 according to the above-described method embodiment, and perform the steps performed by the network device 101 in the above-described method embodiment. As shown in fig. 10, the communication device 1000 may include a transceiver module 1001. The transceiver module 1001 may be used to support communication with the communication device 1000, and the transceiver module 1001 may be provided with a wireless communication function, for example, to enable wireless communication with other communication devices via a wireless air interface.

The transceiver module 1001 is configured to send a shutdown notification to a user equipment when performing the steps performed by the network equipment 101, where the shutdown notification is configured to instruct to shutdown an object to be shutdown, and the shutdown notification is further configured to instruct the user equipment to stop performing or not performing measurements on the object to be shutdown.

When the communication apparatus is a network device, its structure may also be as shown in fig. 11. The configuration of the communication apparatus is described with the network device 101 as a base station. As shown in fig. 11, the apparatus 900 includes a memory 1101, a processor 1102, a transceiver component 1103, and a power supply component 1106. The memory 1101 is coupled to the processor 1102, and can be used to store programs and data necessary for the communication device 1100 to perform various functions. The processor 1102 is configured to support the communication device 1100 to perform the corresponding functions of the methods described above, which may be implemented by invoking a program stored in the memory 1101. The transceiver component 1103 can be a wireless transceiver that can be employed to support the communication device 1100 in receiving signaling and/or data over a wireless air interface and transmitting signaling and/or data. The transceiver module 1103 may also be referred to as a transceiver unit or a communication unit, where the transceiver module 1103 may include a radio frequency module 1104 and one or more antennas 1105, where the radio frequency module 1104 may be a remote radio frequency unit (remote radio unit, RRU), and may be specifically used for transmitting radio frequency signals and converting radio frequency signals to baseband signals, and the one or more antennas 1105 may be specifically used for radiating and receiving radio frequency signals.

When the communication device 1100 needs to transmit data, the processor 1102 may perform baseband processing on the data to be transmitted, and then output a baseband signal to the radio frequency unit, where the radio frequency unit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then transmits the radio frequency signal in the form of electromagnetic wave through the antenna. When data is transmitted to the communication device 1100, the radio frequency unit receives a radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 1102, and the processor 1102 converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

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

It is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

The network equipment sends a closing notification to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can acquire the object to be closed, and the measurement of the object to be closed is stopped or not, thereby avoiding unnecessary measurement operation of the user equipment and saving the energy consumption of the user equipment.

Claims

A method of processing a shutdown notification, the method performed by a user device, comprising:

receiving a closing notification sent by network equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating closing an object to be closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronous signal block SSB wave beam or carrier wave; and

and stopping performing or not performing the measurement of the object to be closed.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and stopping reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed.
The method of claim 2, wherein the measurement comprises at least one of:

CQI，PMI，CRI，SSBRI，LI，RI，L1-RSRP，L1-SINR。
a method according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein,

the closing notification is a closing beam notification; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 4, wherein,

The close beam notification includes an index of the SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 4, wherein,

the SSB beam to be turned off is the SSB beam that transmits the turn-off beam notification.
The method of any one of claim 5 to 6, wherein,

the measurement of the object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL type D relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

and measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed.
A method according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein,

the closing notification is a closing carrier notification, wherein the object to be closed is a carrier to be closed.
The method of claim 8, wherein,

the closed carrier notification includes an index of the carrier to be closed.
The method of claim 8, wherein,

the carrier to be closed is the carrier for transmitting the closed beam notification.
The method of any one of claim 9 to 10, wherein,

The measurement of the object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.
A method of sending a shutdown notification, the method performed by a network device, comprising:

and sending a closing notification to user equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating to close an object to be closed so as to enable the user equipment to stop executing or not executing the measurement of the object to be closed, and the object to be closed is a synchronous signal block SSB wave beam or carrier wave.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

the closing notification is further used for indicating the user equipment to stop reporting or not reporting the measurement result of the object to be closed.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

the closing notification is a closing beam notification; the object to be closed is a synchronization signal block SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

the close beam notification includes an index of the SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 14, wherein,

the SSB beam to be turned off is the SSB beam that transmits the turn-off beam notification.
The method of any one of claim 15 to 16, wherein,

the measurement of the object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring SSB of the SSB beam to be turned off;

measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL type D relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed;

and measuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a QCL relation with the index of the SSB beam to be closed.
The method of claim 12, wherein,

the closing notification is a closing carrier notification, wherein the object to be closed is a carrier to be closed.
The method of claim 18, wherein,

the closed carrier notification includes an index of the carrier to be closed.
The method of claim 18, wherein,

the carrier to be closed is the carrier for transmitting the closed beam notification.
The method of any one of claim 19 to 20, wherein,

the measurement of the object to be closed comprises at least one of:

measuring all SSBs on the carrier to be turned off;

and measuring all CSI-RSs on the carrier to be turned off.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

the device comprises a receiving and transmitting module, a closing module and a control module, wherein the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a closing notification sent by network equipment, and the closing notification is used for indicating to close an object to be closed; the object to be closed is a synchronous signal block SSB wave beam or carrier wave;

and the processing module is used for stopping executing or not executing the measurement of the object to be closed.
A communication apparatus, comprising:

and the receiving and transmitting module is used for sending a closing notification to the user equipment, wherein the closing notification is used for indicating to close an object to be closed, the object to be closed is a synchronous signal block SSB wave beam or a carrier wave, and the closing notification is also used for indicating the user equipment to stop executing or not executing the measurement of the object to be closed.
A communication device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein

The memory is used for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method of any one of claims 1-11.
A communication device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein

The memory is used for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method of any one of claims 12-21.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-11.
A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when invoked for execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 12-21.