CN117480793A

CN117480793A - Update configuration receiving and transmitting method and device, communication device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117480793A
Application number: CN202280001792.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘晓菲; 吴昱民
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-27
Filing date: 2022-05-27
Publication date: 2024-01-30
Also published as: WO2023226056A1

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an update configuration receiving and transmitting method and apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a storage medium, wherein the update configuration receiving method includes: receiving the configuration of the update operation sent by the network equipment; the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation. According to the method and the device, after the terminal can receive the configuration of the update operation and further receive the configuration of the update operation, the configuration of the inactive multicast service can be updated by adopting the update operation corresponding to the configuration of the update operation, so that the configuration of the inactive multicast service can be timely updated, and the terminal can perform the inactive multicast service well according to the updated configuration of the inactive multicast service.

Description

Update configuration receiving and transmitting method and device, communication device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to an update configuration receiving method, an update configuration transmitting method, an update configuration receiving apparatus, an update configuration transmitting apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium.

Background

In the related art, when a terminal needs to execute a multicast service MBS (Multicast Broadcast Service, which may also be referred to as a multicast service), it needs to first establish a connection of the radio resource control RRC (Radio Resource Control) to enter a connection state, and receive configuration of the multicast service sent by the network side in the connection state.

However, in some cases, for example, when the number of terminals in the same cell is relatively large, if the terminals keep in a connected state to perform multicast service data, power consumption is high. Therefore, the terminal can be set to perform multicast service in the inactive state, but the partial process of performing the multicast service in the inactive state by the terminal is still imperfect, and the multicast service in the inactive state cannot be performed well.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an update configuration receiving method, an update configuration transmitting method, an update configuration receiving apparatus, an update configuration transmitting apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium to solve the technical problems in the related art.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an update configuration receiving method, which is performed by a terminal, the method including: receiving the configuration of the update operation sent by the network equipment; the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an update configuration transmission method performed by a network device, the method including: and sending the configuration of the update operation to the terminal, wherein the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an update configuration receiving apparatus, which is executed by a terminal, the apparatus including: the receiving module is configured to receive the configuration of the updating operation sent by the network equipment; the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an update configuration transmission apparatus to be executed by a network device, the apparatus including: and the sending module is configured to send the configuration of the update operation to the terminal, wherein the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein the above-described update configuration reception method is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein the above-described update configuration transmission method is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is presented for storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the above-described update configuration reception method.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the above-described update configuration transmission method.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can receive the configuration of the update operation, and further after receiving the configuration of the update operation, the terminal can update the configuration of the inactive state multicast service by adopting the update operation corresponding to the configuration of the update operation, which is beneficial to ensuring that the configuration of the inactive state multicast service is updated in time, so that the terminal can perform the inactive state multicast service well according to the updated configuration of the inactive state multicast service.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another update configuration reception method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an update configuration transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another update configuration transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an update configuration receiving apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of an update configuration transmitting apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus for update configuration reception according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus for update configuration transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this disclosure, all other embodiments that a person of ordinary skill in the art would obtain without making any inventive effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing the embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in this disclosure of 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 or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the 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 … …" or "at … …" or "responsive to a determination", depending on the context.

For purposes of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than" or "less than," "above," or "below" are used herein in describing the magnitude relationship. But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that: the term "greater than" also encompasses the meaning of "greater than or equal to," less than "also encompasses the meaning of" less than or equal to "; the term "above" encompasses the meaning of "above and equal to" and "below" also encompasses the meaning of "below and equal to".

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The update configuration receiving method shown in the embodiment may be executed by a terminal, where the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, an internet of things device, and other communication devices. The terminal may communicate with network devices including, but not limited to, network devices in 4G, 5G, 6G, etc., communication systems, e.g., base stations, core networks, etc.

As shown in fig. 1, the update configuration receiving method may include the steps of:

in step S101, receiving a configuration of an update operation transmitted by a network device; the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast MBS (Multicast Broadcast Service, which may also be called multicast service) service according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the network device may send configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal, for example, time domain resources, frequency domain resources, etc. of the multicast service (e.g., receiving downlink data of the multicast service) in the inactive state.

In one embodiment, the network device may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service, for example, for an update operation of the inactive multicast service, the configuration of the update operation may be sent to the terminal, where the configuration of the update operation is used to instruct the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can receive the configuration of the update operation, and further after receiving the configuration of the update operation, the configuration of the inactive multicast service can be updated according to the configuration of the update operation, so that the configuration of the inactive multicast service is guaranteed to be updated in time, and the terminal can perform the inactive multicast service well according to the updated configuration of the inactive multicast service.

After the terminal completes the configuration of the inactive multicast service to update, the terminal can perform the inactive multicast service according to the updated configuration of the inactive multicast service, and before the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated, the terminal can continue to use the configuration of the inactive multicast service before the update to perform the inactive multicast service.

The following describes, by way of several embodiments, a procedure for a terminal to subsequently update the configuration of an inactive multicast service.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another update configuration reception method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the method further includes:

in step S201, a radio resource control RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection is established according to the configuration of the update operation;

in step S202, a configuration of an inactive multicast service sent by the network device is received.

In one embodiment, when the terminal determines that the configuration of the inactive multicast service needs to be updated according to the configuration of the update operation, the update operation may include establishing an RRC connection with the network device, further receiving the configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device, and updating the stored configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the received configuration of the inactive multicast service.

In one embodiment, the manner in which the terminal establishes an RRC connection with the network device includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

the terminal sends an RRC connection setup request (RRCSetup request) to the network device to establish an RRC connection with the network device; the terminal transmits an RRC connection resume request (rrcresemerequest) to the network device to resume an RRC connection with the network device.

For requests sent by the terminal, the network device may return a response to the terminal. For example, the network device receives the RRC connection establishment request, and may return an RRC connection establishment message response to the terminal; for example, when the network device receives the RRC connection recovery request, an RRC connection recovery message response may be returned to the terminal, an RRC connection establishment message response may be returned to the terminal, an RRC connection release message response may be returned to the terminal, and an RRC connection release message response carrying the suspension configuration (suspend configuration) may be returned to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the terminal may receive the configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device after establishing the RRC connection with the network device, for example, after entering the connection state, the network device may send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal, so as to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service stored by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the terminal may also receive the configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device during the process of establishing the RRC connection with the network device, for example, the terminal may send any one of the above requests to the network device, and the network device may send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal in any one of the request responses, so as to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service stored by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the terminal may carry the cause (cause) of establishing the RRC connection in the transmitted request. The cause may include an RCC connection establishment cause establishnthhouse carried in the RRC connection establishment request, and may also include an RRC connection restoration cause resumecase carried in the RRC connection restoration request.

The reasons may be multiplexing existing reasons, such as high priority Access, called Access mt-Access, or newly defined reasons, such as configuration update of multicast service.

After the network device receives the request, it can determine that the configuration of the inactive multicast service needs to be updated according to the reason carried in the request, and further carry the configuration of the inactive multicast service in the information returned to the terminal, so as to update the stored configuration of the inactive multicast service of the terminal.

In one embodiment, the establishing a radio resource control connection according to the configuration of the update operation includes: establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection through an Access Stratum (AS) according to the configuration of the updating operation; or establishing a radio resource control, RRC, connection through the non-access stratum (NAS, non Access Stratum) according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the establishing a radio resource control connection according to the configuration of the update operation includes: and the access layer sends indication information to the non-access layer, and the indication information is used for indicating the configuration update of the non-active multicast service.

The terminal performs RRC connection establishment, which may be performed by an access stratum or a non-access stratum.

In the case of establishing the RRC connection through the access layer, the access layer may directly establish the RRC connection, or may first determine whether the configuration of the inactive multicast service is stored in the terminal, and if the configuration of the update operation of the inactive multicast service is stored, then establish the RRC connection through the access layer.

In the case of establishing RRC connection through the non-access stratum, the access stratum may first send indication information to the non-access stratum, where the indication information is used to indicate configuration update of the non-active multicast service, for example, the access stratum may directly send the indication information to the non-access stratum, or may first determine whether configuration of update operation of the non-active multicast service is stored in the terminal, and if configuration of update operation of the non-active multicast service is stored, send the indication information to the non-access stratum through the access stratum.

Therefore, the non-access layer determines that the configuration of the non-active multicast service needs to be updated, and the non-access layer establishes the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection. Wherein the indication information includes, but is not limited to, an identification of the inactive multicast service, such as TMGI (Temporary Mobile Group Identity, temporary mobile group identification).

In one embodiment, the configuration of (the type of) the inactive multicast service comprises at least one of:

the network device may determine one or more areas and set the configuration of the associated inactive multicast service, i.e. the configuration of the area-specific inactive multicast service, for the determined areas. The configuration of the area-specific inactive multicast service may be the configuration of inactive multicast service of all terminals in the area determined by the network device, where the specific area may be one or more cells (cells) or one or more radio access network notification areas (RNA, radio Access Network Notification Area);

the network device may determine one or more terminals and set the configuration of the associated inactive multicast service for the determined terminals, i.e. the configuration of the inactive multicast service specific to the one or more terminals. The configuration of the inactive multicast service specific to one or more terminals may be the configuration of the inactive multicast service of one terminal determined by the network device, or the configuration of the inactive multicast service of all terminals in a plurality of terminals (for example, terminal groups) determined by the network device;

The network device may determine one or more inactive multicast services (e.g., an inactive multicast voice service, an inactive multicast call service, an inactive multicast video service, etc.) and set the associated inactive multicast service configuration, i.e., the service-specific inactive multicast service configuration, for the determined service. The configuration of the service-specific inactive multicast service may be a configuration of one or more inactive multicast services determined by the network device.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: and updating the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation includes at least one of:

an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

and the effective duration of the configuration of the inactive multicast service.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation includes:

In step S301, the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated according to the update period, where the configuration of the update operation includes the update period.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, e.g., the network device may send the update period to the terminal in a radio access control release (RRCRelease) message.

After receiving the update period, the terminal can update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the update period. The time and/or period of periodicity may be determined, for example, from the update period.

The terminal may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service at each time and/or time period, or may determine one or more time and/or time periods at periodic time and/or time periods, and update the configuration of the inactive multicast service at the determined time and/or time periods. For example, the time is determined, then the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated at the determined time; for example, a time period is determined, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated within the determined time period.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4, the updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation includes:

in step S401, the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated when the update indication is received or after the update indication is received, where the configuration of the update operation includes the update indication.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, e.g., the network device may send a paging message (paging) to the terminal as the update indication to indicate to the terminal that the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated. The terminal may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service upon receiving the paging message or after receiving the update indication.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, the updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation includes:

In step S501, the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated after the effective duration, where the configuration of the update operation includes the effective duration.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include a valid duration of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, for example, the network device may send the valid duration to the terminal in a radio access control release (RRCRelease) message.

After receiving the configuration of the inactive multicast service (may be the initial configuration of the inactive multicast service or the configuration of the inactive multicast service used for updating) sent by the network device for a certain time, the terminal may determine an effective duration corresponding to the configuration of the inactive multicast service, for example, a start time of the effective duration is a time of receiving the configuration of the inactive multicast service, and further update the configuration of the inactive multicast service after the effective duration, for example, an end time of the effective duration or any time after the end time.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating yet another update configuration receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6, the updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation includes:

In step S601, the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated in the update period based on the update indication, where the configuration of the update operation includes the update indication and the update period.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include an update period and an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, for example, the network device may send the update period to the terminal in a radio access control release (RRCRelease) message, and may also indicate the update of the configuration of the inactive multicast service by a paging message (paging).

After receiving the update period, the terminal may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service based on the update indication in the update period, for example, a periodic time and/or a period of time may be determined according to the update period.

Since the periodic time domain resource includes a plurality of time instants and/or time periods, the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated at each of the plurality of time instants and/or time periods, and more power consumption is required.

In this embodiment, it may be accurately determined that the network device needs to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the update indication, so that the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated at the time and/or the time period after receiving the update indication, that is, the time and/or the time period after receiving the update indication is determined in the periodic time domain resource, for example, the time and/or the time period from the latest time when the update indication is received after receiving the update indication to the time when the update indication is received, and then the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated at the determined time and/or the determined time period. Accordingly, the configuration of the inactive multicast service can be updated only when the network device is accurately determined to need to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service, and the configuration of the inactive multicast service does not need to be updated at each of a plurality of moments and/or time periods, thereby being beneficial to saving power consumption.

It should be noted that, while the above embodiments describe updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the combination of the update period and the update indication, the present disclosure updates the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the combination of the information, and is not limited to updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the update period and the update indication, and the following description is given by way of several examples, but not limited to the following examples.

For example, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated according to the update period and the effective duration, and specifically, the periodic time and/or time period may be determined according to the update period, and the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated at the time and/or time period after the effective duration;

for example, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated according to the update instruction and the effective duration, and specifically, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated when the update instruction is received after the effective duration;

for example, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be updated according to the first time when the initial configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device is received and the update period, and specifically, the first time when the initial configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device is received may be determined, and then the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated at the time and/or the time period after the first time.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an update configuration transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The update configuration sending method shown in the embodiment may be executed by a network device, where the network device may communicate with a terminal, where the network device includes, but is not limited to, a base station in a communication system such as a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and a 6G base station, and the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a communication apparatus such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, and an internet of things device.

As shown in fig. 7, the update configuration transmission method may include the steps of:

in step S701, a configuration of an update operation is sent to a terminal, where the configuration of the update operation is used to instruct the terminal to update a configuration of an inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the network device may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service, for example, for an update operation of the inactive multicast service, the configuration of the update operation may be sent to the terminal, where the configuration of the update operation is used to configure the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the network device can send the configuration of the update operation to the terminal, and the terminal is instructed to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service by the configuration of the update operation, which is corresponding to the configuration of the update operation, so that the configuration of the inactive multicast service is guaranteed to be updated in time, and the terminal can perform the inactive multicast service well according to the updated configuration of the inactive multicast service.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another update configuration transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 8, the method further includes:

in step S801, a radio resource control RRC connection is established with the terminal;

in step S802, a configuration of an inactive multicast service is sent to the terminal.

In one embodiment, when the terminal determines that the configuration of the inactive multicast service needs to be updated according to the configuration of the update operation, the update operation may include establishing an RRC connection with the network device, and after the network device establishes the RRC connection with the terminal, the configuration of the inactive multicast service may be sent to the terminal, and the terminal may update the stored configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the received configuration of the inactive multicast service.

In one embodiment, the manner in which the network device establishes an RRC connection with the terminal includes, but is not limited to, the following two:

For requests sent by the terminal, the network device may return a response to the terminal. For example, the network device receives the RRC connection establishment request, and may return an RRC connection establishment message response to the terminal; for example, when the network device receives the RRC connection recovery request, an RRC connection recovery message response may be returned to the terminal, an RRC connection establishment message response may be returned to the terminal, an RRC connection release message response may be returned to the terminal, and an RRC connection release message response carrying the suspension configuration may be returned to the terminal.

In one embodiment, the network device may send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal after establishing the RRC connection with the terminal, e.g., after the terminal enters the connected state, the network device may send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service stored by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the network device may also send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal during the process of establishing the RRC connection with the terminal, for example, the terminal may send any one of the above requests to the network device, and the network device may send the configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal in any one of the request responses, so as to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service stored in the terminal.

the network device may determine one or more areas and set the configuration of the associated inactive multicast service, i.e. the configuration of the area-specific inactive multicast service, for the determined areas. The configuration of the area specific inactive multicast service may be the configuration of inactive multicast service of all terminals in the area determined by the network device, where the specific area may be one or more cells, or one or more radio access network notification areas (RNAs);

an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, e.g., the network device may send the update period to the terminal in a radio access control release (RRCRelease) message. And after receiving the updating period, the terminal can determine the periodic time and/or time period according to the updating period, and update the configuration of the inactive multicast service at the time and/or time period.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation sent by the network device to the terminal may include an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service, e.g., the network device may indicate to the terminal that the configuration of the inactive multicast service is updated via a paging message (paging). The terminal may update the configuration of the inactive multicast service when receiving the paging message.

Corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the update configuration receiving method and the update configuration transmitting method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of an update configuration receiving apparatus and an update configuration transmitting apparatus.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an update configuration receiving apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The update configuration receiving device shown in this embodiment may be a device formed by the terminal itself or one or more modules in the terminal, where the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a communication device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, and an internet of things device. The terminal may communicate with network devices including, but not limited to, network devices in 4G, 5G, 6G, etc., communication systems, e.g., base stations, core networks, etc.

As shown in fig. 9, the update configuration receiving apparatus may include:

the receiving module 901 is configured to receive a configuration of an update operation sent by a network device, where the configuration of the update operation is used to instruct the terminal to update a configuration of an inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: and the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

In one embodiment, the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the update period, wherein the configuration of the update operation includes the update period.

In an embodiment, the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service upon or after receiving the update indication, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises the update indication.

In one embodiment, the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service after the effective duration, where the configuration of the update operation includes the effective duration.

In one embodiment, the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service based on the update indication during the update period, wherein the configuration of the update operation includes the update indication and the update period.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the inactive multicast service includes at least one of:

configuration of area-specific inactive multicast services;

configuration of inactive multicast services specific to one or more terminals;

configuration of service specific inactive multicast services.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: a processing module configured to establish a radio resource control, RRC, connection according to the configuration of the update operation; the receiving module is configured to receive the configuration of the inactive multicast service sent by the network device.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: a processing module configured to establish a radio resource control, RRC, connection through an access stratum in accordance with the configuration of the updating operation; or establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection through the non-access stratum according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: and the processing module is configured to send indication information to the non-access layer through the access layer and is used for indicating the configuration update of the non-active multicast service.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of an update configuration transmitting apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The update configuration sending device shown in this embodiment may be a device formed by a network device itself or one or more modules in the network device, where the network device may communicate with a terminal, where the network device includes, but is not limited to, a base station in a communication system such as a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and a 6G base station, and the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a communication device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, and an internet of things device.

As shown in fig. 10, the update configuration transmitting apparatus may include:

and a sending module 1001 configured to send a configuration of an update operation to a terminal, where the configuration of the update operation is used to instruct the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the update operation includes at least one of: an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service; an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service; and the effective duration of the configuration of the inactive multicast service.

In one embodiment, the configuration of the inactive multicast service includes at least one of: configuration of area-specific inactive multicast services; configuration of terminal-specific inactive multicast services; configuration of terminal group specific inactive multicast service; configuration of service specific inactive multicast services.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a processing module configured to establish a radio resource control, RRC, connection with the terminal; the sending module is further configured to send configuration of the inactive multicast service to the terminal.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the related methods, and will not be described in detail herein.

For the device embodiments, reference is made to the description of the method embodiments for the relevant points, since they essentially correspond to the method embodiments. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the modules illustrated as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.

The embodiment of the disclosure also proposes a communication device, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein the update configuration receiving method according to any of the above embodiments is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.

The embodiment of the disclosure also proposes a communication device, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein the update configuration transmission method according to any one of the above embodiments is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the update configuration reception method described in any of the above embodiments.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the update configuration transmission method described in any of the above embodiments.

As shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1100 for update configuration transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1100 may be provided as a base station. Referring to fig. 11, the apparatus 1100 includes a processing component 1122, a wireless transmit/receive component 1124, an antenna component 1126, and a signal processing portion specific to a wireless interface, which processing component 1122 may further include one or more processors. One of the processors in processing component 1122 may be configured to implement the update configuration transmission method described in any of the embodiments above.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1200 for updating configuration reception in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, apparatus 1200 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, fitness device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to fig. 12, apparatus 1200 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1202, a memory 1204, a power component 1206, a multimedia component 1208, an audio component 1210, an input/output (I/O) interface 1212, a sensor component 1214, and a communications component 1216.

The processing component 1202 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 1200, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1202 may include one or more processors 1220 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the update configuration reception method described above. Further, the processing component 1202 may include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the processing component 1202 and other components. For example, the processing component 1202 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1208 and the processing component 1202.

The memory 1204 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 1200. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the apparatus 1200, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, video, and so forth. The memory 1204 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 disk.

Power supply assembly 1206 provides power to the various components of device 1200. The power supply components 1206 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 1200.

The multimedia component 1208 includes a screen between the device 1200 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 slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1208 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 1200 is in an operational 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 focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 1210 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1210 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 1200 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 1204 or transmitted via the communications component 1216. In some embodiments, audio assembly 1210 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1212 provides an interface between the processing component 1202 and peripheral interface modules, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 1214 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 1200. For example, the sensor assembly 1214 may detect the on/off state of the device 1200, the relative positioning of the components, such as the display and keypad of the device 1200, the sensor assembly 1214 may also detect a change in position of the device 1200 or a component of the device 1200, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 1200, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 1200, and a change in temperature of the device 1200. The sensor assembly 1214 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1214 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 1214 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communications component 1216 is configured to facilitate communication between the apparatus 1200 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The apparatus 1200 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, 5G NR, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1216 receives broadcast signals or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1216 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 apparatus 1200 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 performing the update configuration receiving method described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as memory 1204, comprising instructions executable by processor 1220 of apparatus 1200 to perform the above-described update configuration reception method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles of the disclosure 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 disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

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

It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing has outlined the detailed description of the method and apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, and the detailed description of the principles and embodiments of the present disclosure has been provided herein with the application of the specific examples, the above examples being provided only to facilitate the understanding of the method of the present disclosure and its core ideas; meanwhile, as one of ordinary skill in the art will have variations in the detailed description and the application scope in light of the ideas of the present disclosure, the present disclosure should not be construed as being limited to the above description.

Claims

An update configuration receiving method, characterized by being executed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving the configuration of the update operation sent by the network equipment;

the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and updating the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the updating operation.
The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises at least one of:

an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

An update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

and the effective duration of the configuration of the inactive multicast service.
A method according to claim 3, wherein updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

and updating the configuration of the inactive state multicast service according to the update period, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises the update period.
A method according to claim 3, wherein updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

and updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service when the update instruction is received or after the update instruction is received, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises the update instruction.
A method according to claim 3, wherein updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

and updating the configuration of the inactive state multicast service after the effective duration, wherein the configuration of the updating operation comprises the effective duration.
A method according to claim 3, wherein updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

and updating the configuration of the inactive multicast service based on the update indication in the update period, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises the update indication and the update period.
The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the configuration of the inactive multicast service comprises at least one of:

configuration of area-specific inactive multicast services;

configuration of inactive multicast services specific to one or more terminals;

configuration of service specific inactive multicast services.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection according to the configuration of the updating operation;

and receiving the configuration of the non-active multicast service sent by the network equipment.
The method of claim 8, wherein the establishing a radio resource control connection according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

establishing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection through an access stratum according to the configuration of the updating operation; or alternatively

And establishing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection through the non-access stratum according to the configuration of the updating operation.
The method of claim 8, wherein the establishing a radio resource control connection according to the configuration of the update operation comprises:

and sending indication information to a non-access layer through the access layer, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the configuration update of the non-active multicast service.
An update configuration transmission method, characterized by being executed by a network device, the method comprising:

and sending the configuration of the update operation to the terminal, wherein the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the non-active multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.
The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration of the update operation comprises at least one of:

an update period of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

an update indication of the configuration of the inactive multicast service;

and the effective duration of the configuration of the inactive multicast service.
The method of claim 12, wherein the configuration of the inactive multicast service comprises at least one of:

configuration of area-specific inactive multicast services;

Configuration of terminal-specific inactive multicast services;

configuration of terminal group specific inactive multicast service;

configuration of service specific inactive multicast services.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, further comprising:

establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the terminal;

and sending the configuration of the non-active multicast service to the terminal.
An update configuration receiving apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

the receiving module is configured to receive the configuration of the updating operation sent by the network equipment;

and the processing module is configured to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.
An update configuration transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

and the sending module is configured to send the configuration of the update operation to the terminal, wherein the configuration of the update operation is used for indicating the terminal to update the configuration of the inactive multicast service according to the configuration of the update operation.
A communication device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing a computer program;

wherein the update configuration receiving method of any one of claims 1 to 11 is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.
A communication device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing a computer program;

wherein the update configuration transmission method of any one of claims 12 to 15 is implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that the steps in the update configuration reception method of any one of claims 1 to 11 are implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that the steps in the update configuration transmission method of any one of claims 12 to 15 are implemented when the computer program is executed by a processor.