CN117528610A

CN117528610A - Communication method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117528610A
Application number: CN202210910952.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘进华; 潘学明
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-29
Filing date: 2022-07-29
Publication date: 2024-02-06

Abstract

The application discloses a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, which belong to the technical field of communication, and the communication method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first communication device obtains an evaluation result based on a first communication flow to be executed and the electric quantity level of the first communication device, wherein the evaluation result is used for representing whether the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not, and the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection; the first communication device executes a first communication flow based on the evaluation result.

Description

Communication method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium.

Background

In case of the interconnection, a large number of terminals are required, and Energy-Harvesting-function-based terminals (EH-UE) are widely used in various fields. Such terminals require the collected power to be stored using a tank circuit for use in the communication process. Due to cost and size constraints, the tank circuit has limited energy storage and cannot maintain continuous communication with the base station for a long period of time as in conventional battery powered terminals.

Because of the limited amount of electricity stored, the EH-UE may run out of electricity during communication, which may cause abnormal interruption of communication flow, resulting in incomplete signaling flow and/or data transmission. The signaling flow and/or the data transmission are/is incomplete, so that the completed part of the signaling flow becomes invalid signaling transmission, and the part of the data which is completed in transmission can be discarded by the receiving end due to incomplete data or discarded by the receiving end after being sent to the receiving end due to incomplete data, thus the communication efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, which can solve the problem of low communication efficiency.

In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, the method comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a first communication device obtains an evaluation result based on a first communication flow to be executed and the electric quantity level of the first communication device, wherein the evaluation result is used for representing whether the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not, and the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection;

the first communication device executes a first communication flow based on the evaluation result.

In a second aspect, a communication method is provided, the method comprising:

The second communication device receives first information sent by the first communication device, wherein the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection, the first information is used for assisting in scheduling of a first communication flow, and the first information comprises at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not;

the second communication device schedules the first communication flow based on the first information.

In a third aspect, there is provided an apparatus of a communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

the evaluation module is used for obtaining an evaluation result based on a first communication flow to be executed and the electric quantity level of the first communication device, wherein the evaluation result is used for representing whether the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not, and the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection;

and the first execution module is used for executing a first communication flow by the first communication equipment based on the evaluation result.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an apparatus of a communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

The first receiving module is configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, where the first communication device is a communication device that collects power based on electric quantity, the first information is used to assist in scheduling of a first communication flow, and the first information includes at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not;

and the first scheduling module is used for scheduling the first communication flow based on the first information.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a first communications device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a first communication device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to:

based on a first communication flow to be executed and the electric quantity level of the first communication device, obtaining an evaluation result, wherein the evaluation result is used for representing whether the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not, and the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection;

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a second communication device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a second communication device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to:

receiving first information sent by a first communication device, wherein the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection, the first information is used for assisting in scheduling of a first communication flow, and the first information comprises at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not;

the processor is configured to:

and scheduling the first communication flow based on the first information.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a communication system comprising: a first communication device operable to perform the steps of the communication method as described in the first aspect and a second communication device operable to perform the steps of the communication method as described in the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method according to the first aspect or implement the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being for running a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect or to implement the method according to the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executed by at least one processor to implement a method as described in the first aspect or to implement a method as described in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, whether the current power level of the first communication device supports completion of the first communication process is evaluated based on the first communication process to be executed and the power level of the first communication device, and if the current power level of the first communication device supports completion of the first communication process, the first communication process can be executed to ensure that the first communication process cannot fail due to power failure, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an EH-UE provided in the related art;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic hardware structure of a first communication device implementing an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic hardware structure of a second communication device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm top, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (weather Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or a furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. Note that, the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network-side device 12 may comprise an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device 12 may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. Access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, which may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission and reception point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and the base station is not limited to a particular technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only a base station in an NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entities (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management functions (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management functions (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane functions (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control functions (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function units (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery functions (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), unified data repository (Unified Data Repository, UDR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), centralized network configuration (Centralized network configuration, CNC), network storage functions (Network Repository Function, NRF), network opening functions (Network Exposure Function, NEF), local NEF (or L-NEF), binding support functions (Binding Support Function, BSF), application functions (Application Function, AF), and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

The following will be described first:

low cost UEs, such as narrowband internet of things (Narrow Band Internet of Things, NB-IoT) terminals, are widely used in a variety of low data rate, low frequency communication occasions. For example, NB-IoT technology is used for shared bicycle tracking and control, electricity/water meter information transmission, environmental monitoring and livestock tracking, and the like. Existing NB-IoT terminals need to be battery powered. The use of NB-IoT terminals powered by batteries is limited in some situations, for example, chemical battery powered applications are not suitable in some situations due to the limitations of high temperature and high humidity environments; in some special environments, such as NB-IoT terminals used for environmental monitoring communications in remote locations, the cost of replacing the battery after the battery life has expired is high. In these scenarios, collecting energy from the environment for use by the NB-IoT communication module may avoid the use of batteries.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an EH-UE provided in the related art, and as shown in fig. 2, the EH-UE includes an energy harvesting unit, a tank circuit unit, and a communication function unit. The energy collection unit stores energy collected from the environment in the tank circuit unit, and the communication function unit communicates with the network device using the electric energy stored in the tank circuit unit.

Because of cost and size limitations, the energy stored in the energy storage unit is far lower than the power provided by a conventional mobile terminal battery, and thus the communication capability of the communication function unit is also limited by the power supply. If the limitation of the power supply is not considered when the communication flow is initiated, a situation in which communication is interrupted due to the exhaustion of power may occur during the communication. The signaling flow and/or data transmission in the communication process are incomplete, so that the completed part of signaling flow becomes invalid signaling transmission, and the part of data which is completed in transmission can be discarded by the receiving end due to incomplete data after being discarded by a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) protocol or sent to the receiving end. Communication interruption also occurs repeatedly if the UE initiates the communication flow again. This may result in inefficiency in communication.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, a device, equipment and a storage medium, which are used for improving communication efficiency.

The communication method, device, equipment and storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 3 is one of flow diagrams of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes the following steps:

step 300, a first communication device obtains an evaluation result based on a first communication flow to be executed and a power level of the first communication device, wherein the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow, and the first communication device is a communication device powered based on power collection;

step 310, the first communication device performs a first communication flow based on the evaluation result.

Alternatively, the first communication device may be a terminal;

alternatively, the first communication device may be a terminal powered based on power collection;

optionally, in order to avoid abnormal interruption of communication caused by power consumption of the first communication device during communication, the first communication device may first evaluate, before executing the first communication flow, whether the current evaluation level of the first communication device may support completion of the complete first communication flow, based on the first communication flow to be executed and the power level of the first communication device.

Alternatively, the first communication flow may include a communication interaction flow between the terminal and another terminal;

Alternatively, the first communication procedure may include a communication interaction procedure between the terminal and the base station;

optionally, any communication flow that requires participation of the first communication device (terminal) may belong to the first communication flow, regardless of whether interaction with other communication devices is required;

optionally, any communication flow that requires the first communication device (terminal) to participate (e.g., requires the terminal to interact with the base station, and/or requires the terminal to perform other information or data or signal processing) may belong to the first communication flow;

optionally, any process that requires the first communication device (terminal) to participate (e.g., requires the terminal to interact with the base station and/or requires the terminal to perform other information or data or signal processing) to implement a certain communication service may belong to the first communication process;

optionally, the first communication flow may further include signaling transmission performed by the first communication device and the second communication device to implement any communication flow or communication service, such as a random access flow between the terminal and the base station, and a radio bearer establishment flow;

optionally, the first communication flow may further include data transmission by the first communication device and the second communication device for implementing any communication flow or communication service, such as DCIHARQ retransmission of HARQ retransmission between the terminal and the base station;

Optionally, the data transmission performed to ensure that any communication flow or communication service can be implemented or better implemented (such as reducing latency or improving efficiency) belongs to the first communication flow;

optionally, signaling transmission performed to ensure that any communication flow or communication service can be implemented or better implemented (such as reducing latency or improving efficiency) belongs to the first communication flow;

alternatively, the current execution may refer to execution before the next power acquisition, i.e. based on the current power level of the first communication device.

For example, taking the first communication device as an energy-harvesting-based UE, before initiating a communication procedure, the energy-harvesting-based UE (e.g., EH-UE) evaluates whether the integrity of the communication procedure can be ensured, including:

the UE determines to initiate or conduct a data transceiving flow based on the evaluation result;

the UE determines to initiate or conduct data transceiving and accompanying signaling flow based on the evaluation result;

the evaluation may be based on the energy storage situation of the UE, or the available power, etc.

Alternatively, the evaluation result may be expressed as:

whether a physical layer is available, whether a transceiving radio frequency channel can be available, whether a communication process can be continued, and the like;

Optionally, the first communication device of the embodiments of the present application is illustrated by using EH-UE as an example, but the use of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to EH-UE, and may be applicable to UE that obtains energy in any form.

According to the method and the device, based on the available electric quantity of the first communication equipment, complete and effective data transmission is achieved, invalid transmission caused by electric quantity exhaustion interrupt signaling and data transmission flow is avoided, and resource utilization rate is improved.

Optionally, the first communication flow includes at least one of:

a second communication flow;

a data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

and signaling transmission flow accompanied with the second communication flow.

Alternatively, the second communication flow may include a communication interaction flow between the terminal and another terminal;

Alternatively, the second communication procedure may include a communication interaction procedure between the terminal and the base station;

optionally, any communication flow that requires participation of the first communication device (terminal) may belong to the second communication flow, regardless of whether interaction with other communication devices is required;

optionally, any communication flow that requires the first communication device (terminal) to participate (e.g., requires the terminal to interact with the base station, and/or requires the terminal to perform other information or data or signal processing) may belong to the second communication flow;

optionally, any process that requires the first communication device (terminal) to participate (e.g., requires the terminal to interact with the base station, and/or requires the terminal to perform other information or data or signal processing) to implement a certain communication service may belong to the second communication process;

optionally, the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be signaling transmission performed by the first communication device and the second communication device to implement the second communication procedure, such as a random access procedure between the terminal and the base station, and a radio bearer establishment procedure;

alternatively, the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be data transmission performed by the first communication device and the second communication device in order to implement the second communication procedure, such as DCIHARQ retransmission of HARQ retransmission between the terminal and the base station;

Optionally, the data transmission performed to ensure that the second communication flow can be implemented or better implemented (such as reducing latency or improving efficiency) belongs to the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

optionally, the signaling transmission performed to ensure that the second communication flow can be implemented or better implemented (such as reducing latency or improving efficiency) belongs to the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the second communication flow may be currently executed;

optionally, if it is determined, based on the evaluation result, that the electric quantity level supports the second communication flow, the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow, and the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow after the evaluation, the second communication flow, the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow, and the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow may be currently executed;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be currently executed;

Optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be currently executed;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the signaling transmission procedure and the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the signaling transmission procedure and the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be currently executed;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports the second communication flow and the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the second communication flow and the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow may be currently executed;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports the second communication flow and the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the second communication flow and the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow may be executed currently;

optionally, the executing the first communication flow includes:

the first communication device sends first information to the second communication device, wherein the first information is used for assisting in scheduling of the first communication flow, and the first information comprises at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, the evaluation result.

Optionally, the second communication device is a communication peer, such as another terminal or a base station, of the first communication device performing the first communication procedure;

alternatively, the second communication device may be a communication device, such as a base station, that schedules the first communication device to perform the first communication procedure;

optionally, the first communication device may also perform trigger reporting based on the evaluation result, and the base station reports the following schedule after receiving the evaluation result.

Optionally, the first communication device may determine, based on the evaluation result, that one or more of a second communication procedure, a signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure, and a data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure may be performed, and then may send the first information to the second communication device, and after the second communication device receives the first information, the second communication device may perform one or more of the second communication procedure, the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure, and the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device in performing scheduling on the second communication flow;

Optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports the second communication flow and the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device to execute scheduling of the second communication flow and the signaling transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports the second communication flow and the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device to execute scheduling of the second communication flow and the data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

optionally, if it is determined, based on the evaluation result, that the power level supports the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure and the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device to perform scheduling of the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure and the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure;

optionally, if it is determined that the power level supports only the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device in performing scheduling of the signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure.

Alternatively, if it is determined that the power level supports only the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure based on the evaluation result after the evaluation, the first information may be sent to assist the second communication device in performing scheduling of the data transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure.

Optionally, the first communication device obtains an evaluation result based on the first communication flow to be performed and the power level of the first communication device, including at least one of the following:

after acquiring the related information of the first communication flow, the physical layer of the first communication device obtains the evaluation result based on the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow and the electric quantity level of the first communication device;

the physical layer of the first communication device receives inquiry information of the MAC layer on the evaluation result and feeds back the evaluation result to the media access control (Medium Access Control, MAC) layer, wherein the inquiry information carries the electric quantity requirement corresponding to the first communication flow;

after acquiring the related information of the first communication flow, the physical layer of the first communication device sends second information to the MAC layer, wherein the second information is used for representing that the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports all or part of transmission in the first communication flow;

The physical layer of the first communication device sends first electric quantity level information to the MAC layer, wherein the first electric quantity level information is used for determining whether the electric quantity level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not by the MAC layer, and an evaluation result is obtained.

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes at least one of:

information of uplink scheduling grant UL grant;

scheduling information for scheduling the first communication flow;

and the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow is transmitted.

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes an uplink scheduling grant (UL grant).

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes scheduling information for scheduling the first communication flow.

Optionally, the related information of the first communication flow includes a transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow.

Optionally, the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow includes at least one of the following:

a modulation and coding scheme (Modulation and coding scheme, MCS) corresponding to the first communication flow, a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (Orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM) symbols occupied by the first communication flow, and a transmission power corresponding to the first communication flow.

Optionally, when the first communication device obtains the evaluation result, interaction between the physical layer and the MAC layer of the first communication device is required;

optionally, after the physical layer of the first communication device obtains the related information of the first communication flow, the physical layer of the first communication device obtains the evaluation result based on the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow and the electric quantity level of the first communication device;

taking the information related to the first communication flow including the information of the UL grant as an example, after receiving the UL grant, the UE physical layer determines whether the UE physical layer can complete a corresponding transmission action (for example, based on the current energy storage condition, that is, the electric quantity level, and the energy required to be consumed by the current transmission, etc.) according to the content of the UL grant (for example, the MCS, the number of occupied OFDM symbols, the transmission power, etc.), if so, indicates to the medium access control (Medium Access Control, MAC) that the physical layer can support the PUSCH transmission process corresponding to the UL grant, otherwise indicates that the physical layer cannot support the PUSCH transmission process corresponding to the UL grant;

optionally, the physical layer of the first communication device receives the inquiry information of the MAC layer on the evaluation result and feeds back the evaluation result to the MAC layer, where the inquiry information carries an electric quantity requirement corresponding to the first communication flow;

Taking the information related to the first communication flow including UL grant information, where the first communication device includes UE as an example, the physical layer directly sends the content of the UL grant (for example, MCS, number of occupied OFDM symbols, transmission power, etc.) to the MAC layer after receiving the UL grant, and the MAC layer inquires whether the physical layer can complete the current transmission action (for example, the MAC layer determines total power consumption required for transmitting the corresponding PUSCH, including upper layer protocol stack power consumption, coding power consumption, and transmission power consumption, and then inquires whether the physical layer meets these power consumption); if the physical layer reply can be supported, the MAC starts an uplink data transmission procedure using the UL grant, such as generating a MAC protocol data unit (Protocol Data Unit, PDU), etc.;

taking the case that the related information of the first communication flow includes a transmission inner capacity corresponding to the first communication flow, the first communication device includes UE as an example, after determining the transmission inner capacity corresponding to the first communication flow, the UE physical layer determines whether the UE can complete a corresponding transmission action (for example, based on a current energy storage condition, that is, an electric quantity level, and energy required to be consumed by current transmission, etc.) according to the transmission inner capacity corresponding to the first communication flow (for example, MCS, the number of occupied OFDM symbols, transmission power, etc.), if yes, indicates to the MAC that the physical layer can support a PUSCH transmission process corresponding to the transmission inner capacity corresponding to the first communication flow, otherwise indicates that the physical layer cannot support a PUSCH transmission process corresponding to the transmission inner capacity corresponding to the first communication flow;

taking the case that the related information of the first communication flow includes a transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow, where the first communication device includes UE as an example, the physical layer directly sends the content (for example, MCS, number of occupied OFDM symbols, transmission power, etc.) of the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow to the MAC layer after determining the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow, and the MAC layer inquires whether the physical layer can complete the current transmission action (for example, the MAC layer determines the total power consumption required for transmitting the corresponding PUSCH, including upper layer protocol stack power consumption, coding power consumption, and transmission power consumption, and then inquires whether the physical layer meets these power consumptions); if the physical layer reply can be supported, the MAC starts an uplink data transmission flow using the transmission content corresponding to the first communication flow, such as generating MAC PDU;

optionally, after acquiring the related information of the first communication flow, the physical layer of the first communication device sends second information to the MAC layer, where the second information is used to characterize that the power level of the first communication device supports all or part of transmission in the first communication flow; taking the first communication flow related information including scheduling information for scheduling the first communication flow, such as downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI), where the first communication device includes, for example, UE, after receiving the DCI, the physical layer reports to the MAC layer second information whether the physical layer can support, including:

If the physical layer receives DCI for scheduling downlink reception, the physical layer evaluates how many times the downlink reception or continuous reception time can be supported and reports to the MAC layer; for example, the physical layer may evaluate based on the current energy storage conditions.

If the physical layer receives DCI for scheduling uplink reception, the physical layer evaluates the uplink times or the duration of transmission that can be completed and reports to the MAC layer. For example, the physical layer may evaluate based on the current energy storage conditions.

Alternatively, the power level, such as available power and/or stored energy detection, may be managed by the physical layer, or the power management may have a power management module.

Optionally, the physical layer of the first communication device may report only the remaining available power level to the MAC layer, and the MAC layer determines, based on the remaining available power level and the a priori information, whether the received remaining power level may support a data transceiving procedure corresponding to the first communication flow.

Optionally, one or more power level class thresholds may be pre-configured or pre-defined, triggering a power change indication to higher layers when the remaining power during communication changes from above a power level class threshold to below the power level class threshold, or when the remaining power during energy harvesting changes from below a power level class threshold to above the power level class threshold.

Alternatively, the power change indication is sent from the physical layer to the MAC layer, which may further send power information to the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) layer.

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes an uplink transmission permission.

Optionally, the first communication procedure includes PUSCH transmission.

Optionally, the first communication flow includes at least one of:

generating a MAC PDU, performing channel coding, modulating, mapping and PUSCH sending on the MAC PDU.

Optionally, a data transmission procedure accompanying the first communication procedure includes:

receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request (Hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ) retransmission scheduling DCI;

and finishing the corresponding HARQ retransmission.

Optionally, the related information of the first communication flow may further include an uplink transmission permission, taking the first communication device as an example of the UE, when the UE receives one uplink transmission permission, the UE may first determine whether the corresponding PUSCH transmission (the first communication flow) may be supported:

if it is determined that the corresponding PUSCH transmission can be supported (e.g., the energy storage is sufficient), performing a corresponding data transmission procedure, including but not limited to, obtaining data from a higher layer to generate a MAC PDU, performing one or more of channel coding, modulating, mapping to PUSCH, performing PUSCH transmission, and the like on the MAC PDU; optionally, the process may further include receiving potential HARQ retransmission scheduling downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) and completing the corresponding HARQ retransmission.

If it is determined that the corresponding PUSCH transmission cannot be supported (e.g., under-power), the UE may ignore or skip the uplink transmission grant.

Optionally, the related information of the first communication flow includes data arrival information.

Optionally, the first communication procedure includes sending a buffer status report (Buffer Status Report, BSR) and/or sending a scheduling request (Scheduling Request, SR) corresponding to the BSR.

Optionally, the related information of the first communication flow may further include new data arrival information, taking the first communication device as an example of the UE, when the UE has new data arrived, the BSR and the corresponding scheduling request SR are triggered, and before determining to send the SR, the UE needs to determine whether it can complete sending of the buffered data (the first communication flow).

If it is determined that the data transmission of the buffer can be completed (for example, the energy storage is enough), performing SR transmission and subsequent uplink data transmission flow;

if it is determined that it is insufficient to complete the transmission of the buffered data (e.g., insufficient energy storage), the SR flow is suspended and waiting. When it is determined that the buffered data transmission can be completed (for example, the energy storage is enough), the SR transmission and the subsequent uplink data transmission flow are performed.

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes a paging message.

Optionally, the first communication procedure includes a random access procedure and/or a radio bearer establishment procedure.

Optionally, the related information of the first communication flow may further include a paging message, taking the first communication device as an example of the UE, when the UE receives the paging message, the UE may first determine whether it can complete a subsequent information transceiving flow (first communication flow) when determining whether to initiate the random access flow according to the paging message, including:

(A) The UE determines whether it can complete a subsequent signaling procedure for establishing a radio connection, including a random access procedure, a related signaling procedure for radio bearer establishment, and the like. For example, the determination may be based on energy harvesting conditions, energy storage conditions, electrical levels, etc. at the UE side.

(B) The UE determines whether it can complete the data transmission process after the radio link is established. For example, the determination may be based on energy harvesting conditions, energy storage conditions, electrical levels, etc. at the UE side. When determining the amount of power required for downlink data reception, the UE may determine the amount of power required based on the pre-configured data amount or the pre-configured number of times of reception.

Optionally, if the UE can complete the step (a), the UE may respond to the paging information and establish a radio link with the base station; otherwise the UE may not respond to the paging information.

Optionally, if the UE can complete the steps (a) and (B), the UE may establish a radio link with the base station and complete data transmission in response to the paging information; otherwise the UE may not respond to the paging information.

Optionally, if the UE does not respond to the paging message after receiving the paging message, after continuing to collect the electric quantity until the requirement of responding to the paging message is met, initiating a random access procedure.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the first communication device does not execute the first communication flow in a case where the first communication device determines that the first communication flow is not supported by the power level of the first communication device based on the evaluation result.

Optionally, if the first communication device determines, based on the evaluation result, that the power level of the first communication device does not support the first communication flow, relevant information of the first communication flow may be ignored;

alternatively, if the first communication device determines that the power level of the first communication device does not support the first communication flow based on the evaluation result, the first communication flow may not be executed.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the first communication device transmits the second power level information to the second communication device.

Optionally, the second communication device is a communication peer of the first communication device executing the first communication flow;

optionally, the first communication device may report the second power level information to the second communication device during or after establishing a wireless connection with the base station from the rrc_idle or rrc_inactive state, and report the second power level information to the second communication device using the MAC CE report or the RRC message;

optionally, the first communication device may report a percentage of the total energy storage capacity of the available power station;

optionally, the first communication device may indicate an end time or duration of "the first communication device may remain connected state";

alternatively, the first communication device may indicate a time at which reception or transmission may continue;

alternatively, the first communication device may report its remaining power level to the second communication device through the second power level information during the random access procedure. The second communication device may schedule data transmission of the first communication device according to its power level, avoiding the allocation of excessive UL grant to the first communication device.

Optionally, the first communication device sends second power level information to a second communication device, including:

The first communication equipment sends second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment under the condition that the electric quantity level grade corresponding to the electric quantity level is changed, wherein the second electric quantity level information comprises the changed electric quantity level grade;

wherein the power level class threshold between different power level classes is pre-configured or predefined.

Alternatively, the second communication device may configure the first communication device to report the change in the remaining power to the base station. For example, the second communication device pre-configures one or more power level class thresholds for the first communication device;

alternatively, one or more power level rating thresholds may be pre-configured or pre-defined by the protocol, or one or more power level rating thresholds may be pre-defined by the protocol, and a power change report to the second communication device triggered when the remaining power during communication changes from above a power level rating threshold to below the power level rating threshold, or when the remaining power during energy harvesting changes from below a power level rating threshold to above the power level rating threshold. The second communication device, upon receiving the remaining power report of the UE, determines whether its remaining power level satisfies a subsequent data transmission, thereby determining whether to continue scheduling the first communication device, such as EH-UE.

Optionally, before the first communication device sends the second power level information to the second communication device, the method further comprises:

and receiving electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information, wherein the electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information is used for configuring and/or indicating the first communication equipment to send second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment.

Alternatively, the second communication device may instruct the first communication device to report the remaining power to the second communication device. The second communication device may carry an electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information in the DCI when scheduling the first communication device to send, and instruct the first communication device to send a remaining electric quantity report;

alternatively, the second communication device may also carry a MAC CE in the PDSCH addressed to the first communication device, the MAC CE instructing the first communication device to send a remaining power report (remaining power level). The remaining capacity report may be a one-time remaining capacity report or a periodic remaining capacity report.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the first communication device performs at least one of the following if it is determined that the power level is below a power level threshold or in a power collection state:

Stopping or skipping monitoring all or part of the PDCCH;

monitoring is kept according to a preset DRX mode;

ignoring or skipping the preconfigured uplink transmission grant;

neglecting or skipping pre-configured downlink allocation;

the number of listening CORSET is reduced.

Alternatively, the first communication device may continue to maintain the energy harvesting state when the first communication device is in the harvesting energy state, or upon determining that the power level is below the power level threshold.

Optionally, when the first communication device is in a harvested energy state, or upon determining that the power level is below a power level threshold, the first communication device may perform one or more of:

the first communication device stops/skips monitoring all or part of the PDCCH;

the first communication device keeps listening according to a preset DRX mode.

The first communication device ignores/skips the preconfigured uplink transmission grant (configured grants);

the first communication device ignores/skips the preconfigured downlink allocation (downlink assignments);

the first communication device reduces the number of listening Control-resource sets (CORESETs), e.g. ignores proprietary CORESETs, keeping monitoring the common CORESETs.

Optionally, the first communication device comprises a terminal powered based on power collection, and the second communication device comprises a base station.

Fig. 4 is a second flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, the method includes the following flow chart:

step 400, the second communication device receives first information sent by the first communication device, where the first communication device is a communication device powered based on power collection, the first information is used to assist in scheduling of a first communication flow, and the first information includes at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication flow or not;

in step 410, the second communication device schedules the first communication flow based on the first information.

Alternatively, the first communication device may be a terminal;

Alternatively, the second communication flow may be a communication interaction flow between the terminal and another terminal or a communication interaction flow between the terminal and the base station;

optionally, in order to avoid abnormal interruption of communication caused by power consumption of the first communication device during communication, before executing the first communication flow, the first communication device may first evaluate, based on the first communication flow to be executed and the power level of the first communication device, whether the current evaluation level of the first communication device may support completion of the complete first communication flow;

Alternatively, the evaluation result may be expressed as:

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the second communication device sends electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information, wherein the electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information is used for configuring and/or indicating the first communication device to send second electric quantity level information to the second communication device.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the second communication device receives the second power level information.

According to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution body can be a communication device. In the embodiment of the present application, a communication device is described by taking an example of a communication method performed by a communication device.

Fig. 5 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, the communication device 500 includes: an evaluation module 510, and a first execution module 520; wherein:

the evaluation module 510 is configured to obtain an evaluation result based on a first communication procedure to be executed and a power level of the first communication device, where the evaluation result is used to characterize whether the power level of the first communication device supports the first communication procedure, and the first communication device is a communication device powered based on power collection;

the first execution module 520 is configured to execute a first communication flow by the first communication device based on the evaluation result.

The communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the above embodiments of the method, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated here.

Optionally, the first execution module 520 is configured to:

transmitting first information to a second communication device, where the first information is used to assist in scheduling of the first communication flow, and the first information includes at least one of: the power level of the first communication device, the evaluation result.

Optionally, the evaluation module 510 is configured to at least one of:

the physical layer of the first communication device receives inquiry information of the MAC layer on the evaluation result and feeds back the evaluation result to the MAC layer, wherein the inquiry information carries the electric quantity requirement corresponding to the first communication flow;

Optionally, the information related to the first communication flow includes information of UL grant.

the MCS corresponding to the first communication flow, the number of OFDM symbols occupied by the first communication flow, and the transmitting power corresponding to the first communication flow.

Optionally, the first communication procedure includes PUSCH transmission.

Optionally, the first communication flow includes at least one of:

receiving HARQ retransmission scheduling DCI;

and finishing the corresponding HARQ retransmission.

Optionally, the first communication flow includes sending a BSR and/or sending a scheduling request SR corresponding to the BSR.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the second execution module is used for not executing the first communication flow when the first communication device determines that the power level of the first communication device does not support the first communication flow based on the evaluation result.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the sending module is used for sending the second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment.

Optionally, the sending module is configured to:

and the first communication equipment sends second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment under the condition that the electric quantity level grade corresponding to the electric quantity level is changed, and the second electric quantity level information comprises the changed electric quantity level grade.

Optionally, before the first communication device sends the second power level information to the second communication device, the apparatus further includes:

the receiving module is used for receiving electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information, and the electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information is used for configuring and/or indicating the first communication equipment to send second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a third execution module for executing at least one of the following in case of determining that the charge level is below the charge level threshold or in a charge collection state:

stopping or skipping monitoring all or part of the PDCCH;

monitoring is kept according to a preset DRX mode;

ignoring or skipping the preconfigured uplink transmission grant;

neglecting or skipping pre-configured downlink allocation;

the number of listening CORSET is reduced.

The communication device in the embodiments of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the application are not specifically limited.

The communication device provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated here.

Fig. 6 is a second schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, the communication device 600 includes: a first receiving module 610 and a first scheduling module 620; wherein:

the first receiving module 610 is configured to receive first information sent by a first communication device, where the first communication device is a communication device powered based on power collection, and the first information is used to assist in scheduling of the first communication flow, and the first information includes at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports a first communication flow or not;

the first scheduling module 620 is configured to schedule the first communication flow based on the first information.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

The first sending module is used for sending electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information, and the electric quantity reporting configuration and/or indication information is used for configuring and/or indicating the first communication equipment to send second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the second receiving module is used for receiving the second electric quantity level information.

The communication device provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated here.

Optionally, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, and further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702, where a program or an instruction capable of running on the processor 701 is stored in the memory 702, for example, when the communication device 700 is a first communication device, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 701 to implement each step of the foregoing communication method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides first communication equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for:

The first communication device embodiment corresponds to the first communication device side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment are applicable to the first communication device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 8 is a schematic hardware structure of a first communication device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The first communication device 800 includes, but is not limited to: at least part of the components of the radio frequency unit 801, the network module 802, the audio output unit 803, the input unit 804, the sensor 805, the display unit 806, the user input unit 807, the interface unit 808, the memory 809, and the processor 810, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the first communication device 800 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and that the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 810 via a power management system to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The first communication device structure shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation of the first communication device, and the first communication device may include more or less components than illustrated, or may combine some components, or may be arranged in different components, which are not described herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, with the graphics processor 8041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 807 includes at least one of a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. Touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 801 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 810 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 801 may send uplink data to the network side device. In general, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 809 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 809 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 809 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 809 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 810 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 810 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 810.

Wherein the processor 810 is configured to:

Optionally, the processor 810 is configured to:

Optionally, the processor 810 is configured to at least one of:

Optionally, the first communication procedure includes PUSCH transmission.

Optionally, the first communication flow includes at least one of:

receiving HARQ retransmission scheduling DCI;

and finishing the corresponding HARQ retransmission.

Optionally, the processor 810 is configured to:

and sending the second power level information to the second communication device.

Optionally, the processor 810 is configured to:

and under the condition that the electric quantity level grade corresponding to the electric quantity level is changed, sending second electric quantity level information to the second communication equipment, wherein the second electric quantity level information comprises the changed electric quantity level grade.

Optionally, before the first communication device sends the second power level information to the second communication device, the processor 810 is configured to:

Optionally, the processor 810 is configured to:

In the event that the charge level is determined to be below the charge level threshold or in a charge collection state, at least one of the following is performed:

stopping or skipping monitoring all or part of the PDCCH;

monitoring is kept according to a preset DRX mode;

ignoring or skipping the preconfigured uplink transmission grant;

neglecting or skipping pre-configured downlink allocation;

the number of listening CORSET is reduced.

The embodiment of the application also provides second communication equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for:

receiving first information sent by a first communication device, wherein the first communication device is powered on based on electric quantity collection, the first information is used for assisting in scheduling of the first communication flow, and the first information comprises at least one of the following: the power level of the first communication device, and evaluating a result; the evaluation result is used for representing whether the power level of the first communication device supports a first communication flow or not;

The processor is used for:

and scheduling a first communication flow based on the first information.

The second communication device embodiment corresponds to the second communication device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the second communication device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides second communication equipment. Fig. 9 is a schematic hardware structure of a second communication device implementing an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 9, the second communication device 900 includes: an antenna 901, a radio frequency device 902, a baseband device 903, a processor 904, and a memory 905. The antenna 901 is connected to a radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 902 receives information via the antenna 901, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 903 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 902, and the radio frequency device 902 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 901.

The method performed by the second communication device in the above embodiment may be implemented in a baseband apparatus 903, the baseband apparatus 903 including a baseband processor.

The baseband apparatus 903 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, where a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 9, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 905 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 905 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The second communication device may also include a network interface 906, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the second communication device 900 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and executable on the processor 904, the processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to perform the method performed by the modules shown in fig. 6, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided and therefore a description thereof is omitted.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the foregoing communication method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the first communication device described in the foregoing embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used for running a program or an instruction, implementing each process of the above communication method embodiment, and achieving the same technical effect, so as to avoid repetition, and no redundant description is provided herein.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the foregoing embodiments of the communication method, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication system, which comprises: a first communication device operable to perform the steps of the communication method as described above.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of communication, comprising:

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein the first communication flow includes at least one of:

a second communication flow;

a data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow;

and signaling transmission flow accompanied with the second communication flow.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the performing a first communication flow includes:

4. A communication method according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the first communication device obtains an evaluation result based on the first communication flow to be performed and the power level of the first communication device, comprising at least one of the following:

the physical layer of the first communication device receives inquiry information of the Media Access Control (MAC) layer on the evaluation result and feeds back the evaluation result to the MAC layer, wherein the inquiry information carries the electric quantity requirement corresponding to the first communication flow;

5. The communication method according to claim 4, wherein the related information of the first communication flow includes at least one of:

information of uplink scheduling grant UL grant;

scheduling information for scheduling the first communication flow;

6. The communication method according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the first communication procedure comprises a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, transmission.

7. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first communication flow includes at least one of:

generating a MAC protocol data unit PDU, performing channel coding, modulation, mapping and PUSCH transmission on the MAC PDU.

8. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a data transmission flow accompanying the first communication flow includes:

receiving downlink control information DCI of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission scheduling;

and finishing the corresponding HARQ retransmission.

9. The communication method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the related information of the first communication flow includes data arrival information.

10. The communication method according to any of claims 1-5 or 9, wherein the first communication procedure comprises sending a buffer status report, BSR, and/or sending a scheduling request, SR, corresponding to the BSR.

11. The communication method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the information related to the first communication flow comprises a paging message.

12. The communication method according to any of claims 1-5 or 11, wherein the first communication procedure comprises a random access procedure and/or a radio bearer establishment procedure.

13. A method of communicating according to any of claims 1-12, wherein the method further comprises:

14. A method of communicating according to any of claims 1-13, wherein the method further comprises:

15. The communication method of claim 14, wherein the first communication device transmitting second power level information to the second communication device comprises:

16. The communication method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein before the first communication device sends the second power level information to the second communication device, the method further comprises:

17. A method of communicating according to any of claims 1-16, wherein the method further comprises:

stopping or skipping monitoring all or part of the physical downlink control channel PDCCH;

monitoring is kept according to a preset Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode;

ignoring or skipping the preconfigured uplink transmission grant;

neglecting or skipping pre-configured downlink allocation;

the number of the monitored control resource set CORSET is reduced.

18. A communication method according to any of claims 1-17, characterized in that the first communication device comprises a terminal powered on basis of a power collection and the second communication device comprises a base station.

19. A method of communication, the method comprising:

20. The communication method of claim 19, wherein the first communication flow includes at least one of:

a second communication flow;

a signaling transmission procedure accompanying the second communication procedure;

and a data transmission flow accompanying the second communication flow.

21. A method of communicating according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the method further comprises:

22. A method of communicating according to any of claims 19-21, wherein the method further comprises:

the second communication device receives the second power level information.

23. A communication device, comprising:

24. A communication device, comprising:

25. A first communication device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implements the communication method of any of claims 1 to 18.

26. A second communication device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implements the communication method of any of claims 19-22.

27. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium stores thereon a program or instructions, which when executed by a processor, implements the communication method according to any of claims 1 to 18 or implements the communication method according to any of claims 19-22.