CN117858212A

CN117858212A - Communication method and related equipment

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Publication number: CN117858212A
Application number: CN202410174545.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 单宝堃
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-02-07
Filing date: 2024-02-07
Publication date: 2024-04-09

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and related equipment, which are used for reducing power consumption of network equipment. The communication method applied to the network equipment comprises the steps of sending first information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment, and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

Description

Communication method and related equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method and related devices.

Background

With the continued development of the information age and the popularity and application of network communication, green communication (green communications) has become a topic of great concern. The green communication aims to reduce the power consumption of a communication system, reduce the generation of electronic garbage and improve the effective utilization of resources. Among them, how to reduce power consumption of a communication device has attracted a great deal of attention.

In a related communication method, for a multicast service or broadcast service scenario, a network device simultaneously transmits the same data to a plurality of terminal devices. The network device always turns on the downlink in order to transmit data, continuously consuming power consumption, resulting in large power consumption. There is no relevant mechanism to solve this problem.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a communication method and related equipment, which are used for reducing power consumption of network equipment.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a communication method, which is applied to a network device, including:

the network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to activate a first cell discontinuous transmission (discontinuous transmission, DTX) mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network device, and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network device. Multicast services are a type of point-to-multipoint communication service in which a network device sends the same data to a plurality of terminal devices. A broadcast service is a point-to-all communication service in which a network device transmits the same data to all terminal devices connected thereto in a broadcast service scenario. The cell-discontinuous mechanism defines an active period (active) and a non-active period in which the network device transmits service data, and the network device transmits service data to the terminal device only when the network device is in the active period. That is, the network device transmits the multicast service data to the terminal device only during a first activation period defined by the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism; the network device transmits the broadcast service data to the terminal device during a second activation period defined by the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. The activation refers to that the terminal equipment receives related service data based on a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network equipment, namely after activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the terminal equipment expects to receive multicast service data sent by the network equipment in a first activation period defined by the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism; after activating the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the broadcast service data transmitted by the network device is expected to be received in a second activation period defined by the second cell discontinuous transmission.

Based on the above description, the present application has the following advantages: after the network device configures the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service, information for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is sent to the network device, so that the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is effective. When the network equipment transmits the related service with the terminal equipment, the related service data does not need to be continuously transmitted, but is transmitted in a specific time period according to the definition of the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the cell, so that the power consumption of the network equipment is saved.

In some optional implementations of the first aspect, the first information further includes configuration information that instructs the network device to configure the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the network device indicates that the configuration information is valid while transmitting the configuration information to the terminal device. Or, for the terminal device, the configuration information is received to determine that the configuration is valid. The network device proceeds based on the corresponding cell discontinuous transmission mechanism when transmitting multicast service data and/or broadcast service data to the terminal device. Accordingly, the terminal device also receives multicast service data and/or broadcast service data during the respective activation periods based on the respective cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the method, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service in the configuration information enables the network equipment to transmit the related multicast service and/or the broadcast service based on the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism after transmitting the configuration information, waiting is not needed, transmission delay is reduced, and efficiency is improved.

In some optional implementations of the first aspect, before the network device sends the first information to the terminal device, the network device further sends configuration information to the terminal device, the configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. The network device then sends a first paging message to the terminal device, the first paging message including the first information. That is, a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism are activated in the first paging message. In other words, the network device sends configuration information and activation information to the terminal device, respectively.

In the application, a plurality of possibilities exist for activating the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the cells of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service, the implementation mode and the application scene of the technical scheme are enriched, and the flexibility of the technical scheme is improved. In addition, in the scheme that the network equipment respectively sends the configuration information and the activation information to the terminal equipment, the effective time of the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service can be flexibly controlled, and the practicability of the technical scheme is further improved.

In some optional implementations of the first aspect, after sending the first information to the terminal device, the network device may further send a second paging message to the terminal device, the second paging message being used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. By deactivation, it is meant that the network device no longer transmits the relevant multicast traffic data and/or broadcast traffic data to the terminal device based on the relevant discontinuous transmission mechanism, nor does the terminal device receive the relevant multicast traffic data and/or broadcast traffic data from the network device based on the relevant discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the application, a deactivation scheme of a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of multicast service and/or broadcast service is also provided, so that different requirements can be flexibly met, and the practicability of the technical scheme is further improved.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a communication method, where the method is applied to a terminal device, and includes:

the terminal device receives first information from the network device, where the first information is used to activate a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network device, and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network device. The terminal device activates a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism based on the first information. The activation of the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism means that the terminal device expects to receive multicast service data sent by the network device in a first activation period defined by the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. After the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is activated, it means that the terminal device expects to receive the broadcast service data sent by the network device in a second activation period defined by the second cell discontinuous transmission.

Based on the above description, the present application has the following advantages: after the network device configures the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service, information for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is sent to the network device, so that the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is effective. When the terminal equipment transmits related service with the network equipment, the related data receiving function is not required to be continuously started, but the terminal equipment is started in a specific time period according to the definition of a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved.

In some optional implementations of the second aspect, the first information further includes configuration information that instructs the network device to configure the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the network device indicates that the configuration information is valid while transmitting the configuration information to the terminal device. Then, for the terminal device, receipt of the configuration information determines that the configuration is valid. The terminal equipment receives the multicast service data and/or the broadcast service data in the corresponding activation period based on the corresponding cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the method, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service in the configuration information enables the terminal equipment to transmit the related multicast service and/or the broadcast service based on the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism after receiving the configuration information, so that waiting is not needed, transmission delay is reduced, and efficiency is improved.

In some optional implementations of the second aspect, the terminal device may further receive configuration information from the network device, the configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. After receiving the configuration information from the network device, a first paging message is received, where the first paging message includes first information. That is, a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism are activated in the first paging message. In other words, the terminal device receives configuration information and activation information from the network device, respectively.

In some optional implementations of the second aspect, after receiving the first information from the network device, the terminal device may further receive a second paging message from the network device, the second paging message being used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. By deactivation, it is meant that the terminal device is no longer receiving relevant multicast traffic data and/or broadcast traffic data from the network device based on the relevant discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the first aspect or the second aspect, the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, where the first activation instruction is used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group comprises terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group comprises a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the first paging message is a message that individually activates the first group.

In the application, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group can be independently activated in the first paging message, so that interference to the services of other groups is avoided, and the reliability of the technical scheme of the application is improved.

In some optional implementations of the first or second aspect, the first paging message includes a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. That is, the first paging message may simultaneously activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism for a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In the application, the first paging message can activate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services simultaneously, and each multicast service or each broadcast service is not required to be activated independently, so that the efficiency can be improved, the data transmission quantity between the network equipment and the terminal equipment can be reduced, and the occupation of network resources is reduced.

In some optional implementations of the first or second aspect, the first paging message includes a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction. The third activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. The fourth activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, in the first paging message, the instruction for activating the cell-discontinuous mechanism of the multicast service and the instruction for activating the cell-discontinuous mechanism of the broadcast service are decoupled from each other and do not interfere with each other.

In the present application, the instruction for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and the instruction for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the broadcast service may be decoupled. In practical application, the different services can be activated or not in the same paging message without interference, so that the reliability of the technical scheme is improved, and the implementation mode of the technical scheme is further enriched.

In some optional implementations of the first aspect or the second aspect, the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction, where the first deactivation instruction is configured to deactivate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group comprises terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group comprises a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the application, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group can be independently deactivated in the second paging message, so that interference to the services of other groups is avoided, and the reliability of the technical scheme of the application is improved.

In some optional implementations of the first or second aspect, the second paging message includes a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the plurality of multicast services and/or the plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. That is, the second paging message may deactivate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of multiple multicast services and/or multiple broadcast services simultaneously. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In the application, the second paging message can deactivate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services at the same time, and does not need to deactivate each multicast service or each broadcast service independently, so that not only can the efficiency be improved, but also the data transmission quantity between the network equipment and the terminal equipment can be reduced, and the occupation of network resources is reduced.

In some optional implementations of the first or second aspect, the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction. The third deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. The fourth deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, in the second paging message, the instruction for deactivating the cell-discontinuous mechanism of the multicast service and the instruction for deactivating the cell-discontinuous mechanism of the broadcast service are decoupled from each other and do not interfere with each other.

In the present application, the instruction for deactivating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and the instruction for deactivating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the broadcast service may be decoupled. In practical application, the different services can be activated or not in the same paging message without interference, so that the reliability of the technical scheme is improved, and the implementation mode of the technical scheme is further enriched.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a network device, comprising:

and the receiving and transmitting unit is used for transmitting first information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect, the first information is included in a first paging message. The transceiver unit is further configured to send configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information indicates the network device to configure the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second paging message to the terminal device, where the second paging message is used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a terminal device, including:

and the receiving and transmitting unit is used for receiving first information from the network equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

In some optional implementations of the fourth aspect, the first information is included in a first paging message. The transceiver unit is further configured to receive configuration information from the network device, where the configuration information indicates that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional embodiments of the fourth aspect, the transceiver unit is further configured to receive a second paging message from the network device, where the second paging message is used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the third or fourth aspect, the first information further comprises configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, where the first activation instruction is used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group includes terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group includes a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the third or fourth aspect, the first paging message includes a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the first paging message includes a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction. The third activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network equipment, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services; the fourth activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is contained in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction, where the first deactivation instruction is used to deactivate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group includes terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group includes a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the second paging message includes a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the plurality of multicast services and/or the plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some optional implementations of the third aspect or the fourth aspect, the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction. The third deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. The fourth deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

It will be appreciated that the network device of the third aspect is configured to implement the method of the first aspect, or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect. The terminal device shown in the fourth aspect is configured to implement the method shown in the second aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect, where the beneficial effects are as shown in the foregoing, and are not described herein again.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a communications apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the processor storing instructions that when executed on the processor implement the method of the foregoing first aspect, any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the second aspect, or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which, when executed on a processor, implement the method of the foregoing first aspect, any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the second aspect, or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product for implementing the method of the first aspect, any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the second aspect, or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, when the computer program product is executed on a processor.

The advantages of any of the fifth to seventh aspects are similar to those of the first aspect, any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second aspect, or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and are not repeated here.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method and related equipment, which are used for reducing the power consumption of network equipment.

Embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As one of ordinary skill in the art can appreciate, with the development of technology and the appearance of new scenes, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are applicable to similar technical problems.

First, proper nouns and related concepts that may be related to the embodiments of the present application will be explained.

1. Multicast (multicast).

Multicast is a point-to-multipoint communication scheme, meaning that a multicast source (one or more hosts) simultaneously transmits the same data to multiple hosts. The underlying concept in multicasting is "group", where a plurality of hosts as described above can be understood as a multicast group (multicast group), where each node in the multicast group can be referred to as a multicast group member (multicast group member), a group of receivers desiring to receive a particular data stream. It should be noted that multicast groups do not have physical or geographical boundaries, and hosts within a group may be located anywhere on the internet or private network.

2. Broadcast (broadcast).

In the broadcast transmission mechanism, all network hosts are allowed to utilize the same communication channel. In broadcast mode, one host transmits packets to all other hosts in a manner known as "full-to-full". Unlike multicast transmission, in the multicast scheme, group management is not necessary.

Next, referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application. It will be appreciated that fig. 1 shows a possible, non-limiting system schematic.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system includes a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) 100 and a Core Network (CN) 200.RAN 100 includes RAN node 110, terminal equipment 121, terminal equipment 122, and terminal equipment 123.

Terminal device 121 is illustratively connected to RAN node 110 by wireless means. RAN node 110 is connected to core network 200 by wireless or wired means. The core network device in the core network 200 and the RAN node 110 in the RAN 100 may be different physical devices, or may be the same physical device integrated with the core network logic function and the radio access network logic function, which is not limited herein.

The RAN 100 may be a third generation partnership project (3rd generation partnership project,3GPP) related cellular system, e.g., a 4G, 5G mobile communication system, or a future-oriented evolution system (e.g., a 6G mobile communication system). RAN 100 may also be an open RAN, O-RAN or an, cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN), or a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, wiFi) system. RAN 100 may also be a communication system in which two or more of the above systems are converged.

RAN node 110, i.e., a network device, sometimes referred to as an access network device, a RAN entity or access node, etc., forms part of a communication system to facilitate wireless access for terminals.

In some possible implementations, the RAN node 110 may be a base station (base station), an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), an Access Point (AP), a transmission and reception point (transmission reception point, TRP), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a next generation base station in a sixth generation (6th generation,6G) mobile communication system, a base station in a future mobile communication system, or an access node in a WiFi system, etc. RAN node 110 may be a macro base station, a micro base station or an indoor station, a relay node or a donor node, or a radio controller in a CRAN scenario. Note that, RAN node 110 in the present application may also be a logic node, a logic module, or software that can implement all or part of the functions of RAN node 110, which is not limited herein.

The terminal device 121 may also be referred to as a terminal, a User Equipment (UE), a mobile station, a mobile terminal, or the like. The terminal in the embodiment of the application can be widely applied to various scenes, such as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-device (vehicle to everything, V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), internet of things (internet of things, IOT), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, automatic driving, telemedicine, smart grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart traffic, smart city, and the like. The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a computer with a wireless receiving and dispatching function, a wearable device, a vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a helicopter, an airplane, a ship, a robot, a mechanical arm, intelligent household equipment and the like, and the embodiment of the application does not limit the equipment form of the terminal. By way of example, fig. 1 shows three different types of terminal devices, namely terminal device 121, terminal device 122 and terminal device 123. In addition, all or part of the functions of the terminal device in the present application may be implemented by a software function running on hardware, and the terminal device in the present application may also be a logic node, a logic module, or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the terminal device, which is not limited herein specifically.

It should be noted that fig. 1 is only an example of a communication system, and in practical applications, RAN 100 may further include a greater number of RAN nodes, a greater number or a lesser number of terminal devices. The types of the plurality of RAN nodes may be the same, partially the same, or all different, and are not particularly limited herein. Other RAN nodes may also be included in the RAN 100, such as wireless relay devices and/or wireless backhaul devices (not shown in fig. 1), and the like.

In this application, "sending information to … (e.g., a terminal device)" is understood to mean that the destination of the information is the terminal device. May include directly or indirectly transmitting information to the terminal device. "receiving information from … (e.g., a terminal device)" is understood to mean that the source of the information is the terminal device and may include receiving information directly or indirectly from the terminal device. The information may be subjected to necessary processing, such as format change, etc., between the source and destination of the information transmission, but the destination can understand the valid information from the source. Similar expressions in this application are to be understood similarly and are not repeated here.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application, including:

201. The network device sends first information to the terminal device, wherein the first information is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device.

First, a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism will be described with reference to fig. 3. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, two cell discontinuous transmission cycles are shown, T2 representing one of the cycles comprising two intervals: t1 and intervals other than T1. Wherein T1 represents an activation period, and the portions other than T1 represent a deactivation period. Wherein the activation period is also called an on duration time. When in the active period, the network device transmits the relevant service data to the terminal device, and the terminal device expects to receive the relevant service data from the network device.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device includes a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a multicast service and/or a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a broadcast service. The related traffic data described above then comprises multicast traffic data and/or broadcast traffic data. In the following description, a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service and a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service are taken as examples.

The network device sends the first information to the terminal device, which means that the terminal device receives the first information from the network device. The first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

Specifically, the first information may be used to activate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, or the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, which is not limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first information may have a plurality of possibilities, and the following descriptions respectively apply:

in some alternative embodiments, the first information further comprises configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, and the terminal device considers that the configuration is effective immediately after receiving the configuration information, and performs related service data transmission with the network device based on a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the configuration information.

Illustratively, it is assumed that the configuration information indicates that the network device configures a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service. The terminal device receives the configuration information, which means that the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first cell is effective.

Illustratively, it is assumed that the configuration information indicates that the network device configures a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service. The terminal device receives the configuration information, which means that the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism are effective.

In the method, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service in the configuration information enables the network equipment to transmit the related data of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service based on the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism after transmitting the configuration information, and the terminal equipment can receive the related data of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service based on the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism after receiving the configuration information, so that waiting is not needed, transmission delay is reduced, and efficiency is improved.

In some alternative embodiments, the first information may also be decoupled from the configuration information. That is, the network device first transmits configuration information to the terminal device, the configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. And then sending a first paging message to the terminal equipment, wherein the first paging message comprises first information, that is, the configuration information is activated in the first paging message.

It should be noted that, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated to be activated by the first paging message may be the same as or different from the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism that the network device sends to the terminal device, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Illustratively, it is assumed that the configuration information sent by the network device to the terminal device indicates a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device. The first paging message may be used to activate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, or may be used only to activate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In this embodiment of the present application, the activation granularity corresponding to the first paging message is possible, and the following descriptions respectively describe possible cases:

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message may individually activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of multicast service and/or broadcast service corresponding to a certain group. In general, the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, where the first activation instruction is used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group comprises terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group comprises a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the first activation instruction is used to activate a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first group where the terminal device is located for the first multicast service and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism for the first broadcast service.

It will be appreciated that the first group may be indicated by a group identity comprising a radio network temporary identifier (group common radio network temporary identity, G-RNTI), a temporary mobile group identity (temporary mobile group identifier, TMGI), etc. capable of uniquely indicating an identity of one group. The identifier of the terminal device is included in the first group identifier, or the group identifier adopted by the terminal device is the first group identifier.

In the application, the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group can be independently activated in the first paging message, so that not only the influence on the first multicast service and/or the service except the first broadcast service in the first group can be avoided, but also the interference to the service of other groups can be avoided, and the reliability of the technical scheme of the application is improved.

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message may also activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism for multiple multicast services and/or multiple broadcast services simultaneously. In general, the first paging message may include a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of multicast services, and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of broadcast services.

It should be noted that, the foregoing that the second activation instruction is used to activate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the plurality of multicast services and/or the plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, which means that the second activation instruction can activate both the relevant configuration of the multicast service and the relevant configuration of the broadcast service. The network device is not limited to be configured with both multicast service and broadcast service, but the terminal device receives the second activation instruction and activates the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the activation instruction and already synchronized with the network device. The synchronization refers to that the network equipment transmits the related information of the self-configured cell discontinuous transmission mechanism to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives the related information.

For example, assuming that the network device and the terminal device synchronize only the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service, the terminal device receives the second activation instruction, and activates the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. Assuming that the network device and the terminal device synchronize a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service and a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first broadcast service, the terminal device receives the second activation instruction, and activates the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Alternatively, the function of the second activation instruction may be implemented by a certain bit (bit) of the first paging message.

Illustratively, defining the value of the first bit of the first paging message to be 1 indicates that the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism are activated, and the function of the second activation instruction is implemented. In this scheme, when the network device and the terminal device synchronize the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism, the terminal device receives the first paging message with the first bit of 1, and activates the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism. When the network device and the terminal device synchronize the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the terminal device receives the first paging message with the first bit of 1, and activates the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

From the above examples, it can be appreciated that the first bit enables activation of both the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. In addition, the foregoing examples do not limit the implementation manner of the second activation instruction, and the first bit and the value are defined, which may be determined according to practical applications, and the application is not limited to this.

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message may implement activation of the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, respectively. In general, the first paging message includes a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction.

The third activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. That is, the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of multicast services.

The fourth activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is contained in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of broadcast services.

That is, in this embodiment, the first paging message may control activation of the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, respectively, by different activation instructions, which are decoupled.

Alternatively, the functions of the third activation instruction and the fourth activation instruction may be implemented by two bits of the first paging message, respectively.

Illustratively, defining the value of the second bit of the first paging message to be 1 indicates that the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first cell is activated, and the function of the third activation instruction is implemented. The third bit of the first paging message has a value of 1, which indicates that the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the second cell is activated, and the function of the fourth activation instruction is realized.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the first paging message with the second bit and the third bit being 1, and activates the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the first paging message with the second bit being 1 and the third bit being 0, and activates only the first discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the first paging message with the second bit and the third bit being 1, and activates only the first discontinuous transmission mechanism. Meanwhile, the terminal device may further send feedback information to the network device, where the feedback information indicates that the terminal device does not synchronize the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the fourth activation instruction.

It should be noted that, the foregoing examples do not limit implementation manners of the third activation instruction and the fourth activation instruction, and the second bit, the third bit, and the corresponding value definitions may be determined according to practical applications, which is not limited in this application.

In addition, it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the plurality of multicast services may be part or all of multicast services configured by the network device, and the plurality of broadcast services may be part or all of broadcast services configured by the network device. In an exemplary scenario where a plurality of multicast services are part of a multicast service configured for a network device, the first paging message may further include an identification of the plurality of multicast services to distinguish from other services. In a scheme in which the plurality of multicast services are all multicast services configured for the network device, the first paging message may not include a multicast service identification. The plurality of broadcast services are similar and will not be described in detail herein.

Overall, based on the above description, the present application has the following advantageous effects: after the network device configures the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service, information for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is sent to the network device, so that the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is effective. When the network equipment transmits the related service with the terminal equipment, the related service data does not need to be continuously transmitted, but is transmitted in a specific time period according to the definition of the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the cell, so that the power consumption of the network equipment is saved. When the terminal equipment transmits related service with the network equipment, the related data receiving function is not required to be continuously started, but the terminal equipment is started in a specific time period according to the definition of a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment is saved.

In some alternative embodiments, after step 201, the network device and the terminal device may also perform step 202. Transmit relevant traffic data based on the activated cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the embodiment of the present application, the discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first cell defines an activation period and a deactivation period for transmitting data to the terminal device by the network device in a transmission scheme of the first multicast service. The network device transmits the data of the first multicast service to the terminal device when the network device is in an active period of data transmission. That is, the terminal device receives data of the first multicast service from the network device during this period.

Similarly, the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism defines an active period and an inactive period for transmitting data to the terminal device by the network device in the transmission scheme of the first broadcast service. The network device transmits the data of the first broadcast service to the terminal device when the network device is in an active period of data transmission. That is, the terminal device receives data of the first broadcast service from the network device at this time period.

In some alternative embodiments, the network device may also perform step 203 after step 201, send a second paging message to the terminal device, the second paging message being used to deactivate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism configured by the network device.

The deactivation refers to that the network device and the terminal device do not perform data transmission of related services based on the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the second sequential message. For example, assuming that the second paging message indicates that the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service is deactivated, the network device no longer transmits data of the first multicast service to the terminal device based on the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, and the terminal device no longer receives data of the first multicast service from the network device based on the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In the embodiment of the present application, the deactivation granularity of the second paging message is possible in many ways, and the following descriptions respectively describe possible cases:

in some alternative embodiments, the second paging message may individually deactivate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the multicast service and/or the broadcast service corresponding to a certain group. In general, the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction, where the first deactivation instruction is used to deactivate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group comprises terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group comprises a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. That is, the first deactivation instruction is used to deactivate a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first group where the terminal device is located for the first multicast service and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism for the first broadcast service.

In some alternative embodiments, the second paging message may also deactivate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism for multiple multicast services and/or multiple broadcast services simultaneously. In general terms, the second paging message includes a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of multicast services, and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of broadcast services.

It should be noted that, the foregoing that the second deactivation instruction is used to deactivate the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the plurality of multicast services and/or the plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, which means that the second deactivation instruction can deactivate both the relevant configuration of the multicast service and the relevant configuration of the broadcast service. The network device is not limited to be configured with both multicast service and broadcast service, but the terminal device receives the second deactivation command and deactivates the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the deactivation command and already synchronized with the network device.

For example, assuming that the network device and the terminal device synchronize only the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service, the terminal device receives the second activation instruction and activates the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. Assuming that the network device synchronizes the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first broadcast service with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the second deactivation instruction, and deactivates the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Alternatively, the function of the second deactivation instruction may be implemented by a bit of the second paging message.

Illustratively, defining the value of the fourth bit of the second paging message to be 0 indicates that the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism are deactivated, thereby implementing the function of the second deactivation instruction. In this scheme, when the network device and the terminal device synchronize the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism, the terminal device receives the second paging message with the fourth bit of 1, and deactivates the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism. When the network device and the terminal device synchronize the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the terminal device receives the second paging message with the fourth bit of 1, and then deactivates the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

From the above examples, it can be appreciated that the fourth bit can enable deactivation of both the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism. In addition, the foregoing examples do not limit the implementation manner of the second deactivation instruction, and the fourth bit and the value are defined, which may be determined according to practical applications, and the application is not limited to this.

In some alternative embodiments, the second paging message may implement deactivation of the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, respectively. In general, the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction.

The third deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. That is, the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of multicast services.

The fourth deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services. That is, the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism indicated by the first information is included in the cell discontinuous transmission mechanisms of the plurality of broadcast services

That is, in this embodiment, the second paging message may control deactivation of the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism, respectively, by different deactivation instructions, which are decoupled.

Alternatively, the functions of the third deactivation instruction and the fourth deactivation instruction may be implemented by two bits of the second paging message, respectively.

Illustratively, defining the fifth bit of the second paging message to have a value of 0 indicates that the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is deactivated, and the function of the third deactivation instruction is implemented. The value of the sixth bit of the second paging message is 0, which indicates that the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism is deactivated, and the function of the fourth deactivation instruction is realized.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the second paging message with the fifth bit and the sixth bit being 0, and deactivates the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism and the second discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the second paging message with the fifth bit being 0 and the sixth bit being 1, and only deactivates the first discontinuous transmission mechanism.

Optionally, in this solution, when the network device synchronizes the first discontinuous transmission mechanism with the terminal device, the terminal device receives the second paging message with the fifth bit and the sixth bit being 0, and only deactivates the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

It should be noted that, the foregoing examples do not limit implementation manners of the third deactivation instruction and the fourth deactivation instruction, and the fifth bit, the sixth bit, and the corresponding value definitions may be determined according to practical applications, which is not limited in this application.

It should be noted that, for the same multicast service or the same broadcast service, the activation granularity and the deactivation granularity of the paging message may be the same or different, and in particular, the present invention is not limited herein. For example, for the same multicast service, the first paging message for activating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism may correspond to one group, and the second paging message for deactivating the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponds to multicast service of all groups.

Next, description is made of related devices provided in the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the communication apparatus 400 includes a transceiving unit 401. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the communication apparatus 400 may be used as a network device to implement the following operations:

in some alternative embodiments, the communication apparatus 400 includes a transceiver unit 401 configured to send first information to the terminal device, where the first information is used to activate a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network device, and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network device.

In some alternative embodiments, the first information further comprises configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the first information is included in a first paging message. The transceiver unit 401 is further configured to send configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information indicates that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, where the first activation instruction is used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group includes terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group includes a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message includes a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some alternative embodiments, the first paging message includes a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction. The third activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network equipment, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services; the fourth activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is contained in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some optional embodiments, the transceiver unit 401 further transmits the first multicast service with the terminal device using a first cell-based discontinuous transmission mechanism; and/or transmitting the first broadcast service with the terminal device based on the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional embodiments, the transceiver unit 401 is further configured to send a second paging message to the terminal device, where the second paging message is used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction, where the first deactivation instruction is used to deactivate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group. The first group includes terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group includes a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the second paging message includes a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the plurality of multicast services and/or the plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device. Wherein the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

In some alternative embodiments, the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction. The third deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services. The fourth deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, wherein the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

The communication device 400 is used to implement the operations performed by the network device in the embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 3, and is shown in the foregoing, and will not be described herein.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the communication apparatus 400 may be used as a terminal device to implement the following operations:

in some optional embodiments, the transceiver unit 401 is configured to receive first information from the network device, where the first information is used to activate a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network device, and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network device.

In some alternative embodiments, the first information is included in a first paging message. The transceiver unit 401 is further configured to receive configuration information from the network device, where the configuration information indicates that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some optional embodiments, the transceiver unit 401 further transmits the first multicast service with the network device using a first cell-based discontinuous transmission mechanism; and/or transmitting the first broadcast service with the network device based on the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

In some alternative embodiments, the transceiver unit 401 is further configured to receive a second paging message from the network device, where the second paging message is used to deactivate the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

The communication device 400 is used to implement the operations performed by the terminal device in the embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 3, which are described in detail in the foregoing, and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 500 may be used to implement the functions of the terminal device or the network device in the methods corresponding to fig. 1 to 3.

The communication apparatus 500 shown in fig. 5 may include: a processor 501, a memory 502, a communication interface 503, and a bus 504. The processor 501, the memory 502, and the communication interface 503 may be connected by a bus 504.

The processor 501 is a control center for generating the communication device 500, and may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), another general-purpose processor, or the like. Wherein the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

As one example, the processor 501 may include one or more CPUs.

Memory 502 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, as well as electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

In one possible implementation, the memory 502 may exist independent of the processor 501. The memory 502 may be coupled to the processor 501 via the bus 504 for storing data, instructions or program code. The processor 501, when invoking and executing instructions or program code stored in the memory 502, is capable of implementing the methods provided by embodiments of the present application.

In another possible implementation, the memory 502 may also be integrated with the processor 501.

A communication interface 503 for connecting the communication device 500 with other devices via a communication network, which may be an ethernet, a radio access network (radio access network, RAN), a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc.

Bus 504 may be an industry standard architecture (industry standard architecture, ISA) bus, an external device interconnect (peripheral component interconnect, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus may be classified as an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 5, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

It should be noted that the structure shown in fig. 5 does not constitute a limitation of the communication device 500, and that the communication device 500 may include more or less components than shown in fig. 5, or may combine some components, or may be arranged differently.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be stored by a computing device or a data storage device such as a data center containing one or more available media. Usable media may be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape), optical media (e.g., digital video discs (digital video disc, DVDs)), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid state drives), among others. The computer-readable storage medium includes instructions that instruct a computing device to perform the above-described communication method.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising instructions. The computer program product may be software or a program product containing instructions capable of running on a computing device or stored in any useful medium. The computer program product, when run on at least one computer device, causes the at least one computer device to perform the above-described communication method.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described in detail herein.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the above-described figures, 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 data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments described herein may be implemented in other sequences than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The term "and/or" in this application is merely an association relation describing an associated object, and indicates that three relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: the three cases of a alone, a and B together, and B alone, and the character "/" herein generally indicates that the associated object is an or relationship. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or modules is not necessarily limited to those steps or modules that are expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. The naming or numbering of the steps in the present application does not mean that the steps in the method flow must be executed according to the time/logic sequence indicated by the naming or numbering, and the execution sequence of the steps in the flow that are named or numbered may be changed according to the technical purpose to be achieved, so long as the same or similar technical effects can be achieved. The division of the modules in the present application is a logical division, and may be implemented in another manner in practical application, for example, a plurality of modules may be combined or integrated in another system, or some features may be omitted or not implemented, and in addition, coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between the modules shown or discussed may be through some ports, and indirect coupling or communication connection between the modules may be electrical or other similar forms, which are not limited in this application. The modules or sub-modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, or may be distributed in a plurality of circuit modules, and some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purposes of the present application.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting thereof; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; these modifications or substitutions do not depart from the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the protection scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of communication, the method being applied to a network device, the method comprising:

and transmitting first information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first information further comprises configuration information, the configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is included in a first paging message;

before the sending the first information to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

and sending configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information indicates the network equipment to configure the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, the first activation instruction being used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group;

the first group comprises the terminal equipment, and the cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group comprises the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the first paging message comprises a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device;

the first multicast service is included in the plurality of multicast services, and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein the first paging message comprises a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction;

the third activation instruction is used for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network equipment, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services;

the fourth activation instruction is configured to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, where the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

7. The method according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that after said sending of the first information to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

and sending a second paging message to the terminal equipment, wherein the second paging message is used for deactivating the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group;

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the second paging message comprises a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device;

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction;

the third deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services transmitted by the network device, and the first multicast service is contained in the plurality of multicast services;

the fourth deactivation instruction is used for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device, and the first broadcast service is included in the plurality of broadcast services.

11. A communication method, wherein the method is applied to a terminal device, the method comprising:

and receiving first information from the network equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first information further comprises configuration information, the configuration information indicating that the network device configures the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first information is included in a first paging message;

before said receiving the first information from the network device, the method further comprises:

and receiving configuration information from the network equipment, wherein the configuration information indicates the network equipment to configure the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first paging message includes a first activation instruction, the first activation instruction being used to activate a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group;

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first paging message comprises a second activation instruction for activating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device;

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first paging message comprises a third activation instruction, and/or a fourth activation instruction;

17. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein after said receiving the first information from the network device, the method further comprises:

and receiving a second paging message from the network device, wherein the second paging message is used for deactivating the first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism and/or the second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second paging message includes a first deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism corresponding to the first group;

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the second paging message comprises a second deactivation instruction for deactivating a cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of a plurality of multicast services and/or a plurality of broadcast services transmitted by the network device;

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the second paging message includes a third deactivation instruction, and/or a fourth deactivation instruction;

21. A network device, comprising:

and the receiving and transmitting unit is used for transmitting first information to the terminal equipment, wherein the first information is used for activating a first cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first multicast service configured by the network equipment and/or a second cell discontinuous transmission mechanism of the first broadcast service configured by the network equipment.

22. A terminal device, comprising:

23. A communications apparatus comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

stored in the memory are instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the communication device to carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 10, 11 to 20.

24. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when run on a processor, cause the method of any one of claims 1 to 10, 11 to 20 to be implemented.

25. A computer program product, characterized in that the computer program product, when executed on a computer, causes the method of any one of claims 1 to 10, 11 to 20 to be implemented.