CN117898014A

CN117898014A - Indication transmitting and receiving method, terminal, communication system and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117898014A
Application number: CN202380012165.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵群; 朱亚军; 洪伟; 苟家彤; 李勇
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-11-16
Filing date: 2023-11-16
Publication date: 2024-04-16

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an indication sending and receiving method, a terminal, a communication system and a storage medium, wherein the indication sending method comprises the following steps: determining a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to conflict, and determining a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; and sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal. According to the method and the device, the probability that the second terminal receives the first information is improved, so that the overhead of the second terminal for monitoring the first information is reduced.

Description

Indication transmitting and receiving method, terminal, communication system and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to an instruction transmitting method, an instruction receiving method, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium.

Background

With the development of communication technology, terminals have not been limited to communication through network devices in a mobile network (e.g., a cellular network), but may also communicate directly with other terminals through a direct link (sidelink).

For example, in a scenario where a first terminal communicates with a second terminal through a direct link, the direct link communication between the terminals may be implemented in a beam scanning manner, that is, the first terminal may communicate with the second terminal through a beam (beam), but in this case, there are still some technical problems to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication transmitting and receiving method, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium to solve technical problems in the related art.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an indication sending method, which is executed by a first terminal, the method including: determining a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to conflict, and determining a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; and sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an indication receiving method, which is performed by a second terminal, the method including: and receiving indication information corresponding to the second terminal sent by the first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an indication sending method is provided, which is characterized by including: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal determines a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to collide, and a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions are determined, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not collide; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal; and the second terminal determines the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal according to the indication information corresponding to the second terminal.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: a processing module configured to determine a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals, and determine a plurality of coordinated listening occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated listening occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; and the sending module is configured to send indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: the receiving module is configured to receive indication information corresponding to a second terminal sent by a first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine an adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: one or more processors; the terminal is configured to execute the indication sending method described in the first aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the indication receiving method according to the second aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, which is characterized by including a first terminal configured to implement the indication sending method described in the first aspect, and a second terminal configured to implement the indication receiving method described in the second aspect.

According to a ninth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, the storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that the instructions, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the method for sending an indication according to the first aspect, and/or the method for receiving an indication according to the second aspect of the claims.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, after the first terminal generates the indication information according to the coordinated multiple monitoring occasions, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal can be sent to the second terminal, and because the coordinated multiple monitoring occasions do not conflict, the probability that the first terminal sends the first information to the second terminal on the monitoring occasion indicated by the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is relatively high, so that the second terminal monitors the first information according to the monitoring occasion indicated by the second indication information after determining the monitoring occasion according to the indication information, the probability that the second terminal receives the first information is improved, and the overhead of the second terminal for monitoring the first information is reduced.

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating one listening occasion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating another listening occasion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another listening occasion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an indication transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another listening occasion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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

Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 11A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 11B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication transmitting and receiving method, a terminal, a communication system, and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an indication sending method, performed by a first terminal, the method including: determining a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to conflict, and determining a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; and sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In the above embodiment, after the first terminal generates the indication information according to the coordinated multiple listening occasions, the first terminal may send the indication information corresponding to the second terminal, and since the coordinated multiple listening occasions do not conflict, the probability that the first terminal sends the first information to the second terminal on the listening occasion indicated by the indication information corresponding to the second terminal may be relatively high (relative to the listening occasion before adjustment), so that after the second terminal determines the listening occasion according to the indication information, the second terminal listens for the first information according to the listening occasion indicated by the second indication information, which is beneficial to improving the probability that the second terminal receives the first information, so as to reduce the overhead of the second terminal listening to the first information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the listening occasion comprises a periodic listening occasion.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on a listening occasion in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal includes a plurality of bits.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of bits is equal to and corresponds to the number of the plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, a first bit of the plurality of bits ultimately indicates whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first terminal communicates with the second terminal over a direct link.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of: a beam failure recovery request; hybrid automatic repeat request information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the indication sending method further includes: and sending the first information to the second terminal at the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication receiving method, performed by a second terminal, the method comprising: and receiving indication information corresponding to the second terminal sent by the first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

In the above embodiment, the second terminal determines a plurality of coordinated listening occasions according to the indication information sent by the first terminal, and because the coordinated listening occasions do not conflict, the probability that the second terminal receives the first information sent by the first terminal on the listening occasion indicated by the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is relatively high, so that after the second terminal determines the listening occasion according to the indication information, the second terminal listens to the first information according to the listening occasion indicated by the second indication information, which is beneficial to improving the probability that the second terminal receives the first information, so as to reduce the overhead of the second terminal for listening to the first information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the listening occasion comprises a periodic listening occasion.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on a listening occasion in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal includes a plurality of bits.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of bits is equal to and corresponds to the number of the plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, a first bit of the plurality of bits ultimately indicates whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first terminal communicates with the second terminal over a direct link.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of: a beam failure recovery request; hybrid automatic repeat request information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the indication receiving method further comprises: and monitoring the first information sent by the first terminal at the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an indication sending method, including: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal determines a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to collide, and a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions are determined, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not collide; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal; and the second terminal determines the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal according to the indication information corresponding to the second terminal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal including: a processing module configured to determine a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals, and determine a plurality of coordinated listening occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated listening occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; and the sending module is configured to send indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, including: the receiving module is configured to receive indication information corresponding to a second terminal sent by a first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine an adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, including: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to perform any one of the first aspect and the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and the method for sending an indication.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal, including: one or more processors; wherein the terminal is configured to perform any one of the second aspect and optional embodiments of the second aspect.

An eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes a first terminal configured to implement any one of the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect, and a second terminal configured to implement any one of the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect, and the instruction transmitting method.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed on a communications device, cause the communications device to perform the method for sending an indication according to any one of the first aspect and the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and/or the method for receiving an indication according to any one of the second aspect and the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product, which when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the method described by the alternative implementation of any one of the first aspect, the alternative embodiments of the first aspect, the second aspect, the alternative embodiments of the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer programme which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in any one of the first aspect, an alternative embodiment of the first aspect, the second aspect, an alternative embodiment of the second aspect.

It will be appreciated that the above-described terminals, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs are all adapted to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an indication sending and receiving method, a terminal, a communication system and a storage medium. In some embodiments, terms such as an indication transmitting method, an indication receiving method, an information processing method, a communication method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms such as a terminal, an information processing apparatus, a communication apparatus, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms such as an information processing system, a communication system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated.

For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B" at least one of "," a and/or B "," a in one case, B in another case "," a in response to one case, B "in response to another case, etc., may include the following technical solutions, as appropriate: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words.

For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, the terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, an apparatus or the like may be interpreted as an entity, or may be interpreted as a virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "section," "system," "network," "chip system," "entity," "body," and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus (e.g., access network device, core network device, etc.) contained in a network.

In some embodiments, "access network device (access network device, AN device)", "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN DEVICE)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", "node", "access point", "transmission point (transmission point, TP)", "Reception Point (RP)", "transmission reception point (transmission/reception point, TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel (ANTENNA PANEL)", "antenna array (ANTENNA ARRAY)", "cell", "macro cell", "micro cell", "sector", "femto cell", "cell group", "service cell", "carrier", "bandwidth (carrier component 62", "bandwidth component bandwidth (bandwidth of the carrier, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "terminal" (terminal) "," terminal device (TERMINAL DEVICE) "," User Equipment (UE) "," user terminal "(MS)", "Mobile Station (MS)", mobile Terminal (MT) ", subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile unit (mobile unit), subscriber unit (subsumer unit), wireless unit (wireless unit), remote unit (remote unit), mobile device (mobiledevice), wireless device (WIRELESS DEVICE), wireless communication device (wireless communication device), remote device (remote device), mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), access terminal (ACCESS TERMINAL), mobile terminal (mobile terminal), wireless terminal (WIRELESS TERMINAL), remote terminal (remote terminal), handheld device (handset), mobile agent (user agent), mobile client (mobile client), client (client), and the like may be substituted for one another.

In some embodiments, the access network device, core network device, or network device may be replaced with a terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to a configuration in which an access network device, a core network device, or communication between a network device and a terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), or the like). In this case, the terminal may have all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink", "downlink", and the like may be replaced with terms corresponding to communication between terminals (e.g., "side)". For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side-uplink channels, uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side-downlink channels.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced with an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 includes a first terminal (terminal) 101 and a second terminal 102, which in some embodiments may communicate via a direct link (sidelink), and may also communicate with a network device, where the network device includes at least one of: an access network device, a core network device (core network device).

In some embodiments, the terminal includes at least one of, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication enabled automobile, a smart car, a tablet (pad), a computer with wireless transceiving functionality, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned-drive (self-drive), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), for example.

In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (open RAN), a cloud base station (cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device, including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a device group, including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network comprises, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-advanced (LTE-A), LTE-beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G new air interface (new radio, NR), future radio access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new radio access technology (new-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new radio (new radio, NR), new radio access (new radio access, NX), future generation radio access (Future generation radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra-WideBand (UWB), bluetooth (registered trademark)), land public mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) network, device-to-device (D2D) system, machine-to-machine (Machine to Machine, M2M) system, internet of things (Internet of Things, ioT) system, vehicle-to-eventing (V2X), system utilizing other communication methods, next generation system extended based on them, and the like. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In some embodiments, in a scenario where a first terminal communicates with a second terminal through a direct link (sidelink), the first terminal may receive a beam (beam) transmitted by the second terminal, and the first terminal may perform beam failure recovery (Beam Failure Recovery, BFR) in the event of a beam failure, e.g., the first terminal may send a beam failure request (BFR request, BFRR) to the second terminal.

Unlike the scenario where a terminal communicates with a network device in a mobile network, the network device generally has no mobility, and the terminal has mobility, so that in the scenario where a first terminal receives a beam transmitted by a second terminal, both the first terminal and the second terminal are movable, so that the first terminal may be in signal coverage of a plurality of second terminals, and the signal coverage of the second terminal may also include a plurality of first terminals, so that the first terminal may serve as a receiving end, may receive beams transmitted by a plurality of second terminals serving as transmitting ends, and the second terminal may serve as a transmitting end, and may transmit beams to a plurality of first terminals serving as receiving ends.

In the case of the second terminal, in the scenario of transmitting beams to the plurality of first terminals, each first terminal may have a beam failure, and therefore, the second terminal needs to configure a resource for transmitting a beam failure request for each first terminal, that is, a listening opportunity of the beam failure request transmitted by the second terminal to the first terminal, respectively.

Since the beam used when the second terminal communicates with each first terminal may be different, it is generally not possible to monitor the beam failure requests sent by the plurality of first terminals on the same resource, and therefore the resources of the beam failure requests configured by the second terminal for different first terminals may be different in time domain.

Taking the example that the second terminal communicates with three first terminals, i.e. ue#1, ue#2 and ue#3, respectively, the second terminal may configure resources for each first terminal to send a beam failure recovery request, respectively, e.g. the resources may be periodic.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, one period may include three periods T1, T2, and T3, in one period, a resource of ue#1 transmitting a beam failure recovery request is within a period T1, a resource of ue#2 transmitting a beam failure recovery request is within a period T2, and a resource of ue#3 transmitting a beam failure recovery request is within a period T3, and since the three periods T1, T2, and T3 do not overlap, it is ensured that the second terminal can receive the beam failure recovery requests transmitted by ue#1, ue#2, and ue#3 in the three periods T1, T2, and T3, respectively.

In some embodiments, however, the beam failure has randomness, and the second terminal cannot determine in which period the first terminal entity will generate the beam failure and report the beam failure recovery request, so as to ensure that the beam failure recovery request sent by the first terminal can be successfully monitored, the second terminal needs to monitor continuously in the monitoring opportunity of each period.

As shown in fig. 3, on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, in each period, it is required for the second terminal to monitor beam failure recovery requests sent by three first terminals. However, such continuous monitoring causes a lot of overhead, unlike the network device, the endurance and the processing capability of the terminal are relatively low, and such continuous monitoring causes a great burden on the endurance and the processing capability of the terminal.

Moreover, in some embodiments, the first terminal may be configured as a receiving end, and may receive the scenario of beams transmitted by a plurality of second terminals configured as transmitting ends, where different resources configured by the second terminals for the first terminal to send the beam failure recovery request may have a conflict.

Taking the example that the first terminal receives beams transmitted by three second terminals, the three second terminals are ue# A, UE # B, UE #c, respectively. The three second terminals may configure the resources for the first terminal to transmit the beam failure recovery request, respectively, e.g., the resources may be periodic.

As shown in fig. 4, the period of the resources configured by ue#a for the first terminal is 3T, which is T1, T2, and T3, respectively, and the listening occasion is T2; the period of the resources configured by ue#b and ue#c for the first terminal is 2T, T1 and T2 respectively, and the listening occasion is T1.

It can be seen that in the first period, ue#b and ue#c collide with the listening occasion of the first terminal transmitting the beam failure recovery request, and in the second period, ue# A, UE #b and ue#c collide with the listening occasion of the first terminal transmitting the beam failure recovery request.

The beam used in communication with each second terminal may be different for the first terminal, so that a beam failure recovery request is typically not sent to multiple second terminals simultaneously on conflicting listening occasions of the multiple second terminals. Therefore, in the event of a collision of transmission beam failure recovery requests configured by a plurality of second terminals, the first terminal can transmit the beam failure recovery request to one second terminal only on one resource.

In this case, if each second terminal listens to the beam failure recovery request transmitted by the first terminal in periodic listening occasions, a significant overhead is incurred for each second terminal.

As shown in fig. 5, the indication transmitting method includes:

In step S501, the first terminal determines that a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals conflict, and determines a plurality of listening occasions after coordination, where the plurality of listening occasions after coordination do not conflict.

In some embodiments, the first terminal may generate the indication information corresponding to each of the second terminals according to the coordinated multiple listening occasions.

In step S502, the first terminal may send, to the second terminal, indication information corresponding to the second terminal, where the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to instruct the second terminal to determine an adjusted listening opportunity corresponding to the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of:

a beam failure recovery request;

Hybrid automatic repeat request (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ) information, e.g., hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement information (HARQ-ACK), hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgement information (HARQ-NACK).

The first information is not limited to the beam failure recovery request and the hybrid automatic repeat request information, but may be information having the above technical problems when other first terminals transmit to the second terminal, and the present disclosure is not limited to this.

The foregoing embodiments mainly describe the technical problems existing in the case where the first terminal sends the beam failure recovery request to the second terminal, but similar technical problems also exist in the case where the first terminal sends the hybrid automatic repeat request information to the second terminal, and the reasons for the two technical problems are similar and are not described herein.

The difference is mainly that the beam failure recovery request is configured by the second terminal to send the resource transmission of the beam failure recovery request to the first terminal, and the hybrid automatic repeat request information is configured by the second terminal to send the resource transmission of the hybrid automatic repeat request information to the first terminal. The following embodiments mainly describe the technical solutions of the present disclosure in an exemplary manner when the first information is a beam failure recovery request.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, a first terminal may communicate with a plurality of second terminals, each of which may configure the first terminal with a resource for transmitting first information, respectively, which may also be referred to as a listening occasion for the second terminals, and the first terminal may determine a plurality of listening occasions since each of the second terminals listens for the first information at a respective corresponding listening occasion.

When the first terminal determines that multiple listening occasions collide, the first terminal may coordinate the multiple listening occasions to ensure that the coordinated multiple listening occasions do not collide, examples of which are not described herein for brevity and are illustrated in subsequent embodiments.

Further, the first terminal may generate the indication information according to the coordinated multiple listening occasions, and since the coordinated multiple listening occasions are changed with respect to the pre-coordinated multiple listening occasions, for each second terminal, there may be multiple pieces of the generated indication information, and the second terminals in the indication information domain are in one-to-one correspondence, so that the second terminal can accurately determine the coordinated listening occasion according to the indication information.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, after the first terminal generates the indication information according to the coordinated multiple monitoring occasions, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal can be sent to the second terminal, and because the coordinated multiple monitoring occasions do not conflict, the probability that the first terminal sends the first information to the second terminal on the monitoring occasion indicated by the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is relatively high (relative to the monitoring occasion before adjustment), so that after the second terminal determines the monitoring occasion according to the indication information, the second terminal monitors the first information according to the monitoring occasion indicated by the second indication information, which is beneficial to improving the probability that the second terminal receives the first information, so as to reduce the expenditure of the second terminal for monitoring the first information.

In some embodiments, the indication sending method further comprises: and sending the first information to the second terminal at the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

After the first terminal sends the adjusted monitoring opportunity corresponding to the second terminal, the first terminal may send the first information to the second terminal at the adjusted monitoring opportunity corresponding to the second terminal, so that the second terminal can monitor the first information sent by the terminal at the adjusted monitoring opportunity corresponding to the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the listening occasion comprises a periodic listening occasion.

In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on a listening occasion in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

For example, taking the first information as an example of the beam failure recovery request, the second terminal may monitor for a listening occasion when the first terminal transmits the beam failure recovery request, and one listening period may include one listening occasion, for example, the listening occasion occupies a part or all of the duration of the listening period.

The listening occasions are available in each listening period before adjustment, but as shown in fig. 4, there may be a case where there are different listening occasions of the second terminal, the first terminal coordinating a plurality of listening occasions may include determining that the listening occasions in part of the listening periods are not available, by means of which the first indication information may indicate in which of the plurality of listening periods the second terminal is available and which of the listening occasions are not available.

The second terminal may thus monitor the first information only on available listening occasions and not necessarily on unavailable listening occasions, whereby the overhead of the second terminal monitoring the first information is reduced relative to the second terminal monitoring the information according to the listening occasions before coordination.

In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal includes a plurality of bits.

In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of bits is equal to and corresponds to the number of the plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

In some embodiments, a first bit of the plurality of bits ultimately indicates whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

In some embodiments, the listening occasion at which the second terminal listens for the first information may be periodic, and the second terminal will listen for the first information on a number of listening occasions of the listening period, so the indication information sent by the first terminal to the second terminal may be indicated based on the number of listening periods, so that the second terminal can accurately determine whether to listen for the first information within the listening occasion of each listening period.

For example, the number of listening periods of the second terminal is n, and the first information corresponding to the second terminal may be n bits, where the ith bit corresponds to the ith listening period, i is less than or equal to n, and i and n are positive integers.

The ith bit in the indication information may indicate whether the listening occasion in the ith listening period of the second terminal is available, for example, when the value of the ith bit is 1, the listening occasion in the ith listening period may be indicated to be available, and when the value of the ith bit is 0, the listening occasion in the ith listening period may be indicated to be unavailable, and then the n bits may indicate whether the listening occasion in the n listening periods is available.

For example, with respect to the technical problem in fig. 4, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first terminal may determine listening occasion conflicts corresponding to three second terminals, specifically, in a first period, ue#b and ue#c, in a second period, ue# A, UE #b and ue#c, and in a third period, ue#b and ue#c.

For example, the number of listening periods of ue#a is 2, and the number of listening periods of ue#b and ue#c is 3, then after coordinating a plurality of listening occasions, the first terminal may generate 3 pieces of first information, which are respectively first information # A, UE #b corresponding to ue#a and first information #c corresponding to first information # B, UE #c.

As shown in fig. 6, the first information #a takes two bits, the value is 10, the first information #b takes 3 bits, the value is 101, and the first information #c takes 3 bits, the value is 010.

The first terminal may transmit the first information #a to the UE #a, transmit the first information #b to the UE #b, and transmit the first information #c to the UE #c.

The UE #a may determine that the listening occasion in the first listening period listens for the first information based on the first information #a, and the listening occasion in the second listening period does not listen for the first information. The first terminal may monitor for a first information to the ue#a at a listening occasion in a first listening period of the ue#a.

The UE #b may determine, based on the first information #b, that the listening occasion in the first listening period listens for the first information, that the listening occasion in the second listening period does not listen for the first information, and that the listening occasion in the third listening period listens for the first information. The first terminal may monitor for first information to ue#b at listening occasions in the first and third listening periods of ue#b.

The UE #c may determine that the listening occasion in the first listening period does not listen to the first information, the listening occasion in the second listening period listens to the first information, and the listening occasion in the third listening period does not listen to the first information, based on the first information #c. The first terminal may monitor for a listening occasion in a second listening period of ue#c to send the first information to ue#c.

It can be seen that ue#a may monitor the first information only at the listening occasion in the first listening period, as opposed to monitoring the first information at two listening occasions before coordination; the ue#b may monitor the first information only at the monitoring occasions in the first and third monitoring periods with respect to monitoring the first information at three monitoring occasions before coordination; with respect to listening for the first information on three listening occasions before coordination, ue#c may only listen for the first information on listening occasions in the second listening period. For each second terminal, the listening occasion after coordination is reduced relative to the listening occasion before coordination, thus facilitating a reduction in the overhead of each second terminal listening to the first information.

In some embodiments, the starting positions of the listening periods of the different second terminals may be different, and there is a conflicting listening occasion between the different second terminals, but only a part of the listening occasions in the listening period, so the first terminal may further send starting information to the second terminal, where the starting information is used to indicate to the second terminal the listening period corresponding to the adjusted listening occasion indicated by the first information, and the starting position in the listening period of the second terminal.

The first information and the start information may be sent to the second terminal respectively, or may be carried in one piece of information and sent to the second terminal, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In some embodiments, when the lengths of the listening periods of the plurality of second terminals are the same, and the numbers of listening periods corresponding to the conflicting listening occasions are also the same, the processing capabilities of the plurality of second terminals may be considered when the first terminal coordinates the listening occasions, for example, for a second terminal with relatively stronger processing capabilities, the listening occasions after coordination may be relatively more, and for a second terminal with relatively weaker processing capabilities, the listening occasions after coordination may be relatively less. Therefore, the coordinated monitoring time can be matched with the processing capacity of the second terminal on the basis of avoiding conflict of the monitoring time of a plurality of second terminals, and the method is beneficial to avoiding excessive occupation ratio of the operation of monitoring the first information to the processing capacity of the second terminal.

For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the length of the listening periods of ue#b and ue#c is the same, and the number of listening periods corresponding to the conflicting listening occasions is also the same, and the first terminal determines that the processing capability of ue#b is relatively strong and the processing capability of ue#c is relatively weak, so that the coordinated listening occasion may be determined based on the embodiment shown in fig. 6, that is, for ue#b, the number of listening occasions after coordination is relatively large, and for ue#c, the number of listening occasions after coordination is relatively small.

In some embodiments, when the first terminal coordinates the listening occasion, the time delay requirement of the service performed by each second terminal may be considered, for the second terminal corresponding to the service requiring the relatively short time delay, the listening occasion after the first terminal coordinates may be relatively forward, and for the second terminal corresponding to the service requiring the relatively long time delay, the listening occasion after the first terminal coordinates may be relatively backward. Therefore, the coordinated monitoring time can be matched with the service of the second terminal on the basis of avoiding conflict of the monitoring time of a plurality of second terminals, and the requirement of the service on time delay is met.

For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the first terminal determines that the service requirement delay with ue#b is relatively short and the service requirement delay with ue#c is relatively long for ue#b and ue#c, so the coordinated listening occasion may be determined based on the embodiment shown in fig. 6, that is, the coordinated listening occasion is relatively forward for ue#b and the coordinated listening occasion is relatively backward for ue#c.

The communication method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S501 to step S502. For example, step S501 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S502 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step s501+s502 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S501, S502 may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, step S501 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, step S502 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 5.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication sending method. Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an indication transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The indication transmitting method shown in the present embodiment may be performed by the first terminal.

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

In step S701, determining a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to the plurality of second terminals conflict, and determining a plurality of coordinated listening occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated listening occasions do not conflict;

In step S702, generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple listening opportunities;

In step S703, indication information corresponding to the second terminal is sent to the second terminal, where the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to instruct the second terminal to determine an adjusted listening opportunity corresponding to the second terminal.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 7 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

Alternative implementations of steps S701 to S703 may refer to the alternative implementation of steps in fig. 6, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 6, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on listening occasions in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of bits is equal to the number of the plurality of listening periods of the second terminal and corresponds to the plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

In some embodiments, a first bit of the plurality of bits is ending in indicating whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

In some embodiments, the first terminal communicates with the second terminal over a direct link.

In some embodiments, a listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of: a beam failure recovery request; hybrid automatic repeat request information.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose an indication receiving method. Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an indication receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The indication receiving method shown in the present embodiment may be performed by the second terminal.

As shown in fig. 8, the indication receiving method may include the steps of:

in step S801, indication information corresponding to the second terminal sent by the first terminal is received, where the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to instruct the second terminal to determine an adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal does not conflict with the adjusted listening occasions corresponding to other second terminals.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 8 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

Alternative implementations of step S801 may refer to alternative implementations of steps in fig. 6, and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 6, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the indication receiving method further comprises:

And monitoring the first information sent by the first terminal at the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time of day," "point of time," "time location," and the like may be interchanged, and terms such as "duration," "period," "time window," "time," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, "acquire," "obtain," "receive," "transmit," "bi-directional transmit," "send and/or receive" may be used interchangeably and may be interpreted as receiving from other principals, acquiring from protocols, acquiring from higher layers, processing itself, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

The present disclosure also provides embodiments of a terminal corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the indication transmitting method and the indication receiving method.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal (e.g., a first terminal) shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 9, the terminal includes a processing module 901 and a transmitting module 902.

In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to the plurality of second terminals, determine a coordinated plurality of listening occasions, wherein the coordinated plurality of listening occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities; the sending module is configured to send indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send the first information to the second terminal at an adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal (e.g., a second terminal) shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 10, the terminal includes a receiving module 1001.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is configured to receive indication information corresponding to the second terminal sent by the first terminal, where the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used to instruct the second terminal to determine an adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal does not conflict with the adjusted listening occasions corresponding to other second terminals.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to monitor the first information sent by the first terminal at an adjusted listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal.

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

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Or a unit or module in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of a hardware circuit, and the functions of some or all of the unit or module may be implemented by the design of the hardware circuit, where the hardware circuit may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing a logic relationship of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logic relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence may be also be considered as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing unit (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing unit (DEEP LEARNING processing unit, DPU), and the like.

Fig. 11A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 11100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 11100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 11100 may be used to implement the methods described in the method embodiments described above, and reference may be made in particular to the description of the method embodiments described above.

As shown in fig. 11A, the communication device 11100 includes one or more processors 11101. The processor 11101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. Optionally, the communication device 11100 is configured to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the one or more processors 11101 are configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 11100 to perform any of the methods above.

In some embodiments, the communication device 11100 further comprises one or more transceivers 11102. When the communication device 11100 includes one or more transceivers 11102, the transceivers 11102 perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S501, S502) of the above-described method of transmitting and/or receiving, but are not limited thereto), and the processor 11101 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S501, S502, but are not limited thereto). In alternative embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, interface, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter unit, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, the communication device 11100 also includes one or more memories 11103 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 11103 may be external to the communication device 11100. In alternative embodiments, communication device 11100 can include one or more interface circuits 11104. Optionally, an interface circuit 11104 is coupled to the memory 11102, the interface circuit 11104 being operable to receive data from the memory 11102 or other device, and to transmit data to the memory 11102 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 11104 may read data stored in the memory 11102 and send the data to the processor 11101.

The communication device 11100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 11100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 11100 may not be limited by fig. 11A. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 11B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 11200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the case where the communication device 11100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 11200 shown in fig. 11B, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 11200 includes one or more processors 11501. The chip 11200 is for performing any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 11200 further comprises one or more interface circuits 11502. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, etc. may be interchanged. In some embodiments, the chip 11200 further comprises one or more memories 11203 for storing data. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 11203 may be external to the chip 11200. Optionally, an interface circuit 11502 is coupled to the memory 11203, the interface circuit 11502 may be configured to receive data from the memory 11203 or other device, and the interface circuit 11502 may be configured to transmit data to the memory 11203 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 11502 may read data stored in the memory 11203 and send the data to the processor 11501.

In some embodiments, the interface circuit 11502 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., steps S501, S502, but not limited thereto) of the above-described methods, such as transmission and/or reception. The interface circuit 11502 performs the communication steps of transmission and/or reception in the above-described method, for example, by: the interface circuit 11502 performs data interaction between the processor 11501, the chip 11200, the memory 11203, or the transceiver device. In some embodiments, the processor 11501 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., steps S501, S502, but is not limited thereto).

The modules and/or devices described in the embodiments of the virtual device, the physical device, the chip, etc. may be arbitrarily combined or separated according to circumstances. Alternatively, some or all of the steps may be performed cooperatively by a plurality of modules and/or devices, without limitation.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a communication device 11100, cause the communication device 11100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product which, when executed by a communication device 11100, causes the communication device 11100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. An indication transmitting method, performed by a first terminal, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to conflict, and determining a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not conflict;

generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities;

And sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the listening occasion comprises a periodic listening occasion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on listening occasions in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the indication information corresponding to the second terminal comprises a plurality of bits.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the number of bits is equal to and corresponds to a number of listening periods of the second terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a first bit of the plurality of bits is ending in indicating whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

7. The method according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first terminal communicates with the second terminal via a direct link.

8. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein a listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

a beam failure recovery request;

Hybrid automatic repeat request information.

10. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 9, further comprising:

And sending the first information to the second terminal at the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

11. An indication receiving method, performed by a second terminal, the method comprising:

And receiving indication information corresponding to the second terminal sent by the first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the listening occasion comprises a periodic listening occasion.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication information corresponding to the second terminal is used to indicate whether the second terminal is available on listening occasions in a plurality of listening periods of the second terminal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the indication information corresponding to the second terminal comprises a plurality of bits.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the number of bits is equal to and corresponds to a number of listening periods of the second terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a first bit of the plurality of bits is ending in indicating whether a listening occasion in a listening period corresponding to the first bit by the second terminal is available.

17. The method according to any of claims 11 to 16, wherein the first terminal communicates with the second terminal via a direct link.

18. The method according to any of claims 11 to 17, wherein a listening occasion corresponding to the second terminal is used for the second terminal to listen to the first information sent by the first terminal.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first information comprises at least one of:

a beam failure recovery request;

Hybrid automatic repeat request information.

20. The method according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the method further comprises:

21. An indication transmitting method, comprising:

The method comprises the steps that a first terminal determines a plurality of monitoring occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals to collide, and a plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions are determined, wherein the plurality of coordinated monitoring occasions do not collide;

sending indication information corresponding to the second terminal;

and the second terminal determines the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal according to the indication information corresponding to the second terminal.

22. A terminal, comprising:

A processing module configured to determine a plurality of listening occasions corresponding to a plurality of second terminals, and determine a plurality of coordinated listening occasions, wherein the plurality of coordinated listening occasions do not conflict; generating indication information corresponding to each second terminal according to the coordinated multiple monitoring opportunities;

And the sending module is configured to send indication information corresponding to the second terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal.

23. A terminal, comprising:

The receiving module is configured to receive indication information corresponding to a second terminal sent by a first terminal, wherein the indication credit corresponding to the second terminal is used for indicating the second terminal to determine an adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal, and the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to the second terminal is not in conflict with the adjusted monitoring time corresponding to other second terminals.

24. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the indication transmission method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

25. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the indication receiving method of any one of claims 11 to 20.

26. A communication system comprising a first terminal configured to implement the indication transmission method of any one of claims 1 to 10, and a second terminal configured to implement the indication reception method of any one of claims 11 to 20.

27. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the method of sending an indication of any one of claims 1 to 10 and/or the method of receiving an indication of any one of claims 11 to 20.