CN117939686A

CN117939686A - Communication state configuration method, user Equipment (UE) and network side equipment

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Publication number: CN117939686A
Application number: CN202211256169.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘进华
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-13
Filing date: 2022-10-13
Publication date: 2024-04-26
Also published as: WO2024078492A1

Abstract

The application discloses a communication state configuration method, user Equipment (UE) and network side equipment, belonging to the field of communication, wherein the communication state configuration method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that User Equipment (UE) receives first configuration information sent by network side equipment; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

Description

Communication state configuration method, user Equipment (UE) and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a communication state configuration method, user Equipment (UE) and network side equipment.

Background

Currently, in the case where the available power of an Energy-harvesting-powered user equipment (EH-UE) is too low to maintain communication with a network-side device, the EH-UE needs to switch to an Energy harvesting state.

However, when the EH-UE is in the energy harvesting state, energy harvested from the environment needs to be converted into electric energy by the energy harvesting unit and stored in the energy unit, so that the EH-UE can communicate with the network-side device by using the electric energy stored in the energy storage unit through the communication functional unit after the end of the state period, and thus if the EH-UE is in the energy harvesting state, the network-side device cannot clearly know the communication state in which the current EH-UE is, and thus, the network-side device may initiate paging for the EH-UE when it cannot communicate, thereby wasting paging resources. Thus, there is a need for a method to clarify the communication state of EH-UE.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication state configuration method, user Equipment (UE) and network side equipment, which can be used for determining the communication state of the UE.

In a first aspect, a communication state configuration method is provided, applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes: the UE receives first configuration information sent by network side equipment; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

In a second aspect, there is provided a communication state configuration apparatus comprising: a receiving module; the receiving module is used for receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side equipment; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the User Equipment (UE); the UE is powered on based on energy collection; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

In a third aspect, a communication state configuration method is provided, applied to a network side device, and the method includes: the network side equipment sends first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a communication state configuration apparatus including: a transmitting device; transmitting means for transmitting first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a UE comprising a processor and a memory storing programs or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implement the steps of the method of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a UE is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to receive first configuration information sent by a network side device.

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

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to send first configuration information to a UE.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a communication state configuration system including: a UE operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect and a network side device operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

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

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

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

In the embodiment of the application, the UE can receive the first configuration information sent by the network side equipment; the UE is EH-UE, and the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; wherein the first communication state may include at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment. The UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment, so that the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information, the problem of communication abnormal interruption possibly occurring to the UE is avoided, the time delay of data transmission is reduced, and the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, so that the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, and the problem that the UE initiates paging to the UE in a state that the UE cannot communicate is avoided, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

Drawings

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

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of EH-UE according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is one of the flowcharts of a communication status configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication reachable state configuration and state switching provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication unreachable state configuration and state switching provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a semi-static communication portion reachable state configuration and state switching provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a first configuration information including at least one semi-static communication reachable window and at least one semi-static communication unreachable window provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart of a communication status configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication status configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a second schematic diagram of a communication status configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 11 is a schematic hardware structure of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a UE according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic hardware structure of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which are derived by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application, fall within the scope of protection of the application.

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

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

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a tablet Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side device called a notebook, a Personal digital assistant (Personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a palm Computer, a netbook, an ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (ultra-Mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a Mobile internet appliance (Mobile INTERNET DEVICE, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, a furniture, etc.), a game machine, a Personal Computer (Personal Computer, a PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc., and the wearable device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network-side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, where the access network device 12 may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function, or a radio access network element. Access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access Point, a WiFi node, or the like, which may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access Point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic service set (Basic SERVICE SET, BSS), an Extended service set (Extended SERVICE SET, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission and reception Point (TRANSMITTING RECEIVING Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and the base station is not limited to a particular technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only a base station in an NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

Currently, low cost UEs, such as: NB-IoT terminals that can be widely used in a variety of low data rate, low frequency communication occasions, NB-IoT technology can then be used to share bicycle tracking and control, electricity/water meter information transmission, environmental monitoring, and livestock tracking, among others. However, existing NB-IoT terminals need to be equipped with battery power to be able to function properly, and thus, use of NB-IoT terminals using battery power may be limited in some situations; for example: the high-temperature and high-humidity environment is not suitable for being powered by a chemical battery; or if the NB-IoT terminal is used for environmental monitoring communications in a remote location, it is costly to replace the battery or interrupt after the battery life expires. Thus, in these scenarios, energy is harvested from the environment for use by the NB-IoT communication module, which may circumvent the limitations imposed by using batteries.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of an EH-UE, and as shown in fig. 2, the EH-UE includes: the system comprises an energy collection unit, an energy storage unit and a communication functional unit. The energy collecting unit can convert the energy collected from the environment into electric energy and store the electric energy in the energy storage unit, and the communication functional unit uses the electric energy stored in the energy storage unit to communicate with the network equipment.

However, when the EH-UE is in a communication unreachable state during the period when the available power is too low to maintain communication with the base station, the network side device does not have a definite set of switching procedures and mechanisms between the communication reachable state and the communication unreachable state, for example: the base station cannot clearly know the current communication state of the EH-UE. And thus may lead to: when the EH-UE is in a communication unreachable state, the base station initiates paging to the EH-UE, so that a large amount of paging resources are wasted; or when the EH-UE is in the communication process, if the EH-UE is switched to a communication unreachable state, the communication is abnormally interrupted, namely the service is interrupted. As such, the communication unreachable state is a new problem created by EH-UEs, and solving this problem requires introducing a new signaling flow over the air interface and defining the associated EH-UE behavior.

The following describes in detail the configuration provided by the embodiments of the present application through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An embodiment of the present application provides a communication state configuration method, and fig. 3 shows a flowchart of the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application, where the communication state configuration method may be applied to an electronic device. As shown in fig. 3, the communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following step 201.

Step 201, the UE receives first configuration information sent by a network side device.

Wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication state configuration method, wherein UE (user equipment) can receive first configuration information sent by network side equipment; the UE is EH-UE, and the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; wherein the first communication state may include at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment. The UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment, and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, so that the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information, thereby avoiding the problem of abnormal communication interruption possibly occurring to the UE, shortening the time delay of data transmission, and the network side equipment can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment, configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, so that the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, and avoiding the problem of initiating paging to the UE in a state that the UE cannot communicate, thereby saving resources and energy consumption.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the reachable state of communication is a state in which the UE communicates with the network side device normally; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

Note that, the communication reachable state (i.e., reachable state) refers to: the EH-UE can communicate with network side equipment (such as a base station) like normal UE, wherein the EH-UE comprises receiving base station scheduling and carrying out relevant data and signaling receiving and sending, radio link quality monitoring, neighbor cell measurement and the like in a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control _ Connecte, RRC_connected) state; in the RRC Idle/active state, the method comprises the steps of receiving a system message, monitoring the wireless channel quality of a resident cell, monitoring a neighbor cell, receiving a paging message, and normally initiating a random access procedure after receiving the paging message. If the UE is in rrc_connected state and is configured with an uplink pre-configured transmission grant or semi-static downlink allocation, and the uplink pre-configured transmission grant or semi-static downlink allocation is in a suspended state, the UE cancels the suspended state of the uplink pre-configured transmission grant or semi-static downlink allocation when entering a communication reachable state, that is, the UE may send data using the uplink pre-configured transmission grant or need to receive data based on the semi-static downlink allocation.

The communication unreachable state (i.e., unreachable state) refers to: the UE cannot perform normal reception and transmission of data and information with a network-side device (e.g., a base station), or cannot perform a state of own cell measurement and neighbor cell measurement, or cannot maintain synchronization with a serving cell. If the UE is in rrc_connected state and is configured with an uplink pre-configured transmission grant or semi-static downlink allocation, when the UE enters a communication unreachable state, the uplink pre-configured transmission grant or semi-static downlink allocation is suspended, i.e. the UE cannot send data using the uplink pre-configured transmission grant or receive data based on the semi-static downlink allocation.

The communication partially reachable state (i.e., partially reachable state) is that there may be one or more communication states between the communication reachable state and the communication unreachable state, which refers to: the UE may perform some, but not all, of the functions of a normal UE, such as limited uplink transmission, limited downlink reception, including but not limited to any of the following:

Example 1: the UE in rrc_idle/active state supports one or more of the following functions:

(1) Maintaining synchronization with the serving cell;

(2) Receiving partial information, such as system information and paging information, transmitted by the base station;

(3) Performing wireless quality monitoring of the cell;

(4) Performing neighbor cell measurement;

(5) Receiving wake-up information and the like;

one or more of the following functions are not supported:

(1) Receiving service data (e.g., short messages);

(2) Uplink data transmission;

(3) Random access;

Example 2: the UE in rrc_connected state may perform normal downlink reception but only support limited transmission in uplink, for example: limited to the transmission of only some logical channel triggered uplink SRs, or the transmission of radio link control (Radio Link Control, RLC)/packet data convergence protocol (PACKET DATA Convergence Protoco, PDCP) control information and hybrid automatic repeat request (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, HARQ) feedback information corresponding to the reception of downlink data, etc.

It should be noted that, the communication states described in the embodiments of the present application may be described by other terms:

Illustratively, the communication reachable state may be described as any of the following: an reachable state, an on state, a communication on state, and a non-charging state; the communication unreachable state may be described as any of the following: unreachable state, off state, communication off state, charge state; the communication part reachable state can be described as any of the following: a partially reachable state, a partially communication on state, a communication partially communication on state, a flexible charging state, etc. Which are all within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, when the UE is in a communication unreachable state or a communication part reachable state, the UE may perform power collection, so the communication unreachable state and the communication part reachable state may belong to the power collection state, for example: the communication partially reachable state may be referred to as a partial charge collection state (PARTLY ENERGY HARVESTING STATE), while the communication unreachable state may be referred to as a full charge collection state (full ENERGY HARVESTING STATE).

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication-reachable window, which is periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachable window is used for configuring the UE to be in a communication reachable state; after the step 201, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 301.

Step 301, the UE performs information transmission with the network side device in the communication accessibility window.

In the embodiment of the application, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE can enter a communication reachable state according to at least one communication reachable window in the first configuration information, so as to perform information transmission with the network side equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may configure one or more semi-static communication state configuration and communication state switching mechanisms for the UE.

For example, fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of semi-static communication reachable state configuration and state switching, and as shown in fig. 4, a network side device may configure a periodic communication reachable window for a UE, where the configuration may be performed using parameters such as a time offset of a first communication reachable window with respect to a reference time, a communication reachable window length, and a period in which the communication reachable window appears. Within each communication accessibility window, the network side equipment and the UE can perform communication operation according to requirements. For the UE, the UE needs to ensure that the amount of electricity stored in the UE is enough to maintain a communication state in each communication window; outside the communication accessibility window, the UE may perform energy harvesting and power storage.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may provide one or more of the UEs in the rrc_connected state with: semi-static communication reachable configuration, one or more semi-static communication unreachable configuration, one or more semi-static communication partially reachable RRC configuration, and then activating one or more of them with a physical downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH) or a media-interposed control layer control element (MEDIA ACCESS Control Control Element, MAC CE).

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in the rrc_connected state or releases the UE to the rrc_idle/active state, the network side device provides, to the UE, one or more types of configuration used in rrc_idle/active through dedicated signaling or through a system message: semi-static communication reachable configurations, one or more semi-static communication unreachable configurations, one or more semi-static communication partially reachable RRC configurations, and activating, by the UE, use of one or more of the configurations according to a predetermined rule. When the network side equipment needs to page the UE, the service base station determines the state of the UE according to the same preset rule, and when the UE is in a communication reachable state, the service base station sends a paging message to the UE, and correspondingly, the UE monitors the paging message when the UE is reachable.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 401.

Step 401, the UE initiates a communication flow outside the communication accessibility window if the target condition is satisfied.

Wherein the target condition includes at least one of:

The UE demand of the UE is that uplink data are transmitted, and the electricity stored by the UE is higher than a preset threshold;

the UE determines that information transmission can be carried out with the network side equipment in a subsequent communication accessibility window;

the UE is provided with available permissions for preconfigured uplink data transmission.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the UE may determine, based on the network configuration or the protocol definition, whether the communication flow may be initiated outside the open communication accessibility window.

For example, when configuring the semi-static communication reachable window configuration, the network side device may configure UE behavior of the UE outside the communication reachable window, and if the UE generates uplink data and the stored electric quantity is higher than a threshold, or the UE determines that the communication behavior of the subsequent reachable window is not affected, it may trigger the SR procedure and request uplink data transmission; or if the available preconfigured uplink transmission permission is configured, the UE may also directly use the uplink preconfigured uplink transmission permission to perform uplink data transmission.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, and the at least one communication unreachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE in a communication unreachable state.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a semi-static communication unreachable state configuration and state switching, where, as shown in fig. 5, a network side device may configure a periodic communication unreachable window for a UE, where the configuration may be performed using parameters such as a time offset of a first communication unreachable window with respect to a reference time, a communication unreachable window length, and a period in which the communication unreachable window appears. The UE may collect and store power during each communication unreachable window. Within the communication unreachable window, the UE may collect energy and store power; outside the communication unreachable window, the UE needs to ensure that its communication is reachable or that the communication part is reachable.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication-section reachable window, and the at least one communication-section reachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication-section reachability window is used to configure the UE in a communication-section reachable state.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a semi-static communication part reachable state configuration and state switching, where, as shown in fig. 6, a network side device may configure a periodic communication part reachable window for a UE, where the configuration may be performed using parameters such as a time offset of a first communication part reachable window with respect to a reference time, a communication part reachable window length, and a period in which the communication part reachable window appears. The UE may collect and store power within each partially reachable window. Outside the communication part reachability window, the UE needs to ensure that its communication is reachable or partially reachable.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, fig. 7 shows a configuration diagram in which the first configuration information includes at least one semi-static communication reachable window and at least one semi-static communication unreachable window, and as shown in fig. 7, the network side device may configure a composite semi-static configuration of multiple types of status windows including a reachable status window, an unreachable status window, and a partially reachable status window.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in a communication unreachable state or in a state other than a communication part reachable state, the UE communicates with the network side device normally.

Optionally, after the step 201, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 501.

Step 501, the UE enters a first communication state according to the first configuration information.

In the embodiment of the application, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE may enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may actively configure the UE to enter the first communication state for a period of time.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of the first communication state.

The above step 501 may be specifically implemented by the following step 501 a.

In step 501a, the UE switches from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

In the embodiment of the present application, since the first configuration information includes the switching mechanism information of the first communication state, after receiving the first configuration information, the UE may perform switching of the communication state according to the switching mechanism information in the first configuration information, that is, switch from the second communication state to the first communication state.

For example, when the network side device releases the handover between the UE in rrc_connected to rrc_idle/Inactive state, the configuration of the handover between the above states may be carried in the release message, so as to determine the communication reachable state, the communication unreachable state, or the communication partially reachable state when the UE transitions to the rrc_idle/Inactive state, and the handover between different states when the UE transitions to the rrc_idle/Inactive state.

Illustratively, the network side device pre-configures periodic switching of the UE in rrc_connected between the communication reachable state and any other state, for example: semi-static communication reachable state, semi-static communication unreachable state, semi-static communication partially reachable state. Since the UE consumes more power when in the reachable state, and the UE collects and stores some power when in any other state, the UE can stay in rrc_connected state for a longer period of time.

For example, in the period that the UE in rrc_connected temporarily has no uplink and downlink data transmission, the network side device configures the UE in the communication reachable state to enter the communication unreachable state through proprietary signaling (e.g., RRC, MAC CE, or PDCCH), and when the communication unreachable state or the communication partially reachable state ends, the UE returns to the communication reachable state.

Illustratively, the network-side device transmits notification information (e.g., PDCCH, WUS signal, etc.) to the UE in the communication-partially-reachable state to notify the UE to switch to the communication-reachable state in order to transmit data information to the UE.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may preconfigure one or more status configurations including a communication reachable status, a communication unreachable status, and one or more communication partially reachable status, and then the network side device may use the status configuration number to configure the status of the UE.

Optionally, before the step 201, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 601 described below.

Step 601, the UE sends request information to the network device.

In the embodiment of the application, the request information is used for requesting the network side to configure the UE to the target communication state.

In the embodiment of the application, if the UE needs to perform the switching of the communication state, the UE may send request information to the network side device to request the network side device to configure the state switching information, so that the UE may perform the switching of the communication state to switch to the target communication state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, if the UE needs to perform the switching of the communication state, the request information may be sent to the network side device, so that the network side device may send, according to the request information of the UE, the target communication state configuration information to the UE.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, when the UE is in the rrc_connected state, the UE may request the network side device to configure state switching.

For example, if the UE is currently in a communication reachable state, it may send request information to the network side device, so that the network side device may configure the UE to any communication-part reachable state or communication-unreachable state after receiving the request information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the network side device may further send an enable configuration to the UE to indicate whether to allow the UE to send the request information

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the handover mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

The UE is switched from a communication reachable state to a communication unreachable state;

The UE is switched from a communication reachable state to a communication part reachable state;

the UE is switched from a communication part reachable state to a communication unreachable state;

the UE is switched from the communication part reachable state to the communication reachable state;

The UE is switched from a communication unreachable state to a communication reachable state;

the UE is switched from a communication unreachable state to a communication part reachable state;

the UE switches from one communication reachable state to another;

the UE switches from one communication-section reachable state to another.

Optionally, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following steps 701 and 702.

Step 701, after the UE enters a first communication state, the UE sends report information to a network side device.

In the embodiment of the application, the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication state switching to the network side equipment.

In the embodiment of the application, after the UE enters the first communication state, if the UE needs to switch the communication state, report information can be sent to the network side device so as to provide auxiliary information for determining or configuring that the UE will switch the communication state to the network side device, so that the UE can switch the communication state after receiving the confirmation information sent by the network side device.

For example, when the UE in rrc_connected state is in a communication reachable state, report information is sent to the network side device to report to the network side device that it needs to switch to a communication unreachable state, any communication part reachable state, semi-static communication reachable, semi-static communication unreachable state or semi-static communication part reachable state, so that the network side device acquires auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform state switching, and therefore, the UE may switch to a target state after receiving acknowledgement information sent by the network side device according to the report message.

For example, when the UE in rrc_connected determines that the UE leaves the communication disabled state, report information is sent to the network side device to inform the network side device that it needs to switch to the communication enabled state or another communication partially enabled state, so that the network side device acquires auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform state switching, and therefore, the UE may switch to the target state after receiving acknowledgement information sent by the network side device according to the report message.

Step 702, after receiving configuration information or acknowledgement information of communication state switching sent by a network side device, the UE switches the first communication state to a target communication state.

In an embodiment of the present application, the auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Electric quantity information of the UE;

Configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE is inclined to use;

switching parameter information between at least one communication state;

Wherein the target communication state includes at least one of: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, after the UE sends a report message to the network side device and receives configuration information or acknowledgement information of communication state switching sent by the network side device, switching of the communication state is performed, that is, the first communication state is switched to the target communication state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the auxiliary information includes at least one of power information of the UE, configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE tends to use, and switching parameter information between multiple target communication states.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, at least one of the switching parameter information between the multiple target communication states may be at least one of the following: status parameter information of the reachable status of the communication part; status parameter information of the communication unreachable status; status parameter information of the communication reachable status; indication of the reachable state of the communication part; indication of unreachable status of the communication; indication of the communication reachability status; time offset and duration information for at least one communication portion accessibility window; offset and duration information for at least one communication unreachable window; time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window; at least one communication section is capable of reaching periodic information of the window; at least one communication unreachable window; at least one communication may reach the periodic information of the status window.

Optionally, before the UE sends the report information to the network side device in the step 701, the communication status configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 801.

Step 801, the UE receives enabling configuration information sent by the network side device.

In the embodiment of the application, the enabling configuration information is used for indicating whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

Optionally, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 11.

And step 11, the UE sends communication reachable indication information to the network side equipment under the condition that the first condition is met.

In the embodiment of the present application, the communication availability indication information is used to indicate that the current communication state of the UE is a communication availability state, and the communication availability indication information may include time information of the communication availability state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first condition may include at least one of:

the residual electric quantity of the UE is higher than a preset electric quantity threshold value;

the duration of the communication reachable state of the UE is higher than a preset threshold.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 12.

And step 12, the UE sends communication unreachable indication information to the network side equipment under the condition that the second condition is met.

In the embodiment of the present application, the communication unreachable indication information is used to indicate that the current communication state of the UE is a communication reachable state, where the communication unreachable indication information may include time information of the communication unreachable state and time information of the next communication reachable state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the second condition may include at least one of:

The residual electric quantity of the UE is lower than a preset electric quantity threshold value;

The duration of the communication reachable state of the UE is below a preset threshold.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the UE may send the indication information to the network side device through an RRC message or a MAC CE message.

An embodiment of the present application provides a communication state configuration method, and fig. 8 shows a flowchart of the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application, where the communication state configuration method may be applied to a network side device. As shown in fig. 8, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following step 901.

Step 901, the network side device sends first configuration information to the user equipment UE.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, and the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication-reachable window is used to configure the UE in a communication-reachable state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes at least one communication-section reachability window; at least one communication-section accessibility window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication-section reachability window is used to configure the UE in a communication-section reachable state.

Optionally, before the step 901, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 1001 described below.

In step 1001, the network side device receives the request information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the application, the request information is used for requesting the network side equipment to configure the UE to the target communication state.

Optionally, the communication status configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes the following steps 1101 and 1102.

Step 1101, the network side device receives report information sent by the UE.

In the embodiment of the application, the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication state switching to the network side equipment;

In step 1102, the network side device sends communication state switching configuration information or acknowledgement information to the UE.

The auxiliary information includes at least one of:

Electric quantity information of the UE;

switching parameter information between at least one communication state;

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the configuration information of the at least one communication state includes at least one of:

Status parameter information of the reachable status of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable status;

status parameter information of the communication reachable status;

indication of the reachable state of the communication part;

indication of unreachable status of the communication;

indication of the communication reachability status;

time offset and duration information for at least one communication portion accessibility window;

offset and duration information for at least one communication unreachable window;

time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window;

at least one communication section is capable of reaching periodic information of the window;

At least one communication unreachable window;

at least one communication may reach the periodic information of the status window.

Optionally, before the step 1101, the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 1201 described below.

Step 1201, the network side device sends enabling configuration information to the UE.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication state configuration method, wherein network side equipment can send first configuration information to User Equipment (UE). Wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment. The network side equipment can configure or pre-configure the first configuration information for the UE, so that the UE configures the communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information, and therefore, the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication state of the UE, and the problem of resource waste caused by initiating paging to the UE incapable of transmitting data is avoided.

According to the communication state configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution main body can configure the device for the communication state. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for executing a communication state configuration method by a communication state configuration device is taken as an example, and the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the present application is described.

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

The communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application can realize each process realized by the UE in the embodiment of the method and achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a possible configuration of a communication state configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the communication state configuration device 40 may include: a receiving module 41.

The receiving module 41 is configured to receive first configuration information sent by the network side device; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of User Equipment (UE); the UE is powered on based on energy collection; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides a configuration state configuration device, because UE can receive first configuration information for configuring a first communication state sent by network side equipment, UE can configure a current communication state according to the first configuration information, so that the problem of abnormal communication interruption possibly occurring to the UE is avoided, the time delay of data transmission is reduced, and because the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, and therefore, the problem that paging is initiated to the UE when the UE is in a state incapable of communicating is avoided, and resources and energy consumption are saved.

In one possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication-reachable window, the at least one communication-reachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachable window is used for configuring the UE to be in a communication reachable state; the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further comprises: and a transmission module. And the transmission module is used for transmitting information with the network side equipment in the communication reachable window after the receiving module receives the configuration information sent by the network side equipment.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: an initiating module; the initiation module is used for initiating a communication flow outside the communication accessibility window under the condition that the target condition is met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of: the UE demand of the UE is that uplink data are transmitted, and the electricity stored by the UE is higher than a preset threshold; the UE determines that information transmission is carried out with the network side equipment in a subsequent communication accessibility window; the UE is provided with available permissions for preconfigured uplink data transmission.

In one possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication unreachable window, the at least one communication unreachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE in a communication unreachable state.

In one possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication-section accessibility window; the at least one communication-section reachability window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication-section reachability window is used to configure the UE in a communication-section reachable state.

In one possible implementation, the UE communicates normally with the network-side device while the UE is in a communication-unreachable state, or while the UE is in a state other than a communication-partially reachable state.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: entering a module; the entering module is configured to enter a first communication state according to the first configuration information after the receiving module 41 receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device.

In one possible implementation manner, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of a first communication state; the access module is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: a transmitting module; the sending module is configured to send request information to the network side device before the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, where the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to the target communication state.

In one possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned handover mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of the following: the UE is switched from a communication reachable state to a communication unreachable state; the UE is switched from a communication reachable state to a communication part reachable state; the UE is switched from a communication part reachable state to a communication unreachable state; the UE is switched from the communication part reachable state to the communication reachable state; the UE is switched from a communication unreachable state to a communication reachable state; the UE is switched from a communication unreachable state to a communication part reachable state; the UE switches from one communication reachable state to another; the UE switches from one communication-section reachable state to another.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: a sending module and a switching module; and the sending module is used for sending report information to the network side equipment after the entering module enters the first communication state, wherein the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to carry out communication state switching to the network side equipment. The switching module is used for switching the first communication state into a target communication state after receiving the communication state switching configuration information or the confirmation information sent by the network side equipment; the auxiliary information includes at least one of: electric quantity information of the UE; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE is inclined to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.

In one possible implementation, the configuration information of the at least one communication state includes at least one of: status parameter information of the reachable status of the communication part; status parameter information of the communication unreachable status; status parameter information of the communication reachable status; indication of the reachable state of the communication part; indication of unreachable status of the communication; indication of the communication reachability status; time offset and duration information for at least one communication portion accessibility window; offset and duration information for at least one communication unreachable window; time offset and duration information of at least one communication reachable state window; at least one communication section is capable of reaching periodic information of the window; at least one communication unreachable window; at least one communication may reach the periodic information of the status window.

In a possible implementation manner, the receiving module 41 is further configured to receive, before the sending module sends the assistance information to the network side device, enabling configuration information sent by the network side device, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a possible configuration of a communication state configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, the communication state configuration device 50 may include: a transmitting module 51.

The sending module 51 is configured to send first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides a communication state configuration device, because a network side device can configure or pre-configure first configuration information for UE, the UE configures a communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information, so the network side device can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication state of the UE, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by initiating paging to the UE which cannot transmit data.

In one possible implementation, the first configuration information includes at least one communication reachable window, where the at least one communication reachable window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication-reachable window is used to configure the UE in a communication-reachable state.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: a receiving module; the receiving module is configured to receive, before the sending module 51 sends the first configuration information to the UE, request information sent by the UE, where the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to the target communication state.

In a possible implementation manner, the communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: a receiving module; and the receiving module is used for receiving report information sent by the UE, and the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to carry out communication state switching to the network side equipment. A sending module 51, configured to send communication state switching configuration information or acknowledgement information to the UE; the auxiliary information includes at least one of: electric quantity information of the UE; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE is inclined to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.

In a possible implementation, the sending module 51 is further configured to send, to the UE, enabling configuration information before the receiving module receives the report information sent by the UE, where the enabling configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

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

The communication state configuration device provided by the embodiment of the application can realize each process realized by the embodiment of the communication state configuration method and achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, including a processor 6001 and a memory 6002, where the memory 6002 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 6001, for example, when the communication device 600 is a terminal, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the above-mentioned communication state configuration method embodiment when executed by the processor 6001, and the same technical effects can be achieved. When the communication device 600 is a network side device, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the above-mentioned communication state configuration method embodiment when executed by the processor 6001, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides the UE, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side equipment. The UE embodiment corresponds to the UE-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment are applicable to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure of a UE implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The UE100 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 101, the network module 102, the audio output unit 103, the input unit 104, the sensor 105, the display unit 106, the user input unit 107, the interface unit 108, the memory 109, and the processor 110, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 100 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 110 by a power management system to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption by the power management system. The UE structure shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine some components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processing unit (GraphicsProcessingUnit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, where the graphics processor 1041 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes at least one of a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network side device, the radio frequency unit 101 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 110 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 101 may send uplink data to the network side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

Memory 109 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a first memory area storing programs or instructions and a second memory area storing data, wherein the first memory area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 109 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate Synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double DATA RATE SDRAM, DDRSDRAM), enhanced Synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCH LINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and Direct random access memory (DRRAM). Memory 109 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The radio frequency unit 101 is configured to receive first configuration information sent by a network side device; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides a UE, because the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment, the UE can configure the current communication state according to the first configuration information, so that the problem of abnormal communication interruption possibly occurring to the UE is avoided, the time delay of data transmission is reduced, and because the UE can receive the first configuration information for configuring the first communication state sent by the network side equipment and configure the communication state according to the first configuration information, the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the current communication state of the UE, and therefore, the problem that paging is initiated to the UE when the UE is in a state of incapability of communication is avoided, and resources and energy consumption are saved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is further configured to initiate a communication flow outside the communication accessibility window if the target condition is met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of: the UE demand of the UE is that uplink data are transmitted, and the electricity stored by the UE is higher than a preset threshold; the UE determines that information transmission is carried out with the network side equipment in a subsequent communication accessibility window; the UE is provided with available permissions for preconfigured uplink data transmission.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes switching mechanism information of a first communication state; the processor 110 is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is further configured to send, before receiving the first configuration information sent by the network side device, request information to the network side device, where the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to the target communication state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is configured to send report information to the network side device after entering the first communication state, where the report information is used to provide auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication state switching to the network side device. A processor 110, configured to switch the first communication state to a target communication state after receiving the communication state switching configuration information or the acknowledgement information sent by the network side device; the auxiliary information includes at least one of: electric quantity information of the UE; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE is inclined to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 is further configured to receive, before sending the auxiliary information to the network side device, enable configuration information sent by the network side device, where the enable configuration information is used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

The UE provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the UE in the embodiment of the method and achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for sending first configuration information to User Equipment (UE); wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment. As shown in fig. 13, the network side device 900 includes: an antenna 91, a radio frequency device 92, a baseband device 93, a processor 94 and a memory 95. The antenna 91 is connected to a radio frequency device 92. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 92 receives information via the antenna 91, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 93 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 93 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 92, and the radio frequency device 92 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 91.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 93, and the baseband apparatus 93 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 93 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 13, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 95 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 95 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 96, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 900 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 95 and executable on the processor 94, the processor 94 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 95 to perform the methods performed by the modules shown in fig. 13 and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor 94 is configured to send first configuration information to the UE; wherein the UE is powered based on energy collection; the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE; the first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state; the communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment; the communication unreachable state is a state that the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment; the communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the communication between the UE and the network side equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides network side equipment, which can configure or pre-configure first configuration information for UE, so that the UE configures a communication state according to the first configuration information after receiving the first configuration information, and therefore, the network side equipment can determine whether to initiate paging to the UE according to the communication state of the UE, thereby avoiding the problem of resource waste caused by initiating paging to the UE incapable of transmitting data.

Optionally, the processor 94 is configured to receive, before sending the first configuration information to the UE, request information sent by the UE, where the request information is used to request the network side device to configure the UE to the target communication state.

Optionally, the processor 94 is configured to receive report information sent by the UE, where the report information is used to provide auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication status switching to the network side device. The processor 94 is further configured to send communication state switching configuration information or acknowledgement information to the UE; the auxiliary information includes at least one of: electric quantity information of the UE; configuration information of at least one communication state that the UE is inclined to use; switching parameter information between at least one communication state; wherein the target communication state includes at least one of: a communication unreachable state, a communication reachable state, and a communication unreachable state.

Optionally, the processor 94 is further configured to send, to the UE, enabling configuration information before receiving the report information sent by the UE, the enabling configuration information being used to indicate whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

The embodiment of the application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements each process of the above embodiment of the communication state configuration method, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

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

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip comprises a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, the processor is used for running programs or instructions, the processes of the communication state configuration method embodiment can be realized, the same technical effects can be achieved, and the repetition is avoided, and the description is omitted here.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, where the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the respective processes of the embodiments of the communication status configuration method, and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication state configuration system, which comprises: the terminal can be used for executing the steps of the communication state configuration method, and the network side device can be used for executing the steps of the communication state configuration method.

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

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

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

Claims

1. A communication state configuration method, the method comprising:

the method comprises the steps that User Equipment (UE) receives first configuration information sent by network side equipment;

Wherein the UE is powered based on energy harvesting;

the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of the UE;

The first communication state includes at least one of: a communication reachable state, a communication unreachable state, or a communication partially reachable state;

The communication reachable state is a state that the UE normally communicates with the network side equipment;

The communication unreachable state is a state in which the UE cannot communicate with the network side equipment;

the communication part reachable state is a state that the UE and the network side equipment perform a part of communication flow.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication-reachable window, the at least one communication-reachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachability window is used for configuring the UE to be in the communication reachability state;

After the UE receives the configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further includes:

And the UE transmits information with network side equipment in the communication accessibility window.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Under the condition that the UE meets the target condition, initiating a communication flow outside the communication accessibility window;

wherein the target condition includes at least one of:

The UE demand of the UE is that uplink data are transmitted, and the electric quantity stored by the UE is higher than a preset threshold;

The UE determines that information transmission can be carried out with network side equipment in a subsequent communication accessibility window;

the UE is provided with available pre-configured permissions for uplink data transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication unreachable window, the at least one communication unreachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE in the communication unreachable state.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication part reachability window; the at least one communication-section reachability window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication part reachable window is used for configuring the UE to be in the communication part reachable state.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE can normally communicate with the network-side device while the UE is in a communication-unreachable state or while the UE is in a state other than a communication-partially reachable state.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the UE receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further comprises:

and the UE enters the first communication state according to the first configuration information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first configuration information comprises handover mechanism information for the first communication state;

The UE enters the first communication state according to the first configuration information, and the method comprises the following steps:

And the UE is switched from a second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein before the UE receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, the method further comprises:

and the UE sends request information to the network side equipment, wherein the request information is used for requesting the network side equipment to configure the UE to a target communication state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the handover mechanism information is used to indicate at least one of:

the UE is switched from the communication reachable state to the communication unreachable state;

the UE is switched from the communication reachable state to the communication part reachable state;

the UE is switched from the communication part reachable state to the communication unreachable state;

The UE is switched from the communication unreachable state to the communication reachable state;

the UE is switched from the communication unreachable state to the communication part reachable state;

the UE switching from one communication reachable state to another communication reachable state;

the UE switches from one communication-section reachable state to another communication-section reachable state.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

after the UE enters the first communication state, the UE sends report information to the network side equipment, wherein the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to switch the communication state to the network side equipment;

After receiving the communication state switching configuration information or the confirmation information sent by the network side equipment, the UE switches the first communication state into a target communication state;

the auxiliary information includes at least one of:

The electric quantity information of the UE;

switching parameter information between at least one communication state;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

The configuration information of the at least one communication state includes at least one of:

Status parameter information of the reachable status of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable status;

status parameter information of the communication reachable status;

indication of the reachable state of the communication part;

indication of unreachable status of the communication;

indication of the communication reachability status;

At least one communication unreachable window;

13. The method of claim 11, wherein before the UE sends the report information to the network-side device, the method further comprises:

And the UE receives enabling configuration information sent by the network side equipment, wherein the enabling configuration information is used for indicating whether the UE is allowed to send the report information or not.

14. A communication state configuration method, the method comprising:

the network side equipment sends first configuration information to User Equipment (UE);

Wherein the UE is powered based on energy harvesting;

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication-reachable window, the at least one communication-reachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachability window is used to configure the UE in the communication reachability state.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication unreachable window, the at least one communication unreachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication unreachable window is used to configure the UE in the communication unreachable state.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication-portion-reachable window; the at least one communication-section reachability window is periodic or aperiodic; the communication part reachable window is used for configuring the UE to be in the communication part reachable state.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein before the network side device sends the first configuration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

The network side equipment receives request information sent by the UE, wherein the request information is used for requesting the network side equipment to configure the UE to a target communication state.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

the network side equipment receives report information sent by the UE, wherein the report information is used for providing auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication state switching to the network side equipment;

The network side equipment sends communication state switching configuration information or confirmation information to the UE;

the auxiliary information includes at least one of:

The electric quantity information of the UE;

switching parameter information between at least one communication state;

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe comprises,

Status parameter information of the reachable status of the communication part;

Status parameter information of the communication unreachable status;

status parameter information of the communication reachable status;

indication of the reachable state of the communication part;

indication of unreachable status of the communication;

indication of the communication reachability status;

At least one communication unreachable window;

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein before the network side device receives the report information sent by the UE, the method further comprises:

The network side equipment sends enabling configuration information to the UE, wherein the enabling configuration information is used for indicating whether the UE is allowed to send the report information.

22. A communication state configuration apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a receiving module;

the receiving module is used for receiving first configuration information sent by the network side equipment;

the first configuration information is used for configuring a first communication state of User Equipment (UE);

The UE is powered on based on energy collection;

The communication part reachable state is a state of a part of communication flow of the UE and the network side equipment.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one communication-reachable window, the at least one communication-reachable window being periodic or aperiodic; the communication reachability window is used for configuring the UE to be in the communication reachability state; the apparatus further comprises: a transmission module;

the transmission module is used for transmitting information with the network side equipment in the communication accessibility window after the receiving module receives the configuration information sent by the network side equipment.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the apparatus further comprises: entering a module;

The entering module is configured to enter the first communication state according to the first configuration information after the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first configuration information comprises handover mechanism information for the first communication state;

The entering module is specifically configured to switch from the second communication state to the first communication state according to the switching mechanism information.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a transmitting module;

The sending module is configured to send request information to the network side device before the receiving module receives the first configuration information sent by the network side device, where the request information is used to request the network side to configure the UE to a target communication state.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the apparatus further comprises: a sending module and a switching module;

The sending module is configured to send report information to the network side device after the entering module enters the first communication state, where the report information is used to provide auxiliary information for determining or configuring the UE to perform communication state switching to the network side device;

The switching module is configured to switch the first communication state to a target communication state after receiving communication state switching configuration information or acknowledgement information sent by the network side device;

the auxiliary information includes at least one of:

The electric quantity information of the UE;

switching parameter information between at least one communication state;

28. A communication state configuration apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a transmitting module;

the sending module is used for sending first configuration information to User Equipment (UE);

Wherein the UE is powered based on energy harvesting;

29. A user equipment, UE, characterized by comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor realizes the steps of the communication state configuration method according to any of claims 1 to 13.

30. A network side device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the communication state configuration method of any one of claims 14 to 21.